Bitch X Rich

Watched this in the hope it might be similar to The Glory, which I really enjoyed.

Sadly, I didn't enjoy this. The writing wasn't very good, and the acting was pretty mediocre.

Good writing can make us sympathize and understand characters, but due to the poor writing here we end up becoming frustrated with characters naivety and bad decisions.

There were a number of times I thought to myself "No semi-intelligent person would act like that".

It ended up becoming irritating.

It wasn't the worst drama I've seen, and is about on par with most of the tat coming out of the USA, but I hoped for better.

I wouldn't recommend watching this.

A web series about rich vs poor in an elite school in Seoul should be fun mindless entertainment. But this show serves to demonstrate how good the old shows like Inheritors were. It's a cliched story so I didn't expect too much story wise but hoped something fresh or funny might be in this show to add to a saturated genre or else why did they bother making it?. But I found it lacking in wit wisdom black comedy or satire. The series falls short in terms of the cast. Yeri isn't a great actress but the main problem is she doesn't look like a rich mean girl. The poor girl is too unappealing to be the main character. And the rest have similar hair styles and don't look very distinctive. Some of the guys are a bit forgettable. Some are ok.

Luckily waited till 2025 to watch this so could see seasons 1&2 together. Season 1 alone is hardly anything. Can't believe people had ro wait so long for this to continue. Season 2 is more intense. Some shocking violence.

Watch this if you are a K drama addict but it isn't as good as it could be.

It's a good series with modern cinematography and excitement that makes you want to keep watching. But like all school-themed series, it has ten episodes in the first season, and so far, only five episodes have been released from the second season. The series is about a school for the rich, where some scholarship students are bullied and oppressed. The story begins when a poor scholarship student from the school is found to have committed suicide. That's when the events unfold to find out whether it was a suicide or a murder. The girl who discovered the body uses some information about the incident to blackmail her way into the school.

Korean Drama " B***h X Rich " is a school melodrama with an edgy plot. However, it gets more makjang than a mystery solving series.

The drama has a relaxing pace, which was okay at first, but didn't serve it well in the end. When things were starting to wrap up, the drama rushed things and gave the story a questionably open ending.

Also, the drama was too melodramatic at times. The twists were predictable as well and most of the characters were annoying, even the main one, though one should appreciate her brutal honesty when it came to her situation and her fighting spirit. But you could see that her choices turned into unavoidable disasters one by one.

Finally, the performances were enjoyable enough.

So, overall, three out of ten.

I'd easily rate this series a 7/10. The premise is solid, the screenplay is decent, and the acting is okay, although some scenes felt unnatural. What I really liked was the story flow. Unlike many Korean dramas that drag on with episodes that have a meandering plot and where the story doesn't progress at all, this show keeps moving without wasting time. That's the main positive point for me.

Now for the negatives: 1. The main character's decisions are unrealistic. The MC knows she's a prime target for bullying but keeps making obviously poor choices just to push the plot towards more bullying. The MC is supposed to be smart and critical character right? Yet they make MC keep making dumb decisions that make her an easy target.

2. Please, Korea, stop romanticizing unrealistic, awkward scenes. Episode 6 was super annoying when the MC jumps from a high floor, and a guy comes out of nowhere to catch her, then, they land face-to-face, staring into each other's eyes. Come on 🤣 we know this never happens in real life. It's 2024, but Korea is still stuck with 80s-style heroic scenes.

3. The last and most annoying point: it feels like this show ran out of budget midway 😂. In episodes 9-10, SMALL mysteries start getting resolved with one plot twist after another, which is interesting. But then the show just ends just like that. JUST LIKE THAT. You don't need a sequel to resolve the remaining mysteries; you just need 1-2 more episodes and the show would wrap up smoothly. That's it. Watching the whole series felt like a waste of time. The plot moves fast without wasting time, yep, but watching the entire series feels like a waste. After all the episodes, you get no resolution to the main mystery. So, don't waste your time watching this show.