5 BLs That Will Break Your Heart (Then Heal It)

Need a good cry? Want a love story that pulls at your heartstrings? Or do you live for a happy ending that’s hard-earned? If that’s your mood, then these BLs are for you. This list rounds up five BLs, each with a unique story, all of which will break your heart and then slowly but surely put it back together.

Happy endings are guaranteed, but they’ll take some time and mishaps before they become true.

Kram ( Nat Natasit Uareksit ), a kindhearted young painter, reconnects with Phupha ( Gun Thapanawat Kaewbumrung ), someone he only vaguely remembers from childhood as the entitled heir to his father’s massive business. Reunited as young adults, Phupha needs a temporary place to stay and ends up living with Kram and his family.

Now forced under the same roof, the two quickly realize there is more to each other than their outdated first impressions. They become more than just friends and fall deeply in love. It’s what looks like the perfect love story taking shape, but tragedy strikes. Sucked into the treacherous world of his family business, Phupha is murdered.

Kram is at a loss for how to move on, but fate takes the wheel and decides for him. Accidentally falling into a magical pool surrounded by legend, he ends up in what seems to be a parallel world, where the man he once loved is still alive but doesn’t know him, and this world’s Kram has already died.

What’s more, Thai ( Max Kornthas Rujeerattanavorapan ), a guy he once knew as a violent murderer, is now kind to him and is the only person who offers him a place to stay. Thai agrees to help Kram protect Phupha and find a way to return to his world.

Why it’s worth the watch: If you like a little magic in your show, this one has it. This take on parallel worlds makes for an interesting setup: the same people and events seem to exist across these worlds, but their relationships and the timing and order of events differ. The question is, can events be changed? Expect truly endless chaos and twists to unfold as Kram helplessly tries to change Phupha’s future.

On the surface, “The Eighth Sense” looks like another university romance, with a fun surfing twist thrown in, but there’s so much more to this underrated K-BL. In fact, there’s nothing quite like it.

The story starts with a brief first meeting between two university students, Ji Hyun ( Oh Jun Taek ) and Jae Won ( Lim Ji Sub ). Ji Hyun is a freshman from the countryside without friends or any experience living in the big city, while Jae Won is an upperclassman who has just returned from the military. From their very first meeting, there is a quiet but overpowering tension between them.

A second meeting comes soon after, as the two unconsciously seek each other out, and their interest in each other only intensifies. Jae Won says they should be friends, but Ji Hyun is still hesitant about this new and mysterious guy, whom he doesn’t really know.

Later, Ji Hyun spots a poster at school for the surf club with Jae Won on it. Despite not knowing how to swim, he decides to join.