Dever Após a Escola: Parte 2 (2023)

What happened?

Part 1 had its problems and was not bad as it had a real gripping ending, but part 2… what were the writers thinking?

I don't know how important CSAT exams are, but this exam is one of the driving plot points of part 2. What makes no sense is that humanity faces extinction and yet all these kid could think about was getting into college. I am sure there are more important things to worry about than college entry at a time like that. This becomes such a central plot point that one of the characters literally goes insane after finding out the 2023 CSAT exams were cancelled and were to be held in 2024. This leads to the drama ending not to a final showdown against the alien threat, but the final boss being this kid who has gone insane and had somehow activated god-mode in his final rampage.

The ending was anti-climatic and skips ahead to 2024 where humanity has wiped out 99% of the menace so had the threat under control. Okay... so we are supposed to imagine the final desperate struggle and not be shown it? Instead we were given teenaged angst drama with automatic rifles? Sure.

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honestly why that approach? the ending made me fell like I wasted my time.

It didn't make sense. Why did they have to go through all that shit? okay if we take a logical approach to some extent it's imaginable but so many plot holes with lazy and inattentive coverups. honestly, if they never gave a second season that pain might have been better than this.

Yes, it had an emotional impact but at what cost? I loved many scenes, I loved the acting, and I loved that staked were high but it was all ruined for me. This drama made other survival dramas shine.

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starting off the season itself was weird. Where was Mr. Kim? If they were planning to remove a whole character at least give some explanation!! They constantly bought up Mr. Lee so what happened to the other dude?!
And okay other things were satisfying in the first eps. The kids were adjusting well and got used to the new reality.
class pres decision made so much sense but communication was the problem .
But Do soo chul's death made no sense!!! if there were spheres why didn't the detector go off? And since the spheres go hunt for humans they should have gone for the group downstairs rather than him alone since that was the whole point of Season 1.
Also, regarding the science school students who died, why weren't there any spheres around?
The amusement park scene where Kwon Il han dies and did gook really have enough time to drown him with stones? They hear a gunshot and others come so quickly, where did he get heavy stones in the middle of a beach? like a gunshot, drag the body, heavy rocks did kook really have that much time?
The second thing was now that they know what is happening isn't it common sense that CSAT was impossible? even if they were stupid enough gook yeoung soo's madness arc felt forced and dumb especially since he was supposed to be smart. I really hated this. it was foreshadowed in weird ways BUT was it really necessary?
And the 4 chars who survived Kook... how did they survive the approaching spheres? there were hundreds !!

I should have said this in the first season itself but the plot about sending students to war and putting adults in shelters made no freaking sense. And the shelters would have obviously been attacked since so many people gathered. No decision taken by the authorities made any sense.
I don't mean to hate on this but it is so frustrating when writers pull this mass destruction thing where all chars die at least why they died should have had some meaning! if they all died fighting spheres it would have made more sense but Kook? really?
He was disgusting and I hate him but what about the bond they all had suddenly ruined for the plot?

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The airs of grandeur that ruined story

This is the best example of how a pretentious writer can ruin his own story, by wanting to do a more 'intellectual' work.

I would summarize the problems of this second part in three causes: wanting to make the story darker, the claims to make it more philosophical and transcendent, and wanting to emphasize social criticism a lot.

Regarding the first, it is obvious that the writer wanted to make the story much darker than in the first part, and for this he wanted to resort to all means, even playing the sexual violence card, as occurred in the plot of the prison and in Young Soo's attempted sexual assault on his female comrade in arms. Making a dark story is something that I usually like, but it is necessary to do it with creativity, good taste, and a sense of timing, so that it does not undermine the fundamental purpose of the plot, and here those conditions were not met.

The second was made clear by emphasizing the message that human beings are worse than any alien monster, that there is no worse predator for human beings than human beings themselves. An otherwise irrelevant message, because all adult and moderately intelligent human beings know that sad reality, and if not, there are all the series and movies about zombies to remember it.

And the third is obvious when highlighting the criticism against the South Korean education system and the excessive social pressure on adolescents to succeed in such a demanding and relentless system, and also the criticism against social inequality that multiplies the pressure on someone who comes from a poor family and seeks an escape from poverty in the educational system.

The problem is that by wanting to make those three objectives the main motivation of the second part, the writer forgot that this was basically a fun and exciting science fiction story about an alien invasion and a group of high school teenagers turned, despite themselves, warriors. Everything exciting and interesting from the first part went to waste in the last two episodes, especially the last one, and we were left with a story with airs of greatness that we didn't ask for and that we didn't like.

It's a pity because I liked the first part a lot, and I would give it (in general) a rating of 8 out of 10. Even to the first episode of the second part I would give a rating of 7, and until the penultimate episode I wanted to be lenient, and even the prison plot didn't seem bad at all, although I didn't like the ending very much.

But the last episode ruined everything, I found it to be the worst final episode out of all the hundreds of Korean dramas I've watched. After most of our teenagers managed to survive hard, seeing almost every character we empathize with getting killed by a fellow idiot who suddenly went berserk is so disappointing. Obviously, I would have preferred most of them to have survived the war, but if they had to die, I would have preferred to see them die in battle against the alien monsters, and not killed by surprise by a deranged comrade, something that was done just to send a pretentious message and supposedly transcendent.

I don't want to value the scene of the massacre too much (because it still annoys me) but just to say that after so many battles as veteran soldiers I am surprised that there were not several of them who had the reflexes to quickly repel the attack with their weapons, it seems hardly credible.

After that disastrous ending, having a pre-graduation scene (flashback or alternate fantasy?) thrown in the last few minutes and then a disconcerting post-credits music scene, makes the final episode even worse.

In conclusion, the final episode has been a fiasco, which only deserves a rating of 1 (and that's because the amusement park scenes gave us a little joy). I agree with all the critics, this second part is an annoying waste that ruined a pretty good story in the first part.

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Warning for US Viewers

**Episode 9 deals with S.A. against one of the girls.
**The ending of episode 10 involves situations that U.S. students and family deal with all too often... 😰

Overall, these last four episodes veer away from the previous six and not for the better. This feels like a completely different drama that rushed itself and didn't know how to end.

If I could, I wouldn't have watched these episodes at all. It had so much potential but fell flat. The resolution to the Alien problem gets resolved in a voice over. So, all these kids trauma & deaths were pointless in retrospect.

If you want to feel better - jump to the end of episode 10 for the happy stuff.

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AVOID WATCHING!!!

i think we all expected a really nice happy ,conclusitory ending but spoiler alert that never happened. This story didn't deserve this. We all expected the answers to our curiosities like "what were really the spheres", "where did they come from", "what do they want" etc. Season 1 was fantastic it was too good, i expected atleast a happy ending where atleast 5-7 of them survive, but that didn't happen.

The sad thing is they could've made it better but didn't even try. The cast was too perfect and we all loved it. The ending was illogical and it was unsatisfying at most. I wish i never saw it because now i have a shitty mindset towards this amazing show. I wish they atleast showed how the cleanup process or where the parents were. If you really loved season 1 i would never recommend season 2 . I wish someone told me this.

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The Enraging Conclusion of Duty after school Part 2

I never thought I would find myself writing a review, but I just have to get this off my chest – the ending was absolutely infuriating! After witnessing the promising character development of each individual, it felt like a complete betrayal to have them all meet their demise at the hands of a psycho obsessed with CSAT. Part 1 started off so well; I'm left wondering why the writers decided to take such a dark turn. In the novel, I heard that many students survived, yet in the series, only four managed to make it out alive. While I'm relieved that my two favorite characters survived, it was completely unexpected and left me with mixed emotions. Despite my frustration with the ending, I must admit it was still a good watch overall.

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if you see negative reviews for part 2, it's only because of the sad and unreasonable ending.

I honestly don't know how to write a review, so obviously the reason I'm writing this is because this drama was SOO good I had to let my feelings out. The plot was well-rounded and the relationship the students had with each other was very admirable and just overall nice to see. There was never a moment where I felt bored watching this show. Like most captivating dramas, each episode would normally end with a cliff hanger to force the viewer to watch the next episode immediately - this drama didn't even need to this to be binge-worthy. Saying this, the show was split into 2 parts and both parts were equally good. This is quite literally because the show wasn't even near finished after part1, hence the part 2. It's almost like getting half way through Strong Women Bong-soon (or any kdrama lol) and not bothering to finish the rest. I must say, the ending was not the best (sad ending), but even with a bad ending, it wasn't enough to drag this show down in any way. SUCH A GOOD SHOW!!!!

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sometimes a predictable ending is better

part 1 (ep 1-6)
i went in knowing nothing and finished ep 6 with very high expectations for any other drama in this same genre. its very stupid to make highschoolers train for war but its fiction so whatever. everything was really cool, the story line was unique and the acting was perfect. some characters were annoying throughout every episode but i had to cut them slack because yk a war, high school kids, a lot of fear and stress. when i finished it i had very high hopes that a certain someone would come back to life magically but i still didnt think it would affect too much the next episodes whether it happened or not.

part 2 (ep 7-10)
honestly i think the writers just didnt know how to wrap it up nicely. i feel like they lost track of the actual story line from part1 because suddenly the spheres werent the main issue anymore. the end was understandable but at the same time it didnt make sense??. in my opinion if they just wanted to kill everyone they shouldve let the spheres do it instead of turning it into the mess that mass killing was. i know it is a realistic consequence of giving kids gun and the stress and trauma of being part of something apocalyptic but bro if i wanted to see that i could just turn on the news because sadly theres a lot of news like that in my tv. and then the drama ended and we still dont know why the spheres were there, where they came from or anything. really disappointed but i got too attached to the characters to say harsh things

i would recommend it because it was really something good and different and i think everyone can make their own opinions and thoughts on their own. dont know if everyone would like it tho

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It would have been my favorite drama if it wasn't for the ending ..

I actually really liked the first part that is why I watched this part , I was hoping for a great ending but unfortunately in my opinion they just ruined the show at the end

1) I totally hated that they just removed KIM WON BIN from the show without saying a word we didn't even know what happened to him , cause his photo wasn't with the ones that died I thought that he might've gone back to the military camp but why not telling us beforehand ??? also why none of the students mentioned him again ??? even if he would have had a scene that was a flashback of someone it still would have been better , but him disappearing without a word was a big NO for me and because something like that I don't like time skips in shows ..

2) I knew that psycho YOUNG SOO was fishy from the start and I did expect him to do something bad , but him just turning into a monster just because some extra points in a day was so bad and rushed .

3) I really hated that ending , it is not because I hate sad endings , there are so many dramas I like that have sad endings but I hated the fact that they all died for nothing , like all of those build ups to make us love the characters just for them to die in the hand of psychopath that they treated as a friend ??? I would have accepted the ending if they would have died because of spheres cause it would have been more believable , after all that was what they were fighting .


that is why I like the 1st part so much more than the 2nd and I think they rushed it so much ..

Leia Mais

the show was great but ending spoiled it.

i started watching thgis drama because my favourite genres are thriller typw dramas like of zombies and all so then part 1 was very nice but there also i didn't expect the ending to be cruel but then i thought part 2 would be having a better ending of the whole drama but all expections dropped down when i saw the last episode i didn't expect the writer to give such a dreadful ending to the soldiers . but afterall its just a drama i appreciate the hardwork of everyone in the drama only if they had made the ending different i would i have given a 10 but other then that it was good it includes thrill,suspense. so if you all can handle the pain you should really watch it but right now *i need a therapy*

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