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A Man Who Defies the World of BL Final (Japanese Series)

By Golu
This final season keeps leaning on the same old formula, and once again never actually gives its main character any real sense of closure. Quick refresher, our lead is a university student who spends all his time frantically trying to dodge romance. No matter what he does though, the universe just keeps shoving him into one intimate situation after another. A lot of these setups are lifted straight from classic love story cliches. The whole point is watching him come up with creative ways to escape his fate and avoid falling for another guy. This season's still got six episodes, each around 23 minutes, and every episode features two of these tropey flags that could tip him into a BL storyline. Season three left off with Mob possibly caught in a love triangle between his ex Kikuchi and Hatano, the younger guy who's still a minor. Turns out that was all a dream sequence, but what hasn't changed is that Hatano is still into him. The first four episodes basically run through ev...
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Fight For Love (Vietnamese Series)

By Golu
This cute little Vietnamese story stays on track and doesn't force itself with random side stories to throw you off track. With just 7 episodes of about 22 to 30 minutes duration, the show was quite an easy to watch series with a nice BL at the central core of it. A simple, heartfelt love story.

Show starts with Binh accidentally bumping into Thang and breaking his camera. Binh works in a cafe but wants to be a singer. However he lacks the confidence owing to some burn scars on his neck that he got in his childhood. Thang takes liking for Binh and joins the same cafe. In the same cafe, Binh has a boyfriend Van, who unknown to Binh is also having a secret affair with another guy. When Binh finds out he is heartbroken and somehow he stats warming up to flirtations from Thang, who also raises Binh's confidence to participate in an upcoming singing competition. In parallel, evil Van also harbors making it big as a singer and has been using all these boys as a stepping ladder. When Thang finds about his reality an truth, he takes upon himself to expose the guy and support Binh in realizing his dreams. In a nice heartfelt finale, Thang is able to prove his true love to Binh (who had been going through a rough patch, owing to certain misunderstandings thanks again to Van).

The series started out as a light comedy, but slowly moves to being a heartfelt love story entangled in emotional distress. This is really a story about redemption. As the story unfolds, we find that as a child, Thang was the source of Binh’s insecurities and fears without realizing it and now must prove that he is no longer that same individual. On the other hand, Binh must also learn to trust and forgive and put into perspective. The supporting members in the story had a nice touch to it. Binh's very supportive friend and neighbor and co-worker and his lover are the true friends we can all use. They both try to facilitate Binh and Thang in their rocky development as they both can see deep down that they are in love with each other. Both give very good performances and are saleable as friends rather than as caricatures. Coming to the leads, they both do an amazing job and share a good chemistry, although it could have been better. The beauty of this series is its steadfast focus to ‘make the right decision’. And the sacrifices that might have to fulfill to make those decisions. Van, being the archaic villain has been using pretty much everyone who comes in his life and is a persona thats best left less talked about. But as an actor, the guy does well. Overall, the series is a decent watchable experience. (6.5/10)
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