Review#2: Who Are You: School 2015 (Characters Review/Analysis)

Annyeonghaseyo(hello) everyone! Hope you got a wonderful Saturday going on.

For the second review blog post, our drama topic would be one of the best school series: Who Are You School 2015. I just finished it recently so my delight and excitement is still on the road!

Credits: Who Are You: School 2015 kdrama poster

Basic Info:

Genre: Mystery, Romance, School/Youth

Highlifght topic: School Bullying

Viki Ratings:9.4

Starring(Main Casts): Kim So Hyun, Nam Joo Hyuk, Yook Sungjae

Here's the MV Trailer for this drama: (These trailer is the best way to undestand the focused concept of this drama rather than the summarized plot provided).

Summary plot:

Set at a prestigious private high school in Gangnam, Seoul, South Korea. Eun-Byeol is a popular student at the private high school. She goes missing and returns, but she has lost her memory. She tries to find out the truth. 
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My Personal Rate: 9.2/10  Episodes watched: 16(completed)
REVIEW:

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This drama fits perfectly for students and school community. It gives an insight and awareness of the issues of school bullying and outcasting of students. This drama features school bullying in a serious and deep tone that makes you empathize with both the victim and the bully in different views.
Acting: This one is the first thing I want to praise with, in this drama. The twin sisters(Lee Eun Bi and Go Eun Byul) have contrasting personalities and these roles are played by only one person:Kim So Hyun. She totally slayed her acting. Her body language, voice tones, and the look in her eyes; you can automatically distinguish who's role is she playing with in the scene. She also played the dramatic scenes really well since you'll really feel the melancholy mood and tension with just one teardrop coming from her eyes.

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(Lee Eun Bi being bullied) Credits: PinkMarshMallowBlog

(Go Eun Byul confronting a bully) Credits: Tumblr

Characters: 
My favorite character is Go Eun Byul who plays a prickly, secretive, brave and well-rounded character in this drama. Her contrasting personality from her twin sister makes it more exciting since she's the one who always protects her and she's the character whom you'll be afraid to go against with.

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The character of Gong Tae Kwang is also a fascinating and well-played character in this drama: being a happy-go-lucky and reckless student with sufferings from the problems of his household. I also got a very bad Second Lead Syndrome because of him. It's sad that he has never played a role where he ends up with someone(even in the drama Goblin, he still ended up being a loner, lol)

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Another character that amused me is Cha Song Joo. She plays Go Eun Byul's best friend. I like her loyalness and understanding towards the struggles that her friend is going through. Her own struggles in this drama feature how she chooses between loyalness or betraying a friend for her dreams of becoming a model/artist.





The character of Lee Eun Bi, the main character is a developing character althroughout the drama. Her journey of being a victim of bullying makes her stand up for herself as she encounters suddenly an unfamiliar life where she has friends and a family to support her. Sometimes, I face-palmed myself for her weaknesses but later on, I love how she develops gradually and realistically.

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The character of Park Min Joon is also an interesting and realistic character. He portrays being the class president of the class who is hardworking and smart. He struggles with his mom's pressure towards his academics, leaving him feeling overwhelmed. His character's story eventually led to a life lesson that school grades aren't the most important as a student, but the passion you have on what you do for it to have a purpose.

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Moreover, the school teacher's character named Kim Joon-Seok is also one of the supportive and best characters in this drama. He played a very supportive and parental teacher. I love how he treats his students like his own children (such as scenes where he's the one who initiates to go to the police station when his students got into trouble.)

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The antagonist of this drama played her role impressively! You'll know it once you feel that vexing and furious urge to come after her in the drama. You'll know it once you asked yourself "God, is he/she even human?". Yup, the character of  Kang So Young really fired up my nerves in this drama. She played the role being the school bully(one of the worst I've ever seen) who's about to get her own taste of medicine. I like how they humanized the antagonist with regrets and own struggles in her own household.

(Kang So Young devilish smile) Credits: Dramabeans

(Kang So Young realizing her mistakes and learning a lesson) Credits:vb.eqla3.com 

Lastly, I want to include the character of Seo Young Eun. I know she's just a supporting cast in this drama who only appeared on really few episodes. But for me, this character really touches me the most.  Her character portrays an outcast who tries to make friends with being the pocket-money kid who spends a lot for her accompanies. She's aware of her behavior but she keeps doing it for she's content and in need to have friends.

SOUNDTRACKS:
I really enjoyed this drama's OST (Original Sound Track) entitled 'Reset' by Tiger JK. The lyrics of it(well, according to english subtitles since its a korean song, lol) completely suits the theme of the drama and sets an appropriate mood on scenes.
EDITING:
I just want to give credit on how great the editing skills are in this drama to make it look like the twins(played by one actress) are two separate people.

(How they edited this scene) Credits: Radio Kpop Replay)

Overall, this awesome drama is worthwhile watching. It's deep, relatable and meaningful. This drama doesn't only focus on victimized students of bullying, but all the struggles of different kinds of students in general. Personally, I learned a lot from it, especially from the character's life principles(Highlight: Go Eun Byul).

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So that's it for now, folks! Hope you like this review. See you on the next blog post! :) Annyeong! (bye)