More action, less substance.
I watched WHC1 in early 2023. Contrary to most viewers' perspectives, I didn't like it all that much. Action wasn't usually my thing, and the writing felt like it was missing something. However, I did enjoy the commentary on bullying.
WHC2 upgrades the action from Season 1, where the fight scenes were amazingly directed. I thought it was more entertaining and that the acting was brilliant, especially coming from the villains. I think Season 1 did a better job at character development, but I felt that there was little here, surprisingly.
I decided to watch S2 to see Si-eun grow, and as much as we see his incredible stamina and loyalty to his friends, there wasn't much to say about his character. In S1, we saw how bullying affected students in South Korea, with the addition of gangsters, making it difficult for them to speak about it. Si-eun, as the main character, provided significance to this issue without his character fitting stereotypes. He is obviously intelligent, too, but that felt underutilized. This increased mine and the rest of the viewers' anticipation for Class Two with a different but interesting cast.
The story was more or less action. The villains were two-dimensional to me, and although I didn't like Beom-seok from S1 at all, I could understand where people's sympathy for him came from. Here, Na Baek-jin's character was boring and didn't have a clear motive for starting the Union or having anything to do with it. Baku made me smile a lot, but there still wasn't anything to work on with him besides his relationship with Baek-jin. Go-tak and Jun-tae were a rather adorable duo.
Anyways, I liked the fight scenes. Sadly, there was nothing to go on with the story. Worth a watch.
WHC2 upgrades the action from Season 1, where the fight scenes were amazingly directed. I thought it was more entertaining and that the acting was brilliant, especially coming from the villains. I think Season 1 did a better job at character development, but I felt that there was little here, surprisingly.
I decided to watch S2 to see Si-eun grow, and as much as we see his incredible stamina and loyalty to his friends, there wasn't much to say about his character. In S1, we saw how bullying affected students in South Korea, with the addition of gangsters, making it difficult for them to speak about it. Si-eun, as the main character, provided significance to this issue without his character fitting stereotypes. He is obviously intelligent, too, but that felt underutilized. This increased mine and the rest of the viewers' anticipation for Class Two with a different but interesting cast.
The story was more or less action. The villains were two-dimensional to me, and although I didn't like Beom-seok from S1 at all, I could understand where people's sympathy for him came from. Here, Na Baek-jin's character was boring and didn't have a clear motive for starting the Union or having anything to do with it. Baku made me smile a lot, but there still wasn't anything to work on with him besides his relationship with Baek-jin. Go-tak and Jun-tae were a rather adorable duo.
Anyways, I liked the fight scenes. Sadly, there was nothing to go on with the story. Worth a watch.
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