(3rd Mock Test of May)
Exams.
We all imagine the same thing...
in this suffocating situation.
We hope the world will come to an end...
for us to stop taking this exam.
(Korean Language)
And...
one of us made our imagination come true.
My ordinary life as an 18-year-old...
started to become entangled unexpectedly.
(School 2017, Hierarchy of Grades)
(5 days ago)
(Episode 1)
Hurry.
Awesome.
Next up are sophomores.
Top 1 to 10 including Dae Hwi may go in.
Gosh.
Good for you.
- Hello. - Don't eat a lot.
Next are top 11 to 20 among you.
Get in line.
When will our turn come?
- Don't push me. - Goodness.
What was my rank?
Gosh, this is so annoying.
When will we stop having lunch...
by the order of ranks?
We all get hungry regardless of our grades.
We will stop if the school gets exploded.
They're serving bulgogi.
What if they run out of it before we get there?
We paid for the food as well,
but why aren't we served the same?
Tell me about it.
What?
That punk is getting special treatment again.
Let him be.
His dad is the director of this school.
Let him have as much as he wants.
- Jerk! - Jerk!
What's wrong?
What is it?
Hey, why is my face...
so round?
You startled me.
Who says it's round?
It's not round.
Really?
It's more like a square.
A perfect square.
I better look skinny.
Jong Geun likes skinny girls.
Hey, are you really going to skip class?
Quiet down.
What?
Goodness.
Sa Rang!
Do you really want me to throw it?
1, 2, 3.
Oops, my bad.
I'm sorry.
Sa Rang, you brat.
I shouldn't have trusted you.
Sorry.
Over there.
Are you going for work?
Hey, Prez.
Are you skipping class to work part-time?
I have something way more important today.
Don't worry.
I'll cover for you if you get caught.
Really? Then I can be assured.
Bye.
It's an essay contest, right?
Yes, presented by Hanguk University.
You may be in favor if you do great on this.
But then again, your goal is Seoyul University.
Well, I should try hard.
All right.
You must be nervous.
Hold on.
If you're really nervous,
lean your head backwards...
and relax your body.
Breathe in deeply.
I'm not nervous.
- What? - I'm not nervous.
I'll make sure to do well.
You're not nervous?
Then I'll teach you how to stimulate your brain.
- You're not nervous... - I'll go now.
Dae Hwi.
Take a taxi with this.
Thank you. I'll see you later.
Stop applying it or your philtrum will disappear.
Hey, are you skipping classes too?
Do you think I'm here to see you then?
Gosh, seriously.
It'll be so obvious if the two of us aren't there.
Your presence isn't that big. Don't worry.
You're irritating my hot temper again.
I can't be late for school.
They make a fuss for my being even a minute late.
My presence is crazy big.
I see. I think you're just crazy.
Hey!
You'll make us get caught! Stop that.
It's extremely loud.
Start the engine after I'm gone.
Gosh, seriously!
Goodness!
Are you okay?
You...
Gosh, what should I do? I need to hurry.
Get on.
Hey!
You said you're late.
Get on already. Aren't you going?
3, 2...
Does it look strange?
Hey, does it look strange?
Why? Am I that cute?
You're so cute that I want to punch you.
You applied too much foundation. It's so white.
What? Hey!
Yes, I'm 18.
But can I not wear my school uniform?
I get too embarrassed and can't do it well.
It's uncomfortable too.
I guess it can't be helped.
You'll pay the amount you promised, right?
Okay.
Bye.
What?
What is it?
You...
School uniform? You can't do it?
My goodness.
How much do they pay that you wear your uniform?
It pays pretty much.
They prefer school uniforms these days.
Eun Ho.
You're so cool about it.
Aren't you embarrassed?
This isn't right...
Yes, I'm here.
In front of the library?
I'll be right there.
Library?
Tae Woon... Come to your senses.
You draw well.
Since I was a freshman, I liked...
Isn't it hot?
You forgot to take off your helmet.
What were you saying?
Since I was a freshman,
I liked drawing.
Don't you have to study hard?
It'll be great if you join our college too.
I guess.
You'll love it once you start going to college.
It has been my dream...
to get a girlfriend when I go to college.
My goodness.
Me too.
What?
Anyway, study hard...
so that you get accepted to our school.
What's your grade by the way?
Hey, Eun Ho!
My rank went up 10 steps!
It's now 270!
It went up a lot recently.
Good for you.
I'm not just saying this,
but our college is awesome.
Do come here.
What?
Who are you?
What are you trying to do?
I'm Hyun Tae Woon.
Are you crazy?
She's a teenager and it's daytime.
How can you date a minor?
What?
I think you're mistaken.
About what, pervert?
You love school uniforms?
How do you like my fist?
Are you crazy?
What, dating a minor?
This is ridiculous.
I apologized.
And that's it?
He must've been terribly surprised.
I'll kill you if he got a scratch on his face.
You wouldn't notice even if he got one.
That punk didn't look that handsome at all.
What? Punk?
Don't make me laugh.
You don't look that handsome either.
What?
Don't be like this. I'm sorry.
Aren't you going to get your bicycle?
Right, my bicycle.
My bicycle. Hey.
(Jong Geun)
I'm all right.
Get home safely, Eun Ho.
When I go to college,
I want to date you.
Okay, Jong Geun.
They'll post the results of the mock text tomorrow.
(Geumdo High School)
- What's that? - I should be first place.
You don't get to eat early if your grades are low.
You don't get to enter the library either.
It's just so annoying.
Happiness isn't about grades.
Dae Hwi won first place again.
Well...
Are you happy, Mr. First Place?
Ranked first in school won't make me happy.
I should win first place in the country.
- Are you serious? - Just hit him hard.
- I was joking. - Can I swear at you?
- I mean... - Goodness.
Hit him more.
- Stop. - Gosh.
(D-3 until the 3rd mock exam of May)
- Oh, no. - Goodness.
You can't make us take three mock tests a month.
We just got our grades.
- He's right. - This isn't right.
- It's not right. - He's right.
So this is...
You're right about that,
but don't feel pressured.
Do what you usually do.
How can we not feel pressured...
when you post the results openly?
- She's right. - Everyone can read it.
- It's ridiculous. - She's right.
- All right. - Goodness.
I'll try talking to the other teachers.
That's it for the assembly.
- What? - Mr. Shim!
- Mr. Shim! - Mr. Shim!
- This is so annoying. - They'll make us...
take four mock tests starting next month.
- Are you sure about that? - What?
- Really? - Where did you hear that?
Are you serious?
Kyung Woo, can you quiet down?
Who was it? Who took my notes?
Who was it?
- Hey. - Hey.
- Keep it down! Hey! - Hey!
You scumbag! Give it back! Who was it?
Keep it down. You're so annoying.
What the...
Hey. Stop that already.
I got everything wrong because I got distracted!
Like you ever got them right?
You're louder!
- Gosh. - I'll kill you.
Like she's the only one who studies.
What? What did you just say?
Hey. Did you take my notes?
- You did. - Hey!
- Shut it already! - You took it!
- Stop it. - Come on.
- Give it back. - Stop it.
- Let go. - Quiet!
Stop it already!
Stop fighting!
The kids are very resistant.
Then you need to throw all of them in the wash...
and wake them up.
Give them 4 mock tests a month from now on.
Why don't we just have 4 mid-terms and finals?
And weekend exams and exams during vacation.
Excuse me.
The kids are upset because there are so many exams.
It's good!
"Look how hard we make the kids study."
"Their grades keep going up."
We should show the director...
Who cares about the graph?
There's the bell.
We hear the bell too.
- Mr. Shim. - Yes?
Put this graph up on the main bulletin board.
The director will be visiting soon.
Okay.
How could we have four mock exams?
The kids are going crazy. Forget the director.
Why can't I say that?
(Averages: National, Seoul, Geumdo)
It's been a great motivation to the kids.
The average grade went up since we posted this.
I'm slightly proud.
I'm glad.
(288 Hyun Tae Woon)
You should've taken Tae Woon out.
The school is going crazy.
I'm going crazy too.
Whatever.
Like you ever worry about exams.
But I need to go to Hanguk University.
Where?
(D-2 until the 3rd mock exam)
Hanguk University.
I need to go there.
Are you insane? You can't get in there.
He wants to go out with me if I go to his school.
Did Jong Geun really say that?
Yes.
He said something close to that.
Not that he wants to date in general?
Not you.
College is super fun.
My dream...
is for you to be my college sweetheart.
My dream was to have a college sweetheart.
Regardless, I really want to go to Hanguk...
with Jong Geun.
Whatever.
You can't get in. Not in a million years.
Why not? I want to go to Hanguk University.
I would've said it quietly, if I were you.
You.
For a high schooler in Korea,
this one question defines you.
What tier are you in?
I'm in tier six.
Let me tell you something.
If you were beef,
it wouldn't even be good enough for dog food.
Thus, if you're in the sixth tier in school,
you cannot be treated like a human being.
So how dare you talk in class?
People aren't meat. What? Dog food?
That rat. Should I make him taste death?
Is it a crime to be in the sixth tier?
Eun Ho. Don't you let him get you down.
What's wrong with being in the sixth tier?
It's okay.
- I'm not down. - Okay.
But I'm humiliated, so keep it down, will you?
- Let's be quiet, okay? - Hi.
Hello.
Why you...
Eun Ho.
It looks like you'll get into Hanguk.
Hey. Why you...
I misjudged you.
Don't tease people like that.
What's with your boyfriend?
- I'm going in. - Okay.
Hanguk?
They created a webtoon media department.
They'll take winners of their competition.
You're a good artist.
Really?
Yes. I heard when I went to their campus.
Hey! She's in tier six. Tier Six!
- Hold on. - Does that make you glad?
A competition?
I sent you the link.
Good luck.
(Hanguk University Webtoon Competition)
(Webtoon! Acceptance! Competition!)
Hanguk.
(Webtoon! Acceptance! Competition!)
I have a chance.
(Webtoon! Acceptance! Competition!)
Who...
You got in.
I knew you would.
I like you.
But you have a girlfriend.
When it comes to love, there are good guys...
and bad guys.
I want to try being a bad guy.
Jong Geun.
How long have you...
I've had my eye on you for a while.
Jong Geun...
What is that cheesy thing?
What the... Let go.
What were you dreaming to draw something so lame?
- I'll kill you. Give it. - The story...
needs to be novel.
Look at how high her nose is.
No! Don't look!
Her name is Eun Hwa?
This is you, right?
What?
Sure. The story needs to be novel.
"Ho". My name is "Eun Ho".
Hey. I'm "Eun Ho".
Sure, Eun Hwa.
Hey. This isn't me.
What's wrong with it?
- It is novel. - It's very novel.
- It's totally new. - Mom!
Stop it.
A novel story.
(D-1 until the third mock exam)
There are too many love stories.
Action is hard to draw.
And medical stories...
I don't want to study.
Should I write an erotic story?
You've never even kissed.
Really?
Sa Rang did it in grade school...
Mom!
But you did.
A novel story.
- There she is. - He's coming.
Let's go home early today and study.
You always go home early.
Do I?
Next time.
I'll buy you something yummy after exams. Okay?
Fine.
But...
you'll give me your notes for every subject, right?
Hold on.
Don't bother studying all of it.
Just the predicted questions marked in red.
Okay. Thanks, Dae Hwi.
Sorry, but I need to go.
Okay. Go ahead.
- Bye. - Bye.
(Test Prep)
(Acceptance Guaranteed)
(100% Guarantee)
(English School)
Bye.
(Moonjun Test Prep)
Don't disgrace me again...
with grades like that!
(288 Hyun Tae Woon)
Sign up for a test prep class...
before I take all your credit cards.
Memorize this from this page.
Go through and solve the sample questions.
And this will be the focus...
of the exam for sure.
Memorize just this.
You're awesome.
The mid-term was full of questions you predicted.
Dozens of tutors are useless.
No one compares to you, Dae Hwi.
It's 3,000 dollars...
per subject for the top tier instructors.
It's 5,000 dollars for 2 weeks for essays.
For other instructors, it is...
Sign me up for 5 or 6...
of your popular classes.
You should choose what's right for you...
What tier are you in?
Well...
I don't need to.
Excuse me?
I don't need to study.
We're rich.
So just enroll me in a bunch.
Make it look good.
Here.
Thank you.
Good work.
I wish Hee Chun would beat you this time.
Sure.
Thanks.
Bye.
Let's go.
Dae Hwi.
Hey.
- This is where you work. - Yes.
Throw it away, and you die.
I put my sweat and tears into that.
Do they pay well?
Yes. This is pretty lucrative.
Nice. I'm totally jealous.
What will you do with the money?
I want to buy a nice tablet.
- A tablet? - I draw webtoons.
That's right. Hanguk University.
Wow. I'm jealous.
You have a dream.
What about you?
Don't you have a dream?
My dream?
(We'll get you into Seoyul University!)
Let's drink. Cheers!
(Hanil Hair Salon)
My son's here. Hi, son.
Oh my gosh. He is so handsome.
You're so lucky.
My child goes to so many prep classes.
You know how they say you need money...
to make your kids succeed? That's all made up.
Look at Dae Hwi.
Does he take a prep class? Does he have a tutor?
Goodness. You are so lucky.
- Let's drink. - Okay.
Drink.
This is nice.
Hey! Aren't you hungry?
Do you want some chicken?
This is spicy.
(Will you change, or be changed?)
(We'll get you into Seoyul University!)
(Chicken)
Mom. I want to take a prep class too.
Just one month. I only need to go for one month.
Once I come up with a novel story...
Why do you need to take a class on drawing comics?
Your grades stink.
Not comics. Webtoon.
That'll get me in college.
Hanguk University.
Eun Ho.
I like how ambitious you are,
but let's see a doctor tomorrow.
Mom. Soon, she'll say she'll go to Seoyul.
What? Why? What?
Mom.
I really can go to Hanguk.
You can get into good schools for drawing now.
There are 2,000 different ways to get into college.
Shut it! Business is bad enough as it is.
One punk bums around all day.
We have no money for a comics class.
Whatever. I won't go to college,
never fall in love,
and never get married.
I'll live alone forever and it'll be your fault.
I'm never getting married.
Why that little brat...
She needs to see a doctor.
What is it? Does Eun Ho want to get married?
She's all grown up.
What are you babbling about?
What's wrong with my life?
(Literature)
(Third Mock Exam in May!)
(Literature)
Hello?
Hey. I thought of a novel story.
Listen. It's a historical piece.
Aren't you studying? The exam is tomorrow.
I need just five minutes. Listen.
For real?
She farted in front of the principal?
Oh my gosh.
What?
What do you mean, an hour passed already?
You're right.
I'm dead. I didn't even start studying.
Okay. Let's hang up. Bye.
Oh no.
First, let's make a plan. A plan.
Okay.
It's 9pm, so...
I have 10 hours until 7am.
That's plenty of time.
We always went crazy with anxiety during exam time.
Some feel like as soon as they put their pen down,
the countless competition will catch up to them,
and study until their fingers blister.
They clench their teeth...
and work through it, they say.
We're 18 years old.
We're still so young.
Sadly,
it isn't our parents, but us, who believe...
our lives are determined at the age of 18.
(D-day of the 3rd mock exam)
I can't remember.
Good luck. I'll treat you to spicy rice cakes after.
Lucky you.
I should take the civil servant exam instead too.
Don't increase competition and go to Hanguk.
- Hey. - Yes?
Are you really dropping out of school?
Don't do it. Pretty please?
You are surprisingly obsessive, you know that?
Just take your test.
The test is meaningless to me.
Don't go.
You're a high schooler.
I have to go.
- I'll be in the library. - Bye.
Pass them back.
Your exam scores going forward...
will determine your rank within the school.
The stupid and lazy people will be miserable,
prejudiced against,
and suffer.
Begin.
What's going on?
What is that?
- Awesome. - Right?
What's going on?
This is huge.
It's been quiet lately. What a comeback.
- It's the hero. - Totally.
Let's go.
Let's go!
Then we don't have to take the test, right?
Of all the pranks... That's just incredible.
I had my hopes when they added another mock exam.
Still, this is too big for a prank.
Who...
What an amazing school.
Pardon?
This should be fun.
Right?
Yes!
This is blasphemy!
This isn't a school!
If you act like a delinquent at school,
the school won't stand for it.
Don't think the mock exam was canceled.
It will be held again within a week...
as scheduled.
Shut it!
Darn it.
I'm the boss at this school.
If something like this happens again,
you'll be suspended!
Indefinitely!
Hey, this one is good.
A prep class superhero. Isn't that super novel?
The principal is the villain!
I would've said it quietly, if I were you.
The sprinklers work well.
Look at the paper.
- Oh my gosh. - You should be careful.
Put the graph up right now!
- Oh no. - I know...
things are a bit hectic today, but...
Officer Han Soo Ji will be in charge of our school.
Look at this.
My blood pressure is spiking.
The ethics of our school has hit rock bottom.
We should pick it up and dust it off.
We need to send them to prison.
Snap out of it.
Send whom where?
- We can't leave them be. - Of course, not.
We'll send them to jail.
- That's what I said. - Right, officer?
Yes. Jail.
Sure. I'll do my best to catch them.
The kids are way out of line.
I don't think it's just 1 or 2 kids.
This was premeditated. It's not like...
a prank kids pull at a whim.
Excuse me.
It may not be kids from our school.
As they say,
you are innocent...
until proven guilty...
Shut it. Since you teach ethics,
work with the officer and catch the culprit.
The director will flip out if he finds out!
Darn it.
Whatever.
But... Excuse me.
What incidents occurred until now?
(Who did this?)
Please calm down.
Oh no.
(What the... Sticky Corn syrup)
A series of incidents...
messing with the school suddenly began to occur.
The culprit is yet to be found.
Who could it be?
Why is the person doing these things?
Everyone wanted to know,
but there was not a single clue.
Yes!
What an amazing school.
Who could it be?
I don't think one person could do it alone.
It's too big.
I think it may be a secret organization.
They don't know each other,
and just perform their assigned roles.
Maybe it's an outsider,
not a student.
What could they be after?
Why?
How would we know?
Only they know.
They must be like the Avengers.
They're just thoughtless, immature pranks.
They are not.
I think...
it may be a huge underground organization.
What?
Am I too smart?
Drink your milk.
Drink it up.
Hey!
Wait for me.
It's one person.
What?
Why is it one person?
That's my gut feeling.
Heroes are lonely people.
Hero?
It's cool.
A person of justice,
saving us from oppression.
Regardless, keep doing cool things.
Let me go to Hanguk thanks to you.
Let's go.
Stay low for a while.
Be careful until you hear from me.
Okay. Got it.
What a cruddy day.
Do you like living like that?
The kids would love it if they found out...
our student body president's true identity.
You must miss my fist.
I won't refuse it.
Psycho.
(Flag)
I'll give you 10 minutes.
Memorize the poem.
Then, for 10 minutes,
you will interpret it. Understand?
Understand?
- Yes. - Yes.
That's not it.
Well... That's not it. It's actually...
Well... The thing is...
Rank 280.
You're stupid,
so I can't blame you for not understanding me.
Come pick it up when you graduate.
No!
I'm dead without that.
- There goes the bell. - Thank goodness.
Please.
Please. I'm sorry. I'm really sorry.
I won't do it again.
Please give it back.
It's very important to me.
Even if you have something bigger taken away,
all you could do is beg and plead...
to get it back, right?
You're pathetic.
I'd like my cell phone back.
It was a gift, you see.
From my father.
What?
Then... What about me?
I want mine back too.
If you were going to give it back so soon,
why'd you take it in the first place?
Because I must abide by the rules.
Abiding by the rules is fine and all,
but this is unfair.
How come you returned his but not mine?
Then get yourself a powerful connection too.
A connection so powerful that it defies the rules.
Who cares if it's unfair?
That's the cruel reality of this society.
What? I should accept it?
It's totally unfair,
I should just take it and let people take from me?
I should fight to the death...
until the same rules apply to all!
Hey!
Don't you agree?
It's nothing I need to fight to the death for.
Please.
You can whine about that...
once you have the power to make those changes.
What power do you think you have at this school?
Rank 280.
Please. Why are you doing this?
Why are you doing this?
Please give it back.
Please.
He'll give it right back if you ask.
So please ask him for me.
Why should I?
It's very important to me.
I need it to go to college.
I'm going to enter a webtoon competition...
and go to Hanguk.
It's unfair. You got yours back.
Does it make sense?
He said it makes sense.
That's what he said.
Why you...
Your classmate is in a pickle.
Even if you can't do what our hero did,
can't you help me out?
Hero? You're so childish.
I am childish. Right.
So can't you please talk to the teacher?
Can't you please shut it?
Come on. Hey. Hey.
That jerk.
Is he gone?
(Civil Servant Exam Past Questions)
I have to go to prep class.
Are you okay?
I need to go too.
To Hanguk.
Awesome.
You...
(Thank you, Kang Min Hyuk, for the special cameo.)
(School 2017)
You want to mess with me?
I'm telling you, I know.
You're scared, aren't you?
Those lips.
Why you...
Stop it.
Ra Eun Ho. It's official.
Students with bad grades usually cause trouble.
It wasn't me.
Stop it!
You protect them unconditionally.
This kid knew exactly where the cameras were.
I think they figured out who it is.
The culprit is within the school.