Hi there!! I would love to ask for some BL recs, if you’d feel up to that? Would you happen to have any BLs to rec without love triangles, huge misunderstandings, or a break up or long time skip before the happy end? (I’m okay with a time skip if it happens in the first couple of episodes, but anything mid to late series isn’t really my jam, typically.)
I really enjoy a silly friend group or university setting and something that’s just fluffy and silly, I am beyond weak for mutual pining or mutual smittenness, but I’m also easily enticed by a bit more plot and higher heat or an obsessive seme. I also don’t mind the stepbrothers trope at all. My absolute comfort rewatches are We Are (that one being my number one by a wide margin), Our Dating Sim, I cannot reach you (I absolutely love a good best friends to lovers pairing), Bad Buddy and AePete in s1 of Love By Chance, but I also come back a Lot to the delicious yearning and toxic codependency the side dish in Kiseki: Dear to me have going on (made a bit of an outlier by the eminent time skip), really liked The Heart Killers and About Youth, and despite not being big on Reincarnation tropes really enjoyed Khemjira recently, if that helps any!!
Thank you so much if you do get around to cooking up a rec list for me, and ofc no worries if you don’t have the time and/or energy!! <3
Your BL sommelier reporting for duty!
Very Specific BL Recs
DISLIKES
love triangles
huge misunderstandings
break ups
time jump separation at end (ugh, WITH YOU)
Negatives are harder to track than positives, so I might mess up on some these but I'm sure the comments will let me know.
LIKES
silly friend group
university setting
fluffy
moot pining/smitten
more plot (biggest challenge)
higher heat
obsessive seme
stepbrothers trope (difficult when combined with other requirements)
friends to lovers
Comfort Rewatches: We Are, Our Dating Sim, I Cannot Reach You, Bad Buddy, AePete arc in Love By Chance, Kiseki: Dear to Me (sides)
Also liked: The Heart Killers, About Youth, Khemjira
Top Recommendations (10/10 & 9/10 rated)
Oxygen - avoids all negatives, hits 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 9 (was, for a long time, one of my main comfort watches)
Fourever You (part 1 = 2 arcs) - avoids all negatives, hits 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7
HIStory 2: Crossing the Line - avoids all negatives, hits 1, 2, 3, 4, 7
Semantic Error - avoids all negatives, hits 1, 2, 3, 4, 7
Seven Days - avoids all negatives, hits 1, 3, 4, 5, 9
Make a Wish - avoids all negatives, hits 1, 3, 4, 5, 6
Love is Science? (BL cut) - avoids all negatives, hits 3, 4, 6, 7, 9
My Magic Prophecy - avoids all negatives (I think), hits 1, 4, 5, 6, 7
My School President - avoids all negatives, hits 1, 3, 4, 7
Cherry Blossoms After Winter - avoids all negatives, hits 1, 2, 7, 8
Minato's Laundromat (season 1 only) - avoids all negatives, hits 1, 3, 4, 7
Sugar Dog Life - avoids all negatives, hits 1, 2-ish, 3, 9 (this puts us into the territory of some more obscure shows that you might not know about, this one is worth tracking down)
I Dithered A Bit
Your Sky - avoids most negatives, hits 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7 (I adore this show)
Ball Boy Tactics - avoids most negatives, hits 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 9 (highly recommended, one of my 2025 sleeper favorites)
Old Fashion Cupcake - avoids most negatives, hits 3, 4, 5, 7, 9 (a glorious beautiful mature BL)
Wandee Goodday - avoids most negatives, hits 1, 3, 4, 6, 9
Be Loved In House: I Do - avoids most negatives, hits 1, 3, 4, 6, 7
Love Tractor - avoids most negatives, hits 3, 4, 6, 7, 9
See Your Love - avoids most negatives, hits 4, 5, 6, 9
Love For Love's Sake - avoids most negatives, hits 1, 5, 7, 9 (but would we call this comforting?)
Takara-kun and Amagi-kun - avoids most negatives, hits 1, 3, 4, 7
Cosmetic Playlover - avoids most negatives, hits 3, 4, 7 (big comfort watch for me)
(The "most" means it kinda depends on how you personally define the tropes. Like "break up" for example: Old Fashion Cupcake might kinda qualify depending on your definition of the term.)
Avoids All Your Negatives (10/10 - 8/10 rated)
but not great on the positives
To My Star (Season 1 only)
Cherry Magic (Thai remake)
Cherry Magic AKA 30-sai made Dotei Da to Mahotsukai ni Nareru rashii
My Damn Business
See You After Quarantine?
Please, Yes
Sweet Mischief (short)
Our Dining Table
Hits Many Positives but Contains a Negative (9/10 & 8/10 rated)
Lovely Writer - misunderstanding/big lie
Secret Lover - breakup
Unknown - time skip
Revenged Love - time skip
Jun and Jun - triangle-ish
My Personal Weatherman - misunderstanding
Manner of Death - big lie
Star in My Mind - misunderstanding
Maybe, I just haven't rewatched in a while (8/10 rated)
Roommates of Poongduck 304
HIStory 2: Right or Wrong
All the Liquors
Destiny Seeker
Hidden Agenda
Kidnap
Love Mate
Meet You At the Blossom
Top Form
Can I Buy Your Love From A Vending Machine AKA Sono Koi, Jihanki de Kaemasu ka?
Living With Him
Why R U? Korea
Love Class
Love is Like a Poison AKA Doku Koi: Doku mo Sugireba Koi to Naru
Perfect 10 Liners (specifically the FaifaWine arc 3)
Memoir of Rati
Mr. Unlucky Can Only Kiss
My Tooth Your Love
HIStory 4: Close to You
You Make Me Dance
Methodology: sorted the spreadsheet by my favorites, then main trope, then title. Pulled main list from only 10/10 and 9/10 rated shows. Did a scan of the 8/10 just to see if anything perfectly qualified.
I'm not gonna source tract this one, it's too specific. So leave a comment or repost with thoughts if you want it amended or to get my attention at all.










