Angry Mom - KDrama

There’s something about school drama’s that has me hooked recently and I don’t know what it is, but whatever it is, it has lead me to this interesting drama that addressed some serious issues in the Korean schools and honestly, in both my opinion and experience, schools in general.

Angry Mom follows the story of a fairly young mother who discovers that her daughter is the unfortunate victim of school violence and like most caring maternal figures she feels something must be done about it, despite the lengths her daughter tries to go to hide everything from her. 

After trying everything in the book to bring the situation to attention, despite her daughters lack of participation and consent, she discovers there is nothing much that can be done and nothing much anyone else is willing to do either as she quite conveniently comes across various situations that show her how the system, both educational and law enforcement, ultimately fails to protect the children.

Faced with the reality that things can’t always be done by the book, the mother struggles to come to terms with the fact that she is powerless to help her child, a thing most mothers have to face on a daily basis. But unlike most mothers, our lead takes things into her own hands and with the help of some eccentric friends, disguises herself as a student and infiltrates her daughter’s school.

As she sets out to confront the one she suspects of tormenting her child, she stumbles into a much larger scandal that runs deeper into the school and reveals just how corrupt and dirty the system really is.

This drama gripped me by the eyeballs and glued them to the screen slowly as the plot unraveled though I have to admit to some slow, irritating moments that dragged a bit, the overall story is quite fascinating to watch.

I find the main lead to have a well-rounded character that keeps me interested as she struggles to protect her daughter but also isn’t so strong against the corruption that surrounds them. It hits the feels spot to watch her struggle with the realities that most mothers in the real world most likely face daily without the determination our protagonist has.

The other characters are also fun to watch and fall in love with as you find them crawling into your heart slowly as their stories get fleshed out, for example the delinquent that our Angry Mom first set out to deal with – Ko Bok Dong.

I definitely recommend this drama to anyone looking for a school life drama with a bit of meaning and plot mixed into it. I am also very interest to see where this drama takes its story in terms of the corruption and our Angry Mom, will she be able to overcome all those obstacles or won’t she? It’s kind of exciting stuff!