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The female lead is the older sister of the male lead's best friend. She treats Jiamo like her own brother. She has a slight romance with another character, though. It's very subtle. The male lead has no romantic interest at all.

You're welcome. None of these are romance, though. Maybe that's why I liked them. Weak Hero has two seasons. If you haven't seen The Uncanny Counter, I'd recommend that too. And oh, Prison Playbook. That one is pretty good too but it has a slight romance.

I recently finished Weak Hero Class 2. Another K-drama I enjoyed watching that has a lot of cool action is Study Group. Moving is a good superhero K-drama with lots of visceral action as well. If you like thrillers, I recommend Connect, which was directed by Takashi Miike, a famous Japanese filmmaker. I also liked The Art of Negotiation, which is a business-centric drama. Trauma Code was also entertaining. My favorite K-drama of all time is Misaeng, though.

I don't watch a lot of romance-oriented or makjang K-dramas, not really my cup of tea. It's just that I didn't have access to a wide variety of K-dramas back in the day so I had to make do with what was available. But since these days we get a lot of Korean content, I prefer to watch more action-oriented or more business-centric dramas. Those that have unique and fantastical plots also appeal to me. I sometimes watch dramas of Korean actors I like but if I don't get hooked immediately, I drop them. lol

Tbh, I found their relationship somewhat incestuous and gross. They were raised as siblings and made to think they were related until they were in middle school. Even adoptive siblings don't fall in love despite knowing they're not related. I just found it icky that they were raised in the same household with the same set of parents until they were in their early teens and they secretly had feelings for each other. I low-key hate these pseudo-sibling romance tropes and it was the trend in K-dramas back in the day. Even now there are romcoms that use this trope and I am not fond of it. The character that had the best development and growth was Tae Suk and even though I disliked him at first, I learned to appreciate him and was the better man at the end. Won Bin's charisma made that character more sympathetic.

Ngl, I enjoyed his villainous performance in Weak Hero Class 2. He was easily my favorite part of that season. He was born to play the bad boy. lol But you know what they say, if an actor is great at playing the villain, they're actually the opposite in real life.

You should check it out. It's just fun and shouldn't be taken seriously. It's like the unserious sibling of Weak Hero.

It's called streetfighting. But if any of them go up against Yoon Gamin and he takes them seriously, they're dead. lol

Somebody was kind enough to summarize his backstory, you can find it in the discussion threads above.

To manhwa-readers, can any of you please explain Na Baek Jin's backstory? It would be nice if you could place that on the discussion board so non-manhwa readers who have finished the drama and are curious about his background and relationship with Baku can check it out. If you just write a comment on this page, it'll get buried in just a few hours.

The first season was not a Netflix production, though. It was under Wavve. The drama was relatively an underappreciated gem until word of mouth helped blew it up internationally. The rights were then acquired by Netflix and they produced the season 2. I agree that even though this season is still enjoyable, it's not as good as season 1.

Yes, I see shades of Crows Zero also. High & Low had similar fight scenes too. I know High & Low gained a cult following in Korea so they might have drawn some inspiration there as well.

Dude, I thought it was my internet connection! I kept restarting my router. lol I ended up watching on my phone because the blurry scenes were more horribly apparent on my 27-inch monitor and even on my tablet. I guess the problem was not on my end.

Is it just me or is this series becoming more like High & Low? High & Low was pretty much created to promote the Exile Tribe of idols, and similarly, they chose to cast more idols in this new season of Weak Hero. Hence, the more good looking cast of actors. Plus the fight scenes, though exciting, are becoming less realistic. Not that I hate these changes but I was hoping they had stuck to the more somber and serious tone of the first season. That was what set it apart from other school gangster dramas/movies, just like Study Group went the comedy route and used over-the-top action scenes to be different.

I actually enjoyed this for the most part. The only things holding me back from giving it a much higher score are the inappropriate musical score and the lengthy and unnecessary exposition dumps they do at almost every episode. I get that they have to explain the lingo and how things work in this industry, but the fact that they felt the need to spell things out for you by making other characters discuss why some characters choose to do something or what they're thinking just to explain things is dumb, and they're treating their audience like newborn infants with close to zero cognitive skills who can't understand what's going on.

He wasn’t obsessed with Si Eun. If you’ve noticed, he had a habit of checking Suho’s Insta and fondly looking at his photos. He didn’t do that with Si Eun. I believe he saw Si Eun as more his equal but Suho he idolized.

Not true. Some teachers even straight up hit these kids and verbally abuse them. I've seen it happen. The only reason they avoid doing so is some kids took videos of them hurting the students and uploaded these videos online some years back. The videos went viral and became a social issue in Korea. That is why corporal punishment is now prohibited in Korean schools. But there are some teachers who still inflict corporal punishment on their students albeit secretly.

This was my exact same question. lol I mean, even if they can't do anything to stop all that fighting, they could've at least called the police or school security. I know for a fact that when students do their self-study inside their classrooms, teachers are almost always present because they are required to do so. The fact that there were hardly any teachers make this drama highly unrealistic in that aspect.

I don't think he was jealous of Suho, though. In my opinion, he placed him on a pedestal because he was the exact opposite of his father. He was confident, cool, and a good person who never unnecessarily hurt others. But when he thought Suho bossed him around and considered him a liability like his father did, he felt betrayed. Yeongi's growing closeness with the boys was the final nail in the coffin because he felt like she was more part of the group than he was and his deep insecurities led him to believe that Suho never thought of him as a real friend. He did what obsessive fans do to their beloved idols when the gods they worship don't behave the way they expect them to, which is tear them down. His disappointment in Suho was the reason why his idol worship obsession turned to hate. Suho became a surrogate for his father so it was him who received all the punishment from Beom Seok.

To be honest, even my Korean friends admit that their educational system is extremely flawed. That is why many of them who can speak English go to international schools or leave the country to pursue higher education abroad. Some even deliberately migrate to other countries with the hopes that their children won't have to suffer the harsh competition that Korean students have to deal with every single day of their lives. Their lack of confidence in their own educational system stems from the fact that Korean education doesn't really encourage critical thinking and individualism. Their education is highly standardized and exam-driven, and students heavily rely on their ability to memorize answers and excel in tests instead of developing cognitive functions and creativity. Precisely why there are people who study English all their lives, receive high scores in TOEIC, but have close to zero communication skills. I have to admit, though, their focus on mathematics and sciences is crazy! I've tutored high school kids studying complex calculus and it made my head hurt. lol No wonder the country is bursting with innovation. Of course this is just a generalization and I'm mostly referring to typical schools. There are special schools that do not employ this kind of system.