History Webcomic / HighSchoolBoy

!!The beta chapters of this work contain examples of:

* BookDumb: Hyun-woo, who is replete in common sense compared to Il-tak, but they are still both the lowest-ranked in their class. Both are forced to attend night school to salvage their academic standing--a contrivance to bring them together that has since been dropped in the official release in favor of a team school assignment.

* SleepCute: On the bus ride home after their first evening at night school, Il-tak nods off and leans against Hyun-woo.

* HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday: Il-tak brings a dirty magazine to school to try to convince Hyun-woo and his classmates that he is straight.

* [[spoiler:HomophobicHateCrime: In middle school, Il-tak violently assaulted and outed a friend who had confessed to him, and who eventually had to transfer schools because of it. After his class is given a bullying survey that asks them to name someone they suspect of being gay, Il-tak is finally stung by guilt over his actions when he realizes everyone is going to put down his name. Even worse for him, he imagines Hyun-woo rejecting his friendship for the same reason, even using the same insult he used.]]

* HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday: After an embarrassing mix-up, [[spoiler:accidentally presenting him with a condom rather than the gift of a Pokémon card prize from a chocolate snack cake]], Il-tak brings a dirty magazine to school to try to convince Hyun-woo that he's straight, and that his overtures are not an attempt to come on to him.
* [[spoiler:HomophobicHateCrime: An ArmouredClosetGay himself, Il-tak violently assaulted and outed a friend who had confessed to him, and who eventually had to transfer schools because of it. After Hyun-woo tells Il-tak to get lost (after he had dreamt of him trying to perform a sexual act on him), Il-tak ''almost'' starts to get it when he's finally stung by guilt over his actions, imagining Hyun-woo rejecting his friendship for the same reason--''and'' being told off with the exact same homophobic insult he had used.]]

* HomoeroticDream: Il-tak and Hyun-woo, both thinking themselves straight before, have erotic dreams about each other. Hyun-woo dreams about Il-tak trying to unzip his pants with his teeth, and Il-tak has a dream about [[PhysicalAttributeSwap switching sizes]] with Hyun-woo and treating him as his personal servant and plaything.

* LactatingMale: Il-tak suffers hyperprolactinemia from a medication he was taking ([RealLifeWritesThePlot which happened to Parkgee himself after a surgery]]), and for a short time needs to use a pump to relieve himself as his flow is so prolific.

* LactatingMale: Il-tak suffers from this as a symptom of hyperprolactinemia, and for a short time needs to use a pump to relieve himself as his flow is so prolific.

* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Il-tak's breast growth and lactation were inspired by Parkgee experiencing these as side effects from medication he was given after a surgery.

%% * MisterSeahorse: Invoked and Played for Laughs as Il-tak's brain breaks when his doctor innocently explains how hyperprolactinemia typically happens during pregnancy. Even his poor mother who's there with him is so unsure of what's happening to her son that she asks tearfully if she's going to become a grandmother.

* ArmouredClosetGay: [[spoiler:Hyung-joo, the lead delinquent who bullies Il-tak the most.]]

* ArtisticLicenseBiology: Il-tak has a particularly severe—if unusually ''selective''—case of low testosterone. In reality, a teenage boy experiencing low T that is severe enough to resist hormone therapy ''and'' continue to arrest puberty by the age of 18 would almost certainly be a source of considerable alarm to his parents and physicians (although in Il-tak's case, [[AdultsAreUseless the reception is muted]]). It would also result in much less appealing symptoms for the sufferer, such as increased weight, and lower levels of physical energy and mental dexterity—only the latter of which seems to be much of a problem for Il-tak, but academics have never been his strong suit.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: In addition to Il-tak's hyperprolactinemia, the bizarre medical explorations of his abnormal physical development have been, to date, omitted from the comic's official release.

* LactatingMale: Il-tak suffers from this as a symptom of hyperprolactinemia, and for a short time needs to use a pump to relieve himself as his flow is so prolific.
* MisterSeahorse: Invoked and Played for Laughs as Il-tak's brain breaks when his doctor innocently explains how hyperprolactinemia typically happens during pregnancy. Even his poor mother who's there with him is so unsure of what's happening to her son that she asks tearfully if she's going to become a grandmother.

* TestosteronePoisoning: Averted and Inverted as Il-tak is clinically diagnosed with low testosterone.

* NeverBeHurtAgain: [[spoiler:Hyun-woo enrolled in Daemun High after a breakup to avoid getting his heart broken by another girl—just his luck that he'd catch feelings for another ''boy'', instead.]]

* ArmouredClosetGay: [[spoiler:Hyung-joo, the lead delinquent who bullies Il-tak the most. He eventually starts showing concern for his well-being and even apologizing for his behavior.]]
** [[spoiler:Il-tak himself, also: in middle school, he [[HomophobicHateCrime violently assaulted and outed a friend who had confessed to him]], and who eventually had to transfer schools because of it. After Hyun-woo tells Il-tak to get lost (after he had dreamt of him trying to perform a sexual act on him), Il-tak ''almost'' starts to get it when he's finally stung by guilt over his actions, imagining Hyun-woo rejecting his friendship for the same reason—''and'' being told off with the exact same homophobic insult he had used.]]
* ArtisticLicenseBiology: Il-tak has a particularly severe—if unusually ''selective''—case of low testosterone. In reality, a teenage boy experiencing low T that is severe enough to resist hormone therapy ''and'' continue to arrest puberty by the age of 18 would almost certainly be a source of considerable alarm to his parents and physicians (although in Il-tak's case, [[AdultsAreUseless the reception is muted]]). It would also result in much less appealing symptoms for the sufferer, such as increased weight, and lower levels of physical energy and mental dexterity—only the latter of which seems to be much of a problem for Il-tak, but he's never been that bright to start with.
* BigLittleSister: I-yeon, Il-tak's popular, physically mature sister; only two years his junior.
* BookDumb: Hyun-woo, who is replete in common sense compared to Il-tak, but they are still both the lowest-ranked in their class. Both are forced to attend night school to salvage their academic standing.

* HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday: After an embarrassing mix-up, [[spoiler:accidentally presenting him with a condom rather than the gift of a Pokémon card prize from a chocolate snack cake]], Il-tak brings a dirty magazine to school to try to convince Hyun-woo that he's straight, and that his overtures are not an attempt to come on to him.

* LactatingMale: Il-tak suffers from this as a symptom of hyperprolactinemia, and for a short time needs to use a pump to relieve himself as his flow is so prolific.

* MisterSeahorse: Invoked and Played for Laughs as Il-tak's brain breaks when his doctor innocently explains how hyperprolactinemia typically happens during pregnancy. Even his poor mother who's there with him is so unsure of what's happening to her son that she asks tearfully if she's going to become a grandmother.
* NeverBeHurtAgain: [[spoiler:Hyun-woo enrolled in Daemun High after a breakup to avoid getting his heart broken by another girl—just his luck that he'd catch feelings for another ''boy'', instead.]]

* SleepCute: On the bus ride home after their first evening at night school, Il-tak nods off and leans against Hyun-woo.

* ShipperOnDeck: I-yeon immediately catches on to her brother's feelings for Hyun-woo and is intent on doing whatever she can to push them together.

* {{Expy}}: The series takes the premise of ''Suicide Boy'' and flips it on its head, so that a bully now finds himself the victim. Il-tak is reminiscent of Hooni and Sana, and Hyun-woo is a dead ringer for Jaehoon (albeit without the academic cred). Averted for I-yeon, who bore a strong resemblance to Harim in the beta chapters, but whose appearance changed in her official debut.

* BigLittleSister: Ui-yeon, Il-tak's popular, physically mature sister; only two years his junior.

* {{Expy}}: The series takes the premise of ''Suicide Boy'' and flips it on its head, so that a bully now finds himself the victim. Il-tak is reminiscent of Hooni and Sana, and Hyun-woo is a dead ringer for Jaehoon (albeit without the academic cred). Averted for Ui-yeon, who bore a strong resemblance to Harim in the beta chapters, but whose appearance changed in her official debut.

* ShipperOnDeck: Ui-yeon immediately catches on to her brother's feelings for Hyun-woo and is intent on doing whatever she can to push them together.

* {{Expy}}: The series takes the premise of ''Suicide Boy'' and flips it on its head, so that a bully now finds himself the victim. Il-tak is reminiscent of Hooni and Sana, and Hyun-woo is a dead ringer for Jaehoon (albeit without the academic cred), and Ui-yeon is one for Harim.

** [[spoiler:Il-tak himself, also: in middle school, he [[HomophobicHateCrime violently assaulted and outed a friend who had confessed to him]], and who eventually had to transfer schools because of it. After the incident with the accidental condom gift, Il-tak ''almost'' starts to get it when he's finally stung by guilt over his actions, imagining Hyun-woo rejecting his friendship for the same reason—''and'' being told off with the exact same homophobic insult he had used.]]

* HomoeroticDream: Il-tak and Hyun-woo, both thinking themselves straight before, have erotic dreams about seducing each other. Hyun-woo dreams about Il-tak trying to aggressively seduce him, and Il-tak has a dream about [[PhysicalAttributeSwap switching sizes]] with Hyun-woo and seducing him.

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* MeaningfulName: The name Hong Il-tak (홍일탁) is a play on the metaphorical idiom ''"[[https://namu.wiki/w/%ED%99%8D%EC%9D%BC%EC%A0%90 hongiljeom]]"'' (홍일점), literally "one red dot [within the vast forest of green]", used to describe the only girl in a group of boys.

* MeaningfulName: The name Hong Il-tak (홍일탁) is a play on the metaphorical idiom ''"[[https://namu.wiki/w/%ED%99%8D%EC%9D%BC%EC%A0%90 hongiljeom]]"'' (홍일점), literally "one red dot within the vast forest of green", used to describe the only girl in a group of boys.

18-year-old [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin high school student]] Hong Il-tak's career as a delinquent was cut short by puberty giving him a bum hand: instead of growing tall, he grew soft. Now a social outcast, Il-tak finds himself subject to sexual harassment from the other delinquents at the [[OneGenderSchool Daemun Boys' High School]], who in another life might have been his buddies, or even been their leader, like Kim Hyungjoo. But the tough, sullen senior Lee Hyunwoo reluctantly finds himself [[ClosetKey drawn to]] Il-tak, who soon starts clinging to him for protection and what he sees as an opportunity to advance on the social pyramid. Meanwhile, both circumstances and the people they know seem to be conspiring to bring them together.

Written and illustrated by ''Webcomic/SuicideBoy'' creator Park Gee, ''High School Boy'' can be found on [[https://www.lezhin.com/ko/comic/highschoolboy/ the Lezhin Comics website]].

* ArmouredClosetGay: Hyungjoo, the lead delinquent who bullies Il-tak the most. He eventually starts showing concern for his well-being and even apologizing for his behavior.
** [[spoiler:Il-tak himself, also: in middle school, he [[HomophobicHateCrime violently assaulted and outed a friend who had confessed to him]], and who eventually had to transfer schools because of it. After the incident with the accidental condom gift, Il-tak ''almost'' starts to get it when he's finally stung by guilt over his actions, imagining Hyunwoo rejecting his friendship for the same reason—''and'' being told off with the exact same homophobic insult he had used.]]
* ArtisticLicenseBiology: Il-tak has a particularly severe—if unusually ''selective''—case of low testosterone. In reality, a teenage boy experiencing low T that is severe enough to resist hormone therapy ''and'' continue to arrest puberty by the age of 18 would almost certainly be a source of considerable alarm to his parents and physicians, (although in Il-tak's case [[AdultsAreUseless the reception is muted]]). It would also result in much less appealing symptoms for the sufferer, such as increased weight, and lower levels of physical energy and mental dexterity—only the latter of which seems to be much of a problem for Il-tak, but he's never been that bright to start with.

* BookDumb: Hyunwoo, who is replete in common sense compared to Il-tak, but they are still both the lowest-ranked in their class. Both are forced to attend night school to salvage their academic standing.
* DefrostingIceKing: Hyunwoo.

* {{Expy}}: The series takes the premise of ''Suicide Boy'' and flips it on its head, so that a bully now finds himself the victim. Il-tak is reminiscent of Hooni and Sana, and Hyunwoo is a dead ringer for Jaehoon (albeit without the academic cred), and Ui-yeon is one for Harim.
* ForegoneConclusion: The WordOfGod is that Il-tak and Hyunwoo [[https://twitter.com/ch960116/status/1566225067750567937 will fall in love.]] What remains to be seen is what it will take to get them to open up to each other.

* HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday: After an embarrassing mix-up, [[spoiler:accidentally presenting him with a condom rather than the gift of a Pokémon card prize from a chocolate snack cake]], Il-tak brings a dirty magazine to school to try to convince Hyunwoo that he's straight, and that his overtures are not an attempt to come on to him.
* HomoeroticDream: Il-tak and Hyunwoo, both thinking themselves straight before, have erotic dreams about seducing each other. Hyunwoo dreams about Il-tak trying to aggressively seduce him, and Il-tak has a dream about [[PhysicalAttributeSwap switching sizes]] with Hyunwoo and seducing him.
* IndirectKiss: Defied when Il-tak asks for a light off of Hyunwoo's cigarette, only for the latter to think about the implications and discard the smoke in a panic.

* NeverBeHurtAgain: [[spoiler:Hyunwoo enrolled in Daemun High after a breakup to avoid getting his heart broken by another girl—just his luck that he'd catch feelings for another ''boy'', instead.]]

* ShipperOnDeck: Ui-yeon immediately catches on to her brother's feelings for Hyunwoo and is intent on doing whatever she can to push them together.
* SleepCute: On the bus ride home after their first evening at night school, Il-tak nods off and leans against Hyunwoo.
* SmellsSexy: Il-tak to the general student body; him and Hyunwoo to each other.
* StupidSexyFlanders: Basically for ''everyone at school'', especially whenever Il-tak really leans into his feminine side. For Hyunwoo, it's for nearly every little thing Il-tak does.

18-year-old [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin high school student]] Hong Iltak's career as a delinquent was cut short by puberty giving him a bum hand: instead of growing tall, he grew soft. Now a social outcast, Iltak finds himself subject to sexual harassment from the other delinquents at the [[OneGenderSchool Daemun Boys' High School]], who in another life might have been his buddies, or even been their leader, like Kim Hyungjoo. But the tough, sullen senior Lee Hyunwoo reluctantly finds himself [[ClosetKey drawn to]] Iltak, who soon starts clinging to him for protection and what he sees as an opportunity to advance on the social pyramid. Meanwhile, both circumstances and the people they know seem to be conspiring to bring them together.

* AppearanceAngst: Iltak's endocrine system refuses to catch up with the size of his ego.
* ArmouredClosetGay: Hyungjoo, the lead delinquent who bullies Iltak the most. He eventually starts showing concern for his well-being and even apologizing for his behavior.
** [[spoiler:Iltak himself, also: in middle school, he [[HomophobicHateCrime violently assaulted and outed a friend who had confessed to him]], and who eventually had to transfer schools because of it. After the incident with the accidental condom gift, Iltak ''almost'' starts to get it when he's finally stung by guilt over his actions, imagining Hyunwoo rejecting his friendship for the same reason—''and'' being told off with the exact same homophobic insult he had used.]]
* ArtisticLicenseBiology: Iltak has a particularly severe—if unusually ''selective''—case of low testosterone. In reality, a teenage boy experiencing low T that is severe enough to resist hormone therapy ''and'' continue to arrest puberty by the age of 18 would almost certainly be a source of considerable alarm to his parents and physicians, (although in Iltak's case [[AdultsAreUseless the reception is muted]]). It would also result in much less appealing symptoms for the sufferer, such as increased weight, and lower levels of physical energy and mental dexterity—only the latter of which seems to be much of a problem for Iltak, but he's never been that bright to start with.
* BigLittleSister: Uiyeon, Iltak's popular, physically mature sister; only two years his junior.
* BookDumb: Hyunwoo, who is replete in common sense compared to Iltak, but they are still both the lowest-ranked in their class. Both are forced to attend night school to salvage their academic standing.

* DudeLooksLikeALady: Iltak is short and slender, has gynecomastic breasts, wide hips, and accumulates fat in places that make him look more feminine.
* {{Expy}}: The series takes the premise of ''Suicide Boy'' and flips it on its head, so that a bully now finds himself the victim. Iltak is reminiscent of Hooni and Sana, and Hyunwoo is a dead ringer for Jaehoon (albeit without the academic cred), and Uiyeon is one for Harim.
* ForegoneConclusion: The WordOfGod is that Iltak and Hyunwoo [[https://twitter.com/ch960116/status/1566225067750567937 will fall in love.]] What remains to be seen is what it will take to get them to open up to each other.
* GangOfBullies: Iltak is too small and girly to earn the respect of the other delinquents at school, who now bully and sexually harass him. They're not afraid to rough him up if he fights back too hard, either.
* HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday: After an embarrassing mix-up, [[spoiler:accidentally presenting him with a condom rather than the gift of a Pokémon card prize from a chocolate snack cake]], Iltak brings a dirty magazine to school to try to convince Hyunwoo that he's straight, and that his overtures are not an attempt to come on to him.
* HomoeroticDream: Iltak and Hyunwoo, both thinking themselves straight before, have erotic dreams about seducing each other. Hyunwoo dreams about Iltak trying to aggressively seduce him, and Iltak has a dream about [[PhysicalAttributeSwap switching sizes]] with Hyunwoo and seducing him.
* IndirectKiss: Defied when Iltak asks for a light off of Hyunwoo's cigarette, only for the latter to think about the implications and discard the smoke in a panic.
* LactatingMale: Iltak suffers from this as a symptom of hyperprolactinemia, and for a short time needs to use a pump to relieve himself as his flow is so prolific.
* MisterSeahorse: Invoked and Played for Laughs as Iltak's brain breaks when his doctor innocently explains how hyperprolactinemia typically happens during pregnancy. Even his poor mother who's there with him is so unsure of what's happening to her son that she asks tearfully if she's going to become a grandmother.

* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Iltak's breast growth and lactation were inspired by Parkgee experiencing these as side effects from medication he was given after a surgery.
* ShipperOnDeck: Uiyeon immediately catches on to her brother's feelings for Hyunwoo and is intent on doing whatever she can to push them together.
* SleepCute: On the bus ride home after their first evening at night school, Iltak nods off and leans against Hyunwoo.
* SmellsSexy: Iltak to the general student body; him and Hyunwoo to each other.
* StupidSexyFlanders: Basically for ''everyone at school'', especially whenever Iltak really leans into his feminine side. For Hyunwoo, it's for nearly every little thing Iltak does.
* TestosteronePoisoning: Averted and Inverted as Iltak is clinically diagnosed with low testosterone.

''High School Boy (남고 소년)'' is an upcoming Korean BoysLove [[KoreanWebtoons webtoon]].

Written and illustrated by ''Webcomic/SuicideBoy'' creator Park Gee, it is scheduled for serialization by Lezhin Comics beginning in December 2023.[[https://gall.dcinside.com/board/view/?id=cartoon&no=644751]]. A fourteen-chapter preview of ''High School Boy'' along with [[BonusMaterial bonus chapters]] can currently be found on the Korean forum DCInside. To date, this material has already been fan translated into Spanish.

18-year-old [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin high school student]] Hong Iltak's career as a delinquent was cut short by puberty giving him a bum hand: instead of growing tall, he grew soft. Now a social outcast, Iltak finds himself subject to sexual harassment from the other delinquents at the [[OneGenderSchool all-boys]] Daemun High School, who in another life might have been his buddies, or even been their leader, like Kim Hyungjoo. But the tough, sullen senior Lee Hyunwoo reluctantly finds himself [[ClosetKey drawn to]] Iltak, who soon starts clinging to him for protection and what he sees as an opportunity to advance on the social pyramid. Meanwhile, both circumstances and the people they know seem to be conspiring to bring them together.

Written and illustrated by ''Webcomic/SuicideBoy'' creator Park Gee, it is planned to be serialized in the future by Lezhin Comics.[[https://gall.dcinside.com/board/view/?id=cartoon&no=644751]]. A fourteen-chapter preview of ''High School Boy'' along with [[BonusMaterial bonus chapters]] can currently be found on the Korean forum DCInside. To date, this material has already been fan translated into Spanish.

* ArtisticLicenseBiology: Iltak has a particularly severe—if unusually ''selective''—case of low testosterone. In reality, a teenage boy experiencing low T that is severe enough to resist hormone therapy ''and'' continue to arrest puberty by the age of 18 would almost certainly be a source of considerable alarm to his parents and physicians, (although in Iltak's case [[AdultsAreUseless the reception is muted]]). It would also result in much less appealing symptoms for the sufferer, such as increased weight, and lower levels of physical energy and mental dexterity—only the latter of which seems to be much of a problem for Iltak, but is probably unrelated.

* HomoeroticDream: Iltak and Hyunwoo, both thinking themselves straight before, have erotic dreams about each other. Hyunwoo dreams about Iltak trying to aggressively seduce him, and Iltak has a dream about [[PhysicalAttributeSwap switching sizes]] with Hyunwoo and seducing him.

* ArtisticLicenseBiology: Iltak has a particularly severe—if unusually ''selective''—case of low testosterone. In reality, a teenage boy experiencing low T that is severe enough to resist hormone therapy ''and'' continue to arrest puberty by the age of 18 would almost certainly be a source of considerable alarm to a physician. It would also result in much less appealing symptoms for the sufferer, such as increased weight, and lower levels of physical energy and mental dexterity, just to name a few—neither of which seem to be much of a problem for Iltak.

* {{Expy}}: The series takes the premise of ''Suicide Boy'' and flips it on its head, so that a bully now finds himself the victim. Iltak is based on Hooni and Sana, Hyunwoo is a dead ringer for Jaehoon (albeit without the academic cred), and Uiyeon is one for Harim.

* TestosteronePoisoning: Averted quite literally as Iltak is clinically diagnosed with low testosterone.

* HomoeroticDream: Hyunwoo has erotic dreams about Iltak trying to seduce him.

* SleepCute: Iltak nods off and leans against Hyunwoo on the bus after their first evening at night school.

* StupidSexyFlanders: Basically for ''everyone at school'', especially whenever Iltak really leans into his feminine side. For Hyunwoo, it's for nearly every little thing he does.
* TestosteronePoisoning: Averted quite literally; as Iltak is clinically diagnosed with low testosterone. [[spoiler:He tries hormone therapy, but it has no effect.]]

* IndirectKiss: Averted when Iltak asks for a light off of Hyunwoo's cigarette, only for the latter to think about the implications and discard the smoke in a panic.