(All people, organizations, locations, and incidents...)
(in this drama are fictitious.)
What do we do?
What's going on?
Shoot.
Guys, can't we just stay in the truck?
Come on.
Move.
Hurry.
What is that?
Isn't that Class One's truck?
Yu Jung, you're with me.
The rest of you, search the perimeter.
To your positions.
Wait.
Did they all get eaten up by the spheres?
Hey, stop saying unlucky stuff.
I'm just scared.
So, the kids...
What the heck is going on?
What?
Lieutenant!
Look.
They must have hidden.
They couldn't have gone far.
Duk Joong and Hee Rak, go back down and stay on guard.
Bo Ra and Na Ra, cover our right flank.
Ae Seol, Ha Na, and Yu Jung,
come with me.
- To your positions. - Sir.
But I'm scared.
What's that?
What is it?
Something's flapping over there.
Darn it.
Lieutenant! It's a sphere!
Get ready to fire!
Oh, no.
What do I do?
Move.
Fire!
Die, scum!
Die!
Get the key!
Shoot.
Hey, punk!
Get in the truck. Now!
Shoot.
- Do you think you can reach it? - Come on.
Darn.
- Kill them! - Die!
Crap.
Can you reach it?
Hee Rak, get in the truck.
Just a little more. No?
What?
- Here. - Get in the truck now!
Start the truck!
We're ready!
Okay. Drive.
Here I go.
Hang on tight!
Jang Soo...
What do we do about him?
Where's Hee Rak?
Crap.
Crap! Go away!
Freak!
Stupid. Where's your bluff now?
I remembered that the thing was weak against the cold.
I wasn't sure, but...
Are you laughing?
Here.
Idiot.
Did you think I'd help you up?
Let's go.
Let's go!
I was the one who saved you.
Why are you acting like the hero?
By the way,
why did you do it?
Do what?
Stop trying to be a hero.
Whatever.
We're so incompatible.
I thought I'd never see you again!
Do you want some water?
- Where do you think you're going? - What?
We thought that we'd lost you.
Don't even get me started on that. We barely made it out.
We had it pretty tough too.
- Right, Duk Joong? - It was legendary.
We'd need more than three days...
to finish telling our story.
Jang Soo.
Am I wrong?
Four days.
- What did he say? - That was so random.
- Lame. - Lame.
You're so boring.
- Guys. - You still smell.
- What? - Take a shower, please!
- I did. Four days ago. - What?
- Why? - That's impossible.
It's good to see you alive.
Wasn't there water?
What?
- I'm so glad to have you back. - Get off me.
Same here.
Come here, Hee Rak!
- Is that okay? - What's wrong with you?
I hurt myself.
- How? - No, she's just being a crybaby.
- She is! - Seriously.
Oh, my gosh.
How are you doing?
Fine.
We'll get you treated soon.
Are you okay?
Are you hurt?
Well, I'm fine.
That's a relief.
I was worried sick.
What?
I'm relieved...
that everyone's safe.
Right. Me too.
Thanks...
for coming for us.
- Won Bin! - What?
- Kids! - Won Bin!
- Won Bin! - Look who's here!
- I can't believe it! - You guys came!
Are you all feeling okay?
Are you hurt or anything?
- No. - Are you okay?
You look way older.
I got older every second I waited for you.
- You're all safe? - Yes.
Young Soo!
- You're here. - Hey.
It sounds like you don't want us here.
Selfish bastard.
If we had failed to come, he would have celebrated...
having less competition.
Come on, buddy.
Young Soo!
Did you set up all these by yourself for your classmates?
Good work.
Young Soo was...
also worried about you guys.
So, don't give him a hard time.
Attention.
Great job on making it alive.
This is the boys' tent, and this is the girls' tent.
To your tents!
You want us to rest here?
But we narrowly escaped death on our way here.
You'll have to get used to it.
The cots are 1st-come-1st-served.
To your positions!
What?
You're so sneaky!
- Hurry. - I want to go to the back!
Thanks.
Yes!
Awesome. It's soft.
I was dying to wash. They have everything here.
Lieutenant.
Sergeant.
Welcome back.
Take care of the kids.
Check this out! See?
- Hey. - Not so fast.
Come on!
I'm taking it.
- Stop all this fight. - Get him!
But I want it!
Not on my watch.
- Catch him! - Come here.
- But I want it. - Throw it.
Throw it away.
You ought to be executed!
Going AWOL, using unauthorized gear,
and insubordination!
What else?
- I apologize, sir. - "Apologize?"
Buddy.
Is that your apologizing look?
- I ought to... - Sir!
You'll be shot to death next time.
Eventually, you brought the kids here safely.
We'll at least be able to tell the superiors and parents something.
Thank you, sir.
You're a madman.
Dismissed.
That imbecile.
I can't even send him to prison.
Should we send him?
What are you talking about?
He's twice as better a soldier as you are.
Gosh.
(Original Work: "Duty After School" from Naver Webtoon)
(Duty After School)
- He looks good! - Look at you.
You look like a middle-aged woman.
Hi!
Stop filming.
You certainly know who the cutest girl is.
It's better than I thought.
Soon Yi. How do I look?
Check this out.
Get that camera out of my face!
How are you?
You guys are a cute couple!
Beautiful.
I'm jealous.
We're not trainees anymore. We're reservists.
But now that I'm in uniform,
it feels so odd.
We just finished counting.
(Reservist number 19, Cho Young Sin)
A lot of us couldn't come with us.
Woo Taek and In Hye...
(Reservist number 23, Choi Yeon Ju)
aren't with us anymore.
(Reservist number 23, Choi Yeon Ju)
I still can't believe it.
You have to shave this part nicely.
- You need to be careful. - Gosh.
It was torn.
Seriously. Do you want to see it?
Poor you.
Kimchi! Get out of here!
- What are you doing? - Sorry.
- I'm really sorry. - Hey.
Pervert.
- What? - What happened?
What's wrong with me?
- I'm so sorry! - Is her eye okay?
- Use that one. - This one?
How are you feeling, So Yeon? All right?
Yes. I'm all cured now.
(Reservist number 21, Cha So Yeon)
I almost got everyone killed.
I felt so bad that I could die.
(Reservist number 21, Cha So Yeon)
But what if the scar never goes away?
You're so cool!
It's nothing.
- Aren't they heavy, Soo Chul? - They're not.
Soo Chul, you must be really strong.
This was nothing.
Cheer up, Young Soo.
Cheer up.
Young Soo!
- Do you ever help? - Fine.
How long have we been here?
Who knows? Get back to work.
I was so relieved when I first got here.
(Reservist number 12, Wang Tae Man)
But it was still the army.
Shovel it in properly.
We'd be perfectly fine if you held the bag properly.
Don't you think we're shovelling too often?
We dig waterways, foxholes,
and make camps all day!
This is messed up.
Soon Yi, I ate dirt. Soon Yi!
By the way, Chi Yeol,
- Yes? - we'll be moved to a shelter...
before CSAT, right?
(Reservist number 1, Kook Young Soo)
Then, we'd only have a few days.
I didn't even get to mathematics for seniors.
(Reservist number 1, Kook Young Soo)
You're still talking about studying in these circumstances?
- What? - It's gone!
- What? - What?
- My underwear! - Gosh.
- Unbelievable. - You took it, didn't you?
- It wasn't me. - Says who?
These perverts!
Gosh. It's right here.
- Gross. - I knew it.
I heard we'd be discharged soon. Is that true?
- Yu Jung. - Yes?
Do you have any info?
I have no idea.
They all ask me, though.
Yu Jung, you look exhausted.
I'm fine.
Class President! What's for dinner?
- Class President! - Yes?
- How do we do it? - Are you slacking over there?
- Are you holding it? - Yes.
Is this how we do it?
Three people sleep in this tiny tent?
It looks small even for two.
No!
This isn't a tent. This is a rag.
Anyway, we're doomed.
Tae Man is going to take up the whole space.
Stop complaining.
This is a fun activity, compared to other drills.
Be optimistic and consider it camping.
Darn it.
It doesn't go in! This is so messed up.
The group that fails to set it up properly...
will have to take it apart and start over.
These are the tents that we'll use in the actual battle,
so stop fooling around. Take this seriously!
I fixed it, so don't trip on it.
Okay.
Soon Yi!
Hey, Yu Jung! Come here.
I can't be in this group. Let me move to a new one.
It's like they're crying for milk.
Just get in there!
That boy from another school was pretty cute.
He asked for my number.
But we don't even have phones.
What about the boy in Class One?
I ended things with him already.
He doesn't get training.
I can't date a guy who hasn't even fired a rifle.
Men who haven't finished their military service...
are little boys to me now.
Whatever you say.
Hey.
You do it. I'm done.
But I can't do it if you can't do it!
Oh, gosh.
Let me try.
Na Ra!
- Ae Seol, hold on tightly. - Wait.
Give me a second.
Seriously. What are you doing?
What is the matter with you?
Sorry.
Hold onto it!
Hi, Bo Ra.
Hey, No Ae.
Why don't you just drop out?
- Why? - It's for your own good.
What do you get from staying here?
Are you dying to go to college too?
No, right?
Who cares about college?
You could get in serious trouble if you stayed.
I'm not leaving.
All my friends are here.
You don't have any friends!
Ae Seol does have friends.
Gosh.
Never mind. I shouldn't have said anything.
Stop being nosy about everything.
What is the meaning of being nosy?
Na Ra, are you being a show-off for being a good marksman?
Why do you care what I say to No Ae?
You're always on her...
You probably feel fine because you manage everything.
Do you think you'll be accepting when she causes you trouble?
You don't know anything.
Neither do you.
I don't manage everything.
- What? - We're all trying as we suffer.
The same applies to Ae Seol.
As you can see, most medium spheres...
have fallen.
We seem to have eliminated 20 percent of the smaller spheres.
In the process, unfortunately, we have lost...
about 50 percent of our soldiers.
Most of these spheres are crowded in the city.
There are fewer spheres in the suburbs.
We believe that this is because the spheres...
take nourishment from humans.
So,
because they feed on humans,
they're mostly where there are people.
- Is that what you mean? - Yes, sir.
Also, since we figured out...
that the spheres are weak against the cold,
the UN has been developing cryogenic weapons...
to get rid of them.
We can't just wait for them.
We're hopelessly outnumbered, sir.
It will get cold soon, so we can wait until...
If the large spheres drop as we wait,
and we all die!
While the main units eliminate the spheres,
we need to stop those tiny evil beings!
Hey.
What's the use of Student Reserve Forces?
The military and the people are...
well aware of your hard work.
There have been sacrifices along the way,
but you are the proud sons and daughters...
that protect this nation from alien beings.
Have pride in it.
- Hey. - To end this war...
What do you think he wants that it takes so long to build it up?
- Maybe... - Eliminating...
- he's sending us home. - the smaller spheres...
- Seriously? - No way.
I'm worried.
From now on,
I will make the important announcement.
Sorry.
At 0700 hours the succeeding day,
the reservists of the second platoon,
Class 3-2 of Sungjin High School,
will carry out an operation of eliminating the spheres.
- An operation? - What?
- Are we going to war? - What is this nonsense?
- There's no way. - I thought we were going home!
- This makes no sense. - What's "the succeeding day?"
It means tomorrow.
Quiet!
Second Platoon leader.
Second Platoon...
will leave the camp tomorrow at 0700 hours,
join the 1st Battalion of the 3rd Brigade,
and carry out...
the clean-up operation.
Crap.
The objective of this operation is to go through...
the nearby residential areas...
and head to Maesong-Si.
We must eliminate as many spheres...
we encounter along the way as possible.
As you know, these are hard times.
Most national infrastructure collapsed,
and we've lost numerous soldiers.
We're in desperate need of riflemen.
Keep in mind that you are currently soldiers.
What about the CSAT?
I really need to take the CSAT.
Shut it.
No way.
After the operation, you will take the test as scheduled.
Given that you conducted the operation successfully,
not only will you get extra CSAT scores,
but you will also return to your family.
Dismissed!
Heck.
I knew something was up.
I asked the other kids,
and we're going first because we're the largest group.
This is so annoying.
Who made a fuss about being discharged?
I can't eat.
Well, that's a first.
You're right. Being able to eat in this situation would be bizarre.
A will, sir?
(Kim Yu Jung, Yeon Bo Ra...)
But they're already scared.
How would we ask them?
- I'll hand them out. - Leave them.
This will...
only put you in a fix.
Lieutenant!
(No Ae Seol)
(Cho Young Sin)
Apparently, writing a will is...
only a formality before an operation.
Also, cut your fingernails or your hair...
to submit them in these bags. These are for...
These are for your funeral...
when they can't find your body.
What? Are we going out to die?
No, that's not it.
Stop scaring us.
It's a formality.
Exactly. Why do we need to do it if it's only a formality?
It's because it's going to be dangerous!
I thought we were being discharged.
Why are they sending us for an operation?
I'm not sure about that. But...
Hey.
Ask again if you're not sure.
Ask them if this is necessary...
- Ha Na, stop. - She's the class president.
Why don't you even ask them such things?
You had the nerve to just accept these?
Hey, stop yelling at her.
You couldn't even say a word in front of the commander.
So what?
She's Senior Private.
Then, she should represent all of us.
Are you grubbing...
for extra CSAT scores, or what?
You do it.
You little punk. What did you say to her?
Let go of me, jerk.
- Darn you. - Stop fighting, guys.
What do you want?
Jerk.
Yu Jung, how are you so unaffected?
Doesn't this scare you?
Man, I hate this.
Yu Jung.
Even for me, a will doesn't sound right.
Ridiculous.
Jang Soo.
To be honest, I became the class president...
for the student records.
At first,
I had zero consideration...
for a sense of duty or responsibility.
By only a one-vote difference,
you became the president, and I the vice president.
Do you remember?
I just realized how lucky I was.
Because I couldn't have done it as well as you.
Hey, Kimchi.
Are you sleeping?
No. I can't fall asleep.
Do you remember the beginning of the semester...
when we made a list of girls by popularity?
Yes, I do remember.
Was So Yeon in first place?
- And Ha Na was second? - Hey.
The girls found out about it later on...
they threw a fit.
I was terrified.
Me too.
Seeing the girls without washing or cleaning themselves up,
the difference is noticeable.
This must be what's truly scary about war.
It's terrifying.
Some aren't different.
Kimchi.
What?
We used to take classes,
go to Internet cafés, and goof around.
Days passed by without me giving much thought to it.
I never imagined...
this would happen to us.
- Ouch. - What was that?
You're talking too much. I can't sleep.
Did we wake you up? I'm sorry.
Can anyone sleep right now?
The thought of having to sleep is keeping me awake.
Hi.
You can't sleep either, right?
It's merciless.
The kids...
Wait.
Where did it go?
You're all here.
I can't sleep.
It's tomorrow. What are we supposed to do?
I'm really scared.
It won't be that dangerous in the suburbs.
Then why would they have us write our wills?
They'll let us go home if we get through this.
That's the only reason I'm going.
If we get through this...
I miss my parents.
Me too.
Darn it.
- Mom... - I miss my mom's kimchi jjigae.
- I'd gulp it down. - Mom.
I miss my mom.
- I miss my mom. - What else?
Quiet.
- Gosh. - Oh, no.
It's hot in here.
- Sorry. - Stop it.
- Move it. - Stop it.
- Won Bin. - Duk Joong.
You guys.
I'm sorry.
We couldn't sleep.
We'll go back immediately.
- We should sleep. - Go on.
Let's go.
You guys.
I heard you didn't have dinner.
Sergeant Kim.
Yes, sir.
Bring that over now.
Yes, sir.
What is this?
- What is it? - I don't know.
- It's bread. - Is it good?
This is a magic trick that turns hardtacks into a cupcake.
There you go.
- Duk Joong. - Yes?
It smells amazing.
It's so good.
- It really is. - Hey.
Caught it.
- Nice. - Good job.
Catch.
I didn't know hardtacks were this good.
- I used to throw them away. - Me too.
The hardtack-sando is amazing.
I'll salivate when I see hardtacks from now on like Pavlov's dog.
You mean the dog of Flanders.
Patrasche?
You can be the dog.
Forget it if I'm wrong.
- You didn't... - How could you?
No way.
What are you doing?
Tae Man!
Look at him.
Look at that.
Hey.
- How dare you play with food! - Old man.
Stop it.
Look.
Look!
You don't get it, do you?
- Do you? - Won Bin.
Let go of me.
What?
I'm sorry.
Kim Won Bin.
Get him.
- Take this. - I'll get you.
- We're a mess. - I'm covered in it.
- Look at you. - You look worse.
You're so childish, Lieutenant Lee.
You look like you're having more fun than we are.
That was cruel.
He's right.
What did you do before you came here, Lieutenant?
I was part of a combat unit.
No, before that.
Did you go to university?
Do you have a girlfriend?
You little...
I don't take questions unrelated to training.
Do you hear me?
He has a girlfriend.
No, he doesn't.
- Hey. - What?
If we all go home...
and the war ends, what will you do? Will you go back to school?
I said I won't take questions unrelated to training.
It's related.
We have to know more about you...
for the platoon members to be more efficient.
Change the subject.
- Fine. - Come on.
- Tell us. - Please tell us.
Tell us.
- Tell us. - Tell us.
- Tell us. - Stop it.
Listen.
I'm part of the ROTC, so I joined after graduating from university.
I have a year left to serve,
but I haven't decided whether I'll leave...
or extend my term. That's it.
Extend? Why would you do any more of this?
I know, isn't it tiring?
- Better to go out into the world. - You're right.
Being out in the world is tough too.
I'm still young and don't know much,
but it's a war out there too.
You could say getting into universities is a local war,
and being out in the world is a world war.
This is the happiest you'll be.
I have a question.
When will this war end?
Will...
we be able to go home?
They said we can go home if we get through this operation.
Can we...
believe that?
Don't think we don't know anything because we're kids.
Tell us the truth.
What if we get stabbed in the back after trusting it?
I don't know when the war will end.
But just remember this.
Survive to the end.
I can't end the war for you,
but I will help you fight to the end...
without anyone getting hurt.
I can promise you that.
Let's go.
Squad One, marksman Cho Jang Soo.
Assistant marksman Kook Young Soo.
Squad Two, marksman Kim Yu Jung.
Assistant marksman Wang Tae Man.
Me?
No.
Search team, Cho Young Sin, Kwon Il Ha.
Sniper Lee Na Ra, spotter Do Soo Chul.
When we arrive at our destination,
the raiding party will put the guard up.
The two people in the search party...
will take the lead and request troops.
- Yes, sir. - Yes, sir.
This is a sphere detector.
- A sphere detector. - What is that?
Does it detect spheres?
He just said it's a sphere detector.
Why do you think it's called that?
Is it a prototype?
What is that?
Something that hasn't been fully developed yet.
You're right. It isn't perfect yet.
So don't rely on it too much.
What's its radius?
It's 1km in open areas.
In the city of villages,
it'll only be 500 to 700m.
So,
always be alert.
- Yes, sir. - Yes, sir.
That's it.
Let's go. Come here.
- Look at that. - It's amazing.
- Turn it on. - Turn it on.
The people high up aren't just sitting back and watching.
You're right. Why didn't they give this to us earlier?
Look at that.
What's this?
Why isn't it detecting anything?
Seriously?
- Since there is no sphere. - Since there is no sphere.
- That idiot. - Seriously.
Three minutes until we leave.
Divide into your squads and get in the vehicles.
- Yes, sir. - Yes, sir.
- Duk Joong. - What is it?
Hurry up.
Darn it.
Lieutenant.
We'll need equipment to move this.
Let's search the area first.
Walk in a straight line.
How does this work?
I can tell you're a nerd.
We just marvel at how cool it is,
but don't care about how it works.
I'm not a nerd. It's my family's genes.
They're good genes.
- Bam. - What?
- Stop it. - Cut it out.
Go ahead.
You go ahead.
Do you have the safety on?
What?
Yes, I do.
Don't shoot me in the back.
You just have to turn this a little.
I'm scared.
I am too.
No Ae, keep up with us.
Okay.
- Yu Jung. - Yes?
Why do you keep checking behind you?
We have to watch our backs.
Just walk backward.
Is that better?
- Help. - I got you.
Are you okay?
Yes.
I'm fine.
Thank you.
I didn't think you'd really walk backward.
You're clumsier than I thought.
I feel queasy.
What is going on?
Let's see.
I know women.
You have it all wrong, Young Soo.
Then what should I do?
Do better.
Be manly and cool.
Be careful, Na Ra.
Okay.
Be careful, Ha Na.
Get out of my way.
She wants me to get out of her way.
Are you anxious?
About what?
Those two.
It's like a melodrama.
And this man that watches from afar.
Hey.
Let's go quietly.
I have enough on my mind.
Doesn't this feel like an operation?
We are on an operation.
Focus.
Whatever.
Quiet.
Show yourselves, spheres.
Come on.
Cut it out.
Wait, over there.
You scared me.
- Look. - Unbelievable.
Awesome.
Isn't it working?
Hee Rak.
What is it?
It's nothing, sir.
Lieutenant.
What is it?
Look what I got.
- Unbelievable. - Give me some.
- Ouch. - I want a sip.
I'm going to save it, so get away from me.
- Don't be cheap. Share with us. - Don't be cheap. Share with us.
You shouldn't shake cola, right?
But I can since this is mine.
- Why you... - Why you...
I love this.
- Forget it. - Forget it.
Lieutenant.
Il Ha.
What's its location?
It's 300m to the southwest.
That hurts.
Why did you come this way?
What was that?
Lieutenant.
- Get ready to fire. - Lieutenant.
- Are they coming? - Over there.
- They're coming. - What should we do?
- Shoot them. - Hurry.
- They're coming. - I don't think I can.
Hold your fire.
All right.
Open fire.
To the left.
- On 1, 2, 3. - On 1, 2, 3.
- No. - I can't.
- Shoot. - Got it.
Where is it?
Stay in position and fire.
- Die. - Die.
I got one.
I got another one.
Can't you do any better?
I'll reload and try again.
That's hot.
Why would you touch the barrel, you idiot?
Kook Young Soo, Lee Soon Yi.
- Pull yourselves together. - Okay.
Start firing.
- What are you doing? - I don't know.
Place it on your soldier.
I have horrible aim.
No. Tae Man!
Help me.
Hurry.
I can't get any of them.
- Jang Soo. - Yes?
Help us, Jang Soo.
Maintain your positions.
- Where did it go? - Where are they?
Over there.
Darn it.
I'm out of ammo.
Hand me some now.
- What are you waiting for? - Are you serious?
What?
What is it?
Why aren't they coming out?
I don't know.
Cover me.
I don't see them.
What's going on?
Are they going after something?
I think they're hiding.
- Where are you going? - We have to find and kill them.
You can't do it alone.
- Let go of me. - What's this?
It's still here.
What?
Where is it?
Behind you!
It's coming.
- Where did it come from? - Where did it come from?
- Get it. - Kill it.
Are you okay?
What are you doing?
Take your positions and search your surroundings.
- Back to your positions. - Yes, sir.
Yes, sir.
Young Sin.
Cho Young Sin!
Locate the sphere.
Darn it.
What should we do now?
We'll find every one of them...
and eliminate them all.
Yes, sir.
- One, two, three. - One, two, three.
Ladies first.
You go first.
Hey, that way.
Wait. Darn it.
Darn it.
No.
What happened?
We got one.
We just lost one.
Seriously?
Up there.
That scared me.
Na Ra.
Let's go.
Come on.
I shouldn't have saved him.
No.
Darn it.
Go to the left.
Come with me, Chi Yeol.
I don't believe it.
Na Ra.
Stop whining.
Stop with the whining.
Hey.
It's too dark. Maybe we shouldn't go in.
One was detected.
We have to get it.
Take your lantern out.
Okay.
Why am I in the lead?
- Stop that. - I'm sorry.
- Seriously. - I'm sorry.
Get it out of my face.
I don't think it's in here.
Careful.
Okay.
- There it is. - Get it.
I can't see it.
It's getting away.
Hey.
Duk Joong.
- Are you okay? - Yes.
- I'm alive. - Yes.
You're okay.
- You scared me. - Are you okay?
I think he's okay.
- That scared me. - I know.
Quiet.
(Duty After School)