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lmao .. agreed!! Whenever a character swooned over Gun being the perfect man I wondered if they thought by saying it enough times they'd convince us of it too.

Why does Season 2 have to have an "evil mastermind" playing people off each other in an attempt to make things interesting? If the writers had wanted to explore the contrast between Hyun Ho and Seunghyun and consider how different each would be as a boyfriend for Yeon Doo, they could have done it in ways that didn't require these dumb setups where if these were all real people they'd have to be the most gullible bunch on the planet.

Season 1 was entirely character-driven. I'm almost finished rewatching it now and the difference is striking.

Also, I feel really protective of Seunghyun. He's clearly a very guarded person who is struggling to to open up and experience some real feels. (How much more rewarding it would have been to see more of his background so that we could understand what made him this way.) I don't want the outcome of this season to be that he's all alone and made out to be the bad guy. I also don't want him paired up with Yuna, who doesn't deserve to be rewarded for being such a terrible "best friend".

Unfortunately, like they did in the first season with the hateful Ryu Sul I think they'll prop up a ridiculous "redemption" storyline for Yuna in the end. She'll see how wrong she was, and beg for forgiveness, and of course she'll be forgiven, and then she'll get Seunghyun as a boyfriend. And I'll hate every minute of it.

He's such a nice guy and so much more compatible for Yeon Doo.

Great idea for a list, and a good way to find a new series to watch.

I think it will be Krist, not necessarily because that's how School 2015 did it, but because in terms of dramatic effect there is more impact if the guy who originally chased the "tough twin" ends up with the "gentle twin". It also gives the "tough twin" a chance to show that she loves her sister so much that she doesn't feel resentful, and symbolically lets her sister have him.

Kay's happy ending will probably be the improved relationship with his dad, just like in School 2015.

SL Syndrome is strong in this one though. I loved Yook Sung Jae in his role and I can already see that Kay is going to tug at my heart as well.

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I'm gay and I think you both have a point. BL's promote a lot of stereotypes about m/m relationships and rely on distinctions between top and bottom way too much. This includes often giving the bottom a more submissive personality.

And it would be great if they'd stop doing that!

Why R U did something cool in the last episode. As Fighter and Tutor were about to have sex, Tutor paused to ask Fighter (in so many words) if he (Tutor) can be the top sometime, and Fighter said yes.

I do agree with you there. I rewatched School 2015 a couple of weeks ago and skipped over the bullying parts.

I watched this version yesterday and skipped over them there, too. So far it's a pretty good remake. The leads are doing better than I expected.

Yes, we must keep hope alive. :)

Although Tine went from being Mr. Chic to Mr. Weak over the course of two episodes I don’t see anyone saying it’s because he became a bottom or began to exude stereotypical ‘bottom’ characteristics. The series doesn’t have sex in it anyway so to debate top vs. bottom is pointless.

I love vulnerable male characters. My complaint is that Tine went through a transformation that the script doesn’t explain or justify. His personality just suddenly became different. However, my guess is that it was all done to better serve the tired ‘jealousy’ theme of this week’s episode. We’re not talking about artful or subtle writers here.

The cast of the Korean version was perfect.

I know a lot of people worship Krist but for me he's no Nam Joo Hyuk, and furthermore I think he's too old to be cast as a high school student.

Yook Sung Jae was superb in his role in School 2015 and I think it would also be hard to equal or do better than him. I'm not familiar with Kay Lertsittichai, but seeing that Sing is also in the cast makes me think he'd be well-suited to the unpredictable "rebel with a heart of gold" that Yook Sung Jae played.

However, I need to give this a chance. I loved School 2015 so much that I can't resist trying this one out.

The entire series is available subbed on YouTube

Yes, but they really make you wait ... it's in the final moments of the final episode that the two leads are finally together and happy

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My rating started at 9.5 and I recently lowered it to 7. If the series ends with the two guys still stuck in bromance mode it will get a 3.

I had the same thoughts earlier!

I was so ready for a kiss when they were gazing up at the stars. What romantic series would squander such an opportunity?

It had so much potential. My level of interest has faded a lot over the last two or three episodes. In fact I almost forgot that the new one was being released today, and you can be sure I wasn't like that 3 or 4 weeks ago.

The hype, I think, is about the two guys, especially Bright. As a romantic story the series is becoming a bit of a joke. I really hope they save it somehow during the last two episodes.

Good point. For dramatic impact I think Mil is definitely the best choice of all the characters to now have the bracelet, since he's Sarawat's bitter rival for Tine, so maybe they'll make it like he found the bracelet on the ground somewhere and pocketed it.

Honestly, the way their relationship is depicted, I don't feel any concern over them breaking up or not. The series hasn't convinced me that they're actually boyfriends who are in love, so if the relationship ends it won't feel like much of a loss.

"Meow!" Preach, brother!

I get a kick out of how the worlds created by these BL series are populated by all these guys who pair off with each other, one couple after another, but that ain't even close to being real.

A few weeks ago on twitter I saw where someone had mapped out the BL universe created by Mame, the author of TharnType, and holy cow it's like two dozen guys all hooking up or wanting to hook up. If only! lol