“If everyone decides to corroborate a lie, then it becomes the truth.”
After spending quite a few years watching k-dramas and coming to this website to read people’s reviews and opinions, I’ve never had the urge to write a review until now.Revenge of Others is a classic, action-packed thriller with a mystery that will keep you on the edge of your seat. As you watch each episode, you’ll become immersed in the lives of these students and wary of all of them. I think that made me enjoy this show as much as I did, being unable to accurately point out what happened and why it happened in the beginning. By the halfway point, you’ll have your suspicions but the plot twist at the end was enjoyable and satisfied me. There's even the slightest bit of romance which was a nice addition, even if it's unspoken.
This series follows Ok Chanmi as she transfers to her twin brother’s school in order to uncover the truth about his death. The show's main point is revenge, but there’s so much more than that. The flaws within the legal system, the lack of protection for victims, and the seriousness of bullying are just a few examples. As you watch, you’ll feel the pain of the people who suffer while you embrace the ones who stand up for injustices. The display of unity among the students in the last episode truly gave me goosebumps and I’m sure it will do the same for everyone else that watches.
The actors and actresses did such an incredible job with the roles they were given. Chae Sangwoo’s character was a nuisance from start to finish, but he did an amazing job portraying the bad guy. Shin YeEun’s role as the main female lead, Ok Chanmi, suited her perfectly. I can’t wait to see what else she does in the future. As for Seo Jihoon, I liked his role on Flower Crew: Joseon Marriage Agency. The role he plays in this show is almost the opposite, and I loved it even more.
The top star of this show, in my opinion, was Lomon. Lomon’s presence on screen is genuinely captivating. I knew how much potential he had when I saw him on All of Us Are Dead but Revenge of Others really brings out his talent. Whenever he cried, I cried. When he smiled, I smiled. There was never a moment where I was uninterested in his character, or what came next for him in the show. I really became an even bigger fan of his!
The music was nice too, nothing too memorable but definitely fit the mood of specific situations.
As for rewatching, I can totally see myself watching again after knowing the big mystery. It’ll be fun to see if I can pinpoint any clues that I may not have seen the first time around.
Overall, I do suggest you give this show a watch. Whether it be for the acting or the storyline, you won’t regret it. It’s definitely on my list of the best k-dramas in 2022.
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Good drama, bad morals :(
The title tells it all really- it’s a story about revenge. But how do you take revenge on others? The smart way? The sophisticated way? The by-the-law way? Or just downright tie him to a chair and beat him up??! Yeah… that’s what this drama is all about.I thought it was quite violent, or the insinuation of violence was pretty strong. It really projects a poor image of the police force and the school discipline/ administration. The police didn’t believe it wasn’t a suicide; when they did, they were always one step behind the high schoolers. Hmmm.. then a boy who raped his fellow schoolmate, was allowed to come back to the same school as the girl he raped. What the???!!! It’s no wonder high school kids think they can take matters into their own hands- instead of reporting it to the office/ police.
The morals behind this story was poor, not a good way to live life. But- the drama itself is intriguing and has a good pace. Enough twists and turns to keep you interested; and it’s short only 12 episodes. PLUS you have the visuals of Park Solomon and Seo Ji Hoon :):) The character I loved to hate was Kook Ji Hyun. MAN… she was a bi*ch! Those who think they can do anything or get away with anything because they are rich.
Have a go at this one, just make sure you’re in a happy place when you watch this lol. No romance, but there’s some sweet moments between the leads where they hold hands. That’s it ;)
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Watch it if you really bored
Okay, first of all I think this drama is overrated and here's way. When I watched first episodes everything was fine but then progress started to going really slow.I think 12 episode is way too much for this plot.It would be fine if it's 8-9.Plot has so many issues including some of them just don't make sense.Like what's up with brain tumor and police.Yeah cops in this drama are like ghost or something like you believe they are there but can't see them.I mean the drama lacks reality.
And acting could be done so much better than this.I don't think actors/actress could show their full potential and it's because of the plot AGAIN.Like in some point you don't even understand why characters do what they do
I'm not gonna say it's waste of time but definitely not good enough.I recommend watching it with 0 expectation
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If everyone decide to corroborate a lie, then it become the truth
A well executed mystery story and with the side of youth. I love how they slowly uncover the truth , there is no boring episode and you will enjoy it so much.Love the cast and the acting, you really can connect to them.
Though, I guess we should have see the story about the squad, I think there is more to that than being them a backstabbing gays lol. They deserve better storyline I think. But Its the twin sisters story so its understandable.
Really recommended you to watch it. Its a unique kind of revenge dramas.
Oh I cant move one. I need a prequel with the squad. I need to know what happens before. , they're just so happy and lovely with each other. <3
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I thoroughly enjoyed it but i do have criticisms
It was a realy good and enjoyable drama that pulled you with each characters story and motivation, making you understand and root for them, aswell as wanting to know more and what would happen next, anticipating for next weeks eps. it had a very strong and unique concept making it stand out 5oother kdramas but im am here writing this as i want to spread awareness, this may be an uncommon opinion but i really disliked how they used DID (previously known as 'multiple personality disorder') it is already such a stigmatised disorder thats heavily vilified by media enough and this does add to it, ppl may not realise this as people often dont know about it and thier main concept is from media which misrepresents it but i wanted to make sure people realise this and do further research onwards, but honestly other than that i really enjoyed the show as well as it depicting a queer characters and the struggles and dangers queer people go through. I rly fell in love with ok chanmi and sooheon, they very well written .Esta resenha foi útil para você?
Interesting twists but a bit lacking in logic
This is one of those dramas that starts off meeh and honestly kind of depressing but gets better as the plot unfolds. As both leads have extremely depressing background stories to make the audience feel both a sense of urgency and protect them in all coast type of deal...Lomon and Seo Ji Hoon rocked this roles where very well written, consistently good interesting, and defiantly stole the show not only for the show of abs but actual substance they did a great job but I would have wanted to see a lot more screen time with Seo Ji Hoon.
The Others acting, characters and story was kind of inconsistent, some scenes where great others not so much.
Shin Ye Eun had som great scenes but there were times where she did not really convince me, I also found her character annoyingly stupid at times as she changed sides more often than a pingpong boll during a tournament. However her chemistry with Lomon was lovely, and she is overall a pretty bad ass person (whenever she is not acting stupid).
Most of The Other girls were pretty cool most of the time, complex, lovable and showed great friendship.
Lee Soo Min was however better than her role, which was a bit to stereotypical mean girl... She did of course rock it but I hope to see her get casted for better roles. Chae Sang Woo could use a lesson or two in acting, and though his character did make me wonder I still feel that there was something missing...
There drama presents a few social issues here and there but they do not really get in to them as well as show an inconsistency in funding, illogical solutions, illogical situations, illogical decisions, so yes a whole lot of lack of logic and bunch of loose ends too for that matter. The amount of times the male lead gets hit in the head is ridiculous, and I am pretty sure some of those blows should have been lethal. That said this is a drama that actually had me guessing pretty much from start to finish, no that there weren't any clues they were just very wide spread so it was actually a challenge to put all the pieces together which I like.
The OST is lovely so is the cinematography but the filming will also give you motion sickness at times.
So what can I say this was a pretty ok watch, one i would recommend whenever you feel like watching pretty people fight, splatter blood and stay a step a head of the police while trying to solve not only one but several mystery's while falling in love... this is not a bad place to find it, just do not expect to much logic or any kisses.
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cuzudo
noss gente que odio eu esperava algo mto mais uuoooouu mas tipo ele eh Ok eh descontraido e a cada episódio te faz pensar uma coisa, porem eh chato em alguns momentos e contem cenas que nao avançam p desenvolvimento da historiae jaebum querido amor vida nos estamos com vc ta te amo ta querido 🩷
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Decepcionante
Es decepcionante la manera en la que se cae toda la historia, los primeros capítulos son decentes hasta que las piezas comienzan a encajar y el guion comienza a mostrar agujeros enormes y la historia comienza a ser inconsistente, con personajes vacíos que no aportan nada y que solo están para agregar contexto de lo que va pasando pero sin tener peso narrativo.El final me parece de lo peor, se cae todo en ese momento, lo poco que habían hecho bien se queda en nada y todo parece ser en vano, realmente decepcionante porque pintaba para ser una serie de misterio muy buena y se quedó en nada.
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Not Good Enough
Korean Drama " Revenge of Others " is an action school drama.The series starts out quite intense, with the mystery's plot getting thicker and thicker. However, the drama kept additing substories, thus, losing focus from the main one who was forgotten in most of the episodes of the middle.
But the series biggest problem was the fact that they couldn't complete all those storylines or make them come together and make sense. As a result, the ending was rushed and a big let down, as many of the answers they gave were illogical and idiotic.
At least, the performances were all great by everyone in the cast.
So, overall, two out of ten.
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My issues are a little different
I have a lot of the same issues as other reviewers, so i'll only mention the ones i haven't seen covered yet. One is common sense, and by that i mean simple stuff like not always going places alone AFTER you've been attacked and threatened and have been summoned yet again to some secluded area by persons unknown. I mean stuff like NOT just strolling up to a gang of folks, led by your favorite bully, who you know aren't waiting around to have dinner with you. They hadn't seen you yet, but you just walk up like you can handle them. Um, no, you most certainly can't. And while we're talking about being attacked, i swear SK only has like two laws, three at the most. Nothing ever gets reported, no one ever gets punished (or, not for long), teachers/faculty don't care if students get their heads bashed in, teachers/faculty don't care how often students get their heads bashed in. I saw one series where a teacher was one of the ppl abusing a girl. It happens so often in all these shows that i'm having a hard time believing it's not really this bad over there.My second big issue is the lack of reality. I know, it's not real but certain elements are meant to be and rightfully so. Stay with me. My point is that these kids heal like Wolverine. I wince more after an ab workout, or tetanus shot, than these kids who literally got the shit kicked and beaten out of them or fell off a scooter or got hit in the back of the head with a damn brick. I won't apply this to the ML because he's a fighter and can take a lot more than the average kid/person, and because he knows how to get hit in a way that will minimize the damage.
Not a bad show, i was at least interested enough to care how things would get resolved, so there's that.
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The most unethical drama I have watched!
The reason why I am giving this so low, is because of the extreme callousness towards brain tumor shown by the writers. The male lead has tumor which supposedly cannot be operated. Did the writers even do any research, for brain tumors which cannot be operated strong chemotherapy with radiation is actually the line of treatment to treat it. The prognosis with ratiation is actually quite good at 30 percent for 10 years. The tumor is actually very new (since it did not metastasis into other body parts) hence at most was stage 1 or stage 2, even then the doctor was like don’t treat it? Does that even makes sense.At no point was the lead ahead shaved and he was given targetted radiotherapy why? Also, being so active is just not possible if one has tumor, since it can expand slowly and damage the occipital lobe (eye part of the brain) and motor functions. So goodness knows what type of tumor it was.
Also the comments of the doctor was very ableist where they said that if I operate your brain you may get cerebral palsy? Seriously? We have Paralympic gold medalists like yip pin xiu who suffer from muscular dystrophy and still carry on. Which doctor will ever say I will not save your life since you may get disabled as a result of the treatment?
I got so frustrated with whatever the writers were trying to say. Tragedies upon tragedies heaped upon people and so much violence.
I actually liked the drama but for the way the brain cancer was treated was pretty unforgiving. What if a cancer patient was actually watching this drama? What is the message? Their life is over or they don’t deserve to receive treatment since they may get disabled?
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Another good mystery that suffer from bad ending
This is a pretty good, non-heavy mystery drama. It follows high schooler's perspective, so it's easier to keep up with compared to detective mysteries while still bringing up some heavy topics like bullying, etc.It's pretty easy to figure out the culprit early on if you watch lots of mystery dramas, but they still leave you guessing about the reason and even cast doubt midway.
The occasional romance moments don't disrupt the whole mystery vibe and happen quite naturally, I would say.
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The only problem is the ending. Ok Chanmi goes from wanting to kill anyone she suspects to forgiving and talking her way with Seok Jaebeom in seconds. Worse, the dialogue makes Jaebeom seem like he is possessed by an evil spirit rather than having a double personality.
Police closing Gi Osung's case as a suicide attempt also betrayed the story. It all started with the police prematurely closing Park Woonseok's case as suicide without proper investigation, so it's back to square one.
"Gi Osung deserves that" and "Ji Sooheon deserves to live his life" aren't enough justifications. Sooheon could easily escape that one case using self-defense arguments anyway.
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