History YMMV / Boyfriends

* SweetnessAversion: As a slice-of-life romance comic with minimal conflict and a pastel color scheme, ''Boyfriends'' is primarily designed to be cute and fluffy. However, this sweetness has caused many to view it as boring or cringeworthy.

* QuestionableCasting: Arguably a reason for the animated shorts' infamy is due to Accel Byzantine's casting as the voice of Prep, with a lot of people finding his voice too shrill and annoying for the character;

*** Jock's heart-to-heart with his sister is both this and a HeartwarmingMoment, where we get to see why he felt so envious of her and how the two of them both worked hard after the death of their father.

* {{Glurge}}: Part of the comic's negative reputation comes from the fact that it's mostly 100+ chapters of four men being SickeninglySweethearts and going on dates. [[TropesAreTools This isn't an inherently bad thing in moderation]], and there are a few semi-dramatic turns of events, but reading so much of it nonstop with 0 breaks makes the work feel like a RomanticPlotTumor that mutated into its own story.

* OffendingTheCreatorsOwn: The webcomic has received a fair amount of backlash from people within the LGBT community who say it plays into [[CampGay stereotypes]] about gay men. Refrainbow identifies as both gay and non-binary. Mind you, the people making these complaints are American and are talking about American stereotypes while Refrainbow is Indonesian and [[ValuesDissonance Asian gay stereotypes are completely different from western ones.]]

* LGBTFanbase: The comic is fairly popular with LGBTQ+ people who enjoy cute content and it ranks consistently high in the Webtoon SliceOfLife category.

** Nerd is this to the point of invoking it to sweet talk his boyfriends. He has YouthfulFreckles, is the shortest of the group, and often has a CatSmile expression.

* TheScrappy: Nerd BF's teacher drew an [[https://www.webtoons.com/en/slice-of-life/boyfriends/episode-35/viewer?title_no=2616&episode_no=35 enraged reaction from readers]] for being harsh towards him over his tardiness and falling behind on assignments going as far as to suggest he drop out. Even those [[JerkassHasAPoint who don't think he was wrong to reprimand him for such things]] don't appreciate the way he talked to him.

* SweetDreamsFuel: For those not put-off by it, the warm, fluffy tone of the series is often seen as part of the appeal, being a feel-good romance story with a refreshingly positive and realistic portrayal of polyamory.

* OffendingTheCreatorsOwn: The webcomic has received a fair amount of backlash from people within the LGBT community who say it plays into [[CampGay stereotypes]] about gay men. Refrainbow identifies as both gay and non-binary. Mind you, the people making these complaints are American and are talking about American stereotypes while Refrainbow is Korean and [[ValuesDissonance Asian gay stereotypes are completely different from western ones.]]

* OffendingTheCreatorsOwn: The webcomic has received a fair amount of backlash from people within the LGBT community who say it plays into [[CampGay stereotypes]] about gay men. Refrainbow identifies as both gay and non-binary.

* ItsPopularNowItSucks: This seems to be at least part of what sparked the comic's infamy. It was received positively at best and with indifference at worst when it was first posted on Webtoon. After it became a proper featured series and got animated promos, people left and right accused it of sexualizing gay men and being "unrealistic" in it's portrayal of relationships.

* LGBTFanbase: The comic is fairly popular with LGBTQ+ people who enjoy cute content and it ranks consistently high in the Webtoon SliceOfLife category.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeArt: Personal tastes aside, it's hard to deny the comic is very well drawn. While the original chapters lacked color, Refrainbow has since redone them and even improved on a few panels. The character designs become noticeably more consistent as the chapters continue, and there's an improved range of facial expressions during the few dramatic moments.

* ItsPopularNowItSucks: This seems to be at least part of what sparked the comic's supposed infamy. It was received positively at best and with indifference at worst when it was first posted on Webtoon. After it became a proper featured series and got animated promos, people left and right accused it of sexualizing gay men, being "unrealistic" in it's portrayal of relationships, or otherwise demonizing the creator.

* LGBTFanbase: The comic is fairly popular with LGBTQ+ people who enjoy cute content and it ranks consistently high in the Webtoon SliceOfLife category. Those who check out the series for themselves dismiss those who criticize it as a VocalMinority that are exaggerating the comic's flaws.
* OffendingTheCreatorsOwn: The webcomic has received a fair amount of backlash from people within the LGBT community who say it plays into [[CampGay stereotypes]] about gay men, despite the fact that author Refrainbow identifies as both gay and non-binary.
* OvershadowedByControversy: The comic is mostly known for accusations of fetishizing queer men, in addition to allegations of racism made against author Refrainbow in light of various comments they made on their Twitter account when they were thirteen. At the time of making the comic, Refrainbow was in their ''twenties''.

* VocalMinority: The comic is fairly well liked and generally considered good/decent by most readers, however, it has a few outspoken people criticizing it on social media, making some think the comic is universally hated when that really isn't the case.