There will be a second season ( yay!) and it is my hope that the writers don’t ruin this friendship by trying to force a love triangle between this trio or by having Joo-Yeon become jealous of Mun’s interest in another girl. They literally drop everything to rush to his aid. In one scene near the end of the series, Mun - who has always tried to protect the bullied Woong-Min - calls his friends, sobbing, asking for their help. After losing his mother and father, his friends became his de facto parents, he said, even though they are all the same age. The friendship between Mun, Woong-Min and Joo-Yeon is so sweet and special that it was one of my favorite aspects of this series. And he is best friends with Woong-Min (Kim Eun-soo) and Joo-Yeon (Lee Ji-won). (He lived with his grandparents for most of the week due to his parents’ hectic schedules.) He is a good boy, who helps care for his grandmother, who has Alzheimer’s disease. In reality, he missed them and wanted to spend time with them.
He is racked with guilt, because he had fibbed to them, saying he needed them to pick him up early because he had forgotten his schoolwork. As an 11 year old, he was in an automobile accident that killed his police officer parents.
Mun is a high school student who walks with a severe limp. And in a rarity for Korean dramas, there is no second lead syndrome romance to mess with the plot.
#Jo byung gyu who are you school 2015 series
Well written and terrifically acted, the series is suspenseful and heartwarming. I realize it’s barely two months into 2021, but I imagine that “The Uncanny Counter” will be on my year-end list of best K-Dramas.
↑ Note: Korean names denote the surname followed by the given name.