Dai Suk’s Love is the first BL series from Hong Kong, a remake of the Japanese one-off episode from 2016, and also a 7-episode series from 2018, Ossan’s Love 大叔的愛. The series premiered on June 28, 2021 with 15 episodes in total. According to reports, the first episode broke the record as the most watched episode ever on ViuTV streaming platform. I have yet to watch this remake series but reviewers have been quite positve as it is quite faithful to the original Japanese version, which I did enjoy watching. Below is the main theme song from Dai Suk’s Love.
(more…)July 2, 2021
June 29, 2021
Call It What You Want 2 จะรักก็รักเหอะ2 (Thai Series OST)
OK, I must admit I gave up on watching season 1 of Call It What You Want 戀愛無名氏 after 3 episodes due to the plot being told so slowly it sent me to sleep, LOL… I know they have good intention of showing us what happens behind the scenes of the BL industry, but like many BL shows, the plots are usually simple yet they told it in such a way that it drags along without anything much happening for most of the time, just a lot of fan-service scenes. So you might be asking, why am I bothering with the upcoming Season 2 now? Well, it is because of the OST!
(more…)June 27, 2021
House of the Dark Shadows / Always เรือนร่มงิ้ว 孽宅 (Thai Series OST)
Hmm, this is a conundrum, not sure how to translate the name of this Thai drama… Anyway, the drama is เรือนร่มงิ้ว and basically everyone online just called it Reuan Rom Ngiw in English, which doesn’t make any sense for us international viewers. In Chinese the title has been translated as either 孽宅, meaning Evil House, or 同舟共基, meaning Gay Together in the Same Boat, LOL… Who thought up this translation! After some searches, I think the drama is based on a novel written by ภาคินัย, and the novel has an English name, Always, so I am using this as the English title of this drama here. If I got it totally wrong, please let me know!
Update July 3, 2021: Came across this news article in English which gave the English title for Reuan Rom Ngiw as House of the Dark Shadows, so I will add this name to the title.
(more…)June 26, 2021
Plat du Tour 2 (2021)
Season 2 of Plat du Tour starts tonight, June 26, 2021 on SBS.
(more…)June 25, 2021
Golden Blood รักมันมหาศาล (Thai Series OST)
Golden Blood is a new BL series from Thailand that premiered on June 23, 2021. This is a bodyguard/gangsters story which thankfully is moving away from the omnipresent Thai BL series set inside universities. The proper OST is not available yet, but they have released 2 songs sung by the two lead actors.
June 24, 2021
Hometown’s Embrace อ้อมกอดบ้านเกิด (Thai Series OST)
Stumbled onto this new 8-episode BL series from Thailand called Hometown’s Embrace. I have not heard of this series until it popped up as a YouTube recommendation. It looks like it is a web series, as I have not seen or heard any promotion for it? Episode 1 is now available to watch on YouTube, and it looks interesting with the story set in the countryside of Isan, northeast Thailand. Thus the setting has that same feeling of the rural areas of Thailand in 1000 Stars which is refreshing from all the university BL settings. I also like the theme song, so here it is…
June 21, 2021
Everyday Gourmet with Justine Schofield 11 (2021)
Season 11 of Everyday Gourmet with Justine Schofield starts June 21, 2021 at 4pm on Channel 10.
June 20, 2021
Random Ramblings on BL Novels – Jiang Chao Ge and the Spirit Weapon 魂兵之戈
Jiang Chao Ge and the Spirit Weapon 魂兵之戈 is a fantasy, action adventure genre BL novel written in 2014 by Shui Qian Cheng 水千丞, who also wrote the 188 series of BL novels. It is also the third novel in this genre from this author I’ve read after Dragon Blood 龍血 (also called Foster Father 養父) written in 2012, and The Return of Cambrian Period 寒武再臨 written in 2013.
(more…)June 6, 2021
Love Area ครั้งหนึ่งเราเคยรักกัน (Thai TV Series OST)
Love Area the Series ครั้งหนึ่งเราเคยรักกัน is a new 10-episode Thai BL TV series that was scheduled to premiere last month, May 8, 2021, but was postponed. The new premiere date has not been announced yet. The theme song, Stay Together แค่เธออยู่, is sung by Jeff Satur.
(more…)June 4, 2021
Chef is a Great Detective シェフは名探偵 (Japanese TV OST)
Chef is a Great Detective, or Shefu wa Mei Tantei 《シェフは名探偵／主廚是名偵探》 is a new Japanese drama that started airing on May 31, 2021 with a total of 10 9 episodes. When I saw the title of the TV series, I immediately got interested since I love mystery dramas and this one also include my other passion, food! The series starred Nishijima Hidetoshi 西島秀俊 who also starred in another excellent food-related TV series in 2019, What Did You Eat Yesterday? きのう何食べた？… So I guess once again don’t watch this series on an empty stomach!
The TV series is based on the Bistro Pas Mal ビストロ・パ・マル series of 3 Japanese novels by Kondō Fumie 近藤史恵 – Un rêve de Tarte Tatin タルト・タタンの夢 (Tarte Tatin’s Dream), Vin chaud pour vous ヴァン・ショーをあなたに (Vin chaud for you), and Un macaron, c’est un macaron マカロンはマカロン (Macaron is macaron).
Corner Café 