My Strange Hero

When Kang Bok-Soo was a high school student, he was falsely accused of committing violence and kicked out of school. This was caused by his first love Son Soo-Jung and a male student Oh Se-Ho. Kang Bok-Soo is a now an adult, but his life has not gone smoothly. To get revenge on Son Soo-Jung and Oh Se-Ho, he returns to the same high school as a student. The environment at the school has changed and Kang Bok-Soo gets involved in unexpected cases.

My Strange Hero (2018-2019) is a South Korean school revenge drama and romantic mystery created for SBS. Yoo Seung-ho plays Kang Bok-Soo, a grown man who was falsely accused of violence as a high school student and expelled after his first love, Son Soo-Jung (Cho Bo-ah), and a classmate, Oh Se-Ho (Kwak Dong-yeon), turned against him. Now back in his old life and failing at everything, he re-enrolls at the same high school, posing as a student to get even with the two people who ruined him. The engine of the series is that gap between grudge and desire: he wants payback, but the school has changed around him and he keeps getting pulled into unexpected cases that entangle his plans with the lives of teenagers. Each episode mixes classroom comedy, sharp confrontations, and small investigations, while a lingering first love keeps the revenge plot emotionally tangled. Its tone is breezy and sardonic with a wistful undercurrent, the kind of light, bittersweet korean television that suits viewers who enjoy wounded heroes, school settings, and romance threaded through a grudge. Fans of The Glory and Sky Castle will find resonance in its revenge-driven narrative and glossy school drama. A single-season run of thirty-two episodes, it is a compact, easy-to-follow watch.

Audiences rated the series positively, with its revenge-driven school plot and lead performance drawing a warm reception.

• Sky Castleshared school setting, revenge motive, and light romantic mystery tone
• The Gloryshared korean drama revenge-and-romance structure centered on a wronged protagonist
• Lucky Romanceshared high school setting with a wronged protagonist returning to settle old scores

Release Date

2018-12-10

Episode runtime

35 min

Rating

7.3 / 10 (57)

What is My Strange Hero about?

A wrongly expelled man goes back to his old high school as a student to take revenge on the first love and classmate who framed him.

What is My Strange Hero like to watch?

Ember's analysis rates the pacing of My Strange Hero as brisk, its intensity as mild and its storytelling as easy to follow.

Is My Strange Hero violent?

Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in My Strange Hero as mild.

What did critics think of My Strange Hero?

Audiences rated the series positively, with its revenge-driven school plot and lead performance drawing a warm reception.

Which shows are like My Strange Hero?

Shows with a similar feel include Sky Castle, The Glory, and Lucky Romance.

How long is My Strange Hero?

My Strange Hero: 1 season, 32 episodes.

Is My Strange Hero still running?

No, My Strange Hero has ended.

Where can I watch My Strange Hero?

In United States, My Strange Hero streams on Netflix, Rakuten Viki, OnDemandKorea, Netflix Standard with Ads, Kocowa Amazon Channel, Kocowa.