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Unconventional (Web Series)

A Revry original,  Unconventional  is a really well-liked queer dramedy that feels totally different from the usual stuff. The heart of the story is about two pretty eccentric queer siblings and their partners trying to build a family that doesn't follow the traditional rules. It takes a super raw and unfiltered look at queer life, diving deep into things like mental health, addiction, and how complicated identity and relationships can get. It’s not afraid to get messy or show people at their most vulnerable, and it really pushes boundaries while showing a lot of different queer experiences. The first season has nine episodes, and each one is about a half-hour long. The story centers on Noah, a grad student who’s been struggling for years to wrap up his PhD. He’s been with his husband, Dan, for nine years, and they’ve recently gotten married and moved to Palm Springs. While they're trying to figure out how to start a family and have a baby, they decide to shake things up by in...

Asian Mini-Series Collection - Part 1

Never Fair (Korean Mini-Series) - 2025
A guy moves in with his childhood friend in Seoul who is a writer. They haven't met for 15 years now and new guy is looking for a job. The writer is in love with this. Guy but has no courage to confess. When the new guy gets a job in a cafe, his managers love and care and affection to the new guy causes our writer to get very jealous. He will now need to find ways to keep his love close to him and even confess his love. 4 part, total of 45 min mini-series.

You Made My Day (Thai Mini-Series) - 2024
A 5-part, 50 min total long ad for Minzz inhaler and a good tourist promotion for Bangkok. Bom an dTar are two friends who are exploring Bangkok. They face few problems but always seem to keep it cool when using this product; solves your problems. Cute leads. No BL, just bromance and a super lengthy advertisement with two very cute leads (could go easy on the lipstick though).

Y Journey: Stay Like a Local (Thai Mini-Series) - 2023
6 episode, 8-9 min each, anthology series with six short stories. Each episode focuses on a couple's adventure at a picturesque location. Some destinations include sandy beaches, waterfront campsites, and riverside resorts. Several main characters are close friends or romantic partners, while others are new acquaintances. They experience delightful journeys of cuisine, sightseeing, and outdoor relaxation. Each short episode resembles a commercial promoting the destinations, likely sponsored by Thailand tourism.

Our Golden Times (Hong Kong Mini-series) - 2024
6 episodes 10 minutes each. George is a seemingly laid-back and passive guy about to get married. She pretty much has to dictate every action for him to follow, as he is hardly a go-getter. When George gets a new manager Mike in the cosmetic clinic he works in, his life turns around. They both have a history from when they were kids, got close and love for each other, but gave into social pressure and Mike took off without a word. He is now back to win George's heart. Just an ok show with some bad acting by all side characters.

Soulmate (Thai Mini-Series) - 2020
This was a 2 part series of total about 45 minutes. James and Sky go to a vacation home for the weekend, where mom of one of the guys also shows up. She is desperate to have grandkids, so is really shocked to see that these two friends actually might be a couple. It takes her time but she eventually comes around for the true love and accepts her son's relationship. This was a pretty basic story with a few cliches that you would expect from a simple BL story like this. Denial, acceptance, promotion and happiness. 

The Fate Trap (Vietnamese Mini-Series) - 2024
A pair of tourist souvenir amulets cause havoc when the boy Bao and girl Han wearing them find their souls have been swapped after a near-drowning incident. After the swap, ridiculous things happen, including the boy (who has the girls soul) ending up kissing his friend who is a boy. Now this muscular boy starts to fall for his friend Bao. When the souls are swapped back, Han also has feelings for Bao. The other friend in the end challenges Han to see who can win Bao's heart. 6 episodes of 6-8 minutes shot in tik-tok format. It was not really a BL, in my opinion.

Love Moves (Filipino Mini-Series) - 2022
Due to the bad past of the two families Francisco and Salazar, it has also become the root of misunderstanding between two friends which a member of each family who secretly love each other. Will the two still be together? Or the true feelings of each one will be completely forgotten? 5 episodes of 15 minutes each, made by Direk Cyruz (MagnificoTV) in the Philippines, makers of many low cost series. This is awful. Avoid at any cost.

My Idol (Korean Mini-Series) - 2025
U Sang is devastated by the death of his father—and now, even the school track team is about to be disbanded. While everyone urges him to face reality, only Jae Min quietly steps closer to stand by his side. And in the end we get a passive confession with a kiss on cheek, almost as if at the last minute they had to make this a gay friendly short story. There were no romantic interactions and was strictly ok. With 2 episodes of 10 minutes each, it was an easy watch, but not necessarily a good one.

Trapped in Osaka (Chinese Mini-Series) - 2025
4 episodes of 8-10 min each. Set in Japan, a debt collector is trying to extract money from debtor. Twist is that collector is total softie and if he goes back empty handed, his boss might sell his kidney. So the two young men are trapped together in a flat, with no real solution in sight. Meanwhile debtor is unabashed about his sexuality, desires, and weariness with the world around him. Soon the two men start to fall for one another. The two leads are extremely handsome here and super hot. 

Strange Heart (Filipino Mini-Series) - 2020
Set in Cebu, this was like a comedy drama. Kristof lives with his father when his brother shows up and is now trans. Th father doesn't accept her and so Kristof leaves with his sister to live in Cebu. There he has a best friend Josh. Kristof really likes him and proposes to him but Josh needs to go back to his village. When he goes back home, he comes out to his father, who is surprisingly also gay and has a gay best friend, who turns out to be the straight homophobic father from first episode. Josh slowly realizes how much he likes Kristof and goes back but he has moved on and is now engaged to a girl. Meanwhile, a random new boy proposes his love to Josh and he readily agrees. This is one of those low production Filipino series from covid times, which are best avoided because they were made just so that people would have something to watch. Over the top in every which way, it is embarrassing to watch. 4 episodes of 25-30 minutes.

Once in Memory: Just Found Love (Thai Series) - 2021
Film, a good-looking student that just transferred to this high school, met with Kong. After meeting Kong, he knew that Kong is after his heart and Film is playing along. Once Kong knew that Film was playing along, Kong is now trying harder than ever. Will Film fall for Kong? In the second episode, we see the exact same situation but from the other person's POV. 2 episodes 20 min each.

Our Memory (Taiwan Mini-Series) - 2020/21
With 4 episodes of 11 minutes each, we see the story of Xiao Le and Su Wei. They met at university and fall in love. Xiao Le takes a stab at an acting career while Su Wei's mother reacts very poorly to het son's same-sex relationship. However, he hides these personal burdens from Xiao Le. Later, they move in together but the financial burden takes its toll on the couple. Xiao Le has to give up on his acting ambitions and takes on a delivery job. The job is stressful, and Su Wei worries that his boyfriend is sacrificing too much to keep this relationship afloat.

Till Death Do Us Part (Filipino Mini-Series) - 2021
Boyet and Arthur have been friends since childhood and they also love each other but Arthur is bisexual. His girlfriend accidentally gets pregnant and around same time he finds out that he is dying. Boyet takes him across the mountain to get treated but he does and the girlfriend also dies giving birth to their child. Boyet then raises son on his own. 6 episodes of about 15-20 minutes each, on which 2-3 episodes are just about Boyet taking Arthur through mountains and streams. One of those low production total disaster mini-series.

The Titan's Bride (Japanese Mini Series) - 2020
The is an explicit 18+ anime gay series consisting of 9 episodes of 5-6 minutes each. An ordinary student is magically summoned into the land of the titans. Against his will, the human protagonist becomes the bride of a powerful titan king who is a giant. He must adjust to his foreign surroundings, the arranged marriage, and a horny husband who wants to share his affections.The giant desperately wants to have sex with human and eventually they do, but when he gets sick, they must together travel to a third universe to get a fruit to save his life. Unique setting and laced with explicit sex scenes in every single episode, No matter the situation, the anime will always find a ridiculous excuse for the characters to have intercourse. I have to say I felt like my guilty pleasure. It was so bad that I actually enjoyed it.

Simply Don't (Filipino Mini-Series) - 2021
Uno and Owen are a couple. Things change when Owen's best friend form childhood Liam confesses to him that he also loves him. Initially shocked, Owen gives into temptation and before you know Liam and Owen are having an affair. When Uno gets a wind of it, he catches them red-handed, but Owen manages to convince them both that he cannot live without either of them. Very soon it is revealed that Liam is suffering and will die soon and before he dies he apologies to Uno for destroying his life and to Owen to stop loving him. 6 episodes, 12-20 minutes. Amateurish and really really bad


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