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I LOVE Hill and Easter and HATED Johan and North

I might have a different opinion from the comments here, but I LOOOOVE Hill and Easter's relationship. Maybe I'm just a sucker for exes to lovers, except Hill and Easter are like ex situationship to lovers. I love that Easter claims he "hates" Hill, but it always shows how he's weak and easily swayed by Hill when he just says "please" or makes a sad puppy face, which subtly shows the kind of relationship only 2 people who used to be close, have.

Easter claiming and saying to North that Hill "probably doesn't like him" or "likes his sister" but can't stop himself from giggling and swooning everytime Hill does something sweet and romantic implies that he doesn't want to expect things. It's understandable that he will initially doubt Hill's intention when his relationship with him in the past was really unclear and ended up with Hill suddenly disappearing. (which is obvs not by choice)

I love that Hill doesn't hesitate to assure him though, because being secure in a relationship doesn't happen immediately. It just grows over time.

Hill's actor is so good at making "yearning" eyes, that even I melt from his gaze. Easter's expressions are so hilarious to watch, and his relationship with North made my stomach hurt from laughing too much.

I'm gonna be honest, I really tried to enjoy Johan and North's story but I really can't. There's clearly a money related power dynamics going on between them and it makes me uncomfortable. I can tolerate the debt because that's obviously North's fault, but I feel pissed when Johan was restricting North's means to pay his debt by buying the place where North is working just because he's jealous of North's boss, then making him quit work (this is about the cafe, not the bar obviously).

I didn't like how their story was written and how it was making North dependent on Johan, until North gave in. Atleast North's assertive when he "realized" he likes Johan, which isn't really enough to make their relationship balanced.

I enjoyed North a lot, but I didn't like Johan.

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Sitcom like comedy, a bit slapstick

This is a review of someone who did not watch Bed Friend, but because I like the premise.

I watched this expecting the worst, but tbh it's kinda entertaining. It's formatted like a sitcom, but it does know how to take seriously. I also like the plot of a side character or comic relief getting their own story, and Jade is just the right amount of loud and cringe (I'm pretty sure a lot disagree, but I enjoyed Secret Crush on You and Jade is tame in comparison). The first few episodes where they're all copying his decisions and the part where they close the menu in synch are so funny. I'm happy they did not turn him into someone completely serious at the end cuz that would defeat the purpose of the premise of "comic relief getting his own lovestory".

They get together at the last episode, but their dynamic before that is nice to watch too. The build-up is exciting and just enough to make me root for Mai and understand why Jade took that long to accept him. Tbh even if the series ends at the first 15 mins of ep 8, I would've been satisfied. Ep 8 feels like an epilogue.

The NC scenes were verrryyy steamy. And they did it more than once in ep 8. The last one just doesn't fit the vibe of the series, but I'll accept it cuz I'm considering ep 8 as a special episode, cuz they nicely concluded it on ep 7.

When it comes to side couples, I could care less about Tong and Gus tho, but King and Uea are endearing.

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