The Mysterious Class
The Mysterious Class (Korean: 남고괴담; RR: Namgogoedam;[lower-alpha 1] lit. "Ghost Story in a Boys' School") is a 2021 South Korean web series featuring an ensemble cast consisting of the members of boy band Treasure—Choi Hyun-suk, Jihoon, Yoshi, Junkyu, Mashiho, Yoon Jae-hyuk, Asahi, Bang Ye-dam, Doyoung, Haruto, Park Jeong-woo and So Jung-hwan. The series, which airs every Friday 22:00 KST on the band's official YouTube channel since 12 November 2021,[4] centers on a group of 12th grade students in a boys' school who try to solve the mystery of their class' resident ghost.[5]
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| Hangul | 남고괴담 |
| Revised Romanization | Namgogoedam |
| Literally | Ghost Story in a Boys' School |
| Genre | |
| Developed by | Bamboo Network[1][2] |
| Written by | Han Song-yi[1] |
| Directed by | Ha Han-me[2][1] |
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| Country of origin | South Korea |
| Original language | Korean |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 8[2] |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Yang Ji-hoon[1] |
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| Running time | 15-18 minutes |
| Production company | YG Entertainment |
| Release | |
| Original network | YouTube[2] |
| Original release | 12 November 2021 – ongoing |
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Synopsis
In Boseok Boys' High School, the students of Grade 12 – Class 4 are trying to come into terms with the possibility of a ghost lurking in their homeroom after discovering that their class of 21 is supposed to have 20 students only. A series of spooky events push the students to suspect each other while trying to solving the mystery of their class' resident ghost, who might be simply posing as one of their classmates.[6][5]
Cast
Main
The roles of the main characters of the series are played by members of the boy band Treasure. Each of these characters are named after the real name of the band member playing the role.
- Doyoung as Kim Do-young
- the class president of Grade 12 – Class 4 in Boseok Boys' High School; Hyun-suk and Jung-hwan's dorm roommate. Do-young has a strong sense of rivalry against his class' top student Jae-hyuk due to being pressured by his father to perform well in academics in order to be able to have his college studies abroad. He is determined to find out the identity of their class' resident ghost but only for the prospect of gaining their homeroom teacher's recommendation if he manages the class well as its class president.
- Haruto as Watanabe Haruto
- the resident ghost of Grade 12 – Class 4 in Boseok Boys' High School; Jae-hyuk's sole dorm roommate. The 21st "student" in a class that is supposed to have 20 students only, Haruto is visible to the homeroom teacher and to his classmates whom he is fond of taking care of. His true identity is at risk of being exposed as his classmates start looking for their class' resident ghost and begin suspecting each other.
- Choi Hyun-suk as Choi Hyun-suk
- a student of Grade 12 – Class 4 in Boseok Boys' High School; Do-young and Jung-hwan's dorm roommate. Hyun-suk is interested in the paranormal and partnered with Ye-dam in doing a late-night séance that apparently revealed to the class the existence of a ghost in their homeroom.
- Bang Ye-dam as Bang Ye-dam
- a student of Grade 12 – Class 4 in Boseok Boys' High School; Asahi, Yoshinori and Mashiho's dorm roommate; an aspiring K-pop artist. Ye-dam was Hyun-suk's partner in a séance; he later discovers that a music demo he is working on has apparently been tampered by their class' resident ghost.
- Asahi as Hamada Asahi
- a student of Grade 12 – Class 4 in Boseok Boys' High School; Ye-dam, Yoshinori and Mashiho's dorm roommate. A quiet and introverted student, Asahi is a skilled painter who was suspected to be the class' resident ghost after his classmates discover a strange painting in the art room.
- So Jung-hwan as So Jung-hwan
- a student of Grade 12 – Class 4 in Boseok Boys' High School; Do-young and Hyun-suk's dorm roommate; a YouTube vlogger. Jung-hwan enjoys filming vlogs, although his videos do not gain traction.
- Yoon Jae-hyuk as Yoon Jae-hyuk
- a student of Grade 12 – Class 4 in Boseok Boys' High School; Haruto's sole roommate. As a top student, Jae-hyuk is very keen to studying and sometimes treats his less studious classmates coldly.
- Yoshi as Kanemoto Yoshinori
- a student of Grade 12 – Class 4 in Boseok Boys' High School; Ye-dam, Asahi and Mashiho's dorm roommate. Yoshinori is into tarot card reading and doing magic tricks. He is the grandson of a mudang (female shaman).
- Park Jeong-woo as Park Jeong-woo
- a student of Grade 12 – Class 4 in Boseok Boys' High School; Jun-kyu and Ji-hoon's dorm roommate. Jeong-woo is an athletic boy who likes sports but is known to be a scaredy-cat among his classmates.
- Junkyu as Kim Jun-kyu
- a student of Grade 12 – Class 4 in Boseok Boys' High School Jeong-woo and Ji-hoon's dorm roommate. Jun-kyu has a bright and outgoing personality, and is a doting lover to his girlfriend.
- Mashiho as Takata Mashiho
- a student of Grade 12 – Class 4 in Boseok Boys' High School; Ye-dam, Asahi and Yoshinori's dorm roommate. Mashiho is a punctual student who regularly drinks milk for his growth plates.
- Jihoon as Park Ji-hoon
- a student of Grade 12 – Class 4 in Boseok Boys' High School; Jeong-woo and Jun-kyu's dorm roommate. Ji-hoon is a prankster who likes to scare his classmates.
Supporting
- Jang Tae-hoon as Ha Dong-min
- the homeroom teacher of Grade 12 – Class 4 in Boseok Boys' High School. Mr. Ha was caught in an accident while working overtime coincidentally on the night his students, led by Hyun-suk and Ye-dam, did a séance. He trusted Do-young with the responsibility of managing the homeroom while he is hospitalized for 15 days, promising him support in his overseas college career if he manages the class well.
Episodes
The following table contains the episodes of the series:
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | |
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| 1 | "There's a Ghost in Our Class" Transcription: "Uri bane gwisini isseo" (Korean: 우리 반에 귀신이 있어) | Ha Han-me | Han Song-yi | 12 November 2021 | |
| The students of Boseok Boys' High School Grade 12 – Class 4 run away in panic when a mysterious force apparently responded to their late-night classroom seance and, in their rush to escape, discover their homeroom teacher lying unconscious in the stairwell. Class president Do-young soon realizes that the result of the séance might be true after learning that their class of 21 is supposed to have 20 students only. | |||||
| 2 | "Who Could Be the Ghost?" Transcription: "Nuga gwisinilkkayo?" (Korean: 누가 귀신일까요?) | Ha Han-me | Han Song-yi | 19 November 2021 | |
| Class 4 becomes unnerved when a spooky voice resounds from Ye-dam's music demo. Do-young declares his strong opinion that they have to expel the ghost from their homeroom while paranormal geek Hyun-suk, one of the main participants of the séance, starts carrying out his plans to expose the ghost's identity. | |||||
| 3 | "The Ghost's Insidious Influence on Our Class" Transcription: "Gwisini uribane michineun yeonghyang" (Korean: 귀신이 우리반에 미치는 영향) | Ha Han-me | Han Song-yi | 26 November 2021 | |
| Upon being suspected as the class' resident ghost, an annoyed Asahi proves his classmates wrong with an irrefutable evidence of his innocence. Jae-hyuk secretly obtains a bujeok talisman from Yoshinori's shaman grandmother to counter a baleful presence that has affected his academic performance. An argument quickly ensues between Jung-hwan and Do-young over the former's late night live streaming of ghost hunting inside their classroom. After being accused by Asahi of being the resident ghost, Haruto gets burned by the bujeok that Jae-hyuk, his dorm roommate, had acquired from Yoshinori. | |||||
| 4 | "If You Pretend to be the Ghost ... The Ghost Itself Will Punish You." Transcription: "Gwisini cheok hamyeon ... gwisinhante honna." (Korean: 귀신이 척 하면... 귀신한테 혼나.) | Ha Han-me | Han Song-yi | 3 December 2021 | |
| Jae-hyuk asks Yoshinori if they could put another bujeok inside their homeroom. Jung-hwan resorts to filming "paranormal activity" that he had secretly contrived to cause fear among his classmates, desperate to gain more online following. Do-young confronts him anew, but Jung-hwan suspects that Do-young must be hiding something from the class. After Jae-hyuk makes a chilling discovery at his dorm room, Jung-hwan's attempt at getting back at Do-young backfires when the real ghost Haruto haunts him to give him a stern warning. | |||||
| 5 | "The Classroom That Is Truly Haunted" Transcription: "Jinjjaro gwisindeullin gyosil" (Korean: 진짜로 귀신들린 교실) | Ha Han-me | Han Song-yi | 10 December 2021 | |
| An unwitting Haruto allows Yoshinori to predict his future using tarot cards. Class 4 sets up a haunted house booth for the school's spring festival, though their first clients remain unflustered by their meager attempts to scare them. To save their booth, Haruto uses his powers to haunt the school building, but he scares both their next clients and his classmates in the process. When Class 4 manages to escape, they realize that Haruto and scaredy-cat Jeong-woo are still in the building. | |||||
| 6 | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | |
| 7 | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | |
| 8 | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | |
Notelist
- pron. [ˈna̠mɡo̞ɡwe̞(ː)da̠m] ~ [ˈna̠mɡo̞ɡø̞(ː)da̠m]
The title is a compound of 남고 (namgo [ˈna̠mɡo̞], a shortening of 남자 고등학교 namja godeunghakgyo [na̠md͡ʑa̠ ko̞dɯŋɦa̠k̚k͈jo] "boys' high school") and 괴담 (goedam [ˈkwe̞(ː)da̠m] ~ [ˈkø̞(ː)da̠m], "ghost story").
References
- "[남고괴담] WEB DRAMA SURPRISE ANNOUNCEMENT". Weverse (in Korean). Treasure. 31 October 2021. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- "남고괴담 (The Mysterious Class)" [Ghost Story in a Boys' School (The Mysterious Class)]. Bamboo Network (in Korean). Archived from the original on 21 November 2021. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- Gan, Shanne (2 November 2021). "TREASURE to star in web drama 'The Mysterious Class' this November". Bandwagon. Archived from the original on 21 November 2021. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- Jang, Woo-young (2 November 2021). "트레저, 새 웹드라마 '남고괴담' 단체 메인 포스터 공개" [Treasure reveals main promotional poster for their new drama 'Ghost Story in a Boys' School']. The Chosun Ilbo (in Korean). Archived from the original on 21 November 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
- Yeon, Hwi-seon (13 November 2021). "트레저, '남고괴담' 공개 반나절 만에 100만 뷰 육박" [Treasure's 'Ghost Story in a Boys' School' hits 1 million views in half a day]. Osen (in Korean). Archived from the original on 21 November 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
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