(There is much on-screen messaging in this, and watching characters write, delete, rewrite and re-delete their replies is tensely effective.) Charlie has a secret sort-of-boyfriend, Ben, who meets up with him in the library at break time, but who picks on him when anyone else is around. When Ben progresses from treating him coldly to getting a girlfriend then belittling him when they are together, Nick comes to the rescue, and their friendship slowly builds towards something else. It nods to its origins as a graphic novel with moments of animation, particularly when emotions run high. Hands almost touch cartoon lightning crackles between them.
Charlie’s friend Elle wonders if she has feelings for their other friend, Tao, and hearts appear in the air.
It looks like Hollyoaks with an art-school twist. There are minor dramas among Charlie’s friends, but mostly it’s about Charlie and Nick.