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| Director: | Ha Han-me[1] | ||||||||||||
| Editor: | Kim Jung-min | ||||||||||||
| Developer: | Bamboo Network | ||||||||||||
| Composer: | Baek Jong-sung et al. | ||||||||||||
| Country: | South Korea | ||||||||||||
| Language: | Korean | ||||||||||||
| Num Seasons: | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Num Episodes: | 8 | ||||||||||||
| Company: | YG Entertainment | ||||||||||||
| Runtime: | 15–23 minutes | ||||||||||||
| Executive Producer: | Yang Ji-hoon | ||||||||||||
| Network: | YouTube |
The Mysterious Class (Korean: 남고괴담; RR: Namgogoedam; "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, Park Ji-hoon, Yoshinori Kanemoto, Kim Jun-kyu, Yoon Jae-hyuk, Asahi Hamada, Kim Do-young, Haruto Watanabe, Park Jeong-woo, So Jung-hwan, Mashiho Takata, and Bang Ye-dam. Its plot centers on a group of 12th grade students in a boys' school who try to solve the mystery of their class' resident ghost.[2]
The series aired for free viewing every Friday 22:00 KST on the band's official YouTube channel from 12 November to 31 December 2021.[3] [4] Short clips containing post-credits scenes for each episode were also uploaded for paid subscription in the band's Weverse account a day after its corresponding episode's airing date.[5] It served as Treasure's first full-fledge endeavor in acting after the band made its acting debut through the short film It's Okay, That's Friendship that was broadcast on 5 March 2021 as the 36th episode of their variety web series Treasure Map.[6] [7]
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 students was supposed to have only 20. A series of spooky events drove the students to suspect each other while trying to solve the mystery of their class' resident ghost, who might simply be posing as one of their classmates.[8] [2]
The roles of the main characters of the series are played by members of the boy band Treasure, including their two former co-members:
the resident ghost and former student of Grade 12 – Class 4 in Boseok Boys' High School; the late son of the school guard, Jae-hyuk's sole dorm roommate and Mr. Ha Dong-min's former classmate. Ten years prior to the events of the story, Haruto was a sickly student that rarely went to class due to his illness which ultimately led to his death, becoming the resident ghost of Grade 12 – Class 4. Ten years later, he became visible to the class' present batch of students and to its present homeroom teacher Mr. Ha, becoming the 21st "student" in a class that is supposed to have 20 students only. Yearning to have a normal school life "even after death", Haruto is fond of taking care of his classmates and enjoys taking photos of them using his Polaroid camera. Soon, his true identity is at risk of being exposed when his new classmates start looking for their class' resident ghost and begin suspecting each other.
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.
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.
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.
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 with his supposed signature.
a student of Grade 12 – Class 4 in Boseok Boys' High School; Do-young and Hyun-suk's dorm roommate; a YouTube vlogger by the name of Super King Cow Baby. Jung-hwan enjoys filming vlogs, although his videos do not gain traction.
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.
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).
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.
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.
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.
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.
the homeroom teacher of Grade 12 – Class 4 and an alumnus of Boseok Boys' High School; Haruto's former classmate. 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, promising him support in his overseas college career if he manages the class well. He is revealed to be a classmate of the late Haruto ten years prior to the events of the story.
a Grade 12 student in Boseok Boys' High School; Won-jin's classmate and an acquaintance of the students of Grade 12 – Class 4.
a Grade 12 student in Boseok Boys' High School; Sung-joon's classmate and an acquaintance of the students of Grade 12 – Class 4.
a music teacher at Boseok Boys' High School.
a teacher at Boseok Boys' High School; Mr. Ha Dong-min and Haruto's former homeroom teacher. Mr. Jung is the teacher in charge of the school's milk rations. He is Mr. Ha's predecessor as homeroom teacher of Grade 12 – Class 4.
a staff at Boseok Boys' High School; Haruto's father. Deeply brokenhearted by his son's death at a such young age, he hid the funerary urn that contains Haruto's remains inside Haruto's own locker in the Grade 12 – Class 4 classroom where Haruto's ghost has been lingering since then.
The following table contains the episodes of the series:
The soundtrack for The Mysterious Class consists of musical score composed by Baek Jong-sung et al. and the following two theme songs. Both of these theme songs are performed by Treasure and were released on 15 February 2022 through the CD version of the band's first extended play .[9] [10]
A Christmas version of "BFF (Best Friends Forever)" was released earlier on 24 December 2021 through the band's official social media accounts.[11] [12]