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My Strange Hero (Korean: 복수가 돌아왔다; RR: Boksuga Dor-awatda) is a South Korean television series starring Yoo Seung-ho, Jo Bo-ah, and Kwak Dong-yeon. It aired on SBS TV from December 10, 2018, to February 4, 2019, every Monday and Tuesday at 22:00 (KST) for 32 episodes.[2][3]
| My Strange Hero | |
|---|---|
Promotional poster | |
| Also known as | Revenge Is Back |
| Hangul | 복수가 돌아왔다 |
| Literal meaning | Bok-soo's Back |
| Revised Romanization | Boksuga Dor-awatda |
| Genre | Romantic comedy Youth Revenge |
| Created by | Han Jung-hwan |
| Written by | Ham Joon-ho |
| Directed by | Kim Yoon-young |
| Starring | |
| Music by | Park Se-joon |
| Country of origin | South Korea |
| Original language | Korean |
| No. of episodes | 32[lower-alpha 1] |
| Production | |
| Executive producers |
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| Camera setup | Single-camera |
| Running time | 35 minutes[lower-alpha 1] |
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| Original release | |
| Network | SBS TV |
| Release | December 10, 2018 – February 4, 2019 |
In 2009, Kang Bok-soo is enrolled as a junior at Seolsong High, a prestigious private high school known for its discriminatory practice of segregating students based on their grades and social status. Bok-soo is a routine troublemaker who scores poorly in tests, but he is also popular for being a bully hunter. He dates the school's smartest student, Son Soo-jung, who doesn't reciprocate entirely, and is also best friends with Oh Se-ho, the awkward son of the school's abusive board chairwoman, Lim Se-gyeong. Soo-jung has long been hiding the fact that she is poor, but her background is suddenly outed to the school a day after she discloses it to Bok-soo, causing her to believe that he cares for her out of simple pity. When she heads to the roof to mourn, she hears Bok-soo and Se-ho having an argument, ending with the latter falling. Se-ho survives the incident and testifies that Bok-soo pushed him. Soo-jung, still heartbroken by Bok-soo's apparent betrayal, testifies against him as well as revenge, leading to his expulsion from Seolsong.
Nine years later, Bok-soo is working at Your Request, a general service company. Soo-jung is struggling to receive a promotion as a permanent teacher at Seolsong and was unwittingly scammed to pay a hefty sum of money to become one. She is currently counseling Oh Young-min, a troubled student of Ivy, the school's highest-ranked class. She talks down Young-min when he attempts to commit suicide by jumping into the Han River, only to end up falling down with him. Bok-soo, who happens to be standing nearby, saves her. His heroic action forces Se-ho, recently promoted to become Seolsong's board chairman, to re-admit Bok-soo into the school and appease public opinion. Bok-soo enters Wildflower, the school's lowest-ranked class. Se-ho pulls some strings to promote Soo-jung as permanent teacher and gives her the job to mentor Wildflower.
Bok-soo devises a plan to take revenge against Seolsong, and Se-ho in particular, for the lies that caused his expulsion. Though initially chilly, Bok-soo rekindles his relationship with Soo-jung when they learn that their grudge was driven by a series of misunderstandings and her hate: Se-ho was the one who gossiped Soo-jung's background and framed Bok-soo into playing the part of his rooftop fall, which was actually a suicide attempt. Se-ho has long been in love with Soo-jung and framed Bok-soo precisely so they would split. When Soo-jung confronts him about this, he openly admits his actions and warns her that, for rejecting him, he would make her and Bok-soo's lives miserable. Aided by his friends, Bok-soo slowly dismantles the corrupt atmosphere of Seolsong. In the process, they have to face the school's entire upper management, all of whom want to preserve the status quo. Upon collecting enough evidences, Bok-soo uploads a video containing documents that implicate Seolsong's corruption.
The ensuing scrutiny convinces Se-gyeong to depose her son and engineer a scapegoat so the school's reputation could be protected. Se-ho, having had a change of heart and sick of being mistreated by his mother, forms an alliance with Bok-soo to further scrutinize Seolsong and bring them to court. Bok-soo publicizes Se-gyeong's plan to turn Seolsong into a corporation, and Soo-jung further testifies against her at the cost of her job. Se-ho, meanwhile, admits the truth about his suicide attempt. Not willing to surrender, Se-gyeong blackmails Se-ho into becoming a scapegoat and plans to close Seolsong. Bok-soo, Soo-jung, their friends, and the teachers band together to prevent her from entering the school long enough until the police arrive to arrest her, having been tipped by Se-ho regarding his mother's crimes.
In the aftermath of Se-gyeong's arrest, Seolsong becomes a public school. Se-ho moves to the United States to recover, while Bok-soo receives his high school diploma a year later. Four years later, Bok-soo is teaching at Seolsong, while Soo-jung finally becomes a teacher through legitimate means.
The first script reading took place on October 8, 2018 at SBS Ilsan Production Studios in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea.[12] The drama serves as a reunion project for Jo Bo-ah and Joel Roberts who both starred in the 2018 drama Goodbye to Goodbye.
| My Strange Hero OST | |
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| Soundtrack album by Various artists | |
| Recorded | 2018 |
| Genre | Soundtrack |
| Language | |
| Label | Blending Co., Ltd |
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Blue Sky" |
| The Night of Seokyo (A) | The Night of Seokyo | 3:48 |
| 2. | "Blue Sky" (Inst.) | The Night of Seokyo (A) | 3:48 | ||
| Total length: | 7:36 | ||||
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Artist | Length |
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| 1. | "Are You Listening" (듣고 있니) |
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| Hwang Chi-yeul | 3:51 |
| 2. | "Are You Listening" (Inst.) |
| 3:51 | ||
| Total length: | 7:42 | ||||
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Artist | Length |
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| 1. | "Love Story" |
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| Stella Jang | 3:21 |
| 2. | "Love Story" (Inst.) |
| 3:21 | ||
| Total length: | 6:42 | ||||
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Artist | Length |
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| 1. | "Send-off" (배웅) | Motte | Motte | Motte | 3:25 |
| 2. | "Send-off" (Inst.) | Motte | 3:25 | ||
| Total length: | 6:50 | ||||
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "When You Walk" (걷다보면) |
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| Choi Sang-yeop | 3:40 |
| 2. | "When You Walk" (Inst.) |
| 3:40 | ||
| Total length: | 7:20 | ||||
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Artist | Length |
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| 1. | "Magic Dream" |
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| April | 3:22 |
| 2. | "Magic Dream" (Inst.) |
| 3:22 | ||
| Total length: | 6:44 | ||||
| No. | Title | Artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Afternoon Date" | Various Artists | 3:02 |
| 2. | "A Gloomy Desk" | Various Artists | 1:49 |
| 3. | "Are We Really Parted?" | Various Artists | 3:13 |
| 4. | "Day of the revenge" | Various Artists | 1:56 |
| 5. | "False Charge" | Various Artists | 2:18 |
| 6. | "Formidable Music" | Various Artists | 1:46 |
| 7. | "Fuzz Cruising" | Various Artists | 1:11 |
| 8. | "Knife Wind" | Various Artists | 2:14 |
| 9. | "Kiss on the Roof" | Various Artists | 1:42 |
| 10. | "Lunchtime" | Various Artists | 1:46 |
| 11. | "Looking for Love" | Various Artists | 2:02 |
| 12. | "More and More" | Various Artists | 2:48 |
| 13. | "Night Letter" | Various Artists | 2:51 |
| 14. | "Jjang Jjang Man" | Various Artists | 1:31 |
| 15. | "Toys Park" | Various Artists | 1:15 |
| 16. | "The Way to School" | Various Artists | 2:14 |
| 17. | "The Abandoned Children" | Various Artists | 3:09 |
| 18. | "The Moment of Fate" | Various Artists | 2:55 |
| 19. | "See You" | Various Artists | 1:56 |
| 20. | "Snowflake Love (Guitar ver.)" | Various Artists | 3:35 |
| 21. | "With" | Various Artists | 2:03 |
| 22. | "Wild Flower" | Various Artists | 2:04 |
| Ep. | Original broadcast date | Average audience share | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TNmS | AGB Nielsen[13] | |||
| Nationwide | Nationwide | Seoul | ||
| 1 | December 10, 2018 | 5.5%[14] | 4.3% (NR) | 4.9% (NR) |
| 2 | 6.1%[15] | 5.4% (NR) | 6.0% (18th) | |
| 3 | December 11, 2018 | 4.7%[16] | 4.6% (NR) | 5.2% (NR) |
| 4 | 5.2%[16] | 6.1% (16th) | 7.1% (16th) | |
| 5 | December 17, 2018 | 5.8%[17] | 4.5% (NR) | 5.2% (NR) |
| 6 | 6.8%[17] | 5.9% (19th) | 6.5% (16th) | |
| 7 | December 18, 2018 | 5.0%[18] | 4.8% (NR) | 5.6% (19th) |
| 8 | 6.3%[18] | 6.3% (15th) | 7.3% (12th) | |
| 9 | December 24, 2018 | — | 4.7% (NR) | 5.3% (NR) |
| 10 | 6.6%[19] | 6.0% (20th) | 6.7% (17th) | |
| 11 | December 25, 2018 | — | 6.2% (NR) | 7.1% (18th) |
| 12 | 6.6%[20] | 7.4% (13th) | 8.2% (10th) | |
| 13 | January 1, 2019 | 5.8%[21] | 7.1% (16th) | 8.0% (14th) |
| 14 | 7.2%[22] | 8.1% (12th) | 9.1% (9th) | |
| 15 | January 7, 2019 | 5.4%[23] | 4.3% (NR) | 4.5% (NR) |
| 16 | 5.1%[23] | 4.8% (NR) | 5.2% (NR) | |
| 17 | January 8, 2019 | 4.3%[24] | 4.9% (NR) | 5.7% (NR) |
| 18 | 4.6%[24] | 5.4% (NR) | 6.2% (NR) | |
| 19 | January 14, 2019 | 5.0%[25] | 4.3% (NR) | — |
| 20 | 5.5%[25] | 5.4% (NR) | 6.2% (19th) | |
| 21 | January 15, 2019 | — | 4.9% (NR) | — |
| 22 | 5.9% (NR) | 6.8% (16th) | ||
| 23 | January 21, 2019 | 4.6%[26] | 4.6% (NR) | — |
| 24 | 5.2%[26] | 5.1% (NR) | 5.4% (NR) | |
| 25 | January 22, 2019 | 3.5% | 3.2% (NR) | — |
| 26 | 4.7%[27] | 4.7% (NR) | 5.2% (20th) | |
| 27 | January 28, 2019 | — | 4.8% (NR) | — |
| 28 | 6.4% (16th) | 6.8% (15th) | ||
| 29 | January 29, 2019 | 4.8% (NR) | — | |
| 30 | 5.7% (19th) | 5.9% (16th) | ||
| 31 | February 4, 2019 | 4.4% (NR) | — | |
| 32 | 5.1% (NR) | |||
| Average | —[lower-alpha 2] | 5.3% | —[lower-alpha 2] | |
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