The highlight of STUDIO X+U drama ‘Good Competition’ (directed by Kim Tae-hee, written by Kim Tae-hee and Min Ye-ji), which contains the precarious friendship of the four members of Chaehwa Girls‘ High School, has been released.

‘Good Competition’ is a mystery girl thriller about friends who reveal their desires to ‘Seul-gi’, who transferred to Chaehwa Girls’ High School, which is in the top 1% of South Korea, where a fierce college entrance exam competition takes place, and the suspicious death of her father, who was a member of the college entrance exam committee.

The highlight video released by the production team on the 6th begins by introducing the four members Yoo Je-i (played by Lee Hye-ri), Woo Seul-gi (played by Jung Soo-bin), Joo Ye-ri (played by Kang Hye-won), and Choi Kyung (played by Oh Woo-ri), who will engage in a fierce college entrance exam competition at Chaehwa Girls‘ High School, which is in the top 1%.

Korea University The introduction of the four students from Chaehwa Girls’ High School with distinct personalities alone piques curiosity about how they will become entangled and how the story will unfold, including Yoo Je-yi, who not only maintains a 100% passing rate for medical school, but also has a father who is the director of a hospital, and the top student in the entire school, Woo Seul-gi, who is from a local orphanage and studied hard to escape bullying, Joo Ye-ri, the queen of gossip who has an incredible sense of money, and Choi Kyung, the perennial second-place model student who has a complex toward Yoo Je-yi, the first-place student who cannot be surpassed.

In particular, the special relationship between Yoo Je-yi and Woo Seul-gi, who are also top students in the entire school but are very different from the rest, draws attention. Yoo Je-yi is strangely kind to him, to the point where Woo Seul-gi asks, “Why are you so kind to me?” The thrilling atmosphere between the two as they gradually grow closer, such as holding hands and taking baths together, catches the eye. Their precarious friendship, which seems both sincere and obsessive, adds to the anticipation.


Next, a secret death that adds suspense to the play is introduced. It is the death of Woo Do-hyeok, Woo Seul-gi‘s father and a member of the College Scholastic Ability Test committee at Chaehwa Girls’ High School. The students‘ tension grows as they search for his cell phone, which was his keepsake, and they wonder what secrets are in the cell phone.

The movements of the four people, each moving busily, increase the tension like a storm, and it reaches a climax with Choi Kyung’s scream on the bed. Then, the atmosphere changes as someone falls into the water and the surroundings become quiet. Lastly, Yoo Je-yi‘s cold question to the mysterious opponent, “Why did you touch my stuff without even realizing it?” is chilling.

The highlights of ‘Friendly Competition’ are the thrilling storyline that includes the precarious friendship between Yoo Je-yi and Woo Seul-gi, and the mysterious death of Woo Do-hyeok, a member of the CSAT committee and Woo Seul-gi’s father.

‘Friendly Competition’ will be released on U+tv and U+mobile tv every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday at midnight, starting on Monday the 10th.

Reporter Hong Se-young, projecthong@donga.com

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