Oh My Ghost Clients episode 6 review: Justice on camera

Episode 6 of Oh My Ghost Clients delivers one of the show’s most emotional arcs so far, transforming what started as a quiet labor dispute into a public battle for dignity, memory, and systemic change.

What begins with the sudden death of a custodian pushed beyond her limits ends in a wave of solidarity that forces the university to abolish its cruel exams, reinstate a wrongfully dismissed worker, and reckon with its initial apathy.

From the chilling silence of institutional neglect to the tear-inducing moment when the custodians unite to sing the university anthem, the episode finds power in collective resolve.

A haunting protest that rewrote the rules

Custodian Yeong-suk's death sparks a rupture in episode 6 of Oh My Ghost Clients. Faced with an institution that demands obedience even in mourning, her colleagues rise in protest. Led by Mu-jin, the custodians organize a strike inside the university. They carry banners, chant their demands, and make their grief visible to those who spent years looking away.

The university attempts to contain the movement. But everything shifts when the mandatory custodian exam, filled with absurd questions and led by a supervisor who mocks them, is broadcast live by Gyeonjjang TV. The livestream reveals the cruelty in full view. Viewers from outside the campus respond with outrage. Alumni express shame. Public pressure builds. The exams are abolished. A custodian dismissed without cause returns to her job. Yeong-suk becomes the name and face of a resistance that demanded dignity over silence.

Singing the anthem, reclaiming the institution

The most powerful scene of this episode of Oh My Ghost Clients comes not with confrontation but with song. As the custodians stand together in the exam room, they begin to sing the university anthem, the same anthem once reserved for ceremonies that excluded them. In that moment, the institution’s symbols are turned upside down. What once reinforced hierarchy becomes a vessel for solidarity.

Their voices rise with quiet pride, and the protest takes on a different tone. No longer framed by anger or demand, it transforms into mourning, remembrance, and quiet power. The anthem, stripped of its original context, becomes theirs. Not the administration’s. Not the students’. Theirs.

It is this act, simple, solemn, and deeply human, that finally reaches those who had looked away. Not out of pity but because the image is impossible to ignore. The song, once hollow, now carries weight. The workers are no longer unseen or unheard. They are the heart of the campus, and for the first time, the institution has to listen.

Direction, pacing, and visual language

The strength of this episode of Oh My Ghost Clients lies in its careful orchestration of tone. What begins as the aftermath of a death expands into a protest, then into public exposure, and finally into a powerful resolution.

Each arc so far of Oh My Ghost Clients flows naturally into the next, with no narrative detours or excessive emotional shortcuts. The progression feels lived-in, grounded in real stakes and emotional weight.

The visual language used in Oh My Ghost Clients reinforces the main points of the arcs at every turn. In this episode, the early scenes unfold in sterile hallways with static, distanced framing, capturing the institutional coldness that surrounds the custodians. As the protest builds, the camera moves in closer, favoring tighter shots that reveal the exhaustion, determination, and clarity in their faces. Lighting shifts accordingly, from flat administrative tones to sharp contrasts and stark brightness during the live-broadcast sequence, emphasizing the exposure of cruelty in real time.

Sound design also plays a crucial role. Long silences, ambient echoes in the halls, and the absence of background music during key scenes create space for the viewer to sit with the characters’ emotions.

During the anthem scene, the sound opens up. Voices resonate clearly, each line of the song carrying weight. The effect is structural, transforming the space and redefining who holds meaning within it.

A turning point for the living and the dead in Oh My Ghost Clients this week

This chapter of Oh My Ghost Clients marks a shift in the series. The focus expands beyond individual regret or personal closure. Yeong-suk’s death becomes a catalyst for change in the world of the living. Custodians rise together, a broken policy is abolished, and a wrongfully dismissed worker returns to her post. The haunting carries weight, but the response comes from those still standing.

The supernatural remains present in Oh My Ghost Clients, of course, but the story unfolds through action, protest, and solidarity. The ghosts guide, but the living carry the impact. What Yeong-suk leaves behind is more than closure. It is movement, memory, and transformation.

For a moment, it feels like tragedy might have ended, but Mu-jin walks into the hospital, and everything about the setup suggests another devastating loss. While he's there to check on his teammates, Mu-jin crosses paths with the boy from the convenience store, the same one who had just started a new job, full of hope. The boy doesn’t even realize he has died until Mu-jin arrives. Is he really dead? Maybe in a coma or somthing? The cliffhanger...

Yeong-suk's case might be over, but the work never is in Oh My Ghost Clients. Each spirit reveals another layer. Each injustice leaves its trace. And Mu-jin, with ghosts still finding him, has no choice but to keep going.

Rating with a touch of flair: 5 out of 5 institutional ghosts redeemed by protest and song