Get Schooled — Chapter 178¶
Complete Detailed Panel-by-Panel Transcription¶
Scope¶
This transcription follows the 12 ordered long chapter strips embedded in the supplied Chapter 178 MHT, excluding the separate chapter-header asset. Readable English dialogue, report language, labels, prices, and major sound effects are preserved where legible. The scanlation’s occasional grammar problems are identified rather than silently rewritten.
Content note¶
The chapter discusses false counter-reporting in school-violence cases, victim-blaming, class prejudice, undercover investigation, and deliberate physical provocation.
Strip 001 — Two students claim to be both victim and perpetrator¶
At the Teachers’ Rights Protection Agency office, Sera reacts in disbelief to a school-violence file:
WHAT ON EARTH…?
THEY ARE BOTH THE PERPETRATOR AND THE VICTIM?!
Na Hwa-jin enters the room and asks why everyone has gathered.
A staff member gives him the case and explains that two students from the same school have filed reports against one another, each identifying himself as the victim and the other as the bully.
Na studies the documents and immediately recognizes the pattern.
AH, I SEE… I KNOW WHAT THIS IS.
He says he has recently noticed a rise in similar cases and orders the team to select every file in which two tips or complaints came from the same school.
The table fills with documents. Once the cases are physically gathered together, the scale becomes obvious.
Strip 002 — “Tit-for-tat reports”¶
The team is shocked by the number of mirrored complaints.
UNBELIEVABLE… THERE ARE THIS MANY CASES OF TIT-FOR-TAT REPORTS?!
At first, each individual file looked too minor or uncertain to prioritize. Seen together, they appear to be a wider phenomenon.
The report explains the tactic: one student files a school-violence accusation, and the accused student files another report claiming that they are the true victim.
Na calls them:
TIT-FOR-TAT REPORTS.
The investigation moves through the Gyeonggi-do Provincial Office of Education and the school involved in the newest case.
Strips 003–004 — Yu Jungtaek and Kim Giryong give opposite accounts¶
The first student, Yu Jungtaek, pleads with investigators:
PLEASE BELIEVE ME!
KIM GIRYONG HAS BULLIED ME COUNTLESS TIMES!
He says everything happened exactly as described in his report.
The other student, Kim Giryong, gives the opposite testimony:
YU JUNGTAEK ASSAULTED ME AT SCHOOL.
Giryong speaks calmly. He says Jungtaek was careful whenever he bullied him, so he does not have complete proof of every incident.
When asked whether he could actually be the offender, Giryong becomes offended:
YOU’RE ASKING ME IF I’M THE BULLY?
WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?! I’M THE VICTIM HERE!
He admits that he swore at Jungtaek while Jungtaek was crushing his wrist, but says the profanity came from pain.
The agency reviews the school-violence committee’s decision. Jungtaek presented no persuasive physical evidence. Giryong admitted part of the interaction and possessed evidence of an injury. The committee therefore classified the incident as mutual assault.
Na and the others find the case difficult. Jungtaek appears emotionally furious and wronged but lacks proof. Giryong is calm and documented but could be performing innocence.
The chapter explains a structural vulnerability: under the current system, when a student files a school-violence report, a formal review must begin. A retaliatory complaint can therefore force the original victim to defend themselves as an accused student.
Strip 005 — Undercover roles are assigned¶
Sera becomes furious at the idea that real bullies can laugh behind the scenes because a counter-report gives them little to lose.
She asks whether these students are the agency’s next target.
Na says he will handle the formal inspection, but a visible government intervention could cause secondary harm before the truth is known.
He assigns two undercover roles:
- Sera will infiltrate as a student and observe the class atmosphere.
- Daniel Hyun will enter as a teacher and collect staff opinions about Jungtaek and Giryong.
Before entering the school, Sera asks Daniel:
WHO DO YOU THINK IS THE BULLY?
Daniel refuses to decide this early.
Sera grins:
WANNA BET?
ON WHO’S THE BULLY?
Strip 006 — “Shin Sera” joins the class¶
Sera is introduced to the class under the name:
SHIN SERA
A small note emphasizes that she is trying hard to perform the role convincingly.
The teacher directs her to an empty desk.
Sera immediately locates Kim Giryong and studies him from across the room.
She thinks that one of the two boys must be lying. Despite Daniel’s caution, she privately believes she already knows which one is the bully.
Strip 007 — Three days of observation: Kim Giryong¶
Sera’s first impression does not fit the simple victim narrative.
Giryong has a strong, muscular body and a stable, confident walk. Sera judges that he has unusually good core strength and does not look like the kind of student who would be physically helpless.
He is also almost completely uninterested in school:
- he sleeps through most classes,
- uses his phone when awake,
- and pays little attention to teachers.
The surprising detail is social rather than academic:
KIM GIRYONG DOESN’T HAVE A SINGLE FRIEND.
Whether he is eating or passing time, he remains alone.
His isolation could mean he is feared, rejected because of a violent reputation, or genuinely being excluded. Observation alone does not settle the case.
Strip 008 — Three days of observation: Yu Jungtaek¶
Jungtaek appears more ordinary.
He has a roughly average build and two close friends. He talks about games, sports, and everyday school topics.
His social manner does not resemble Sera’s stereotype of a bullied loner.
He also wears conspicuously expensive items. The scanlation labels include approximately:
- a Saint Laurent backpack, valued at roughly ₩1.48 million,
- an Apple Watch, around ₩577,000,
- and Hermès slippers, valued in the millions of won.
Sera notes two possible readings. The items could be a bully showing off status, or they could be the reason a wealthy student became an extortion target.
After three days, she has one more strange observation:
THOSE TWO HAVEN’T SAID A WORD TO EACH OTHER.
If one is malicious enough to frame the true victim, why are both now avoiding all contact and living normal school lives?
Strip 009 — Sera decides to provoke them¶
Sera says passive observation has reached its limit.
Her next method is presented jokingly as:
LEARNING THEIR MBTI TYPE
She intends to manufacture small provocations and watch how each boy reacts under irritation.
She first targets Giryong.
While he is asleep at his desk, she deliberately drives her shoe or shin into him and pretends it was accidental:
OOPS~ MY FOOT SLIPPED~
AH~ MY CALVES ARE A BIT STURDY, SO I DID IT BY MISTAKE~
SORRY~ YOU’RE MAD, AREN’T YOU?
Giryong raises his head, but does not attack or shout.
Strip 010 — Giryong refuses the bait¶
Sera is surprised:
OH…? THAT DIDN’T BOTHER HIM?
She jokes internally that his personality type may be “Buddha.”
Giryong returns to resting without escalating the incident.
Sera decides she has learned enough from him and turns toward Jungtaek.
At first glance, Jungtaek appears personable and socially normal. Sera wonders whether the same kind of provocation will reveal something hidden.
Strips 011–012 — Jungtaek explodes¶
Sera deliberately trips or strikes Jungtaek’s lower leg in the classroom and immediately adopts an innocent expression:
AH, SORRY~ I’M SPLAYFOOTED~
Jungtaek erupts with startling intensity.
YOU FUCKING BITCH!!
He slams into desks or knocks classroom objects aside while shouting. His face twists with genuine rage, far beyond the mild irritation shown by Giryong.
Sera remains calm and apologizes sarcastically:
AH, SORRY~ I’M SPLAYFOOTED~
STILL, THANK GOD YOU DIDN’T FALL.
Jungtaek continues screaming while classmates react.
Sera’s expression becomes a sharp smile.
I WAS RIGHT!
The line does not yet prove that Jungtaek is the original bully. It confirms that the apparently social, ordinary student has an extreme reaction to small provocations—information that will complicate both agents’ assumptions in the next chapter.
Chapter-level continuity notes¶
The case is designed to defeat quick moral judgment¶
Jungtaek displays visible outrage but little evidence. Giryong displays calmness and evidence but carries a threatening physique and social isolation.
Counter-reporting transforms a victim into an accused person¶
The review system must process both allegations. A strategic offender can therefore create doubt, delay intervention, and force the victim to defend themselves.
Sera relies heavily on instinct and stereotype¶
She reads bodies, faces, friends, brands, and emotional reactions. The chapter repeatedly shows that each clue can support more than one interpretation.
The boys’ silence is important¶
For three days, neither approaches the other. The active abuse has apparently paused because both know they are being watched or because the reporting process changed the balance.
The final provocation reveals temperament, not history¶
Jungtaek’s explosion is real, but it does not establish what happened before the investigation. Trauma, injustice, guilt, or ordinary aggression could all produce anger.