About this archive
Show business is both setting and subject here: actors, idols, managers, agencies and publicists, plus all the machinery that turns people into products. The industry has to shape the plot, beyond simply providing a job title.
This is a fun mirror for BL and GL fans, since our favourite shows also run on paired actors, fan expectations and careful image management. These stories look at that from the inside and ask what is performance and what is real. Expect scandals, contracts, publicity relationships and co stars thrown together by a producer.
You will find Thai titles like Only Boo!, Mr. Fanboy and Still Holding Up Like the Moon, Dual Stars from Taiwan, Love Bill from Vietnam, the Singapore and China co production The Sparkle in Your Eye, and the Korean story Payback as a novel and a manhwa. My tip:
Only Boo! is the easy entry if idol comedy is your thing, and Payback is waiting when you want drama with teeth.