Duty After School (2023)

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Duty After School tells the story of the senior students at Sungjin High School as they are drafted to fight against the attack of a group of mysterious creatures that have covered the sky. 

Imagine you're a twelve grader, and you are already stressed because of final examinations, but then mysterious creatures suddenly fall from the sky and are attacking the whole country, and now you are drafted to fight them as an 18-year-old. But don't forget, after the whole war is over, you still have to do the final examinations! Honestly, I would rather just die.

This is honestly one of my favorite Korean dramas ever. I love everything about this, except for the ending, but I won't spoil it. Don't worry. One of my favorite things about this is definitely the friendship, I love how the whole class stuck together until the end, even if they weren't so close before. I guess they bonded over the trauma. All they had was each other, after all, since it was difficult to contact their family. 

I gave this a 9/10, minus one, because of the ending. I remember I was so mad watching it. They went through all of that just to end up like that? I promised to not spoil too much, but I can't help but rant about this. Gook Yeong Soo, just so you know, I still hate you to this day.

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