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The South Korean horror fiction is among the most viewed on the platform since it premiered on January 28
The zombie genre made a strong comeback to the South Korean film and television industry with the latest hit All of Us Are Dead, the new series that ranks on Netflix‘s most-watched list. The story is based on Joo Dong-Geun’s Now at Our School webtoon and recreates various scenes from the digital comic in the small-screen adaptation.
However, it is not exactly the same in every way, we tell you what are the biggest differences between the original material and the television production starring Park Ji-hoo, Yoon Chan-young, Lee Yoo-mi, Jo, Yi-Hyun, Lomon, Yoo In-soo, Cho Yi-Hyun and Son Sang-Yeon.
Dong-Geun’s comic begins as an ordinary day for the students of Hyosan High School, while the TV version began with one of the events that led the science teacher, Lee ByeongChan, to work on the development.
of the virus: the bullying of his son, JinSu, and the recent attack that almost caused his death. In the initial scenes, it is observed that the man takes the young man from the hospital in a suitcase after he began to transform. Therefore, it is understood that the teacher was experimenting on him for reasons that are deepened much more during the season.
NamRa is not so lonely
In the All of Us Are Dead episodes, the class president, NamRa, is a lonely girl who doesn’t maintain any friendships with her classmates and is criticized for supposedly feeling superior to others because of the fame her mother has gained through her large donations. On the other hand, she has a different personality in the graphic story, as she does have some interactions with other students like NaYeon and GyeongSu.
The macabre rumor about the science teacher
The talk at school about Lee ByeongChan in the webtoon is much more exaggerated than in the Netflix adaptation. It is believed that he eats human flesh and that could be a reason behind the mysterious disappearance of his wife, but in the K-drama, it is seen that the rumors occur more around what happened to his son. JinSu tried to commit suicide due to the mistreatment he received from his classmates, but soon disappeared, so the teacher would be planning revenge against the group of bullies.
The symptoms of the zombie virus
Are the symptoms before the transformation into an undead the same? Actually, Joo Dong-Geun’s comic initially proposed that these happen gradually and some are different from what is seen in the TV series. Instead of the body temperature dropping, the infected can also have a high fever, and another difference also lies in how aware the students remain when communicating after being bitten by a zombie.
The spread of the virus in All of Us Are Dead happens much faster, a narrative decision that could be the result of a need to speed up the action… It’s a zombie story and the audience wants to see them panic! However, later, we see that the infection does not happen in the same way in everyone and certain people tend to generate some immunity, although they can still infect others through a bite.
All episodes of All of Us Are Dead are available to watch on Netflix.