BL AIRED IN 2023
This is a list of all of the BL released in 2023.
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CAMBODIA:
MAY 25 - Why You
AUG 12 - Love of the Sea
INDIA:
JAN 4 - The Sting of Lavender
JAN 26 - Hunt
ISRAEL:
APR 14 - Like Me
MYANMAR:
APR 8 - The Matches
JUL 15 - Tarrar: The Star
DEC 18 - Bagan Beginning
SINGAPORE:
JUN 6 - Straight Best Friend
VIETNAM:
FEB 4 - For You a Thousand Times
FEB 10 - 'TỔ Độ'
APR 22 - Stormy Honeymoon
MAY 6 - ViAn
JUN 9 - Thiên Tài Hạng Bét (Stupid Genius)
SEP 23 - - Mr. Cinderella S2
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NO MDL PAGE YET:
SEP 6 - Dazzling Blind Date Z
OCT 6 - Boys Romance
Due to a character limit, I don't have room for all of the non-Asian releases. Instead, you can find those here, on IMDB:
NON-ASIAN M/M MEDIA RELEASED IN 2023
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1. Goodbye Again
Taiwanese Drama - 2023, 10 episodes
Jan 1. I don't know if this counts, because I haven't seen it, but one of the leads is a gay male. I think someone said his body is sometimes possessed by a straight male, so if I learn more about this in a way that makes it seem like it doesn't belong, I'll remove it.
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2. Beautiful Scars
Filipino Drama - 2023, 4 episodes
Jan 2
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3. Cutie Pie: Special Episode
Thai Special - 2023, 4 episodes
Jan 6
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4. Tanaosri
Thai Drama - 2023, 33 episodes
Jan 9 - BL side couple
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5. Utsukushii Kare: Special Edit Version
Japanese Movie - 2023
Jan 16
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6. Individual Circumstances
Korean Drama - 2023, 8 episodes
Jan 19
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7. Hit Bite Lick
Thai Drama - 2023, 6 episodes
Jan 21
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8. Our First Time
Thai Movie - 2023
Jan 21
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9. Bokura no Micro na Shuumatsu
Japanese Drama - 2023, 8 episodes
Jan 30
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10. Check Out: The Movie
Thai Movie - 2023
Jan 30
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11. Ai Long Nhai: The Endless Love
Thai Movie - 2023
Jan 30
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12. Our Winter
Thai Drama - 2023, 14 episodes
Feb 3
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13. Utsukushii Kare Season 2
Japanese Drama - 2023, 4 episodes
Feb 7
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14. Moonlight Chicken
Thai Drama - 2023, 8 episodes
Feb 8
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15. Lonely Connections
Filipino Drama - 2023, 6 episodes
Feb 10
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16. Marry My Dead Body
Taiwanese Movie - 2022
Feb 10
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17. Egoist
Japanese Movie - 2022
Feb 10
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18. To My Star 2 (Movie)
Korean Movie - 2023
Feb 10
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19. Cafe in Love
Thai Drama - 2023, 10 episodes
Feb 11
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20. A Son
Japanese Movie - 2023
Feb 11
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21. D' Aswang Slayerz
Filipino Movie - 2023
Feb 11
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22. Destiny Seeker
Thai Drama - 2023, 10 episodes
Feb 14
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23. Moments of Love
Thai Movie - 2023
Feb 14
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24. My Colleague at BL Shop Might be the Meant-to-be
Hong Kong Drama - 2023, 3 episodes
Feb 14
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25. Baka Sakali
Filipino Movie - 2023
Feb 14
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26. Boyband
Thai Drama - 2023, 6 episodes
Feb 16
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27. Jack Frost
Japanese Drama - 2023, 6 episodes
Feb 17
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28. Bed Friend
Thai Drama - 2023, 10 episodes
Feb 18
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29. Chains of Heart
Thai Drama - 2023, 10 episodes
Feb 18
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30. Polyethylene Terephthalate
Japanese Drama - 2023, 3 episodes
Feb 18
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31. Beautiful Bitchy Bros
Hong Kong TV Show - 2023, 15 episodes
Feb 20. I don't know if this really belongs here, but what the hell, I'll add it. No gay romance involved, that I know of, but then again, I don't know much of anything about it. A show focusing on the perspectives of three actual gay guys fits loosely enough for me to include it for those seeking out anything with gay men.
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32. Tin Tam Jai
Thai Drama - 2023, 10 episodes
Feb 27
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33. Blue Sky Complex
Japanese Drama - 2023, 5 episodes
Feb 27
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34. Teach Me How
Filipino Drama - 2023, 7 episodes
Feb 27
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35. Stay With Me
Filipino Movie - 2023
Feb 28 - Claims to have a BL side couple.
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36. The Promise
Thai Drama - 2023, 10 episodes
Mar 1
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37. Liquor
Korean Drama - 2023, 8 episodes
Mar 2
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38. A Boss and a Babe
Thai Drama - 2023, 12 episodes
Mar 3
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39. Love Syndrome
Thai Drama - 2023, 12 episodes
Mar 4
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40. Midnight Museum
Thai Drama - 2023, 10 episodes
Mar 6. I had mixed feelings about the overall production value, but it does have a legit gay couple in a side story, so it still fits this list. As for Khata and Dome, the main characters, I'm not sure how to feel about the fact that they are 10000% romantically coded. I've never seen this level of queer baiting in my life. The way they touch each other, protect each other, hold each other, confess to each other... References to "his special person" and all of the sacrifices they make for each other. I know intense platonic love exists, but if this were a female character there would be NO way anyone would think they were only friends. So that rubs me the wrong way a bit, because I wasn't expecting the "slashy" elements to be so overt and over-the-top, which makes it feel more like baiting and less like "bromance." It makes me feel like they're trying to have their cake and eat it too. If they do have their second season, I guess we'll see, and to be fair nothing has happened or been said to suggest Dome and Khata AREN'T romantically linked, so I suppose they can coast by on that ambiguity.
This show has me torn for many reasons. The weak writing in the middle episodes especially only further shines a spotlight on whatever they were trying to do with the main characters. It just feels a little shady, given the history of this sort of thing in media. I didn't expect this from a company like GMMTV.
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41. Pastsenger
Thai Drama - 2023, 12 episodes
Mar 8
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42. Our Dating Sim
Korean Drama - 2023, 8 episodes
Mar 9
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43. My Blessing
Thai Special - 2023, 1 episode
Mar 11
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44. A Shoulder to Cry On
Korean Drama - 2023, 7 episodes
Mar 14
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45. Unintentional Love Story
Korean Drama - 2023, 10 episodes
Mar 17
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46. Future
Thai Drama - 2023, 6 episodes
Mar 19
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47. Make a Wish
Thai Drama - 2023, 6 episodes
Mar 22
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48. Ai Nhai
Thai Special - 2023, 1 episode
Mar 25
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49. Takumi-kun Series 6
Japanese Movie - 2023
Mar 26
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50. Watashi to Otto to Otto no Kareshi
Japanese Drama - 2023, 10 episodes
Mar 28
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51. The Eighth Sense
Korean Drama - 2023, 10 episodes
Mar 29
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52. Crush on You
Thai Drama - 2023, 7 episodes
Mar 31
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53. Toreros
Filipino Drama - 2023, 16 episodes
Mar 31
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54. Bokura no Shokutaku
Japanese Drama - 2023, 10 episodes
Apr 6
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55. My Beautiful Man: The Movie
Japanese Movie - 2023
Apr 7
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56. Kashimashi Meshi
Japanese Drama - 2023, 8 episodes
Apr 10. Not sure if there will be romance, so this may only tentatively fit, but the concept involves the death of a bisexual man bringing his male and female exes together.
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57. Eien No Kinou: Complete Edition
Japanese Drama - 2023, 8 episodes
Apr 13
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58. Zenra Meshi
Japanese Drama - 2023, 12 episodes
Apr 14
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59. Nigakute Amai
Japanese Drama - 2023, 10 episodes
Apr 14. May or may not have gay romance, but has a gay male lead.
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60. My Day 2
Filipino Drama - 2023, 10 episodes
Apr 15
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61. Step by Step
Thai Drama - 2023, 12 episodes
Apr 18
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62. Our Skyy 2
Thai Drama - 2023, 16 episodes
Apr 19
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63. Midnight Love
Thai Movie - 2023
Apr 22
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64. The Hidden Character
Thai TV Show - 2023, 11 episodes
Apr 22
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65. The Day I Loved You
Filipino Drama - 2023, 10 episodes
Apr 26
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66. Happy Merry Ending
Korean Drama - 2023, 8 episodes
Apr 26
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67. Love Bites Season 2
Filipino Drama - 2023, 8 episodes
Apr 28
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68. La Pluie
Thai Drama - 2023, 12 episodes
Apr 29
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69. House of Stars
Thai Drama - 2023, 12 episodes
May 1
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70. Love Mate
Korean Drama - 2023, 8 episodes
May 4
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71. Kaibutsu
Japanese Movie - 2023
May 17. I don't know if BL is the right term, as this involves children, so it's more LGBT than anything. Regardless, I think anything that centers on boys falling in love with each other belongs on this list, at least.
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72. Star Struck
Korean Drama - 2023, 8 episodes
May 18
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73. Aa, Love Hotel: Himitsu
Japanese Drama - 2014, 5 episodes
May 19. This is an anthology, and I believe only the final episode (ep 9) is gay.
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74. Will They Find a Spark?
Filipino TV Show - 2023, 8 episodes
May 24
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75. You Are My Favorite
Thai Drama - 2023, 12 episodes
May 26
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76. The Luminous Solution
Thai Drama - 2023, 6 episodes
May 27
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77. Bedmate or Bad Mate
Taiwanese Drama - 2023, 10 episodes
May 30
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78. Aki wa Haru to Gohan wo Tabetai
Japanese Movie - 2023
Jun 2
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79. Boy Meets Man
Filipino Special - 2023, 1 episode
Jun 2
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80. Awkward Love
Thai Movie - 2023
Jun 3. I don't usually include movies under 30 minutes (because super short films are numerous and difficult to track down completely), but it was on the other list before I knew, and it's close enough at 26 minutes.
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81. Tin Tem Jai Special
Thai Special - 2023, 2 episodes
Jun 3
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82. Ever After
Filipino Drama - 2023, 12 episodes
Jun 3
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83. A Tractor Loaded with Love
Korean Drama - 2023, 8 episodes
Jun 7
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84. Stay
Filipino Drama - 2023, 7 episodes
Jun 11. It aired the first three episodes at a festival on May 19, so that's the date on the MDL page. It wasn't actually released to the general public until Jun 11, though.
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85. Aedan
Filipino Drama - 2023, 6 episodes
Jun 12
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86. Unintentional Love Story Special
Korean Movie - 2023
Jun 14
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87. Bokura no Shokutaku Spin Off
Japanese Special - 2023, 1 episode
Jun 15
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88. Shigatsu no Tokyo wa...
Japanese Drama - 2023, 8 episodes
Jun 16
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89. The Internship
Thai Movie - 2023
Jun 22. People are now saying this isn't BL and was merely falsely advertised, so I'll watch it and see for myself. Will remove it if it's definitely not gay at all.
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90. A Story to Remember
Filipino Drama - 2023, 10 episodes
Jun 23
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91. His Man Season 2
Korean TV Show - 2023, 14 episodes
Jun 23
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92. Under the Same Sky
Filipino Drama - 2023, 8 episodes
Jun 24. After a long period without updates or any verification on what was happening with it, the production company FINALLY commented about it coming soon. Over a year after it was supposed to air, it finally has. However, it looks like the gritty, dramatic plot was tossed out. I'm getting generic romcom vibes now. Not sure what happened there.
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93. Buddy Line Y Animal
Thai Drama - 0000
Jun 25. This is just the all-encompassing page for the anthology that includes Dinosaur Love, so though it says it hasn't started airing, it has. Dinosaur Love is the first of four shows under this collection. However, there's a chance the remaining shows for the series will never air, as the company seems to have withdrawn all promotion following the failure of Dinosaur Love.
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94. Dinosaur Love
Thai Drama - 2023, 8 episodes
Jun 25. Still some confusion with this page and the Buddy Y Animal page, as they are connected, but this is the first of the four to come out.
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95. High on Sex Season 2
Filipino Drama - 2023, 6 episodes
Jul 1
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96. Be Mine SuperStar
Thai Drama - 2023, 12 episodes
Jul 3
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97. Minato Shouji Coin Laundry Season 2
Japanese Drama - 2023, 12 episodes
Jul 5
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98. Stand by Your Side
Taiwanese Drama - 2023, 10 episodes
Jul 7
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99. Resta con me
Chinese Drama - 2023, 24 episodes
Jul 7. This is advertised as a BL, but it's from China, which doesn't even allow innuendo. The original version of this show was banned by China before it could continue. However, GaGaOOLaLa picked it up, and they typically don't feature friendship-only stories. It's usually only directly gay content. I'm really not sure what to think, and I haven't found any confirmation one way or another. I will remove it from the list if it is indeed "bromance" or whatever you want to call it.
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100. Senior Love Me?
Thai Drama - 2023, 2 episodes
Jul 7