Hierarchy (2024)

Yet another revenge drama

Plot and Execution:

The story revolves around the lives of students at Jooshin High School, where scholarship students are often treated as outsiders and the children of the elite wield their power without consequence. The narrative explores themes of revenge, crime, drama, and romance, weaving a complex tale that is both engaging and thought-provoking.

While "Hierarchy" doesn't break new ground in the genre, it effectively captures the essence of similar series such as "Elite" and "13 Reasons Why." The series addresses the serious issue of bullying and its devastating consequences, a recurring theme in Korean dramas like "Revenge of Others," "True Beauty," and "The Glory."

Characters and Performances:

The cast delivers strong performances, particularly Roh Jeong-eui and Lee Chae-min, who bring depth and authenticity to their roles. The characters are well-developed, allowing viewers to empathize with their struggles and triumphs.

Strengths:

Engaging Storyline: The series offers a compelling narrative that keeps viewers hooked from start to finish, with its blend of drama, crime, and romance.

Strong Performances: The cast, especially the leads, delivers powerful performances that add depth to the story.

Relevant Themes: The exploration of bullying, drug abuse, and the abuse of power resonates with contemporary issues, making the series both relevant and thought-provoking.

High Production Value: The cinematography, set design, and overall production quality are top-notch, enhancing the viewing experience.

Weaknesses:

Predictable Plot: The series follows a familiar formula seen in other dramas of the same genre, making it somewhat predictable.

Inspired Elements: "Hierarchy" feels heavily inspired by series like "13 Reasons Why" and "Revenge of Others," lacking a unique identity of its own.

Conclusion:

"Hierarchy" is a well-executed drama that effectively tackles important social issues within the setting of an elite high school. While it may not be groundbreaking or particularly innovative, it provides a gripping and engaging viewing experience. The strong performances and high production value make it worth watching, even if it sometimes feels derivative of other popular series.

With a teaser hinting at a possible second season, "Hierarchy" is likely to maintain its popularity and continue to make noise globally. It stands as a solid entry in the genre, offering a mix of drama, crime, and romance that will appeal to fans of teen romance and revenge dramas.

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Common

Bit disappointed about this drama.
Was not what I was expected at all, the name heirarcy, the trailer before the drama was released, was expecting some high scenes, playing, more suspense, thriller, actions, revenge plays like was expecting something else not 'some quarrel love'.
From the start not totally but small bit of Elite the serie, like the school, control by rich student and bullied the scholarship ones.
Then, what that!!!!!!
Start to change to Love Alarm, true beauty!!!
Like we all knows what happened why we mostly dislike these 2 dramas.
I don't want to spoil anything
For those who have watch, right we want the same thing like, the right one to end with the right one.

Don't know what will happen,
Since the ending, and the giving rise to season 2 or part 2.
Hope season 2, is much more better, and for what was our expectations.

Studio dragon is one of the best studio, produced awesome wonderful kdramas, but netflix start to damage some.

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Okay so alot of bad stuff happens in this show bullying, abusive father, etc.. but what gets me is as the story progresses nothing actually stops it or fixes it. It lacks the feel good underdog triumph. Basically going nowhere.

Cinematically, the director was on point. Hit the angles and lights and bla bla. I cant hate on that but the show is anticlimactic and leaves you wanting something more.
Im on episode 7 now andI liked it at first and had hope but now i hate it. I dont like how the relationship of the main couple is so toxic and narcissistic. The female lead just walks around being mysterious and broody and the centre of attention. Typical storyline. This male lead (the rich one not the scholarship kid) is an asshole who disguises all his bad behaviour under the love for whatever her name was and she just lets him..she knows all the bullying and stuff he does and she just lets him. I love the scholarship kid but it doesnt seem like he's going to win well we'll see. Its all over the place 😮‍💨. But safe to say i really hate the story arch of the main couple.
Scholarship guy is hot and courageous. Hes the reason i kept watching. He dont shh from nobody. At first i was like meh but his i dont care sense of confidence sold it.
Anyway I love a good underdog story

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This is actually good, but don't expect greatness

Despite the reviews that do not match their ratings I believe an approximate 7-8 fits well ( MDL users will give it a 7 and call bad )

The show tries to mimic western teen PG16 shows, call it a PG euphoria/Elite while taking aspects from the lately released Revenge of Others and Bitch x Rich.

The plot opens up quite well, your main character is smarter than he appears and the people around him don't see that early. The whole premise of scholarship student in a mega rich school was done in Bitch x Rich but unlike that show here there's a bit more depth to it here, I felt several times that the rich kids are not actually flat when it came to hating scholarship students on the defense that their parent paid riches to enroll them while a group of kids get in through academical grades only and although that doesn't warrant the hatred shown you would have to look through the eyes of the sheltered spoiled kids to understand that their complaints make sense....for them atleast who see the world as money money and money.

The bullying was surprisingly fresh, the antagonist is not evil going around torturing kids like most shows but instead I was sold on the simple concept of the powerful not having to do anything to establish a hierarchy. The kids have so much fear and respect for the antagonist that they become obedient and ready to destroy anyone that annoys him while he just walks away. Most bullying scenes involve his lackeys getting riled up to prove they're powerful while the antagonist shows his lack of care because power is power and does not need evidence at every minor inconvenience. Ri-an's lack of interest is as merciful as it is merciless, by ignoring he spares the kids around him but by ignoring he also lets the bullying continue, a hierarchy is a sharp sword.

The female lead being weak was one of the show's slower points, her trauma and suffering made for a more packed drama but her development took far too long and was not quite fruitful in many areas. I would have loved to see her with the courage to stand up to her family at earlier points in the show, but somehow I believe her maturity shows up well in the show especially in what she deems important to protect and how she protects it...not fit to own a conglomerate but is definitely strong enough to protect what's hers from anyone even the likes of her father as shows in her last couple scenes.

The love triangle DID NOT EXIST for the love of god, people on here might be slow I've noticed. From the beginning the FL was trying to protect the ML and he was trying to get closer to her to figure out the truth as shown many many times, were feelings caught in the process? yes. was there ever an intention of a romance? no they made it obvious they have bigger concerns. Both Leads are so kind-hearted they mistook each other's actions for romance briefly but again the shows us how un-interested both are in moments of clarity. She was not about to dump her 15 years since childhood soulmate for a random kid she just met and he was not gonna go for the girl who was majorly responsible for that major accident that he's put his blood and tears into investigating. Their relationship in the last 3 episodes was one of the best parts of the show, they care for each other as two kids who bonded through trauma but they also let each other know they got important shit to fight for and protect even if it means harming each other. That is just beautiful and for people here to mistake it for a stupid love triangle is sad.

All this rich shit isn't really over the top, if kids like me drank and partied every other week in high school and iam from a middle class family iam pretty sure a girl whos daily allowance can shoulder a family of 10 will get into parties like that, and there'll be alcohol and drugs it really is not that weird. The kids are pretentious though, rightfully....i mean who wouldn't if u showed up to school in a fucking Maybach owned several super cars and had school club activities that costed 30 thousand dollars to take part in AS A KID

All in all everything is done right, but nothing is done great. The acting was mediocre, the plot was decent, the characters were hit or miss, the production/direction/art was absolutely fantastic....the cinematographers were in their BAG.
Extremely appealing show on the eye and the ear, you go in for a fun time but you're not leaving with anything memorable. a perfect 7.5... 8 cause the actors are so beautiful, seriously Roh Jeong Eui I could not stop staring ma'am god bless you., Kim jae won too that's one handsome bastard.

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A life story

First let me say I hate school bullying stories. With that being said, I was somewhat surprised by this one. If you take the time to immerse yourself into the two main characters, you will find a complicated story of love, betrayal and vengeance. The story is really about Jae I and her life. The side stories and even the influence of Kang Ha only help define her story. I found her life poignant and painfully sad. A controlling father, a narcissistic sometimes brutal boyfriend, and a school broken by all moral standards are enough to alter the path of any normal young person. Her tenacity to survive this onslaught of emotions is a tribute her strong character. While I could have written a different ending, I wasn’t disappointed in the one I watched. I think Roh Jeong Eui did an excellent job portraying Jae I.

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Hierarchy devours people, regardless of their status

I liked it very much! And most likely there will be a second season! It is very clearly shown that dependent people who have created a hierarchy are themselves victims of a system that does not take into account the personal desires and freedom of choice of those who are in charge. They are also victims who take it out on those on another level of the pyramid. The question is: why is everyone so eager to get there from a world of complete “freedom”? And is it possible to be happy after gaining power and burying yourself!
The cast is super! The main character also went to the favorites, since the other main characters were already there. Looking forward to the continuation! What about our hero? Does he want justice or gain power? The post-credits scene and the turn in the life of the main character invite us to think about the possible change in the second season of the romantic line.
P.s. I really like that the dialogues and actions, as well as the actors, correspond to the age of their characters. It looks very organic. Status children are ordinary children, only without the opportunity to show their weakness, vulnerability, confusion to their parents.

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Surprisingly Enjoyable

I was almost put off watching this by all the negative reviews but it had been on my watchlist for a while and I had been excited to watch it when I first heard about it so I decided to give it a go. I’m really glad I did!

There were lots of things I really liked about this show:

The acting was very good, casting was good and acting was believable. Only downside was the throwback scenes of Ri-an and Jae-I felt a little awkward to me (hence 9 not a 10)

They had a really cool use of shadows in certain scenes, especially in the first few episodes, which helped portray certain messages. For example, there is a scene where Ri-ans mum is talking to him and only he is in the shot with the shadow of her head, but the shadow of her is a lot larger than him proportionately so you can see how she holds herself above him.

The main 4 in the cool clique used each others full names a lot and their parents used their full names a lot of the time, but Kang Ha spoke more informally with their names which showed the status difference and the cold relationships they have.

There was a lot of misdirection so it wasn’t clear who was going to have killed the exchange student until nearer the end when it started becoming more obvious. The first few episodes also had a lot of misdirection around which secrets were getting out and who the blackmailer was which made it more fun.

All in all, I enjoyed the show and am glad I gave it a try!

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I expected more from this drama

This drama promises you a lot: mystery, kissing, sex, scandal, bullying,..... but this kdrama is not that interesting because of the first 3 episodes. the other episodes are really a bit boring.

what I like.

1). Background Music: The background music was catchy and perfectly conveyed the emotions of each scene. Overall the BGMs were very well done.

2) Ending scenes of each episode: Each episode ended on a high note with scenes designed to get viewers excited

3) the clothes that the people were wearing were really beautiful, every scene also looked expensive, I think they worked hard to make this kdrama.

I didn't like this very much.

1) 1 episode is a bit too long. namely 1 hour which is quite long for 1 episode.

2) Was there even a plot? this drama is a bit similar to the Elit series. The love triangle was pointless and the murder mystery, while initially intriguing, ended predictably and unsatisfying. This show is a perfect example of a beautiful outside without an inside.

3) I expected Jung Jae I and Kang Ha to become a couple, but unfortunately that wasn't the case.

I do recommend watching this kdrama because it is not necessarily boring or fun.
these are the reasons why i give this drama a 7 out of 10.
byeee :)

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