My Universe sub-story "Marry Go Round" and japanese movie "Both Me and Him are Grooms" both feature a gay couple getting ready to get married, but their wedding goes off the rails as a result of their families opposing the relationship.
Both of these BL anthologies span a variety of stories of different genres, dynamics, and worldbuilding.
Both of these films revolve around a gay/lesbian main character reflecting on their unrequited love for their best friend as their friend gets ready for their wedding day.
Journey to the Shore is significantly more depressing due to the open-to-interpretation conclusion. But both of these LGBTQ+ short films explore a same-sex couple who is subject to high school bullying on behalf of their identity. The bullying spans violence and harassment, with one main character falling into a relatively apathetic state of accepting the bullying as unavoidable.
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The conclusions are also pretty similar - with one of the leads being unreachable after an emotional and intimate night together, and then a time skip into adulthood.
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The conclusions are also pretty similar - with one of the leads being unreachable after an emotional and intimate night together, and then a time skip into adulthood.
In both of these short films, we see a tale of school bullying involving a lesbian character (a main character in Even If, and support character in Kalanchoe) that results in an abrupt end to the relationship as the character decides to leave rather than confront the bullying.
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In both of these Thai films, we explore the story of a lesbian main character and her high school sweetheart. Due to different pressures, the two split up and reunite several years down the line - with her still in love with her ex, but her ex having moved on.
In both of these Thai films, we explore the story of a lesbian main character and her high school sweetheart. Due to different pressures, the two split up and reunite several years down the line - with her still in love with her ex, but her ex having moved on.
Both films are Filipino period films taking place around the Japanese occupation of the Philippines.
While very different in tone, both dramas center around a male lead who believes himself unable to keep people close to him. Both dramas also deal with sensitive and triggery topics (to different degrees) from the main male lead's past that get resolved during the course of the story. Both dramas are workplace romances, with one male lead's influential mom putting on a cold and disapproving front towards the love interest, but ultimately coming around very easily at seeing the change in her son. Both dramas also briefly portray a major character undergoing and/or discussing therapy (the male lead in Bed Friend, the male lead's best friend in Boss and a Babe).
In both of these revenge-based dramas, the Female Lead is taken in and raised by a woman who lost her daughter. The Female Lead also falls in love with a man who she should logically be avoiding.
Both of these romcoms are screenlife productions, telling the story of a couple through their interactions and activities on technological devices.
Both dramas involve a younger male lead who became a life long fan of the other lead after a simple act of kindness as a high school student. Now that the leads are in college and have risen to stardom (respectively), they find their paths crossing on regular basis, stirring up romance and conflicts involving their different statuses.
Both of these darker melodramatic BL dramas center around themes of love triangles and betrayal, as a group of celebrities navigate intimate and competitive relationships.