High School Frenemy (2024)

a decent show to let the ship of skynani sail

the only thing i asked from this show was for it to not be trash like some of gmmtv's shows and it delivered. but i would not say this was great or enjoyable by any means.
the show was well made in terms of sets and costumes. overall from a cinematography or aesthetic part this was good. but it was so damn repetitive.
we had a few major plot points but we kept circling around them by having the same conversation. up to ep 6, where we find out the reason for the friendship breakup, we keep on having the same conversation with saint and shin. the exact same set of dialogues were repeated for so long. same with the principal-teacher convo or any other conflict. we would repeat the same conversations which do nothing to move the story.
they could have distributed the storylines a bit more evenly, felt like we only focused on saintshin for the first half and suddenly everyone has a problem towards the end.
it might be the cultural thing but i could not understand the school system nor the two different campus things. people like this would have been suspended in my high school long ago. i could not also take some of the things they do/say cause they are supposed to be 11th graders here.
a lot of the back stories did not match the present for me. saint was so gentle abt shin in the past, the violence to him seems very out of character.
i feel like some of the other side characters could have some more depth as they were shown to blindly follow some leader. saint and the girls were shown to be close in the beginning but that friendship was not shown again.
i also lowkey didn't like how they showed chadjen. he was either a cute/weak character used to strengthen other's friendships.
the earlier episodes reminded me of home school the series so much. doesn't help that its the same director with almost the same cast. view, kay and the twins almost play the same characters in both the series.

nani impressed me so much. this is his best acting after f4. his works after that were very bad but he nailed this role. glad to see his improvement.
saintshin were friends on paper but the way sky and nani portrayed them added a layer of romance to it. almost all the episodes i was screaming at them to kiss. sky too gave a good performance
the rest of the cast were good too. this was bonnie's first series (i think) and she did well. can't wait for her gl next year. and viewjune, what we could have had. happy to see them together one last time.

so overall a decent show, this might be something skynani fans look at fondly after a few years.

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This is a BL if it was made in mainland China

Like everyone else said, it couldn’t be gayer. But I want to give props to SkyNani for such incredible acting. Although this is a "bromance," they had more chemistry than half the couples in the BL industry. They portrayed a love so deep and beautiful that I was genuinely moved.

For those like me who love BL, get ready to yell, "Just kiss already!" at least a hundred times.

The secondary characters were also fantastic, especially Chatjen, who was an amazing and beautifully crafted representation of autism. He simultaneously served as a bridge between Shin and Saint while also being their unofficial son and the head of their shipper.

All in all, it’s great. I’m eagerly waiting for the final episode!

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THE MOST BEAUTIFUL LOVE STORY ❤️

it's a romance! what saintshin have can't be bounded by the labels. they're more than friends, more than lovers, more than soulmates. they're one and the same! two bodies one soul ❤️

i'm so glad i can confidently say that i have been one of the og fans who has been watching since the trailer drop. i had expectations for sure but this show has exceeded all of them and come out as THE BEST SERIES IN 2024.

brilliant acting by the cast. especially skynani (saintshin) who expressed the feeling of sadness, anger, love and longing in the most beautiful way possible. their eyes held so much emotions and the way they delivered the lines seeped through my bones!! what a blessing that these two met 💘

excellent bgm choice! the songs are so good that i've been listening to them all day, every day! the ost "promise" sung by sky & nani is THE BEST ost of the year!!

the plot is about two people who are desparately in love w each other and are ready to die for each other even though their love story is not easy. they've been through a lot, both together and apart, both because of the world and because of each other, but in the end, they're together and nothing else is stronger than their love for each other!!

this show can mess you up in the best way possible! the relationship between saintshin, the friendship between every other characters and every other dynamic in this show is so enticing, one can get lost! 😭 enough said, i am never getting over this series. i'm never getting over saintshin & skynani 💘

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Just Wow, Amazing Acting

I thought I would watch one episode and skip to last one and skim it. Was I wrong.
It has a real powerful story, it tackled the harder parts of life for kids and teachers who actually care.

Saint (Sky) and Shin (Nani) were amazing, there acting was above anything I have watched before and the natural love for each other (wasn't a love story) they showed, was perfect and there was a wedding in their future with kids 😀🫣🤭😍 (again not a love story just brilliant acting and scripted).

The friendships made along the way were beautiful.

A massive shout out to Mark who played Chatjen just amazing and deserves an award, never went out of character (great to portray Autism who is high functioning)

Every single actor/actress in this series did a great job, they all deserve an award, even little Chingching was perfect and not annoying at all.

You could nit pick the shit out of this series as nothing is perfect, but the scripted, story and acting was above anything I have ever watched before.

I loved this and would rewatch. You also cry when they hug Ken, Chatjen emotional scene and couple other scenes.. The very end was super cute, Oh Saint and Shin so loved each other 💙. Though would of been nice to see everyone else at the end.

Well done

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HOW CAN I BE HOMOPHOBIC, THIS SHOW IS GAY

I read so many reviews that said what I wanted to say but couldn't find the right words...but let me just say this... HIGH SCHOOL FRENEMY... Is a Chinese BL (IYKYK)...

Shin and Saint ain't fooling no1... Like I saw bromance and was like, "ok".. Because I expected a dark show.. Fighting, joining forces for world peace and all tht... BUT.. What I didn't expect is for GMMTV to slap on Bromance on a WHOLE ASS BL... THIS SHOW HAS MORE COLORS THAN A RAINBOW.. IT'S GAYER THAN AN ACTUAL BL... I SPENT MOST OF THE SHOW SCREMAING, "KISS!!" OR "Y'ALL ARE SO MARRIED".. In the scene where they are hiding from the mom I was like, "If this is how you act coming out as" besties" how will u act when its time to come as a couple and announce your marriage to her... HOW WILL SHE REACT?? LOL.. These boys proved that NC scenes does not make a BL.. Wht makes a BL is the chemistry, the subtle and obvious secret glances... and staring contests... The words they say, like they said "I love You" more than a normal couple... Well Saint did... The tension is on a different level... GMMTV tried to make a bromance but they couldn't... They tried, but all they did was not add NC scenes.. Lol...

Other than the married couple... I really enjoyed this show it was sooooo good... I loved how they added the pain students go through, how some people are not meant to be parents and how important teachers are not only for classes but for guidance... Not every1 has parents tht listen them r understand them and when we come to school it's like an escape... Teachers are like parents too... School can be one child's hell and another child's heaven...

The actors are AWESOME... I felt every pain and wanted to wipe every tear... They presented this sooooo well... Mark representation of autism was fantastic... It was like tht was him.. It didn't seem mocking... At 1st I just thought he was shy and awkward but I found out from reviews it was autism and it made sense... The actors were so gud... That I actually hate Jeng... I hate him.. Lol.. AJ and JJ back with their chaotic selves.. Love them...

Chadjen is a wonderful character... I love how he calls every1 when there is an issue... I love how pure he is... He was like, "my house is the normal size like every1's.."y don't u have a pool "... He wasn't bragging... He genuinely thought wht he had was the norm for every1... Hes my fave character...

I look 4ward to another show from Shin and Saint... Not with a "bromance" tag though... BL... :)))))) 1000000%

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AWESOME CHEMISTRY!!(My First review)

This bl- bromance is one of the best I've seen so far. Its for real going to my top bl-, top series watched out of all the series I've had watched. Sky and Nani did great for the acting, like actually, no joke. High School Frenemy gave me different perspective on how friendships work. It gave me a different meaning of a "friend". I loved it so much!!. Honestly speaking, This series gave me back the emotional feelings i had with The Untamed(for me) witch only means that the series is awesome.

Story; The story seems a little basic at first but then as it progressed it because more intriguing. I love how they don't only focus on the main leads, but they also focus on other characters in the story. Every character in this story takes an important role to the story. I also love how they give the other character a background story which adds to the overall series story. This series opened my eyes on how i preserve friendship. I never knew i could have a different perspective of "friends". Shin and Saint make you really think that they are boyfrie- . Awesome story overall!!!

Acting; The acting in this series is top tier, especially between Sky(Saint) and Nani(Skin). I never knew i could i would see this kind of chemistry, its refreshing to see. Mark did an awesome job with his character. He nailed it, it just comes to show that Mark is an awesome actor. All of the cast did a great job in their acting for this series! :D. Loved it so much!. Like I'm not even kidding, they did AMAZING. I could literally see the emotions through Sky and Nani's eyes every time they look at each other, that's how good their chemistry is.

Music: For the choice of music, in my opinion it was great. Every music shown in every scene fits the overall mood of the scene. In some parts of the series i didn't only focus on watching, I also focused on the music(my brain just randomly focuses on the music for some reason) for that specific scene and it amazes me how it fits, then I go back watching. I love the OST "Promise me"!!!

Rewatch value: I would watch it again if i wanted to, anytime i could. Its just that I'm focused on watching recent BL's instead of past (Oh, i forgot this isn't a BL). i think in the future I'll for sure watch it again to remember all the memories i had watching this.

Other: I LOVE IT SO MUCH! Sky is now one of my fav gmmtv actors and Nani for sure!!! Saint and shin made me confused between Friendship and a Relationship(Romantic). THE CHEMESTRY BWETWEEN SKYNANI IS EVERYTHING AND THEY DELIVERED IT SO WELL. My reaction to Saint to Shin at the ending episodes were like "JUST DATE ALREADY" Yeah. Freaking awesome series!!. My biggest plot twist in 2024 is this series, i never knew i will be so into it 😭

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BROMANCE or ROMANCE?! Absolutely loved it!

If you’re thinking whether to watch this series or not. PLEASE DO WATCH IT! This is by far the best drama from GMMTV this year. It felt like I was watching censored chinese bl drama lol with the amount of 'friend' love confessions and proposals that we got from Shin and Saint. The guys even say 'I love yous' at the end before cringing together lmao! Honestly love this new couple!

I do admit I had to be patient for the first two episodes but later the plot and story picked up really well and I was hooked on the series!
The casting was perfect! Both teachers Miss Jan and Mr Sung were great! Thats how all teachers should be tbh!
I can't think of anybody else playing Shin and Saint apart from Nani and Sky. These guys were fantastic with their roles. And our adorable Chedjan played by Mark Pukin was the best side character/angel boy anyone could ask for!
What I LOVED about this series was that all characters, MLs, side characters, everyone had good screentime and a lovely growth arc. We have Ken turning into a good boy, we have Shin finally being close to forgiving Saint for hurting him and abandoning him, we have Saint learning to take responsibility for his actions, we have Chadjen breaking out of his shell and making new friends, we have Peeta and Eve growing closer after their fights, we have the teachers getting better at understanding their students and not trying to judge them from first meetings. We have Saint's dad being the best parent, the principal and Ken's dad turning over a new leaf.

For me this series had everything, from love, bromance, friendship, hate, revenge, fights, drugs, gang war and more! And the directors and writers did a wonderful job with bringing on complex emotions and dialogues into the play.
And I have to say that Nani and Sky have become my new fav couple. Nani with his 'eye-acting' was fabulous. I don’t know how this guy can look so pretty while crying and being in pain. I only knew Nani as MJ from F4 and now Nani as Shin was something totally different! This guy CAN act and act he did!
Saint our cute big puppy with a gummy smile trying to make up to his friend for betraying him! Sky was very good with his role, and I'm so happy these guys are getting more recognition.
Waiting on the new 'WU' series! I'm sure it's gonna be wonderful!

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First of all WOW. Second SAINTSHIN is my personality now.

I am so happy I gave this series a chance. I wasn’t even planning on watching it when I saw the trailer. But one day I was bored, and it popped up on my YouTube, and I was like, "Ok, let's see," and boy, am I glad I did. I didn’t know I could be attached to the "friendship" between two characters to this level before I watched HighSchool Frenemy. Literally, every episode was making me more obsessed with them. The chemistry is off the charts. The bROMANCE(which it is marketed as) is very strong with this one. The actors played their roles well.

Ok, so basically, the synopsis is like...there is this school with two separate campuses, Thep Burapha and Udon Pitahak...sorry if I spelled those wrong. The students of these two campuses have been enemies for years due to some reason. They hate each other, and I can’t stress the word "hate" enough. One day, the principal decides to just merge the two campuses to end this rivalry. It makes everything worse because fights just escalate. There is violence in every episode. Boys will be boys, I guess.

Amidst all this chaos, there are two central characters, Saint and Shin...our main characters. Saint is from Thep and Shin is from Udon. The thing about them is that they were best friends in the past, but due to some reason, their friendship ended, and they parted ways. Now they meet again after the campuses are merged but as enemies, and you can only imagine the tension, the angst.

I loved their relationship a lot...friends, soulmates, whatever you wanna call them. The way their eyes show anger, hurt, and regret. Their longing gazes. Everything is perfect. One thing I will tell you is that there are love confessions in every single episode. More than even straight-up romance shows. The two boys love each other a lot, and I can’t imagine them with someone else. Like, imagine being the wife and your husband loves his "friend" more than you and confesses his love for him every damn day. It would end in a divorce lol.

Jokes apart, this series is very fun to watch. So, just give it a try and get ready to swoon over their dynamic because they will give you pterodactyls, not just butterflies.

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(B)Romance is strong

I’ve watched School 2013 but it’s been a long time ago, therefore I didn’t remember much or nothing, that’s crazy, I just know Lee Jongsuk and Kim Woobin were in it, not more.

So I think, this is a really good serie that depict mainly the special relationship (a deep friendship) of Saint and Shin, and then, in the background, there’s also some high schoolers’ conflicts.

What I really liked is that they took time to introduce little by little some events to catch our attention. The pace was good although I would sometimes find it a little bit too long or maybe, they were focusing on some details that were not that important (or even, what I didn’t consider important).

However, it was still nice to follow their journey, it’s like a bit of coming of age, family matters, friendship matters and even to adapt in this kind of society that being called « High School ».

The school bullying is still alarming, concerning along with a lot of fight scenes so it might not be for you for this part. But still, this serie was very engaging and I also think it’s mainly because of the dynamic of SaintShin (the two actors did a great job) that carry the show. Their bound is very special and precious.

Oh and I really love the intro song, it suits so much the vibes of High school frenemy.

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