a waste of time

BEFORE YOU ATTACK ME THIS IS JUST MY PERSONAL OPINION
I was looking forward to this kdrama because this is Lee chae min's first lead role + he's been my one of my favorite actors since Crash Course in Romance but... (SPOILER ALERT)

CHARACTERS & STORY - 3/10
I was so angry when he (Kang ha) didnt end up with our fl. Probably; because my reason for watching the show was him that I naturally rooted for him but, why would she choose Ri-an? I get that they've been close for so long (since childhood actually) but knowing that he looks down on people that are lower than them in financial and social status, bullies (emotionally and physically) them and actually encourages it would definitely make me uncomfortable. Another thing I hate about Ri-an is the fact that he's very possesive and overprotective. Like in one scene where he referred to Jae-i as an "it" as if talking about an object or an inanimate that belongs to only him. It's so annoying how obsessive he is. It's totally fine to get jealous if someone tries to do something with someone you're in a relationship but Ri-an takes it to the extremes! As soon as he sees Kang ha even near Jae-i, Ri-an starts having murderous ahh thoughts and will try to do everything in his power to keep him away from her. With how Ri-an acts he's definitely a psychopath. Not even a sociopath. He'll only feel bad if Jae-i feels bad. Like one scene where Jae-i was chasing Kang In-han because he was being bullied by Ri-an's minions that dont have their own life, but Ri-an stopped her and she started crying. She started saying stuff like how she wanted to help him, and Ri-an literally said, "Why are you crying over a kid like that," EXCUSE ME? Then she responded with something like, "He's my friend," and with no remorse in his eyes Ri-an said that he'd just tell his minions to stop bullying him... LIKE OMG THAT TOTALLY RESOLVES ALL THE DAMAGE DONE! Hold up cause imma need to send my american public school friends to pull with a glock and shoot this ahh. He needs to learn respect, humility and integrity. But its hard to say that with the kind of environment he grew up in...

The line in question:
How dare he take what's mine!
Soooo... Yeahhhh.

This story was SUPPOSED to be about a twin brother going to his late brother's school to take revenge on the people who bullied him and killed him. If this story was going to be centered on revenge I dont get the point of adding romance, but since there is I ship Jae-i and Kang-ha naturally, but seriously, the romance is reeeeealy unescessary. There's so much drama going on with yall, I'd rather just watch a nice suspenseful psychological story about a brother going through the pains of losing a loved one and turning to revenge to bring justice to his late brother. With the way the characters are acting got me thinking, "Am I watching Euphoria or Riverdale korean ver? I'm confused with what's going on. The story and plot is so messy, probably as messy as this review but everything is everywhere. There's no clear story. Everything is just happening. Like, Woo-Jin sleeping with his teacher and then suddenly realizing his feelings for his long time best friend He-ra? AWH HELL NAWH. The teacher also crazy cause I assume that Woo-Jin was the one who confessed to the teacher, but as a teacher, she's accountable for whatever happens to her students, and if she knew basic morals then she would've rejected his confession. Like this woman has no right to get jealous over a girl who's the right age for her boyfriend. 💀

MUSIC - 3/10
I know the editors work diligently to provide and produce great audios and music that will accompany the show's cinematography, but why does it feel like they just chose random english music and thought, "Yeah! This music is fire because its American!" I literally would've preferred the nice kdrama ost rather than random english music from stock music library.


Dumb notes:
I don't know if this is just me but is kpop and kdrama getting more westernized? Or idk?
Actress who played Jae-i lowkey looks like Lee Doona/Bae Suzy.
By the way, I did not even know what I watched once I finished it. I was so confused. Was it a revenge story? Love story? Psychological romance horror like scum's wish? Or just kdrama version of Euphoria? I can tell that the studio spent ALLAT of money on this just for it to go to waste. (for me atleast)
The whole classroom and overall vibe looks like the classroom from "Classroom of the Elite." anime and kdrama fan fr.
I did not like this show. I only liked Lee chae min. PERIODT.

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