Heesu in Class 2 (2025)

Very disappointed

This series should’ve just been called Chan Yeong in class 2 and it’s nothing more than an adaption in name and characters ; Heesu and Seung Won got so little time to develop they’re relationship and feelings for each other and while understand that we aren’t gonna get any kissing scene (the rating plus Ahn Ji Ho was still a minor at the time of filming) the real crimes were the terrible writing, pacing, straight washed scenes taking over, the massive amounts of time the tennis scenes took over, the massive amounts of misunderstandings/miscommunications, and the fact that they’re confessions to each other is sidelined to the last ten mins of the finale episode.

Don’t even try to defend this show the only thing that helped it was the actor’s performances but even then so much wasted time and potential

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Didn't follow the original Manhua

Initially, I was extremely happy and excited that they were gonna make a live adaptation of my all time fave manhua.
It started of good, like they kinda followed the storyline in the manhua. But gradually, I think the director had no intention of making it into a BL based drama. He just wanted to focus only on unrequited love, straight relationships, high school cliches, blah, blah.
God, I was so frustrated at the end of ep9.
Believe me, guys. I was extremely hooked and patient with this drama, for a whole lot of 8 episodes. I thought that maybe, they would focus entirely on Heesu and Seung Won's relationship for the next two episodes.
But, I was extremely mistaken.
Well, in the end, I really wanna say that, they have fully and utterly, disrespted the original manhua.
Guys, believe me, the manhua is so good.
If you guys have some time, checkout the manhua and if you're really a fan of highschool crushes and cliches and frustration, you may enjoy this series.

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Hesitancy ruined a great BL

Things I Liked:
Adorable characters: SeungWon and Heesu were incredibly lovable and easy to root for.

Honest portrayal: It captured how difficult it is to be queer, especially in South Korea.

Sibling relationship: Heesu’s bond with his sister was touching, especially the rooftop coming-out scene.

Music and visuals: Beautiful and perfectly matched the tender, emotional tone.

Heart-fluttering moments: Gave a Heartstopper-like feel with the blooming love.

Slow burn romance: Though a fan of slow burn, still a bit unsure if it fully worked here.

Journey to happiness: Watching Heesu and SeungWon's path to finding love and joy was satisfying.

Things I Didn’t Like:

Hesitancy in portraying queerness: The drama clearly held back and avoided going deeper.

Underused characters: SeungWon’s lesbian mom felt more like a plot device than a fully explored story.

Unresolved subplots: JuChan’s tennis dream and dad issues were left hanging with no closure.

Frustrating friendship dynamic: JuChan was a bad friend to Heesu, and the drama never addressed it properly.

Painfully cut confession scenes: Important emotional beats were rushed or skipped.

Self-absorbed reactions: JuChan made Heesu’s coming out more about himself, which was frustrating.

Messy sister’s love life: Felt random and poorly handled, adding unnecessary confusion.

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still waiting for Heesu and Seungwon.

I really like the series and the story is interesting but Heesu and Seungwon are taking too long to get together. It feels like their story is going nowhere and it doesn’t even feel like a BL anymore. Even though they are the main characters, they don’t get much screen time.

The show mostly focuses on Chanyeong and Jiyu. I understand they are important too but it feels like they are the only main characters.
They are already together, so the story should focus more on Heesu and Seungwon but it doesn’t. It’s honestly really frustrating

I’m tired of always hoping that Heesu and Seungwon will have more screen time in the next episode and then they don’t.
It’s really disappointing.

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Spoilers ahead about the Manhwa and the adaptation

After finishing Heesu in class 2 I think it was clear that the creators of this adaptation wanted to have the BL audience that were fans of the Manhwa without saying that they only took inspiration and without really wanting to commit to display the relationship between them until 5 min till the end feel like we were in the early KBL days with censorship.

Clear example of this Chanyoung bisexuality was erased in the show and he was such a supportive friend to Hessu helping them getting together with Jiyu there was nothing romantic between them.

They completely changed the narrative and even changed the relationships between the characters my main grip with this is that they decided to adapt a BL manhwa where the romance was the focus of the story and decided to add a lot of unnecessary storylines to make things more complicated for the couple to get together because if they was not obstacles they would have to show them early being a couple and showing affection and I think they wanted to avoid this so the couple only got together in ep 10 last minute showing really minimal affection and I feel the same with the fact that Seungwon moms exists but we did not see them as a couple in the adaption same for their classmate who has a girlfriend they exist as a queer characters but the show do not want to make them visible.
If they wanted to make a serie that concentrate on coming out and the pain of being in the closet they could have done this as an orignal story but they decided to capitalized on this Manhwa because it was popular and made a completely lackluster serie even if they wanted to make this like an ensemble work the screen time for both couple was certainly not equal if they do this and people defend it they are going to keep picking BLs Manhwa and do this making it palatable for the GP which is really unfortunate when KBL come so far Lost in The Big City being the latest example of the evolution of the genre.

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Finished Heesu in Class 2 – A Beautiful Journey, But Let’s Not Give Up on It Yet

Heesu in Class 2 is truly one of the best BLs I’ve watched. The story is soft, emotional, and the chemistry between Heesu and Seungwon feels genuine and natural. It perfectly captures the quiet yet profound confusion of a teenage boy. I felt so connected to Heesu through his introspective moments.

However, there is one significant issue: the straight couple.

Instead of focusing primarily on the main couple (Heesu and Seungwon), the show spends too much time on a romance between a boy and a girl. While their story isn't bad, it takes away from the true focus. At times, it feels like their relationship is taking the lead, leaving us with only brief moments of the actual BL story.

It’s frustrating because Heesu and Seungwon have so much potential. Every scene with them is meaningful, yet it never feels like enough. I honestly believe the straight couple deserves their own separate spin-off.

Despite this, I urge viewers to stick with the series. I was frustrated with episode 9, but the emotional confession scene in episode 10 was a moment of redemption, long overdue. The awkward yet beautiful dating moments that followed left me yearning for more.

Please don’t give up on this series. If we show our support, the production team may take notice and give us the Season 2 we deserve, with Heesu and Seungwon as the main focus. Their story deserves the spotlight.

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Realistic but too much dragged, also no kiss

It's nice to see that Korea is finally investing in BLs. First 2 eps were so good & Ahn ji ho portrayed the role of Hee su so well. His personality is so similar to me, I can relate to him about so many things. He liked his bestfriend Chan Young, but didn't realise that it was just a crush, not that serious (basically an attachment). He was just his gay awakening. I loved these facts also that he was advising everyone to confess about their feelings but hesitating himself & how he didn't judge that lesbian girl & treated her the same way as everyone else. Acting & music are also so good. They could've concluded in 6-8 episodes. There was no need to drag it this much. Also no kiss was shown.
FINAL VERDICT :- Good, but not one of the best KBLs of 2025 (1st half was better)

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Too Many Cooks Spoil the Broth

It fell short as an adaptation of a BL manhwa, and even its attempt at being a straight K-drama became nonsensical after the first five episodes.

Great writing where? Chan Young's tennis storyline and the unresolved issues with his dad were never properly explored or explained, leaving viewers confused about his father's resentment. There was no closure.

Chan Young was so self-centered and annoying that he made the series unbearable. The straight couple were cute in the first few episodes till we realized they forgot the title of the series.

The dynamic between Heesu sisters and their lovers was explored but felt lackluster, mostly because it was hard to even understand what was going on.

Seungwon having two moms was brushed off far too easily, there was so much potential that just went down the drain. Too many open ended dynamics in the series.

Making Seungwon seem like a rebound was diabolical and insane. The queer storyline was dragged out unnecessarily.

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Why did they even use this title and why did they claim this is a “BL” when it’s not

Honestly, you will not catch me writing reviews or giving my opinions on these type of platforms however, I feel the need to do so for this. The audacity to classify this as a BL is absolutely mind blowing. It’s obvious that they used this name to get people to watch it, Like I don’t even know how this is a adaptation of the Manhwa If it literally has no similarities to it it’s just the characters have the same names that’s it. They changed everything about it. Anyways, all I have to say is this is terrible. I don’t like it and I’m actually more mad that they said this was a BL,literally bl where? I’ve never witnessed so much screen time of a straight couple in any Bl this is the first time. Why is it that a straight couple is having more screen time than the Suppose it “gay couple” Like this is a BL for God sake! Honestly, the first two episodes I was so excited and I believe they should’ve just stopped at episode two Because everything after that is just us watching the love story of a straight couple, even though this is supposed to be a BL. And with the cast, I don’t know if I’m the only one but everyone keeps talking about like oh my gosh, the BL couple is so cute but I don’t feel any chemistry between them. I don’t know if that’s just me. The acting was awkward to me and yeah I didn’t feel any chemistry between them probably because hey, I didn’t get any moments between them. I don’t feel like this “Bl” is deserving of a rating higher than two out of ten because it’s not what it says it was supposed to be.

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Why did they try to make second lead main lead? This is not Netflix Start-up.

WOW!!! what an amazing journey. I got to know a lot more about the main leads characters.

Chan Young exerts main lead energy being ignorant to his friend struggle and just think for himself first. His love line with Ji Yu is cute because I got to know how much shallow dating your fav singer is so convenient as studying in the same school and same extra curriculum. Her songs are truly powerful indeed as to convert a misunderstood common interest into definitely love.

Love is such a simple thing that Ji Yu falls in love with a handsome guy who acknowledge her talent and compliment her achievement and most importantly, an act of kindness returning the book she forgot on her desk in front of her which happens to be her song title which is probably why it was allowed to be left on the desk during extra-curriculum class.

I was so annoyed because why did they give Heesu so much screen time when he is a typical support character who helps setting people up. He didn't even help the main leads get together. Why did they show him trying to sabotage the main leads when his gig is being a shy best friend? If he was supposed to be the antagonist then they made his character so weak with weak motive as falling in love with childhood best friend.

Furthermore, why does a support character get a support character? Seung Won literally is non-relevant to the main storyline when he just sit by the side on everything. What was his point even? to be Ji Yu bestie? what did they do together to relate so much? To introduce a jealousy storyline with Chan Young in Ji Yu relationship? they did try and succeed but it concluded so early. He was only introduced as a way to stop Heesu rampage in a non violent way.

Through out the 10 episodes Heesu and Seung Won relationship progress is literally as obstacles for Chan Young and Ji Yu. I get that they wanna be family friendly so maybe they could conclude it with a second lead love line but with a BL twist.

Overall, I am a little disappointed by the direction of the series in progressing the main relationship but I am glad to say that it is another kdrama that I have successfully sat through.

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lost in sub plots

This is my first time writing a review because this series left me with too much to say, both in admiration and in frustration.
The series had great potential but missed critical marks that could have made it unforgettable.
Starting with the intimacy: I had modest expectations, but even the emotional scenes like the hug felt underwhelming and lacked the emotional impact they deserved. The protagonists were starved of meaningful development, and the focus was scattered unnecessarily into subplots like tennis and music.
The most frustrating part was how much narrative weight the side couple received.
Their slow-burn romance was tender and well-developed to the point where it felt like they were the true protagonists.
Meanwhile, the main couple’s relationship was barely allowed to breathe.
Even by the second-last episode, instead of deepening the main emotional arc, the series chose to showcase the side character improving at tennis, a subplot that felt increasingly irrelevant to the emotional heart of the story.
It was genuinely frustrating to see precious screen time spent on character achievements in sports, while the actual romance between the leads was left undeveloped and unsatisfying.
While I appreciate the climactic structure of the final episode, it’s disappointing that the love interest only became vocal and expressive at the very end.
Until then, he remained so tightly written that it was difficult to connect with him or invest fully in the main couple’s journey.
I haven’t read the manhwa, so I can't speak about the adaptation accuracy.
But based solely on the drama, it’s clear that the series had incredible potential, especially with such talented actors at the helm. Instead, the narrative focus shifted heavily onto side plots like music, tennis, and personal dream struggles — giving the side couple an almost protagonist-level arc. Meanwhile, the main leads didn’t even share one truly memorable romantic moment, making it hard to stay emotionally engaged.
In the end, it’s a series that shines in parts but ultimately leaves you wanting so much more from the story that should have mattered most.
With a little more focus on the main relationship and character development, it could have been something unforgettable.

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