Duty After School limited drama series originally comes from Korean comic or manhwa with the same title. The story is about 3rd grade high-school students who become army reserves, to fight against aliens. This series is a bit different from other apocalyptic stories, where we usually see how the government and researcher trying to find solution to end the disaster. Here, you will not see a lot of that.
The manhwa writer, Ha Il Kwon, is well-known for his coming-of-age stories. He mostly talks about a facet of growing up, so the focal point of Duty After School, is about how Platoon 2 (3rd grade high-school class 2 students) deal with this crisis, along with their platoon leader & his trusted companion. This series gives us an insight on the psychological side of the students and how each of them are dealing with this disaster, so I can say it's more emotional.
Judging from the way this drama is executed, the director & script writers have tried to stay as faithful as possible to the original source. That being said, if you expect you will see the government's role, or in-depth explanation of the extraterrestrial and how to annihilate it, you will not get it here, unfortunately.
It's quiet fast-paced, so much things happen in short amount of time. There are many characters, but they are given a fair sceen-time so the story is not focused only on one, two, three main characters. I find all the students relatable. They have different ways to deal with such situation. Few of them are good at shooting and calm, some of them are quiet rational, the others can be crybabies and have a mental breakdown, and for me personally, this is one of the strong points of the story. Not all of us are Na Ra and Jang Soo. Not all of us can be as kind as Chi Yeol. Not all of us can be as tough as the Class President. Some of us can be like Soon Yi, Ha Na, even Ae Sol. I can say this is the strongest point of the series.
As for the CGI, it's good enough for me although some editing perhaps are quiet rough. The cinematography is top-notch, however.
Also, you should not be worried because Duty After School will provide you a well-balanced and rightful amount of suspense, drama, and comedy. It's light, but also terrifying, and on the other hands, it's meaningful. You can learn a lot from this miniseries.
If you're a fan of disaster, apocalyptic stories and you're starving for something different, Duty After School may be a good choice. Once you decide to watch this, I hope you can have the same sentiment as me :) Cheers 🥂
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