The bullying in this drama was based on actual Korean events and to this degree.

My Name is a great revenge story (kdrama)

Here's my promise to you: it's worth it in the end.

You should definitely have stress balls. It's intense. But I promise...it brings all, "The Glory"!

Can't wait for episode 2.

Tbf I've heard some horror stories about Korean high school kids being able to get away with practically anything to how the law functions in Korea, the most that will happen is they have to write an apology letter and the parents may have to pay some form of compensation that's it

yeah this isn´t bullying that´s assault straight up like wtf

What scares me even more is that one of the accused is a nurse and another went into social work.

Yeah, one of the reason why my family moved to a lot of countries. I was bullied heavily for my appearances. I'm an albino and for some reason, that's a reason to treat me less than a human. If you're rich in korea, you can practically get away with almost anything.

@@user-mAfuNqrSe020x Random little bit of Trivia, but the statue of lady justice in Korea is the only one in the world without the signature blindfold

It’s not just real cases, it’s the authors personal bullying stories. The writer wanted to get her revenge through the story

@@thexvault this isn’t true, the biggest cases are completely unrelated to the author. At most, some are inspired by what her daughter has seen. I’m sure she has some experiences of her own but she has never implied she pulled directly from her own life and that’s okay. Not every story has to be personal, she can speak up for others

@@thexvault um not true

@@thexvault Someone lied to you because that is not true at all.

"Sweet Home" let's go! LOL. I love it because it hits so many things, so many ages. But, I love the horror and the kindnesses. The ability to change...and make it be for the better. My 46yo brother is fully in the kdrama love stories hole.

Wish there were more reactors for kdramas...there are so many great ones there...

He said he want's to say it's unrealistic, but he do know that it isn't.

Yeah, they know that. Eric literally said in his next sentence that he knows for a fact that stuff like this does happened all over the world, and the guys agreed with him.

Almost like he said that or some shit. Crazy

I think it is brought up but very glossed over and cheesy "Hey loser, nice backpack" lines.

@@Sthuthukile I mean, I got called cheesier and unoriginal things before. Now that I think about it, very very cringe inducing things like McGeek and nerd. Not to mention I was slightly obese when I was younger so I had to deal with very unimaginative fat insults.

I think most of the times, bullying is not the main theme. It's a pity that recently a Korean bullying case was brought up in KZfaq and the perpetrator mocked the victim as if she's acting like The Glory's main character (saying like "What, do you think you're Song He-kyo now?") instead of apologizing. On one hand, the drama somehow made an impact for a victim to speak up. On another hand, no matter how many times it's brought up, there's no drama that could make an impact about bullying like The Glory did.

Especially for Japan(or any Asian country really I suppose) they got major issues with it. But everywhere should stay aware.

I would also add the United States to the list considering that there are bullied kids that have then become school shooters as a result of the bullying and due to not having any support structure in their life to deter them from that path.

That I agree! 💯

real

most satisfting revenge story indeed !!!!

yes!

You should watch taxi driver​@@pklivin1

It happened to this girl you can look it up on KZfaq and she talked about it

Bullying in Kdramas are exaggerated Yes, there are some bad cases once in a while, but that's just something that happens everywhere.

@@Yasmine11011nah it’s not. It’s pretty horrible because there is no justice. They don’t punish minors over there. Why you think the suicide rates are among the highest in the world.

@@Yasmine11011 You might have to rethink that, it's so bad in Korea this is even the tip of the iceberg

@@Yasmine11011 actual koreans said that the show even underplayed what the bullying is actually like there and that it was tame

Corporeal punishment was legal until like a decade ago, I’m sure the US isn’t far from bringing it back

@@jasminewilliams1673 not where I live. But being legal or the norm doesn't mean that it's right

Its the same for any country

@xvii_medusa_xvii no its clearly not, most bullying does not get that far due to law and social reasons, people may be bullied for not being popular and a vague heirachry, in Asia hierarchy is more rigid and pronounced, in the west adults or police would be more likely to have gotten involved due to the extremity of the case, and the fact they were doing it so openly

@@Yasmine11011no it doesn’t, in Korea they don’t prosecute minors for their crimes… for the worst crimes every you can get a maximum sentence of 2 years in juvenile detention with community service, and your crimes won’t go on record, it will be like it never happened

​@@Yasmine11011Not really, in my country students glorify those who are good academically and it doesn't matter if they're rich or poor. Also schools here do not tolerate this kind of violence, there was this bullying incident that occurred in 2018, when a student physically bullied a schoolmate inside the bathroom of the campus. The incident was captured on video and was met with widespread shock and outrage on social media, with local celebrities, politicians, and netizens denouncing the incident. Soon the government expanded the anti-bullying law of 6 years imprisonment and a fine of 2,000 dollars.

​@@Yasmine11011nah its extreme in South Korea you should read some articles and watch videos on it..many victims have spoken up and shared their experiences its literally the worst thing ever

Same T_T

They watched Squid Game previously...they've also watched a number of foreign tv shows and movies. The guys also talked about wanting to watch more foreign content. This reaction is not surprising at all if you pay attention.

@@kaiser_suzi_ squid game blew up internationally tho (same with parasite movie) Thats not a fair comparison i feel like Just saying- Also ive been watching kdrama for a while and from the theme itself, squid game is more appealing to international audience while the glory is more of a suspense drama which is why i didnt expect it to appear here

​@@creampuffismethe glory blew up as well. Obviously not as much as Squid game.

Yeeeees My Name is so good

I loved that one

Agreeeed, My Name is so good

Yes!

The ending was pretty suck tho (or more like the plot at the end)

That’s how he encouraged you. That’s how you get encouraged in the military. At least in the past. You completely misunderstood his intentions. That’s the problem with this generation. You all excepting to be treated like little babies and want to get spoiled and cuddled.

@@Ateezwooyoung Mate they weren't in the military, they were at school. Where you are changes how you act, and talk. Teachers aren't meant to act that way, whether they have a military background or not.

@@Ateezwooyoung imagine saying this SERIOUSLY! And imagine this saying this with a kpop profile picture and name, I am sure your favorite group and members would be so grossed out knowing a fan of theirs said that. How laughably sad.

Only korea?? Everywhere

@@luckyblue2758 no, but korea is another level like... i saw some news about a groups of bullies basically kidnapping a kid and pinching his eye with a frickin NEEDLE and the fact they cant get ounished bc they are minors is just wow

@@luckyblue2758 ⁠it’s a problem everywhere, yes, but the issue with korea is the social culture and laws side with the bully. In the korean language alone there is a systemic way to talk to people based on social hierarchy. This means the way you talk to someone older than you is way different than someone younger than you, not just tonely, but there are grammatical differences. Even if someone is only a year older than you, you have to treat them like they are a higher being than you. I’ll explain through schools (since this is where some of the most severe cases of Korean bullying occur). Often cases the bully is an upper class men, if not they are considered “higher” than the victim due to factors such as economic social standing (how wealthy their family is). This strict social and linguistic rule to respect your elders and superiors comes back from confucianism. Because this economic social standing comes first, even though the students are younger than the teachers, if they (or their families) have more social power than the teachers, they are the superiors. This in itself would cause intense bullying, but the legal system doesn’t help. In South Korea, if you are younger than 10 you can’t be charged for any crime you commit… it doesn’t matter how severe the crime was, even if it was unaliving someone you would get nothing. 10-13 can be tried under Juvenile court if the case is ‘severe enough’ which really doesn’t mean anything since that means each judge gets to decide. Once you are 14-19 you are charged under Juvenile court. Once you are 20 you are charged under the criminal act (essentially as an Adult) The reason this is insane is because if you are charged under the Criminal Act you can face maximum of 20 years imprisonment (due to Korean laws working in a unique way, they don’t stack crimes, they take the worst sentence and that’s what you serve, so if you unalived like 8 people in a brutal way, you wouldn’t get 8 sentences back to back, only 1 sentence for your worst crime). But if you are charged under the Juvenile Act, the most severe punitive action you can get is two years of incarceration at a juvenile detention center and community service without a criminal record. this intersection of legal systems and social hierarchy results in some of the most severe cases of school bullying in the world. Alongside social pressure for perfection from every human within Korea results in South Korea having one of the highest rates of self-unaliving in the world (in 2019 it was the 4th highest by country). And Suicide is the number one cause of death among South Koreans aged 10 to 39

@@lixjoonhoneymt7149 ig korea lucky they don't have guns so the victims can't come back and just shoot up the whole school

총으로 쏴죽이는 나라는 뭐라 말할거임?

Yes to Flower of Evil! That was one of my faves!

​@@Melanie-jy2nwmine too!

Vincenzo is so damn good!

Kingdom is really good, except the main character just absolutely urkes me to no end

Attorney Woo would be a good palet cleanser of adorableness after this show

I’ve watched so many podcasts and youtube videos that break down the actual case and it’s insanely heartbreaking… the revenge isn’t real but the experience of being bullied like that was true if not watered down… it’s so sad

@@lixjoonhoneymt7149 Wrong, the revenge was inspired by a real case as well, but from Japan. The guy planned it all out for over 13 years. He failed because his mother found his journal and called the police. Since his plan was to kill over 40 people, which included the bullies, the teachers and the other classmates. He got charged with attempted murder and terrorism.

@@Ateezwooyoung that’s a different case, and it’s possible that’s the inspiration, i’m saying that in the case of the curling iron and other korean cases that seem to be the inspiration for the bullying in the drama, the revenge didn’t happen, because korean law basically sides and helps the criminal if they are a minor (if you are a minor in korean, below a certain age you can’t get any punishment, and above a certain age before age of majority you can only get up to 2 years in juvenile detention and then you don’t get any time after [even if you commit unaliving someone else])

I agree that often bullies just bully for the sake of it. Cos of mob mentality or wanting to look cool, or simply bc its how they entertain their pathetic selves. But just bc you think you know whats going on in the life of a bully, doesn't mean you do. (Not that it makes any difference to the victim, nor does it excuse the bully's actions)

True stories

omg I just left a comment about Kingdom it's my favorite zombie show ever and in my top 5 Korean shows I've seen so far

I hope so too.. It's so good!

Seriously Kingdom is awesome!

my name and weak hero class 1 are my two fav shows ever, SO GOOD, i need these reactions asapp

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