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Weak Hero Class 1, based on a popular Naver webtoon of the same name, initially premiered on Korea’s OTT platform Wavve, but after its massive success, it got released on Netflix on March 25. Now, Netflix is its streaming platform. Audience loved the storyline and related to the characters so much that a second season has been dropped. Many even claimed that it was “life-changing drama” which made it to the viewership charts, but do you think the second season will be able to create the same hype?
For those who don’t know, the storyline revolves around Yeun Si-Eun (played by Park Ji-Hoon), the topper of the class who gets targeted by a group of bullies and fights them back not with his physical strength but with his brain. He soon became friends with a former MMA fighter, Ahn Su-Ho, and a new school transfer student, Oh Beom-Seok, who helped him in his tough situations. But things start to deteriorate in their friendship when Beom-Seok acts differently out of his own insecurity. In the process, Su-Ho gets hurt and goes into a coma, and all of the blame falls on Si-Eun, leading him to change schools.
The highly praised drama, upon its initial release in 2022, dominated OTT platforms with a 45.5% market share and even recorded 9.9% of viewership ratings. The series gained a lot of appreciation and admiration from critics and viewers alike. It sets itself apart from any unconventional high school dramas as it shows the pain, the insecurity, and the bullies most authentically and realistically.
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