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Chained To My Bully Stepbrother (AI Vertical BL Drama)

By Golu
This is the second vertical AI BL drama I've sat through, and honestly I went in knowing better. I had it on while I was doing cardio at the gym, and what struck me was just how much the plot echoed the last one I watched. Same step brother romance angle, same mystery girlfriend showing up near the end, same extra guy pining after one of the leads. Genuinely the only thing going for it was the runtime, the whole thing wrapped up in forty five minutes flat.  The setup kicks off with Finn moving schools because his mom just married into money. He finds out his new step brother Aiden goes to the same place, and he's warned to keep his distance from him. Their first run in at school is rocky, just like you'd expect, but there's this odd pull between them neither can shake off. Finn keeps telling himself not to read into it because Aiden's straight and openly homophobic. Things shift when some kids start bullying Finn and the student council president, Ryan, steps in to ...
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Diving Into Love (Filipino Series)

By Golu
One more of those Filipino series that were probably made right when the BL content is Asian countries was starting to pickup big time during the covid crisis. It is an extremely basic and simple story with a very confused ending that didn't make any sense at all. Anyway, there are totally 8 episodes of about 13-15 minutes each.

Andrei has just broken up with his girlfriend is taking a trip an island. In the journey he meets Sam, who turns out also just broke up with his boyfriend. Surprisingly his ex-boyfriend also shows up at the island annoying Sam very much especially since he cheated on Sam multiple times and there is no way Sam will take him back. Sam and Andrei get rooms next to each other and strike a friendship. Turns out Andrei's girlfriend was trans and he considers himself bisexual but is not ready to come out. They both start hanging out as friends and at some point feelings start to develop. One night Sam confesses his love to Andrei but he is still confused about himself despite clearly having strong feelings for Sam, but he snubs him and the vacation is over. Flash forward one year later, Sam has flashbacks about how it was the wrong time then and he concludes by saying it's the right time now and the visuals are Sam & Andrei getting married. And it just ends. WTF!!!

Not that the series was any great shakes in the first place, but the ending just completely ruined it. To be fair, there were a handful of things that the show does well. Sam and Andrei both talk about gender identity, their sexuality and pronouns. After annoying Sam, his ex and he eventually get to talk it out like mature adults so that they can both move on. And of course the beach setting was nice. But besides that, there is nothing much to talk about. The story is simple, the pacing is slow an this love with a stranger on a holiday setting could have easily been shown in a 20 minute short film. Also there is not much explanation on why would Andrei not reciprocate feelings for Sam when he clearly loves him and he himself confesses that. The two guys are strictly ok in terms of both looks and acting chops. If you have already seen this one, fine, otherwise feel free to skip it. I mean, its not horrible but it gives you absolutely nothing new or anything at all for you to remember even just 10 minutes after you are done watching it. (2/10)
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