Weak Hero (2022)

It's ok

Not the most awesome drama in history but it's entertaining and very well acted. I have already read the webtoon it's based on but I am not comparing them. I see it as its own story.

So my main issues with this drama are :

- I could barely stand Si Eun and found him very dislikeable. Personal preference. No hate.

- I wish the trio relationship and characters would have been way more developed. We barely see them actually interacting with each other before it got dismantled. What do they actually love in each others ? What do they each bring to each others ? What do they see in each other ? I wished we could have actually learned more about them through one another and see them change positively thanks to their bond, before it started to break down and regress because of the inherent character flaws they had (well, especially Beom Seok's character flaws). It was brushed too quickly, so it didn't impact me that much. I didn't have enough material to actually feel involved and really care about their relationship, and the characters on their own even.

- The reason their relationships broke wasn't developed enough either. Because of Young Yi? Beom Seok was insecure and got jealous + the return of those bullies that traumatised him (as if he wasn't enough with his dumbass father), I got that, but it happened very quickly, and because their friendship wasn't very interesting in the first place (imo) it just happened like that and didn't really make me feel like it mattered much.

- I didn't like the OST. Too cheesy. Just isn't fitting imo.

Other than that, the pacing is ok, acting is definitely good, characters are interesting. Beam Seok is a very good, very flawed and very tragic character. Fights ARE awesome. I loved watching them. Ending is good, heart wrenching but appropriately done, I think.

So yeah. I liked it but I didn't love it.

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Dropped Halfway In

Dropped halfway in, I think another overrated show on the list.
I got a bit tired watching a protagonist that 24/7 looks like he wants to cry. I kid you not, watch it yourself, it always looks like he's about to cry. Couldn't care much more for his other buddies. The dialogues and many of the action sequences lack the usual urgent, thriller feel. I also watched this based on episode 1 which showed a calculating, butt kicking main character. However, after the first episode, his first big conflict was approached in such a goofy, foolish and naive manner that made me wonder "what happen to that guy we saw in the first episode?" After that, I just lost my drive to watch. I honestly thought I was going to see some nice, calculating, bad guy butt kicking but end up being bored and disappointed. And again, watching a main character that keeps walking around like he's about to cry or he's high on some kinda drugs all the time, no thanks.

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This is way overrated imo. It felt like this drama was trying way too hard from start to finish. If just watching gloomy-looking people with no backstory or context makes you feel something and think that makes a good drama, then you'll love this, because everyone except 1 of the MLs just naturally looks miserable af in every scene. Lots of things were over the top and unrealistic, like bullies drugging someone with a fetanyl patch as a joke. I have a hard time believing something like that would actually happen, and we got no deeper reason except they were just supposed to be so evil that they'd get pleasure out of drugging someone, and we also get zero context as to why they start targeting him so much except he basically looks at them the wrong way. There is depth missing here, it's very lazy writing. And ML just gets a little woozy and then is completely fine and nothing else happens from the drug, but then just starts slapping himself? And cut scene, that's it? Speaking of weird actions, I didn't really like ML, his actions such as that were largely unexplained. He came across as more crazy than a sympathetic hero. He's supposed to be a pushover but then starts going around defending himself with a pen. Sorry I found it pretty cheesy.

I see this being compared to DP, which is a masterpiece...both these dramas are melodramas whose OSTs feature the same artist (Meego), but that's where the similarities end.

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Vale cada segundo

Por fin me decidí a darle una oportunidad y debo decir que valió cada maldito segundo. La empecé por la tarde y la terminé en la madrugada con dolor de cabeza y una mezcla de emociones. Quedé encantada con Park Jihoon y sin dudas mi descubrimiento actoral del año se lo lleva Choi Hyunwook, su personaje me conquistó desde el primer momento y dependí de él hasta último minuto. Sin dudas me impactó mucho el giro que tomaron los acontecimientos y todavía sigo llorando y sufriendo por ello.

Ahora bien, mi 9.5 está justificado. La razón por la que siento que este minidrama no es un 10 se debe a que me molestaba mucho que no hubiese adultos funcionales a los acontecimientos, que nadie hiciera nada, que ningún profesor intersediera en las peleas, ni siquiera la policía fue util y ni hablar de los padres de SiEun que solo estaban ahí para recordarnos que el chico no es huerfano. Si bien esos detalles son funcionales a la trama una parte de mi esperó hasta último minuto que algún adulto fuese lógico y terminara con todo pero no. Otro motivo es que sentí el final flojo, realmente no hubo justicia para Sooho y hasta dan a entender que al final tanto él como su abuela se quedaron solos y eso me dejó devastada. Espero que esos detalles no se olviden en la segunda parte y que SiEun logre hacer justicia real y no sólo una que siga hundiendo su vida.

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does justice to the webtoon

i have already finished the webtoon which consists of 266 chapters....this adaptation is the best....and one little thing for you'll that the real story haven't even begun yet......this was the back story to how a normal student becomes a badass one....the main story will start and the school he is transferred to now...the Eunjang.....and considering how great the webtoon itself is...there is content available of like 4 - 5 season minimum.....lets hope that they make it right...also interested people can read the webtoon ...it is really captivating....just a little changes in names have been made...that in drama he is si-eun yeon while in webtoon he is Gray yeon...other that that everything is just on point....hell I remember when I started this webtoon I was so eagerly waiting for someone to make its adaptation.....I even messaged some of the animation studios in hopes that they would make it....

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I really REALLY like this show

Other than the great casting, the show itself is just, muah, chef's kiss.

The emotions that are portrayed feel so real and is conveyed very well by the actors.

Other than that, it doesnt feel corny or copied like other shows can feel, it instead feels very unique and original (I know it's based on a webtoon, but ykwim)

Moreover the open ending left off so well to introduce season 2 even though I'm sad that Choi hyun wook will be in that season. I look forward to seeing more of this show and it's definetely a great and thrilling watch!

I recommend strongly, on my mother, it's amazing!

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Best I've seen

I didnt see this until 2023 and I think this is my favorite so far. Binged it in one because I could not wait to see what would happen the next episode.

Park Ji Hoon is incredible in this series. He has such an amazingly expressive face, especially his eyes. He absolutely carries it and the reason I also then watched 'from a distance spring is green.'

The reluctant between Si Eun, Soo Ho and Beom Seok is wonderful, they have great chemistry and their acting is very strong in this series. Soo Ho brings some much needed comic relief at times. It makes the heartbreak even worse for what happens in the end. The last two episodes are an emotional rollercoaster and I cried like a baby.

Absolutely worth the watch, just keep tissues at hand.

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Our world in a Kdrama!

Ten stars in some eyes stands perfect. Nothing is perfect in this
world, this show and the characters story showed us that better
than anyone ever could.
it showed that even if you have something people want it doesn't
mean you're happy. it doesn't mean you have the happiness which
people should be glad to have.

being silent doesn't mean you accept. accept all the things that are wrong in our world, in the fictional world nor the universe.

The next part of the text might be a little spoiler.. or not I am not sure, I wouldn't say it does but if it does I WArned you..

Beom (one of the characters) you know i hated you. I hate you, even though I understood
you, I understood you so well that it hurt. I watched as you burned
inside but instead of you extinguishing that fire you let it escape
and burn all those around you.
I know sometimes it easier to become the monster that you once
feared and ran away from . And I believe that humans are not born
bad, bad persons are born when life beats them up until they can't
see clear and they have nothing to feel. I don't want to believe in
monsters of birth but Beom still I stopped believing in you. I know
just you're lost. The darkness broke all the lights on the path you
chose, but I really hope you can light them again. .

the "might be a spoiler part end here"

It's true that the reckless violence in this story, it's not right and
seeing it makes me even more sad because our worlds in reality is
quite similar.
People shed blood until the other gives up. Some are ready to bleed 'till the other is nothing but a memory and some burned dust.

When you protect someone with the pounces you give and take it's blurs the line of wrong and right, and it's true nothing is just black and white. That's why I loved watching this show, thinking about
how the things the characters did were rightful or how they were
just so wrong and that why they broke me.

In the end I loved it. This was a little much to my brain and heart
because I cried and cursed so much because of certain
character(s) ... I am not pointing fingers here. okay!

If you like good acting,
a good story where the plot isn't too hard to follow
violence with really amazing fighting scenes
and maybe hating some characters and choosing sides I say watch
this series.... if you don't like those things.. then still watch it
watch it for Park Ji Hoon

okay thank youuu and byeeee!!!
have a good night I am going to sleepy sleep

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If you can watch, don't lose time and go watch it.

My standards were pretty high with this one and it didn't disappoint me at all.
-First of all, the cast: I already heard about Park Jihoon's talent but I had never seen any of his works and all I have to say is that I am AMAZED. His character is portrayed flawlessly and his eyes had me amazed the whole time. Likewise, want to mention Hong Kyung's acting (Oh Beomseok), which also mesmerized me. All the casting was done perfectly.
-The story might seem like one of these typical bullying stories at some schools but I think it goes way deeper than that and that's what fascinated me.
You get to be on the skin of the characters and you can feel them and understand them, even when they do morally incorrect things.
-It has many fighting scenes, which some people might dislike but I honestly liked it because it showed the depths of the characters and how far they could go when they lost control.

As I said before. If you have the time and the opportunity to watch it, go and watch it ASAP. It is truly a gem.

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