📺 Teach You a Lesson (2026)
Based on webcomic/webtoon
Teach You a Lesson is a 2026 South Korean action school drama series that brings the popular Naver webtoon Get Schooled to live-action for the first time. Written by Chae Yong-taek and illustrated by Han Ga-ram, the original webtoon gained a dedicated readership for its hard-hitting take on school violence and the collapse of educational authority in a near-future Korea. The Netflix adaptation, directed by Hong Jong-chan and written by Lee Nam-kyu, Kim Da-hee, and Moon Jong-ho, stars Kim Mu-yeol as Na Hwa-jin, an inspector from the Educational Rights Protection Bureau who is legally empowered to use physical force to discipline students and reform broken schools.
The series transplants the webtoon's core premise directly to the screen: a government agency called the Educational Rights Protection Bureau dispatches agents to schools overrun by gangs, bullies, and corrupt administrators. Na Hwa-jin, accompanied by investigator Im Han-rim (played by Jin Ki-joo), uses state-sanctioned immunity to neutralize threats and restore order. The cast also includes Lee Sung-min as the Minister of Education who founded the bureau, and Pyo Ji-hoon as an assistant director. With ten episodes scheduled for release on Netflix on June 5, 2026, Teach You a Lesson marks another entry in the growing trend of Korean webtoon adaptations finding global audiences through streaming platforms.
While the webtoon was known for its unflinching violence and dark social commentary, the series adaptation appears to maintain that edge while expanding the world-building around the Educational Rights Protection Bureau. The working title during development was True Lessons, a direct translation of the Korean title, before settling on the English title Teach You a Lesson. The production involved Ylab Plex, the studio arm of the webtoon's publisher, ensuring close collaboration with the original creators. As part of a content supply deal between Ylab and Netflix, the series represents a significant investment in bringing Korean digital comics to international viewers, following in the footsteps of other successful webtoon adaptations that have found massive audiences on the platform.
Get Schooled is a South Korean webtoon written by Chae Yong-taek and illustrated by Han Ga-ram. It was serialized on Naver Webtoon, one of the largest digital comics platforms in the country. The story is set in a near-future South Korea where the educational system has been overwhelmed by rampant school violence, bullying, and the complete erosion of teacher authority. In response, the government establishes a special agency with the legal power to use physical intervention and unconventional methods to discipline students and restore order.
The webtoon follows agents of this agency as they are dispatched to various schools to confront delinquent students, dismantle violent hierarchies, and tackle administrative corruption. Known for its gritty action sequences and social commentary on the state of modern education, Get Schooled garnered a significant following for its intense storytelling and unflinching portrayal of school violence. The series is part of the broader Ylab universe of webtoons, sharing thematic connections with other works from the studio.