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I was excited for this show to air and to see a different style/story line in a BL, but in my opinion, this show is overrated. It's slow, repetitive, boring and honestly the actors are stiff as boards. Nothing happens. Granted the guys are good looking, but it is a yawn fest. I see a lot of comments comparing the novel and if I have to read a novel to read between the lines of each scene/episode to know what is going on, then the director is not doing a very good job or the novel was boring and repetitive to begin with. I know this is an unpopular opinion, but for others who come along to see if they should watch this show or not, I say do not, it is not very good.

The direction is terrible, I agree.

Great movie and I highly recommend watching it!!

I have the same thought every time a new Batman, Superman or Spiderman movie comes out. How many times can these be rehashed. If it sells and makes money, they will keep making remakes just like Thailand (GMMTV) remade Ossan's Love, Cherry Magic and My Love Mix-Up all from Japan. It goes both ways.

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!