Extracurricular and Vagabond fans are in for another Netflix show that truly makes your skin crawl with Detention. With eerie music and darkly lit shots, the show Detention fully immerses the audience into the horror genre. Due to ghosts and mysterious deaths, every episode of Detention has memorable quotes.
Detention looks at a Taiwanese school where a student committed suicide. Thirty years after the incident, Yunhsiang Liu comes to the school and witnesses how peculiar it has become. During her time at the school, Yunhsiang encounters the ghost of Jui-hsin Fang. As Yunhsiang becomes closer with Jui-hsin she starts to uncover the school’s secrets.
Here is the scoop on quotes from Detention!
1. “Just worry about yourself.”- Mrs. Liu
2. “She’s a devil. Ignore her.”-Chieh-Yu Su
3. “Stop hitting your son on the head. He’s dumb enough.”-Mrs. Cheng
4. “How others see you will be reflected towards me.”- Mrs. Liu
5. “Don’t talk. They’re still here.”-Uncle Wei Chung-ting
6. “Think of it as protecting yourself.”- Chieh-Yu Su
7. “Why do you sneak cigarettes into school?”-Wen-liang Cheng
8. “Do a good job.”-Mrs. Liu
9. “Outside this place is just a bigger and crazier world.”-Yunhsiang Liu
10. “May the essence shroud you with light, the energy shine, and the spirit expel evil. Heed my command. Now!”-Wen-liang
11. “I can no longer remember who I once was.”-Li Tzu-chi
13. “Keep up the act when we get back. I’m counting on you.”-Yunhsiang Liu
14. “I know everything you do behind my back. Don’t assume you can hide it!”- Instructor Pai
15. “I don’t care about your past, but don’t give me trouble.”-Ms. Chao
16. “I got lost yesterday. I wandered around out of curiosity.”-Yunhsiang Liu
17. “Take a look at this class of yours.”-Instructor Pai
18. “Next, it’s your turn to help me.”-Jui-hsin Fang
19. “You’re only 16 years old. It’s a time when you shouldn’t be stuck in a mold.”-Shen Hua
20. “I will always remember you.”- Yunhsiang Liu
21. “See yourself for who you are.”-Shen Hua
22. “Come back with me. I’ll give you an exorcism.”-Wen-liang Cheng
23. “I’m Principal Shen Ching’s son, but as far as I’m concerned, I’m Shen Hua and nobody else.”-Shen Hua
24. “I am you.”-Jui-hsin Fang
25. “It’s a plant called rue. It can ward off evil spirits and treat illnesses. It can protect you.”-Mr. Liu
26. “It’s like being the object of their affection.“-Wen-liang Cheng
27. “A person is divided into 30 days over September.”- Yunhsiang Liu
28. “You don’t need to suffer anymore.”-Jui-hsin Fang
29. “Ghosts take advantage of you when you’re weak.”-Wen-liang Cheng
30. “When written language is used as a tool for communication, it carries a specific function. You must phrase your words to have clarity. Yet when we write poems, we don’t need to constrain our words to have this function.”- Shen Hua
31. “In reality, they already have an answer in mind. They’re only seeking peace of mind.”-Wen-liang Cheng
32. “I really don’t get girls. They’re nice to you one second, then ignore you the next.”-Wen-liang Cheng
33. “Rules are rules. They become meaningless if exceptions are made.”-Instructor Pai
34. “This is school, not the army!”-Shen Hua
35. “You won’t achieve anything if you are so narrow-minded.”- Principal Shen Ching
36. “He must be disappointed in me.”- Yunhsiang Liu
37. “Given your identity, you have to lead by example.”-Instructor Pai
38. “Talking about it won’t change anything.”- Jui-hsin Fang
39. “Without me, you are nothing at all.”-Principal Shen Ching
40. “After writing them down, it seems as if they’re no longer my problems.”-Yunhsiang Liu
41. “I believe that poems aren’t a commodity, but rather a sort of dialogue and a gift.”-Shen Hua
42. “Have you every truly loved someone?”-Jui-hsin Fang
43. “Stinking rich fat cats.”- Shen Hua
44. “Every poem I compose and every word I write is for him.”- Jui-hsin Fang
45. “Being able to be unconcerned with others’ opinions and expectations and persist in being yourself is a courageous thing.”-Yunhsiang Liu
46. “He can show you a different world.”- Jui-hsin Fang
47. “Don’t worry about ethics.”-Shen Hua
48. “She is dead.”- Wen-liang Cheng
49. “The next one will be me.”-Yunhsiang Liu
50. “I gave you these gifts to make you mine.”-Jui-hsin Fang
51. “I don’t want to be like my dad.”-Wen-liang Cheng
52. “But some things can never be fixed.”-Yunhsiang Liu
53. “My confidence is actually just an act.”-Shen Hua
54. “Anyway, you can always count on me for help.”-Wen-liang Cheng
55. “No matter how much time passes, Greenwood will never change.”-Principal Shen Ching
56. “What if the real me is nothing at all?”-Yunhsiang Liu
57. “So, quit writing.”-Wen-liang Cheng
58. “Do you pity me?”-Shen Hua
59. “Why don’t we face who we really are?”- Yunhsiang Liu
60. “You call yourself a poet, but maybe that’s just a lie.”-Wen-liang Cheng
61. “They have to pay the price.”-Jui-hsin Fang
62. “Save me.“-Yunhsiang Liu
63. “Poetry isn’t a poet’s creation. Instead, it’s creativity and inspiration granted by the gods.”-Shen Hua
64. “I don’t want this award.”-Yunhsiang Liu
65. “They’re stupid rumormongers.”-Wen-liang Cheng
66. “If you can’t face it alone, we can face it together.”-Mr. Liu
67. “Nothing special has happened.”-Yunhsiang Liu
68. You’ve always been softhearted, but I know that you won’t disappoint me in the end.”-Principal Shen Ching
69. “I will always be your dad.”-Mr.Liu
70. “But some things are different from what’s imagined.”-Yunhsiang Liu
71. “Perhaps it is my inexperience.”-Shen Hua
72. “It’s my fault.”-Yunhsiang Liu
73. “Your a wolf in sheep’s clothing!”- Mr.Liu
74. “I don’t hate them. Nor do I hate you. I only hate myself.”-Yunhsiang Liu
75. “Son, do you want to change with the time or be swallowed up by the time?”- Principal Shen Ching
76. “If I leave this world, will I get a brand-new start?”-Yunhsiang Liu
77. “Who will take responsibility for her injuries? He committed a wrong!”-Wen-liang Cheng
78. “It is fun.”-She Hua
79. “It means that as long as you plan carefully, you’ll get what you want.”-Yunhsiang Liu
80. “You only treated her as your tool.”-Jui-hsin Fang
81. “I failed you, Yunhsiang.”- Mrs. Liu
82. “Her ghost never left.”-Uncle Wei Chung-ting
83. “However long the night, a new dawn will break.”- Ming-hui Chang
84. “If you won’t go, I’ll go on my own.”-Wen-liang Cheng
85. “Perhaps, she wants revenge.”-Uncle Wei Chung-ting
86. “How things are done in the army, are not how they are done at Greenwood.”-Principal Yin
87. “It feels like I’ve experienced all of this before. What is real becomes imaginary.“-Yunhsiang Liu
88. “He searched all his life, but couldn’t find someone worth loving.”- Ming-hui Chang
89. “It’s an illusion, but it feels real.”-Yunhsiang Liu
90. “You’re not my target. Don’t ruin my plans.”-Jui-hsin Fang
91. “The words of freedom and the sound of freedom can help us escape from here.”-Uncle Wei Chung-ting
92. “They pushed us to this point. This is the only path left.”- Yunhsiang Liu & Jui-hsin Fang
93. “Avoidance and regret result in a cycle.”-Wen-liang Cheng
94. “The result will always be the same.”-Jui-hsin Fang
95. “No matter how much you run, you can never escape from the mistakes you made.”-Yunhsiang Liu
96.”You are me, but I am not you.”-Yunhsiang Liu
97. “I hope you’ll get to see your hometown’s fields and mountains. My soul will always watch over them.”-Ming-hui Chang
98. “Your lies are all we have.”-Yunhsiang Liu
99. “In truth, you want someone to save you.”-Yunhsiang Liu
100. “No fears, no confusion. Flowers wither, flowers blossom. Thinking of you gently drifting alone at the riverside 30 years ago.”-Yunhsiang Liu
Although Detention is an eight episode Netflix series, the story was based off a video game with the same name. The developer of the video game Detention, Red Candle Games, helped create the show so that fans and new viewers could enjoy the story.
Despite the game being based in the 1960s, the show Detention set the story in the 1990s to show how oppression still continued throughout Taiwan. Both the show and the video game were inspired by the 1947 Keelung Senior High School incident. Because of the show and video game, many more people can learn about the time period known as the “White Terror.”
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