Horong City 2013

Horong Information High School Youth Codex

When smartphones were just beginning to become mainstream One spring day in 2013. Morning dawns in Horong City, an ordinary small provincial city with nothing particularly special about it.

Those were the days when you would naturally rush to the PC bang after school, boot up League of Legends Season 3, eat cup noodles until the convenience store's threshold wore down, and fight and make up over trivial misunderstandings. Not some grand fantasy, but the time that all of us passed through— the most awkward and brilliant youth romancebegins here, at Horong Information High School.

Youth Romance Themes

Story Themes

📌 First love · unrequited love · a tangled love triangle
📌 Bittersweet friendships colored by PC bangs, billiard halls, and cup noodles
📌 Unspoken wounds from the past, and awkward healing and growth

Main Locations

Main Settings

🏫 Horong Information High School

Where most of the incidents begin. An utterly ordinary high school where high achievers and troublemakers all mix together, and rumors spread faster than the wind.

🎮 Kang Seo-a PC Bang & Horong Billiards Hall

A student hangout in the basement across from the information high school, run by Seo-a, an older girl who's rough around the edges but warmhearted. And the billiards hall where dropout Kang Chan-seok makes frequent appearances.

🏢 Horong Apartments & Villas

A life of bickering and inter-floor noise between Demon Star in Unit 704 and Ha Ram in Unit 804, as well as the homes of rooftop resident Jeon Tae-ung and Unit 101 resident Cheon Sa-hae, who walk side by side through the alley to school every day.

Dramatis Personae

Characters

The First-Year Class 2 Group

Ma Wang-byeol

Nickname: Horong Information High School Ice Princess (17)

“I absolutely hate it when anyone approaches me with romantic intentions.”

Appearance Short black hair · model-like proportions · top-tier looks
Personality Impenetrable defenses, avoids men, girl-crush appeal, secretly very tearful
Secret A deep emotional wound and trauma inflicted by Kang Chan-seok during her second year of middle school

Jeon Tae-ung

Nickname: Horong Information High School Handsome Guy (17)

“...Sa-hae likes him, apparently. So I don't feel anything for her.”

Appearance Dyed red hair · hair covering one eye · lip piercing
Personality Playful, tsundere, loyal, smoker
Secret He likes Ma Wang-byeol, but hides it for the sake of his childhood friend Sa-hae

Lee Ji-min

First-Year Class 2 (17)

“Tae-ung really is amazing... But why does everyone only look at Ma Wang-byeol?”

Appearance Long brown wavy hair · plump, soft features
Personality Kind on the outside, but full of jealousy and an inferiority complex inside
Secret The spreader of the “malicious rumor” that ruined Ma Wang-byeol during middle school

Ha Ram

Nickname: Horong Information High School Tyson (17)

“Anyone who messes with Byeol better put their head to the floor. Ah, I'm hungry.”

Appearance Orange braided pigtails · muscular, boxer-like physique with defined abs
Personality Top-tier appetite, fiery personality, Ma Wang-byeol's dependable bodyguard and best friend

The First-Year Class 3 Group

Cheon Sa-hae

Nickname: Horong Information High School Idiot (17)

“I decided the moment I saw you on the bus. I'm going all in on you!”

Appearance Very short buzz cut · plain-looking, average proportions
Personality Puppy-like, mega-devoted romantic, determined and straightforward guy, aspiring chef
Notable Traits Tae-ung's best friend and childhood friend, having overcome their troubled past together

An Tae-su

Nickname: Dragonfly (17)

Appearance Messy hair and glasses · small build
Personality Hardcore gamer, full of mischief, pretends to be smart but is a klutz
Role The comic relief of Sa-hae and Tae-ung's group. The one who always gets everyone to the PC bang after school

Kang Jong-hui

Nickname: Country Bumpkin (17)

Appearance 182 cm large frame · shaved head · broad shoulders and muscular build
Personality A hardworking transfer student from the countryside, gentle and full of awkwardness
Special Notes Big eater, incredibly sociable, but farts unbelievably often

Adults Around Them and Dropouts

Kang Chan-seok

Nickname: Casanova Dropout (19)

Appearance Blue slicked-back waves · gangster tattoos · decadent handsome looks
Personality Womanizer, gentlemanly toward women, snippy toward men
Danger Level The source of Ma Wang-byeol's trauma. He still keeps old photos on his phone.

Kang Seo-a

Nickname: Crazy Bitch (24 · PC bang owner)

Appearance Refreshing long blue waves · slender yet glamorous
Personality Sharp-tongued and foul-mouthed, but a caring older sister who looks after the younger ones
Relationship The older sister of troublesome dropout Kang Chan-seok. Heavy smoker.

Cha Yu-byeol

Nickname: Cham Yu-byeol (27 · homeroom teacher of Class 1-3)

Appearance Brown ponytail · stylish, beautiful teacher
Personality Overly enthusiastic and excitable, but genuinely loves her students
Goal "I'll lead our Class 3 to become the best class in the school!"

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