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ONE: High School Heroes
2025
We fight again today, solely to study.
A struggling student at Korea's worst high school forms a study group while protecting his classmates with his fighting skills, hoping to overcome academic challenges and secure a spot in college.
Study GroupJan 23, 2025 · 43m · ★ 8.8Ga-min is passionate about studying and puts all his efforts into it. However, he never received a good grade, which made him go to Yusung Technical High School. The school is known as a gangster training school, and unlike Ga-min, not many students are into studying. However, Ga-min wants to try a new method of studying, which is forming a study group. He asks his classmate Se-hyun to join him, but he tells Ga-min about a problem he has.
The School InspectorJan 23, 2025 · 42m · ★ 8.2Ga-min gets into an unexpected fight against Hyeon U, a school bully. As the fight goes on, the two become the center of attention of everyone in school. At that moment, a man enters the classroom that has become a mess because of the two, and it turns out that he is a school inspector. The vice-principal who got furious about the incident decides to expel Ga-min from school.
A New MemberJan 30, 2025 · 42m · ★ 8.5Someone applied to the study group. Ga Min is excited to meet the applicant, but it turns out that it is Ji U, Hyeon U’s twin sister. Kyu Jin, a member of the student council, picks on Ji U, and Ga Min confronts him. Han Wul tells Hyeon U about Kyu Jin who was blackmailing Ji U. Meanwhile, Ranked 1 among the 1st years comes to see Ga Min.
Teach Me How to FightJan 30, 2025 · 42m · ★ 8.5Jun is impressed by Ga Min who defeated the rankers. He applies to join the study group and asks Ga Min to teach him how to fight. However, Ga Min rejects him because he only wants students who actually want to study in the study group. Jun decides to join the gang to become stronger, but it only gets him in trouble. Ga Min and his friends go to rescue him.
A Real LoserFeb 6, 2025 · 43m · ★ 7.7The study group is finally complete. But the school’s top student, Kim Ho Min bullies Se Hyun, who grew up in the same neighbourhood. He tramples on Se Hyun’s pride and beats him up, calling him a poor loser. Ga Min steps up to help him, but it only makes Se Hyun feel like a real loser. After refusing to go to Ga Min’s house, Se Hyun wanders around and ends up running into Ho Min.
Ga Min’s TransferFeb 6, 2025 · 43m · ★ 8.5Ga Min breaks the curfew that he promised because of Se Hyun, and his mom tries to transfer him to another school. Han Kyeong and the study group, who can’t give up on Ga Min, persistently chase after Ga Min’s mom and try to persuade her. But that’s when the reserves of the Yeonbaek Gang barge in after finding out about Han Kyeong’s plan for Pi Han Wul.
A struggling student at Korea's worst high school forms a study group while protecting his classmates with his fighting skills, hoping to overcome academic challenges and secure a spot in college.
MinhyunYoon Ga-min
Lee Jong-hyunKim Se-hyeon
Gong Do-yuLee Jun
Shin Su-hyunLee Ji-woo
Cha Woo-minPhi Han-wool
Hong Min-giPark Geon-yeop
Han Ji-eunLee Han-kyung
Yoon Sang-jeongChoi Hee-won
Park Yoon-hoLee Hyun-woo
Baek Seo-hooMa Min-hwan
Lee Gwang-heeJeong Do-hoon
Kim Young-ahJeon Mi Hyun
Jeong Jae-seongvice-principal (Yu-seong Tech)
Joo Yeon-wooKim Soon-cheol
Cho Seung-yeondean of academic affairs (Yu-seong Tech)
Jin Woo-jinKim Gyu-Jin [Disciplinary Committee member]
Choi Ye-chan
Kim Min-ahHwang Mi-Hee (Yu-seong Tech)
Kim Hwi-gyuNo. 173
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**"Chaotic, cathartic, and a brutal critique—juxtaposing violent survival with the pressures of the education system."** Study Group isn’t just another action-packed school drama—it’s a sharp dissection of an education system that feels more like a battlefield. Through a metaphorical lens, it captures the brutal reality of Korea’s cutthroat academic culture, where hierarchy and privilege dictate success. In a world where intelligence alone isn’t enough, Yoon Ga-Min’s desperate attempt to form a simple study group feels almost absurd—but that absurdity is exactly what makes the story so compelling. Violence here isn’t just for spectacle; it’s an allegory for academic survival, where only the strongest endure. With breakneck action, dark humor, and Gen Z irreverence reminiscent of _Bottoms (2023)_, Study Group doesn’t just entertain—**it fights its way to becoming this generation’s _Fight Club._**
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