(Asking for recs bc you're the only one who gives me exactly what I want)
I don't know if what im looking for even exists, but I'm gonna try asking anyway. I'm looking for something that gives me the vibes of Beyond Evil, but outwardly queer (implied is fine too, ig), or Hannibal, The Devil Judge, High-school frenemy etc. Basically morally grey/unhinged freaks who would die/kill for each other. And I know you don't watch censored Chinese shows but I absolutely adore Word of Honor, The Untamed and Justice in the Dark. All of them involve someone who believes they cannot be redeemed being loved.
I've watched Triage and 4 minutes and I liked those too bc it's very plot heavy and the romance sorta happens as part of the plot. I do not like MAME, or anything adjacent.
Again idek if this ask is even possible. And I apologise for being all over the place. Save me, absolutebl, save me.
Hum, morality chain characters I think is what you're after. Or even murder husbands.
So have you tried SCI Mysteries AKA S.C.I (2018)?
Old guard partly Hong Kong produced censored Chinese BL. They pretend they're something else but they married. Back in the day I found it on YouTube but not sure who officially hosts it now. I would call it Beyond Evil x Trapped + police procedural.
Have you considered Addicted? Odd choice but I suspect it might work for you. Or Where Your Eyes Linger, if you're okay with high school characters.
And there is Long Time No See of course. You should watch that immediately if you haven't already.
Finally, there is Guardian (2018) to consider.
It's an odd creature with extremely chewy world building, but it is very much in the vein of the stuff you like. Not exactly those tropes though. It's so hard to describe. Be warned, you looking at 40 eps of 45 min each. (I think it still holds the crown as longest BL.) It is a BL, just very censored. Still if you want to be distracted for a very long time this might be what you're looking for.
Other's I can think of off the top of my head:
Laws of Attraction* (have you seen this? It certainly has some characters with that perfect unhinged quality to them)
Manner of Death
Lovely Writer (maybe a little)
KinnPorsche maybe?
The Eclipse
3 Will Be Free
Big Dragon
Not Me
The Heart Killers
My Stand-In
The Thai ones simply have less of an edge to them. They will go sappy and only 1/2 of the couple is morally grey but they're there if your desperate.
HIStory Obsessed
HIStory 3: Trapped
HIStory 4: Close to You has a crazy side couple with this dynamic.
Kiseki: Dear to Me (definitely the sides)
I have a sinking suspicion I'm missing something from Taiwan. These also will have less edge.
Tien Bromance from Vietnam has some of this quality to it but it's quite raw.
Some cray cray from Japan:
Happy of the End
Double Mints (if you wanna go unhinged and dark just go there?)
Same Difference AKA Docchi Mo Docchi (the office version) and then there is Beloved Enemy from China, an even more messy office version, and China's Capture Lover which is a nicer version.
Dangerous Drugs of Sex AKA Sei no Gekiyaku (the ultra kinky version)
Dominant Yakuza and Wimpy Corporate Slave AKA Ore-sama Yakuza to Hetare Shachiku: Kuni wo Koeta Jingi Naki Dekiai (it's short tho)
But those are all, ya know, Japan being all Japanish about it. Gotta like their style which is very different from the Korean and Chinese stuff you seem to like best.
Okay hopefully something works? Let me know, okay? I'm curious to see if I was right on anything.
