Racket Boys
Drama, Comedy • 2021 • 1h 11m
Episode 1
Yoon Hae-kang is less than enthused when he's forced to pack up and follow his family to a countryside village, home to a once-esteemed badminton team.
Episode 2
Hearing about a legendary coach nicknamed the "White Wolf" piques Yoon Hyeon-jong's curiosity. Hae-kang stands up for his teammate against a bully.
Episode 3
In New Zealand for a championship, Han Se-yoon silently grapples with pressure and expectations. Hae-kang confronts his mother about her absence.
Episode 4
Hyeon-jong agrees to an unusual request from a student's father. On the morning of a tournament, plans go awry for Hyeon-jong and the boys.
Episode 5
Before another important match, Se-yoon finds a cure for her headaches. Meanwhile, Hae-kang and Bang Yoon-dam go head-to-head in a battle of egos.
Episode 6
The boys ditch training day, but find themselves in a bind when they lose all their money. Hyeon-jong drops in on an old teammate.
Episode 7
When Lee Han-sol is harassed during a competition, Yoon-dam loses his cool. Se-yoon enters a singles match as the clear favorite to win.
Episode 8
With direction from Jeong In-sol, Na Woo-chan identifies his greatest weakness on the court. Hae-kang suffers a sprain at the worst possible moment.
Episode 9
At national team training, Hae-kang grows anxious over a rival's interest in Se-yoon. The village head calls a meeting for a brainstorming session.
Episode 10
Hyeon-jong is troubled to realize he's never asked Hae-kang about his own goals and dreams. The boys are introduced to a new side of their director.
Episode 11
As the city couple makes themselves useful around the village, they find new meaning in life. Hyeon-jong investigates rumors about the White Wolf.
Episode 12
The upcoming national championships give rise to new tensions within the boys' team. The disturbing truth about an abusive coach is finally revealed.
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Reviews
It's an oversaturated manufactured cheap emotional bait that lacked the genuine human connection and necessary depth but rather opted out for easily digestible cliches. Most of the cast, especially the younger ones, were desperately overacting in an attempt to translate the youth energy to screen but it came off as fake most of the time. The actual sports scenes were average at best, it's themed around the sport but not the sport itself. Most scenes with a sweaty face, the sweat looked as fake as it can be. It's so damn laughable that some scenes the neck was sweaty but the face was perfectly dry! The cast didn't do a good job in showing the physical exhaustion of performing the sport whether it was while training or competing. Again, making the sports scenes even more fake. What's up with the drama trying so hard to pair every boy with a girl? Really unnecessary. This drama would have fared infinitely better as a standalone one-off movie. The drama really highlighted the "bad" in badminton. Going into this I had the slightest tiniest bits of hope to get something that can be remotely and ever so slightly similar to "Ping Pong the Animation" but I quickly realized within a few minutes it wouldn't be the case.
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