5 Times Korea Did an Amazing Job Portraying “Boys Love”

December 2, 2024 Snow

Top 5 Korean BL that gonna make you crave for more!

Korea almost started to step up in the genre of BL, back in 2020 with listing more than 3 BL shows in the year. From “Where Your Eyes Linger” to “Color Rush”, each and every show had already planted that seed of craziness for KBL since then. Up until now we got so many BL shows from the country itself which could be counted more than half of hundred already.

So, here’s the list of of 5 KBL drama we think did an magnificent job portraying “Boys Love”.

Mr. Heart

Talking about amazing portrayal and not putting one of the 2020s BL in the is a dead move for sure, so here we think Mr. Heart is one from that batch of 2020s which truly did an amazing storytelling while portraying boys love.

Though the series may not be known by all the KBL lovers, but it still had impacted the heart of many watchers in the time of 2020, when Korean BLs had started to get that popularity it deserved. The drama follows of a story of two youngster’s, Go Sang Ha and Jin Won, where the life for Sang Ha might not be all fun and lovely but he manages to live every moment of his life positively, gets appointed as Jin Won, a record breaking marathon runner’s pacemaker, who’s struggling to maintain his own record.

Semantic Error

Semantic Error 2022, adaption of the same named web novel “Semantic Error” by Jeo Soo Ri, is one of the greatest hit KBL till date. Follows a story of Chu Sangwoo, a diligent, studios boy who doesn’t like getting himself in unnecessary trouble, get’s into one. When he has to submit a group project of liberal arts with other unknown member of the group, and exactly those member, who just happens to dump all the work on him, alone. There then lefts no way for Sangwoo, but to do all the work by him alone and submit it under his name only. However, this decision of him, get’s himself in a greater trouble, when Jang JaeYoung, who was a part of that exact group project, decides to make Sangwoo’s perfect little error-free life with full of errors.

Blueming

Another extraordinary BL series of 2022 KBL, which is such a soothing series for all the viewers, tells a story of a boy who has a aim of becoming popular face in college campus. Cha Si Won, a boy who knows what it feels like to be a unwanted presence and also knows what makes a person wanted, is on a mission to to become one. Fully prepared Cha Si Won, goes to college thinking of becoming the most popular face of the college, that is until he is met with a charming person, Hyeong Da Un, a rich-handsome-perfect man.

Love for Love’s Sake

Loved for Love’s Sake aired at the very beginning of this year, was a remarkably hit series with a refreshing and unique plot for KBL. Tae Myung Ha, a twenty-nine year old, gets transported into a online fictional game where he suddenly becomes the nineteen year old character of the game, who has to bring happiness in Cha Yeo Woon’s miserable life. A penalty of death is inevitable, if the mission were to fail. Now, Tae Myung Ha has only a option in his hands, which is to make Cha Yeo Woon genuinely happy!

Love in The Big City

Though more than a BL, as in “Boys Love”, we should call it “A Boy’s Love Life”, generally falls onto the queer series category, but we shouldn’t disagree on the fact that all the BLs are a part of queer show too but with a little sugarcoating. Thus, the series “Love in The Big City” a superhit of the year in the overall genre, did doubtlessly a phenomenal job portraying boys love.

The story revolves around the boy Go-Young, an HIV positive gay man, who had to suffer numerous ups and downs and heartbreaks throughout his 20’s.