A List of the Time Travel BL (LGBTQIA+ AudioVisuals SERIES DRAMA | 2023 edit)


A List of the Time Travel BL 
(LGBTQIA+ AudioVisuals)

Someone asked for it.

Here it is.

Once upon a december, I might make an order out of it. For now it is just a list in no order, and it is not exhaustive one.

From my list (some of them might not be typical BL):



Father and Son (2015) Country: Thailand


A gay dad who had raised his surrogate son alone after the death of his partner experience tension and instability in their relationship due to Carelessly living his life. The child, Nueng, starts to rebel against Aek due to him being bullied and betrayed by his boyfriend. One day, Nueng kills himself after growing tired of Aek's neglectful lifestyle. Now Aek has a second chance to save Nueng with the help of a mysterious salesman claiming he can fix everything. Even though it may seem like a fool's errand, Aek decides he'll give it a try.


 To You, for Me (2015)

 Country: China

This av explores the choices people can make to rebuild their relationships and create second chances.


 Orange (2015) Country: Japan


 Takamiya Naho gets a letter from her future self in the spring of her 16th year. Her class learned about Naruse Kakeru, a transfer student from Tokyo, after reading the first page of the letter. She recognized that the letter was a description of the things she had experienced in the future and regretted the most.

She attempts to stop reading because she is afraid, but as her interest in Kakeru grows, Naho chooses to support him. In an effort to prevent regrets similar to those Kakeru experienced in the future, Naho works with her friends Suwa, Chino, Hagita, and Azusa. She also helps Kakeru recover from his depression and sense of self-blame.


(Source: MyDramaList)
  

~~ Adapted from the manga "Orange" (オレンジ) by Takano Ichigo (高野苺).


The Meaning of the Promise (2016) Country: China


When Tang dynasty Empress Dowager Yang Yuhuan is killed by being pushed down the palace steps, her spirit escapes and enters the body of a young man who has just been struck by an automobile in the future. The driver works for Huan Yi's architecture firm; Huan Yi resembles Prince Yuan, with whom Lady Yang had an affair before she passed away. When the young guy keeps insisting that he is Lady Yang, Huan Yi brings him home, assuming that he is experiencing some sort of accident-related aftereffect. He gives him the name Chang Du (Promise) and attempts to teach him how to exist in the contemporary world. When his fiance finds the unexpected visitor in his home, things become complicated.(???)

Rebirth (2017) Country: China

Ten years prior, the young Prince Ji Yu encountered Long Yang, a commoner who stole his bow and attempted to flee in order to stop him from killing a number of peasants who had been accused of treason. Long Yang is nonetheless apprehended by the guards but is pardoned by Ji Yu, who is touched and moved by the boy's deeds. Ji Yu gives him a token before he leaves so he can use it to trade it for cash, but Long Yang chooses to retain it.


Long Yang has been working as a guard in the palace without Ji Yu recognizing him for the past five years. One day, assassins attack Ji Yu as he returns from a battle, and Long Yang is fatally wounded while defending him. He witnesses Ji Yu being shot with an arrow just before he passes out, possibly killing both of them.

Long Yang has been working as a guard in the palace without Ji Yu recognizing him for the past five years. One day, assassins attack Ji Yu as he returns from a battle, and Long Yang is fatally wounded while defending him. He witnesses Ji Yu being shot with an arrow just before he passes out, possibly killing both of them.(???)

 HIStory1: Obsessed (2017) Country: Taiwan


The narrative of Shao Yi Chen, a guy killed in an accident involving his boyfriend Jiang Jing Teng, is followed in another episode of the HIStory web series. Reborn Shao Yi Chen is sent backwards nine years. He stays away from Jiang Jing Teng and his feelings for him in order to safeguard his future self. The issue is that Shao Yi Chen has long been in love with Jiang Jing Teng and has made mention of him in his diary. Jiang Jing Teng finds a few pages while trashing the diary. provoking Jiang Jing Teng's interest in Shao Yi Chen. Will he be able to reject Jiang Jing Teng's affection and prevent himself from falling in love with him again? (???)




Guardian (2018) Country: China


A group of motivated adults working to solve cases brought about by such forces in a world beyond the realm of science.

Two police officers, Zhao Yun Lan and Shen Wei, are in charge of maintaining harmony in the nation between citizens and residents of the underworld. They develop close friendships that last across both their current and previous lives.

  ~~ Adapted from the novel "Guardian" (镇魂) by Priest




Mr. Queen (2020) Country: South Korea


A renowned chef named Jang Bong Hwan has been providing meals for South Korea's top politicians at the Blue House presidential mansions. 

After a catastrophic accident, he is transported to a long-gone era in Korea and finds himself in the body of the young queen, Kim So Yong.

King Cheol Jong, the spouse of Queen Kim So Yong, is the head of state in name only. Sun Won, the late King Sunjo's queen, is currently in charge of the realm thanks to King Cheol Jong's good attitude. She also has to contend with Kim Jwa Geun, her own brother, who also wants to be in a position of authority.
Queen Kim So Yong will learn that her spouse has secrets and is not as kind and mild-mannered as he first appears to be.

(Source: Viki, MyDramaList)
~~ Adapted from the novel "The Promotion Record of a Crown Princess" (太子妃升职记) by Xian Cheng (鲜橙)


Happenstance (2020) Country: Philippines


Wade and Jose Manuel are two individuals who coincidentally cross paths despite being in two distinct time periods—one in 1974 and the other in 2020. After his military father learned about Jose Manuel's involvement with activist Luis, he gave him a strict discipline. Wade, on the other side, is in the process of moving on from a recent breakup with Eric and finds himself in the quarantine while on vacation due to the COVID 19 Pandemic. These two brokenhearted souls get a chance to connect through time after the super moon and discover love once more. (???)



Tinted With You (2021) Country: South Korea

When his ruthless elder brother took the throne in medieval Korea, deposed Crown Prince Lee Heon was sent into exile. Lee Heon's sibling has plans to firmly establish his status, making him constantly dread for his life. Geum, Lee Heon's devoted and kind guard, is his only ally. In the present, high school student Eun Ho's existence revolves entirely around art. He agrees to a commission to finish a canvas that has a sinister aura. He meets Lee Heon after being mysteriously drawn into the past, and the two develop a strong romantic bond.

The acting king, who is growing restless, wants to kill the exiled Crown Prince. Eun Ho is now aware that he might represent Lee Heon's best, if not only, chance of surviving.
(Source: Viki)



The Warp Effect (2022)  Country: Thailand

When Alex violates the promise he made to his mother not to lose his virginity before turning eighteen, pandemonium ensues that he could never have imagined.

In 2011, seventeen-year-old Alex lacks self-confidence, and photography is his one and only love in life. His mother passed away in an accident, thus his home is all male. She made him swear to keep his virginity till the proper moment before she died. His closest friends See-ew and Nim have already given up theirs, leaving only him, so it's almost intolerable. He intends to snap at Jedi's house party as a result.
When school activist Jean attends the party, it appears that he will give her his virginity. But when the evening devolves into pandemonium, Alex awakens with no memory of what transpired. He has grown into a man of twenty-seven who is an authority in sex and gynecology. Using a Polaroid from that night, he must unravel the mystery of that evening and all the chaos that ensued. Will he be able to go back in time?
  
(Source: Thai = GMMTV || Translation = MyDramaList)



 Once Again (2022) Country: South Korea

Shin Jae Woo is an individual plagued by unpleasant recollections. His ultimate goal is to alter both his own and Kang Ji Hoon's fate through some means of time travel. When the two young men's paths intersected in 2007, Shin Jae Woo fell in love with Kang Ji Hoon—a man he revered above all others. However, sad misfortune prevented them from being together, and Shin Jae Won has regretted himself ever since for what transpired.

Shin Jae Woo returns to the collegiate residence where Kang Ji Hoon had lived fifteen years later. He picks up an intercom receiver he discovers there and is astounded to hear Kang Ji Hoon's voice! He becomes aware that his time travel has taken him to 2007, which is 15 years in the past. Kang Ji Hoon is a student once more and getting ready to take the bar exam. Kang Ji Hoon has no idea why this stranger keeps attempting to get close to him or why he keeps referring to him as "uncle" while Shin Jae Woo moves into the room next door and begins to rebuild their friendship.

  (Source: Viki)

HIStory5: Love in the Future (2022) Country: Taiwan


In the year 2000, Tai Che Ni works as a happy and conscientious delivery person. A package for a man named Hai Yi has been presented to him. However, a very weird thing happens to him, and he finds himself unexpectedly transported to the year 2022—22 years in the future! The youthful heir to a hugely successful business group empire, Hai Yi, is discovered by him.

Tai Che Ni is initially immensely distraught that he has been transported to the year 2022 and longs to go "home" to 2000. However, as he spends more time with Hai Yi, he starts to feel attracted to him and sees a sensitive side of the business heir that many of his friends haven't seen before. In 2022, would he be happy here? Or will the influence of the past break this pair apart? Meanwhile, a tender-hearted orphan named Lin Huai En, the office's newest hire, and an apparently cold-hearted company manager named Liang Wen Hsen may soon fall in love.



(Source: Viki)

Triage (2022) Country: Thailand

Tin, a third-year resident in emergency medicine, must manage a daily onslaught of various patients. That is, up until the eighteenth. When university student Tol's automobile flips over and he is taken to the emergency room in critical condition, Tin's life is forever changed. Even though Tin is unable to save Tol's life, that night does not finish there. Tin will not be able to escape his time loop until he has changed Tol's destiny when he next awakens.
(Source: MyDramaList; Thai = AIS Play || Translation = MyDramaList)
~~ Adapted from the web novel "Triage" (ทริอาช) by Sammon_Scene




Vice Versa (2022) Country: Thailand


After an accident, Puen, a well-known actor, is now living in the body of Tun. Talay awakens in the body of a man named Tess and runs into Puen again. To help them navigate life in this new reality, the two have Phuwadol, a nurse who assists people from the same universe they left behind. Phuwadol claims that they might each be the other's "portkey," or someone who can assist them in going back to their original locations once they have achieved their goals.

In order to complete their task, Tun and Talay are helped by their friends Kita, Fuse, and the members of Friend Credits Up and Aou. In the new universe, love and friendship develop alongside them. What will transpire regarding their mission? Can they return to their original universe?

  (Source: GMMTV; edited by MyDramaList)
  ~~ Adapted from the novel "Vice Versa" (Vice Versa รักสลับโลก) by JittiRain.


Be My Favorite (2023) Country: Thailand

Praemai has been Botkawi's true passion for all of time. When a musical crystal ball he purchased as a significant gift for Praemai takes him back in time to the age of eighteen, his life is irrevocably altered. The world is turned on its head. Botkawi somehow finds himself in the arms of Pisaeng rather of realizing his dreams and making things right with Praemai. So begins their game of cat and mouse, with Pisaeng pursuing Botkawi. But as their passion develops, old feelings for Praemai become a hindrance. Enraged, Botkawi keeps turning the crystal ball to get the outcomes he wants.


(Source: TheBLXpress.wordpress.com; MyDramaList)
  ~~ Adapted from the novel "You Are My Favorite" (บทกวีของปีแสง) by JittiRain.

I Feel You Linger in the Air (2023) Country: Thailand

Jom, an architect, was in charge of remodeling a historic home next to the Ping River. There he finds a wooden trunk filled with old, very familiar-looking artwork. The information is fascinating. Jom has travel back to Bangkok to visit his love, so he doesn't have time to worry about them. Jom has been counting down the days till her boyfriend returns from his distant studies only to discover that he has become engaged to someone else.

As he drives his automobile into the river, a broken-hearted Jom finds peace. Jom detects the delicious fragrance of new frangipani blossoms emanating from the stream in the chilly darkness, and in the distance he can make out a deep, calm voice clearly saying, "Pho Jom."

  Jom will find himself awakening in Chiang Mai in the 1920s.

  (Source: Thai = Goodreads || Translation = MyDramaList)
  ~~ Adapted from the novel "Sweet Smell of Love" (หอมกลิ่นความรัก) by Violet Rain.

 Absolute Zero Country: Thailand


Ongsa and SuanSoon are dating. Ongsa was racing back to celebrate Suansoon's birthday with him when he was seriously injured. Suansoon held himself responsible and wished he could go back in time so he wouldn't date Ongsa. Ongsa, a high school student, didn't trust Suansoon when he warned him about the future after finding himself in the past, but they ended up dating nevertheless.

Ongsa from the future returned ten years later, the day before the disaster, to warn his younger self not to avoid the accident since Suansoon will perish if he does. Ongsa let the mishap to occur. He awoke once more in the past, where he had first encountered Suansoon. Ongsa decided to alter the future this time, so he avoided approaching Suansoon.

  (Source: Lazy Subber)

Midnight Fortune Country: Thailand

A young worker named Xiao Ming encounters Pangwin, a 10-year-old boy who claims to be from the future. Pangwin claims that it would be Xiao Ming who brings Pangwin into the world, suffering at his birth. Pangwin stuns Xiao Ming by telling him that he must wed his male employer, Achirawat, after first demonstrating his time travel by giving him the lottery winning numbers.

(Source: deliciososdelbl Instagram)
~~ Adapted from the web novel "Midnight Fortune" (midnight fortune #อย่าบอกป๊านะม๊า) by wickedwish

Reverse 4 You Country: Thailand

Jattawa appears to be a typical law student, yet she has the power to manipulate time. Vivi, her younger sister, possesses the gift of prophecy. But lately, Vivi's visions seem to be inaccurate. She therefore finds it simple to doubt her most recent assertion that P'Four, a troubled university senior, will end up being her future partner.


  (Source: MyDramaList)

Love Upon a Time (2023) Country: Thailand


Nakhun is a 20-year-old student who has no superstitions. One day, fate tricks him, and he finds himself traveling over 400 years in the past to the Ayutthaya Kingdom. Nakhun assumes the identity of Klao after being mistaken for someone who had vanished, and while looking for a method to return to his time period, seeks to solve the mystery surrounding his disappearance. Phop, a friend of Klao's, doesn't think Nakhun is the brother he knew and keeps a close check on him.
(Source: Thai = se-ed.com || Translation = MyDramaList)

Past-Senger (2023) Country: Thailand

Kiao, a young man from the 1990s, is a troublemaker who enjoys messing with people. Kiao wants to pursue his passion of studying architecture, but due to an unexpected event, he ends up in the year 25. A man from 2022 named Bamee is withdrawn and doesn't have many close friends. He is putting a lot of effort into getting into the architecture faculty in memory of his deceased father.

  (Source: Lazy Subber; MyDramaList)

source of texts: mydramalist.com + respective authors

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