High School Frenemy

can’t help but love Chadjen

I hesitated to watch because I didn’t think I’d enjoy it when it was only available on YouTube. luckily one of the streaming services I have has it and I gave it a shot. I knew Mark Pakin was a good actor but he really shined in this series. Chadjen was my favorite character aside from Chingching. He was so sweet and was a major factor in Saint and Shin reuniting. The only thing I can think of that would make it better is if it was a BL. The main characters are too in love to just be friends. I found Ken and the situation with the teachers exhausting because the problems could have been solved if they weren’t so soft on the students at the start but Ken redeemed himself for the most part. There feels like the Twins and Ken as well as Eve and Airy still have stories to be told. I doubt there’s any continuation of the show but there are plenty of storylines that could be extrapolated on.

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They created a home

As a BL fan, I must admit that I see boys couples everywhere… and that some very close friends can sometimes act like actual boyfriends, just like happened —in my opinion— in Stay With Me. But bro, this is so gay. They really wanted us to ship them so hard since the very beginning.

It is probably one of the series I watched with better quality, with everything —sound, image, camera… The acting was perfect, the best I’ve watched in all the characters —maybe except Miss Jan, I really dislike how she acts, but never mind—, everything was great.

About the story itself I can say it’s quite simple, as it is about a problematic class with troubled students and new teachers who are trying to make it work and dealing with two boys who happened to be best friends and now, one of them hates the other. Although they did great as they made a 16 episode series that’s never boring, which is not easy to do.

I have to say that I really liked the way they handled the problem between Shin and Saint, as I can really feel the tension and see how much Shin wants to push Saint away. Also, how Saint never gives up on getting his best friend back, is so admirable and precious. I really think they did great with it. I felt like I needed more time in Jack & Joker before they make up for it to feel realistic. Here they nailed it.

I loved how they brought the friends importance, and even if I can’t really buy all the teachers suff —about them going to clean Miss Jan’s house just to make her go back to school or going the whole class to tell her she changed their life—, I really loved the evolution between the students, once rivals and enemies, to friends. I loved all the way how they took care of Ken, going to his house to be his bodyguard for him to be safe. They are the best.

So, there’s not so much more I’d say about this series. I loved it so much, I loved Shin and Saint’s friendship —even if it felt sometimes as romance more than bromance—, also them two with Chingching, Shin’s little sister; how Chatjen is always taking care of all of them and saving the situation more than ones. Of course I loved the twins with all my heart, but I got a weak point when it comes to them so I cannot say more. I so glad Shin’s mom forgave Saint and called him dear before they leaved for the match.

What else can I say? We had an almost kissing final scene, even if they had to push the other away —‘cause it is a non BL series— but we could all feel the tension and the love between them —you can choose what kind of love.

So I guess that would be it. It was so good and I finish these series with so many happy moments and great memories. I want to congratulate GMMTV for creating such an amazing series. I can be a fan of so many actors, but you know, I real fan, will always be a GMMTV fan.

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Shin and Saint are dating?l said as they dragged me to my room at the mental hospital

seriously thou, no one can convince me otherwise that Shin and Saint aren't a couple, cause they way they looked at each other , that's noto how l look at my friends🙊🤣these two look into each other's eyes like they're a married couple.
l watched this series because of an edit on TikTok but my friend already had recommended it for me and l said l don't watch bromance🤡🤡when l watched it , l got hooked from the first episode 😭😭but seriously though how did they get into fights almost everyday with bruises and none of them went to a hospital 🙊like they'd fight today and show up to school like nothing happened the previous day💀💀overall ,it's a good series with a solid storyline
psss l was shipping the KenKnot💀🙊l know I'm not the only one

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Bromance or BL.. do we really care??!

I don’t usually write a lot od reviews of shows cause many times I don’t have much to say, either I like a show or not but that’s it.

This time though I felt like I needed to write this review.
The story was not my favourite story ever cause it was full of fighting (which is not my cup of tea) and pretty much all around high school classes, but everything else was pretty much perfect.
The story was not bad but it was slightly dragged out if we think how long it took for us to find out why Shin and Saint had a fight and to get over this gangs problems, but all of that was needed to slowly develop the story of Shin e Saint with us.

Sky and Nani gave on of the best performances I’ve seen in a Thai show for this 2024. Til now the best performance in terms of acting was the one of “My stand in” which I still love but this, this managed to steal the first spot on my list right before the end of 2024.

I know a lot of ppl talk about this BL or Bromance aspect but I’m not sure there’s much to say about it. I mean it’s so obvious how much Saint loves Shin and how much Shin loves Saint that I don’t even think we can talk about doubt.
I must admit I find it a bit weird for GMMTV to have decided to make it so bromance on the appearance since we’re talking about Thailand, the king land of BLs and also of spicy and uncensored BLs. But honestly for as much as I don’t understand their choice I don’t even care.
This SHOW was so so GOOD. The music was amazing, the scenes were amazing and the ACTING. The acting was excellent.

The EMOTIONS that SkyNani gave me where not even comparable to the emotions most 2024 BLs gave me.

I felt the pain, I felt the tears like they rolled down my cheek. The chemistry, the tension between them was all there from the first moment they saw each other again til the last minute of the last episode.

Thanks SkyNani for the amazing acting performances. I hope GMMTV will keep giving you shows with good scripts and will make you shine cause you deserve it/

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I expected more

The boring version of school 2013

I'm sure many would hate me for this but seriously as much as I wanted to love this, compared to the original this was so lame, and after giving it a few chances, I decided that this version isn't for me.
Now I loved school 2013 (k.ver.) so I somehow unintentionally kept comparing the two in the back of my head, and sadly I couldn't rule out for this version.
The characters are so tuned down, the bullies looks so softie and the bullied characters didn't gain my sympathy, the main thing I was excited for was Foei because I loved his character in the original series and wanted to see his interpretation for the character and somehow he did well enough to keep me watching most of it.
Now, is it a bad drama? No.
Is it unwatchable? Still no, but i had a hard time watching it, what helped big deal was the acting, and the flow of the story, and the fast pace, it manages to help me watch longer than I thought I would.
Still, it failed to keep my attention for a long time, I found myself zooming out while watching and this is probably the worst thing that can happen to me.
Generally not a bad series, compared to the original it's worse, but still watchable, the actors delivered and I would recommend it for the cast, but personally, and judging the drama as a whole I didn't like it very much.

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Delinquents with hearts of gold

I was browsing my favourite dramas (one of which is School 2013) here on MDL when I saw this remake.

I am not above admitting that I squealed (and proceeded to watch all the episodes released).

They made some changes to the original while keeping the most important parts. The change is just enough to make the story seem new to me, without straying too far from the core of the story. I also really like what they did about the class in order to add tension and conflict. (I do however sense that a bit of nuance from the characters have been removed, but I'll take it for what it is.)

The acting is top-notch (the guy who plays Shin? Brilliant. I somehow love Shin even more than in the original). The love-hate relationship is, so far well-executed (I'm at ep 4), especially due to the acting.

The feel of the show is gritty in a way I adore.

Note: you need to suspend some disbelief regarding head-injuries. Most of the characters would be badly concussed in ep 1 if it was entirely realistic. It does have great entertaiment value, no matter how over the top it might be.

Note: they made a character explicitly autistic and I actually quite appreciate the representation. The way the characters act towards this character is slightly infantilizing, the acting quite heavyhanded– BUT they are KIND towards him and welcome him as a treasured member of the friendgroup. And that is really heart-warming, I think, and actually made me feel good about my own autism.

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FAST PACED AND NEVER A DULL MOMENT

If you’re into action series like weak hero or any school setting this is the one. I went into it with little to no expectations BUT i saw sky in the poster and realized this was his first ever gmmtv series and knowing sky from his past series, that man can ACT. i was curious to see what the storyline would be bc sky hasn’t acted in dramas since 2019 my ambulance where he was the ml. then i saw the lineup of casts here and saw familiar faces like nani, kay, aj&jj, june, view, and the teachers maria and foei. story starts off very tense already from the beginning til the end. soundtrack is amazinggg and let’s not get started on the leads acting. we all knew sky would deliver as he is an ex nadao artist but nani, in the past years to me never stood out until this series. Maybe it’s bc he’s now the center of attention in the series but my eyes kept drawing to him. he has shown his skills have improved a lot since his first ever series and i’m so proud. he’s a very hardworking person and i’m glad this series gave him an opportunity to showcase his talents and allowed people to acknowledge him even more for his acting instead of his looks. must i say his short hair is so 🤤🤤🤤. anyways supporting actors are also incredible starting from kay. i knew he could act bc ive loved him since school 2015: who are you. surprisingly he’s in both remakes haha but he’s amazing. the other supporting characters rlly make the series as well, it wouldn’t feel complete without their stories. lastly soundtrack is on top. they chose the most fitting songs for the right occasions. anyways skynani are dominating gmmtv rn and im glad to see bc they deserve it! can’t wait for their upcoming projects together and can’t wait to see them continue to grow as artists :)) please give this a try!

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This is a really great series - I wasn't planning to watch it but was intrigued by SkyNani at the GMMTV 2025 conference, so I thought I would give it a try, I watched the episodes so quickly and couldn't stop watching because it was too good! It seems to be a remake of School 2013 but I have never watched that, so I can't make a comparison. But High School Frenemy is fantastic - almost gives me Weak Hero Class vibes as well, with the fighting and intense bromance. SkyNani have great chemistry here even if it is only a bromance. But I would definitely recommend this to someone if they wanted to start watching Thai Dramas. 10/10 from me. I really enjoyed this series so much - It may just be a bromance but the chemistry was so good both with SaintShin and SkyNani. SaintShin felt more than friends, but less than lovers, more like friends who like each other but will never tell each other. And it had a perfect ending -I'm happy SkyNani will continue acting together. Even if Wu isn't BL and will be bromance again, their chemistry is too good to go to waste. Nani really surprised me tbh with how cute and shy he is irl and how intimidating he is in this series, Nani became my new obsession lately because hes so cute If someone asked me what to watch to start watching Thai series, I will now suggest High School Frenemy. SkyNani got a new fan because of this great series.

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Amazing?

This is the first time I am leaving a review for any asian show in my whole life. The story line was so amazing. Bromance at its peak. Their chemistry was so so good and so real that everyone is rooting for them in real life too. Sky and Nani both are such amazing and great actors that took this series to a top level. Even all other supporting characters were amazing and their acting was great. Ken, the twins, Mark, the girls ,the teachers and yes our adorable chingching were very good. Loved this series to next level. I highly recommend to watch this. I hope we get to see SkyNani in more interesting dramas in the future.

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THE BROMANCE WE ALL NEED !!

So first things first ...
Is this a bromance /BL????
Let me just clear this up once and for all .
1.The main characters have confessed their love to each other more than most BLs I've seen 😅.
2.They have more chemistry than most BL couples out there.
Idk which bromance has so many cheesy confessions 🤣

Reasons to watch
1.the electrifying chemistry b/w the main leads ⚡
2.the amazing script and the supporting crew
3.incredible OST
4.Lovable charcters with great backstory .almost all supporting characters have a good storyline and charcter development .
5.great action packed scenes with realistic stunt performances.
6.SkyNani
7.SkyNani
8.SkyNani
9.SkyNani
10.SkyNani

Reasons to skip
1.hate having a good time
2.don't enjoy great dramas

Just go and watch this masterpiece and thank me later.
Imina SkyNani ❤

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BOYS WILL BE BOYS

Guys for CRYING OUT LOUD I guess we should really check out HIGH SCHOOL FRENEMY.

Two stubborn guys,
They fight like a divorced couple,
Make it look like one hell of a Romantic betrayal I can't possibly resist the urge of SHIPPING these guys and trust me you won't.

It feels pretty much like a queerbaiting show,
We have two Tops, sure the fighting gets intense, somehow annoying, 99.9% nonsensical but you're gonna pray to see these guys in a BL after seeing them going through the CAT AND MOUSE phase to the HARD TO GET LEVEL.

Never thought that a "PLATONIC UNBROMANTIC RELATIONSHIP WOULD GIVE ME THESE MANY BUTTERFLIES. LOL" 😘

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