About this archive
Ordinary life, watched up close. No big crisis drives these stories. Instead you get routines, work, meals, neighbours, small choices and two people slowly filling the same days.
There is something quietly brave about that in BL and GL. The relationship is treated as completely normal, and then the whole show is spent on it. Nothing has to be justified or survived, so what you watch is habit and tenderness, which is harder to write and lovely to see.
Hong Kong shines here with Ossan’s Love, The Taste of Us, Stay Still and The Love that Dare Not Speak Its Name. You will also find Pure Vanilla and Straight Best Friend from Singapore, Boys’ Lockdown and Sky Valley from the Philippines, the GL titles 23.5, GAP and Fragrance of the First Flower, Japan’s The Proper Way to Write Love Season 2 and Mellow Rain, and the Cherry Magic family. My tip: on a lazy Sunday, try
The Taste of Us. Make tea, sit back and let nothing happen in the best possible way.