# School 2017 (2017)

> Eighteen-year-old Seoul high school students, valued by their exam rankings, search for their own path through youthful romance and friendship.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/63104

## Facts

- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 16
- Episode runtime: 65 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: drama, romance
- Network: KBS2
- Cast: Kim Se-jeong, Kim Jung-hyun, Jang Dong-yoon, Seorina, Rowoon, Z.HERA, Han Seon-hwa, Han Joo-wan
- TMDB rating: 7.5/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7020608/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: moderate
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: mild
- Tone: wistful, sincere, melancholic, hopeful

## What critics say

Audience reception is positive, with viewers praising the youthful cast and the candid portrayal of school pressure and friendship.

## Synopsis

School 2017 (2017) is a South Korean high school coming of age drama created for KBS2 and aired as a single sixteen-episode season of roughly sixty-five minutes each. Its ensemble centers on eighteen-year-old students including Ra Eun-ho (Kim Se-jeong), Hyun Tae-woon (Kim Jung-hyun), Song Dae-whee (Jang Dong-yoon), and Kang Hyun-il (Rowoon), all of whom are measured and ranked by their grades in a school system that treats their worth as a number. Their engine is simple and concrete: they want room to breathe between classrooms and crowded family homes, and every episode builds from small frictions such as exam results, classroom rivalries, and whispered romance. The shape is a continuous season-long story rather than a case of the week, following the same cohort through school days that feel like a stagnant loop. The tone is wistful and sincere, with youthful malaise, romantic longing, and quiet rebellion running through the story. Its themes of ranking-based worth and the search for an authentic path will resonate with viewers who enjoy korean high school drama and coming of age stories. Fans of Sky Castle, Hwarang, and Skam will find resonance in its portrait of young people navigating pressure, friendship, and first love.

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