#Nightmare teacher and solomon perjury trial#
#Nightmare teacher and solomon perjury series#

This is hinted at in episode 11, where the art teacher asks him why he is torturing himself to this point.

#Nightmare teacher and solomon perjury series#

Hurting Hero: As the series progresses further, it becomes clearer by each episode that this whole ordeal is a really tormenting one for Ji-hoon, and is definitely taking its toll on him.

#Nightmare teacher and solomon perjury trial#

Min-suk, despite being second smartest at the school and originally being at odds with Seo-yeon's friend group, stays at school trial club even when threatened with expulsion.

It's also implied he his purposely goading Seo-yeon to take action He was aware Soo-woo's role as the Watchman and that that there is a new one active. He treats him well, despite the fact that Ji-Hoon's actions during the trial are making Jae-hyun's life increasingly difficult.

Jae-hyun, despite his morality, obviously cares for his adoptive son Ji-Hoon.

However, when their daughter decides to commit to it, they become supportive and even try help out with the case.

Good Parents: Seo-yeon's parents, especially her mother, really tried to discourage Seo-yeon from looking into the case out of concern for her.

In episode 12, it is revealed that Ji-hoon was once driven to a phase where he'd have suicidal thoughts, due to his extremely traumatic past.

Subverted with Joon-young, who stops a few moments before Seo-yeon arrived.

What the school and police are trying to prove what happened So-woo.

And add to that the whole ordeal he went through before So-woo's death, and he's been living with that guilt until the jury in the final trial judges him innocent of any crime. In seventh grade, he was admitted to psychiatric hospital, where he met So-woo. While he was adopted by the loving and caring Kyung-moon, the events traumatized him to the point that he'd have hallucinations and suicidal thoughts, even. His biological father was physically abusive, and it's revealed that not only did he beat the poor boy countless times (even whipping him with a belt), but even beat his wife to death, in front of a seven year old. He got several of his fans to sign the petition without bothering to read it.

Chick Magnet: Ji-Hoon has a large female fanbase for his appearance and his role as the cellist.

However, he does come through in the last episode, finally fessing up to his and the school's wrongdoings. Things only get worse as his father refuses to say the truth no matter what, much to Ji-hoon's disappointment and heartbreak. As Ji-hoon tries to uncover the truth behind So-woo's suicide, he comes across another horrible truth- that his father, the man he considered his saviour, is probably the perpetrator of his best friend's suicide.

Broken Pedestal: And a really sad one at that.

Bratty Half-Pint: Seo-yeon's younger twin sisters.

So-woo and Joo-ri are less extreme versions of this Later, Woo-hyuk's house suffers an arson incident with his grandmother dying in the process.

Asshole Victim: The prosecutors taking Woo-hyuk side.Cho-rang is also made fun for being fat and stupid. All of the Other Reindeer: Joo-ri was ostracized by her school for her ache and smell.Furthermore, some actions taken by adults, which seem pointless and/or counterproductive become more understandable as underlying issues are revealed. The adults begin to take a more active role as the trial progresses. However, Seo-yeon's parents and their club advisor try their best to support the kids helping the kids see it through. When a detective tries to question Woo-hyuk, she gets reprimanded and threatened to lose her job. The school's faculty and police do side with Woo-hyuk's dad due to his influence. It should be noted that it is an adult (reporter Park) who points this problem out to her in the first place. Seo-yeon's believes the students should hold a trial because the adult parties are too motivated by self-interest. As if that wasn't horrifying enough, he even beat his wife to death, IN FRONT OF JI-HOON, when he was just seven years old. Ji-hoon's biological dad inflicted horrible physical abuse on him and his mother, to the point of leaving several permanent scars on his body and mind.Woo-hyuk's dad and Joon-young's mom both physically and verbally abuse their sons, the former taking after him while the later almost Driven to Suicide because of it.