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Was it worth the 3 years of waiting ?
Weak hero class 2 really tried it's best to be on the same level of season 1 which was only a backstory but slightly failed in that light. This did not live up to the Part 1 I'm going to be honest. It stands well on its own and had its own story to tell. The actors did a great job. It's the story that failed. Now why did I rate this as an 7.5.
There was this charm exuded by each of the characters even the ones in the background. I could honestly see this doing better as a whole new drama than as a continuation. Might have been a 9 instead. The story was still compelling, and I binged it. Si eun, Go tak, Park hu-min and Jun tae had this friendship that came out of nowhere just like it is in real life. They all just wanted to protect one another. It was sweet. The fight scenes were also one of the best I've seen in any drama it was neither exaggerated nor over the top.
Now here is the con's or why it did a bad job in my opinion:
The depth of the main characters wasn't explored in a sense. This could be blamed on it only having 8 episodes I suppose but to do a poor job even exploring the main character (Si eun) what a shame. There was also lack of explanations for some of the actions made for each character. I don't expect every character to have astounding reasons for their actions but give me something to work with I'm begging. Then we saw in the beginning the fact that Si eun was taking sleeping pills but then the therapist or whoever was never shown again. What mental health issues did he deal with after the trauma in season 1. Then they brought back (forgot his name but the pushover who caused Su ho to end up in the hospital) to come to Si eun in a dream like state, what was the reason? I was not sentimental or surprised when I saw him, Alot of this just felt rushed and needed time to be a gem. I could rant about Baku being inconsiderate, we get it, he wanted to protect his father and his friends, but it made it hard for me to connect with him and see the strength of his love for them when he wouldn't even pick up the call from his friends. Go tak and Jun tae were the hidden heroes in this entire thing but didn't even get a backstory or even a visit to their homes. Was the budget so low that they could only film in 5 places. Then they revealed the backstory to Go tak, Jun tae and Baku off camera and all Jun tae had to say was that we know it's not your fault out of no where might I add. I'm ripping this season a new one because I'm hurt. I wanted to love this, I wanted to cry, I wanted to be angry at points, but I also didn't care because by the time something happened it was over.
I won't blame the writing but rather the short timing. This needed at least 4 more episodes so everything could have been fleshed out. Too many actions happened that in the end I'm not sure how to feel. I do love that Su ho appeared for a minute there. I do feel tortured that Baek Jin died even if it was realistic. (He may have been evil, but he was a stupid kid who was taken advantage by those Gang members.) He truly was a grey character full of complexities.
I'm glad I watched it before I saw any spoilers and I'm happy with this ending.
There was this charm exuded by each of the characters even the ones in the background. I could honestly see this doing better as a whole new drama than as a continuation. Might have been a 9 instead. The story was still compelling, and I binged it. Si eun, Go tak, Park hu-min and Jun tae had this friendship that came out of nowhere just like it is in real life. They all just wanted to protect one another. It was sweet. The fight scenes were also one of the best I've seen in any drama it was neither exaggerated nor over the top.
Now here is the con's or why it did a bad job in my opinion:
The depth of the main characters wasn't explored in a sense. This could be blamed on it only having 8 episodes I suppose but to do a poor job even exploring the main character (Si eun) what a shame. There was also lack of explanations for some of the actions made for each character. I don't expect every character to have astounding reasons for their actions but give me something to work with I'm begging. Then we saw in the beginning the fact that Si eun was taking sleeping pills but then the therapist or whoever was never shown again. What mental health issues did he deal with after the trauma in season 1. Then they brought back (forgot his name but the pushover who caused Su ho to end up in the hospital) to come to Si eun in a dream like state, what was the reason? I was not sentimental or surprised when I saw him, Alot of this just felt rushed and needed time to be a gem. I could rant about Baku being inconsiderate, we get it, he wanted to protect his father and his friends, but it made it hard for me to connect with him and see the strength of his love for them when he wouldn't even pick up the call from his friends. Go tak and Jun tae were the hidden heroes in this entire thing but didn't even get a backstory or even a visit to their homes. Was the budget so low that they could only film in 5 places. Then they revealed the backstory to Go tak, Jun tae and Baku off camera and all Jun tae had to say was that we know it's not your fault out of no where might I add. I'm ripping this season a new one because I'm hurt. I wanted to love this, I wanted to cry, I wanted to be angry at points, but I also didn't care because by the time something happened it was over.
I won't blame the writing but rather the short timing. This needed at least 4 more episodes so everything could have been fleshed out. Too many actions happened that in the end I'm not sure how to feel. I do love that Su ho appeared for a minute there. I do feel tortured that Baek Jin died even if it was realistic. (He may have been evil, but he was a stupid kid who was taken advantage by those Gang members.) He truly was a grey character full of complexities.
I'm glad I watched it before I saw any spoilers and I'm happy with this ending.
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