This story is about six high school classmates and the trio of best friends. It is about Woo Yeon who has been in love with Lee Soo since high school and this one-sided love has spoiled her chances with others. . . It's about Young Hee whose economical situation turned her into an adult too soon and hides her struggles from her boyfriend. . . And it's about Jin Joo whose mother raised the bar unrealistically high and her daughter - a successfully professional - is clueless and gullible when it comes to dating. . .
Each woman struggles in their quest to hold on to love as they find their place in the world. We see a shadow of the guys' perspectives in this story. We get a wider view of Lee Soo but we only get a hint of Hyun Jae's life and basically nothing of depth regarding Sang Hyeok's life.
I could relate to Woo Yeon. I have experienced one-sided loves that wrapped me for decades, a love so strong that could make me turn my back to potential just to be back in his arms. I can also understand how scars can create an armor around her heart so strong that makes me doubt someone's feelings towards me. So I could understand her hesitation. . . She fell in love with Lee Soo, a young man whose parents' relationship had made him awkward and cold. He had been protecting himself by denying the fact that he did care about Won Yeon when they were younger. He kept saying he didn't love her but he did, it showed in everything he did and his need to be near her. Lee Soo is as awkward as his father and we see the dangers by taking a look at his parents now after their divorce. The connection always there, pulling them together in spite the hurt and misunderstanding. I liked that his parents also learned in the process of watching their son struggle with his love for Woo Yeon.
Young Hee is another character that I liked. I felt for her pain and struggle. She didn't want to drag Hyun Jae into her hardship and misery but - like he told her - she was driving him to his own misery. She was terrified of ending like her parents, and preferred to let Hyun Jae go so he could escape. But Hyun Jae loves her and is willing to walk the same path as her and he is sincere. He was patient with her and waited. I liked how Young Hee slowly understood and reached out to him. He wasn't perfect and I would have liked him to be more proactive when it came to the way his mother treated Young Hee, but he did stand up and put his foot down at the end. I would have liked to see more of his life. . .
Jin Joo was the studious one of the three young women. Her mother had motivated her to study by saying she would meet men like stars like Hyun Bin at the end of each milestone, but she never dated and thought of simple attention as if it meant a guy liked her. She was blind to the friend who always watched over her and truly liked her. This is the couple less developed. I would have liked to see more of how Sang Hyeok fell for her.
I had come into the story thinking this was a story about friends becoming lovers but Woo Yeon and Lee Soo were never truly friends in school because friendship entails knowing each other and they didn't know or understand the other, which is one if the reasons they had so many misunderstandings. The title can be applied more to the other two couples that had true friendship under their belts.
Joon Soo's character was clingy and sometimes annoying for me because he was so insistent even when he knew he was making her uncomfortable.
In any case, the story is not perfect but is nice and entertaining. If you are looking for a light romance, this one is nice.
“If everyone decides to corroborate a lie, then it becomes the truth.”
One of the characters in the K-drama “Revenge of Others” says this near the end of the series. And in many ways, it sums up the thesis of this high school revenge series, which is a murder mystery with twists and turns. And though I guessed early on who the murderer was, I didn’t anticipate the why.
The series starts off with Chan-mi on a videocall with her twin brother Chan-kyu (Kang Yeol). She is in Busan, where she resides in an orphanage. He lives in Seoul, after having been adopted by a Christian couple. Shortly after he prematurely ends their call, he apparently jumped out of a school window. Despite her pleas to investigate the case as a murder, the police rule it as suicide. Since they won’t investigate further, she decides to figure it out for herself by transferring to her brother’s high school.
Storyline with spoilers:
Ok Chan-mi (Shin Ye-eun) grew up at an orphanage at Busan. She had a twin brother whose birth name was Ok Chan-kyu, but changed to Park Won-seok (Kang Yul) when he was adopted. Chan-mi was still in contact with her brother regularly, so she could not believe that her brother would have committed suicide. She then transferred to her brother’s high school to investigate on…
Serial Revenge of Others (3인칭 복수) merupakan serial asal Korea Selatan yang bercerita mengenai misteri pembunuhan di sebuah sekolah. Ok Chan Mi (Shin Ye-eun) rela pindah sekolah dari Busan ke Seoul demi menyelidiki kematian saudara kembarnya. Kepolisian Seoul menyatakan bahwa ini adalah kasus bunuh diri. Semua orang percaya dan menerima hal itu kecuali Ok Chan Mi.
Sekilas, lingkungan sekolah…
Shin Ye-eun as Park Yeon-jin 더 글로리 The Glory Episode 1
Her eyes that turned darker when she got excited. Her lips that curled up when she smiled. Every single strand of her beautiful hair. Put all of that together, and that's what hatred is.