Lady Boy Friends (2024)

it's not funny, it's offensive

Overall: this was a remake of a 2015 series (on YouTube unsubbed). It felt like it was stuck in the past (or even farther back than 2015) with its colorism, body shaming, effeminate male/trans women stereotypes and sexual assault played as comedy. 16 episodes about 35 minutes each. Aired on WeTV.

Content Warnings: colorism, trans women/effeminate men stereotypes, body shaming, bullying, cyberbullying, sexual assault played as comedy, sexual harassment, sex shaming, transphobia, held against will, non con picture/video taking and sharing

What I Liked
- Jet/New until the end of episode 6 which is what made me drop the series even though I wanted to give this a complete watch/review
- one of the teachers (the one who didn't sexually harass/assault a fellow teacher and didn't bully a student)
- it was good attempt with the message about being able to wear a uniform to match your gender identity, but then that character wore something out of a Japanese manga, would have been much more powerful if that character had worn the Thai school uniform for women
- episode 2 had good sex ed with using condoms correctly

Room For Improvement
- sexual assault played as comedy, it went on for so long and was not funny
- the two teachers who bullied a student and sexually harassed a fellow teacher
- the stereotypical male guys had love interests while the effeminate male characters were constantly fighting with each other and bullying a trans student
- way too much catfighting and bullying
- too many characters (there are 21 on the poster) and I couldn't figure out their names/who they all were
- comedy sound effects
- cliche overheard something and didn't talk

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I didn't hate it as much as I initially thought i would

I didn’t hate it as much as I initially thought I would. Although I couldn’t really tell if there was even a story during the first two episodes, it gradually became clearer. A good story? No, but at least there was a story.

The different groups of queen bees started out as enemies, but slowly began to appreciate each other a little. Jeedny came back after summer break as her true self and was basically just looking for allies who would accept her for who she is. (She just didn’t go about it in the smartest way XD).

The most consistent and clear storyline was definitely Jet and New, and how their friendship gradually developed into a relationship as they came to terms with their feelings for each other.

I found, and I’m probably not the only one , the “ladies” super annoying. Not just because their entire personality revolved around bitching at each other, but also because their high-pitched, shrill voices didn’t go well with my laptop speakers. My neurodivergent brain did not enjoy that. (sensory overload) So I’ll be honest: I skipped through most of their scenes.

I think that’s why I gave this series a 5.5 instead of a 2.

Will I watch season 2? Probably yes. I’m just a bit curious to see how Jet and New’s story continues.

But if you’re a BL watcher who can’t overlook a show’s flaws and just gets mad about whether something is (morally) right or wrong in your eyes ......save yourself the energy and pick a series with a higher rating.

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