Study Group Episode 5 Review: Kim Se-hyeon Fights Back!

Study Group Episode 5 brings a successful exchange for the group with the elite high school students after which they even get their own room. However, troubled waters aren’t ready to settle down as a new challenge opens up in front of Han-gyeong.

The series has 10 episodes which will be released from 23 January 2025 to 20 February 2025.

Study Group Episode 5 Recap

The episode opens with Han-ul defeating a group of boys in a fight, stating his wish to take over his father after stomping on him. The scene then changes to the study group exchange where the students are waiting for their missing members. However, Ji-u is able to sense the revulsion the students have towards them and when she confronts them, she finds out that it is because the students of the school next door are bullying them.

What’s more, the name of the school is Manik High, the name Ji-u accidentally typed instead of Manil High for Ga-min. While they find this hilarious, they soon call up Ga-min, unaware that he has already entered the school and gotten into a fight with the bullies there. As he unknowingly ends up saving the student from Manil High, he returns for the exchange which is successfully carried on later. When leaving, the boy who saved him apologises to him and confronts him, saying that he is the boy who once denied him entry into his study group back in middle school.

He tells Ga-min that he has understood that the world is bigger than he had thought and believes that Ga-min will be a top student one day. Ga-min is moved to tears by his words and returns as a changed man. The next day, their group gets a room, and soo,n they fix it up to make their perfect study room. Meanwhile, Han-gyeong is set to get Han-ul out of school and talks to the Head Teacher about this.

While he is sceptical about this, he challenges to get the grades of the study group members up by 10 ranks after which he will give his approval. Han-gyeong accepts this challenge and goes back to the study room. Meanwhile, the group members are being mocked by the top student- Kim Ho-min in the study room, which ignites Ga-min’s fire to do his best in the upcoming exams.

Han-gyeong begins to put forth a plan for the students to ace the upcoming exams. After school, the group makes plans to spend time together but Se-hyeon leaves in the middle. He is followed by Hui-won who accompanies him to go back, but they are stopped by Ho-min and his group who begin to bully the two. Right then, Ga-min arrives and saves the two but this only angers Se-hyeon as he is unable to save Hui-won.

Coming from a broken family, Se-heyon has suffered since childhood despite performing well in school. His mother fleeing after leaving him and his father a huge debt only worsened the matter and he is now being forced to join his father to work as a labourer instead of study. Upon returning home, he is faced with the same argument with his father but is unable to take it this time and runs away. However, he is stopped by Ga-min who is waiting for him outside and offers to take him to his house.

But Se-hyeon is not in the right mind to accept his offer as he doesn’t want to burden Ga-min, and feels he is always dependent on him. Ga-min has no choice but to leave alone due to his curfew while Se-heyon looks for something to do about the night. Unfortunately, he comes across Ho-min who is angry after what happened with Ga-min. With earphones in his ears, Se-heyon is stunned about what to do when he gets a call from Ga-min.

He connects the call and ears Ga-min gives him instructions to fight back Ho-min. Se-yeon follows Ga-min’s words and is finally able to fight back but when the call disconnects suddenly, he finds himself falling back again. But after the moment of confidence, he is not ready to give up again and this time, he fights back without any instruction and shows his proud self to Ga-min who has come running to him.

Study Group Episode 5 Review

The episode has been an adventure of its own with various scenes coming together from the Webtoon is an unexpected sequence. While the order is surely not one the Webtoon readers would have expected, I love how everything is still falling into place and giving us a good flow of events. The show is surely not losing out on its entertainment and delivering all the right bits in its own way. As the excitement once again takes over us, I am ready for the upcoming episodes of the show as the first half comes to an end with this episode.

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