Welcome to my Saturday blog post, where I give thoughts on dramas I’m watching, whether at the beginning, middle, or end. Whatever I want, because I’m petty that way.
This week, I recapped episodes 15-16 of The Prisoner of Beauty. The most important question of all is answered: how much does the wheat weigh?
I also recapped episodes 9-10 of I’m the Most Beautiful Count. Thankfully, our characters’ wacky romantic shenanigans are interrupted by war.
First off, a belated announcement that I will not be finishing The Bangkok Boy
Like the few other shows I’ve done initial reviews for but not finished, it’s not a matter of quality, just interest.
I realized this show was going to be more evil men in masks and underworld scheming, and less romance. And I want more romance and fewer evil men in masks. If you want something different and darker, it may be your thing. It wasn’t for me.
What did I watch this week? It feels like the deluge of shows has slowed down (for the moment), so I can catch up. The longer stuff I missed will take more time, so today is a grab bag of one-day BL binges.
Let’s start with vampires:
My Secret Vampire – 거짓말, 뱀파이어가 어디 있어? – 2025
Recently aired Korean Vampire BL with 8 episodes.
A young man moves into a sharehouse, not knowing that the other 4 occupants are all vampires
Here’s a link to the trailer. (In Korean, it’s what I could find.)
At 16 minutes per episode, this movie-length series is a sweet but shallow romcom.
It barely matters that they are vampires
It reminds me of Stay By My Side, the Taiwanese BL where one character’s ability to sense ghosts was mostly backstory. The fact that the 4 roommates are all vampires is the source of comedy and secrets, but there’s not much vampire lore here.
The small amount we get is sweet and cute, in keeping with the show’s tone. Most of our modern, young vampires, with their nebulous/non-existent backstories, drink plasma instead of real human blood. Suddenly, having a human roommate opens up the possibility of drinking real, human blood for them. Only, he’s underweight. They need to fatten him up first.
Our lone human, one of those sweet, innocent, country types, thinks his roommates are just extra friendly. Except for the only one who wants to protect him from the others, who comes off as cold and unfriendly. Romance ensues.
We go to the Korean beach in the winter, a cute kid shows up but luckily only for a minute, the vampire’s eyes do neat things, and a woman occasionally appears for some diversity. There’s a small amount of angst towards the end because humans/vampires, but otherwise it’s a very low-stress watch.
Even with the limited run time, I think they could have done a little more
We could have used some lines of dialogue to fill in details and add richness to the story. In particular, our vampire-leads backstory felt hinted at but never fully explained. Here’s one show where I wouldn’t have minded some expository dialogue over some PPL for a coffee chain.
But it’s sweet, cute, and not a bad way to spend a couple of hours if you have the time to waste.
And if you have a few more hours, you can watch:
MeTeLuv “Hi” by my luck – MuTeLuv ตอน หมอดูทักครับ – 2025
Recently aired Thai High School BL with 4 episodes.
A young man’s identity as top of the class is usurped by a new arrival, who is both strange and a total loner. Math camp ensues.
MeTeLuv is a currently airing anthology series of 7 stories, each 4 episodes, and mostly not BL. The unifying theme across the stories is people using the supernatural for their goals. In this story, it’s one of our leads texting with a fortune teller to get help winning a scholarship.
I watched this one because I really enjoyed Sea and Keen in Only Boo, and am unlikely to watch any of the other stories.
Sea’s character of Mawin has my Whole Heart
Mawin is the new kid in town. He’s always got headphones in, he doesn’t talk to anyone, doesn’t seem interested in talking to anyone, and is a genius. I don’t want to diagnose fictional characters, but that, along with his blunt way of talking, comes off as non-neurotypical.
Keen is playing Err, a more typical overachiever, who studies hard and wants to go to college abroad. He’s at that age where it’s becoming painfully obvious that, though he’s top of his class, outside of his high school, there are a lot of other smart people. He lacks confidence, and that’s why he starts talking to a fortune teller online.
At math camp, Err is stuck being roommates with the unsociable Mawin. Thanks to the fortune teller’s advice, he thinks they need to become friends, too. As Err gets to know Mawin, he can’t help but want the guy to open up. When he finally talks, Mawin is nothing but encouraging to Err, trying to help him build up his confidence.
I like that Mawin never stops being Mawin, even as everyone gets to know him. He’s not sociable and chatty. And he was nice the entire time. He’s just not good at talking and letting people in.
The plot is… Standard
The math camp stuff was cute, and almost fooled me into thinking high school and math camp would be fun. The overall relationship arc and final boss angst were something I’ve seen a hundred times and aren’t my favorite tropes.
I’m hoping that in a few years, once Sea and Keen are a smidge older, they’ll get to leave school. Please, GMMTV, let them do something else.
But they’re adorable. If you enjoyed Only Boo, it’s worth watching. And if you want to check out Sea and Keen, this is only 4 episodes, then you can move on to Only Boo.
And last, but not … I don’t even know, I watched:
My Stubborn Special Episodes – ไหนเฮียบอกไม่ชอบเด็ก Special Episode – 2025
Recently aired Thai Office place BL special episodes, there are 2.
Now that Sorn and Jun are together, they can have more sex in more different places.
There’s not a whole lot to review here
But if you’ve watched My Stubborn, this is unsurprising.
Our heroes, Sorn and Jun, have finally overcome their differences (mainly Sorn being a jerk) and are now happy together. What little conflict that existed is gone. There never was a plot, but somehow there’s even less here.
Sorn takes a trip to Japan. Someone gets a crush on Jun and won’t take no for an answer. Sorn cooks dinner. Jun takes some stuff upstairs. They play pool. Sorn is jealous. Jun is insecure. There’s a one-year anniversary.
There’s a boat. So, Boat and Oat go on a boat. (Those are the actors’ names.)
In between and on these things, they have sex.
As far as differences from the main series: The meaningless second couple is off on their honeymoon, so we never see them. The third couple shows up very briefly in a very random location to very loudly deliver some conflict-causing expository dialogue. It’s kinda amazing.
Sorn still never grovels the way he should, but it’s nice to see him doating on and building up Jun instead of causing all the problems between them. Jun seems a bit more enthusiastic about sex. I never minded his pouting, bratty attitude, but change can be nice.
This is here to tide you over until Boat and Oat’s next series. An omegaverse series called Knot. I’m knot kidding. This is the reality we all live in.
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