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Episode 8 could of been so good but no one clears up years of trauma in a couple of minutes and that controlling mom of his taking the money and leaving just like that after years of hounding her son is unbelievable. Then we move onto, what I loosely refer to as a kiss and bed scene, which was awful. The leads have zero chemistry. The story had been at least interesting up until this episode, but I do not see it recovering from the death spiral it's in at this point.

@etoks21 Ooooh, I LOVED History Obsessed, one of the better History series and that one could be remade and done with 10-12 episodes. 4, 20 minute episodes was not enough.

I hope the rating goes up because this is very entertaining and the leads have fire-hot chemistry.

I loved this short!

I loved this series and my only complaint was the last few episodes were shorter than the rest. From start to finish this series was fun, sexy and entertaining. All the couples have tons of chemistry. I highly recommend it and I hope this director gets to direct another BL series soon. Great job!

Aufberon, thanks for the input.

To be traumatized after one rejection for years, is a bit/ hard to believe, but thanks for the input.

, I am unsure what fee-fees are, but nope, I was not hurt in the least and thank you for your concern. I gave my opinion, which obviously is not a popular opinion and I stand by it. Have a great day.

This was super cute and funny!

This was not good.

The Prince has nice hands. Whew!

skylovesyoongi - The feeling is mutual, next time just scroll on past and I hope, to never see you write another post like the one you wrote in response to mine. I wrote my opinion on a fictional character and the director. Your post was directed at me personally and you do not know me. There are real people behind the opinions that are posted and your response was out of line, and directed solely onto me, a person you have never met or know anything about. Keep in mind we are here to recommend a show, or give a bad review, or to just give an opinion. If you have something to say about the show, great, but do not attack the poster. Have a good day.

Having a grown man jump onto a bed face down kicking and screaming in excitement, is bad, bad, bad direction. It was totally cringe/embarrassing to watch and not in a good way, is Kanade suppose to be a 10 year old girl trapped in a man's body? Who does that, seriously I have never seen a grown man do that and I hope to never see it again. Kanade's character is embarrassing to say to least. Has this guy never watched a porn movie or daydreamed about what he would do with a guy if given the chance, His behavior is ridiculous at his age. The director is terrible if this is how they think gay men actually behave.

This is one of those shows that was excellent from start to finish without a dull moment. I loved it. The acting and chemistry between the leads was on fire and the supporting characters were good too. The store line was an interesting concept and I have to say this is one of my favorite BL series from 2025 so far.

I find that on MDL it is mostly with LGBTQ+ series where if you dare to say something negative about a show, you are considered a hater. I have given on other series/movies that are not LGBTQ+ negative feedback and no one comes in and calls me a hater. They either bypass my post, give a like or say something like "Agree to disagree." They do not question my understanding of words like masterpiece or phenomenal (both of which are overused by a lot of BL fans). I am a person who gives my honest opinion on a show and I rate the show based on my opinion alone. I am not here to defend my opinions or argue with anyone. With all that said, The Next Prince is bad on so many levels from direction, lighting, acting, lead couple, second couple and 3rd couple, NN's hair color, intimate scenes that were not sexy and had no chemistry to finally the script that's ridiculous in its buildup regarding a tournament that was to determine who the next king would be, but we never actually see 3 honest tournaments, it all boiled down to one fencing match because of cheating/scheming! I know why Ava dropped out of the tournament because she wanted nothing more to do with this series. A big budget does not mean a good show. This show in my opinion ranks right there with (to name a couple) Sunset X Vibes and Jack and Joker all of them promised a lot and delivered big piles of boring, steamy poo. The only positive thing I can say about this show is that the comment section here is hilarious and that is what kept me watching.

@binz2006 I agree with you!

Seriously, am I watching the same show as the rest of you in the comments because if I have to read the novel (As so many in the comments have) to understand the series, then the director is doing a lousy job. This show is repetitive, tedious and yes, we know Shen hates Omega's and their smell, let's move on! 6 episodes in and honestly nothing happens except a main character goes into rut in just about every episode and we do not actually see what happens during a rut other than lots of sweating, looking feverish and looking like they were drugged with some aphrodisiac. Honestly the most action is when a main character changed all the light bulbs in a building and on a street his employee lived on. The acting is so stiff that they could use cardboard cutouts and voice overs and no one would be the wiser, oh wait, they already use voice over in Chinese series and that could be the issue here, they are delivering their lines as if reading a Chinese menu without any nuance, passion or conviction, it is badly dubbed. In my opinion, A lot of good looking men cannot save this show, it is not good and super boring.

I can appreciate a new type of story line in a BL. What I do not appreciate is a waste of a lot of money for a script that should of have been burned and never made into a series. I will say this again (As I have in other posts) this couple has absolutely zero chemistry and needs to break up. Zee did have burning chemistry with Saint in Why R U and he actually had an acting range that went beyond A to A-. From Cutie Pie to this pile of stinking crap, these two have played the same boring characters, where one whines and the other gives brooding looks. Their intimate scenes look so choreographed they are boring and what is up with that lighting, I swear any more high density lighting and they might as well use AI to create the actors, because they do not even look human anymore and please NN never and I mean never use that hair color again, it was ghastly!! At least Jimmy and Ohm can act, but their story line was super toxic and they needed to stay apart, once an abuser is always an abuser. JJ and Net you were robbed. I actually think this show would of been better had JJ and Net played the leads and NN and Zee played the Calvin and Jay parts. I also think this show could have replaced Zee with blowup doll of himself and dubbed his voice, his acting was that one dimensional and boring. Even the music became repetitious and boring and over top as if trying to make this show more than it was and it was a big fat flop!

@aska, I totally agree with you on the rating, but MDL ratings have always been notoriously wrong, either too low or too high. This one is definitely too high!

Seriously, it makes me mad, if a show is only 25 minutes long with at least 3 minutes taken off for opening and ending credits, there should be a rule they have to post 2 episodes at a time unless the one episode is at least 40 minutes long. Waiting a week for a show that is only at best 22 minutes is unacceptable. They could have made 6 episodes at 50 minutes. I am unsure what the strategy is behind making 12 episodes at 22 minutes each and only airing one a week. I will wait until they all air and then binge it.