Script Book vs Final Cut: The Dream Scene That Made Us All Cry

πŸ“ Episode 8 is where adrenaline and tears collide in the most devastating way possible. From the moment Si-eun walks out of that hospital corridor like “pure murder catwalking down a runway” (yes, a subscriber actually wrote that and it broke my brain 🧠) to that yellow-lit dream sequence that destroys us all – this episode is an emotional masterpiece that critics calling “implausible” completely fail to understand.

⚠️ Please ignore any Korean text that appears – I’ve noticed Korean fans also visit my blog, so I include Korean translations below paragraphs to help their understanding πŸ™

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The Comment That Completely Blew Me Away

Recently, one of my subscribers left a comment that just hooked me completely. They were talking about episode 8, you know that scene where Si-eun spends the night watching over Su-ho’s hospital bed with Yeong-i, and then he walks out through that hospital corridor? Well, they described it like this:

Something has snapped in his mind. It’s like pure murder catwalking down a runway.

πŸ”₯ Pure murder catwalking? I was totally blown away by that phrase. That comment made me go back and rewatch episode 8, and honestly? It’s my favorite episode of the entire series. Everything just comes to a head – all those pent-up emotions finally burst out like a dam breaking.

But there’s this criticism floating around that Si-eun’s revenge lacks credibility. The “Why would he go that far for someone he only knew for 41 days?” question. This critique is as hard for me to swallow as the one-dimensional reviews that dismiss Beom-seok as merely some Instagram-obsessed attention-seeker blinded by jealousy. Both interpretations completely miss the sophisticated emotional architecture that the series builds over eight carefully crafted episodes.

μ΅œκ·Όμ— ν•œ κ΅¬λ…μžκ°€ μ™„μ „νžˆ μ €λ₯Ό μ‚¬λ‘œμž‘μ€ λŒ“κΈ€μ„ λ‚¨κ²ΌμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. 8화에 λŒ€ν•΄ μ–˜κΈ°ν•˜λ©΄μ„œ, μ‹œμ€μ΄κ°€ μ˜μ΄μ™€ ν•¨κ»˜ 수호 병상을 λ°€μƒˆ μ§€ν‚€κ³  λ‚˜μ„œ 병원 볡도λ₯Ό κ±Έμ–΄ λ‚˜κ°€λŠ” κ·Έ μž₯면을 μ΄λ ‡κ²Œ λ¬˜μ‚¬ν–ˆμ–΄μš”: “그의 정신에 λ­”κ°€ λŠμ–΄μ§„ 것 κ°™λ‹€. 마치 μˆœμˆ˜ν•œ 살인이 λŸ°μ›¨μ΄λ₯Ό κ±·λŠ” 것 κ°™λ‹€” 이 ν‘œν˜„μ— μ™„μ „νžˆ λ†€λžκ³ , 덕뢄에 8ν™”λ₯Ό λ‹€μ‹œ 보게 λμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. 정말 전체 μ‹œλ¦¬μ¦ˆμ—μ„œ κ°€μž₯ μ’‹μ•„ν•˜λŠ” μ—ν”Όμ†Œλ“œμ΄κ³ μš”.

ν•œνŽΈ, μ‹œμ€μ΄μ˜ λ³΅μˆ˜κ°€ ν˜„μ‹€μ„±μ΄ μ—†λ‹€λŠ” λΉ„νŒμ΄ μžˆλŠ”λ°, “κ³ μž‘ 41일 μ•Œμ•˜λ˜ 친ꡬλ₯Ό μœ„ν•΄ μ™œ κ·Έλ ‡κ²ŒκΉŒμ§€?” λΌλŠ” μ‹μ˜ 의문이죠. 이런 λΉ„νŒμ€ 8화에 걸쳐 μΉ˜λ°€ν•˜κ²Œ μŒ“μ•„μ˜¬λ¦° 감정적 ꡬ쑰λ₯Ό μ™„μ „νžˆ λ†“μΉ˜κ³  있고, 이 μ•„λ¦„λ‹€μš΄ μˆ˜μž‘μ„ 1차원 적으둜 보고 κ΄€λ‘λŠ” 것과 λ§ˆμ°¬κ°€μ§€μ˜ μ‹œκ°μ΄λΌ μƒκ°ν•©λ‹ˆλ‹€.

Si-eun’s bloodstained white uniform after his revenge at Jisung High – the aftermath of a psychological breakdown that was years in the making. (Source: Weak Hero Class 1, Wavve/Netflix)

The Shallow Take That Misses Everything

When viewers question the plausibility of Si-eun’s actions in episode 8, they’re essentially asking why a 16-year-old boy would risk everything to avenge someone who fundamentally changed his world. The answer doesn’t lie in how long they knew each other, but in the depth of transformation that Su-ho brought to Si-eun’s previously barren emotional landscape.

Critics who wonder “why he’d go that far for a 41-day friend” are missing something fundamental about how teenagers experience connection. When I watch those scenes, I don’t see 41 days – I see a lifetime of isolation finally ending, and then that lifeline being cut.

8ν™”μ—μ„œ μ‹œμ€μ΄μ˜ 행동에 λŒ€ν•΄ ν˜„μ‹€μ„±μ„ μ˜μ‹¬ν•˜λŠ” μ‹œμ²­μžλ“€μ€ 본질적으둜 16μ„Έ μ†Œλ…„μ΄ μ™œ μžμ‹ μ˜ 세상을 근본적으둜 바꿔놓은 μ‚¬λžŒμ„ μœ„ν•΄ λͺ¨λ“  κ±Έ κ±Έκ³  λ³΅μˆ˜ν•˜λ € ν•˜λŠ”μ§€ 묻고 μžˆλŠ” κ±°μ˜ˆμš”. 닡은 μ–Όλ§ˆλ‚˜ 였래 μ•Œμ•˜λŠλƒκ°€ μ•„λ‹ˆλΌ μˆ˜ν˜Έκ°€ μ‹œμ€μ΄μ˜ λ©”λ§ˆλ₯Έ 감정적 고립에 κ°€μ Έλ‹€μ€€ λ³€ν™”μ˜ κΉŠμ΄μ— μžˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€.

“41일 친ꡬλ₯Ό μœ„ν•΄ μ™œ κ·Έλ ‡κ²ŒκΉŒμ§€” ν•˜λŠ”μ§€ μ˜μ•„ν•΄ν•˜λŠ” 비평가듀은 10λŒ€λ“€μ΄ μ–΄λ–»κ²Œ 관계λ₯Ό κ²½ν—˜ν•˜λŠ”μ§€μ— λŒ€ν•œ 근본적인 감정을 λ”°λΌκ°€λŠ” 것을 λ†“μΉ˜κ³  μžˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. κ·Έ μž₯면듀을 λ³Ό λ•Œ μ €λŠ” 41일이 μ•„λ‹ˆλΌ ν‰μƒμ˜ 고립이 λ§ˆμΉ¨λ‚΄ λλ‚˜μžλ§ˆμž μžμ‹ μ˜ 생λͺ…쀄이 λŠμ–΄μ§€λŠ” κ±Έ λ³Ό 수 μžˆλŠ”λ°μš”.

The Parallel Structure of Si-eun’s Breaking Points

To fully appreciate the emotional narrative of Episode 8, we need to examine the parallel structure between Si-eun’s first explosion and his final one. Initially, when the bullies threatened his academic performance – the only thing that mattered to him at the time – Si-eun completely lost control. We witnessed how terrifyingly this boy could transform when something precious to him was attacked.

But there’s a crucial change: by Episode 8, Si-eun’s priorities had fundamentally shifted. The boy who had only gotten one question wrong even with a fentanyl patch on his neck ended up missing multiple questions on his final exam due to Su-ho’s mysterious absence. This represents the fundamental transformation that occurred within Si-eun. From academics to relationships, from grades to emotions, from isolation to love. And Su-ho was at the center of all these changes.

8ν™”λ₯Ό λͺ¨λ“  감정적 μ„œμ‚¬λ₯Ό μ˜¨μ „νžˆ 느끼렀면, μ‹œμ€μ΄μ˜ 첫 번째 폭발과 λ§ˆμ§€λ§‰ 폭발 μ‚¬μ΄μ˜ λŒ€μΉ­ ꡬ쑰λ₯Ό μ‚΄νŽ΄λ΄μ•Ό ν•©λ‹ˆλ‹€. μ²˜μŒμ—λŠ” 일진듀이 그의 ν•™μ—… μ„±κ³Ό – λ‹Ήμ‹œ κ·Έμ—κ²Œ μœ μΌν•˜κ²Œ μ€‘μš”ν–ˆλ˜ 것 – λ₯Ό μœ„ν˜‘ν–ˆμ„ λ•Œ μ‹œμ€μ΄λŠ” μ™„μ „νžˆ ν†΅μ œλ ₯을 μžƒμ—ˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. κ·Έκ°€ μ†Œμ€‘ν•˜κ²Œ μ—¬κΈ°λŠ” κ±Έ 곡격받을 λ•Œ 이 μ†Œλ…„μ΄ μ–Όλ§ˆλ‚˜ λ¬΄μ„­κ²Œ λŒλ³€ν•˜λŠ”μ§€ λͺ©κ²©ν–ˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€.

ν•˜μ§€λ§Œ μ€‘μš”ν•œ λ³€ν™”κ°€ μžˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€: 8화에 이λ₯΄λŸ¬μ„œλŠ” μ‹œμ€μ΄μ˜ μš°μ„ μˆœμœ„κ°€ 근본적으둜 λ°”λ€Œμ—ˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. λͺ©μ— νŽœνƒ€λ‹ 패치λ₯Ό 뢙이고도 ν•œ 문제만 ν‹€λ Έλ˜ μ†Œλ…„μ΄ 수호의 의문슀러운 λΆ€μž¬λ‘œ μΈν•˜μ—¬, κΈ°λ§κ³ μ‚¬μ—μ„œ μ—¬λŸ¬ 문제λ₯Ό ν‹€λ¦¬κ²Œ λ˜μ—ˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. 이것이 μ‹œμ€μ΄μ—κ²Œ μΌμ–΄λ‚œ 근본적인 λ³€ν™”μž…λ‹ˆλ‹€. ν•™μ—…μ—μ„œ κ΄€κ³„λ‘œ, μ„±μ μ—μ„œ κ°μ •μœΌλ‘œ, κ³ λ¦½μ—μ„œ μ‚¬λž‘μœΌλ‘œ. 그리고 μˆ˜ν˜Έκ°€ κ·Έ λͺ¨λ“  λ³€ν™”μ˜ 쀑심에 μžˆμ—ˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€.

The Directing Choice That Knocked My Socks Off

You know that moment when Si-eun walks out of Jisung High after completely wrecking Yeong-bin and Woo-young – especially after he messed up Woo-young’s ankle? He’s stumbling out in his white summer uniform with blood splattered all over it, looking like his soul just left his body. But here’s the thing – instead of doing a close-up shot, they filmed it as an aerial shot from way up high.

This directing choice just hit different for me. See, the whole setting around Jisung High – with those high-rise apartment complexes surrounding the school – that’s such a typical sight in pretty much any Korean city. Schools tucked between apartment buildings are way more common than the hillside ones. Actually, my own high school looked pretty much just like Jisung High.

When I watched this scene, it struck me how the show deals with these very fantastical characters like Su-ho and Si-eun, but somehow makes them feel like they could actually exist in our everyday reality. Si-eun walking out of that school gate with birds chirping and crickets making noise in the background – that’s exactly what you’d hear on any regular Korean summer morning in July at a high school. And Si-eun standing there didn’t feel out of place at all.

If they had only used close-up shots of Si-eun walking out after destroying Woo-young’s ankle, sure, it would’ve been dramatic. But it wouldn’t have given us that feeling that maybe, just maybe, someone like this could be breathing somewhere in our ordinary world. He looks like this fantasy character, but that aerial shot made him seem like just another ordinary high school kid hiding somewhere in plain sight.

Then when he heads back to Byeoksan High, they show this back shot of Si-eun climbing up the hill toward the school. The music that plays during that scene was perfect too. One of the best things about Weak Hero has to be the OST – I think that music probably played a huge part in why my subscriber described it as “pure murder catwalking.”

μ‹œμ€μ΄κ°€ μ˜λΉˆμ΄μ™€ 우영이λ₯Ό μ™„μ „νžˆ λ°•μ‚΄λ‚΄κ³  – 특히 우영이 발λͺ©μ„ λ§κ°€λœ¨λ¦° ν›„ – μ§€μ„±κ³ λ“±ν•™κ΅μ—μ„œ λ‚˜μ˜€λŠ” κ·Έ μˆœκ°„μ— λŒ€ν•΄ ν•  말이 λ§Žμ€λ°μš”. μ˜¨ν†΅ ν”Όκ°€ νŠ„ ν•˜λ³΅ μ…”μΈ λ₯Ό μž…κ³  비틀거리며 λ‚˜μ˜€λŠ”λ° 마치 영혼이 λͺΈμ„ λ– λ‚œ 것 κ°™μ•˜μŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€.

그런데 ν΄λ‘œμ¦ˆμ—… μƒ· λŒ€μ‹  높은 κ³³μ—μ„œ 찍은 ν•­κ³΅μƒ·μœΌλ‘œ μ΄¬μ˜ν–ˆλ‹€λŠ” 점이 정말 μΈμƒμ μ΄μ—ˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. μ§€μ„±κ³  μ£Όλ³€ ν™˜κ²½ – 학ꡐλ₯Ό λ‘˜λŸ¬μ‹Ό κ³ μΈ΅ μ•„νŒŒνŠΈ 단지듀 – 이건 ν•œκ΅­ μ–΄λŠ λ„μ‹œμ—μ„œλ‚˜ λ³Ό 수 μžˆλŠ” μ „ν˜•μ μΈ ν’κ²½μž…λ‹ˆλ‹€. μ‚°κΈ°μŠ­μ— μžˆλŠ” 학ꡐ보닀 μ•„νŒŒνŠΈ 사이에 λΌμ—¬μžˆλŠ” 학ꡐ가 훨씬 ν”ν•˜μ£ . μ‹€μ œλ‘œ 제 고등학ꡐ도 지성고와 거의 λ˜‘κ°™μ΄ μƒκ²Όμ–΄μš”.

이 μž₯면을 λ³΄λ©΄μ„œ μˆ˜ν˜Έλ‚˜ μ‹œμ€ 같은 νŒνƒ€μ§€μ μΈ 캐릭터듀을 λ‹€λ£¨λ©΄μ„œλ„ 마치 우리 일상 ν˜„μ‹€μ— μ‘΄μž¬ν•  수 μžˆμ„ 것 κ°™λ‹€λŠ” λŠλ‚Œμ„ μ£ΌλŠ” 게 λ†€λΌμ› μŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. μƒˆκ°€ μ§€μ €κ·€κ³  λ§€λ―Έ μš°λŠ” μ†Œλ¦¬κ°€ 배경으둜 κΉ”λ¦° 채 ꡐ문을 λ‚˜μ„œλŠ” μ‹œμ€μ΄… – 이건 7μ›” μ–΄λŠ ν‰λ²”ν•œ ν•œκ΅­ 고등학ꡐ μ—¬λ¦„μ˜ μ˜€μ „μ— 듀을 수 μžˆλŠ” κ·ΈλŒ€λ‘œμ˜ μ†Œλ¦¬μ˜€μŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. 그리고 κ·Έ 속에 μ„œ μžˆλŠ” μ‹œμ€μ΄κ°€ μ „ν˜€ μ–΄μƒ‰ν•˜μ§€ μ•Šμ•˜μŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. 항곡샷이 μ‹œμ€μ΄λ₯Ό…. μ–΄λ””μ„ κ°€ μˆ¨μ–΄μžˆλŠ” ν‰λ²”ν•œ κ³ λ“±ν•™μƒμ²˜λŸΌ 보이게 λ§Œλ“€μ—ˆμ£ .

Script vs. Final Cut: The Dream Conversation

After Si-eun lets out all that rage, he comes back to Su-ho’s hospital room. Fans always joke that when those yellow lights come on, we all lose our minds, and well… same here.

In the original script, this part is pretty well-known among fans. Su-ho was supposed to tease Si-eun in that playful tone saying “Si-eun-ssi, are you sleepy?” But in the actual drama, instead of “Si-eun-ssi,” he just says “Si-eun-ah, are you sleepy?” – dropping the formal speech.

I’ve talked about Su-ho’s wordplay before, how he calls his same-age friend Si-eun “Si-eun-ssi” like he’s saying “Mister John” or something. So in the script, he was supposed to playfully say “Si-eun-ssi, are you sleepy?” in that teasing formal tone. And in Si-eun’s dream, Su-ho is sitting on the bed with this chuckle, and the direction says “that signature smile that makes everyone who sees it feel good.”

Then he looks at Si-eun while smiling – you know the scene I’m talking about, right? – and says “You’re a total lunatic” and then casually drinks water that was sitting nearby, gulping it down. That’s how the direction was written.

In the actual drama, Su-ho is lying in the hospital bed bantering with Si-eun, and then they exchange apologies and make all of us viewers cry. Right?

I think the reason the script had Su-ho drinking water like that was because the director wanted to create this parallel structure, like bookends connecting back to episode 1. You know, that scene where Su-ho mistakenly delivered to Si-eun’s house and asked for water? The director probably wanted those scenes to overlap in our minds.

I think it would’ve worked great if they had followed the script, but I also love how the final cut turned out in the drama. Honestly, I think this is the absolute best scene in all of Weak Hero Season 1.

μ‹œμ€μ΄κ°€ λΆ„λ…Έλ₯Ό λ‹€ ν„°λœ¨λ¦¬κ³  λ‚˜μ„œ 수호 λ³‘μ‹€λ‘œ λŒμ•„μ˜€λŠ” λΆ€λΆ„λ§μž…λ‹ˆλ‹€. νŒ¬λ“€μ΄ 항상 λ†λ‹΄ν•˜κΈΈ λ…Έλž€ μ‘°λͺ…이 μΌœμ§€λ©΄ 우리 λͺ¨λ‘ 정신을 μžƒλŠ”λ‹€κ³  ν•˜λŠ”λ°… 저도 λ§ˆμ°¬κ°€μ§€μ˜ˆμš” πŸ˜‚ μ›λž˜ λŒ€λ³Έμ΄ λ””λ ‰μ…˜ 뢀뢄은… νŒ¬λ“€ 사이에 κ½€ μ•Œλ €μ§„ 뢀뢄인데, μˆ˜ν˜Έκ°€ μž₯λ‚œμŠ€λŸ¬μš΄ ν†€μœΌλ‘œ “μ‹œμ€μ”¨, 잠이 μ˜΅λ‹ˆκΉŒ?” 라고 놀리듯이 μž₯λ‚œμ„ κ±°λŠ” νˆ¬μ˜€μ—ˆμ£ .

ν•˜μ§€λ§Œ μ‹€μ œ λ“œλΌλ§ˆμ—μ„œλŠ” “μ‹œμ€μ”¨” λŒ€μ‹  κ·Έλƒ₯ “μ‹œμ€μ•„, μž μ΄μ˜€λƒ?”라고 ν•΄μ„œ 수호 κ·Έ 특유의 μž₯λ‚œμŠ€λŸ¬μš΄ μ‘΄λŒ“λ§μ„ λΉΌλ²„λ ΈμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. 수호의 말μž₯λ‚œμ— λŒ€ν•΄ 전에도 μ–˜κΈ°ν–ˆμ§€λ§Œ, 동갑내기 친ꡬ μ‹œμ€μ΄λ₯Ό “μ‹œμ€μ”¨”라고 λΆ€λ₯΄λŠ” 게 마치 “μ‘΄ 씨” 같은 λŠλ‚Œμ΄κ±°λ“ μš”. λŒ€λ³Έμ—μ„œλŠ” μ‹œμ€μ΄μ˜ κΏˆμ—μ„œ μˆ˜ν˜Έκ°€ μΉ¨λŒ€μ— μ•‰μ•„μ„œ μ›ƒμœΌλ©° “λ³΄λŠ” μ‚¬λžŒλ§ˆλ‹€ κΈ°λΆ„ μ’‹κ²Œ λ§Œλ“œλŠ” κ·Έ 특유의 λ―Έμ†Œ”둜 μ‹œμ€μ΄λ₯Ό 바라보며 ‘μ‹€μ‹€ μ›ƒμœΌλ©°’ “λ„Œ μ§„μ§œ λ˜λΌμ΄μ•Ό”라고 ν•˜λ©΄μ„œ μ˜†μ— 있던 물을 벌μ»₯벌μ»₯ λ§ˆμ‹œλ„λ‘ μ—°μΆœ λ””λ ‰μ…˜μ΄ λ˜μ–΄ μžˆμ—ˆμ–΄μš”.

제 생각엔… κ°λ…λ‹˜κ»˜μ„œ 1ν™”μ—μ„œ μˆ˜ν˜Έκ°€ 잘λͺ» 배달을 와, μ‹œμ€μ΄ μ§‘μ—μ„œ 물을 달라고 ν–ˆλ˜ μž₯λ©΄κ³Ό λŒ€μΉ­ ꡬ쑰λ₯Ό λ§Œλ“€κ³  μ‹ΆμœΌμ…¨λ˜ 게 μ•„λ‹κΉŒ μ‹ΆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. λŒ€λ³ΈλŒ€λ‘œ ν–ˆμ–΄λ„ μ’‹μ•˜μ„ 것 κ°™μ§€λ§Œ, μ‹€μ œ λ“œλΌλ§ˆμ—μ„œ λ‚˜μ˜¨ 버전도 μ‚¬λž‘ν•©λ‹ˆλ‹€. μ•½ν•œμ˜μ›… μ‹œμ¦Œ1 μ „μ²΄μ—μ„œ 졜고의 μž₯면이라고 μƒκ°ν•©λ‹ˆλ‹€.

Deep Conversations with Subscribers: Si-eun’s Violence

I’ve been having some really deep conversations with subscribers about Si-eun’s violent tendencies. One subscriber presented the viewpoint that Si-eun might be psychopathic, and honestly? Like Su-ho, I was drawn to that “total lunatic” quality in Si-eun too.

I don’t think Si-eun actually enjoys violence, but I know the webtoon has depictions of him getting a taste for fighting. The drama did a really good job calibrating that aspect though.


In Season 1, Si-eun seemed to be constantly scoping out targets to stab with his pen, totally giving off those “just come at me” vibes. In Season 2, I sensed he was actually longing for violence, and that’s when Seong-je popped up and went boom!

I think Seong-je was necessary for Si-eun – to help him break away from the guilt over Su-ho and Beom-seok that was eating him up all day, giving him at least a moment to shake off those feelings.

But one subscriber offered such a thoughtful, balanced perspective on this topic. They acknowledged that Si-eun definitely shows psychological problems throughout seasons 1 and 2, and that built-up anger bursts out in extremely stressful situations, but pointed out something crucial we shouldn’t miss.

Si-eun is potentially scary, but he’s also, usually, a lot of good things as well. He’s kind and he has a lot of empathy. When he’s been attacked with a narcotic – an opioid 100x more powerful than morphine that could have killed a small kid with no tolerance – and it’s still in his system, he fights back for the first time, goes totally berserk and doesn’t know where to stop. But he’s smart, so he thinks quickly, scans the room and uses what’s on hand, even though the odds of severe harm and punishment rise exponentially with those found weapons.

κ΅¬λ…μžλ“€κ³Ό μ‹œμ€μ΄μ˜ λ‚΄μž¬λœ 폭λ ₯성에 λŒ€ν•΄ 정말 κΉŠμ€ λŒ€ν™”λ₯Ό λ‚˜λˆ„κ³  μžˆμ–΄μš”. ν•œ κ΅¬λ…μžλŠ” μ‹œμ€μ΄κ°€ μ‚¬μ΄μ½”νŒ¨μŠ€μΌ μˆ˜λ„ μžˆλ‹€λŠ” 관점을 μ œμ‹œν–ˆλŠ”λ°, μ†”μ§νžˆ 수호처럼 저도 μ‹œμ€μ΄μ˜ κ·Έ “μ™„μ „ λ―ΈμΉœλ†ˆ” 같은 면에 λŒλ ΈμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. μ‹œμ€μ΄κ°€ μ‹€μ œλ‘œ 폭λ ₯을 μ¦κΈ΄λ‹€κ³ λŠ” μƒκ°ν•˜μ§€ μ•Šμ§€λ§Œ, μ›Ήνˆ°μ—μ„œλŠ” μ‹Έμ›€μ˜ 맛을 μ•Œμ•„κ°€λŠ” λ¬˜μ‚¬κ°€ μžˆλ‹€λŠ” κ±Έ μ•Œμ•„μš”. λ“œλΌλ§ˆλŠ” κ·Έ 뢀뢄을 정말 잘 μ‘°μ ˆν–ˆλ‹€κ³  μƒκ°ν•©λ‹ˆλ‹€.

μ‹œμ¦Œ1μ—μ„œ μ‹œμ€μ΄λŠ” 계속 펜으둜 찌λ₯Ό νƒ€κ²Ÿμ„ λ¬Όμƒ‰ν•˜λŠ” 것 κ°™μ•˜κ³  μ™„μ „ “λ€λ²Όλ³Όν…Œλ©΄ 덀벼봐라” λΆ„μœ„κΈ°μ˜€μ£ . μ‹œμ¦Œ2μ—μ„œλŠ” μ‹€μ œλ‘œ 폭λ ₯을 κ°ˆλ§ν•˜λŠ” 것 κ°™μ•˜μ–΄μš”. (μžκΈ°λŠ” λͺ¨λ₯΄μ§€λ§Œ, κ·Έλ¦¬μ›Œν•œλ‹¨ λŠλ‚Œμ„ λ°›μ•˜μŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€..) κ·Έλ•Œ μ„±μ œκ°€ λ‚˜νƒ€λ‚˜μ£Όμ–΄μ„œ μ œλŒ€λ‘œ 터져버린 κ±°κ³ μš”. (μ„±μ œμ™€ μ‹œμ€μ΄ λ‘˜λ‹€ μ„œλ‘œμ˜ ν•„μš”μ— μ˜ν•΄ λŒ€μΉ˜λ˜μ—ˆλ‹€κ³  μƒκ°ν•΄μš”)

ν•˜μ§€λ§Œ ν•œ κ΅¬λ…μžκ°€ 정말 μ‚¬λ €κΉŠκ³  κ· ν˜•μž‘νžŒ 관점을 μ œμ‹œν•΄μ€¬μ–΄μš”. μ‹œμ€μ΄μ˜ 심리적 λ¬Έμ œκ°€ μ•”μ‹œλ˜λŠ” 건 이 λ“œλΌλ§ˆμ˜ 팬이라면 λˆ„κ΅¬λ‚˜ μ•Œ 수 μžˆμ§€λ§Œ, λ†“μΉ˜λ©΄ μ•ˆ λ˜λŠ” μ€‘μš”ν•œ 것이 μžˆλ‹€κ³  ν–ˆμ£ . “μ‹œμ€μ΄λŠ” 잠재적으둜 폭λ ₯성이 μžˆμ§€λ§Œ, ν‰μ†Œμ—λŠ” 쒋은 면듀도 λ§Žμ•„μš”. μΉœμ ˆν•˜κ³  곡감λŠ₯λ ₯이 μžˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. λͺ¨λ₯΄ν•€λ³΄λ‹€ 100λ°° κ°•ν•œ λ§ˆμ•½μœΌλ‘œ κ³΅κ²©λ°›μ•˜μœΌλ‚˜ – 내성이 μ—†λŠ” μž‘μ€ μ•„μ΄λŠ” 죽을 μˆ˜λ„ μžˆλŠ” – 그게 아직 체내에 μžˆλŠ” μƒνƒœμ—μ„œ 처음으둜 λ°˜κ²©ν–ˆκ³ , μ™„μ „νžˆ κ΄‘ν­ν•΄μ Έμ„œ μ–΄λ””μ„œ λ©ˆμΆ°μ•Ό ν• μ§€ λͺ¨λ₯΄λŠ” μƒνƒœκ°€ 된 κ±°μ˜ˆμš”.”

What really struck a chord with me was their observation about what happens next. Just a few days later, Si-eun agrees to help the bully who tormented him avoid punishment because the guy claims his mother can’t take the pain. Then he goes to great lengths to help runaway kids escape their oppressor.

As his world gets a bit bigger, he has obvious empathy for the bullied, adopted boy, the poor boy with three jobs, the homeless girl with nowhere to sleep, the boy with an alcoholic father and even the gangster boy who dies young.

Their conclusion really hit home: “Si-eun isn’t ‘psychopathic.’ He’s massively troubled but he’s not deceptive or manipulative or uncaring. I don’t think he actually enjoys violence. And he’s not proud of what he’s done. He knows he shouldn’t fight and hurt other people.”

Another subscriber analyzed how Si-eun’s parents essentially neglected and abandoned him, expecting him to be self-parenting and almost perfect. His father, an Olympic silver medalist in judo, was clearly disappointed that his son turned out frail and easily hurt. So Si-eun adapted accordingly – becoming an isolated, stoic, scholastic automaton living in an extremely rigid world where he denies his basic needs for food, sleep, and relationships.

When little Si-eun overheard his parents fighting about regretting having him, that child would have been convinced he was unwanted, a disappointing, inconvenient problem. So he goes to his room, locks the door, and does math. That became his way of dealing with the fact that his parents didn’t want him.

But the most important insight, as one subscriber pointed out, is the social commentary running through Weak Hero: “What happens to kids when they’re put in highly pressured, unsafe environments with no friends, family or teachers they can count on to keep them safe or give them guidance?”

Si-eun isn’t naturally aggressive or violent, and he wouldn’t have done any of the over-the-top things he does if there hadn’t been such incredibly triggering events going off all around him. That insight really gets to the heart of it.

정말 μΈμƒκΉŠμ—ˆλ˜ 건 κ·Έ λ‹€μŒμ— μΌμ–΄λ‚˜λŠ” 일에 λŒ€ν•œ κ΄€μ°°μ΄μ—ˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. 뢈과 λ©°μΉ  ν›„ μ‹œμ€μ΄λŠ” μžμ‹ μ„ κ΄΄λ‘­ν˜”λ˜ 영빈이 찾아와 μ• μ›ν•˜λ©° μ—„λ§ˆκ°€ 자기만 보고 μ‚°λ‹€λ©°, μ²˜λ²Œμ„ ν”Όν•˜κ²Œ 해달라고 ν•˜μž λ„μ™€μ£ΌκΈ°λ‘œ ν•©λ‹ˆλ‹€. (λ¬Όλ‘ , 트리였λ₯Ό μœ μΈν•˜κΈ° μœ„ν•œ μ‡Όμ˜€μ§€λ§Œ…) 그리고 κ°€μΆœ νŒ¨λ°€λ¦¬μ˜ μ²­μ†Œλ…„λ“€μ΄ κΈΈμˆ˜λ‘œλΆ€ν„° λ²—μ–΄λ‚˜λ„λ‘ ν•΄μ€λ‹ˆλ‹€.

“그의 세계가 μ‘°κΈˆμ”© μ»€μ§€λ©΄μ„œ μ™•λ”°λ‹Ήν•˜λŠ” μž…μ–‘μ•„, μ•„λ₯΄λ°”μ΄νŠΈ μ„Έ 개λ₯Ό ν•˜λŠ” μ†Œλ…„ κ°€μž₯, 잠잘 κ³³ μ—†λŠ” λ…Έμˆ™ μ†Œλ…€, μ•Œμ½”μ˜¬μ€‘λ… 아버지λ₯Ό λ‘” μ†Œλ…„, 심지어 μ„λŒ€μ—κ²ŒκΉŒμ§€ λͺ…λ°±ν•œ 곡감을 λ³΄μ—¬μ€λ‹ˆλ‹€.”

μ‹œμ€μ΄λŠ” ‘μ‚¬μ΄μ½”νŒ¨μŠ€’κ°€ μ•„λ‹ˆμ—μš”. 심리적 문제λ₯Ό μ•ˆκ³  μžˆμ§€λ§Œ κΈ°λ§Œμ μ΄κ±°λ‚˜ μ‘°μž‘μ μ΄κ±°λ‚˜ λ¬΄κ΄€μ‹¬ν•˜μ§€λŠ” μ•ŠμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. μ‹€μ œλ‘œ 폭λ ₯을 즐긴닀고 μƒκ°ν•˜μ§€ μ•Šκ³ , μžμ‹ μ΄ ν•œ 일을 μžλž‘μŠ€λŸ¬μ›Œν•˜μ§€λ„ μ•Šμ•„μš”. μ‹Έμš°κ³  λ‹€λ₯Έ μ‚¬λžŒμ„ λ‹€μΉ˜κ²Œ ν•΄μ„œλŠ” μ•ˆ λœλ‹€λŠ” κ±Έ μ•Œκ³  μžˆκ±°λ“ μš”.

Why Si-eun’s Breakdown Makes Perfect Sense

For me, the genius of Weak Hero Class 1 is how it made me completely invest in Su-ho and Si-eun’s relationship. By episode 8, I felt like I’d experienced that friendship through Si-eun’s eyes – I’d seen how it transformed him, gave him hope, showed him what love could feel like. So when that gets ripped away, Si-eun’s breakdown doesn’t feel excessive to me – it feels heartbreakingly human.

I keep thinking about that image of little Si-eun doing math problems while his parents fought about regretting having him. For someone whose entire childhood was built around academic hyperfocus just to survive emotional neglect, Su-ho represented something revolutionary – proof that he was worthy of love, that he wasn’t the unwanted burden his parents made him feel like.

Honestly, when I consider Si-eun’s background and possible neurodivergence, his extreme response makes complete psychological sense to me.

μ•½ν•œμ˜μ›… 클래슀1의 μ—°μΆœμ  μ²œμž¬μ„±μ΄ μˆ˜ν˜Έμ™€ μ‹œμ€μ΄μ˜ 관계에 μ™„μ „νžˆ λͺ°μž…ν•˜κ²Œ λ§Œλ“  점이라고 μƒκ°ν•©λ‹ˆλ‹€. 8ν™”κΉŒμ§€ λ³΄λ©΄μ„œ μ‹œμ€μ΄μ˜ 눈으둜 κ·Έ μš°μ •μ„ κ²½ν—˜ν•œ 것 κ°™μ•˜μŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. μˆ˜ν˜Έμ™€μ˜ μš°μ •μ΄ 이 고립된 μ†Œλ…„μ„ μ–΄λ–»κ²Œ λ³€ν™”μ‹œμΌ°λŠ”μ§€, 희망을 μ€¬λŠ”μ§€, μ‚¬λž‘μ΄ μ–΄λ–€ λŠλ‚ŒμΈμ§€ λ³΄μ—¬μ€¬λŠ”μ§€λ₯Ό λ‹€ λ΄€μœΌλ‹ˆκΉŒμš”. κ·Έλž˜μ„œ μˆ˜ν˜Έκ°€ μ½”λ§ˆμ— λΉ μ‘Œμ„ λ•Œ μ‹œμ€μ΄μ˜ λΆ•κ΄΄κ°€ μ „ν˜€ κ³Όν•˜λ‹€κ³  λŠκ»΄μ§€μ§€ μ•Šμ•˜μ–΄μš” – κ°€μŠ΄ 아프도둝 인간적이라고 느꼈죠.

λΆ€λͺ¨κ°€ μžμ‹ μ„ 낳은 κ±Έ ν›„νšŒν•œλ‹€λŠ” μ‹μœΌλ‘œ λ‹€νˆ¬λŠ” κ±Έ λ“€μœΌλ©°, μˆ˜ν•™ 문제λ₯Ό ν‘ΈλŠ” μ–΄λ¦° μ‹œμ€μ΄μ˜ λͺ¨μŠ΅μ„ 계속 μƒκ°ν•˜κ²Œ λ˜μ—ˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. λΆ€λͺ¨μ˜ (λ¬Όλ‘  그게 μ˜λ„μ μΈ 건 μ•„λ‹ˆμ—ˆλ‹€κ³  할지라도) 감정적 λ°©μΉ˜μ—μ„œ 살아남기 μœ„ν•΄ 학업에 λ§€λ‹¬λ¦¬λ©΄μ„œ, 슀슀둜 고립을 λ§Œλ“€μ—ˆλ˜ ν•œ μ†Œλ…„μ—κ²Œ 수호의 μ‘΄μž¬λŠ” λ„ˆλ¬΄λ‚˜ 큰 μš°μ • μ΄μƒμ˜ μ˜λ―Έμ˜€λ‹€κ³  λ΄…λ‹ˆλ‹€. – μžμ‹ λ„ μ‚¬λž‘λ°›μ„ κ°€μΉ˜κ°€ μžˆλ‹€λŠ” 증λͺ…μ΄μ—ˆκ³ , λΆ€λͺ¨κ°€ 느끼게 λ§Œλ“  ‘μ›μΉ˜ μ•ŠλŠ” 짐’이 μ•„λ‹ˆλΌλŠ” μ¦κ±°μ˜€μ£ . μ†”μ§νžˆ μ‹œμ€μ΄μ˜ λ°°κ²½κ³Ό μ—°μΆœμ μœΌλ‘œ μ•”μ‹œλ˜μ—ˆλ‹€κ³  느꼈던 심리적인 λ¬Έμ œλ“€μ„ λͺ¨λ‘ κ³ λ €ν•˜λ©΄, 그의 극단적 λ°˜μ‘μ€ μžμ—°μŠ€λŸ½κΈ°λ§Œ ν•©λ‹ˆλ‹€.

Back to “Pure Murder Catwalking”

In the end, I come back to that subscriber’s phrase: “pure murder catwalking down a runway.” Si-eun’s episode 8 revenge lacking credibility? Not a chance. It’s the inevitable result of an emotional journey carefully built over eight episodes.

The despair of a boy losing his first love, losing the first relationship where he felt truly loved, watching all that hope shatter into pieces – how can anyone call that implausible?

Si-eun wasn’t just avenging a friend he’d known for 41 days. He was avenging the person who made him feel complete for the first time, who fundamentally changed his world, who taught him what love could be. And that’s exactly why Weak Hero moves so many people’s hearts. We’ve all experienced or dreamed of that kind of first love, that moment of salvation, somewhere along the way.

κ²°κ΅­ κ·Έ κ΅¬λ…μžμ˜ ν‘œν˜„μœΌλ‘œ λŒμ•„κ°€κ²Œ λΌμš”: “λŸ°μ›¨μ΄λ₯Ό κ±·λŠ” μˆœμˆ˜ν•œ μ‚΄μΈλ§ˆ” μ‹œμ€μ΄μ˜ 8ν™” λ³΅μˆ˜κ°€ ν˜„μ‹€μ„±μ΄ μ—†λ‹€κ³ μš”? μ ˆλŒ€ μ•„λ‹ˆμ—μš”. 8화에 걸쳐 μΉ˜λ°€ν•˜κ²Œ μŒ“μ•„μ˜¬λ¦° 감정적 μ—¬μ •μ˜ 필연적 κ²°κ³Όκ±°λ“ μš”. (μžƒμ„ μ€€λΉ„κ°€ λ˜μ–΄ μžˆμ§€ μ•Šμ„ λ•Œ) μ²«μ‚¬λž‘μ„ μžƒμ€ μ†Œλ…„μ˜ 절망, μ§„μ •μœΌλ‘œ μ‚¬λž‘λ°›λŠ”λ‹€κ³  느끼게 ν•΄μ€€ 쑴재λ₯Ό κ°‘μž‘μŠ€λŸ½κ²Œ μžƒλŠ”λ‹€λŠ” 것… λͺ¨λ“  희망이 산산쑰각 λ‚˜λŠ” κ±Έ μ§€μΌœλ³΄λŠ” 것…

μ‹œμ€μ΄λŠ” 41일 μ•Œλ˜ 친ꡬλ₯Ό μœ„ν•΄ λ³΅μˆ˜ν•œ 게 μ•„λ‹ˆμ—ˆμ–΄μš”. 처음으둜 μžμ‹ μ„ μ™„μ „ν•˜κ²Œ λ§Œλ“€μ–΄μ€€ μ‚¬λžŒ, 근본적으둜 μžμ‹ μ˜ 세상을 바꿔놓은 μ‚¬λžŒ, μ‚¬λž‘μ΄ 무엇인지 κ°€λ₯΄μ³μ€€ μ‚¬λžŒμ„ μœ„ν•΄ λ³΅μˆ˜ν•œ κ±°μ˜€κ² μ£ . 그리고 λ°”λ‘œ 이것이 μ•½ν•œμ˜μ›…μ΄ κ·Έλ ‡κ²Œ λ§Žμ€ μ‚¬λžŒλ“€μ˜ λ§ˆμŒμ„ μ›€μ§μ΄λŠ” 이유라고 λ΄…λ‹ˆλ‹€. 우리 λͺ¨λ‘λŠ” μ–΄λ””μ„ κ°€ 그런 μ’…λ₯˜μ˜ μ²«μ‚¬λž‘, 그런 κ΅¬μ›μ˜ μˆœκ°„μ„ κ²½ν—˜ν–ˆκ±°λ‚˜ κΏˆκΏ”λ³Έ 적이 μžˆμ§€ μ•Šμ„κΉŒμš”.

πŸ’­ What do you think about the “41 days” criticism? Have you ever experienced a connection that felt life-changing in a short period of time? Do you think Si-eun’s response was emotionally authentic, even if it wasn’t morally right? Share your thoughts in the comments below!

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