KDrama to Miss: Schoolgirl Detectives/Seonam Girls High School Investigators (2014)

Schoolgirl Detectives/Seonam Girls High School Investigators (2014)

Grade: C-

14 Episodes
Viewing Platform: Dramafever

Ahn Chae-yool is on her way to her first day of school at an all-girls private school when she is attacked and bitten by an unknown man. It's a painful, strange experience – the attacker even finishes by shoving a sage flavored candy into her mouth – but she goes to school anyway, determined to brush it off. Later Chae-yool comes across four odd students, girls who call themselves detectives and who are determined to have Chae-yool join their club. Eventually the girls find “the man who bites,” as well as the connection that points to their principal secretly selling test answers to students. But why is the aloof, mysterious teacher Ha Yeon-joon so interested in tutoring Chae-yool? What happens when the girls stumble onto troubling secrets about their schoolmates in the name of finding justice? What does all of it have to do with a student's suicide four years in the past?

*This is not a style of drama I typically watch, but I like to try new things sometimes. It was not fun. The music gives many scenes in the show an unsettling, vague feeling of dread – much like the feeling from “Cheese in the Trap” - and overall it has a spooky, creepy vibe. These teenage girls are having to deal with difficult issues such as suicide, abortion, homosexuality, and real-life revenge, so it was often very dark and sad, despite the comical characters looking into these issues. I think for its genre – teen mystery – it had some decent writing, but this is just not my style. I wouldn't watch it again, and I'd only recommend it to those who don't have a problem with any of the aforementioned topics, or those who love mysteries. There's also more profanity than I normally encounter with kdramas.*