All of Us Are Dead Quotes by Character: 30 Real Lines With Transcriptions, Phonetics and Show Insights
Yurii Rebryk · Updated October 1, 2026 · 12 min read
One of the best-known All of Us Are Dead quotes is Cheong-san’s “Today, I am the happiest guy in this school!” from Episode 11. Below are 30 lines from the Korean Netflix series, each checked against an English subtitle transcript of all 12 episodes, with the speaker, episode and scene, the Korean original for two famous lines, and IPA and stress for the hard words.
In this article
- How these All of Us Are Dead quotes were checked
- Lee Cheong-san quotes, including “the happiest guy in this school”
- Two All of Us Are Dead quotes in the original Korean
- Nam On-jo quotes
- Choi Nam-ra and Lee Su-hyeok quotes
- Lee Byeong-chan quotes: the science teacher who made the virus
- Quotes from the adults: Ms. Park, On-jo’s father and the assemblywoman
- All of Us Are Dead quotes about bullying: Gwi-nam, Na-yeon and Eun-ji
- Funny All of Us Are Dead quotes
- Why All of Us Are Dead quotes are worded differently online
- Quotes people search for that are not from All of Us Are Dead
- All of Us Are Dead facts: webtoon, director, cast and awards
- Is there an All of Us Are Dead season 2?
- How to shadow All of Us Are Dead lines in English
Jump to Cheong-san, On-jo, Nam-ra and Su-hyeok, the science teacher, the bullies, funny lines, season 2 or shadowing practice.
How these All of Us Are Dead quotes were checked
Every line on this page was found word for word in an English subtitle transcript of all 12 episodes, and the episode number comes from that transcript. Speakers come from the transcript’s name tags or from the scene. IMDb had no quotes listed for the show when we checked on 21 October 2026. IPA is the US pronunciation from the Cambridge Dictionary.
All of Us Are Dead (Korean: 지금 우리 학교는) is filmed in Korean, so every English line is a translation. Different English subtitle tracks translate the same Korean differently, and some lines on Screen Rant and fan lists are worded differently from the transcript we used. If your version words a line differently, both can be right; the versions table shows the common pairs.
Lee Cheong-san quotes, including “the happiest guy in this school”
Lee Cheong-san (Yoon Chan-young) is On-jo’s childhood friend and neighbour. His lines are short and direct, which makes them easy to repeat.
| Quote | Episode | Scene | Learner notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| “Well, there are people who like you. Like your dad. You have to stay alive for them.” | Ep. 2 | After I-sak’s death, On-jo says: “There’s just no one left that I like.” | stay alive = keep living. Screen Rant quotes this line as “You have to live for them.” |
| “It’s not like anyone is going to save us if we stay here. We’re the only ones who can save ourselves.” | Ep. 9 | The class is scared to move during the thunderstorm; Cheong-san pushes them to go. | It’s not like… = spoken “nobody will…”. Stress our-SELVES. |
| “Hey! All of you! Come after me! Today, I am the happiest guy in this school!” | Ep. 11 (seen again in Ep. 12) | Bitten by Gwi-nam, he says goodbye to On-jo and runs to pull the zombies away from his friends. | come after me = chase me. Happiest has three syllables: HAP-pi-est. |
Two All of Us Are Dead quotes in the original Korean
Both Korean lines below are quoted in Korean press coverage of the show; the romanisation is a reading aid.
| Korean | Romanisation | Word by word | English subtitle |
|---|---|---|---|
| 오늘은 내가 이 학교에서 제일 행복한 놈이다! (Cheong-san) | Oneureun naega i hakgyoeseo jeil haengbokhan nomida! | today / I / this school-in / most / happy / guy-am. Nom is a rough, casual word for “guy”. | “Today, I am the happiest guy in this school!” Quoted in Herald Pop and OSEN, February 2022. |
| 누군가를 죽음으로 내몰면 사는 게 아무것도 아니게 돼. (Ms. Park) | Nugungareul jugeumeuro naemolmyeon saneun ge amugeotdo anige dwae. | someone / to death / if you drive / living / nothing / becomes. | “If you cause someone else to die, life becomes completely meaningless.” Quoted in The Hankyoreh, May 2022. |
Yoon Chan-young told Herald Pop that Cheong-san’s line is in the original webtoon and that he wanted to make it look really cool. Director Lee Jae-kyoo told Celuv Media he cried at the monitor while the scene was filmed. Korean outlets word Ms. Park’s line slightly differently too: a KBS review has 죽음에 내몰면… 아닌 게 돼.
Nam On-jo quotes
Nam On-jo (Park Ji-hu) is Cheong-san’s neighbour and the daughter of a rescue-team captain. Her lines often state a rule about people.
| Quote | Episode | Scene | Learner notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| “I didn’t know I-sak was such a precious friend. When I thought she was gone, it felt like I’d lost the whole world.” | Ep. 4 | She tries to comfort Cheong-san, whose best friend Gyeong-su has turned. | precious /ˈpreʃ.əs/ = very valuable. Such a + adjective + noun adds emphasis. |
| “Being logical isn’t part of human nature.” | Ep. 5 | She argues with Nam-ra about plans, then adds: “We need hope more than logic.” | Fan lists have “Being logical is not necessarily being human.” logical /ˈlɑː.dʒɪ.kəl/. |
| “Hatred is contagious. But so is trust.” | Ep. 7 | Classmates keep away from Nam-ra after she is bitten; On-jo walks over to her. | contagious /kənˈteɪ.dʒəs/ = spreads from person to person. so is X = X is too. |
| “I already knew the sorrow of being a survivor. But I didn’t know just how heavy that sorrow would be.” | Ep. 12 | Voice-over after the rescue, as U-sin, a paramedic from her father’s rescue team, asks about him. | sorrow /ˈsɔːr.oʊ/, survivor /sɚˈvaɪ.vɚ/. Just how = exactly how much. |
Choi Nam-ra and Lee Su-hyeok quotes
Choi Nam-ra (Cho Yi-hyun) is the class president who becomes a half-zombie. Lee Su-hyeok (Lomon) is the former bully who protects her. Their classmate Oh Joon-yeong (Ahn Seung-gyun) is the second top student.
| Quote | Episode | Scene | Learner notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nam-ra: “The truth is, all of us have some sort of prejudice. We all have preconceptions about other people.” | Ep. 1 | In Ms. Park’s English class, Nam-ra puts the teacher’s sentence “none of us are completely free from prejudice” into her own words. | prejudice /ˈpredʒ.ə.dɪs/, preconception /ˌpriː.kənˈsep.ʃən/. free from = without. |
| Nam-ra: “I heard that in some countries, they mourn adults more than they do with children. And in others, children more than adults. Which do you think our country is?” | Ep. 5 | The students start to realise that no one is coming to rescue them. | mourn /mɔːrn/ = feel and show sadness after a death. |
| Joon-yeong: “When kids die, you lose hope but when adults die, you lose their wisdom.” | Ep. 5 | His answer to Nam-ra’s question, as Screen Rant and fan lists credit it; the transcript tags Joon-yeong only on the next line, “Hope and wisdom.” | wisdom /ˈwɪz.dəm/. Say both halves with the same rhythm. |
| Nam-ra: “I never hated you guys. I just didn’t have any friends.” | Ep. 8 | By the fire on the roof, after a classmate asks if her silence meant she hated them. | Fan lists say “I never disliked you guys.” you guys = all of you, for any group. |
| Nam-ra: “You know you never called me by my name. It was always ‘Hey,’ or ‘Prez.’” | Ep. 7 | Su-hyeok answers: “I was afraid you’d know if I said your name.” “What?” “That I like you.” | Prez = short for (class) president, used by her classmates. |
| Su-hyeok: “If she turns, I’ll throw her out the window, so she can’t attack you. So back off.” | Ep. 6 | He stands between Nam-ra and the class after Gwi-nam bites her. | turn = become a zombie. back off = move away, stop pushing. |
| Nam-ra: “You know how we’re not really kids, but also not quite adults yet, either? That’s like me. I’m neither a human nor a monster.” | Ep. 12 | The final scene: she meets her friends on the school roof months later. | neither… nor = not A and not B. monster /ˈmɑːn.stɚ/. |
| Su-hyeok: “Yes, you’re right. Wherever we are, we’ll be friends.” | Ep. 12 | The same roof scene, before Nam-ra stays behind. | Wherever = in any place. Stress where-EV-er: wherever /werˈev.ɚ/. |
Lee Byeong-chan quotes: the science teacher who made the virus
Lee Byeong-chan (Kim Byung-chul) teaches science at Hyosan High and created the Jonas Virus after his son Jin-su was bullied (Wikipedia). Many of his later lines are videos on the laptop he left in the school lab.
| Quote | Episode | Scene | Learner notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| “Humanity has never once completely defeated a virus.” | Ep. 1 | A science class about viruses, before the outbreak. | humanity /hjuːˈmæn.ə.t̬i/ = all people. Never once is stronger than never. |
| “It’s too late. We’re all dead. There’s no hope for survival.” | Ep. 3 | At the police station, as a colleague calls the detective away. | The closest any line gets to the show’s English title. |
| “The strong are now ripping apart the weak. It happens all the time.” | Ep. 4 | Detective Song Jae-ik demands to know what is happening outside. | rip apart = tear into pieces. The strong = strong people. |
| “There was something we’d say at the pharmaceutical company whenever we hit a wall. ‘Science begins with imagination and ends as a mystery.’” | Ep. 9 | One of the videos he recorded, found on his laptop. | hit a wall = get stuck. imagination /ɪˌmædʒ.əˈneɪ.ʃən/. |
| “You can forget someone who dies but it’s hard to forget someone who has changed.” | Ep. 11 | Another recorded video: the virus turned people he loved into monsters. | Has changed: the change is done and still matters. |
Quotes from the adults: Ms. Park, On-jo’s father and the assemblywoman
Park Sun-hwa (Lee Sang-hee) is the class’s homeroom and English teacher. Nam So-ju (Jeon Bae-soo), On-jo’s father, leads a rescue team. Park Eun-hee (Bae Hae-sun) is the local member of the National Assembly.
| Quote | Episode | Scene | Learner notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ms. Park: “No matter what happens, you stay alive. Also, you must never take a life. If you cause someone else to die, life becomes completely meaningless.” | Ep. 3 | Already bitten, she gives the class her last advice and walks away. | take a life = kill someone. meaningless /ˈmiː.nɪŋ.ləs/. |
| So-ju: “…everyone’s equal in an accident. Grades are not that important. Being healthy and safe. That’s all that really matters.” | Ep. 1 | Over a meal he tells On-jo about an accident he attended: rich or poor, good grades or bad, it makes no difference. | That’s all that really matters = nothing else is important. |
| Park Eun-hee: “You’re a firefighter. I’m a politician. Do you know when it’s the hardest for people like us? Right now. Because we have to save the most people, not the people most precious to us.” | Ep. 4 | So-ju wants to leave and find On-jo; she reminds him of his job. | politician /ˌpɑː.ləˈtɪʃ.ən/: stress on TISH. |
All of Us Are Dead quotes about bullying: Gwi-nam, Na-yeon and Eun-ji
Bullying drives the plot, from the opening scene to the virus itself. In Korea, some critics said the bullying and sexual-violence scenes were shown in too much detail (Kyunghyang Shinmun, February 2022). The lines below are about cruelty and its cost; we left out the graphic ones.
| Quote | Episode | Scene | Learner notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Na-yeon: “I can’t stand you, stupid welfie.” | Ep. 3 | She insults Gyeong-su, who comes from a low-income family. Ms. Park later asks, “What’s a welfie?” and is told: “A person on welfare.” | Welfie is the subtitles’ version of a Korean slur for people on welfare. Bizhankook names the show’s slur, 기생수, as open discrimination. Do not use it. |
| Na-yeon: “I don’t need any of you.” | Ep. 3 | The class learns she infected Gyeong-su and calls her a murderer; she storms out. | any of you = not one of you. |
| Eun-ji: “Now, I really wish the school would burn down. Till nothing’s left.” | Ep. 4 | On the roof with Cheol-su, another student the bullies targeted. | wish + would = a wish about something you want to happen. Till = until. |
| Gwi-nam: “I’m full right now. So you get to live. Count yourself lucky.” | Ep. 11 | The half-zombie bully spares Min-jae, for the moment. | count yourself lucky = be glad, it could be worse. get to = are allowed to. |
Funny All of Us Are Dead quotes
| Quote | Episode | Scene | Learner notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dae-su’s song: “Chicken tastes better fried / In olive oil / Pork tastes better than soy meat… What makes me laugh, laugh, laugh / Is trans fat” | Ep. 6 | He sings it into a phone for a video message; it comes back in Ep. 8. | He sings in Korean; the words are subtitle text. trans fat = a type of fat in fried food. |
| “A half-bie? What’s half-bie? Short for half zombie? … It’s like half and half. Like half spicy, half fried.” | Ep. 6 | Classmates invent a name for Nam-ra, who is infected but still herself. Dae-su gets hungry for chicken. | A blend of two words. Korean coverage calls Nam-ra 절비, short for “only half zombie” (Bizhankook). Half and half is a fried-chicken order. |
| “What’s with ‘Bare-su’?” “It’s short for Barefoot Su-hyeok.” | Ep. 1 | Ms. Park calls Su-hyeok by his nickname in class; classmates explain that he hates wearing socks. | What’s with X? = why X? A very common spoken question. |
Why All of Us Are Dead quotes are worded differently online
Some popular lists word these lines differently from the transcript we used.
| Popular version | Seen on | Transcript wording |
|---|---|---|
| “You have to live for them.” | Screen Rant | “You have to stay alive for them.” (Ep. 2) |
| “Being logical is not necessarily being human.” | Fan lists | “Being logical isn’t part of human nature.” (Ep. 5) |
| “Stop acting like human trash.” (Cheong-san) | Screen Rant | No match: the word “trash” appears only in Ep. 1 (“talking trash”), so this wording comes from another track or a paraphrase. |
Quotes people search for that are not from All of Us Are Dead
| Line | Where it is from |
|---|---|
| “In the long run we are all dead.” | John Maynard Keynes, A Tract on Monetary Reform (1923), per Wikiquote. |
| “I will not die today.” | Rebecca Yarros, Fourth Wing, per Goodreads. |
| “People have beautiful things to say about you, but you must die first.” | Not in any of the 12 episodes: we searched for “beautiful” and “die first”. |
All of Us Are Dead facts: webtoon, director, cast and awards
| Fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Korean title | 지금 우리 학교는 (Jigeum uri hakgyoneun), word by word “now / our / school”; the literal English title, Now at Our School, is often used for the webtoon |
| Based on | The webtoon by Joo Dong-geun, published 2009–2011 (Wikipedia) |
| Made by | Directed by Lee Jae-kyoo (credited by Netflix as Lee JQ) and Kim Nam-su; written by Chun Sung-il |
| Released | On Netflix on 28 January 2022: 12 episodes |
| Main cast | Park Ji-hu (On-jo), Yoon Chan-young (Cheong-san), Cho Yi-hyun (Nam-ra), Lomon (Su-hyeok), Yoo In-soo (Gwi-nam), Lee Yoo-mi (Na-yeon) |
| Audience | 361.02 million viewing hours in its first 10 days and a place in the non-English top 10 in 91 countries (Netflix, June 2022) |
| Awards | Best New Actor (Yoon Chan-young) and Best New Actress (Park Ji-hu) at the 8th APAN Star Awards, 2022; three Baeksang nominations for new actors (Wikipedia) |
| The virus name | Byeong-chan names the Jonas Virus after Hans Jonas, a philosopher who wrote about the responsibility of technology (Ep. 6) |
Is there an All of Us Are Dead season 2?
Yes, season 2 is confirmed. Netflix renewed the show on 6 June 2022 (Netflix, June 2022) and announced that production had begun on 22 July 2025 (Netflix, July 2025). Neither announcement gives a release date, and we found no newer date from Netflix as of 21 October 2026.
According to the July 2025 announcement, On-jo is now a university student in Seoul when a new outbreak hits the city. Park Ji-hu, Yoon Chan-young, Cho Yi-hyun and Lomon return; Lee Min-jae, Kim Si-eun, Roh Jae-won and Yoon Ga-i join. Lee JQ and Kim Nam-su direct again, and Chun Sung-il writes.
How to shadow All of Us Are Dead lines in English
Shadowing means you play a short line, pause, and say it back with the same speed, stress and pauses. Start with On-jo’s and Cheong-san’s short lines; the shadowing practice guide explains the method. Capitals mark the stressed syllables.
| Line | Say it | Watch for |
|---|---|---|
| “Hatred is contagious. But so is trust.” | HA-tred is con-TA-gious. But SO is TRUST. | con-TAY-jus, three syllables. |
| “Today, I am the happiest guy in this school!” | to-DAY, I AM the HAP-pi-est GUY in this SCHOOL! | Shout it, but keep each word clear. |
| “We’re the only ones who can save ourselves.” | we’re the ON-ly ONES who can SAVE our-SELVES. | Link “save ourselves” into one sound. |
| “Science begins with imagination and ends as a mystery.” | SCI-ence be-GINS with i-ma-gi-NA-tion and ENDS as a MYS-te-ry. | Five syllables in imagination. |
On-jo and Cheong-san: short lines
B1Hatred is contagious. But so is trust.
It’s not like anyone is going to save us if we stay here. We’re the only ones who can save ourselves.
Read it aloud
Listen to a model reading, then record yourself. You get your speaking pace, the share of words that came through clearly, and the words to repeat.
Nam-ra and the science teacher: longer lines
B2The truth is, all of us have some sort of prejudice. We all have preconceptions about other people.
Science begins with imagination and ends as a mystery.
Read it aloud
Listen to a model reading, then record yourself. You get your speaking pace, the share of words that came through clearly, and the words to repeat.
More drills: the English pronunciation practice guide and how to practise speaking alone. Other shows: Money Heist quotes and Lucifer quotes. To check your level, take the English speaking test.
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Frequently asked questions
How scary is All of Us Are Dead?
Quite graphic. The UK’s BBFC rated season 1 a 15, with content advice for sexual violence, injury detail, suicide, language, threat and violence in every episode.
Is Cheong-san alive in All of Us Are Dead?
Season 1 leaves him bitten and fighting Gwi-nam in Episode 11, and Yoon Chan-young said in 2022 he did not know what would happen next (OSEN). Netflix’s July 2025 announcement lists Yoon Chan-young among the returning “survivors of the original Hyosan outbreak” in season 2.
Why did All of Us Are Dead season 2 take so long?
Netflix’s announcements do not explain the gap. In May 2024 the Korean outlet Star News reported that Netflix had pushed production back a year for a better production environment and higher quality. The public dates are the renewal on 6 June 2022 and the start of production in July 2025, more than three years later.
What’s the saddest death in All of Us Are Dead?
There is no official ranking. Director Lee Jae-kyoo said Cheong-san’s goodbye in Episode 11 made him cry while filming. Ms. Park’s exit in Episode 3 and I-sak’s death in Episode 2 lead to lines quoted on this page.
Is there an English script of All of Us Are Dead?
We found no official English script. What you find online are transcripts of English subtitle tracks, which translate the Korean dialogue and differ from each other in wording.
