Character Relationship Map: Study Group

Characters

• Yoon Ga-min (played by Minhyun) — protagonist
• Lee Hyun-woo (played by Park Yoon-ho) — protagonist
• Phi Han-wool (played by Cha Woo-min) — protagonist
• Lee Ji-woo (played by Shin Su-hyun) — supporting
• Park Geon-yeop (played by Hong Min-gi) — supporting
• Kim Se-hyeon (played by Lee Jong-hyun) — supporting
• Lee Han-kyung (played by Han Ji-eun) — supporting
• Choi Hee-won (played by Yun Sang-jeong) — minor
• Lee Jun (played by Gong Do-yu) — minor
• Ma Min-hwan (played by Baek Seo-hoo) — minor

Story Dynamics

Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.

• Yoon Ga-min → Ma Min-hwan (Alliance Study Group Member) — Formed a study group together to improve academic performance
• Yoon Ga-min → Lee Jun (Alliance Study Group Member) — Formed a study group together to improve academic performance
• Yoon Ga-min → Choi Hee-won (Alliance Study Group Member) — Formed a study group together to improve academic performance
• Yoon Ga-min → Lee Han-kyung (Alliance Study Group Member) — Formed a study group together to improve academic performance
• Yoon Ga-min → Kim Se-hyeon (Alliance Study Group Member) — Formed a study group together to improve academic performance
• Yoon Ga-min → Park Geon-yeop (Alliance Study Group Member) — Formed a study group together to improve academic performance
• Yoon Ga-min → Lee Ji-woo (Alliance Study Group Member) — Formed a study group together to improve academic performance
• Yoon Ga-min → Phi Han-wool (Alliance Study Group Member) — Formed a study group together to improve academic performance
• Yoon Ga-min → Lee Hyun-woo (Alliance Study Group Member) — Formed a study group together to improve academic performance

Story Analysis

The season follows a student's attempt to build an academic refuge inside a violent school. The study group gradually becomes involved in bullying, gang coercion, institutional corruption, and the protection of its teacher.

Plot Progression

1. Season 1: Formation — The protagonist enters a violent technical school while remaining committed to studying. His attempt to establish a study group immediately collides with bullying, school discipline, and student counc...
2. Season 1: New Members — New applicants and rankers expand the study group's social world. Conflicts involving blackmail, fighting, and gang recruitment test whether the group can remain focused on study.
3. Season 1: Group Under Pressure — The completed group faces humiliation, emotional isolation, and a possible school transfer. Its efforts to protect a vulnerable member draw retaliation from a larger gang network.
4. Season 1: False Justice — A hospital encounter exposes a false murder charge created to protect gang interests. The study group responds by investigating the case and infiltrating a gang meeting.
5. Season 1: Institutional Crisis — The midterm exam becomes a condition for formal disciplinary action. Fake news turns the study group into public targets, while the teacher and students face danger connected to an older incident.