High School Return of a Gangster (2024)

DIFFERENT STORYLINE THAT WILL KEEP YOU LAUGHING AND ENTERTAINED!

Tbh I haven’t been able to find a good kdrama for months and I felt myself slipping from kdramas but when I heard that Jaehyun and Chanyoung were acting together, I had to check it out and I am so glad I did! I found myself laughing every episode to crying during the last episode. I loved the bromance and character development between the characters were phenomenal! Don’t get me started on the storyline! I watched this drama with no context and I am really suprised yay how good the plot was. This drama lowkey gives me old school vibe a little bit with the acting and ost which I loved. Definitely a 10/10 (AND CAN WE TALK ABOUT HOW GOOD CHANYOUNG PORTRAYED BOTH THE VULNERABLE TEEN AND THE MATURE GANGSTER LIKE THIS MAN NEVER DISAPPOINTS!!)

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BEST SCHOOL 2024 for sure !

It is with a lot of emotion that I write this review because episode 8 left me in tears but with joy, I reassure you.

High school return of a gangster tells the story of a gang leader who sees his mind transferred to the body of a high school after an accident with him that will cost him his life. At first glance I think directly of DUDE IN ME, a Korean film that I loved for its concept of a confident adult who enters the body of a high school without insurance. We find this same vibe and that's why I hooked directly. Although the drama is inspired by the yaoi novel indeed here we censor and get our hands on a gay romance preferring a bro-mance that is just as strong and significant. Let me tell you that even 8 episodes are too few because I don't feel like I'm wasting my time watching this drama with an enormous amount of interesting and positive content in terms of morality. We therefore follow the new life of the gangster in this new body where he has a second chance in life to succeed while conducting a good deed for the body and the person he occupies. We follow both school adventures, through review sessions with friends, violence and justice towards his host's former executioners and also very fun moments when he behaves like a padré at his age and everyone makes him big eyes when he speaks like an old man xD it was epic. we address the theme of fatherhood, school failure, school harassment, friendship. There are also sub-stories related to the upstream gang that takes us out of the school circle as well. I had a great time with them and I appreciated that the executioners had a lesson, something that had not been done in hierarchy, here we took the necessary measures, and to close in style, the final is surprising and tearful an end really that I had not seen coming and of which I am really delighted. I enjoyed the acting of the protagonists: the actor Jae Hyeon made a lot go through the look and had a lot of charm and sensitivity. And finally the hero, the actor chan young was incredible because he managed to play two caps, both the old fearful and introverted yi heon, and the new yi heon totally extroverted determined and dark, in addition to having to think and behave like an adult! I say hat. A great school and surely the best of the year! I fully recommend. 10/10 !!!

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one sitting

I was waiting for five days for the whole drama to be completed so I can watch without worrying for the next ep and no cliffhangering.

I really give this a 10/10 cause I really like storys /dramas like being possessed or becoming like a different person in just a flick, plus the acting is just 🤌🫦 french kiss!! I really like all the actor and actress ,bro ngl their acting is really good that at many points I want to strangle both the prosecutor and the secretary. they both got my nerve, that's how good their acting is (on the character not on the actor)

this drama is for those who is really into sudden change of characters, as far as I've watched I've seen no flaws on the production and acting the music was also great ,comedy was phenomenal♥️,and the many things that you can learn on this is really really great.

for example the way that you study or the way you handle things or maybe the way you make decisions for your own future,we also can learn on here that ' you'll never know unless you try.

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Very satisfying story

I am not familiar with the web novel of it I heard that the original stort las BL stories on it but the production removed it thats why there are many bashers were dismayed by it. Although they remove the BL story I can tell that this series is well made and they presented a good drama.
It is the story of a old gangster whose soul is being transferred to a young teenager. The teenager experience bullying and comes to a point where he wanted to end his life because he don't want to involved in the cruelity of bullying . One day the soul of the old man Kim Deuk Pal is being transferred to the student life of Song Hi Yeon, he then took the revenge for all the bullying that he experienced in their hands. He punished them and gave them lesson.
Kim Deuk Pal whose in the body of Song Hi Yeon found a real friend in Se Kyung, they shared experiences and the pains that they had to faced. There are many hindrance with their friendship, some people don't want them together because they believed that HI Yeon ia a bad influence at Se Kyung because they think that ML rs from a gangster wherein he is the one whose being bullied.
There are many lives haa been touched by KDP lives in SHY body. One of them is his men in gangster life. He cared so much to his family and makes sure that everything is being settled.
Although they remove the BL story I still get kilig with theie gestures. They pass to be in the BL series for me hehehe.
I super like this drama for its short and direct to the point, even if its a short series but levee a big impact and learns a lof of lessons.

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Rewatch value - 11 out of 10

I was hooked from the start and binge watched without initial expectations at the end - what a gem!
Just 8 episodes, could be more.
Heartwarming - I almost cried the whole 8 episode. Bromance - though bl elements were in place (hugs, support, escape to the beach and then to the motel, no hesitation to help each other).
The main thing: Im totally satisfied with the end, as there was no room for anything else. If Yi Heon returned - his life wouldnt be easy, just new difficulties : gangster resolved issues he saw, yes. However: did Yi Heon participated? Did he learnt how to deal with previous situations? No, he already gave up, and most importantly: who said it would be easy to even maintain what he would receive upon returning? It is sad, but true: from his perspective nothing has changed! He didnt resolve issues which led to suicide, and if he returned he would face new level of challenges just to maintain what Deuk Pal achieved - so technically, circumstances havent changed a lot to allow him to return and continue happy life. I would be rooting for Yi Heon return in two cases: if both could return and stay friends, or if Yi Heon actively participated in his life changes under Deuk Pal mentorship - but that will be completely different drama/scenario.
I also love humor in the drama and mature resolution of issues, without questioning or plot holes. No annoying characters or toxicity without redemption.

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A surprising friendship.

This is the bromance I didn't expect to stumble upon. We follow a young teenager, Yi Heon, who in his suicide attempt, welcomes the soul of a gangster, Kim Deuk Pal, into him. The premise is simple, he goes from a bullied, lonely and hopeless young man to a studious, social, popular one who likes to uphold justice in his school.
There, he 'meets', or at least connects with another young man, Se Kyung, with whom he will form a very strong friendship as this one tries to uncover Yi Heon's secret behind his change of personality. We witness scenes of friendship and support between the two young men from abusive households. They come to support each other.

I really didn't expect from the synopsis that this would turn out to be a bromance, I thought it would be a typical drama where the 'loser' reclaims his life, but it offers a better perspective that he finds people who care about him.

Similarly, the plot develops a little (as much as 8 episodes allow) with a secretary skemming to take the place of the chairman's wife, because yes Yi Heon turns out to be the illegitimate son of a rich chairman from a construction company. Along the way, Yi Heon meets Kim Deuk Pal's acquaintances, who obviously doesn't recognize him with his new body, this leads to a lot of action and misunderstandings.

Overall, it's really a 'break' series, that we consume between series that are very long or emotionally heavy. It's light and enjoyable, I would have liked the series to benefit from more episodes just to watch the friendship between Yi Heon and Se Kyung, but it makes sense that there are only 8 episodes.

The production and the actors are good. Yoon Chan Young is a rising actor that I kept my eyes on after his breakout series on Netflix, he keeps choosing interesting projects mixing action and complex acting, so to be continued.

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