Line #43 YMMV/AllOfUsAreDead


1	* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation:
2	** When Gyeong-su is lured out the window by Cheong-san whistling Auld Lang Syne, was it just because zombies are drawn to noise, or because he was still clinging onto his final shred of humanity and could still recognize his friend?
3	** Why does Cheong-san pull Gwi-nam from the flames? To use him as a human shield or save him and end the cycle of bullying?
4	** Why did Gwi-nam cry before the final fight? His ego was wounded by Cheong-san's words? A brief moment of remorse?
5	** Did On-jo stop being in love with Su-Hyuk after Cheong-san kissed her and confessed to her before saying goodbye? Or is On-jo still in love with Su-Hyuk and she hides it so as not to make him and Nam-Ra uncomfortable?
6	* ArcFatigue: The subplot of firefighter Nam So-ju trying to rescue his daughter was criticized for being overly extended, lasting from the second to the end of the tenth episode and involving multiple repetitive plot points, but adding nothing to the story. The latter is made worse by the fact that when So-ju is finally able to reunite with On-jo, he is forced to die just fifteen minutes into the penultimate episode.
7	* BadassDecay: Nam So-ju was incredibly competent and formidable during the outbreak due to his skills as a fireman. Later, he dies soon after reuniting with his daughter, On-jo, to a horde of zombies less impressive than what he or his daughter have encountered and successfully defended against.
8	* CatharsisFactor:
9	** After Lee Na-Yeon intentionally infected Han Gyeong-su just so she won't say sorry to the group for being wrong, seeing Nam-Ra slap Na-Yeon in the face and then Cheong-San pushing her away and calling her a murderer while the rest of her companions look at her with hatred is vastly gratifying because it was what she deserved at that moment. Though it later becomes CryForTheDevil.
10	** While it is later revealed that he survives at the end, seeing Gwi-nam being surrounded by zombies and eaten alive in the library as he screams in pain and begs Cheong-San for his life is incredibly satisfying after he already had thrown four other people to the zombies (including one boy mere moments before) and told Cheong-san to beg for his life as he tried to kill him.
11	** But the deaths that are more satisfying than terrifying? That of each of The Bullies. After the hell they put Jin-su, Cheol-su, and Eun-ji through, they each end up receiving brutal deaths for their actions. From the beginning Hyeon-ju is the first victim of the Jonas virus, then Chang-Hoon receives a brutal bite in the face and finally Myeong-Hwan, the leader of the bullies, is betrayed by Gwi-nam and mauled by a large hoard of zombies.
12	* FridgeHorror: when the streamer enters the daycare in hopes of hiding there for the night before he is chased by a horde of zombified todlers, the fact that the virus so far has been transfered through bites, these kids where likely abandoned there by their caretakers and left to die a awful death before reanimating as zombies.
13	* CompleteMonster: Both the original and TV versions of [[BarbaricBully Yoon Gwi-Nam]] are absolutely monstrous:
14	** [[KoreanWebtoons Original]]: [[SmugSnake Yoon Gwi-Nam]] is a smug sexual deviant who was infamous for raping a classmate in [[TeensAreMonsters middle school]], only becoming worst once he was rendered impotent by the girl. Throwing a teacher into a house of zombies to escape and gluing a girl's eyes shut to sexually harass her, Gwi-Nam immediately accepts his role as a murderer, having a teacher and student drop to be eaten to death [[ForTheEvulz simply for kicks]]. Once he becomes a [[EliteZombie Hambie]], Gwi-Nam mauls his partner in crime, Min Eun-Ji, and begins to stalk the halls for women, harassing and murdering them while using their parts for food. After a confrontation with Park Mi-Jin and Jang Ha-Ri, where he kills the latter's brother and attempts to force the girls to fight with their clothes off, Gwi-Nam hunts down the girls for revenge for escaping his grasp and injuring his hand, planning to murder their entire group as he sexually assaults and eats the women for his own pleasure.
15	** 2022 TV Adaptation: [[AxCrazy Yoon Gwi-Nam]] here is portrayed no better than the original. Starting out as a cruel bully who exploits, beats, and sexually humiliates his peers, Gwi-Nam [[DirtyCoward uses students as bait]] to escape zombies and murders his principal. After being bitten by the zombies, Gwi-nam becomes a [[EliteZombie hybrid]] who relentlessly hunts his enemy Lee Cheong-san and murders and tortures every student he sees with {{sadist}}ic relish, devouring or turning others into zombies. Upon finding Cheong-san, Gwi-nam doesn't care if all the other students are torn apart as long as he gets to torture and kill his nemesis.
16	* CryForTheDevil:
17	** While he created the Jonas Virus and thus caused much of the deaths in the series, it's quite easy for viewers (especially those with children too) to understand why teacher Lee Byeong-Chan created the virus in the first place. His son was an innocent boy who was mercilessly harassed by bullies even when he tried to change it schools several times. In the flashbacks in which it was shown that he tried to ask different authorities for help, they just ignored his pleas and they allowed their son to continue to be hurt to such an extent that one day Jin-su tells his father that he wants to end his life, to the clear sadness of her father. After Jin-su had attempted suicide to end his pain, Byeong-chan was so broken that he created the virus in desperation so that Jin-su could defend himself from people who hurt him.
18	** Despite her horrible behavior earlier in the series, it's hard not to feel bad when Na-Yeon meets a bloody death at the hands of Gwi-nam. After Na-Yeon not only begins to feel remorse for causing Gyeong-Su's death but also remembers the sacrifice her teacher made to save her and tries to bring food to the other surviving students to apologize and fulfill her teacher's last wishes.
19	* EnsembleDarkhorse:
20	** Despite his early death, Han Gyeong-su quickly won the hearts and sympathy of fans due to his bravery, nice personality, loyalty to his friends, and heartbreaking death which, according to all fans, is more than undeserved.
21	** The teacher, Park Sun-hwa is quite a popular side character due to being a ReasonableAuthorityFigure and being one of the few adults who genuinely wants to help and protect the students during the ZombieApocalypse.
22	** Nam So-ju's sidekick, Kim U-sin has gained his own fanbase despite being a fairly minor character thanks to his UndyingLoyalty to So-ju and being one of the few [[PrettyBoy Pretty Boys]] in the series.
23	* EpilepticTrees: There many people who speculate that [[spoiler:Nam-Ra and Park Eun-hee]] might be daughter and mother. Nam So-ju mentions [[spoiler:Park Eun-hee]] being a mother who puts her job first, while [[spoiler:Nam-Ra]] hints that her overbearing mother is a difficult person with impossible high standards that pushed her daughter to smoke in order to cope with the stress. One may thing is impossible because the characters have different surnames, but in South Korea, when a woman marries someone, their last name remains the same but the child will take the father's last name.
24	* FriendlyFandoms:
25	** Unsurprisingly, there's an obvious overlap between ''All Of Us Are Dead'' fans and ''Film/TrainToBusan'' fans. It definitely helped that the show [[ShoutOut name dropped]] the movie when the students realized that they are dealing with a ZombieApocalypse.
26	** With the anime ''Manga/HighschoolOfTheDead'' too, given the similarities between the shows and the fact the latter will never get finished because its author, Daisuke Satō, tragically passed away from heart disease in 2017.
27	** With ''Series/SquidGame'' due to Lee Yoo-mi starring in both shows.
28	** Also with ''Manga/SchoolLive'' (or more accurately, the first arc of that series to be exact) due to having the same premise, albeit a bit more light-hearted and less actionized.
29	* HesJustHiding: Many, many, many fans believe this to be the case with Cheong-San And Gwi-nam. Especially the former, given as they fall, one can clearly see Gwi-nam start to burn and turn orange but not Cheong-san.
30	* HoYay:
31	** Quite a bit between Cheong-San and Su-Hyuk, given their playfulness and tendency to touch each other. At one point, the former is holding onto the latter while they're hanging from a makeshift rope. Su-hyuk jokingly asks Cheong-san if he likes it and doesn't get a denial, only a laugh.
32	** Mi-jin and Ha-ri are also popular since the former tends to stand up for the former and at any perceived disrespect. Mi-jin also comments on how cool she thinks Ha-ri is, even stating that Ha-ri is just her type and how much she wants to be her friend.
33	* IronWoobie: Despite being presented as cold and almost without feelings, Nam-ra is particularly tragic. She had an overbearing, verbally and emotionally abusive mother who never saw Nam-ra as good enough. As result, this pushed her to exceed in everything she did, earning the ire of her classmates, who saw her as snobbish and unapproachable. The stress of her situation led to her closing herself out from others and turning to smoking to cope. And although she may project an image of stoicism, this is far from her true self. This facade cracks when she sees the death of Gyeong-su, whom she visibly cries for despite knowing how she was hated by her peers. And all this without mentioning all that she has to suffer after becoming a Hybrid.
34	* JerksAreWorseThanVillains
35	** Guess who is most despised; the zombies who are just mindless beings who just kill for no reason or [[TeensAreMonsters the Bullies]] who abuse others for sheer pleasure, [[DeanBitterman the Principal]] who is a DirtyCoward, and most of at [[AdultsAreUseless Hyosan High School teachers]] who are such nasty people that they don't even care for the welfare of their students? It's the latter three.
36	** Gwi-nam is the closest thing the series has to a BigBad due to him being a ruthless and vengeful thug who feels no remorse for his actions. However he is perhaps the most popular character in the series due to him being an interesting villain from EvilIsCool. On the other hand, AlphaBitch Na-yeon is hated because she is cowardly and selfish even willing to murder someone innocent just to be right.
37	** On the adult side, General Jin Seon-mu and Professor Byeong-Chan, despite being responsible for most of the deaths in the series, are considered [[WellIntentionedExtremist Well-Intentioned Extremists]]. While the congressmen have not killed a single person but they are absolutely despised due to their selfishness in wanting to use the zombie apocalypse to improve their political position.
38	* JerkassWoobie: Ji-Min has many moments of angry abrasiveness, doesn't do much to help the others, and runs away rather than help her best friend at one point. However, it's very difficult not to pity her as she sees her parents dead and zombified after they came to the school to try to save her, talks about how a school transfer opportunity she passed over could have saved her family, gets left behind by the helicopters when she's a few feet from rescue, almost got her and her friends out of the city where the zombies are, and then gets surrounded by zombies in the dark [[IWantMyMommy while crying for her mother]]. All of this, and the contrast to the happy person she was before the ZombieApocalypse, makes her a very sad character.
39	* LoveToHate: Yoon Gwi-Nam is a despicable bastard whose cruel actions as the school bully initially starts the zombie apocalypse in the first place and is willing to kill others to accomplish his petty goal but his actor, Yoo In-soo's performance is spectacular when portrayed with a charming attitude which not only made the actor's popularity skyrocketed but also made us enjoy hating the villain's guts!
40	* MemeticMutation:
41	** Gwi-Nam, the guy who always falls.
42	** Ji-yeong died in Squid Game only to return as a bitch.
43	* MoralEventHorizon:
44	** Gwi-nam is a gold mine for this. Bullying and even sexually harrasing several students to the point of them attempting suicide? Throwing four people to the zombies before he becomes a hybrid? Gleefully infecting multiple students with the virus? Torturing Cheong-san in front of his friends? He's done it all.
45	** Na-yeon infecting Gyeong-su just to be "right". Even after her remorse, some fans refused to give her any sympathy when Gwo-nam killed her.
46	** The general ordering the soldiers to shoot the kids even though they clearly were not infected.
47	** Eun-ji killing Cheol-su, leading to the survivors being left behind. She also tried to kill Cheong-san simply because he picked a phone so they could get help.
48	* {{Narm}}:
49	** Byeong-chan holding the bible up before beating his son with it can come off unintentionally funny due to the melodramatic framing and how on the nose it is.
50	** The scene where Gwi-nam throws a knife at Cheong-san's back as he chases after him to kill him is done too melodramatically to take seriously.
51	* OneTrueThreesome: Or foursome, in this case. Su-hyeok/Nam-ra/Cheong-san/On-jo isn’t a very popular ship, but it does have some dedicated fans.
52	* TheScrappy: Despite being one of the main characters, Seo Hyo-Ryung is one of the characters that annoys or irritates some viewers the most because she is a FlatCharacter with no purpose in the series. Not only is she one of the students who least helps or acts in fights, but she is constantly a DamselInDistress who has to be saved or serving as TheLoad when the rest of the survivors try to flee from zombies. Whenever there are times when her friends were in danger or in times of distress, this is somewhat adverted in a small way because unlike Na-yeon, she actually can be seen in the backround trying to help, some veiwers are annoyed by The fact that she survives to the end of the series unlike other much more interesting students like Gyeong-su, Ji-Min, Wu-jin, and Joon-yeong doesn't help either.
53	* SugarWiki/SheReallyCanAct: Lee Yoo-mi was absolutely praised by the viewers for her capability to make them cry for such a tragic character as [[Series/SquidGame Ji-yeong]], yet make them LoveToHate her as [[AlphaBitch Lee Na-yeon]], being a proof of her versatility as an actress. The sheer fact that she managed to turn around a character that could have otherwise remained a total HateSink with a redemption arc and CryForTheDevil moments based almost entirely on her body and face-acting abilities is further proof of what she can do as an actress.
54	* ShipsThatPassInTheNight: Jang Woo-jin/Oh Joon-yeong is surprisingly popular for two characters who only really interact fleetingly, and only really towards the end.
55	* SpecialEffectFailure: Park Hee-Su's baby is visibly a CGI or a puppet with CGI.
56	* SpiritualSuccessor: The show is basically ''Manga/HighschoolOfTheDead'' as a live-action series, sans the excessive {{fanservice}} of the anime. Both shows have at the core {{Second Year Protagonist}}s escaping a high school full of zombies, the handsome guy who has ShipTease with an upbeat tomboy and an AloofDarkHairedGirl, the fat friend being the PluckyComicRelief, a RichBitch with pink motifs, and green uniforms.
57	* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter:
58	** A common criticism about the series is that it establishes a large number of characters to the main cast, but most end up unfocused and with no development on their personalities and backstories. While most of the cast members manage to have ADayInTheLimelight, sadly it still feels too little because it's right before the episodes of their deaths and there are even other characters like [[CompositeCharacter Wu-Jin]] and [[TheLoad Hyo-Ryung]] ending without even receiving focus and leaving them as {{Flat Character}}s.
59	** Gyeong-su was not only a NiceGuy, Cheong-san's best friend and one of the few characters who dared to fight against zombies when the apocalypse began, but he also had an incredibly realistic and identifiable background that with enough development could make him a character on the level of Su-hyeok or Nam-ra. However in the end he is used as a SacrificialLion in the same way as On-Jo's best friend (I-Sak) for the development of Cheong-san and leaving him as a waste.
60	** Lee Na-Yeon even has a degree of this. While she does subvert the stereotypical token AssholeVictim common to the zombie genre, the fact that she didn't get the chance to have some redemption for what she did was seen as lost potential by some, and a waste of Lee Yoo-mi's incredible acting ability (granted, Lee Yoo-mi was relatively unpopular before Squid Game and this series and she mainly played secondary characters for about 12 years before her popularity rose up thanks to those two series). She presented an opportunity to inject an unique tension and drama into the series centered on trusting a known murderer, and could have been a {{Foil}} to Nam-Ra as one of the two most untrusted members of the group.
61	* ValuesDissonance: Some western viewers had trouble believing that the bullies could be let off without punishment when it came to things like physical assault or uploading nude images of classmates that were taken by force, as there was video evidence of the former and in America the latter would at a minimum count as possession and distribution of child porn. [[labelnote:note]]Even in the case of distributing images that were not taken by force, minors have been prosecuted in the US. While there are many states that lack robust revenge porn laws to punish someone disseminating nude images originally taken consensually without the subject's permission, if those images are of minors it becomes possession and distribution of child pornography, a very serious offense that can result in a lifetime on the sex offender registry in the entirety of the US.[[/labelnote]] However, in South Korea the law is decidedly more lenient with criminal acts by minors, even violent ones.
62	* TheWoobie:
63	** Min Eun-ji's character could give anyone a run for money about whose story is most tragic, especially when her situation is so [[RealitySubtext grounded in reality]], not only for South Korean girls who suffered similar abuse, but probably for girls from countries that have a similar approach to bullying as South Korea. She is not the typical AlphaBitch who hangs out with the bullies, but a girl who stays with them by force, because it can get worse if she ever leaves them. She has been tragic from the moment she was introduced, she is sexually harassed, filmed and threaten to have the video uploaded on the Internet, for everyone to see. And she can't even count on her classmates or teachers, because they tormented her too, and it's implied this went like that for several years. It's so bad that she becomes the only character DrivenToSuicide for reasons not related to the zombie crisis. Is hard to blame her for feeling relieved seeing everyone turning into zombies, than happily setting the school on fire.
64	** Poor Cheong-san just can't get a break. When the Apocalypse begins, not only is he forced to see his best friend die in a horrifying and brutal way, but he must also be the one who makes sure to try to end his suffering by throwing him from the heights, bearing the blame for the death. When he is finally able to let go of some of the guilt, he sees his dead mother in the front row being brutally beaten by his own friends. And all that without mentioning that he is also constantly forced to escape from a crazy assassin who tries to kill him for pure sadistic pleasure.
65	** On-jo starts out as an upbeat and somewhat naive teenage girl, but during the apocalypse she loses her classmates, friends, father, and possibly her best friend since childhood. While some fans find her constant pursuing of Su-hyeok annoying, even they can’t help feeling bad for her.
66	** While Dae-su’s mistreatment is played for laughs, it’s easy to feel bad for him when you consider that no matter how much he risks his life to save his classmates or uplift their spirits, all he gets in return are insults about his appearance or lack of intelligence. At one point, he mentions that after auditioning for the school choir, he was told to lose weight.

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