Get Schooled — Chapter 222¶
Complete Detailed Panel-by-Panel Transcription¶
Scope¶
This transcription follows the 7 ordered long story strips embedded in the supplied Chapter 222 MHT, excluding its separate title/header image. Readable dialogue, case-file text, committee language, and the listed abuse are preserved where legible. Several scanlation phrases describing the bullying are awkward, so the wording is summarized conservatively.
Content note¶
The chapter contains prolonged school bullying, humiliation involving bodily fluids and waste, theft coercion, suicidal behavior, school refusal, and parental victim-blaming.
Strip 001 — Hanrim and Daniel take the case¶
Hanrim arrives at the agency and greets Daniel.
She has barely made it on time.
Daniel notes that she is early by her standards.
They head out together, but Hanrim cannot drive because she has failed the written licensing test three times.
Daniel takes the keys.
Back at the office, Hanrim finishes organizing the Gammok Middle School report.
Only the formal School Violence Committee procedure remains, and the result will be added afterward.
Daniel has already processed another large stack of cases.
Hanrim tries not to compare herself with him and thinks of Daniel as the expected standard of an A-grade recruit.
Strip 002 — Case 163: Byun Giseok¶
The file is labeled:
CASE 163 — GAMMOK MIDDLE SCHOOL SCHOOL VIOLENCE INCIDENT
The victim is:
BYUN GISEOK
The identified perpetrators include:
- Lee Sunghwan, described as the main instigator,
- Kim Seunghoon,
- and Park Seongil.
The abuse began with a wordplay joke involving Giseok’s name and the phrase “toilet seat.”
The joke became a pretext for approximately a year and a half of repeated humiliation.
The listed conduct includes incidents such as:
- smearing or throwing filth and waste,
- hitting him with spoiled or opened milk,
- disguising assaults as friendly sparring,
- mocking his body and clothing,
- forcing him to steal from a convenience store,
- stabbing or jabbing him with pens,
- urinating on gym clothes,
- and throwing eggs or other objects.
The perpetrators describe these acts as playful teasing.
Giseok almost never fought back or extorted others.
Strip 003 — A taxi ride for a cigarette lighter¶
At night, Giseok receives a map and instructions to hurry to a distant park.
No buses are running at that hour.
He takes a taxi.
When he arrives, Lee Sunghwan and several friends are waiting.
They did not need help.
They called Giseok only because Sunghwan wanted someone to light his cigarette.
Giseok obeys.
The group laughs at how far he traveled for such a meaningless task and sends him home.
The incident demonstrates that the abuse is not limited to school hours.
The bullies can summon him, spend his money, and humiliate him whenever they are bored.
Strip 004 — Giseok finally protests, then stops attending school¶
On this occasion, Giseok asks why they are treating him this way.
He says they have gone too far and asks what he ever did to deserve it.
Sunghwan acts surprised that Giseok is suddenly taking the “fun” seriously.
The group says they are friends and only playing.
When Giseok raises his hands defensively, they mock him for looking ready to fight.
Sunghwan challenges him to try.
Outnumbered and weaker, Giseok cannot follow through.
The case file states that he attempted suicide several times but could not complete it.
Instead, he stopped attending school.
A parent checks on him in his dark bedroom, asking whether he is ill.
For Giseok, staying home becomes the only immediate relief.
Strip 005 — No remorse before the committee¶
During preliminary questioning, the perpetrators continue calling the abuse a prank.
They claim Giseok exaggerates parts of the story.
They show no sincere apology.
Hanrim listens with visible disgust.
The formal School Violence Committee is scheduled to announce its decision the following day.
Daniel describes the situation as painfully typical.
“JUST A PRANK”… THE PERPETRATORS ALWAYS HAVE THE SAME EXCUSE.
He prepares to attend the hearing with Hanrim.
Strip 006 — The victim’s father requests the strongest punishment¶
At the committee, Giseok’s father says his son is so psychologically injured that he cannot leave the house or attend school.
He emphasizes that the perpetrators have never apologized sincerely.
He demands the strongest available punishment.
The victim’s family is sent to the waiting room, and the offenders’ side enters.
Hanrim and Daniel discuss the likely outcome.
Hanrim would impose the highest level of discipline.
Daniel says the decision belongs to the full committee.
On paper, many individual events may be classified as minor pranks, even though their repetition and cumulative effect destroyed the victim’s life.
That gap between isolated acts and sustained terror makes the result uncertain.
Strip 007 — The fathers repeat the sons’ excuses¶
The perpetrators arrive with their parents.
Rather than addressing the children directly, the fathers dominate the discussion.
They say their own sons were so shocked by the accusations that they cannot leave home.
When asked whether they acknowledge the listed acts, they avoid a clear answer.
They say most of the conduct was harmless teasing among boys.
BOYS GROW UP DOING THINGS LIKE THAT.
They ask why the committee is making the issue so large and why the victim’s version is allowed to determine what counts as a prank.
Hanrim listens to the same minimization already used by the students.
Her conclusion is immediate:
THE FATHER AND THE SONS…
YOU’RE ALL NO DIFFERENT, HUH?
The chapter ends with the committee facing not only unrepentant students, but adults actively teaching them that humiliation becomes acceptable when labeled humor.
Chapter-level continuity notes¶
The abuse is cumulative¶
Any single incident may be minimized. The daily repetition, after-hours control, and inability to escape create the actual injury.
The name joke is merely the opening excuse¶
The perpetrators do not continue for 1.5 years because a name is funny. The joke creates a socially convenient label for treating Giseok as an object.
School refusal is framed as survival¶
After unsuccessful suicide attempts, remaining at home becomes the only way Giseok can avoid immediate contact with the group.
The committee’s challenge is classification¶
Rules often score separate acts, while the victim experiences one continuous campaign.
Parental protection prevents remorse¶
The fathers transform consequences into persecution of their own children and model the same denial the students use.