One of the best mystery dramas of 2022
The whole story involving the cast is fantastic. The personal growth of each character makes the story get better and better throughout the episodes. It's a story that grips everyone from start to finish.We feel anger, affection, sadness, betrayal and all the feelings that the characters feel.The whole development of the story behind the death of Park Wonseok makes it captivating, as clues and more clues appear that lead us to believe that the killer is a person, but, in the end, it was not what we were looking for.
It was without a doubt one of the best mystery dramas I've seen this year. Despite the ending being a little open and where they could have explored some more points that, in my opinion, would be important, I LOVED it.
If you want to see a GOOD mystery drama then Regenge of Others is a GREAT option.
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Great show but deserved a better and convincing ending.
Build-up and plot was so good but ep 11 and 12 seemed like a haphazard wrap-up to the story. Quite a few loose ends and questions that deserved to be answered. If only kdramas have endings that live up to the initial eps and story. Anyways, loved the bonding between the characters and their classmates at the end. Ofc, I love me some Park Solomon in non-romance dramas.Was this review helpful to you?
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Thrilling beginning but disappointing end
I am a huge fan of a revenge plotline. The show really keeps you captivated and mesmerized for most of the series. The whodunit aspects in the beginning really do keep you guessing. However, the show falters in the last few episodes. When the audience finds out the motivations for all this havok it's almost laughable. So anticlimatic. The police as usual, are dumber than a box of rocks and don't really serve a purpose in the story other than to annoy us.The cast is good and all of the actors were new to me. I liked Seo Ji Hoon as Jaebum and Lomon as Seohoon. Seo Ji Hoon was excellent as Gi Osung. He nailed his role as the person you love to hate. He took smug and arrogant to a new level.
Overall, an enjoyable series to watch once. I loved Gsoul's song Lost Game which played throughout the series and was the closing theme song.
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Revenge of Others started off as a great murder mystery and towards the end drifted a little. Lots of plots and small storylines going on and even little things that were added in that had me genuinely thrown for a loop. The acting and overall revenge stories are what hooked me in and it's a good watch if you're looking for revenge with a happy ending. While the main plot is "Who killed Chan-Mi's twin brother?", there are a ton of smaller plots playing out as well. Bullying, jealousy, gaslighting, murder mystery, secret stalker, a lot of suspects, and a lot of things left in the wind for others. What they added in at the end with Gi Osung and his sister is what let my rating slip a good bit. I felt that it wasn't really necessary to the storyline AT ALL. Especially when we know what we do about how the bullying started. It was just a really weird shock factor thing thrown in? It wasn't even needed to explain why he did because the reason was: they were investigating things that he was involved in and getting close to the truth. My other problem was one of the main plot points is that Ji Soo-Heon is suffering from a brain tumor and this causes his behavior, nose bleeds, etc.. but it's never resolved or explained further after the doctor's visit? He just goes and lives his life and we just pretend that isn't a thing? I wish that the ending and their futures were given more time for better explanations, especially Soo-Heon's. I feel that they spent a lot of time on other things that weren't too important to the main plot. One whole episode was dedicated to something that could've been resolved and shown in 30 minutes of an episode. Just really weird pacing overall with the main plot line, you don't figure out who REALLY did it until the very last episode.
The ending itself is really weird and random. The person who actually did it and how that's revealed didn't make a lot of sense to me and seemed super random. I felt that they needed someone else because it was obvious that Gi Osung was involved somehow pretty early on into the drama. This is another reason why I gave it an 8.5. It just felt messy and rushed towards the end.
Overall, it's a good watch if you're wanting something short but has action to keep you interested.
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Need some serious tweaking to perfect it
The premise of this drama is actually an extraordinary one, but the treatment it has gotten lacks precision which limits its potential of being a brilliant drama. Some of the plotlines got really unrefined and the handling is just messy, but the mystery of the crime in it is really thrilling and that's appreciable. They are really close in reaching the level of the legendary Netflix's Extracurricular, but the details of the story need some serious tweaking to perfect it. Still, it's quite remarkable for what they've achieved and the acting performance in here is noteworthy.Was this review helpful to you?
Basic school revenge but with great characters
Basic revenge high school story and a lot of cliché plotlines BUT the characters just felt so real and by that i mean it didnt feel like they were kdrama characters but people that u could meet irl; especially the FL, she is juts so genuine and acts like a real person. She doesnt have an outstanding ability to read people so she believes people and doubts herself like you and me. The length of the show is just perfect although i felt like the bittersweet ending is not what we deserved... so many unanswered questions and an uncertain future for the characters.Was this review helpful to you?
Worth Watching
it was worth watching this series, specially how the story was written, it was quite enraging and the hooks at the end of the episode made me watch the next episode right away and the actor performance was also incredible. especially the male and female lead end their chemistrychemistry. was disappointed that there was not intense love tension typa thing between the lead, as they were living together. I think that was one draw back everything else was perfect. but I'm happy how the drama ended.Was this review helpful to you?
Are Kteens OK in the head?
As the heading highlights, these "school kids" ain't normal. There are mean bullies and then there is psychotic criminals that require lobotomy as the only solution. This is the latter. Like no one in the drama is normal 🤣It started of great, the premise of solving a covered-up crime... And then it all went down hill. People were in places that made no sense 😂 the coincidences were fate written and the teens were too busy plotting the next crazy plan in teacher-free highschool 🤣🤣. Beware by episode 8/9 you rolled your eyes to the back of your head and may have fallen asleep. I have seen worse, but unfortunately this is a disappointment hence not the great score. One of the things I did like were the characters chosen to play the bad guys... They really did have punchable faces.
I personally do not recommend.
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Disappointing Ending
Starting this show, I’d already assumed that the ending would be a sad one. And I’m never one to complain about such endings, in fact, I LOVE sad endings. So, I went into this knowing that I would be left crying, and I was fine with that.The first 8-9 episodes of the show were really fun to sit through and I had watched them in one sitting.
Then for the rest of the episodes, I felt as if they were dragging it out too much and I started getting bored.
I felt like they could’ve used the unnecessary screen time into going through more topics and explaining them, which would have left us with answers and satisfaction but that didn’t happen. Actually, the opposite happened.
Some of the confusing things I’d been left with after the show ended:
1. Jaebum could’ve gotten out of trouble as his personality disorder would’ve explained his behavior.
2. The rooftop incident was so unnecessary and the school lying about it was unnecessary too, as Sooheon would’ve easily explained himself out of it, and it would’ve been wrapped up as self-defense.
3. The brain tumor topic was not brushed on, not even lightly. So, that seemed like it was swept under the rug.
4. To me, the ending was so childish, and it was as if it was meant for a younger audience, which since it’s Disney, I assume that was the goal. However, I think the gore of some of the scenes contradicts that goal, which makes it pointless for them to conclude the show with a lighthearted ending. I mean, I was completely strapped in for an ending that’d leave me devastated. So, you could imagine my disappointment when I was left with THAT.
TL;DR: Good show, but unsatisfying ending.
Is it worth watching? Yes, absolutely.
Maybe my expectations were up too high, but in my opinion, the ending could’ve been done better.
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The ending kinda ruined it
Revenge dramas have always been something i avoided for soo long but after watching "the glory" i had became self conscious, i guess, and i genuinely starded watching revenge dramas and "revenge of others" was my second.The story was good and I truly loved the cast they were and still are fantastic, their acting skills and visual are just awesome and the plot is there too... but the ending! I think it kinda ruined the whole drama or i had higher expectation after watching "the glory", but still this drama is worth watching for those who love high-school dramas.
AND OF COURSE PARK SOLOMON HAD ME IN A CHOKEHOLD FOR THE WHOLE TIME WATCHING THIS!!!
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This was one hell of a drama. I feel like people don’t like open-ended stories because they leave everything up to imagination but I don’t know how to feel about the ending honestly. Everything was so messy and I found it somewhat entertaining? I wish they’d have delved deeper into other characters’ roles and whatnot here but I didn’t expect much since such a jam-packed story was told only over 12 episodes. Chanmi’s brother was a very interesting character to me. I don’t think the whole thing between the female lead and male lead should’ve happened either. I don’t hate it but I just think it wasn’t that necessary. Was this review helpful to you?
