The ‘short-comedy’ drama ‘Mental Warrior’ is receiving rave reviews.

‘Mental Warrior’ is a work planned with the concept that when you feel angry in daily life, your own mental warrior comes out and says and does the things you are holding back. The mental warrior appears to relieve the frustration of modern people who cannot say what they want to say because of face, consideration, atmosphere, and community awareness, providing a sense of refreshment.

Recently, short-form dramas that started on TikTok have established themselves as content, and various genres such as romance, action, and fantasy are gaining popularity. ‘Mental Warrior’ created a genre called ‘short-com’, which combines short-form and sitcom. The unique strength of ‘Mental Warrior’ is that it is a cheerful family sitcom that can be enjoyed by anyone regardless of age or gender, rather than targeting only the main audience in their 20s, while maintaining the nature of existing short-form dramas consisting of 5-minute episodes.

‘Mental Warrior’ in particular is attracting interest with its fresh planning and fresh combination of actors that have never been seen in short-form dramas. Starting with Park Jung-soo who plays the mother-in-law, Han Sang-jin and Park Eun-hye who play the first couple, second son Kim Da-hyun and his lover Song Hae-na, divorced daughter Jo Hyang-gi, and other actors with outstanding acting skills and popularity such as Kang Sung-jin, Lee Jun-hyuk, and Hwang Dong-joo, they break into themselves and the mental warriors and show off their acting skills of playing two roles in modern dramas, historical dramas, and action scenes.

Director Lee Jung-soo who was in charge of directing the piece said, “Just as everyone has experiences where they have something they really want to say inside, I want to convey the theme of the piece ‘Mental Warrior’, communication and understanding, to many people with laughter like soda.”

Meanwhile, the seven-part ‘Mental Warrior’ can be viewed on the YouTube channel ‘일플러하기 이야기’.

Choi Yoon-na, Donga.com reporter yyynnn@donga.com

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