Thursday 29 April 2021

Korean Drama : My Strange Hero

Year Released

2018 - 2019

Genre

School, Romance

No. of Episodes

32 - running time of 35 minutes per episode

Starring

Yoo Seung-ho, Jo Bo-ah, Kwak Dong-yeon

Storyline

Kang Bok-soo (Yoo Seung-ho), Son Soo-jung (Jo Bo-ah) and Oh Se-ho (Kwak Don-yeon) are students of a prestigious private school, Seolsong High.

Seolsong High is well known for discriminating and segregating students based on their grades and social status. The school is managed by Se-ho's abusive mother Lim Se-gyeong (Kim Yeo-jin).

Bok-soo is a troublemaker who scores poorly in tests. He dates the smartest girl Soo-jung and is best friend with Se-ho. Soo-jung has been hiding about her poor background but her secret is suddenly revealed a day after she shares it with Bok-soo.

When Soo-jung heads to the rooftop to calm herself down, she hears an argument between Bok-soo and Se-ho. The latter ends up falling. Both Se-ho and Soo-jung testify against Bok-soo.

Fast forward to nine years later where Bok-soo is working at Your Request, a general service company. Soo-jung is struggling to receive a permanent role as a teacher at Seolsong. She resorts to paying a lump sum to secure a position.

When Soo-jung is counseling a troubled student Oh Young-min (Yeon Joon-seok), she falls together with him into Han River. Bok-soo who happens to be nearby, saves her. His heroic action forced the current Seolsong's board chairman Se-ho, to re-admit Bok-soo into the school to appease public opinion.

Bok-soo plans revenge against Se-ho as he was being expelled due to the lies Se-ho caused. Bok-soo rekindles his relationship with Soo-jung when they learn that their grudge was driven by a series of misunderstandings.

Together, the pair slowly investigate and work to expose those hidden dark secrets of Seolsong. Sick of his mother's abusiveness, Se-ho turns his back against her and join forces with Bok-soo and Soo-jung.

Se-gyeong is finally arrested and Seolsong becomes a public school. Se-ho moves to the States to recover from his trauma.

My View

An exciting drama on school corruption and how the truth are being unravelled.

Rating

3/5 Stars

 

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