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New K-drama "After-School War Activities" released

"After-School War Activities", well known for their webtoons, first aired on Tving on March 31, 2023.


There are a total of 10 episodes, and Part 1 is aired in 6 episodes and Part 2 is aired in 4 episodes.

A total of six episodes of Part 1 aired on March 31, and a total of four episodes of Part 2 are scheduled to air in April.

After-School War Activities




Storyline of the after-school war activities

One day, an unknown sphere appears in the Earth's sky, and the number of them exceeds 600,000.

When the sphere appeared, each country began military action and attacked the sphere, and the sphere was not damaged, but bisected, and the population increased.

As a result, the governments of each country confirm that there was no damage if they did not touch the sphere instead of attacking it, and the people of the earth return to their daily lives.

One year after the sphere appeared over the earth, one sphere falls for the first time in South Korea.
The military unit that found the fallen sphere attacks it and ...

A few days later, the Defense Minister suddenly announces a public statement, declaring an emergency state of war across the country.

As a result, a call-up order will be issued to the reserve forces, including active-duty soldiers, and even high-school seniors who are about to take the SAT will be imposed on the military.

In addition, military units are dispatched to each school to start military education for high school seniors.

Please watch the show for details on whether they will be able to survive.



After-School war Activities casting

Most of the casting consists of new actors whose faces are not well known, and most of them appear as students in the second class of the third grade of Sungjin High School.

By giving freshness to new actors, it seemed to express the sense of reality well in the scene where ordinary high school seniors desperately fight alien creatures with rifles to sustain their lives.



How do you feel about watching After-School War Activities

After the first and sixth episodes of Part 1 and 6 are aired, people like and dislike it.

There is an opinion that the story development is not a high-quality work, but CG is quite well received.

However, the tension cannot be relaxed in scenes with fast storytelling and attacks by alien life forms.


Since the original is a webtoon, I think it can be somewhat less realistic.
Considering and appreciating this part, I think another successful K-drama has come out.

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