Air Dates: December 4th until December 21, 2023 on U+ Mobile TV, aired on Monday to Thursday nights for three weeks and there were a total of twelve episodes that were about 35 minutes in length.
Director: Im Dae-Woong Writer: Kang Min-Ji.... subs by MrHulk
Main Cast: Always need to edit the info at the top as we go along, may did set a record for this show with how many changes there were! One problem was who to add onto this list? The top few characters were around for most of the series but besides them who knew what character(s) would be killed off in each show! Below is the chart featuring everyone who was around in the first show, slowly most were killed off! The basic premise is that this is heavily influenced by the 'Werewolf Game' films and TV series. The setting is the Muryeong Retreat Center where three classes from the Yooil high school would be spending two+ days at. However only one bus arrived which was for class 2-E, what happened to the other students?
Right below is the chart of the characters and most were killed off. The characters in the middle are your more major ones so will have most of them listed below, only a few if any of the side ones. This takeoff from Werewolf is called the 'Mafia Game', more info on the game a bit further down. If you like horror dramas and films this may be right up your alley as the killings have been quite gruesome, after four shows already sixteen have met their fate! **** Have kept updating this section as so many events take place and sure there will be changes right to the end. Though a takeoff of the 'Werewolf Game' franchise this drama is so, so much better than any film or the TV series.
Lee Jae-In as Lee Yoon-Seo.... It seems she will get more screen time than any other character though she does remain a bit of a mystery. Yoon-Seo appears to be a smart student and is best friends with Jung-Won, they're rooming together at the retreat center. Yoon-Seo is a daring young woman but is also easily scared, she has such a huge crush on the next student. Her game position is that of a Citizen. After two episodes she's the only living student who I know what her game designation is. Yoon-Seo does have asthma but it hasn't been a problem yet, since the first show she's seen ghosts and spirits around but no one else has.
Kim Woo-Suk as Kim Joon-Hee.... Class president and seems like a very responsible young man though does try a bit too hard in making sure order is kept among the students. Yoon-Seo above has a crush on him but not sure if Joon-Hee has realized that. But did get the impression in episode one he too has a crush on Yoon-Seo, both are too timid to confess to each other. Now it's too late for either to do that for in such a shocker at the end of the sixth episode Jun-Hee was voted to be a Mafia person and drowned himself in a pool. Really thought he would remain until the very end. EDIT: He may remain until the end for at the beginning of the seventh show Jun-Hee came back to life! Not as a Zombie but had been 'saved' by the one Police person who is unknown, Jun-Hee was 'saved' just before he drowned himself.
Choi Ye-Bin as Oh Jung-Won.... Yoon-Seo's best friend who is a tech whiz and also the number one student in her class at Yooil high school. So far she's been a very conservative young woman who does not like to take chances.
Cha Woo-Min as Go Kyung-Jun.... Every class has their 'toughie' and that's what Kyung-Jun is though really when only surrounded by his two cohorts. That's him in the middle below, to his left are his two 'gang' members Seung-Bin and Jin-Ha. At the beginning of the seventh show Seung-Bin was killed by a Mafia person. However Kyung-Jun is a smart lad and he's very adept at conniving others. Thought he would make it to the end but that wasn't to be as Kyung-Jun was slain by the Mafia person Da-Bum in the ninth episode.
Jung So-ri as Kim So-Mi.... Pretty and popular girl but can be a bully and has picked on Yoon-Seo on occasion but don't know why. She's the class vice president and is in the middle below. It was revealed at the end of the sixth show her identity is a Mafia. At the beginning of the tenth episode So-Mi was voted to be the Mafia person which was true, she died by strangling herself.
Hong Min-Ki as Jang Hyun-Ho.... One of the school's best athletes and can't stand the bully Kyung-Jun as he constantly stops him from picking on others. There's a shy girl named Na-Hee who has such a crush on him, he does too but neither can admit and one better hurry for the end is coming soon. Too soon as Hyun-Ho was killed for not voting at the beginning of the fourth episode, was shocked he was killed so soon and he was a Citizen.
Ahn Ji-Ho as Jin Da-Bum.... Seems like a decent guy but him and his best mate Ju-Won are constantly harassed by Kyung-Go and his two cohorts who also make them pay a fee for not beating them up! At the beginning of the second show his best and perhaps only friend Choi was killed even though he was a Mafia person. Not positive but 95% sure and that's of Da-Bum being a Mafia person which he semi revealed at the end of the eighth show. But by the ninth show it was confirmed that Da-Bum is a Mafia.
There are others and may add in some more in if they survive to the halfway point! Below on the right is the student's teacher Kim who we only saw briefly in the first show. He left the retreat to see what happened to the other two busses and hasn't been heard from since. Here we are near the end and Kim still hasn't been heard from, isn't the school missing these students?
Rules for playing the Mafia Game
Like the 'Werewolf Game' there are four kinds of people a player can be. Citizen is your average person and most students will be one. Mafia is a group that can kill the targeted person between midnight and 6:00 am. Doctor is someone that can save a targeted person from the Mafia and don't think there's more than one or two of them. Fourth and last kind of player is Police, they can also prevent a killing which has happened once. The Police has a special power where they can prevent a student from dying after they get voted as a Mafia person. The vote may not be correct/just as a Citizen could get killed and seeing as how there's more of them it does happen quite often.
The Citizens, Doctors and Police are part of one team, Mafia are by themselves. Whichever side gets wiped out first means they're all dead(!) and the other team wins. There seems to be about thirty students, it hasn't been revealed how many are Citizens, Mafia, etc. There is a boundary surrounding the retreat but it does stretch into the nearby forest, if you go over the boundary you're immediately killed in a gruesome manner and oddly you end up killing yourself! There's no cell phone service to the outside but whoever is running this death game can send the students messages which baffles them, how are they doing that?
List of those who have been killed, will be updating it for each recap
There was one death in the first show but four in episode two! The third show had a trio killed at the end bringing the total amount of living students down to 23. In episode four eight students died in the first ten minutes which brought the total living down to 15 from 31. Seven of the eight deaths were from not voting who was in the Mafia by midnight. Episode five just saw one death and that's okay as don't want the entire cast to disappear yet. The sixth show saw two more dead leaving the total alive an even dozen. The killings have slowed down, by the end of the seventh show eleven are still alive. Two more deaths took place in episode eight, one Citizen and the Doctor(!), ten now remain. Episode nine saw one killing which was another Citizen, the total remaining is nine with three of them being the Mafia. Two killings took place in episode ten, one was a Mafia and the other the only Police person which left seven students still alive. Three bit the bullet in the eleventh episode, four students are now left with two being Citizens and the other pair the Mafia.
Heo-Yul.... Boy who was a Citizen, died at the end of the first episode as he was voted off the game by his classmates! His death was from jumping through a third story window.
Choi Ju-Won.... Was killed overnight but not discovered until the following morning, it almost appears he may have killed himself in a bathroom stall. The death had to take place between midnight and 6:00 am, the only ones that can kill are those classified as Mafia. Which Jun-Won was so why would his own group kill him the students wondered?
Kim Hyun-Saek and Lee Sang-Hwan.... Both were citizens and killed at the same time in episode two and both had a part in the others death. The two boys had stepped over the boundary line outside of the retreat, that means an instant death. An eerie sound was heard but only by them too, both began to head butt each other brutally before taking their own lives!!!!
Kim Dong-Hyun.... Fourth student killed in the second episode and it happened right at the end. Dong-Hyun was in the nearby forest with many other students, he fell and went over the boundary line. Like the other dead students his eyes became a solid white and he even punctured them with his fingers before rolling into a tree stump which was the final blow.
Lee Soo-Bin, Park Ji-Hoon and Oh Jin-Seok.... All were killed at the end of the third show for not voting, it happened just after midnight. Lee and Park had fallen from the ceiling in the event's hall room, how did they get up there and they weren't noticed missing? Oh had stuck an electrical wire in her mouth which short circuited the electricity, a gruesome way to die but her death seems to have gone unnoticed or at least until the next episode. All three were Citizens.
Kong Ye-Won.... Killed in the fourth show for not voting, the second Mafia person to die.
Lee Hyun-Jun, Park Jung-Eun, Oh Hye-Seung and Kim Yeon-Ju.... All too were slain by not voting and none were major characters as their names had never been mentioned. The four were all Citizens.
Baek Eun-Ha.... Once the students got their phones back Eun-Ha was the person who got the most votes for who they thought was a Mafia person. She wasn't and all of the deaths in this drama have been self inflicted in gruesome manners.
Lee Ju-Young.... Killed overnight by the Mafia, she was a Citizen.
Jang Hyun-Ho.... He too was a Citizen and saved his fourth episode death for last. Hyun-Ho was the first major character killed and it was because he didn't vote. it wasn't possible because the thug Kyung-Jun had kicked his phone under the gym bleachers. Shame he died because he was one of my favorite characters.
Park Woo-Ram.... Killed at the end of the fifth episode, he was voted off by his classmates who thought he was a Mafia person. At the time most didn't believe but had been bullied by Kyung-Jun to get rid of Woo-Ram or else! So in a twist after his death it was revealed he truly was a Mafia person who had killed Ju-Young, now three Mafia are deceased.
Park Ji-Soo.... Citizen who was killed at the beginning of the sixth episode by a Mafia person. Won't reveal the identity in this section until the next recap
Kim Jun-Hee.... Killed at the end of the sixth episode and this was a shocker as he had the second largest role to date. Jun-Hee was the class president and was well liked until the third episode when a huge mistake of his led to some students dying. So he did lose mush respect and in a tie-breaker round was voted off and accused of being a Mafia. However it was never said in this show what his identity was. ****EDIT: This edit is extremely important! Though he 'drowned' at the end of the sixth episode Jun-Hee came back to life in episode seven! It appears he was never officially dead and had been saved by a Police person, their identity is still unknown.
Shin Seung-Bin.... Was a Citizen and was murdered by a Mafia person near the beginning of the seventh show. He was one of Kyung-Jun's lowlife cohorts and was not a likable guy.
Cha Yu-Jun.... Was beaten badly by Kyung-Jun and Jin-Ha as the seventh episode ended. At the beginning of the eighth is when he finally died and the students lost someone very powerful. That's because Yu-Jun was the only Doctor which meant he could stop a death from happening and he was the one who saved Jun-Hee.
Kim Jin-Ha.... Killed at the end of the eighth show and it was because he was voted to be a Mafia. Which Jin-Ha wasn't for he was a Citizen and not many remain. Though he had that identity Jin-Ha did take part in killing Yu-Jun which is why he was voted off the game, he died by throwing himself off a third floor balcony.
Go Kyung-Jun.... Citizen killed by a Mafia person at the beginning of the ninth episode, the person was Da-Bum who Kyung-Jun and his two mates had bullied for a long time. Though Kyung-Jun was a lowlife thug and bully he gave the impression to us viewers that he may have been a decent person and had wanted everyone to survive the game. That wasn't to be as he was tricked by Da-Bum and his Mafia associate So-Mi which led to his death.
Kim So-Mi.... Was voted to be the Mafia person at the beginning of the tenth show and took her life by strangling herself. It was true that So-Mi was a Mafia and she had a huge role in why this Game began as she had bullied the dead girl Se-Eun at school which led to her suicide(?).
Ahn Na-Hee.... Died midway through episode ten by the Mafia and what a mystery she had been up until then. I felt sure she was a Mafia and had said so starting in the seventh episode but that was way off base as Na-Hee was the only Police person! She had saved Jun-Hee's life and let him know her identity but even that couldn't save her life. How Na-Hee died is still mystery as there was no blood on her body.
Nam Yeon-Woo.... He was voted off the Mafia Game in episode eleven though it was revealed he was a Citizen. Yeon-Woo's death wasn't gory but a bit disgusting, he was slightly chubby and loved to eat, he killed himself by overeating!!!!
Choi Mi-Na.... Killed by the Mafia or more precisely Da-Bum near the end of the eleventh show and was surprised she lasted so long, Mi-Na was a Citizen.
Im Eun-Chun.... Same as the above girl as the Mafia person Da-Bum killed him overnight near the end of the 11th show and he too was a Citizen.
Previous recaps
Think it would help out checking the recaps as so much takes place
Episode one .... Episode two .... Episode three
Episode four .... Episode five .... Episode six
The below video features behind the scenes footage from the final two episodes and a brief message from many of the main cast.
Not sure what will be up next for drama recaps. There are some series airing that I will get to but these days tend to wait until a drama has been completely subbed. So an leaning towards the 51 episode series "Abunai Deka" and have already done 35 recaps for it leaving sixteen shows to go. Those were short seasons as the 51 episodes equaled six season, three seasons of nine shows and three with eight. A goal of mine almost a year ago was to finish this long series so why not do it next and it is one of the top police dramas I've very viewed and highly recommend it! May be wise to take a break from dramas for a week or so as I did 21 recaps this month and that has to be an all time record.
On to this drama and just one more episode to go after this, won't view it until this recap is done as not to spoil anything. There are seven students remaining, five are a Citizen while two are the Mafia. There was just one death until the very end so that will leave four students left, all three killed were Citizens and that's it for the semi-spoilers1 However did bring up in the last recap there was someone who I had started to grow leery of and could this female possibly be a Mafia? The odds were against that but lo and behold I was correct with my suspicions as this person is a Mafia and will talk about it during the recap.
But what he said about being cut in the chest during the night could have been true. A Mafia person can stay up after midnight, a Citizen will fall into a coma like state until about 7:00 am. So a very ingenious Mafia person, such as Da-Bum, could have slipped into Yeon-Woo's room during the night to cut him up and that would make him appear to be the killer. I bet that's what happened and perhaps Jun-Hee did too as he saw Da-Bum smirking after the vote because once again he got away with murder! The Game announcer reported that Yeon-Woo was a Citizen, once again the vote was a huge mistake. At this point there are now four Citizens and two Mafia left, we know that Yeon-Seo and Jun-Hee are Citizens but which other two? We know for sure that Da-Bum is a Mafia though not sure who else but I did have my suspicions which surprisingly were proven to be correct. The time right now is 11:15 pm, by midnight all need to go to a room to protect themselves. Least the Citizens do as they fall into that coma like state and can't protect themselves, before the witching hour a very interesting conversation took place.
While that was taking place Jun-Hee was all intent on finding out the truth about Da-Bum who he's 100% certain is a Mafia and wants to prove to it the others. In the men's room he found a fire extinguisher with blood on it that was used to kill two boys along with a bloody shirt and some other things, here's the evidence to nail Da-Bum! Who happened to enter the men's room right after that but of course denied all of the charges. They pair got into a scrap and if he wanted to Jun-Hee could have easily killed Da-Bum but held off, will that act of kindness come back to haunt Jun-Hee? Da-Bum has gotten yet another reprieve and verbally tore into Jun-Hee saying what a two faced class president he was and in a way Da-Bum was so correct with his statements. Now it's midnight and Jun-Hee being a Citizen slipped into that trance state, now's the time for Da-Bum to get rid of his biggest threat! But he wasn't allowed to as a Game rule is that there has to be a meeting before any killings, if Jun-Hee is to meet his fate Da-Bum needs to see Jung-Won. We did learn then that up until now Jung-Won has been the mastermind behind these Mafia killings though Da-Bum is getting fed up with her, his plan was to kill all of the four remaining Citizens that night as there doesn't appear to be a rule saying you can't.
We did learn that Da-Bum was correct saying multiple killings can take place in a night, don't think Jung-Won wanted to go along with him but agreed to Da-Bum's plan. He doesn't quite trust Jung-Won to kill anyone as she never had up until now, she's just planned the murders. Da-Bum isn't confident that Jung-Won will kill her best friend Yoon-Seo and can't blame him for I don't believe she could either. Jung-Won dragged the sleeping Yoon-Seo's body to the freezer room, she lowered the temperature and said she should be dead in thirty minutes. I and Da-Bum didn't believe her but for now he said okay and will check back in thirty minutes, Jung-Won also has the task of killing Jun-Hee. While Jung-Won's back was turned Da-Bum noticed Yoon-Seo's phone near her body, he secretly grabbed it and that will prove to be very important. When a person dies their phones cease to work, is it somehow connected with their heart? While Jung-Won was supposed to be killing Jun-Hee which she didn't do Da-Bum's assignment was to find and murder the other two Citizens, the girl Mi-Na and the boy Eun-Chan. Which Da-Bum did and seemingly within five minutes, Eun-Chan died by suffocation and Mi-Na by him stabbing her but after Da-Bum took his time in the Canteen to eat, he also saw there the dead body of Yeon-Woo.
Jung-Won called Da-Bum who for now claimed he couldn't find the other two Citizens even though he had and killed them. Jung-Won had said that Yoon-Seo's body was now completely frozen and she was dead, what a LIE! For Da-Bum had been looking at Yoon-Seo's phone and it still worked, that means she's still alive! So Da-Bum rushed back to the freezer and asked to see the body of Yoon-Seo which was covered in a tarp but Jung-Won wouldn't remove it. At this point Da-Bum knew he had been taken for a fool and there was no way Jung-Won had killed Yoon-Seo or Jun-Hee, now he has a penalty for her! All of this is in the above screenshots, in the bottom two as the episode came to it's conclusion Da-Bum silently took a knife from his back pocket and thrust it at Jung-Won's stomach! That's how this episode ended and another thrilling finale so hope this continues on into the last show. Which I haven't viewed yet, have no clue on how this series will end but do have an idea on who will survive and the recap for that is the next post.
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