Weak Hero Class 2

Solid 2nd season of a series that wrecked me with its gut-wrenching youth drama in season 1 !

Even if the series does not reach the same level of incredible turmoil of emotions that "Weak Hero Class 1" made me live end of 2022, it is a relief to be able to say that "Weak Hero Class 2" is worth the hype (and the long wait) !

Once again, the story is portraying strong friendships amidst school bullying and violence. Despite some overlapping thematic, the series is quite different from its first season. Indeed, the main character must handle traumatic event from its past, leading him to almost take a backseat in some situations letting the light shine much strongly on his entourage. It is not necessarily a default, but the "weak hero" trope is less exploited here than previously, as the hero is not as much an underdog as before.

In addition to the very different narrative arcs, this season feel also less indie: clearly Netflix budget is now there and very noticeable. There are some really beautiful and striking images, some impressive fighting sequences, very brutal. The reverse of the medal is that there is also less contemplative moments and that the production while feeling more refined, lost part of its gritty charm. The soundtrack remains one of the strongest point : the opening song but also and foremost every songs ending the episodes, with some impressive raps is worth a listen while the generic are going by.

What stays the same is that the acting is top-notch ! The ensemble cast does an excellent job : among them, Park Ji Hoon and Ryeo Un are outstanding. The first one has eyes that tell deep and sorrowful tales without saying a word ! The latter, who definitely bulked up for the part, delivers a really solid performance as well. He clearly took some inspiration from a character played by Choi Hyun Wook and it is an excellent choice given his role in the scenario.

I would recommend this to people that have seen the season one. It really provide a true closure with the hero undergoing an emotional inner journey. It is a story about growth in the middle of traumatic events. If you like baston manga, this is clearly a series for you !

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high expectations compared to what it really is

I want to start this off by saying that i’ve watched the first season back in 2022 and it has been my favorite kdrama ever since. i’ve waited 3 years and my expectations were indeed high, maybe even too high.

Back to last year, i noticed that Suho’s name wasn’t in the list of the starring cast on this app. I honestly thought it was weird, and maybe he would eventually come back as a surprise or something.

After the series came out I watched it, excited for a possible comeback of his, and for them to reunite.
For the first 7 episodes I noticed how there were no signs of him.. Just in Sieun’s thoughts or when he visited the hospital.
Then, as I watched the 8th episode I started wondering where he was.
It’s very common for dramas and movies in general to make one of the most important characters come back in the last episode, so I understood it.
At minute 40ish I really started wondering where he was, and then, when Sieun received the phone call I knew it would be something regarding Suho.
I was so excited.. just for him to appear for a minute.. and for them to have a 3 sentences conversation.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m happy that Sieun seemed content after a long time, and they met each other again, but I expected something more.. you know?
I feel like they could’ve gave him a bit more screen time than just a mere minute, after making us wait for 3 YEARS, which is crazy long for this.

Also, it doesn’t compare to the 1st season. It’s completely different.
I actually appreciate the new characters, which are nice, but I miss some of the old ones.
Also, Beomseok? The only time he had shown up was in the ring when Sieun was dreaming while in a deep sleep. I feel like it was too different from the previous season.

This being said, I’m not sure if the wait can be justified.. My expectations were too high, definitely.
I hoped for something better.
I’m great that at least we got Sieun, i guess.

The acting was great as usual, and i really liked the music.

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Basic compared to S1, but worth binging

It was a remake if season 1 without the Mc desperately wanting to study, and weak friend not betraying all his friends, plus a ridiculously happy ending. I think the main reason everyone love season 1 was because Mc is so damn interesting. We already explored his personality in season 1 so it makes sense it wasn't done in season 2. This sounds like a lot of criticism but I really had no problems while watching it. I was interested and involved. It was kind of the writers to give our guy some happiness.
Despite everything, I did enjoy it. I wonder what he'll be like once he gets into corporate life. Do you think he can make it a year before punching his boss?

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Totally Worth it!!

The best part of this season was that the main cast was flawlessly chosen, and every actor played their role as if they were the person themselves. The season started with a small recap of season 1, and Si-eun is still trying to move on from the past, but it doesn't last long, as he ends up meeting Jun Tae. Their fight with Hyo Man started their friendship, and from there, they met Baku and gotak. He finally starts smiling with them and starts accepting his new life, until he gets involved with the union and from this point on we see A LOT of fights which is exciting at first i mean who doesn't wanna see Si-eun click his pen and fight ruthlessly but at some point the fights seemed a bit unnecessary at some points it kinda killed the point of show.

I had mixed feelings about the character Geum Seong he was exciting to watch at first, and his fight with si-eun was the best part of the drama for me, but after the fight, he helps Jun-Tae so I thought he switched teams finally but never did I expect him to betray Si-eun at the end.

The ending was a shock to me, as I did not read the webtoon, I never expected Baek Jin to die. I mean, as much as I hated him, he was still a childhood friend of Baku and and he only laundered that money to donate to the orphanage. I felt wasn't that bad to be just killed off like that in the end. and Bae Na Ra played the character Beak Jin fabulously. The perfect casting indeed!

But there were some really good parts of the drama I loved in the final two episodes. The whole Eunjang High comes together to fight the union, Baku accepts Baek Jin's terms, and joins the union to protect his friends. The airport scene where Jun-tae tells Si-eun its not his fault, when Si-eun gets into the accident, all of them go to meet him and FINALLY I cried happy tears when Su Ho woke up and the best closure for me was Si-eun introducing the gang as his friends meaning he's finally happy and that smile oh my god was everything to me.

𝗢𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗹, 𝗜 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲 𝗶𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗼𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝗶𝘁! 𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝘆 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗲 𝘀 𝗼𝗳 2025!

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Is it just me or was this season not as good as the first?

Do not get me wrong, I love WHC1 and I waited years for the second season to drop. All of my expectations and anticipation just built up more and more over the years. To make this season as raw as possible, I avoided the manhwa, because I wanted to watch the show without bias. But even without the manhwa, I was still disappointed..why?

It just felt empty, the fight scenes weren't that good at least to me, I think I preferred season 1's fight. However the fight between Seunjae and Sieun was pretty good. Although, I loved the new characters, I just felt like we knew so little about them and I did not really form a deep connection with them as I did with Suho. I feel like I would have really liked Gotak if I learnt more about his failed athlete story and his full beef with Seunjae, but again nothing much was developed. It's like most of the characters included Sieun were paper cutouts with labels on them, so you would not confuse them.

Then pacing was another issues, in the first few episodes, the story was just moving as a snail's pace nothing much developing with Baekjin beside Pyoman stealing phones to join the union (and in my opinion Seunjae could have been the villain this season alone), because afterwards the story picked up its shell and ran, all of a sudden we are having gang fights, etc etc and the tension was never fully established, like yes we know about Baek Jin and how strong he is , and how much of a think he is, friend complex he has, but again no emotional connection to this character could be made.

But maybe its just because of the expectations I had towards the first season, that was amazing and most of the story conflicts remained in the school, or between a small collection of people creating intimacy and reason for fights. Then I came to find out, that some characters weren't even included in the show?? Bro..ok. No wonder it felt flat, what if we are missing someone important? Butchered the writing.

Overall, I still think it's worth the watch to just bite the anticipation off your nails and to curb your dissatisfaction with season 1, especially since there is a good surprise in it.

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Juntae stole my heart!

Overall 9/10
🌟🌟🌟🌟⭐

Perfect for binge-watching, I'd recommend putting time aside to binge-watch this part. Very satisfying, the emotions were emotion-ing, and everyone did a great job with their characters. I'll never get over this drama's intro and outro music - SO GOOD! Yoon Sieun, my man...Ugh, I love him. The friendship in class 2 is everything. I wanted to understand Na Baekjin's reasons, but it's okay that I didn't find out in the end. The fighting scenes were excellent, however, the last fight had some moments where it felt like you could tell the actors were fake punching, but hey, I've never been in a fight, so that might just be what it looks like. Baku - loved him, but my favourite in Class 2 has to be Juntae, he decided that he had had enough and never waivered since - his loyalty is commendable.

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Better than the reviews I've read

I saw a lot of reviews on how season two was disappointing, whereas I quite enjoyed it. I agree that the storyline was a bit rushed and unrealistic, however, even the Beom-Seok crashout part of season one was like that, yet I don't see many complaints. The show shows exaggerations of many inner and relationships struggles, while adding many fights to entertain the target audience. I think it's just a personal preference type of thing. However, the missing back story of Baek Jin was the real issue for me, as one can't geht why his character and the union are even a thing. I would've liked to see more of Suho, but I think him and BeomSeok beautifully haunted the narrative in terms of SeEuns character, which made up for it :) I really hope there will be a third season, as the end implied it!

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30% I’m into gotak and 20% I’m nostalgic over park acting like his “dad”
He’s so cheesy saying singu instead of chingu

lol I wanna say I enjoyed the characters more this time, but it still isn’t really my type

I loved tak, I liked the friendship, ml was too gloomy and everything felt too flat, juntae was too passive and forgettable, also a bit too “ Shounen” style ie boy centric with flashy fights and crazy plots of teens running a gang scheme xD

I also liked the dad/son Easter egg but it also felt like pako(?) was acting too much to fit the og suho vibes


So I’d compare the friendship to pyramid games and that had better chemistry and character presence


Suddenly a truck is there, and he’s in a coma, and Suho is fine and sieun wakes up in the ep before the last felt so rushed

I loved tak treating juntae like a kid, then he also saved tak but overall his presence lacked

Dude and his pen are like supervillains

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Weak hero class 2

Oh I finally have time to write a review.........(adult's life sucks) - so I am for sure one of the view people who liked this season more than first one - eventhought in my opinion it could worked only with one season (and it does not need next one but if there will be next I for sure will watch, simply because I like to finish what I started).
A lot of fighting - although this time we have a character who is hardly against it ( and I love it) - a lot of unnessary violence. I still do not like how they only solution was fighting and talking about killing each other, it was annoying - and how the f.... there were not single parent in whole school who really cared about these kids and their life and well-being?! Not even teachers or police or anyone, they were still minors (if I undestood correctly) so how all of this was really possible? (yeah, I know, fiction) Cause all these kids was doing was breaking any law, most of them were simply criminals who should be kept in jail. But I like that there were healing parts, some happy ending (and sad ending for some)
Moving on to acting: well 10/10, Park Ji Hoon is amazing, Choi Min Yeong such a sweetheart (yeah, such character was really needed to light it up a little), Choi Hyun Wook it was nice that in the end he got happy ending (most people care only about this so I do not feel about spoiling - side not I still do not see any romance here!).
But as far as all acted amazing there are three characters who stole the show for me:
1. Ryeo Un - he was great, love his character - and red haircolor was really great for him
2. Lee Min Jae - once again great character
3. Lee Jun Young - and here I really hope that I get it right, he played a psycho, right? cause psycho was great character, I mean yeah crazy and maniac but still great.
Hmmm I do not know what more to say, I think that if you loved first season then for sure you will like second - for me second was even better (althougth I missed a girl!), worth watching as long as you like revenge, bullying and violence.

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“Suho, I’m sorry”

Watching the second season of Weak Hero feels like picking at an open wound. From the very first episode, the season drags you back into its brutal world with no room to breathe. Yet, amidst all the chaos, it glances back just long enough to remind us how everything unraveled.

Sieun is no longer the sharp, unshakable strategist we met in season one, he’s hollowed out, emotionally numb, and visibly burdened by depression. He now resembles a dying flame and the way his mental state is portrayed—subtly, yet with painful clarity—is this season’s greatest strengths. Park Jihoon, once again, nailed the role and all of his scenes deepens the character in a way that feels organic and earned. I was particularly relieved to see that in the new chapter of Sieun’s story Suho, rather than being pushed to the sidelines, remained the emotional core. It’s heartbreaking that despite everything, Sieun never stopped wanting to return to him and speak to him again. Additionaly, “just another truck accident,” happened not because he was hit by a truck but in the episode it’s clearly started clearly states that his hospitalization was due to shock hearing about Suho’s bad condition, not injury.

While the main character’s emotional core remained strong, I wished we had more time to explore the new characters. In the first season, the bond between the original trio felt genuine because they were all lonely in their own ways, that made everything more heartbreaking. This season, while it’s believable that Sieun opened up to those who showed him care, the emotional groundwork of these new relationships wasn’t as fully realized. Still, I liked Baku personality and story a lot.

On a technical level, the action sequences have leveled up. Fights are more intense and visually dynamic. Each character seems to carry a unique fighting style now, which makes the sprawling cast easier to distinguish.

Overall, season two is a worthy continuation. I haven’t read the webtoon and only know fragments from spoilers, but part of me wished the series would deviate even more from its source material. Interestingly, the first season was widely praised for its bold narrative changes, while this season faced criticism for doing the same.

I genuinely hope there will be a third season.

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A good continuation with memorable characters.

It was very nice to see a good continuation of Class 1. All of the new characters were very well-written and interesting (both the ‘heroes’ and the ‘villains’).
(1)Baku was probably the most interesting- don’t fight, but if it happens, don’t lose. I saw a close similarity between Baku and Suho throughout the drama which I liked because it was almost a constant reminder that Suho was still around.
(2) Baekjin… so flawed but so pitiful. I couldn’t bring myself to hate him because of his history with Baku but I’m also disappointed there was no explanation as to how or why he ended up joining The Union.
(3)Seongje pissed me off sm. He was such a bitch so well done Junyoung for your great acting.
(4) Sieun. Jihoom is a DISGUSTING talented actor! I cannot fathom how he portrays each and every teeny tiny emoji so so well. I’m definitely going to watch all of his dramas.

Also, that final fight scene- a cinematic masterpiece. That scene was filmed and coloured so perfectly. It’s probably my favourite scene.

Thank you, Weak Hero Class Team. It was a stressful but interesting experience.

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