Study Group

Description

Nicknamed the “school for future criminals,” Yusung Technical High School isn’t exactly the ideal place to study. A rarity among his peers, Gamin is a student with just one goal: to get into university. At a school where it’s every man for himself, he is rejected from countless study groups before he decides to form his own. When Hankyeong, Gamin’s former tutor, joins his high school in hopes of earning her teacher certification, it seems like they’re both reaching for the impossible. Can they defeat the odds and achieve their dreams?

Original Webtoon:
Naver Webtoon, Naver Series

Official Translations:
English, Thai, T.Chinese, Indonesian, S.Chinese, Japanese, French, Spanish

Note: This webtoon has been adapted into a Korean Drama on Jan 23 2025.

Type

Manhwa

Related Series

The Age of the Barbarous (Adapted From)

The Great War (Side Story)

Hanlim Gym (Adapted From)

Associated Names

Grupo de estudio

スタディー・グループ

流氓讀書會

痞子学霸

스터디그룹

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A Little Sunshine Scans

Latest Release(s)

c.288-289 by Hive Scans 1 day ago

v.2 c.83 by LINE Webtoon 5 days ago

c.286-287 by Hive Scans 1 week ago

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Status in Country of Origin

278 Chapters (Ongoing)

Season 1: 117 Chapters + S1 Epilogue
Season 2: 116 Chapters + S2 Preview + S2 Epilogue
Season 3: 43 Chapters + S3 Preview (Ongoing)

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User Rating

Average: 7.8 / 10.0 (94 votes)

Bayesian Average: 7.43 / 10.0

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Last Updated

July 28th, 2025 8:54pm PDT - 1 month ago

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Genre

Action Drama Martial Arts School Life Seinen
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Recommendations

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Author(s)

SHIN Hyungwook

Artist(s)

RYU Seungyeon

Year

2019

Original Publisher

Naver

YLAB

Serialized In (magazine)

Naver Webtoon (Naver)

Naver Series (Naver)

Licensed (in English)

Yes

English Publisher

LINE Webtoon

Activity Stats (vs. other series)

Weekly Pos #550

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Monthly Pos #1054

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3 Month Pos #1141

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6 Month Pos #1014

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Year Pos #488

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List Stats

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On 237 wish lists

On 15 completed lists

On 44 unfinished lists

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The teacher is a frustrating way to limit the mc

by Cheerthedead
2 years ago

Rating: N/A

She lacks the basic understanding about human emotion and behavior to start giving advise. In fact, she advocates for non-violence was really harmful for the delinquents and to other students. The delinquents live in their fantasy where they feels free because they care less about rules and no one spared the effort to correct them. You can not get them to listen unless you shatter that illusion. Young children will not listen too when they are in a high stage of emotion so you need to calm them down first. Basically, the way we deal with children depends on case by case and age by age. It is risky to assume but the gist is to get them to start listening to what you are saying first and have them think about that. You can not get the delinquents to listen if they kept retreating to their disillusion that they can get away with everything and they can handle thing their way disregarding social rules and laws.

Seeing her keep interfering while not improving her own knowledge leaves a real bad taste in my mouth. It was like seeing someone poisoning a dog with a lot of chocolate.

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PEAK School-Action comic!

by Akira Ryuji
2 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

203 is so cute!!!!!!!! 218 is great and wholesome

... Last updated 4 months ago

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I feel like I read a completely different manhwa from other reviewers

by TiredandDeadInside
3 years ago

Rating: 1.0 / 10.0

Dropped. Excruciatingly tedious. NGL, I can't stand the teacher either. In fact, I am actually really surprised at how much I actively LOATHE her and will skip her scenes. I don't usually get emotionally involved in this kind of stories because the women are NEVER written well but wow. This teacher character actually got to me.

The action sequences are respectable but the story itself just drags along. There's no satisfactory release from the build up and anticipation. NOTHING can be done in one chapter because it'll ALWAYS end in a cliff hanger. ALWAYS. Even if it's literally just some dude coming in on a motorcycle to give info so the next action arc can start.

I'm sure I've been dissatisfied by other manhua, manga, manhwa A LOT but I can't quite remember one that's made me skip all the dialogue just to get to the action so the tight feeling in my chest can loosen a little. It. Never. Happens. There's never any kind of sweet, sweet pay off.

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Ya know?

by l00th
4 years ago

Rating: N/A

So far it’s fairly average read except the teacher is so hell bent on making people study that she could literally be getting stabbed to death and she’d still think only about making students study nd stuff….so..kinda cringe but otherwise ok i guess

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Great but a needs to slow down at times

by The1Rin
4 years ago

Rating: 7.0 / 10.0

It's great, about a lonely cute badass kid who wants to study so he makes friends and forms a study group. Has an overarching mystery/villain and stayed on track with its main goal.
Fun cool action and an intriguing plot.
The only complaint I personally have is that there is very little time to breathe between arcs as it's only plot and action with backstory sprinkled in between as there are no moments of the characters just hanging out or studying/helping each other study like kids their age would in a study group, as every moment that would be like that is very short because it's there to add plot.
This story is kinda reminds me of eleceed or lookism but it's missing the moments where the characters can just relax and have fun which are my personal favourite moments in those other webtoons because without them I don't get enough time to enjoy what they have and the relationships they have built as I'm currently just tired of action and plot but Gamin is the only thing that makes me want to keep going.
other people may prefer no filler so it's great for them but for me personally, I need those sweet filler moments as a reward for getting through all the drama and fighting.

... Last updated 4 years ago

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Great Story

by superman89
4 years ago

Rating: 7.0 / 10.0

This one balances out very well and one which you shouldn't mind how OP Gamin is at the start and so far throughout the story. Besides he does struggle with some and has to recall his teachings with his 'uncle' to overcome.

The other good part is how the author handles the other characters. They're fleshed out well but not too much that we need 20 chapters to do it. They help the MC out in areas he lacks which helps the story move along well.

The bad guys are written well and we also get some backstory with them and brief focuses on what's going on atm. No 30 or 40 chapters like other certain mangas like this one which makes you forget all about the MC and his friends, i.e Weak Hero but just the right amount.

Fun read and hope the author keeps on the same track as they've done from the start.

Edit. Had to lower my rating with this new arc. I despise tournament arcs in these type of plots. Sadly this author couldn't help themselves and put it in this time. Nonsense and takes away from the theme of the story. Hopefully this will be the last but it's dragging on and might have to lower the rating again.

It's picked up again in a decent direction but I'll leave my rating as is

On a side note ignore any rating that's a 1 just as you should ignore a rating of a 10.

... Last updated 2 years ago

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Surprised at how much I like this!

by glowtoads
4 years ago

Rating: N/A

As a teacher, this is a pretty fun read! It's surprisingly high-octane action, and the sequences are nicely executed. There isn't much slowing down the pace of the story, and the characters end very well fleshed out, which is a delight considering the initial set-up of the story -- really, all we're signing up for is a high-school punch-out. But I think the core of the story remains the same even as the plot develops, and that's a mark of good story-telling for me. It doesn't feel like the author is branching too far, or going somewhere that was never intended (like a lot of webcomics and manga end up doing) so I'm still on board. So far, this is really good!

Edit: 3 Sept 2023. Eesh what the hell happened here 😭 I take back my whole review lol

... Last updated 2 years ago

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Action Packed Studying

by kurotaito
5 years ago

Rating: 7.0 / 10.0

The story's premise is interesting. The lead goes to a gangster filled high school and his only goal is to study. And, he does almost anything for this goal from nunchuck fighting to bare fists against guns.

You read this for the action sequence & the interesting story. The comedy is not that funny, but the characters' backgrounds are various so that makes up for it.

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