Phantom School ~ 2022 Fantasy Web Drama on Viki

“Phantom School” is a Korean drama series, released in 2022, has 8 episodes, and is categorized as Web Drama, Youth or High School, Supernatural, or Fantasy.

♦ What is a Phantom and How Did They Get in the Human World?

In “Phantom School”, evil beings that feed on human desires are called phantoms. These supernatural beings are captured by phantom hunters, then sealed in beads, and kept in an underground depository.

But “someone” broke into the depository and stole 7 beads. They don’t know who did it or why, but they do know that whoever it was, they took the beads into the human world. ALL phantom hunters decided to take action since this act was unprecedented. Someone needs to go into the human world.

Kang Yu Na is a “trainee”, i.e. she is not a full-fledged phantom hunter, but she has been assigned the mission. This will be her first mission. She must prevent a phantom from attaching itself to a human. She enters the human world disguised as a high school student at Seonghon High School.

Wait! This is a huge mission! Why was a trainee sent? Yu Na might think she’s on her own, however, Choi Gi Wu, a Master Hunter, keeps a watchful eye on her. Also, she meets another high schooler who becomes a really good helper.

Main Characters:

• Kang Yu Na (played by Lim So Eun aka NC.A)
• Lee Do Gyeom (played by Choi Seok Won aka Tan, “Ghost Doctor”)
• Sung So Jin (played by Kim Seo-yeon, “Tomorrow”)
• Choi Gi Wu (played by Lim Sung-kyun, “The Escape of the Seven”)
• Han Su Yeong (played by Cha Jae-hoon)

Where to Watch

Viewership and Rating:

• IMDb: (No ratings)
• My Drama List: 7.2 out of 10 stars
• KoreanDrama.org: 7.2 out of 10 stars
• Viki viewers rated this series 8.6 out of 10 stars

My personal rating is 7 out of 10 stars.

Here are a few lines lifted from various reviews (links below):

• “… feels vastly incomplete, like it was cobbled together and thrown to the wolves of the universe.” Per Bookwyrming Thoughts
• “… a fantasy action exorcism genre that tells the story of phantoms who try to throw the human world into chaos by manipulating students consumed by their desires, and hunters who try to destroy such phantoms and protect world peace.” Per Urban Asian

Protect world peace??? Uh-huh. OK! If I were rating “Phantom School” based on kid-friendly cheesiness, it would be 10 out of 10 stars. Eh! They were high schoolers who did their best to save other high schoolers who had been possessed by evil spirits. That’s better than high schoolers bullying other high schoolers like in “The Glory”; or high schoolers drafted for military service to fight aliens, “Duty After School”.

LINKS OF INTEREST:

• Phantom School (2022) | Bookwyrming Thoughts
• Rookie Seo-yeon Kim to appear in action fantasy drama ‘ Phantom School ’ | Urban Asian

TRAILERS/TEASERS:

Viki Global TV. “Phantom School | TEASER | NC.A, Tan.” YouTube Video. YouTube, November 10, 2022. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mmgx3zeSZMk.