The Raccoon's Review of The Admiral

It's getting tough.

Uploading videos once every three days was starting to wear me down.

'I need to adjust the schedule.'

"Huh? You're in school?"

"Quality is way beyond what a student would make."

"Can't help it if you're going to school!"

Thanks to daily editing practice and investing one point, my current editing grade was B-. It had been a struggle to keep up, but since the system criteria was from 2030 instead of 2014, even a ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠B- was more than enough to outdo most pros.

'Time is short.'

Elementary school first grade meant classes ended by two or three at the latest, but after piano academy, hanging out with Ha-jun and Seo A-rin outside, coming home to eat dinner and chat with the family, time slipped away in a blink.

In this situation, I couldn't invest much time into review videos.

My goal was simply to have more people watch the movies and anime I had seen, but I ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠had no intention of forcing it.

I had already learned from my past life that health came first.

'The Freedom Fighter review is almost over.'

Since only 2014 had passed, Freedom Fighter had only released season one, and after devouring two months into the review, it was finally winding down.

'What should I review next?'

While I was pondering what to review next, an advertisement appeared on TV.

"Huh? I think this is when The Admiral came out?"

Because I had seen it as a child, I had forgotten the exact release date.

'I don't know if it was fun, but I watched it carefully.'

Dad was still alive and Mom hadn't yet been diagnosed with cancer, so we had gone to the theater together to watch The Admiral.

[The Admiral.]

[Released July 30, 2014!]

'Wait, July 30? That's tomorrow.'

This was perfect.

While I was still trying to decide what to review, the ad caught my eye at just the right moment.

#1

"Will it be fun?"

"It looks fun from the ad, right?"

While Mom and Dad discussed how the movie would be, we were choosing what to eat.

"Squid is a must!"

"Hot dogs too!"

"What if we order one of each?"

"Alright?"

I handed the money to the staff.

"Understood."

When the staff took the money and started attending to the next customer, we sat on the chairs waiting for the food.

"Our daughter is smart, but we didn't know she could edit too."

"Me too. But I know why she's smart."

"Because she's just like me."

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"What are you talking about? Yena is just like me."

"Honey, you have no conscience. Just looking at her face, it's obvious she's most like me."

By the way, I told my parents about running the YouTube channel.

There were monetization issues, and situations like this would happen often in the future, so I couldn't hide it from my parents every time.

Originally, since the computer was in the living room, my parents had no choice but to know I was editing.

It was a good decision to be honest rather than sneak around.

There were minor side effects, but it was the right call.

'Genius confirmed...'

Mom and Dad had started seeing me as a genius, but I had accepted it. With a system window in place, abilities wouldn't disappear, and ultimately it was my own ability.

'If I get annoyed, I have to awaken the system.'

"Enjoy your meal."

"Thank you!"

After receiving the food, we entered the theater.

The Admiral was waiting for us.

#2

Surprisingly, despite my worry that it might not be fun, we got completely immersed in the movie.

[Admiral! You must snap out of it!]

[It's fine. I know my body best. I'm going to die soon.]

[Impossible, Admiral! Without you, we can't win!]

[That's right. So from now on, listen to my words.]

[Speak! Admiral!]

[I want you to tell the enemy not to know about my death. As long as my death is not known, we can win...]

[Admiral? Admiral!!!]

Even while dying from an arrow, the determination to think about victory in battle was truly remarkable.

It was enough to pull me in completely.

'Still, being an old movie, it looks a bit rough.'

Because I came from 2030, I saw many flaws in The Admiral.

But considering it was a 2014 movie, it was more than enough to give it a passing grade.

'I think I'll review it as a good movie to watch once in a while to remember history.'

#3

After watching the movie, I arrived home and started making the The Admiral review video. Since I had watched it once before, I could finish the review in one day.

So, the day after The Admiral's release.

The The Admiral review was uploaded to the Neoguri channel.

Neoguri, who had uploaded 25 videos reviewing all of Freedom Fighter season one, had now reached 100k subscribers.

If I had started such reviews in 2025, even 10k would have been tough, but since it was 2014, the high-quality videos from Lee Yena were properly received by people, and as a result, videos with over 100k views, and occasionally over 1M views.

In this situation, the first movie review video she uploaded attracted a lot of attention, leading to views.

[The enemy must not know about my death. "The Admiral Review."]

[12 hours ago.]

[532,059]

'530k...?'

'Well, I thought it would get good views, but this much?'

'How far will it go?'

It was set that my video would set the record for highest views among my videos, and now it was about how far the views would go.

[The Admiral was fun to watch.]

[When the Admiral said "The enemy must not know about my death," I sighed with a long "kue~".]

[It's a good movie to watch with family.]

After a week passed, the The Admiral review video surpassed 3M views, and thanks to that, the movie's audience surpassed 10M in just one week.

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What? Was The Admiral such a popular movie? I knew it was over 10M, but I didn't think it would reach 10M in a week.

The reason for these results was clear.

My review video must have been the catalyst.

Now, the views on my The Admiral review video had surpassed 5M.

[5,132,300]

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The Admiral continued its momentum in the second week after release.

Instead of being satisfied with breaking 10M in a week, the audience numbers kept climbing, and when it entered the second week, it reached 20M, boldly naming itself as a Korean film that mobilized 20 million viewers for the first time in Korean film history.

After reaching 20M, the momentum slowed, but it ultimately set an unbelievable record of 23M and left the theaters.

The subscriber count on the Neoguri channel operated by Lee Yena skyrocketed to 1M, and the video reviewing The Admiral achieved 10M views.

And the family of Lee Yena, watching this situation, had no choice but to put question marks on their heads.

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#4

After four months of starting YouTube, I reached 100k subscribers, but I didn't become a star overnight.

Because I didn't show my face, people only knew about Neoguri.

They had no idea who the reviewer was.

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October 1, 2014.

I reached 100k subscribers and became the first Korean to receive the gold button.

It was only two months after receiving the silver button.

"Must be a high school student?"

"Yeah, from the 'busy with studies' comment, definitely high school."

"Wow, how would it feel to reach 100k subs as a high school student."

"Terrifying."

"Yena. Everyone is saying you're a high school student. Are you going to do Q&A? If I say I'm an elementary school student, they probably won't believe it."

"Frankly, even if Dad said it, I don't think anyone would believe it. If I made a review video with 10M views and said I'm an elementary school student, people would comment 'Don't lie'."

"Since it's come to this, I'll go with not lying."

The next day.

Based on people's questions, I conducted Q&A.

"No way, first year of high school?"

"From the 'a bit tight' comment, it's high school 1st year lol"

"High school 1st year with 100k subs lol"

I didn't lie.