Afternoona Asks

Patreon Guest hosts take over the podcast to discuss the year in BL dramas!

We welcome Nicole, Alison, Heather, and Gavin to discuss the highs and lows of BL in 2025, while asking and answering questions like what country had the best year in the world of BL? Is Heesu in Class 2 underrated? Which of us are My Stubborn stans and who is Team Khemjira? Listen and find out the answers to these questions and more in this BL recap episode of Afternoona Asks. 

Show notes:

BLs talked about by country:

Chinese BLs:

Revenged Love 

ABO Desire

Secrets Happened on Litchi Island

To My Shore

Korean BLs:

Secret Relationships 

Heesu in Class 2

Ball Boy Tactics

Thundercloud Rainstorm

My Bias is Showing

Match Play

Peach Trap

Checkered Shirt

Thailand:

Khemjira

My Stubborn

Top Form

Reset

Shine

Boy Next World

ThamePo: You Steal My Heart

The Wicked Game

My Magic Prophecy 

The Ex Morning

The Next Prince

Mystique in the Mirror 

Lover Merman

Me and Thee

Pit Babe 2

Sangmin Dinaew

My Golden Blood

Goddess Bless You From Death

Burnout Syndrome

Taiwanese BLs:

Secret lover

A Perfect Match

Japanese BLs

School Trip: Joined A Group I’m Not Close To

When It Rains, It Pours

10 Dance

Love Begins in the World of If

Punks Triangle

10 Things I Want to Do Before I Turn 40

Therapy Game

Proper Way to Write Love

Join us for our annual Year End Review of Korean and other Asian dramas for 2025! As with our previous year end episodes, Sarah and Grace are joined by Afternoona Delight Patreon guests to discuss the drama year. We are delighted to be joined by Kate B and Jimmy this year. In this Part 2 episode, Jimmy and Grace discuss their faves, their misses, and the winners of their own drama awards.

Hope you have fun reliving 2025 with us!

Other podcast episodes mentioned in this episode:

Afternoona Delight - Our Blues

Daebak Pod - I Am Not a Robot

Korean History for Kdrama Viewers Part 1

Our Unwritten Seoul

Spoiler alerts:
Spoilers for Love Alarm at 8:10-9:20
Spoilers for Dear Hongrang at 1:18:12-1:20:24

Join us for our annual Year End review of Korean and other Asian dramas for 2025! As per previous episodes, Grace and Sarah are joined by an Afternoona Delight Patreon guest to discuss their drama year. We are delighted to be joined by Kate B and Jimmy this year and in this part 1 episode, Kate B and Sarah discuss their faves, their misses and the winners of their own drama awards.

Have fun reliving 2025 with us!

Show Notes
Podcast Episodes mentioned
2024's Year End Reviews Part 1 and Part 2
2025 Chinese Drama review with Tea and Soju Podcast
Our Unwritten Seoul Deep Dive
First Love Deep Dive

Kate B's Instagram @mixedcheesehoagie_

For the third year, we are welcoming back Liliana from Tea and Soju Podcast to discuss all things Chinese dramas in 2025. This has been a great year for Chinese dramas so we are discussing some of our faves. Liliana also highlights some dramas we may have missed, tells us about Zhao Lusi's 2025 and what to look forward to for 2026.

Show Notes:
Restaurants in London:
My Old Place, Liverpool St

Nan Hotpot, Leicester Square

Previous Podcasts mentioned:
2024 Year End CDrama Review with Tea and Soju Pod

Chinese Dramas 101 with Tea and Soju Pod

First Frost Deep Dive

Prisoner of Beauty Deep Dive

History of Wuxia

Nirvana in Fire meme

Chinese Dramas mentioned:
Meet Yourself (Li Xian)
Will Love in Spring (Li Xian)
First Frost
Prisoner of Beauty
Mobius
Love's Ambition
Love in the Clouds

Such a Good Love 

Twelve Letters 

A Dream Within a Dream

Scarlet Heart 

Reborn 

Popular Dramas in China 

• Legend of Zhanghai 
• This Thriving Land 
• In The Name of Justice 
• Moonlight Mystique 
• Coroners Diary

Dramas for 2026

• Love Beyond the Grave
• Mo Li
• Unveil Jadewind
• Zhu Yu
• How Dare You

Social media links for Tea and Soju

Tea and Soju Podcast on Instagram and Linktree for all platforms

Sarah and Grace are back together to discuss our mutual favorite 2025 K-drama to date, the slice of life rom-com Our Unwritten Seoul. If you have not seen this drama yet, join us as we discuss the meaningful themes, thoughtful details, and story-telling devices that made this drama so relatable and impactful, in the spoiler-free section. And if you've watched, relive the drama with us as we heap praise on the incredible acting performances delivered by the stellar ensemble cast, get misty-eyed while sharing our favorite moving scenes, and squee over the adorkable romances. 

K-Drama Comps

Reply 1988
Our Beloved Summer
Our Blues
Do You Like Brahms?

#kdramapodcast #kdramapodcasts #kdramas #koreandrama #koreandramapodcast #korean #asiandrama #asiandramapodcast

Konnichiwa! Welcome to our latest episode, and our first Deep Dive for a Japanese Drama. We are discussing the 2022 Japanese drama First Love, starrring Satoh Takeru and Mitsushima Hikari and inspired by the songs by Hitada Ukaru. We are delighted to welcome Amy, from our sister podcast Afternoona Delight as well as fellow Patreon Gavin on to the show to disucss all the things we loved about this drama - and we really loved this drama!

If you haven't yet seen this, join us for the first section of our podcast when we discuss it spoiler-free to see if it might be for you. Or if you've already watched join us to chat the drama feels, whose performances we loved, spaghetti naporitan and roundabouts!

Show Notes
To check out Gavin's previous podcasts with us:
A Costuming Conversation with Gavin Dietz

Sungkyungkwan Scandal - A Confucian Deep Dive

KDrama 2024 so far - A Catchup with guests

Sarah and Grace tackle the first in a planned series of episodes covering Korean History for fans of KDramas. We discuss the first "Korean" nations, starting with Gojoseon, then working our way through the Three Kingdoms period, touching on Unified/Late Silla, and concluding with the short-lived Later Three Kingdoms. We also talk about historical (aka sageuk) KDramas set in these various periods, including ones we both have and have not watched. 

Dramas mentioned:

Arthdal Chronicles

The Bride of Habaek

Jumong

Gwanggaeto the Great Conqueror

The Legend

Yeon Kaesomun

My Only Love Song 

River Where the Moon Rises

Queen Woo

Mr. Queen

The King’s Daughter, Soo Baek Hyang

Ballad of Seodong

Gyebaek

King of Legend

Hwarang: the Poet Warrior Youth

Queen Seondeok

Dream of the Emperor

Dae Jo Yeong

The King: Eternal Monarch

Emperor of the Sea

How have we already gotten to the third quarter of 2025? Relive the third quarter in dramas with Sarah and Afternoona Delight Patreon guests Laura and Debra. We discuss our favourite dramas of the year, performances that wowed us and dramas we ended up dropping. Sarah discusses how KDramas have been missing the mark for her and what dramas have been working instead.

Show Notes
To listen to the previous quarterly review episodes please check these:

First quarter 2025 in dramas - with Erin & Cate

Second quarter 2025 in dramas - with Kalena and Shannon

We are delighted to be covering another Chinese drama deep dive - and this time it's the 2023 drama Till the End of the Moon, which is an epic Xianxia Fantasy Historical. Sarah is joined by special guests Corinne from Sex, Love, Literature podcast and fellow Afternoona Delight Patreon, Carolien.

If you haven't watched and wonder if this might be for you, check out our spoiler-free intro to see if demon red flag heroes are for you or not. And if you've seen, relive all the blood gushes, the love/hate, enemies to lovers romance and listen to us discuss THAT ending.

Show Notes:
Love Like the Galaxy Deep dive on Afternoona Delight with Corinne

Trope Spotlight: Red Flag vs Green Flag Characters - "They match each other's freak" on Sex Love Literature Podcast

Gyeongseong Creature on Afternoona Delight with Carolien

Corinne Cdrama comps:

Love and Redemption

Lost You Forever

Carolien's book rec comp:

Fionavar Tapestry by Guy Gavriel Kay

Corinne's Tumblr post:

EmmaB Video edit for Till the The End of the Moon

Carolien Instragram @caromuis

Sex Love Literature website | tumblr | instagram

Sarah and Grace had a great time catching up and answering listener questions in this AMA episode. We chat about the impact of Kpop Demon Hunters and compare notes on our summer kpop concert experiences. We answer questions about Korean and Chinese naming conventions, the concept of Jeong, what goes into a Chinese wedding ceremony, and much more!

Other podcast episodes mentioned on this episode:

Afternoona Asks: Intro to Korean Language
Afternoona Asks: Second quarter review
Afternoona Asks: Art of Negotiation
Afternoona Delight Dear Hongrang Review