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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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They just wanna take advantage from the BL drama
Just watched Episode 9,…🤬 Mostly, some drama don’t have many plots then they would choose to add some unnecessary details. But, this mangas originally got many good and interesting plots. Then the screenplay changed it and add so many plots for supporting roles and cut a lots of scenes for main characters. Especially the show call ‘Heesu in class 2’, or they should just change the name to ‘ChanYoung in class 2’. Apparently They just wanna take advantage from an awesome BL script and support those supporting roles. 😡🙄👿 they even changed supporting roles to annoying roles. Chan young become an a person who being annoying and selfish, always get angry easily. Chan young only cares about himself and being childish. That’s why I always wanna skipping his part! How come they deleted so many plots for main characters!! The more I watch, the more angry I get!Was this review helpful to you?
Could have been a 30 minute special
I’ll start by saying the cast was amazing and the chemistry was great. The story had an amazing set up and crazy potential however it was completely wasted. The main couple got less than half of screen time each episode and they made no progress until the last 20 minutes of the last episode. It was so aggravating as each episode went by and we had the same problem over and over. It was so dragged out that I was actually mad. I like a good slow burn but this was not that. I’m so sad because this show could have been one of my favorites but I would not even think to rewatch it. The amount of filler was crazy.Was this review helpful to you?
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Chan Yeong in class 2
"About...18-year old Chan Yeong who is a tennis player. After finding out his favorite singer is his classmate, Ji Yu, he starts showing interest and showing affection for her."This drama is NOT about Heesu.
Heesu is more like the side character. This is why I didn't like this drama. So much time and many scenes were focused on Chan Yeong and Ji Yu.
No chemistry at all between heesu and seung won, the "supposedly main leads". After the confession, we only get 3 minutes of them together. Lol!!
Very disappointed at this show!!
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Reinforces the idea that queer people are pawns for capitalism
Fun fact; You actually do not have to alter an entire manhwa! You actually don't have to make a queer relationship about the uninvolved, and originally non-canon, best friend and complex character turned snobbish girlfriend!All jokes aside, I am insanely disappointed to see so many people demanding that the queer community be grateful for this show. It disrespected a manhwa that was important for many people. More importantly, this was a mainstream outlet for Queer South Koreans to see their love and relationships represented on screen. Progress has never been achieved by accepting the bare minimum (and less) simply because it's considered progress. There are so many K-BLs/GLs that explore queerness in such an authentic and meaningful way. It can be done, and to call this anything but a queerphobic choice in the writers room is disingenuous and unfair to those fighting for accurate and authentic queer representation.
Queer people should not come second in romance, especially when the romance is supposed to be theirs. South Koreans are not exceptions to this rule. The acting was good, but the script and material were erasure of a minority that is already scarcely represented in film and TV, especially in many Asian countries. Being queer is still taboo, and pushing media like this as 'representation.' or assuming you're entitled to queer fans' devotion just furthers that stigma. On top of that, Ji-yu is very underwritten and neglected. It feels as though her character was neglected in favor of the male leads. If you're going to write a character like her, at least don't make her static. She is a walking stereotype who doesn't experience any character development outside of her relationship with Chan Yeong. She is also a very kind, charming, and supportive character in the manhwa, but she and Chan Yeong both just read as inconsiderate and selfish in the adaptation. Their relationship is uninteresting and, honestly, disrespectful to Huisu and Seungwon. They deserve a story revolving around them, as it was intended to be.
This show let queer people down. It let beautiful and complex characters down. It let a whole generation of people down. You are allowed to enjoy the unintended main couple, and you are allowed to enjoy the show. Ultimately, though, you used a BL to find a specific demographic, and then threw them under the bus. I have read the summary (and, admittedly, watched clips that include the originally intended main BL couple) for the rest of the episodes, and all it has done is further my point. You marketed an adaptation of a queer manhwa as being queer, and yet failed to deliver. Even in the case of a season 2, I personally don't find this forgivable or as something I could look past. I love seeing people like me speak a language I speak and be themselves unashamedly... why couldn't they just *be*?
Overall, I could've excused the little bit of poorly written queer experience if it weren't for the static progression in favor of a straight one. The main love interests are queer. The main leads are queer. They could've been treated as any other couple, but they weren't. Their progression was halted entirely while a straight romance blossomed. That makes no sense. The queer erasure in this show is nuts!!! What is happening? If you want to make a story devoid of labels, orientation, and homophobia, that's great! Queer people shouldn't have to suffer to be queer. If you're going to take that route, framing liking girls as a boy as the default assumption is an interesting move. Society and it's systems shouldn't be romanticized, especially in fantasy that seeks to exclude it, and queer couples should be treated like any other. That means assumptions routed in said system shouldn't exist. In fact, the decision to favor a straight ship in this context, just reaffirms that same system you're trying to write out of fantasy. It almost feels like a satire critiquing hypocrisy in those claiming to want better representation, while still making decisions that hurt marginalized groups in favor of more money and reach. Art isn't only about how it reads, but how it performs and the beautiful stories it should tell.
I wouldn't recommend this drama, but I would absolutely recommend the manhwa. It is so super cute. Keep fighting for good queer representation all around the world!!!
Edit: I'm a letterboxd warrior, so this is my first review on my dramalist. I made an account just to review this show because I disliked it so much. Obviously, everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but keep that in mind!
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Read the manhwa instead
We waited two long years for Heesu in Class 2 to air, and I, for one, was incredibly excited. I had read and loved the manhwa, and when the producers announced they were giving us a longer runtime, 45 minutes per episode, compared to the usual 25 minutes for Korean BL dramas. It felt like they truly cared about doing the story justice. When the air date was finally announced, fans cheered.I eagerly sat down to watch Episode 1 and found it funny, charming, and entertaining, a promising start. The original manhwa tells the story of Heesu, a boy in Class 2 who offers love advice to his fellow students. At first, Heesu has a crush on his best friend Chayoung, but over time, he develops real feelings for his classmate Seungwon. Seungwon, who also harbors feelings for Heesu, struggles with how to confess.
But in the drama adaptation, Heesu has been reduced to a supporting character, running around headless and directionless, because the producers decided to make the straight couple, Chayoung and his girlfriend Jiyu, the leads. They are given most of the runtime, full backstories (Jiyu as a budding musician and Chayoung with his tennis career), while Heesu and Seungwon are left with almost nothing. Outside of their crushes, they have no meaningful development that the audience can connect to.
Needless to say i skipped all of the straight couple's scenes.
In the drama, Chayoung is portrayed as a selfish and terrible friend, to absorbed with his own life to give Heesu a second glance. Seungwon and Heesu only get together in the last five minutes of the show, while the straight couple starts dating four episodes in.
The original manhwa was about a gay boy navigating his first love. The producers took that, and straightwashed it. Heesu, the heart of the story, is pushed into the background, treated like filler for the straight couple, a couple that doesn't even exist in the source material.
This raises the question:
Why adapt a gay manhwa if you have no intention of telling a gay story?
There are millions of heterosexual manhwas you can adapt. Why take a beloved, beautifully written queer story and strip it of everything that made it special?
I have never once seen a straight manhwa adapted into a gay story. Yet, time and time again, queer stories are rewritten to be palatable to straight audiences. Heterosexual shows don't change to accommodate queer people. Why are queer stories expected to accommodate straight people in order to exist?
Why can’t we have something that's just ours?
This is queer erasure and homophobia at its finest.
I loved Heesu, both the manhwa and what little dignity the drama version tried to salvage. But drama Heesu was completely let down by this adaptation.
I genuinely hope these producers never touch a BL manhwa ever again.
Edit: People in the comments are purposefully missing the point. I keep seeing people say, “You guys are doing too much. What’s wrong with having a straight couple?” And the answer is: nothing is wrong with straight couples. That’s not the issue.
The issue is that this drama gave us two straight couples, when the original manhwa had two gay couples: Heesu and Seungwon, and Heesu’s junior and his guy (I can’t remember their names, but you know who I mean). To me it is THAT serious.
Because when you let these changes slide, when you say, “It’s fine, it’s just one couple”, you give studios permission to keep doing it. And they will. Again and again. They’ll keep adapting queer stories into safe, marketable ones, because the audience doesn’t push back.
If you don't care about queer representation, just say that. You have no right to tell queer people how to feel or react to blatant erasure.
Thank you, bye
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Get to the dame point
Bruhhh they be wasting hella film. Get to the dame point already stop play Tom and Jerry with your feelings. This could had cut back three episodes and would had been done already. Every episode only something little happens and it gets no where. Like cmon cut back all unnecessary drama and get to the main point.Was this review helpful to you?
The queer kdrama we deserve
Heesu in Class 2 is phenomenal. Finally, a classic kdrama with a queer couple at the center. This show is not structured like a BL—all of the characters and relationships matter, not just the main romance. It’s deeper than a simple boy meets boy love story, and the show was made with such love and care. The writing is excellent, the visuals are gorgeous, and the whole cast is fantastic, especially Ahn Ji Ho.There is a lot of negativity about the show on here that seems to be driven by manhwa fans resentful that the show adapted the story differently for the screen, and BL fans resentful that characters outside of the main pair actually matter. They’re wrong. The show’s version of the story adds so much depth and emotional weight to relatively shallow source material. I hope you’ll ignore the noise and give this show a chance, because it deserves our attention.
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Chanyeong in Class 2 LoL
It’s disappointing to see *Heesu in Class 2* shift its focus in a direction that feels completely off-track. As a BL series, the excitement was there from the start, but Episode 6 really changed things for me. The straight couple seems to be taking center stage, making it hard to stay invested. Chanyeong’s character, in particular, has become frustrating to watch...constantly chasing after the girl while seemingly ignoring Heesu’s feelings altogether. Every time he’s on screen, I feel less inclined to continue supporting the series. Frankly, at this point, it doesn’t even feel like a BL drama anymore. While I fully support the gay couple as the main characters, Chanyeong and the girl are just not it for me. Sadly, I have to give this one my lowest rating. It should be title Chanyeong in Class 2 LOLWas this review helpful to you?
Frustrating to watch
The series is quite different from the manhwa. It feels like the director is focusing more on the straight couple than the actual main leads. Some might not agree, but it seems like this was done to attract K-drama fans who prefer straight romances. Honestly, it's a bit frustrating. They also made Jiyu's character really unlikeable. She comes off as nonchalant in episodes 2–3 but suddenly becomes energetic around Seungwon. It just feels inconsistent and kind of annoying. The live action is very boring. I was really looking forward to it but it disappointed me a lot. The director did a poor job with the live action.From episode 3 onwards, the series got so boring that I don't even want to continue it. Also, where's the plot? Where's the story? There's nothing interesting in this series. Rather than wasting your time watching it, I’d recommend reading the manhwa instead.
Imagine waiting so long for the live action, only for it to disappoint you like this. Anyway, the acting wasn’t that good either.
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It should be Chan Yoong Class 2
For me the theme of the show is ordinary. I didn't like the live adaptation of this webtoon. The writers didn't do justice to Heesu's role. They should have just made Chan Young Class 2 so I wouldn't have been disappointed.It's just a shame that because of their narrow thinking about LGBT, the show about LGBT can't be given justice. 2025 Korean writers. You have so many great actors, if you can make dramas for straight people that are always popular with everyone, I hope the same goes for LGBT.
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