Original subtitles

(All people, incidents, and backgrounds in this drama

are fictitious and unrelated to reality.)

You punk!

Stop it, you darn punk! Don't do it!

(Gang Dong Soo)

(Haeseon High's No. 1 Gang Dong Soo)

Hey.

- Hey. - Don't come near me.

- Hey. - Hey!

- What are you doing, punk? - Hey.

Hey! Dong Soo!

No, wait.

Pi Han Wul. Spare me.

We'll download the rank app too.

We'll do anything, so please.

Please.

Haeseon's under our control now too.

We're one under the rank app.

It's just the beginning.

Han Wul.

Why did you have to cripple them all?

I mean,

they could join the YB Family.

It's a waste.

I'm breaking them in.

Once conquered by fear,

they become easier to control.

Why do you need so many reserves?

Do you want to be like your dad?

(YB Construction Business Operations)

No.

I must overcome him.

(3rd Period, English, Odd Number)

(Math)

("Study Group" YLAB)

(Story by Shin Hyung Uk, Drawn by Yu Seung Yeon)

(Study)

(Gather if you want to!)

(Hwang Min Hyun)

(Han Ji Eun)

(Cha Woo Min)

(Lee Jong Hyun)

(Shin Soo Hyun)

(Yun Sang Jeong, Gong Do Yu)

(Study Group)

How about we play a game since it's a bit awkward?

This isn't a group blind date, you know.

Guys. Shall we introduce ourselves?

I am ground, let's introduce...

Hee Won. I don't think that's it.

What? It's not?

Let's play Jun's favourite random...

This is why we're looked down on.

This is so darn annoying.

Hey.

Why do you think you're so special?

Ji Woo.

You've been making a face.

You don't know?

That's right. I don't know.

You guys.

What got you so twisted...

that you want to ruin our lives too?

Us? We're ruining your lives?

Sorry.

What's the point of telling?

That witch.

I shouldn't have spoken up.

Guys.

I can't say I don't get you at all.

I thought the same until recently.

I know so well what you think of us.

We are from...

the infamous Yusung Technical High.

But us here at least gathered...

because we wanted to study.

I think there's a misunderstanding.

The truth is,

we're being bullied.

You're being bullied?

A school like yours has bullies?

Well...

Can you let me go now?

It's your fault, punk.

Your card got suspended.

You put 3,000 dollars on it, and my mom said I couldn't have it.

You're such a moron.

Say you bought a watch or something.

You need one when you study.

Mom kept asking if something was wrong...

That must hurt so bad.

Manil High's full of poor, innocent fools.

You just had to be right next door...

to Manik High so we could take your money.

You can report us.

On the way to prison, I'll stab your parents dead.

Report us.

Darn it. You're so gross.

You'll be here with us until the credit card's back online.

Call your mom or dad or something.

You rich punk.

Hey, I need to take a poop.

Strip him and take a video.

What colour's your underwear, Jun Min?

Hey, wait.

A fresh wallet's waltzing right in.

Is that a different school?

Yes, but we're run by the same foundation.

Jung Min's not here yet...

probably because they have him.

Then you should ask for help.

A lot of kids here must have powerful parents.

A student actually did report them last month.

The culprit was arrested and sent to juvie,

but his father's still in a coma.

We're frustrated too.

We can do nothing...

while our own friend is assaulted.

I see.

Why the heck do we have to be right next to Manik High?

- What? "Manik High?" - What? "Manik High?"

(Manik High School)

(Manik High School)

Is this an art high school?

The kids here...

study until their noses bleed?

The school's prestigious for a reason.

There he is.

He seems to have a fat purse.

Do you know...

where the study group gathering is taking place?

What's he on about?

That's not Manil High's uniform. Why are you here?

I'm from Yusung Technical High School in Ancheon.

Yusung Technical High in Ancheon?

Where is that?

Yusung Technical High's that darn school.

Ancheon's number one bully.

Oh, that Yusung?

What's going on?

Did Eom Seok Dae invite him to form an alliance?

That's possible.

Hey. Why are you here in Seoul?

Do you want to expand your territory?

"Territory?"

Do you mean my math skills?

What?

I thought something was off.

I get it now.

There's no way a good student...

would care so little about their glasses.

Darn it. These guys are making me pay for everything.

Hey. Get the credit card working.

My mom's not picking up.

So what?

Keep calling until she picks up, jerk.

Okay.

This one's a tough one.

Just how badly are they beating him up?

(Do Not Enter)

What the heck?

Why are you picking up only now?

Unfreeze my card right now.

If you don't want to see me dead, unfreeze it.

It's nothing, Mom.

I might be okay.

Are these glasses yours?

Yes, thank...

Why are you staring at me?

- Are you... - Excuse me for a minute.

Hello?

Hey, Youn Ga Min. Are you at Manik High School right now?

Yes. Where are you guys?

He's seriously hilarious.

You've set another record.

Why didn't you pick up until now?

My phone was on mute so it doesn't distract me.

It's not Manik High School, but Manil High School,

the one across from it.

Oh, I see.

Crazy Glasses. If you're at Manik High,

- are you with Yu Jun... What? - Min.

Right, Min. Have you seen Yu Jun Min?

- "Yu Jun Min?" - He's in Manil High's study group.

Are you Yu Jun Min?

I'm here with him.

This isn't the time to be on the phone. We must leave.

- If the real monster turns up... - Are you the one?

Who beat my guys up.

(Se Hyun)

What? Are you getting serious?

(Se Hyun)

- What's going on? - Takedown?

- Oh, no. - This is bad.

Youn Ga Min might be in grave trouble.

- A guy named Eom Seok Dae... - No. That's not what she meant.

It's those guys who are in trouble.

Fight amongst yourselves.

Don't involve those who study.

No, my glasses.

Right, your glasses.

Shall we head to the exchange meeting?

Let's learn about the Two Pizza Rule.

Assume that each person eats two slices.

Two whole pizzas are sufficient for eight people.

We first identified each other's strengths and weaknesses.

Then, we established a detailed action plan...

for the study group's purpose...

- before anything else. - An action plan?

- You think? - Each must have...

- It's not? - a subject you're good at.

By taking charge of the subject...

we're each good at,

we played to our strengths while improving...

- our weaknesses. - Rather than an exchange meeting,

it was like an educational meeting for our study group.

But the passion to study.

How to run the study group to support it and more.

We learned a lot from that meeting.

I apologize for shooting my mouth earlier.

I was being prejudiced.

I'm also sorry for the misunderstanding.

I felt a worldly difference.

- What? - What?

- Do you mean inferiority complex? - Shut it.

I'm being kind and telling you.

Stop embarrassing me.

- I'm only correcting you. - Hey...

- Can we talk for a minute? - Sure.

Put your back into it.

Well... Thanks, and I'm sorry.

What are you sorry about?

I was thinking of not telling you since you couldn't tell.

- Don't you remember me? - What?

Oh...

I can't let you join our study group.

You placed bottom in the class.

Hey. Don't make eye contact with him.

How can he be so brazen? How dare he try to be a free rider?

Yu Jun Min from back then?

You remember me.

Of course. You always came in first place.

I'm sorry for rejecting you...

into our study group and sneering at you.

You see, back then,

I was all arrogant, thinking I was smart.

I realized something when I came to this school.

That the world is...

full of people much smarter than me.

I was just a big fish in a little pond.

I see...

I'm not saying this because you saved me.

I'm really sorry about back then.

It's okay.

Back then, I was angry at myself.

I never once resented you.

Yes, first place!

I was jealous of you.

But now, I have friends to study with.

- That's a relief. - Right?

Now that I think about it,

how do you remember me?

Well...

It's obvious.

At the beginning of the semester,

you said you wanted to rank first in school.

But you turned out to be last.

Even so, you kept studying. Anyone would remember you.

Keep going at it.

With your perseverance,

ranking first in school?

No, you can even rank first in Korea.

What's this? Are you crying, Ga Min?

- No. - Stop lying.

- Guys, he's crying. - What?

- What's with you, Ga Min? - Youn Ga Min!

(Yusung Technical High School)

Let's go.

- Hurry. - Youn Ga Min!

- I'm excited! - Do you know the way?

- I can't wait. - Stop grumbling. Just get moving.

Hurry.

Will you hurry, Lee Ji Woo?

Goodness.

The dust.

- What... - The spiders are...

Is this really the place?

Are they kidding me?

Stop. I'll go and ask again.

My heart is fluttering.

- Sorry? - What?

We can put a table here to discuss and such.

Let's stick our plan over there.

Nice.

We're looking at the same room, right?

He's in a different dimension right now.

Excuse me.

That's a real spiderweb, right?

Do you think that's fake?

Hey, that's dirty. Stop it.

That scared me.

How are we going to study here?

How can we have our study group in here?

If our leader says so, we will study here.

Then why don't we clean this place first?

Look at this.

This isn't even working well.

I can't believe I'm removing spiderwebs.

Hey, could you move?

You move. There's space.

- You'd better behave. - Right back at you.

Let me.

Thanks.

It's nothing.

Han Kyeong.

Given your capabilities, did you have to give up...

on the teacher recruitment exam and join that school?

There's something...

I must do at the school now.

Ms. Lee.

(Teacher's Room)

So you want to call...

a committee meeting with the student council...

to take disciplinary action against Pi Han Wul?

Yes. Only then will this school change.

Please give me your support.

You want my support.

I'm sure you know what this means.

Ms. Lee. Are you capable of pulling this off?

I can try.

That's not enough to warrant my support...

because I will have to risk a lot too.

I'm asking you to tell me...

why I must trust you...

and bet on you.

You've got nothing here.

But you had the audacity to come to me and ask for my support.

- I can change it. - Change what?

This school.

I'm sorry to break it to you. But once you reach my age,

you will be well aware that...

self-important confidence isn't enough to change the world.

So I have no desire to bet on you.

But...

I'd like to test what you can do.

What do you say?

(Yusung Technical High School, members of the study group)

This is crazy. How did we pull this off?

I know, right?

- I had faith in you, Youn Ga Min. - You're the best.

What is this? It's decorated way too nicely for a smoking room.

This is the room for our study group.

Unless you want to kiss the floor, put it out.

What? Study group?

Look at these losers who barely get passing grades.

I can't believe this nonsense. My goodness.

Hey. You need to do what's called thinking.

It doesn't matter how many of you are here.

Even if you try to study and learn together,

do you think you'll make something of yourselves?

Static electricity is all that flows out of your heads, seriously.

You.

Don't.

If you hurt him, the vice principal won't be...

the last person you answer to.

(Study Group)

It's you. The number 1 fighter among the 1st years.

I get the highest marks among the first years.

(Kim Ho Min, top of the class among 1st years)

Stop it?

What if I say no? Will you punch me?

What's so brag-worthy about being the best fighter?

You're nothing but a dense fool who gets the low grades on exams.

That jerk.

Did you know?

No matter how hard you try, it's a lost cause.

But you can't seem to give up on it...

because you're an idiot.

Kim Se Hyun.

My goodness.

What are you doing here?

Do you have time to feel good about yourself...

by being the smartest guy in this stupid bunch?

Don't you have to start making money soon?

Are you tutoring these jokers?

Are you hanging out with him...

knowing that he's flat-out broke?

All right.

You guys should keep studying hard.

We need to compete in good faith.

Gosh. Hello, ma'am.

Have a good day.

Good day.

- Se Hyun. - Yes.

How many days do we have left...

- until the midterm? - Why do you ask?

I must beat him on the exam.

You must know exactly where you stand.

These are your grades from the placement tests.

Lee Ji Woo.

Your average was 14 points.

There are 220 students in your grade.

You ranked 180th.

- What? - Lee Jun.

Your average was 31 points.

- What? - You ranked 132nd out of 220.

Come on. My average is lower than Gochujang?

I fight with the brain.

I'll rip out your eyeballs.

- Choi Hee Won. - Yes.

Your average is 29 points.

You ranked 162nd out of 220.

- My gosh. - You looked like...

you'd get good grades.

Youn Ga Min.

- Yes. - Your total score was 25 points.

Not your average. Your total score was 25 points.

So your average was eight.

You ranked 219th out of 220.

Crazy Glasses got eight points?

Hey, you could've done better if you randomly guessed the answers.

Lastly, Kim Se Hyun.

Your average is 95 points.

You ranked 2nd out of 220.

Second place?

You fooled all of us, darn it.

- Darn it. - That's impressive.

It's nothing.

Excluding Se Hyun here,

everyone was in lower ranks, correct?

But if we start studying from now on,

our grades could improve miraculously, right?

Ga Min.

There are no miracles when it comes to grades.

That would be the case...

if we were at a regular high school.

But we're at Yusung Technical High School.

We have 20 days left until the midterm.

Listen to what I'm about to tell you and do exactly that.

Then you can do it.

(Yusung Technical High School)

- I'm hungry. - Still?

- Yes. - Right. I heard something earlier.

What?

So you're running a study group. Correct?

- Yes. - Then help them raise...

their overall ranks by ten.

What? Is that too big of a challenge?

No.

I'll try it.

I'll help everyone in the study group...

improve their ranks by at least ten places.

- Ten places? - Yes.

- All of us? - Yes.

I'm envious of you, Crazy Glasses.

It'll be a piece of cake for you.

Then what about Se Hyun?

He's in 2nd place now. Does it mean he must win 1st place?

That sounds so hard.

Guys, I have to get going now.

Aren't you hungry?

Let's get tteokbokki.

I have a plan. I have to go.

Bye.

What's wrong with him?

Is he shocked because he has to place first now?

Let's go for tteokbokki.

- Sure. - Yes?

- Yes? - Let's get tteokbokki.

I'm on my way.

What do you take me for?

I told you to come to the site right after school!

- Kim Se Hyun. - Yes.

- Choi Jong Hwa. - Yes.

(Seho Elementary School Grade 3 English Exam)

Kim Ho Min.

You always wander around without staying home.

And you end up getting scammed, you darn witch?

I didn't do it for my own sake!

How long do we have to live like this?

You wench...

You pathetic loser.

- Stop. - I dare you.

- I'm leaving! - Stop it.

- You get on my nerves. - Please stop it now!

That's enough!

Beggar.

If you don't live in this apartment,

you can't play here.

Why do you keep coming here?

Are you a beggar?

Se Hyun.

Hey.

I thought you had a plan.

Yes. I did.

Do you want to go together?

I think we're going in the same direction.

Together?

If you don't want to, maybe next time...

Oh, no.

Let's go together. Sure.

Okay.

Thanks for the other day.

The other day?

The police station.

You went there with me.

Oh, that day.

I didn't do much that day.

You told the officers what was going on calmly.

If I went alone, I wouldn't even have been able to go in.

That's nothing.

What's really amazing is Youn Ga Min.

He took down the real thugs by himself.

He smashed the school of thugs...

and saved Manil High School.

He's like a hero in cartoons.

If he were the hero,

I'd be...

a friend number three...

around him.

Well...

You seem to...

underrate yourself too much.

Even the computer with a video on.

You smashed it in front of the student council.

Not anyone can do that.

I think Ga Min is really amazing,

but you're just as...

amazing as he is.

- You think so? - Yes.

Wait.

The beggar.

Come here.

Gosh.

You immature prick.

You go out with a girl now?

You ungrateful brat.

Come here.

You're always a loser...

because you live like this.

Stop it.

Who are you to worry?

Hey.

I'm glad you're here.

You wench.

You acted up last time.

Do it again today.

What? Embarrassed in front of the boys?

Hey!

Stop it.

What? Come here.

Stop what, you darn idiot?

You're just losers who can't even take care of yourselves.

Stop acting so cool.

Hey, why is someone like you...

hanging out with this loser?

He can't even buy you a gimbap.

Look at that.

That's how he dresses up.

Right, Se Hyun?

Gosh.

Se Hyun.

Did you think that was your chance...

to get back at me?

Now that you hang out with Youn Ga Min,

did you think you'd become something?

Stupid loser.

Guys.

He has to work at a construction site.

So don't break his bones.

Just give him a simple lesson.

- See you later. - Ready or not,

rock-paper-scissors.

What?

Are you crazy?

You want to fight?

It's a game. A flick game.

Let's play ten rounds, and the winner becomes a winner,

and the loser becomes a loser.

You're asking to be expelled, aren't you?

Ready or not, rock-paper-scissors.

I won again.

Two to zero.

Ready or not, rock-paper-scissors.

You didn't play this time.

- Come here. - Record it.

I have camera fright.

Sorry.

- Se Hyun. - Hey, run.

Se Hyun.

Sorry. It's my fault.

No.

I'm okay.

They were calling us losers,

but we're the winners in the end, right?

You mean you are the winner.

What?

I'll see you later.

Welcome home...

Do you have any plans to make money?

I told you to learn the work at the site.

Was that so hard to do?

I never said I wouldn't.

I said I'd do it after I graduate from high school.

What about the debt?

What about the debt your darn mother left?

I said I'd pay for it.

I said I'd pay for it when it was not even my debt.

Where are your manners?

How dare you glare at me like that?

Dad.

You care more about saving your face in front of your co-workers...

than the blood on your son's face?

You're just like your darn mother.

Where's your respect?

Just over some debt,

you keep calling her darn mother.

She was your wife before she was my mother.

Where are you going? Your mother...

Why are you here?

- Come to my house. - What?

Actually...

We have something in common.

So, come to my house.

Forget it. You should go home.

Where will you sleep?

Nobody will accept you after 10pm.

If we take a taxi and get home before curfew,

my mom won't say a thing.

What about the taxi fare?

From here, it'll go over ten dollars.

It's okay. I'll pay.

Right.

I see.

You don't know, do you?

How much ten dollars mean to me.

I can help out a friend, can't I?

Yes. Friends can help each other out.

I'm happy that you help me.

But why won't you let me help?

Because I keep losing?

You're right. I've never won before.

- Both at school and home. - Se Hyun...

I'm sorry. Just think that I'm being a drama queen.

You'll be late. Go home.

"It's 25 minutes before 10pm."

Darn it.

They were calling us losers,

but we're the winners in the end, right?

You mean you are the winner.

Because I keep losing?

You're right. I've never won before.

Both at school and home.

(Sewoon Middle School Year 2 Semester 2 Midterm Exam)

(9:59pm)

What? Hey, punk.

You sure are one unlucky guy.

Hey, you see...

It hurts.

I'm burning with rage...

that I can't possibly go home.

I'll sleep at peace only after beating up more things.

Be my punch bag, okay?

Screw you.

I've been...

beaten up all day long today, you scumbag!

Have you lost it?

You still have a few more hours to get beaten up, jerk!

It must be your dad.

Answer it. Go ahead.

Tell him you're getting beaten up.

Five, four, three, two, one.

You little...

Look at you. What's up with that?

Darn it!

You're doing good. Put your phone in your pocket.

Get into a boxing pose.

Are you watching me right now? Didn't you go home?

I'm watching you. Don't worry.

Clench your right fist.

Imagine there's a wall in front of you.

Now hit that wall.

What? I don't get it. What wall am I hitting?

What is that crazy jerk mumbling?

Has he really lost it?

Don't you want to win?

Right now.

- Do that again. - You little...

Turn to your left. Now, to your right.

Good job. Now dodge him and...

What? Hello?

Hello? Youn Ga Min? Hello?

You son of a gun. It's your funeral today.

You little...

Roll to the back.

No... Hey.

Get up as you roll to your right.

Hello?

It doesn't have to be a great win.

Get up.

What comforts the sense of defeat...

isn't a perfect score exam sheet.

What?

One correct answer is more than enough.

Gosh.

(Study Group)