With Season 2 (renamed Weak Hero Class 2 ) currently in production, now is the perfect time to binge the first season. Watch Yeon Si-eun transform from a scared rabbit into a wolf who learned he likes the taste of blood.

What distinguishes Weak Hero Class 1 from other "delinquent" dramas is its refusal to provide a cathartic ending. The fight scenes are choreographed with a raw, ugly realism that emphasizes pain over spectacle. Each victory Si-eun achieves feels like a loss, as he becomes further detached from the quiet life he once desired. The cinematography uses cold, desaturated tones to reflect the emotional sterility of the characters' lives. By the time the finale arrives, the "heroism" of the title is revealed to be deeply ironic. Si-eun is a hero only in the sense that he survived, but the version of him that valued a future beyond the next conflict has been systematically destroyed.

If you watch Weak Hero Class 1 for only one reason, let it be the action. There are no wire-fu or slow-motion reaction shots.