Where Night Was Meant to End, the Story Truly Began
The storyline of this K-drama is truly captivating. I feel like all the elements were perfectly intertwined and harmonized. If I could, I would rewatch it immediately, but I think it's better to wait a little.The character development could be considered slightly lacking, as I believe some characters didn’t really have any.
Among them all, Go Kyung-Jun is the one I felt most connected to—his transformation is evident from the very first death. He continues to appear tough, but in his moments of solitude, you can see all the sadness in his eyes. I think his character is the best written out of all of them.
The plot is really unique, and I truly hope a second season will be announced, as I believe it could become even more successful than the first.
The story was accompanied by sounds and music that perfectly matched the tone of the series. Normally, I don’t pay much attention to music in shows, but in this case, it played an important role in the emotions I felt while watching.
This K-drama instantly became one of my all-time favorite series as soon as I finished it.
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Yoon seo and Jung won
This show was actually really good if u don’t try digging into every detail of it. There were plot holes when the ghost was revealed and they didn’t tell us why she was haunting yoon seo but other than that I think it was well thought out. also, I saw people stating how they were punishing their own daughter in a way if they saw Jung won as her somehow, and I wanna explain that they didn’t put her in there to punish her, they put her there to see her classmates suffer for herself and be the last one standing each time. The only reason it would seem to someone that they were punishing her too was bc she died in a round, but the reason they woke yoon seo up was to figure out how she got her to sacrifice herself. They realized there was a bug in the game and woke her up to fix it. so no, they were punishing their own daughter bc they never ment for her to sacrifice herself or take control of the character and actually feel what’s happening. they just wanted to see her win over the people who drove her to death, even if it was through a made up character. and her mother wasn’t thinking about her tbh, bc she knew she wouldn’t want this. She wasn’t mentally stable bc her kid is dead so obv she’s gonna have a twisted mindset.Was this review helpful to you?
quite an interesting story w some romance tht wasn't supposed to happen
I watched it without skipping a lot quite entertaining to see how they all turn their backs on their friends and oso hw u shldnt trust ppl too much as they cld stab u in the back.Alot of revenge happening,a romance brewing which I was most interested in as the show cld develop in the future & it shows the true colours of ppl who u thought was a frn.
Although not a lot of ppl wld agree w my opinion but this kind of show interest me a lot as I played the game be4 and was quite surprised w hw well my frns cld act & lie during the game. I wld say it's best to have played the actual game in person to really understand the show & it's plot.
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A Horror Winner!
Once I started watching this series, I must admit I haven't been hooked on a horror show like this since Squid Game season 1. At times it is extremely disturbing to watch, but you can't help being drawn into it. Every episode ends fantastically, leaving you wanting more. The characters are set in a way in which you really don't know who to root for, who you want to survive. With the exception of Kyung Jun, everyone else is relatively of good natured. Woo Min always seems to play someone you hate, so it was no shocker his character was the biggest antagonist of the cast. Seeing Ji Ho in other past roles, it was not expected for his character of Da Beom to end up the way he did, but he did a great job at playing it up toward the end.Before seeing the last episode (12), I was completely planning on giving 10's across the board as a rating. I try not to give out 10's so easily, but I was set to ... but like I said, that was before episode 12. I was a little disappointed on the ending. It was definitely original, so you gotta give credit for that, I was just hoping for something a little better, a little different.
Overall, it was a great series, originality was front and center for a horror/drama. It had a great story line and a great cast to play it out. Definitely a winner!!!
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Did parts of this remind anyone else of Danganronpa?
This show is MAJORLY UNDERRATED! Such a cool concept and love how it played out. The characters are all interesting too, whether you hate them or love them. This is the show that made me discover Cha Woo-Min and now I've seen everything he's been in! Love him! I didn't mind the ending of the show, but I could see how some people won't like it. I think it has great mystery, suspense, and gore. I've rewatched multiple times now and love it!Here are some things I love about this show!
-The mystery of this show is great! I love seeing Yoon Seo try to solve it throughout the series.
-Yoon Seo & Jun Hee's relationship is so cute. I wish we got to see more of the romance between them, but I also understand why we don't. Also just loved them as individual characters as well.
-I didn't trust Jungwon from the beginning, so I didn't really like her. That being said I loved what she brought to the show as a character.
-Kyung Jun's character is misunderstood, and I will stand by that. Is he a good guy? No. Do I think he's a villain? Also no. He's not a great guy; we see that from the beginning when he was bullying a couple of the fellow students, but he's also not horrible like everyone says he is. He's also just way smarter than I think people give him credit for. There are multiple times in the show where something he says is proven right, including some of the mafia members. Also keeping his phone when people were putting it in the bin, hiding in the only room no one can break into therefore being safe, and more. He also does share all the food in the store where most "villains" in these shows don't.
-I loved seeing the different ways people died. That is probably crazy sounding, but I loved that it wasn't all the same!
-I love how many characters we got to know in this show. It really made you sad when good characters died.
-The ending. I understand 100% if people don't like it, but I loved it. I think virtual reality endings are usually a cheap way to end these types of stories but I think the way they did it in this series made so much sense. I just love that even after Yoon Seo gives her whole speech and everything that we see it didn't work and that the loop is once again starting over therefore it not having a happy ending.
-We got to see Cha Woomin shirtless. LOVED that!
The show is obviously not perfect, but I loved it so much!
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Had potential
This drama caught my eye in beginning the storyline line was really good and had potential on being a big hit.My theory was that one of the kid that got bullied set the game up to punish the bullies and it was just to scare them.
I didn’t get the point of killing the innocent people that did noting but I got the moms reasoning too, no one in her classes tried
To help nor stop the bullying.
The two bullies Kim So Mi and Go Kyung Jun lived on for too long for my liking I literally wanted to punch the mafia bully in the face everytime she came on screen. Her gaslighting everyone and them not thinking for themselves was soo annoying. I don’t know what it is with korean student in dramas they always have attitude and leave and bitter taste in my mouth.
What a disappointing ending omg it does leave room for theories but I don’t think there would be a season 2 unless they play the game again but that would make sense because Lee yoon seo knows about everything and it has bad ratings.
But over all I would’ve gave it a higher rating his the last 2 episodes didn’t go the way that it did I’m disappointed.
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Day has come?
I literally never watch survival shows like this. Because I'm someone who doesn't like horror themes or ruthless killing and stuff like that. And when I attempted Duty after school I was traumatized 😭😂With this out, I waw pretty curious because I like school themes and all ( same reason for trying DAS) and I really wasn't expecting much. But since there are no beast or so invading the world I did try and Omg. I love love love this show.
Sure enough some death scenes can be triggering! But I closed my eyes most at times lol. And enjoyed the flow of it's unique plot!
I liked the mystery theme so much! Like the suspense and all! It was well written and plotted out! The fact that I was never bored each episode and even when waiting for new episodes I was so anxious while coming up with endless theories for why this could have happened and what would happen next. Omg that was so fun! And I enjoyed each theories I made and each people I chatted with about our theories on this show lol.
I love the acting. Emotional and realistic. The characters were well written here. And even the ones who are evil are evil enough to be hated on lol. But I overall loved them all.
I never expected this to be one of my fav but it sure was and glad i saw it. So I'd highly recommend it to people who loves this genre and people who wish to try such genre but are scared of Duty After school and AOUAD. Because the tone of things are lighter here compared to those but it's certainly not INFERIOR to it in entertainment I believed. So please watch it and be intrigued already!
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Kind of* scary
.Good start
Waste of potential of characters
Unfortunately , I didn't like the ending
Even if it could be the only way to explain things in the best way
My expectations were much more from it.
Anyways
you should give it a try
and decide for yourself.
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I love this kdrama ??
THIS THRILLER KDRAMA IS ACC SO GOOD AND IM SO HAPPY IM THE FIRST REVIEW I FIRST SAW THIS ON CHAWOOMIN’S IG STORY AND HAVE BEEN KEEPING UP WITH IT EVER SINCEguys trust me and watch this kdrama if u love thriller and suspense the plot is amazing and the cast is hella good too i hope that this kdrama goes very viral because it deserves too to post this review i need 500 characters so dont mind the rest 😅 🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶
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Cliche Characters & Storyline
I had high hope on this, but I was greatly disappointed as from the beginning I was bombarded with all sorts of cliches, from the storytelling and down to the characters.I could even predict what kind of characters would be introduced next and what they would do or behave. The plot was juvenile at best. It's a waste of promising talents.
The opening scene had been done countless times that every twist and turn is predictable. Every scene was borrowed from some other typical teenage horror shows, that it made me cringe.
These actors could've been given a better scripts and some of them might shine.
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Honestly not that bad
I don’t really watch a lot of dramas but this one is kind of good. Some others say it’s pretty predictable which is somewhat true but overall I didn’t get the mafia until they were revealed to everyone. Yes it’s a little annoying from how the characters act but lowkey what kind of kdrama doesn’t have annoying characters and I’m a person who can’t stand stupid characters but I dealt with it fine. The show is easy to understand which makes it easy to catch on to the storyline but they’re some gore scenes which if you’re uncomfortable with, you should skip. If you enjoy the popular show ‘All of us are dead’ I think you should give this show a try due to its pretty somewhat similar storylines minus the zombies. The only thing I didn’t really like was how face paced the show was, it didn’t really have time for me to connect me as a viewer to any of the characters except like 1 or 2 but it kind of gets better later on into the show. Otherwise I’m excited to see the next 6 episodes and I’ll probably rewatch in the future!!Was this review helpful to you?
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Un survival bien tendu… saboté par sa propre fin...
Ok… j’vais pas mentir 😅 Au début, j’étais méga dedans. Le concept, l’ambiance, la parano générale, le côté "survival à huis clos entre ado"... j’étais EN PLS à chaque épisode 😱 Tout le monde devient suspect, les regards sont chelous, la tension est bien là, et franchement, j’ai adoré cette montée en pression constante 🔪🩸MAIS... Oui, le fameux MAIS 😮💨 Plus les épisodes avancent, plus j’ai commencé à buguer et alors la fin… je suis dé-so-lée mais j’ai rien compris à leur logique...😵💫
On te balance que les parents de la fille qui s'est suicidée sont derrière le jeu (Bon allez oké 😑) et qu’ils ont créé une IA à son image pour "punir" les élèves…
Et là, twist : cette fameuse IA, qui devait se venger, aide la ML donc les parents la réveille pour connaître le bug (hein ? 😵) Là, elle comprend qu’elle est piégée dans un truc fictif avec sa classe que rien n'est réel… mais elle retourne dans le rêve SANS RÉAGIR 😭 Pardon ?!? Non mais moi j’étais en mode : “Tu viens d’avoir ta lucidité, réveille-toi ma belle, fais tout péter, sors les crocs 🗣️🔥”
Ensuite... on va parler du fait qu’ils survivent dans un jeu numérique pendant des jours entiers, sans jamais manger, dormir, aller aux toilettes... Personne ne s’interroge sur le fait qu’ils sont portés disparus dans le monde réel ?!? 😶🌫️ genre une classe entiere 🤔
Non mais sérieux… Les parents ? Les profs ? Le lycée ?la police ? Aucune réaction 😵 Ça sentait le glitch scénaristique tout ça 😅
Du coup, même si j’ai été accro, même si j’ai aimé le style et les persos, la fin m’a complètement sortie du délire... et m'a fait me dire mais WTF 😱 !!! Pourquoi ?!? Trop de zones floues, de choix qui n’ont pas de sens... et un potentiel de ouf un peu gâché 🥲
En résumé, j’ai adoré le concept, le jeu des acteurs est super convaincant, la vibe stressante est bien là…
Mais alors la cohérence ?!? Partie se cacher avec les toilettes du rêve numérique 😅
Je met un 6⭐️ parce que j’ai vibré quand même jusqu’au dénouement final, mais ça aurait pu être un 9 avec une fin digne du reste...
Un drama cool, mais avec une conclusion qui me laisse en mode “mais POURQUOI ?? 😭” ✌🏻
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