InspectorMegre

100% agree

it is not funny, it is criminal. Please report it to MDL

This is not a kdrama, but Kwood. It is whitewashed sterile neutral so that it does not piss off any audience and it is easy to understand even for dummies. In other words, it is completely watered down so that no flavor is left.

It is totally lacking the sophistication, depth, humor, satire, jestering, social commentary, community work, self introspection, character growth, and community growth that is the signature of all real kdramas.

EXACTLY this is just a political move from the start - a powerful person (king) picks a boy toy and forces him to serve as a s.x slave,
and then King and Queen just used s.x to produce kids to help them get ahead in the power ranks, And this boy toy slave had to do his slave job, and he also tried to have some fun while he was free for 10 mins to be himself. That is all..
The sentimentality happens when Quieen and BoyToySlave start having fantasies of actually living their little free-of-jail time as their life. They are JAILED and there is no escape. The society is essentially JAILING AND TORTURING ppl of "lesser status" e.g. women and poor. The evil elite king and his kind are just using BoyToy and the Queen as inseminating bull and cow.

PATHETIC SOCIETAL JAIL packaged as "interesting" by shocking and/or erotic scenes

The main thing to think about is - why do elites still exist and essentially enslave people, and why slaves CONSENT to live under the elite ruling - in this case, Queen and BoyToy were enticed to live a luxury life at the expense of selling their soul

So I aint' wasting time to watch this pathetic jail bs,

I just rewatched Dude In Me, kmovie which is a very fluffy fun version of this drama. Also, a high school student falls on a gangster and they swap.
Then comes this drama HSROAG - which has amazing plots and subplots, lots of character growth, diaalogues, lots of great acting, very complex issues addressed, ...
and then its copycats trashy Weak Hero and Study Group, and almost entirely trashy One High School Heroes which is just fights from this drama and nothing else. OHSH has a teeeny tiny bit of character growth and dad-son relationship but it is miniscule.

So out of all those byllying/fights male-centered dramas and movies, HSROAG is the most complex and most well done.

ah that is delusional... how many millions of closeted gay men, fully married, had kids?

I aint watching this. THe King And THe Clown was enough, and that one at least has a meaningful deep plot, personal dilemma, art discussion, and social commentary

this drama is just a political move from the start - a powerful person (king) picks a boy toy and forces him to serve as a slave, including being a s.x slave - everything for the King as the center of the universe - that by definition is JAIL,
and then King and Queen just used s.x to produce kids to help them get ahead in the power ranks, And this boy toy slave had to do his slave job, and he and the Queen also tried to have some fun while they were free for 10 mins to be themselves, AS IF there was no jail. That is all..
The sentimentality happens when Quieen and BoyToySlave start having fantasies of actually living their little free-of-jail time as their life. But they are JAILED by social norms and there is no escape. Someone - the male power King - is just using them as inseminating bull and cow, and they are consenting bc in that society there are nothing more than just SLAVES, they are handled in the same way as domestic animals. .

So I aint' wasting time to watch this pathetic jail bs, This drama makes me salute to 21st century and personal freedom and independence of women and all people to choose paths in life they want, and the blessings we have that these dictator Kings are not AS prevalent as before. They are still there, the psychopaths, the power hungry, the takers. Sure they are. Luckily it is not as bad as back then - well for some of us. For some, this movie is still a reality

So,,,, enough high ranking power sexual predators and psychopaths who use ppl as slaves, and any little act of disobedience is met with rage, hatred, and retaliation

This story is ... meaningless.... the same old egoistical bs, there is nothing learned here, just a shocking bloody power struggle real life story .

THE KING NEVER LOVED THIS DUDE AND WAS NOT EVEN HIS FRIEND, if he really cared for him as a friend and/or lover, he would let him go and be happy. First of all he would not force him into being gay lovers. THe dude didnt like that.
And THE DUDE NEVER LOVED THE KING - he wa just a low slave servant to a powerful man.
The king was maybe a fun and imposing, flattering company - wow he picked me out of all ppl to share all this wealth and fun - BUT THAT IS NOT LOVE .

So with the king - a flattering life of luxury and seeming "friendship" of a powerful man, and no lust and with the woman, no deeper connection, only lust? on his side - and love on hers? - but - if they COULD spend real time together, ... would that love grow bigger and more real, beyond lust? We dont know since the King rained on that party.

THE KING IS NOT A MAN IN LOVE, HE IS AN EGOISTICAL TYRANT AND MURDERER
AND THE DUDE IS A MAN IN LOVE WITH THAT WOMAN

The essence of this story is not about being gay, or "a man can have true love only with a woman"/ The essence of this story is that there are lovers A and B, and then B falls for C, and A hatefully retaliates.
By definition, when we love someone, we do NOT retaliate and hurt them.
By definition, when we are in a real relationship. we are free to say NO, to leave, etc and our loved one has to take it.
The King never left space for his lover, never gave him equal treatment and freedom, so really, King never had any real love.
And the dude never had any real love. He was just following orders

Was his love for the Queen "real love"? We do not know until we see them in some deeper scenes. I would say he loved her since he was happy she escaped to safety

So really this drama is all about what love is NOT.

why focus on homophobia when that is not even an issue here, The King openly had a gay lover.

The issue is the core issue of love itself - when one lover falls for another, and then the second lover retaliates.

I had to block this passive aggressive hater EmilLayo.

it's on goplay.su

there is exact series - High School Return of a Gangster

This movie is the movie version - a short fluffy version - of 8 eps drama High School Return of a Gangster. HSROAG is a lot more substantial, with many complex plots and sideplots, amazing dialogues and character development, and a lot better more complex acting.
This movie is just mostly fun

Then Weak Hero is a cheap copy of HSROAG where only violence is used for the drama and all other components are just ignored.

HSROAG SHOWS DISAGREEMENTS AND FRIENDSHIPS BETWEEN MEN, AND THE DEPTH OF MEN AS COMPLETE HUMAN BEINGS -
AND THE AUDIENCE CALLS IT GAY... omg ... so two men cannot be friends without being accused of being gay... ????

SO THAT IS WHY THE IDEA OF HSROAG WAS STOLEN BUT EXCLUDING MALE FRIENDSHIPS, so that the audience would not get confused.... and so Weak Hearo Class 1 season 1 was made **** just as fights between boys who are totally cemented as human beings ****
THIS CLEAR MESSAGE OF MEN FIGHTING WAS APPEALING TO THE AUDIENCE AND PARK JI HOON BECAME FAMOUS - for not acting... He is only confused, sleepy, or fighting.. there is no other feelings around him.... There is no friendships, talking to other people, RELATING to other people... He is a little robot.

SO JUST the concept of boy fights and bullying was stolen from High School REturn of the Gangster and morphed into Weak Hero Class 1 - season 1, then season 2. and strictly brotherly love and strictly fights, no real plot no character development, no relationships, no acting. Very simple. And ppl loved it bc ppl are used to seeing Hwood simple and cannot see beyond simple.

then Study Group added back some light humor but increased fighting, added girls to the "team, still almost no plot, just fights:
and One High School Heroes went back to just serious fights and all-male bonding and a TINY bit of some character work, like dad-son relationship. That drama has zero gay vibes It is a more violent version of this drama, with a lot more fights and a very bitter confused ML.

THESE DRAMAS ARE ALL VARIATIONS ON THE SAME THEME
and HSROAG and Dude in Me are the only ones worth something, with actual plot and content and character development.

HSROAG has the most character develiopment. Dude in Me shows the gangster, but not the high schooler and is a LOT fluffier just fun plot.

Wow even one different opinion makes you go into this hateful rage..

So I will be very grateful if you REFRAIN from posting personal insults when you have nothing meaningful to say to further the discussion.

In any case, dont waste my time writing hate posts like that.
FAREWELL

Exactly I think the same of you, you dont get it, cannot get it bc of inability to comprehend contraditictions and paradoxes, and you are unwilling to try - partially bc you lack the depth to try

So we agree, never to talk again :)

FAREWELL

yes cut out scenes, bts and dscussions with the cast are all possible
not the real drama :)

Yeah it is actually used to recruit new agents. that is the main purpose
MJ is into it at the end

hey we are talking official ratings here, ok? I just explained WHY the ratings are low

And there you are, very imaturely passively aggressively pursuing your personal agenda and using this post to attack me by defending immature audience and gangs of low-raters.

I am talking business here and you are talking about defending those who low rate.

GET A GRIP, WE ARE IN A BUSINESS DISCUSSION NOW
Well... we were. Please do not write to me anymore ever. I will block you for wasting my time. FAREWELL

Weak Hero is a cheap copy of High School Return of a Gangtster.

HSROAG SHOWS DISAGREEMENTS AND FRIENDSHIPS BETWEEN MEN, AND THE DEPTH OF MEN AS COMPLETE HUMAN BEINGS -
AND THE AUDIENCE CALLS IT GAY... omg ... so two men cannot be friends without being accused of being gay... ????

SO THAT IS WHY THE IDEA OF HSROAG WAS STOLEN BUT EXCLUDING MALE FRIENDSHIPS, so that the audience would not get confused.... and so Weak Hearo Class 1 season 1 was made **** just as fights between boys who are totally cemented as human beings ****
THIS CLEAR MESSAGE OF MEN FIGHTING WAS APPEALING TO THE AUDIENCE AND PARK JI HOON BECAME FAMOUS - for not acting... He is only confused, sleepy, or fighting.. there is no other feelings around him.... There is no friendships, talking to other people, RELATING to other people... He is a little robot.

SO JUST the concept of boy fights and bullying was stolen from High School REturn of the Gangster and morphed into Weak Hero Class 1 - season 1, then season 2. and strictly brotherly love and strictly fights, no real plot no character development, no relationships, no acting. Very simple. And ppl loved it bc ppl are used to seeing Hwood simple and cannot see beyond simple.

then Study Group added back some light humor but increased fighting, added girls to the "team, still almost no plot, just fights:
and One High School Heroes went back to just serious fights and all-male bonding and a TINY bit of some character work, like dad-son relationship. That drama has zero gay vibes It is a more violent version of this drama, with a lot more fights and a very bitter confused ML.

THESE DRAMAS ARE ALL VARIATIONS ON THE SAME THEME
and HSROAG and Dude in Me are the only ones worth something, with actual plot and content and character development.

HSROAG has the most character develiopment. Dude in Me shows the gangster, but not the high schooler.

Weak Hero is a cheap copy of High School Return of a Gangtster.

HSROAG SHOWS DISAGREEMENTS AND FRIENDSHIPS BETWEEN MEN, AND THE DEPTH OF MEN AS COMPLETE HUMAN BEINGS -
AND THE AUDIENCE CALLS IT GAY... omg ... so two men cannot be friends without being accused of being gay... ????

SO THAT IS WHY THE IDEA OF HSROAG WAS STOLEN BUT EXCLUDING MALE FRIENDSHIPS, so that the audience would not get confused.... and so Weak Hearo Class 1 season 1 was made **** just as fights between boys who are totally cemented as human beings ****
THIS CLEAR MESSAGE OF MEN FIGHTING WAS APPEALING TO THE AUDIENCE AND PARK JI HOON BECAME FAMOUS - for not acting... He is only confused, sleepy, or fighting.. there is no other feelings around him.... There is no friendships, talking to other people, RELATING to other people... He is a little robot.

SO JUST the concept of boy fights and bullying was stolen from High School REturn of the Gangster and morphed into Weak Hero Class 1 - season 1, then season 2. and strictly brotherly love and strictly fights, no real plot no character development, no relationships, no acting. Very simple. And ppl loved it bc ppl are used to seeing Hwood simple and cannot see beyond simple.

then Study Group added back some light humor but increased fighting, added girls to the "team, still almost no plot, just fights:
and One High School Heroes went back to just serious fights and all-male bonding and a TINY bit of some character work, like dad-son relationship. That drama has zero gay vibes It is a more violent version of this drama, with a lot more fights and a very bitter confused ML.

THESE DRAMAS ARE ALL VARIATIONS ON THE SAME THEME
and HSROAG and Dude in Me are the only ones worth something, with actual plot and content and character development.

HSROAG has the most character develiopment. Dude in Me shows the gangster, but not the high schooler.

Weak Hero is a cheap copy of High School Return of a Gangtster.

HSROAG SHOWS DISAGREEMENTS AND FRIENDSHIPS BETWEEN MEN, AND THE DEPTH OF MEN AS COMPLETE HUMAN BEINGS -
AND THE AUDIENCE CALLS IT GAY... omg ... so two men cannot be friends without being accused of being gay... ????

SO THAT IS WHY THE IDEA OF HSROAG WAS STOLEN BUT EXCLUDING MALE FRIENDSHIPS, so that the audience would not get confused.... and so Weak Hearo Class 1 season 1 was made **** just as fights between boys who are totally cemented as human beings ****
THIS CLEAR MESSAGE OF MEN FIGHTING WAS APPEALING TO THE AUDIENCE AND PARK JI HOON BECAME FAMOUS - for not acting... He is only confused, sleepy, or fighting.. there is no other feelings around him.... There is no friendships, talking to other people, RELATING to other people... He is a little robot.

SO JUST the concept of boy fights and bullying was stolen from High School REturn of the Gangster and morphed into Weak Hero Class 1 - season 1, then season 2. and strictly brotherly love and strictly fights, no real plot no character development, no relationships, no acting. Very simple. And ppl loved it bc ppl are used to seeing Hwood simple and cannot see beyond simple.

then Study Group added back some light humor but increased fighting, added girls to the "team, still almost no plot, just fights:
and One High School Heroes went back to just serious fights and all-male bonding and a TINY bit of some character work, like dad-son relationship. That drama has zero gay vibes It is a more violent version of this drama, with a lot more fights and a very bitter confused ML.

THESE DRAMAS ARE ALL VARIATIONS ON THE SAME THEME
and HSROAG and Dude in Me are the only ones worth something, with actual plot and content and character development.

HSROAG has the most character develiopment. Dude in Me shows the gangster, but not the high schooler.