Heesu in Class 2

BL Fans and Lovers, this is basically a Clickbait BL Drama that is a straight drama.

I really loved the music, the cinematography, and you can tell they had the budget to make this series good. Though I love how it showed every characters' side stories in their own lives, this very thing was the reason why the series became confusing and lacking of structure.

And also, you may expect this to the BLs, however my expections were not met. The straight couple in this drama had more romantic scenes and seemed like the focus of this drama rather than the Seungwon and Heesu.

To the "conservative" and LAME writters and director, why make Heesu the "Main character", and make his name the title of this series when you'd just end up putting the focus on te straight couple instead? ITS ANNOYING. The slow burn was too much. The characters only got to show their initmacy by the end of the drama, while in the middle of all that, Chan young and Ji Yu were already showing how lovey dovey they were.

Are Seungwon and Heesu the main couple, or is it instead Chan Young and Ji Yu? (The straight couple) Like be so for real. It seems like Seungwon and Heesuu (The alleged MAIN GAY COUPLE) were overshadowed by the straight couple instead.

Because the way I see it, with how the Straight couple had more screentime, more affectionate scenes compared to the "MAIN COUPLE", they just Queer baited people.

Nonetheless, DO YOURSELF A FAVOR AND DO NOT WATCH THIS SERIES. (Unless you have time to waste)

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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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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!

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What to expect?

You can watch this for a light hearted distraction from real life fall-outs and their chemistry is not too bad. Though as an avid BL fan, i think this series should've focused more on heesu and his love interest rather than the other couple.
Just like every other k-bl, the show focuses more on the confession part yet often falters back on showing their relationship development. The actors were great but the plot could've focused more on heesu and his lover.
I would recommend people watching it but obviously compared to thai, japanese and taiwanese bl, i think korean bls need to be a little bolder by focusing on the boys as they often side track the mls in a mix, gay-staright couple serie just like this one.

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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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Realistic but too much dragged, also no kiss

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. Music was good, but the other male lead's acting was so robotic, his facecard & body tea couldn't save the drama. Too much time wasted in that straight couple & Ahn ji ho's sisters. They could've concluded in 6 episodes. Also no kiss & dating era was shown.
FINAL VERDICT :- Really bad (DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME)

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Read the manhwa for a proper story about Heesu and Seungwon

Tbh I usually don't write reviews. I just use this page to keep track of the dramas I'm watching or want to watch, but I really wanted to express this. The manhwa Heesu in Class 2 is my favorite of all time, I've re-readed many times, I just love it so much. They are the most adorable and wholesome couple there is. So I was super excited when the adaptation was announced and patiently waited for it to come out. I really liked the first episode, I think the casting choices were perfect. After the second episode I started to think "Oh no, it's going on a different direction". That is not necessarily a bad thing, sometimes it works, nonetheless, i don't think it was the case for this drama. I continued watching it with the mindset that this was not the Heesu that I knew and love, but someone pretty different. I enjoyed it like that. It was a good drama, just not a great adaptation. So if you are interested in the story and actually want to see the story of Heesu and Seungwon, I recomend you to please read the original work for these reasons:

-Chanyoung's character is way better in the manhwa: he and Heesu are actual best friends. It feels like they actually know each other since they were babies. In the drama Chanyoung said himself that he felt that he didn't know Heesu, like WTH? In the manhwa he's concerned and aware of Heesu's feelings, wants him to be happy and doesn't want him to get hurt. In the drama they just made Heesu his shadow, not even like an actual friend, which was very dissapointing.

-Heesu is actually the main character: Yes, the manhwa has more characters, even later we got a second couple (no, i'm not talking about Chanyoung an Ji Yu) but even when they appear, you can tell who our main couple is. Heesu is such a sweetheart who deserves the world, and it focus it on how his feelings change and how he overcomes his past and new crush. We got to see how after helping people with their problems and with Seungwon, he then learns that he was so much more than just Chanyoung's friend. He started to be more aware of his worth. So he started to appreciate the people around him more, he then got more friends who supported him. We don't get to see that in the drama. Don't get me wrong, i loved the actor for Heesu, I think he did an amazing job with what they gave him.

-Chanyoung and Ji Yu are not a couple: When I was reading the manhwa I actually shipped them together for a while. Chanyoung actually had other girlfriend. So when I saw that they were put together in the drama, I actually was happy, but no for long. I think pairing them took away their whole personalities and good points. In the manwha they worked together to get Heesu and Seungwon together, which gave us some of the best moments in the story. They didn't took time away from our main couple, they actually cared so much for them. With Ji Yu you can tell that she's actually best friends with Seungwon, i couldn't feel that at all in the drama, at least I didn't.

-We couldn't see them being a couple when they are so lovey dovey in the manhwa: The couple we saw being a couple, was a couple that was not there in the first place. In the manwha Heesu realizing his feelings for Seungwon, the confession and their first moments as a couple were perfect. But in the drama we just got the confession on the last episode and the only moment we saw after they were together was something about the restroom? you've got to be kidding me.

-Somethig maybe not as important, but I wanted to point it out: Heesu's family is way more likeable in the manhwa.

I think there are a lot of other points, but i'll stop here. I didn't gave it bad score or anything. I think the production was great and I'm usually not harsh when I give scores, so I'm not saying not to watch it, buy if you actually want to see a romance story about Heesu and Sungwon please read the manhwa. They really are the cutest couple ever and we sadly didn't get to see it in the drama.


(Also english is not my first language so I apologize if it's not great)

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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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heesu and seungwon screentime when?? heesu and seungwon dating era when??

I actually have personal beef with the writers...First they just add an unnecessary straight couple and gave them TOOOOOO much screen time...like we got to see their dating era but not the main couples?!? Then they butchered chanyoungs character HORRIBLY like that is NOT my chanyoung bro...manhwa chanyoung would never... Also, not to mention, the main couple didn't even get together until the last 10 mins of ep 10 like are we being serious right now? they also added the most unnecessary side characters...IDGAF about them, i couldn't care less about hosik or that carrot girl...oh my lordd. LIKE WHERES MY SUNWOO AND DAMH?!?!?!?

Neow lets talk about chanyoung....In the manhwa i did find chanyoung to be annoying at first BUT he's that character that grows on you and by the time i completed reading the manhwa, chanyoung was my 3rd fave character. HOWEVER, in the drama I genuinely despised chanyoung at all times. Whenever he showed up on screen, i sighed and skipped. One of my fave parts in the manhwa was when chanyoung found out seungwon liked heesu and he helped seungwon to build a relationship with heesu, along with the help of jiyu. Chanyoung cared a lot about heesu in the manhwa and loved him, but in the drama that's a whole different story tbh...It can be arguable but personally I don't think chanyoung was a good friend towards heesu at all. The mischaracterisation of chanyoung goes crazy cause did the writers not read the manhwa or smth?? Did they have hatred built up for chanyoung?? Like do you have beef with chanyoung?? How does one actually mess up a character this bad...

Now the unnecessary straight couple, which I think ruined the drama the most. In the manhwa jiyu and chanyoungs PLATONIC relationship was the best but ofc in the drama they had to change that. In my most humble opinion, manhwa jiyu would genuinely throw up if someone ever shipped her with chanyoung and fight me all you want but jiyu is a girl kisser. I don't make the rules. Everytime they got screen time I would just skip those parts. I didn't care about their relationship at all. What was the reason to make them a couple?? What's the point of adapting a bl manhwa if the main couple get less screen time than the 2nd couple that didn't even exist in the manhwa?? So you would get better response from the audience?? Then just don't adapt a bl manhwa bro lmaooo. Is it really that hard?? There's like 100000 straight manhwas, go adapt those if you want a straight couple SOOO bad.

Heesu and seungwons relationship in the manhwa was the cutest and was still cute in the drama but it can't compare to the manhwa. In all honesty, if we took and added all of the screen time heesu and seungwon had, it would be about a length of a movie. Like 2 hours?? maybe?? That says A LOT of how much the drama was ruined. The title is 'Heesu in class 2' HEESU!!! But it felt more like 'chanyoung in class 2' not cool guys...nawt cool at all...

They also just completely erased the, ACTUAL, 2nd couple... like damn alright...what's your beef with gay people...

Finally, they just dragged the whole drama so much cause personally, in my opinion, the amount of unneeded screetime chanyoung had with all his idek tennis problems or smth, unnecessary side characters (NOT TALKING ABOUT MY LESBIAN QUEENS) and, sorry but, jiyus whole music artist thingy, should've been heesu and seungwons screentime and the confession should've, at least, happened around ep 7 or 8 so we could've seen their dating era. Also I was just disappointed with the confession scene as well because in the manhwa it was so cute and everything but in the drama it just made me mad. They also ruined the trip arc smh... so uhh yeah they ruined a lot of things including most scenes of heesu and seungwon (the main characters...)

Heesu in class 2 will forever be my favourite manhwa but the drama??....ermm a very hilarious question actually!! The reason I watched this and finished it was because, 1) well it's an adaptation of my fav manhwa and 2) the actors. That's it. ANYWAYS I hope my other fav manhwas NEVER get a live action again or if they do get a live action, I PRAY AND HOPE it's like semantic error and our youth (peak).

Watch this if you want but you should DEFINITELY read the manhwa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! so yeah this is my first time writing a review so don't hate smh...

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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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