BL Compilations

I can definitely see how people could rate it lower than I did, I'm glad you found the review helpful :)

Different series work for different people which is totally fine. This series didn't work for me for the reasons I explained in my review. I'm not going to respond in the comments but if I were to correct a few things:
1. I've made $75 in 3 years as a BL content creator and I've spent thousands of hours making videos (each 5 minute video takes about 15 hours to make, I've made 94 longer videos and 170 shorts)
2. I generally don't engage in the MDL comment section because I don't want to yuck on people's yums there
3. I watched the whole series so I could write a complete review

very welcome, a tip I heard recently is that WeTV and iQIYI sometimes first air the series with machine translated subtitles but if you wait a week they seem to go in and edit them, I'm going to wait a week to watch episode 2 of this and see if the subtitles are better

as I wrote, it really could go lower but the black nail polish had a big effect on me lol - I also might skew higher than other reviewers, almost nothing is a 10 but I don't think I've ever rated something lower than a 3

Yes, there was real potential here but it just didn't deliver. Difficult to say if it was the fault of the screenwriter, director, editor or some combo of all, but I rarely blame actors and hope to see them in something else.

I tried my best, glad it worked for you :)

It's pretty confusing at the end as well/open to interpretation, but I enjoyed it overall. It has some more serious parts but also sweet parts too.

There have been series that got better as they went on so I'm hoping for that. And I'm excited for the year of Vampire BL :)

Thanks, happy BL watching/reading

Your comment definitely felt like you were attacking my review/me. I don't get the same messaging that you do that queer media has more expectations of/representation of safer sex than straight media but we have likely watched different things from different countries. I agree with you that I don't think queer media should have a higher expectation than non-queer media regarding safer sex practices, both should fit them in the the plot naturally. I do think they can fit them in in a non-preachy but realistic way. I wrote a fanfic of Alan & Jeff where the characters discussed past partners/STD checks in a realistic way. I know I've had these conversations with my own partners and it's disappointing to rarely see/read these in the romance genre (queer or straight).

Yes, I am dedicated to the BL genre. I have spent thousands and thousands of hours watching, writing reviews, creating videos, creating memes and participating in discussions around BL. I hope you enjoy the rest of Bed Friend (as I mention in my review I struggled with some parts but others didn't have those same struggles). Thanks, Wren aka BL Compilations

Very welcome, that final episode was the most helpful with calculating the gap, their ages when they first met and their ages in the present

I'm confused about what you are taking issue with. Have you watched the series Bed Friend? I liked how in the series they go to get tested for STDs. I'd be happy to see this in straight romances as well because it is very rarely shown. I disagree that BL has a huge over representation, I can think of less than 20 series/movies that show condom use/STD checks out of hundreds that I've watched. Are you taking an issue with me using the term "safe sex"? I used it as a more general term (not just condom use). I'll update my review to be more specific and say that I liked how they got tested for STDs.

Your paragraph of "take the "safety" messaging to its ultimate conclusion" does not make sense to me, I think it's a combo of Straw Man and Slipper Slope https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/general_writing/academic_writing/logic_in_argumentative_writing/fallacies.html Yes life is a risk and people take steps to keep themselves safe like wearing a seat belt when driving or...getting checked and treated for STDs. How would chain mail prevent an allergic reaction to peanuts? Though again those who have severe allergies generally have epi pens so they can survive and not die from anaphylactic shock.

Thanks for the info, I updated my review - where I live if someone in a suit was laying in the middle of a street/sidewalk like that, someone would have stopped to check.

Yes, the ending was rushed, I wonder if they were/are planning a season 2??? The series certainly had its flaws many of which could have been fixed (i.e. moving a location of an injury in the final episode so the result made sense as 1 example), but I did really enjoy it which is why I gave it an 8.5 for the uncut version and 8 for the cut.

where to watch is in my review - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwPOcpjobYWXtv_qxOPMjz8rqD-CZJiaA

Hyun wrote that note that fell out of his diary because when he read it at 8:05 it says it's to Dongho (at first I thought Dongho had snuck it in and it was the first time Hyun was reading it). In the present, Hyun crossed off the last 2 lines and then wrote out the rest. So his running back may not have actually happened because why wouldn't he have updated the note back then? But then at the end it's implied that Dongho entered the book shop and Hyun says "you're here, you're late." The title of this episode is "the words I couldn't say" which makes it seem that he didn't actually confess back then but the series is called "Happy Ending." So I really don't know. I think they could either be just friends in the present or boyfriends, up to viewer interpretation

spoiler for the ending

People are really different in what they like in fiction so if you're enjoying it, then I'd say give it a go :)

The priest's insistence on forgiveness might be realistic but I still did not like it (I didn't take off points for that though). Yes, I agree with the rest of your points, there was some lazy writing/things happened "because the writer said so".

great thanks for the info, that's kind of what I was thinking from what they said and their outfits but wasn't sure