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BP IS OFF THE ROOF, Had So Much Potential [LIL BIT OF SPOLIERS, MY EMOTIONS ARE RUNNING HIGH ATP]
Went into this with so much expectations. Like I LOVED S1 so I had great expectations from this. To me, S2 felt rushed.Although this one is watchable but S1 had it's own charm to it. And WTH was that ending though. Like seriously, my BP was off the roof. That one "friend" smiling at the funeral, that made wanted to jump into the screen and punch him right in the face. Like seriously WTF. The one thing I had an issue with was the antagonist, Na Baek Jin. To me, he didn’t feel as much of a villain as the show tried to make him out to be. They presented him as this serious, mysterious figure, but I still don’t feel like I understand why he ended up where he was. I needed that backstory. Like the "REAL" bad guys did not got what they deserved. I HATE WHEN THE BAD GUYS DOES NOT RECIEVE THE PUNISHMENT THEY DESERVE BUT THEN AGIAN IT'S SOUTH KOREA, WHEN HAD THE BAD GUYS BEEN PUNISHED ????
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Good Drama
I always write my thoughts a bit later to let things cool down and see what I might miss. I know a lot thinks is rushed (yes is a bit, and they could have added a bit more regarding the ending credits that viewers to not feel empty)I noticed many were annoyed Sieun didn't fight back much at least in the first part (lets not forget he was never a fighter and when does fight, he cheats and can actually harm someone badly).
His rage suppressed and emotional state shows the most in the fights.
While he vows to not, in his mind the urge is always there (the scene on the stairs when he wanted to stab was so huge, but hold on)
The MC is a traumatized kid from past events and the guilt is huge. His parents never understood him. While his father said it was not his fault, I doubt it was with all his heart.
The mother thought it was her fault, but never stood and heard her soon, to understand who is with reality., same goes with the father. Same goes for Baku's father. Si eun had to slit open his eyes a bit to see his son is not a bad kid how he saw him. Comparing him with his mother, only because he never tried to reach him is harsh.
Had to be some knew kids with who he befriend to tell him that with sincerity.
I do agree on one matter, although: they could have fleshed out more the main character's background.
We know Baku and Baek jin were friendly, but it seems they didn't know much about them. No communication at all between them.
A bit more about Gotak and Seong Je. We only know they fought and last destroyed his knee.
I liked the bond he formed with his new friends and that in the end he had the courage to enter his BBF hospital room.
As I said, Si eun never was a fighter, but used his brain to defeat his opponents. Practically, he disabled Baek Jin, which might have sent him to his dismissal, because he could not fight 100% for his life.
Yes, in the webtoon he died hit by the trunk of doom, but in the manwha by the hand of the gangster he worked under.
Good season. The emotions, the fights, the east were on point.
New place, new friends, new personalities.
It was less violent, some say, but I think it was equal in a way, but I felt it had more depth to the MC character.
A rant of mine: ppl saying the actors looked old, GEE, why does nobody rant on the romcoms when most are OLD when they play students?
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More action, less substance.
I watched WHC1 in early 2023. Contrary to most viewers' perspectives, I didn't like it all that much. Action wasn't usually my thing, and the writing felt like it was missing something. However, I did enjoy the commentary on bullying.WHC2 upgrades the action from Season 1, where the fight scenes were amazingly directed. I thought it was more entertaining and that the acting was brilliant, especially coming from the villains. I think Season 1 did a better job at character development, but I felt that there was little here, surprisingly.
I decided to watch S2 to see Si-eun grow, and as much as we see his incredible stamina and loyalty to his friends, there wasn't much to say about his character. In S1, we saw how bullying affected students in South Korea, with the addition of gangsters, making it difficult for them to speak about it. Si-eun, as the main character, provided significance to this issue without his character fitting stereotypes. He is obviously intelligent, too, but that felt underutilized. This increased mine and the rest of the viewers' anticipation for Class Two with a different but interesting cast.
The story was more or less action. The villains were two-dimensional to me, and although I didn't like Beom-seok from S1 at all, I could understand where people's sympathy for him came from. Here, Na Baek-jin's character was boring and didn't have a clear motive for starting the Union or having anything to do with it. Baku made me smile a lot, but there still wasn't anything to work on with him besides his relationship with Baek-jin. Go-tak and Jun-tae were a rather adorable duo.
Anyways, I liked the fight scenes. Sadly, there was nothing to go on with the story. Worth a watch.
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SAME SIMILAR SCHOOL BULLYING PLOTS!! ??
Was it good? Yes! will I rewatch it again? No! was it better than the season 1? Hell no!
The plot felt like I was watching study group with minimal wow moments. The organised school gang, and so many scenes were all similar to study group!
I love the main villain but hopefully they leave him without the school uniform.
SiEun storyline was made to surround SuHo, only for them to make their meeting soulless and bland!! It just felt like the scene was thrown in to please the fans.
I think am tired of the good boys group having 1 great fighter, 1 good fighter, 1 semi good but stil gets beaten up and then 1 loser who doesn’t know how to throw a punch!
At the end, it was a good drama and I loved seeing the faces of the actors!!
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I preface this by saying I really liked the 1st series and did not think the story warrranted a 2nd series. I haven't read the webtoon so maybe by that standard it did. I did overall like this series but I don't think the story is as well thought out as the 1st series. The best part of the series is Si Eun. Those episode with Park Ji Hoon, carrying that emotional weight elevates the show a for me. I almost wished they had focused more on his recovery in a less violent way. I Still gave the seris a 7 b/c I did like the bromance and frienships developing with Si Eun, Baku, Go Tak and Jun Tae and it's a qucik and easy binge.
A ton of things were left unanswerd or unexplained. Or maybe I just didn't understand the relationship between Baku and Baek Jin. I also did not undertand the point of the Seung Je character.
9/18/25
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New Friend
The story continues from the first season, in which the main character is moved to another school. But that new school has a similar issue: a fight is still going on, but it's between other schools. It's becoming more interesting to see how they manage to survive and grow stronger to fight the alliance that is mixed with several other schools.Somehow, I think the story is better in the 1st season because it's much more intense than this season...
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Don't Expect Much or You'll be Disappointed
I don't have much negative review about this drama but if critic who wish to compare the webtoon series with drama series, they aren't what you'll imagine it to be.The drama had filtered plenty of things like reducing the number of crew the MC should have, merging personalities of different characters into core roles (you'll know what I'm talking about if you read the webtoon), different storyline but similar message is conveyed and the destination of the storytelling still reach to the same conclusion. It's a great overall show as they filtered many unnecessary scene that I would wish for from the webtoon.
However, as much as I would like to compare, the main antagonist doesn't have that intense aura, doesn't look as intimating as in the webtoon series.
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A breather from the trauma that season 1 brought
Definitely not as good as the first season, but the chemistry between the group is really cute and I’m happy Sieun didn’t have to live in guilt over Suho’s coma and everything that happened. Also, the scenes where he “talks” with Beomseok hit harddd and really showed he felt guilty not only for Suho, but for Beomseok too (even though none of it was his fault).However, I feel like there wasn’t much depth to the new characters and we don’t really get to really know them. Like Baekjin played such an important role and yet we don’t find out why he was in The Union or why even died at the end.
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And the story continues...
Recently I am not much into writing reviews for shows, especially if most of the already written reviews contain what I thought of the show anyway. This time I decided to write one, as a lot of people's opinions differ from mine.A season 2 always has to contend with the masterpiece that season 1 might be. In this case a lot of people loved and adored Class 1, and Class 2 had to live up to the hype. Many say that if you liked season 1 you will not like season 2 as it is very different. I agree and disagree.
If you liked Class 1 for its characters (not just Si-eun) and the characters duplicity...well, don't hold your breath with Class 2. Class 2 is pretty straight forward with who is who, who can we trust and who will support our main character. There might be a few twists and turns to some characters but...nothing unexpected.
If you liked Class 1 for the character development of our main lead, you can definitely stay for Class 2. The story of Class 2 is like a continuation of season 1. The aftermath of everything that happened and how it affects Si-eun. Since I liked season 1 for the reasons of loving the main character, for the budding friendship and people worrying for each other, and also (and yes, I feel very guilty and very strange admitting this) the scenes were Si-eun just lost it. They were just addictingly good. If any of that is valid for you as well, season 2 will not disappoint.
Personally, I appreciated that for once a show actually incorporated the concept of trauma, a character basing decisions on said trauma, and standing by them. Si-eun tries to learn from what he experienced and works through everything that happened in Class 1. I further appreciate that it wasn't a "let's slowly forget everyone from season 1 and only focus on season 2" thing but that we actually got both of the season flowing into each other, connecting. I mean, Si-eun's new friends understanding how much Su-ho means to him, is just...heart-warming.
I also appreciated that this time there was a clearer difference between fighting styles. You could see that Hyeon-tak was a former athlete, that Baku was just pure strength, and that Si-eun was just...how to say this best? Desperate, calculating and mean? In the best way possible. I liked the differences, as it wasn't just suddenly someone getting great at fighting or someone strong suddenly being beaten up. With the fighting styles you could understand better why certain fights ended a certain way.
Oh and the soundtrack and background music? Absolutely stunning and perfectly placed.
Anyway, I won't go too deep into it, as it might produce spoilers but I just wanted to say: I enjoyed Weak Hero Class 2, it kept the elements of season 1 which I liked but started transporting Si-eun back into society and out of his little grey world which got even darker after how season 1 ended. Good show, will definitely rewatch some scenes.
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Good Enough
Korean Drama 'Weak Hero Class 2' is the second season of the school drama, and this time, the main character moves to a new school, but his demons are still there to haunt him.The drama is as good as the first season, intense, deep, with loads of action, and great performances. The characters were interesting as well and supported the story well. The main character's arc was also strong, with a smooth character development. The fighting scenes were, in addition, well-choreographed and executed. The ending was sweet as well, but a bit rushed.
So, overall, eight out of ten.
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Every Action Has an Equal and Opposite Reaction.
This is the drama that made me realise that I prefer the Thriller genre.Weak Hero 1 had much more emotional entanglements between the characters, particularly Si Eun, who was learning to thaw and accept friendships as a good influence; but also had to learn about the bitter truth about it.
In Class 2, he attemps to revert back to his original aloof self, having inadvertently made a name of himself as the lunatic transfer kid. But, when Jun Tae, a bullied classmate crosses paths with him, he realises that he can no longer return back to who he was and what his previous experiences had taught him.
I can see why this one might not seem disappointing, but for Si Eun, it is one step forward. Establishing his past self and traumas was the purpose of Class 1. In Class 2, he has to face the fact that he can no longer be a by stander and is forced to come to terms with his guilt, the traumas and changes he had gone through.
The High Lights?
☆ Cast: The entire cast did an absolutely fantastic job, delivering tasking emotional as well heart pounding action scenes. As usual Si Eun stands out due to his character, but his friends, particularly, Baku and Jun Tak shone as brightly as he did.
As for Baek Jin. He was a very interesting character -- I can guess some of his story, but his past remained shrouded. Maybe Baku would one day, tell the truth. (The first thing I did when certain charactets appeared on screen was check their ages was cause there was no way Baek Jin was close to 17.)
On the good side, I'm glad that this season had a lot of decent fighters who knew when to run and had friends for backup.
☆ Story: I think the sky high ratings of this series is solely based on the emotional aspect since it easily captures your heart and makes you root for leads as well punch the villains through the screen.
(I never wrote a review for Class 1 as I felt that some dramas just have to watched to understand them.)
As it is based on a Webtoon, I'll forgive them for not going too deep into the backstory of certain characters such as Baek Jin.
I highly doubt that an organisation equivalent to a student mafia exists, but hey, I come from a college where there is literal Drug Ring, so I'm not sure of I'm supposed to doubt them.
All in all, it an extremely thrilling ride that lives upto Class 1.
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No copy paste, but also no Season 1
The story is not exactly the same, though there are some similarities. Because of the high school setting, it feels familiar. But they did a good job in writing a slyghtly different story. Sadly, it´s not as entertaining, as Season 1. Season 1 felt new and fresh. It´s always difficult to deliver a 2nd Season, as good as the first one.Also the actors weren´t as good as in the first season. More actors also doesn´t make better scenes!
If there is a 3rd Season. I will watch it all over again, because I´m a fan! Overall the 2nd Season was not bad, only a little less entertaining than the first one. I liked it!
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