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Hierarchy korean drama review
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Hierarchy
12 people found this review helpful
by Aria
Jul 5, 2024
7 of 7 episodes seen
Completed
Overall 1.0
Story 1.0
Acting/Cast 5.5
Music 1.0
Rewatch Value 1.0
This review may contain spoilers

A drama that seemed to have potential but ended up being a total failure.

I had mentioned it before, the more Netflix was promoting this drama, the more people were hating it. You literally had to go to Netflix and the first thing that appeared was Hierarchy.
So people would come in and look at it.
And then they left angry, for just reasons.

When I started watching it, which was when it came out. The first chapter is really engaging. You don't understand the protagonist very well at first but after a couple of minutes, the truth is quickly revealed. He was there to avenge the death of his older brother. He was just playing dumb so that no one would suspect why he was there.

The first 3 chapters show that the protagonist is really there to destroy and find out who was responsible for his brother's death.

After that, the drama takes a nosedive and the protagonist's original goal is slowly blurred by a stupid love triangle. Which wasn't necessary at all.

The protagonist is really very stupid. I don't know if she was playing with the feelings of her ex-partner and the protagonist or what did she really intend because her motives are never explained.

Many compare this with Elite, honestly I have seen two episodes and then I forgot about this series because I wasn't very interested in it and I don't usually watch series in Spanish. So I don't really know what Elite is about. I can only compare it to The Glory.

The fact that teenagers did adult things is not something that bothered me because as I said before, I had seen it in glory and generally in real life kids do those things.

The problem arises when the protagonist first breaks up with her ex-partner. It wasn't like a normal teenage breakup, but rather it seemed like they had been married for years and were in the process of divorcing. What the fuck?

At first the protagonist supported the protagonist but when she finds out that the target was her ex-partner, she goes crazy and begins to threaten the protagonist so that he does not mess with her ex-partner.

Let's see, your ex-partner did unjust things and you know it very well. You know he's not a good person but even though you broke up with him. Do you want to protect it? Clarify girl please .

The ex is real trash. He literally keeps saying repeatedly that no one can mess with what is "his." He literally treated the protagonist as his toy, a thing of his own that no one but him could touch. He doesn't even treat her like a human being.
He keeps her isolated and doesn't allow her to have friends besides his own friends, who he knew posed no danger. Whoever dared to approach her would receive serious consequences. He didn't love her, he was obsessed with her, like a mentally ill person.

It doesn't matter that you gave me "happy" moments between the protagonist and him. It was a toxic relationship, pure and simple.

Even so, and knowing what her ex-partner was like, the protagonist doesn't give a shit and decides to protect him. Romanticizing the toxic relationship they had. It is noted that the protagonist does not have a single neuron functioning correctly.

There is a phrase that the protagonist says that makes me laugh a lot: "You and I can't be together because when we are together we harm other people." But let's see, were you born an idiot or did you fall at birth? Obviously bad things happen because your boyfriend is a fucking psychopath, obsessive and jealous and you see this and do nothing to stop it.

They want to soften this crazy man's attitude, making you see that Oh, poor thing, his mother doesn't give him love! Shit, your family situation doesn't justify what you're doing.

Then there is the problem that we know nothing about the protagonist. Has family? Where does he live? How did he manage to get into an elite school? None of that is explained because they were focused on a stupid love triangle, instead of explaining things as simple as these to us.

The teacher was a shitty person, not just because she slept with her student and had a relationship with him. If not because she covers everything they are doing participates in everything they is doing. Her punishment for her was very light. She should have gone to fucking jail.

The revenge? It remains in nothing. And the resolution of this was the stupidest thing I have ever seen in my life.

Lastly and to make matters worse, she goes on a final date with her ex-boyfriend. Where does she thank him, because according to her, she was able to survive thanks to him... eh Hello? How exactly did he help you survive if you had a relationship that was too toxic? It was the protagonist, in any case, who gave you the courage to face your father, spread your wings and get out of there. Not your ex-partner, the only thing your partner did was lock you in a cage so that no one but him could have you and make you emotionally dependent on him. For the love of God!

The protagonist stupidly runs to see her for the last time. Excuse me, where was the pain of losing your older brother?

The actress does not have good acting skills. Although her character had to remain impassive and not show any emotion because her father had taught her that showing her feelings was being weak. When he manages to express himself, you don't know if his smile is because he is happy or he is pretending, he still has the same poker face. She doesn't even know how to cry well.

The protagonist gave a decent performance. He wouldn't say he's extraordinary but he's decent.

Then it's all rubbish. And although the drama is short, the length of the chapters are not. So I can't even recommend this thing.

Netflix instead of spending millions on cinematography, brings good dramas. With good performances and a good story.
Don't keep investing millions of dollars in crappy stories.

I recommend it? Absolutely not. Don't waste your time with this.

PS: The score of 7.0 is too generous for this shitty drama.
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