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Decent show that didn't delivered as it could have done
NO SPOILER PART: The start was great, it makes you go into the story, describe well the 2 main characters, Ga-min and Se-hyun and make you understand how the school works. The first part of the story is all about creating this study group and going through all the difficulties that the school rules give to our heroes, but all start to go worse in the second part when they focus more on showing off how the villains use their authority and how much power they have in the society and this all because they fail in that goal. (Read the spoiler part to undertand what i mean)
Nothing to say to the acting because all of the main actors delivered, especially Lee Jung-hyun wich was the first time i saw (Minhyun and Cha Woo-min were awesome but i already knew them before). The best part of the show were the fight scenes, full of special effects to be honest but they succeded in their missions, give a high-boost of adrenalyne.
SPOILER PART:
Said that, the drama didn't have nothing more, starting from the writing of the villains. You known almost nothing of them, especially of Min-hwan so i can't see how you can be threatened by someone who you don't even know why he behave like this. Talking about Han-wool it seems like they wanna draw him like a completely sadic person with no specific reason of being evil, for example the overused reason of being forced by the situation of having a bad family, and that is reinforced by the only discussion Han-Wool and his father have in the drama when the son demonstrate to have no fear of his dad, and for me that isn' a problem itself because i'm pretty bored with the same annoying backstories of the villains to show their problems and insecurities before their redemption so you can empathize. The problem is when at the end you see Han-wool have a deja-vu of the professor he killed while looking at Han Ji-eun character and almost start crying like he magically understand in 3 seconds all the bad things he did and starts to feel guilty.
Basically it was a show that uses the easiest things to hype you like good fights with rap music in background but when it comes to characters (especially the villains but for me also the 2 girls) and plot building fails miserably and that is a shame
Nothing to say to the acting because all of the main actors delivered, especially Lee Jung-hyun wich was the first time i saw (Minhyun and Cha Woo-min were awesome but i already knew them before). The best part of the show were the fight scenes, full of special effects to be honest but they succeded in their missions, give a high-boost of adrenalyne.
SPOILER PART:
Said that, the drama didn't have nothing more, starting from the writing of the villains. You known almost nothing of them, especially of Min-hwan so i can't see how you can be threatened by someone who you don't even know why he behave like this. Talking about Han-wool it seems like they wanna draw him like a completely sadic person with no specific reason of being evil, for example the overused reason of being forced by the situation of having a bad family, and that is reinforced by the only discussion Han-Wool and his father have in the drama when the son demonstrate to have no fear of his dad, and for me that isn' a problem itself because i'm pretty bored with the same annoying backstories of the villains to show their problems and insecurities before their redemption so you can empathize. The problem is when at the end you see Han-wool have a deja-vu of the professor he killed while looking at Han Ji-eun character and almost start crying like he magically understand in 3 seconds all the bad things he did and starts to feel guilty.
Basically it was a show that uses the easiest things to hype you like good fights with rap music in background but when it comes to characters (especially the villains but for me also the 2 girls) and plot building fails miserably and that is a shame
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