Ridorik

This drama started off nicely, I like a protagonist in a HS bullying show that is rational, cold, and calculating. I liked the intensity and how graphic some of the bullying got. With the whole game premise, I was looking forward to seeing the tactics and mind games employed by her to get ahead, I was excited for the intense character drama, but little by little the stakes in this show felt really off and confusing. Most of the class were just regular HS girls and only a few were truly bad, and the truly bad ones just didn't really feel all that threatening to me.

It didn't feel like an intense back and forth of mind games, power plays and plans made for the others plans. In the end I didn't hate it, but I found it hard to be invested in any other character than Cha Woo Ri the hikkikomori. And the show felt like it had a bit of an identity crisis here, does it want to be a wholesome highschool girls slice of life or an intense mindgame character drama driven game show?

The cast members mostly did a fine job, but I didn't like Baek Ha Rin, she did not feel as intimidating as she was meant to come off.

The theme discussions and presentation all feel fairly immature and black and white. Maybe I missed something, I will rewatch it one day and see how I feel then.