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Great analysis here. Thanks for the video

U r so weak and bad at fighting unlike me btw i won't see reply

Love how you explained this complex charater, absolutely agreed on the subtle character development of Beomseok!! I watched this drama recently and rewatched it like you mentioned, it shows how deep the hurt lies and why he did what he did. So many praise Sieun for being violent against the bullies while hating Beomseok so much for hurting a very lovable character like Suho but fails to empathize and realise the trauma behind his actions.

WHC1 does a good job of showing the layers that build and build until it becomes too much for Beomseok to handle. People who blindly hate him need to realise that at the end of the day, ALL of them are teenagers (in terms of the trio) which makes this hard enough to handle as it is, not to mention his long term abvse to add to the problem; every emotion is being felt at its most extreme & with such a lack of life experience it's inevitable that you will hurt others mentally/physically even if you try to be the best you can to them (like how Sieun & Suho unintentionally contribute to Beomseok's insecurities or how Beomseok ends up acting towards them). I'm not saying we should excuse, forgive, or encourage what OBS ultimately ends up doing to Suho but more than one thing can be true at once, and he didn't do it out of malice but rather because he's been conditioned to perceive everything as a threat. I really enjoyed how you discussed this in the video & there's so many little details throughout the series I didn't even really pay mind to until you mentioned it! ♡

i’ve always been a huge fan of hong kyung and i’ve seen how carefully he chooses his roles and i can safely say beomseok was really one of his standout ones! his character really shined through during the latter half of the show as he gradually became more unstable, and it’s safe to say that it wasn’t a full 180, he was constantly pushed over the edge and his insecurities became even more palpable as he held suho to a different standard and got frustrated when he didn’t act the way he wanted him to and tried to look for it in other people when he couldn’t coax it out of suho. it was an incredible performance from hong kyung, supported even further by jihoon and hyunwook who matched his pace in the consistent back-and-forth tension. i know beomseok was the antagonist, but so were a lot of people. in a way, the latter half of whc1 became his story because we saw almost everything through his eyes. he had access to all the money which, in the world he was exposed to, should have made him invincible. i think that was further exacerbated by how his father made everything go away. you could just throw money at something and you pulled the strings. beomseok always needed to hide behind something. money, power, people. because he never believed he was enough. did that justify everything he did? of course not, just like whatever sieun and suho did also were not justified in their own right. but beomseok had genuine friends that he let slip through his fingers because he couldn’t assert himself more. because he didn’t believe he could be loved. beneath the façade of all the roles beomseok had played was just somebody begging to be protected. longing to be held. he was just a kid. they all were.

I think He got bpd

Beom seok like suho..

I can see myself in the main characters. It was really sad seeing Oh Beom Seok getting abused and bullied constantly. This show brought me to tears many times. I felt his pain. I was the loner at school and was bullied for being an introvert. I didn't have many friends. It was difficult but I'm glad I'm out of school and doing much better working and leveling up in life.

can you do a part 2 if possible? and other characters from the series if possible??

he's literally me. i could not hate him because in see me in him. he's misunderstood really.

I really love your in-depth analysis of his character!! Beom Seok is indeed complex and realistic. At the beginning of the show, he's already portrayed as a character with an unstable background, as he was not only abused at home but also bullied at school. This moulds him into a character who is constantly cautious and often rethinks his actions, as he is afraid of the outcomes they may create. However, it becomes evident as the scene goes on that he develops a more violent and aggressive personality. His character shows us the effects of abuse in different ways, and viewers overlook that because they think he did it solely because Sooho did not follow him on Instagram. However, if we pay more attention to him in the show, there are many instances where he is triggered, which leads him to be an abuser near the end of the show. He doesn't feel like he has anyone on his side, and even though he spends time with Si Eun and Sooho, he believes that he is inferior to them and feels left out in the group. He was also triggered when Young Yi joined his friend group, since he thought she stole his place because they paid less attention to him. It is clear that he was seeking validation-the attention that he never received from his family. Nevertheless, he seeks the most validation from Sooho, that being said, because he is the strongest in the friend group. Apart from that, his inferiority complex made the situation worse. Sooho was everything Beom Seok wanted to be; he wa confident, strong, outspoken and looked up to. On the other hand, Beom Seok was weak, insecure and hated himself. We can see the difference in his emotions towards Sooho, from looking up to him to gradually resenting him because he could never have those qualities. Additionally, Sooho insulting him triggers his emotions, which makes him hate Sooho even more. This foreshadows their fallout due to the lack of communication between those three. However, simplifying the solution that he should've told them how he felt is not as easy as that. The reason why Beom Seok is having a difficult time expressing himself is because of the way he grew up. It's devastating to see how Beom Seok was both the one who started the friendship and the one who ended it. Overall, I'm really amazed by how detailed and well-made his character is. He portrays trauma so realistically, both in terms of thoughts and emotions. Though I can see why some people hate him, he truly deserved so much better.

What if Seokdae replaced Young Yis role how would the dynamic be between Beom Seok&Seokdae :D

Great video, this must have been a lot of work. Excellent job, subscribed

Shi Eun must have regonized later how Beom Seok felt at the Coffee area so He offered to go with Him at Karaoke to buy Soft Drinks :D .

amazing video! the analysis was perfect and weak hero does it very good. really recommend 'how to buy a friend' it has a simiar vibe of high school teenager social problems with awesome characters

I hate him and only people that did not went through his shit are the ones that actually forgive him and are trying to make excuses for his character, thinking, "oh my god, but the circumstances made him be like that", that is not an excuse, I have been through shit, I know people who had it so much worse than this character yet they knew better not to act like the people who bullied them and wanted to be better. The character's backstory and circumstances are just shitty excuses for his disgusting personality. Plus I do really believe he started to feel an unhealthy attachement towards Soo hoo, love and obsession at the same time. Pathetic, I really wanted someone to teach him a lesson. Or just go and be miserable in Phillipines. Loved the video it is a really nice analysis, one advice, please try to cut the audio were you swalow or chew it is really hard to follow the video. Keep up <3

heyyy, its me again (third time omg, im truly obsessed with beomseok complex character).i actually watched weak hero class 1 two times (in less than idk, 5 days). i pretend to watch it again and rlly deep dive into him in special, i just have to find the timeee omg. the second time i watched it was bc i liked it so much, i recommended it to a friend and we watched it together. anyways, there are things that i remembered after seeing your video. after the fight in the park, suho and sieun are talking and like, completely forgets about beomseok. for me, that already shows how beomseok might think that they didnt really care about him from start. a really bad fight just happened and they didnt search for you, and you find them calmly talking with each other instead of searching for you. of course, at that time they werent that close, but it shows how sieun and suho were already bonding and beomseok was just.. a nice guy they know. and beomseok was obviously the weakest person in the trio, it only made sense to worry more for him. but they dont. and the next day after the fight, beomseok shows up to school limping (bc of his father beating). suho and sieun dont seem to notice. even if the day before after the fight he was fine and the last straw: when suho and sieun showed up to his house, beomseok tells them that he suffered bully1ng. suho response is to ask "why?". i mean.. i know it wasnt his intention, but its kinda f**ked up. beomseok must have felt so bad. he suffered all of that plus 4buse from his dad, and he must have asked himself a million times "why do i have to suffer this?". and to have other person, that you thought was your friend, to ask that too... thankfully, sieun stops suho. and with that, we already see how suho and beomseok dont understand each other i mean, this is my own opinion, but i think that even if beomseok told them what he was going through, suho wouldnt understand him (and tons of ppl say that they should've just talked). for me, beomseok is heart. he feels so much, he thinks and thinks and loses himself in his feelings, in silence. meanwhile, suho feels and reacts right away. he acts and doesnt fear acting. he punchs when he feels he should. i dont think he would understand why beomseok doesnt act, why beomseok just accepts everything until he breaks. sieun too, he would understand till a point. sieun is the middle ground between them. he is brain, he thinks carefully. he waits to act, and acts when he knows he can. he feels but doesnt loose himself. he understand the loneliness in beomseok, but dont understand how he express himself. in the end, beomseok is in the floor, waiting for the punch (he prefers to suffer physical punishment than suffer the emotional consequences) that never comes, and sieun asks "why did you do that?", to beomseok responds "i don't know... you of all people should understand." (this part hurts a lot). beomseok knew that sieun shared similiar feelings with him, but never in the same intensity and never truly the same. you should understand. you know why. but you dont wanna see it, feel it, comprehend it. anyways, thats it! its been so long since i watched whc1 that i dont even know if everything i said rlly happened. im gonna watch it again for sure. but for now, this is what i have. pls let me know what you think🩷, and sorry for always coming here to rant lol

damn i never noticed he wears white again at the end...excellent attention to detail

18:06 oh exactlyyy i thought i was the only one who noticed!!

i clapped multiple times and gave you a standing ovation for some of these lines you dropped throughout the video im so serious😭masterful analysis of his character and the show too omfg

3:26 I BURST OUT SCREAMING "THANK YOUUUUU" oh my god you get it frrrr

FINALLY A VIDEO EXPLAINING THE LAYERS TO HIS CHARACTER!!! i hate it when people watch this on a surface level and end up fully loathing him and calling him the villain. It's not easy to pull off such a complex character, Hong Kyung did a phenomenal job, and it was only my first time watching him and i knew he was going straight into my favourites list! There are also many people who don't understand why Beomseok did what he did even though everything, all the reasons and the story was right there in front of them, this show ain't for the weak yo And also this is why WHC1 remains my favourite show of all time since i first watched it. It's very well put together and beautifully crafted, there is a lot you will miss on your initial watch like you said. I did too, i rewatched it multiple times, then. It's also crazy to me how Yoo Sumin created the perfect show with so many layers and complexities from start to finish and it was only his debut for writing a drama! Goated show and goated cast and crew

Never really hated this character........rather it was sad cause the 2 protagonists were so oblivious to his suffering........and simply told him to stop it.........Bruh he was an orphan, picked up by strangers, and one of them physically abused him, thats some deep shit. Sadly looks like this character will not be saved by anyone unlike the other two.

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I just finished the series and I LOVE YOUR video. I will say I automatically hated his character when I thought sooho died but when I found out he was alive and beom soek was remorseful I felt bad for him again

The thing im not understanding is why his anger was only towards Sooho ?? The only thing that's making sense for me is him having feelings for SooHo

i was totally immersed in the crafting of beomseok from the start and the more i dug in, i couldn’t despise him even after all the things he’d done. i don’t justify his actions but miscommunication was the main cause that tore his bonds with suho and sieun apart, especially suho because when beomseok expressed his discomfort in suho putting his arms on his shoulders, suho shouldn’t have continued it. however, they were both teens, we just couldn’t expect them to pay attention to minor things, not to mention suho, despite being kind-hearted, is sometimes reckless to notice his actions hurt beomseok somehow. it hurts too much to see their friendship going downhill in the worst way.

I personally relate to Beomseok a lot and that's sad but that's how one of the first things I noticed with the whole confronting his bullies scene is that Sooho and Sieun never turn to violence to "protect" him. Like they already know the amount of abuse he endured at the hands of these people and even after they witness the insincerity and bile that apology held, they choose to not let their emotions dictate them. It's not a bad thing but with how twisted Bumseok's world and morals are, this was the last straw and it could also be seen as a betrayal because we have seen both of these characters use extreme violence while they dealt with their own matters. Examples that Bumseok witnessed are -- Sieun's response to being drugged; Sooho protecting himself when he was targetted by those seniors; and lastly the situation that started their friendship, Sooho and Bumseok saving Sieun from thugs. These were all situation where Sooho and Sieun used violence to protect themselves but somehow that "protection" did not extend to Bumseok and to helping him out with his situation. Telling Sooho and Sieun everything about the bullies left Bumseok feeling vulnerable but he at least felt like he could trust them. He must've felt safe with his friends being there while they confronted the bullies. And in that moment of safety he let go and allowed himself to express his anger which he otherwise would've been too afraid to do or would not have done at all. We see his disdain to turn towards violence when the show starts and we've seen how he slowly becomes used to it, and Sooho and Sieun definitely play a part there. So when Sooho tried to stop him and calm him down, that must've made him feel small again in front of the bullies. He was vulnerable, ashamed and he already felt pathetic so to see Sooho and Sieun's reaction (that could be viewed as condescending) -- when finally it was his turn to make amends using the very tool he has seen all these other people around him use -- must've been devastating and made him think of them as hypocrites. Anyway these are my two cents and how I interpreted Bumseok's character arc.

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Your video is exactly true while I was watching series I thought it's cuz sometimes it get hard to accept someone new suddenly in our group for some people in group and what happen to him that's why he become like this and feel the way he is feeling when that's not what his friends Indentions is for him as a Viewer we know what's happening but as a chrachter we don't that's what happen it dose happen b/w them

hii its me again (i just posted the other comment but anyways), i found your blog and in one of your reviews you said you like solomons perjury!! i actually love this kdrama too, it was what made me seek more dramas that are deep, about crim1nal investigations, bull1ing and hard themes like that. so, i just wanted to recommend strangers from hell, as it is my favorite series. i think you would like jongwoo, not that i find his character that likable, its just that its kinda easy to identify with him and also bc we see him transform through the kdrama, so he is kinda similar to beomseok in that aspect. hm yeah, its just this that i wanted to say. i think we have similar interests so i got too excited lol. keep up with the good work💖

warning: this is gonna be a long comment thank you for the video. i'm with a severe case of beomseok brain rot right now bc i finished watching this kdrama just earlier today (i watched all eps in less than 24h lol😭). and i love analysis of antagonists with deep background stories so im rlly grateful for this video. his character is one of my favorites of like, all time. he reminds me of do-kyung of the game: towards zero, as they both go through a path of suffering, being victims, and later on they bloom as 4busers bc of their journey. (ps: i dont rlly like the plot of the game towards zero but if you can ignore the main plot and focus on the antagonist portrayed by lim ju hwan who slayed with his acting, i recommend watching it). but yeah, weak hero class 1 is super great and they did so well with acting and plot. i like how they portray how ppl who are victims can go through different paths. if you think about it, sieun suffered too (although i would say his case was a lot less severe) but he didnt actually "lose his mind" as beomseok did. i want to say too that at the begging i thought beomseok had a crush on sooho💀 and that he was bullied bc he liked men?. but yeah... its not rlly that. i think he may have liked sooho a little (bc if he didnt, he would get obsessed with sieun too) but it soon developed into an obsession and it got mixed with his trauma

Just finished watching the series (and sobbing). Thanks for this analysis!

I didn't notice a lot of this things and this is the reason why i like watching analysis of series or mv and THANK YOU for this. but i already loved this character for being this complicated, hard and easy to hate and the end when he said a thing like "i don't know why i did that" while feeling guilty and maybe even wanting to be hit by si eun, I LOVED IT. this character was that complicated that made a lot of people get impulsive and hate him and i loved that too, the ones that made this are REALLY smart.

I honestly thought he had feelings for Ah Soo. Even though I noticed all of this

Finally! I found someone who straight up doesn't claim that they hate beom seok and appreciates the depth of his character. As you said, the portrayal of his development was great, hong kyung did an amazing job indeed. Oh beom seok is my favourite Weak Hero Class character so I obviously am biased towards him, but I believe that if someone realizes all those things you talked about - things which shaped him to be who he is and who he becomes later on - it's hard to truly hate him. When you think about it beom seoks story is incredibly sad, his behavior is understandable and that's why he is such a great antagonist/villain of the story (being a victim at the same time). All in all, I am very thankful that you made this video, hope more people will watch it and take interest in beom seoks character! Really, it's such an interesting video :)

tysm for explaining it

Can u do other character too?? Like yeon sieun??

Such an interesting video. Thank your for taking the time of making this, even though he's not near a favorite character of mine he's definitely so fun to explore. Loved your approach to his abuse and how you didn't villainize his very action, which is something so common amongst antagonists who happen to also be victims. Again, such a good video!

Great video! This helps me understand him better