Current top 9 is perfect for me but 10 to 18 is shit.
No Haruto, Woonggi or Chen Kuan Jui. :( I would have swapped Lee Hoetaek, Yoo Seungeon and Kum Junghyeon for those.
Hui really has nothing to do in this show. Him being there is bad for everyone: Pentagon because it weakens the group, the other participants because he takes the slot a trainee whose sole chance of being seen could be BP and him because he was already super succesful and doing really good so he didn't need that. He produced Wanna One debut song .... Makes no sense he is here not as a mentor.
I fail to understand what makes so many people find this drama so good.
It's a pretty mediocre romcom with nothing special. Story is non-existent, acting is cringe... Production value is average.
Watch if you have free time and are bored but don't expect a masterpiece like some reviews makes it appear to be. It's just your usual romcom with a gaming setting.
PS: there was quite a lot of not so subtle patriotic propaganda "China is the best" all along the drama, so if you're allergic to that, be warned.
I see a lot of comments saying they don't understand why tving (production) split it into 2 parts, but that's…
They earn money from foreigners too. Do you think Viki, VIU, etc. broadcast the drama for free? No, they pay huge licensing fees to CJ ENM.
CJ Corporation is one the largest company in Korea. It's a bigger company than Netflix. Not some small thing.
They own the TV channels tvN, OCN, Mnet, the OTT TVING, the CGV cinemas, Studio Dragon which is one of the biggest drama producing company (contracted by Netflix multiples times to produce dramas) as well as many businesses in other areas (food, logistic, etc.).
I don't like how they split "Artist" performances in 2 episodes.
I understood for"K vs G Battle" and "Dual Position Battle" because there was a lot of groups, so no choice, but here they could have fitted all 5 in a 2h30 episode. It would have been more fair.
There was a lot of potential (thriller, bromance) but the story is too oriented "police and duty". It makes the story boring. Nothing unexpected happen, and the main lead always act as a stiff police officer.
You'd expect some bromance but there is close to none. Main lead basically just tries to catch 2nd main lead (supposedly his former best friend) like any other random criminal.
I guess they did that so it pass censorship "the main character must not be morally tainted".
First 2 episodes were a bit slow, but from episode 3 it gets really good.
When this drama was announced, I was afraid there would be too much action, and not enough focus on the psychology of students but the balance is very good and there are emotional scenes.
Current top 9 is perfect for me but 10 to 18 is shit.
No Haruto, Woonggi or Chen Kuan Jui. :(
I would have swapped Lee Hoetaek, Yoo Seungeon and Kum Junghyeon for those.
Hui really has nothing to do in this show. Him being there is bad for everyone: Pentagon because it weakens the group, the other participants because he takes the slot a trainee whose sole chance of being seen could be BP and him because he was already super succesful and doing really good so he didn't need that.
He produced Wanna One debut song .... Makes no sense he is here not as a mentor.
It's a pretty mediocre romcom with nothing special. Story is non-existent, acting is cringe... Production value is average.
Watch if you have free time and are bored but don't expect a masterpiece like some reviews makes it appear to be. It's just your usual romcom with a gaming setting.
PS: there was quite a lot of not so subtle patriotic propaganda "China is the best" all along the drama, so if you're allergic to that, be warned.
Don't watch this expecting tension, psychological or thriller elements. It's more of a light youth drama with comedy, thus my disapointement.
The synopsis and tags are quite misleading. This is nowhere like extracurricular.
Same for the 2nd season.
There's no english subs tho, so had to use machine generated subs (Whisper).
CJ Corporation is one the largest company in Korea. It's a bigger company than Netflix.
Not some small thing.
They own the TV channels tvN, OCN, Mnet, the OTT TVING, the CGV cinemas, Studio Dragon which is one of the biggest drama producing company (contracted by Netflix multiples times to produce dramas) as well as many businesses in other areas (food, logistic, etc.).
I understood for"K vs G Battle" and "Dual Position Battle" because there was a lot of groups, so no choice, but here they could have fitted all 5 in a 2h30 episode. It would have been more fair.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duty_After_School
They never show partial ranking one day before end of voting because it would spoil the elimination.
There was a lot of potential (thriller, bromance) but the story is too oriented "police and duty". It makes the story boring. Nothing unexpected happen, and the main lead always act as a stiff police officer.
You'd expect some bromance but there is close to none. Main lead basically just tries to catch 2nd main lead (supposedly his former best friend) like any other random criminal.
I guess they did that so it pass censorship "the main character must not be morally tainted".
I dropped at episode 10. Maybe it improves after.
Just curious if I should start 2 shows at the same time.
First 2 episodes were a bit slow, but from episode 3 it gets really good.
When this drama was announced, I was afraid there would be too much action, and not enough focus on the psychology of students but the balance is very good and there are emotional scenes.
And 7, 8, 9, 10 on the 21st (it's a two part series).
No Idea why Viki has only released 1 when 6 are up on "unofficial" websites.
Also I read somewhere that VIU will release 3 episodes today and 3 tomorrow with subs.