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2025 was the year GL went MAINSTREAM. ClaireBell proved PASSION PROJECTS can rival A24. Harmony Secret broke the INTERNET with Episode 2. Somewhere Somehow delivered the BEST rom-com. Runaway became Thailand’s FIRST GL horror. Korea WOKE UP with Friendly Rivalry. Japan finally gave yuri its DUE. From prison dramas to body swaps to reincarnation—EVERY genre works now. 🔥🌏
0:00 Opening: Processing Everything That Happened in 2025
1:16 Pluto: The Perfect Way to Start the Year
3:38 us the series: GMMTV’s Healing Romance
5:01 Whale Store XOXO: MilkLove Reunion
6:16 Reverse With Me: Fantasy & Time Travel GL
7:45 Mate the Series: Darkest Themes Done Right
9:06 I’m Your Moon: Reincarnation Romance
10:21 Roller Coaster: Emotional Love Triangle
11:38 Poisonous Love: The GinJay Drama
13:06 Denied Love: Revolutionary Contract Marriage
14:15 Only You: LingOrm Action-Romance
15:36 My Safe Zone: Original Screenplay
16:54 ClaireBell: Thailand’s First Prison GL
19:01 Runaway: Thailand’s First GL Horror
20:25 Love Design: Feel-Good Workplace Romance
22:10 Somewhere Somehow: Best GL Rom-Com
23:21 Queendom: First Body Swap GL
25:06 Unlimited Love: EngLot Star Power
26:17 Dangerous Queen: Channel 7’s First GL
27:45 Harmony Secret: Viral Corporate GL
29:22 Player the Series: Slow-Burn Revenge
30:36 Korea: Friendly Rivalry Changed Everything
33:54 ToGetHer: Korea’s First All-Female Dating Show
35:30 Japan: The Year of Yuridemption
35:50 Call Me by No-Name: Artistic Heights
37:26 Ayaka Is in Love with Hiroko Season 2
38:57 Even Though We’re Adults: Mature Themes
40:34 Final Recommendations by Category
Here’s the COMPLETE breakdown: 23 dramas across THREE countries. Channel 3, Channel 7, GMMTV—EVERYONE’S in. Self-funded shows are CRUSHING mainstream studios. Korea’s Lee Hyeri took an openly GL role. ToGetHer made HISTORY despite protests. This isn’t NICHE anymore. The industry EVOLVED. Did YOUR favorites make the list? 💅✨
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