Being stuck in quarantine has allowed a lot of Filipinos to tune into the genre of BL series (a short term for Boys Love), contributing to the phenomenon it already has internationally.
Thanks to the popularity of 2gether: The Series, the BL series from Thailand which garnered over 100 million views for its uploaded episodes on YouTube, more producers are now starting to come up with new content that features same-sex romance—even with the current social distancing measures being put out on productions.
A lot of filmmakers from the Philippines have greatly responded to this emerging trend, and as of writing, there are now three BL series circulated online with a few more set to be released.
This is your one-stop guide to the Filipino BL series that is currently available and the others that will be, from the official plot, cast, release schedules, and more.
A running list of BL series from the Philippines
A Kiss To Remember
Boys' Lockdown
Gameboys
Gaya Sa Pelikula
Hello Stranger
In Between
Kumusta Bro
MyDay The Series
My Extra Ordinary
Oh, Mando
Sakristan
Truly Very Yours
U & I The Series
A Kiss To Remember
Plot details to be revealed.
Director: To be announced
Cast: Christian Estrada, Z Mejia
Schedule and where to watch: TV5, Colours, and AsterisK Digital TV’s Youtube channel
Boys' Lockdown
Love in the time of a pandemic. While it's certainly not the best time to go out, meet someone and fall in love, Key and Chen find each other in the middle of the quarantine and connect in ways that surprise them both.
Director: Jade Castro
Screenplay: Danice Mae Sison
Cast: To be announced
Schedule and where to watch: To be announced
Gameboys
Cairo (Canlas) is raring for a rematch after his sudden defeat in a popular mobile game. But his opponent Gavreel (de Santos) wants something in return.
Director: Ivan Andrew Payawal
Screenplay: Ash Malanum
Cast: Elijah Canlas, Kokoy de Santos, Adrianna So, Kyle Velino
Schedule: Fridays (8PM PST)
Where to watch: IdeaFirst Company’s YouTube channel
Gaya Sa Pelikula
Gaya Sa Pelikula tells the story of Karl, a college freshman, and his blooming romance with the upperclassman Vlad.
Director: J.P. Habac
Screenplay: Juan Miguel Severo
Cast: Ian Pangilinan, Paolo Pangilinan
Schedule and where to watch: To be announced
Hello Stranger
When Mico (Alcantara) organizes an online quiz night with his barkada, he is surprised when the school's popular basketball player, Xavier (Labrusca), joins in and insults them. Little does Mico know that this won't be the last time he'll be seeing Xavier.
Director: Petersen Vargas
Screenplay: Patrick Valencia, Kriss Ann de la Peña, Katherine Labayen, Ella Palileo, Isabella Policarpio, Joanna Marie Reyes, Daniel Saniana, J. Eliseo Sandico
Cast: JC Alcantara, Tony Labrusca, Gillian Vicencio, Vivoree Esclito, Miguel Almendras, Patrick Quiroz
Schedule: Wednesdays (8:30PM PST)
Where to watch: Black Sheep’s Facebook and YouTube channel
In Between
Two guy best friends fall in love with each other.
Director: Brilliant V. Juan
Screenplay: Brilliant V. Juan, Krishelle Ann Aguilar
Cast: Genesis Vedido, Migs Villasis, Shiara Dizon, Lara Fortuna, Renshi de Guzman
Schedule: Saturday (8PM, PST)
Where to watch: USPHTV’s YouTube channel
Kumusta Bro
Plot details to be revealed.
Creator: Real Florido
Cast: Sky Quizon, Kristof Garcia, RJ Agustin, Allen Cecilio
Schedule: To be announced
Where to watch: Kumu
MyDay The Series
A romantic comedy series about a young determined culinary intern named SKY (Miko Gallardo) making his way into a multi-billion-dollar food company.
Director: Xion Lim
Cast: Miko Gallardo, Aki Torres
Schedule: To be announced
Where to watch: Oxin Films’ YouTube channel
My Extra Ordinary
Shake is very lonely and doesn’t remember anything from his past until one day he meets a strange boy, Ken.
Director: Jolo Atienza
Screenplay: Kristian Kabigting, Jolo Atienza, Vincent De Jesus
Cast: Darwin Yu, Enzo Santiago, Karissa Toliongco, Samuel Kafranca,
Schedule: To be announced
Where to watch: One TV, Colours, AsterisK Digital TV’s Youtube channel
Oh, Mando
Plot details to be revealed.
Director: Eduardo Roy, Jr.
Cast: Kokoy de Santos, Alex Diaz
Schedule To be announced
Where to watch: iWant
Sakristan
Director: Darryl Yap
Screenplay: Darryl Yap
Cast: Henry Villanueva, Clifford Pusing
Schedule: Sundays (12AM PST)
Where to watch: VinCentiments’ YouTube channel
Truly Very Yours
This is a story of how a young guy named Mark, a scriptwriter wannabe, turned his boring hours, days, weeks and months of quarantine life into quaranflinging. Trying to be creative with the script he is writing, what he thought would be fun brought him back to a time in his life that never had closure. Wait, what? How? Why?
Creator: Gab Torres
Cast: Marky Erasga, Wex Andre, Robin Hanrath, Dana Rampa
Where to watch: JACE TV’s YouTube channel
U & I the Series
Plot details to be revealed.
Director(s): Richard Simbol, Jeff Talavera
Screenplay: Richard Simbol, Jeff Talavera
Cast: Jaja Ornales Narciso, Von Jericho Salonga
Schedule: To be announced. The series will be available this August 2020.
Where to watch: RJTV’s YouTube channel
Are there any Filipino BL series you want us to add on this list? Comment down your reactions below.
Photos used from Black Sheep, Globe Studios, iWant, IdeaFirst Company, AskterisK Digital, USPHTV, Kumu, Oxin Films, VinCentiments, JACE TV, RJTV.
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