Schoolgirl Detectives/Seonam Girls High School Investigators (2014)
Grade:
C-
14 Episodes
Viewing Platform: Dramafever
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.*
