i love how bitter sweet the ending of ep4. they are not only punishing her, but also gave closure for her. I know it's a fiction, but I sympathize and I kinda imagine how she will turn her life around after.

This tv series is very good!!! And I want season two!!!

this was great, it pulled you in within the first few and didn't let go. But if you couldn't handle "the glory" with song hye. kyo. Do not watch this due to the subject matter if the glory bothered you. The performances were strong all around and the writng was top notch.

The pilot episode really caught me off guard with its emotional weight. I went into the show knowing it was a massive hit but expecting something much darker and more dramatic than Taxi Driver. Instead, what really did it for me was the sudden shift to reality at the end of that first episode. The show forces you to sit with the permanent consequence of a student's tragic death and the raw survivor's guilt of everyone left behind. I am usually not one to get emotional or care about characters easily, but the narrative handled that grief with an unexpected gravity that genuinely made me tear up, in fact I often teared up watching the show. Beneath the stylized webtoon-y exterior, the show is clearly doing something right. Even when the show leans into comedy, it manages to maintain an entertaining balance. The humor is distinct from the sillier tone of Taxi Driver but it works well within this specific setting. Seeing the live-action production lean into those deliberate nods from the shared-universe drama Study Group, like having characters survive a high-floor window jump with a ridiculous level of durability, brings in an anime-like aspect that I actually do not like, but that's inherent considering almost every single one of these types of dramas are based off webtoons. The similarities to Taxi Driver eventually become impossible to ignore, especially when one of the stories plays out as a literal one-to-one copy. This derivative formula highlights a deeper issue with the show's entire premise. Because the vigilantism here is technically sanctioned by the law, the narrative struggles with a massive lack of stakes, and when there are finally stakes, they get out of it always too easily. You rarely ever have a reason to worry about the main characters because they have reliable systemic backing. Taxi Driver pulled this dynamic off much better simply because what they were doing was highly illegal, which naturally created genuine tension and danger that this show lacks. The structural differences do help separate them though, since this show wraps up a story per episode while Taxi Driver usually takes two or three episodes to breathe and introduce the case. There is also a clear gap when you compare the lead performances. Lee Je-hoon (Kim Do-gi) did a much better job in Taxi Driver at actually looking, acting, and fighting like a former Special Forces soldier. Even so, Kim Moo-yul (Na Hwa-jin) is still intimidating and charismatic enough to keep from pulling me out of the experience here, especially since his suit completely hides his build anyway. Still, for a debut season, it delivers a highly engaging and effective foundation that keeps you hooked on the central conflict, earning it a solid 8/10. Now let's hope a Season 2 would go the same way.

very interesting show with new story in every episode