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* AmoralAttorney: Junbin Lee fits this like a glove. He’s a human rights attorney, yet he treats [[BitchInSheepsClothing Hong Seong-Hak]] like a poor victim under TRPA’s [[LaserGuidedKarma “abuse”]] and has been punished enough because he’s already gave a written apology. As for the bullies’ victim Lee Sang-Wook? Talks to him like shit because he wanted revenge on his bullies, even after showing him the scars he got from when he cited his own wrists! And everyone points out that [[TeensAreMonsters Seong-Hak still continued to bully Sang-Wook, leave him threatening texts, and follow him to his own home and beat him up, AFTER he gave the “written apology” but Junbin Lee still refuses to be swayed.

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* AmoralAttorney: Junbin Lee fits this like a glove. He’s a human rights attorney, yet he treats [[BitchInSheepsClothing Hong Seong-Hak]] like a poor victim under TRPA’s [[LaserGuidedKarma “abuse”]] and has been punished enough because he’s already gave a written apology. As for the bullies’ victim Lee Sang-Wook? Talks to him like shit because he wanted revenge on his bullies, even after showing him the scars he got from when he cited cut his own wrists! And everyone points out the obvious evidence that [[TeensAreMonsters Seong-Hak still continued to bully Sang-Wook, leave him threatening texts, and follow him to his own home and beat him up, up]], AFTER he gave the [[ILied “written apology” apology”]] but Junbin Lee still refuses to be swayed.
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* AmoralAttorney: Junbin Lee fits this like a glove. He’s a human rights attorney, yet he treats Hong Seong-Hak like a poor victim under TRPA’s [[LaserGuidedKarma “abuse”]] and has been punished enough because he’s already gave a written apology. As for the bullies’ victim Lee Sang-Wook? Talks to him like shit because he wanted revenge on his bullies, even after showing him the scars he got from when he cited his own wrists! And every points out that Seong-Hak still continued to bully Sang-Wook, hollow him to his own home land beat him up, AFTER he gave the “written apology” but Junbin Lee still refuses to be swayed.

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* AmoralAttorney: Junbin Lee fits this like a glove. He’s a human rights attorney, yet he treats [[BitchInSheepsClothing Hong Seong-Hak Seong-Hak]] like a poor victim under TRPA’s [[LaserGuidedKarma “abuse”]] and has been punished enough because he’s already gave a written apology. As for the bullies’ victim Lee Sang-Wook? Talks to him like shit because he wanted revenge on his bullies, even after showing him the scars he got from when he cited his own wrists! And every everyone points out that [[TeensAreMonsters Seong-Hak still continued to bully Sang-Wook, hollow leave him threatening texts, and follow him to his own home land and beat him up, AFTER he gave the “written apology” but Junbin Lee still refuses to be swayed.

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* AmoralAttorney: Junbin Lee fits this like a glove. He’s a human rights attorney, yet he treats Hong Seong-Hak like a poor victim under TRPA’s [[LaserGuidedKarma “abuse”]] and has been punished enough because he’s already gave a written apology. As for the bullies’ victim Lee Sang-Wook? Talks to him like shit because he wanted revenge on his bullies, even after showing him the scars he got from when he cited his own wrists! And every points out that Seong-Hak still continued to bully Sang-Wook, hollow him to his own home land beat him up, AFTER he gave the “written apology” but Junbin Lee still refuses to be swayed.



** [[spoiler: Junbin Lee is writing an article claiming the actions of the TRPA are abusing human rights, meaning he's not done with Mr. Na.]]
** [[spoiler: And more ominously, it's revealed that Gyucheol has been trying to track down the fiancé of Gayoon, his teacher that he killed. Jung-Hyuk then tells his boss he had found him and Gyucheol orders another underling to find a picture of him online... and it's of Mr. Na, who had spoken with the killer before.]]

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** [[spoiler: [[AmoralAttorney Junbin Lee Lee]] is writing an article claiming the actions of the TRPA are abusing human rights, meaning he's not done with Mr. Na.Hwajin.]]
** [[spoiler: And more ominously, it's revealed that Gyucheol has been trying to track down the fiancé of Gayoon, his teacher that he killed. Jung-Hyuk then tells his boss he had found him and Gyucheol orders another underling to find a picture of him online... and it's of Mr. Na, Hwajin, who he had spoken with the killer before.him before when he secretly posed as a counselor. Gyucheol pieces it together and [[EvilLaugh begins to laugh hysterically]] when he realizes who Hwajin really is.]]

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** It’s natural for President Choi, since this is his own daughter’s death he’s mourning, but it’s another thing for poor Hwajin because [[spoiler: Gayoon was his fiancée, who was a strong believer of the HeelFaceTurn, and was killed by her own student. And he had to deal with her killer’s boasting of how good it felt to beat her to death and play the victim at the same time!]]



* MysteriousPast: Very little is known about Mr. Na, his military career, or the extent of his relationship to Gayoon Choi, the late daughter of President Choi who may or may not have been the teacher that was killed by their own student and whose death led to the funding of the TRPA.

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* MysteriousPast: Very little is known about Mr. Na, his military career, or the extent of his relationship to Gayoon Choi, the late daughter of President Choi who may or may not have been the teacher that was killed by their own student and whose death led to the funding of the TRPA. [[spoiler: We see them together on what looks like a date in chapter 98 and 100, then it’s confirmed in chapter 111 (and season 1 finale) they were engaged to wed. Then Gayoon is killed by her own student, leaving Hwajin reeling in grief of his own fiancée’s death.]]
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** [[spoiler: Junbin Lee is writing an article claiming the actions of the TRPA are abusing human rights, meaning he's not down with Mr. Na.]]
** [[spoiler: And more ominously, it's revealed that Gyucheol has been trying to track down the fiancé of the teacher he killed. Jung-Hyuk then tells his boss he had found him and shows Gyucheol a picture... and it's of Mr. Na, who had spoke with the killer before.]]

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** [[spoiler: Junbin Lee is writing an article claiming the actions of the TRPA are abusing human rights, meaning he's not down done with Mr. Na.]]
** [[spoiler: And more ominously, it's revealed that Gyucheol has been trying to track down the fiancé of the Gayoon, his teacher that he killed. Jung-Hyuk then tells his boss he had found him and shows Gyucheol orders another underling to find a picture...picture of him online... and it's of Mr. Na, who had spoke spoken with the killer before.]]
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* SequelHook: Season 1 ends on two notes:
** [[spoiler: Junbin Lee is writing an article claiming the actions of the TRPA are abusing human rights, meaning he's not down with Mr. Na.]]
** [[spoiler: And more ominously, it's revealed that Gyucheol has been trying to track down the fiancé of the teacher he killed. Jung-Hyuk then tells his boss he had found him and shows Gyucheol a picture... and it's of Mr. Na, who had spoke with the killer before.]]


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* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: Chapter 111, which reveals it's been a year since the TRPA was founded, take a look on how some of the side characters from the arcs are doing:
** Kyeonngmin is living a normal school life.
** Hyeongju got a job at a large electric car company, and his former bullies congratulate him. Gweonhyeok promises he'll become his co-worker soon.
** Yeri Han receives a visit from Go Yeon-Su's wife, who encourages her to stop looking at the past and offers to make a meal for her once she's dischaged.
** Mr. Whale is now the new head of the village, and is busy trying to get them to stop exploiting outsiders.
** Junbin is writing an article questioning the methods of the TRPA.
** Eunha has become the new captain of her basketball team.
** Ms. Sanghee is now teaching the positive equal rights ideas Somi taught her.
** Pastor Kim, now in prison, meets up with Mr. Cheon during lunch.
** Jiwoon hasn't learned from his encounter from with TRPA and is now in juvie for real.
** Mrs. Lee and Ms. Choi are now friends.
** Young-Jung is happily attending school.
** Dong-Cheol's restraining order is lifted, and he happily reunites with his son.
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* HeelRealization: One of the teachers during the CM Highschool arc after experiencing a taste of the abuse she had heaped onto her students previously. She’s left so distraught, she fully expects to never be forgiven and prepares to simply quit instead.

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* HeelRealization: One of the teachers during the CM Highschool arc has one after experiencing a taste of seeing all the abuse she had heaped onto her students previously. throw trash onto the grounds after they finished cleaning up and taunt them to resign. She’s left so distraught, realizing how much the students hate the teachers, she fully expects to never be forgiven and prepares to simply quit instead.resign after apologizing to the students she abused. However, Mr. Na reveals that her students were willing to forgive her as while she had been abusive, they didn’t feel she deserved to lose her job.
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* HeelRealization: One of the teachers during the CM Highschool arc after experiencing a taste of the abuse she had heaped onto her students previously. She’s left so distraught, she fully expects to never be forgiven and prepares to simply quit instead.
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** Sooyeon Kang is this towards Eunha in the Basketball Arc.
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** Dong-Cheol is far from a model father considering his physical and emotional abuse of his son including at one point ''using his belt as a leash'' so that Mien-so wouldn't disturb him when he played games online. [[spoiler:And Seo-Yeon is ''even worse'' with her abuse considering she constantly would waterboard poor Mien-so.]]

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* {{Hypocrite}}: The bullies will put their victims through the wringer, often beating them black and blue and tormenting them until they seriously contemplate suicide. But when they're given a taste of their own medicine by the wardens of the [=TRPA=], they immediately start whining about how this treatment is a violation of their human rights and how teachers shouldn't be so cruel to students. The wardens often lampshade this behavior with no small amount of amusement.

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The bullies will put their victims through the wringer, often beating them black and blue and tormenting them until they seriously contemplate suicide. But when they're given a taste of their own medicine by the wardens of the [=TRPA=], they immediately start whining about how this treatment is a violation of their human rights and how teachers shouldn't be so cruel to students. The wardens often lampshade this behavior with no small amount of amusement.amusement.
** Ms. Sanghee warps her teaching plan to make it all about discrimination and how it's wrong, but simultaneously discriminates and bullies every student who disagrees with her. Keep in mind that she's an elementary school teacher and the kids she's doing this to are in third grade.
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* BulliedIntoDepression: Unfortunately happens to a lot of characters in the story.

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* BulliedIntoDepression: Unfortunately happens to a lot of characters in the story. The horrific treatment the bully victims are subjected to often causes them to become hopeless, depressed and suicidal.
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* BulliedIntoDepression: Unfortunately happens to a lot of characters in the story.
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* WouldYouLikeToHearHowTheyDied: [[spoiler: Gyucheol brags to Mr. Na about his murder of Gayoon, going so far as to call the body punch he killed her with "the best punch in his life" while smiling like a lunatic. Downplayed, as Gyuecheol is completely unaware of Mr. Na's relation to Gayoon and just belives him to be a regular councellor.]]

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* WouldYouLikeToHearHowTheyDied: [[spoiler: Gyucheol brags to Mr. Na about his murder of Gayoon, going so far as to call the body punch he killed her with "the best punch in his life" while smiling like a lunatic. Downplayed, as Gyuecheol Gyucheol is completely unaware of Mr. Na's relation to Gayoon and just belives believes him to be a regular councellor.]]
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* WhatYouAreInTheDark: [[spoiler: In episodes 34 and 35, Mr. Na is left alone with Gayoon's killer and has to listen to him brag about how good it felt to kill her and then play the victim by blaming his anger on the fact that the school refused to turn on air conditioning. Mr. Na is more than capable of taking the guy on and if the guards were to enter the room, he could simply claim Gyucheol attacked him and he had to use self-defense, a more than believable scenario given Gyucheol's criminal record. Instead he just sits there and calmly listens to Gyucheol rant, not once letting him know what his own relation to Gayoon was.]]


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* WouldYouLikeToHearHowTheyDied: [[spoiler: Gyucheol brags to Mr. Na about his murder of Gayoon, going so far as to call the body punch he killed her with "the best punch in his life" while smiling like a lunatic. Downplayed, as Gyuecheol is completely unaware of Mr. Na's relation to Gayoon and just belives him to be a regular councellor.]]
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* ScareEmStraight: When confronted by a bunch of underaged kids who take advantage of the fact that they're too young to get arrested, Mr Na and Miss Lim promptly ''cart then off to juvie'', so they get an idea of what awaits them if they continue on with this life-style.

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* ScareEmStraight: When confronted by a bunch of underaged kids who take advantage of the fact that they're too young to get arrested, Mr Na and Miss Lim promptly ''cart then them off to juvie'', so they get an idea of what awaits them if they continue on with this life-style.
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* ScareEmStraight: When confronted by a bunch of underaged kids who take advantage of the fact that they're too young to get arrested, Mr Na and Miss Lim promptly ''cart then off to juvie'', so they get an idea of what awaits them if they continue on with this life-style.
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* AndThenWhat: Indirectly asked by Mr. Na when Yeri prepares to beat Mr. Cheon to death for what he's put her through. He points out how Yeri is already responsible for the death of one teacher, one who had actually tried to help her no less. Killing Mr. Cheon would achieve nothing but add to her criminal record.

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* AndThenWhat: Indirectly asked by Mr. Na when Yeri prepares to beat Mr. Cheon to death for what he's put her through. He points out how that Yeri is already responsible for the death of one teacher, one who had actually tried to help her no less. Killing Mr. Cheon would achieve nothing but add to her criminal record.

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* CrocodileTears: Yeri's specialty.

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* CrocodileTears: Yeri's specialty. Whenever she gets in trouble she presses out a few tears and pretends to be just a poor misunderstood highschool girl. [[spoiler: This ends up biting her in the ass, as Miss Jung almost dying after Yeri tries this on her to get into her aprtment, leads to Yeri losing her last remaining ally and finally being held accountable for her crimes.]]



** During the [=CM]=] Highschool arc, Mr. Na orders the abusive teachers to ask for forgiveness from every student they've wronged as their "final exam". This act awards them the majority of points and is therefor mandatory for any teacher who wishes to "pass", i.e. keep their job.

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** During the [=CM]=] [=CM=] Highschool arc, Mr. Na orders the abusive teachers to ask for forgiveness from every student they've wronged as their "final exam". This act awards them the majority of points and is therefor mandatory for any teacher who wishes to "pass", i.e. or in other words: keep their job.



* UnderestimatingBadassery: The troublemakers at the assigned schools frequently underestimate just how capable the wardens are and how far they're willing to go to see their mission through.



** The gangsters hired by Sorok High to take out Gwonhyeok have no issue whatsoever with beating and maiming a highschooler.

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** The gangsters hired by Sorok High to take out Gwonhyeok have no issue whatsoever with beating up and maiming a highschooler.

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* AndThenWhat: Indirectly asked by Mr. Na when Yeri prepares to beat Mr. Cheon to death for what he's put her through. He points out how Yeri is already responsible for the death of one teacher, one who had actually tried to help her no less. Killing Mr. Cheon would achieve nothing but add to her criminal record.



* BitchInSheepsClothing: Mr.Cheon pretends to be a well-meaning teacher but he's really just a bully and a sadist.



* ObfuscatingStupidity: A favorite tactic of the wardens. When they're first dispatched to a school, they'll often pretend to be naive substitutes, in order to observe the situation and catch the troublemakers off-guard.



* OrderedApology: Type 2. [[spoiler:Mr. Na doesn't order it, exactly, but he does ignore when a gangster tries to apologize to ''him'' instead of his ''victim.'' Once he apologizes to the right person, Mr. Na stops [[{{NoHoldsBarredBeatdown}} rearranging his face.]]]]

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* OrderedApology: OrderedApology:
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Type 2. [[spoiler:Mr. Na doesn't order it, exactly, but he does ignore when a gangster tries to apologize to ''him'' instead of his ''victim.'' Once he apologizes to the right person, Mr. Na stops [[{{NoHoldsBarredBeatdown}} rearranging his face.]]]]]]]]
** During the [=CM]=] Highschool arc, Mr. Na orders the abusive teachers to ask for forgiveness from every student they've wronged as their "final exam". This act awards them the majority of points and is therefor mandatory for any teacher who wishes to "pass", i.e. keep their job.
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* OrderedApology: Type 2. [[spoiler:Mr. Na doesn't order it, exactly, but he does ignore when a gangster tries to apologize to ''him'' instead of his ''victim.'' Once he apologizes to the right person, Mr. Na stops [[{{NoHoldsBarredBeatdown}} rearranging his face.]]]]
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* OhCrap: The teachers at Yuri's junior high have this reaction when [[spoiler:Mr. Na makes it clear that the TRPA was created to fix teaching problems, ''not'' specifically to protect teachers. Therefore, if the ''teachers'' are the problem, the ''teachers'' get targeted.]]

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* OhCrap: The teachers at Yuri's Yeri's junior high have this reaction when [[spoiler:Mr. Na makes it clear that the TRPA was created to fix teaching problems, ''not'' specifically to protect teachers. Therefore, if the ''teachers'' are the problem, the ''teachers'' get targeted.]]
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* OhCrap: The teachers at Yuri's junior high have this reaction when [[spoiler:Mr. Na makes it clear that the TRPA was created to fix teaching problems, ''not'' specifically to protect teachers. Therefore, if the ''teachers'' are the problem, the ''teachers'' get targeted.]]
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** This trope sums up the TRPA's stance nicely. Mr. Na's entire goal when he walks into a school is to drive the point home that ''no matter how bad you had it, you don't get to take that pain out on innocents.''
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* BaitAndSwitch: Chapter 7 introduces Gangseok Choi, the prime minister of education and president of TRPA who meets up with Hwajin at a cemetery. Then Hwajin surprises the readers when he calls him dad. But President Choi immediately kicks him, shouting at him angrily, ”Who you calling dad?! You dumbass!”. One panel later reveals they’re at the grave of his daughter, but the extent of her relationship with Hwajin is yet to be revealed.

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* BaitAndSwitch: Chapter 7 introduces Gangseok Choi, the prime minister of education and president of TRPA who meets up with Hwajin at a cemetery. Then Hwajin surprises the readers when he calls him dad. But in the immediate next panel, President Choi immediately kicks him, shouting at him angrily, ”Who you calling dad?! You dumbass!”. One more panel later reveals they’re at the grave of his daughter, but the extent of her relationship with Hwajin is yet to be revealed.



* SadistTeacher: A whole group of them are the antagonists in the [=CM=] Highschool arc. Arguably the worst is Sangyeol Cheon, a teacher infamous for tormenting students from poor families who do well in school and who openly encourages bullies to target them.

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* SadistTeacher: A whole group of them are the antagonists in the [=CM=] Highschool arc. Arguably the worst is Sangyeol Cheon, a teacher infamous for tormenting students from poor families who do well in school (while secretly taking bribes from rich parents of failing kids to pass them and fail the studious poor students) and who openly encourages bullies to target them.them. Yeri is one of his past victims and it was his actions that led to her becoming the monster she is by the time the Soyeon Girl's School arc starts.



** Yeri slaps her friend Sohyeong around so she can pretend Miss Lim did it and sic Sohyeong's mother, who is the president of their school's booster club on the warden. It doesn't work out, as Miss Lim is about as afraid of challenging entitled parents as Mr. Na is, which is to say: No at all.

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** Yeri slaps her friend Sohyeong around so she can pretend Miss Lim did it and sic Sohyeong's mother, who is the president of their school's booster club on the warden. It doesn't work out, as Miss Lim is about as afraid of challenging entitled parents as Mr. Na is, which is to say: No Not at all.
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* BitterwsweetEnding: [[spoiler: The child abuse arc ends as this. Mien-so's parents are arrested for child abuse, much to his sorrow. However, his father has taken Mr. Na's lessons to heart and is reforming, and promises his son he'll be there once he serves his time.]]

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* BitterwsweetEnding: BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: The child abuse arc ends as this. Mien-so's parents are arrested for child abuse, much to his sorrow. However, his father has taken Mr. Na's lessons to heart and is reforming, and promises his son he'll be there once he serves his time.]]

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* BitterwsweetEnding: [[spoiler: The child abuse arc ends as this. Mien-so's parents are arrested for child abuse, much to his sorrow. However, his father has taken Mr. Na's lessons to heart and is reforming, and promises his son he'll be there once he serves his time.]]



** [[spoiler: Dong-Cheol was kicked out of High School for getting Mien-so's mother pregnant and had to work in construction to get by, where he was insulted by his former classmates. This made him resentful of his child and made him think he could've been living his 20s if not for his son.]]

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** [[spoiler: Dong-Cheol was kicked out of High School for getting Mien-so's mother pregnant and had to work in construction to get by, where he was insulted by his former classmates. This made him resentful of his child and made him think he could've been living his 20s if not for his son. Seo-Yeon is not much better either, as she had an abusive step father who kicked her out when she got pregnant.]]
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* SadistTeacher: A whole group of them are the antagonists in the [=CM=] Highschool arc. Arguably the worst is Sangyeol Cheon, a teacher infamous for tormenting students from poor families who do well in school and who openly encourages bullies to target them.

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* BullyHunter: Pretty much what the wardens' main job is. They single out troublemakers at the schools they're dispatched to, then use any means necessary to stop violent behavior and to protect the teachers' rights.

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* BullyHunter: Pretty much what the wardens' main job is. They single out troublemakers at the schools they're dispatched to, then use any means necessary to stop violent behavior and to protect the teachers' rights. [[spoiler: They're also willing to punish teachers who torment students, since the [=TRPA=] also protects students' rights to learn.]]



** [[spoiler: Yeri was tormented by a SadistTeacher when she younger, leading her to develop a deep hatred towards all teachers.]]

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** [[spoiler: Yeri was tormented by a SadistTeacher when she was younger, leading her to develop a deep hatred towards all teachers.]]



* WoundedGazelleGambit: A favorite tactic of the bullies whenever a teacher tries to stand up to them. The comic mentions and shows several incidents in which a teacher's attempts to discipline a troublemaker in their class were recorded by said troublemaker's friends or falsely reported to the authorities to frame it as a teacher abusing a student, leading to the teacher getting fired while the troublemaker suffered no consequences at all.

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A favorite tactic of the bullies whenever a teacher tries to stand up to them. The comic mentions and shows several incidents in which a teacher's attempts to discipline a troublemaker in their class were recorded by said troublemaker's friends or falsely reported to the authorities to frame it as a teacher abusing a student, leading to the teacher getting fired while the troublemaker suffered no consequences at all.all.
** Ironically, the fourth major arc sees teachers getting in on this as well. Due to the [=TRPA=] having become notorious as an organization that protects teachers and puts students who misbehave through the wringer, a group of [[SadistTeacher Sadist Teachers]] start using the [=TRPA=]'s name and philosophy as a shield so they can abuse their students without consequences. One teacher in particular tells a female student that he'll hang himself on her front lawn if she reports him for sexually harassing her.

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