FreshKicks

I watched the first two episodes and enjoyed them a lot. Then I came here and saw all the pearl-clutching and realized this comment section is doomed.

BL Fans before watching Close Friend: "Quit giving us the same old tired shit!"
BL Fans after watching Close Friend: "Wtf was that? Give us back the same old tired shit!"

The comments about implied bestiality are the funniest of all. Wow.

I saw him on Chuang 2019 and I agree that he looks good in glasses.

I realize I'm pretty much alone in my opinion. I'm going to keep watching because I think the series might end up surprising me. At least I hope so!

I'm not sure how I feel about this one. The ML is okay but to me he's not very handsome. (Great body, though!) I realize that for a viewer if one or both leads can't close the sale, so to speak, then the entire drama will suffer. As it is I'm not sure what he sees in the FL or what she sees in him. Yes, he carried her out of the chemistry lab during that incident (that he himself caused) but is that a reason for her to do a complete 180 and think he's amazing?

As for her, she's pretty but lacking in warmth.

I wish their standoff at the beginning had gone on for longer. They started to like each other too soon.

Eventually Jing Xi the idol gets introduced and things get lively for a while but then it's more 'lessons about friendship' and studying and following your dreams, and suddenly the idol comes across as just another student in the classroom. Why bother to make his character an idol in the first place? He could have just been a friend from her past who showed up and caused a stir.

I'm just past the mid-point of the series. I can't imagine what they'll do with the remaining episodes but I don't dislike it enough to drop it. I hope we get to university soon. The high school years are a drag.

I’ve been skipping over their scenes since Episode 2.

If the 'temporary' stop lasts for too long it will be harder for them to reassemble everyone and get back on track.

The mentors and crew will have other contractual obligations. The boys themselves might not be able to return due to other commitments.

I hope this hiatus is really short.

So frustrating. He has such a spark.

I think Fluke (TongFah) looks age-appropriate for high school. (Too bad his bio on here doesn't give his date of birth.) In real life a boy that beautiful would give me a near-death experience.

While he's my muse, Nice (Arthur) runs a close second. I'm ashamed to admit that I speculated a few times over how good in bed a guy like Arthur would be. (The actor is 25 so it's okay for me to think that way ... right? lol.)

Arthur is such an interesting character.

I like to think that the sole reason he went to the prom was to be near Jeno and maybe even talk to him. Once he got there he couldn't find the courage to do it. In the back of his mind he dreaded rejection.

Then the teacher scolded him about needing to apologize to Jeno. So he did. Maybe apologies in Arthur's world are so rare that the idea hadn't even occurred to him until the teacher said something, and then it struck him as a good excuse for finally approaching Jeno. And then his worst fear came true.

Should Jeno have been a little nicer in that situation? Maybe if the series had made the bullying less violent and more of the taunting variety, the two of them could become acquaintances again. But I think the torment went too far and there was no coming back from that.

I think we're seeing a trend with better kissing in BLs. Even from the Koreans!

How ironic that it would happen during the time of COVID.

Since I wrote that he has come through for us in Friend Zone 2. It’s on YouTube so you should check it out.

I'm guessing we will ... in MODC 2.

I've had my issues with the series but all of a sudden it has hit its stride (better late than never) and I'm glad I stuck with it. This week was sweetness almost end to end yet somehow they kept it from being too much.

Best episode so far. (Did they hire a different writer? lmao)

I think they need to go for broke now and have Hao Ting and Yu Xi Gu make an appearance, preferably in the finale to anticipate MODC 2. No need to explain how Yu Xi Gu is alive -- just have the two of them show up to establish that he's alive in the first place. It would generate so much good will from fans.

It did a sneak attack on me, too.

M's smile was so bright and adorable while he was at home catfishing Near. If he'd showed it more when he was around him in person maybe he wouldn't have needed all that skulking around.

Fluke/TongFah is one of the cutest guys I've ever seen in any series. Really good actor too. How lucky for me that he's starting with a BL.

Nice/Arthur is one of the sexiest guys I've seen in a series. Arthur and Jeno are so different that the story of how they got together in the first place would also make an excellent drama.

Generally the casting here is excellent except for the one thing that just about everybody comments on, which is that Jeno and Near look too similar.

In an unrelated comment, I always wonder why people who say they're sick of BLs in a school setting even start watching one in the first place. You folks should let us know your location so we can notify the local police -- they'll be able to rescue you from being held hostage and forced to watch.

I've gotten roasted for saying something similar. The series is a major disappointment. I skip through most of the scenes featuring the loudmouth Deuan.

I like it more than the official version. They both have very flexible voices ... it isn't easy to shift into that pure falsetto so effortlessly. If the series dialog hadn't been patched onto it I'd make it an MP3 for keeps.

Thanks for sharing!

Absolutely loved it.

Episodes are getting posted to YouTube now:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMX26aiIvX5qx1XENnuSVxbFm9YHOhspa

To me, the argument that cites the history of BL to justify 'I'm not gay, I'm just gay for him' is like people arguing that Confederate statues should remain standing because they have historical significance. Later generations have found them deeply offensive because of what the Confederacy represented at that time, so they have a right to be heard.

And now a later generation of BL viewers has grown tired of BL's veiled aversion to anything truly gay. We're part of a new audience that's bringing in a lot of money so we should also be heard.