A brutalist ballet of high school survival, where intellect becomes a weapon and fragile friendships are fractured under the crushing weight of violence.
Weak Hero
약한영웅
"Stand to protect it."
Cast:
Park Ji-hoon, Choi Hyun-wook, Hong Kyung, Cha Woo-min, Yoo Su-bin
Drama
Action & Adventure
Weak Hero - Easter Eggs & Hidden Details
Easter Eggs
In the webtoon, the character Ahn Soo-ho is not a skilled fighter but is instead good at academic tests. The character Young-yi, the runaway girl who helps the trio, does not exist in the webtoon at all.
The TV series made significant changes to the source material to better suit the dramatic narrative. Making Soo-ho the physical protector heightens the contrast with Si-eun's intellectual fighting style and makes his eventual fate more tragic. Adding Young-yi's character provides an external perspective on the boys' friendship and its disintegration.