After School Lessons for Unripe Apples

 (세기말 풋사과 보습학원, 世紀末풋沙果補習學院, 世紀末풋砂果補習學院, Segimal putsagwa boseupagwon) is a Drama Webtoon Original created by Soonkki; it updates every Sunday. The original Korean Webtoon premiered on Naver.

Synopsis
''Mi-ae is just a normal middle school girl trying to survive school. She likes reading comics, the pop group “The Fire Boys”, and karaoke. One day, a boy she used to know transfers to her school and begins to stir up trouble. No matter what she does, it seems he just doesn’t appreciate her efforts to get to know him. What’s up with that?''

Mi-ae Hwang
Mi-ae Hwang (spelled "황미애" in Korean and pronounced "me-ay" in English) is a sixteen year old student who attends Baekje Middle School. Most days, she juggles her strict home life studying as a busy examinee and ignoring school bullies who pick on her. However, she finds fun hobbies for herself, like reading romance manga and comic books. Mi-ae loves to wish on airplanes late at night too. Sometimes she holds up two fingers in the air, like making a peace sign, before snapping a shot of aircrafts high in the sky. If she's in her bedroom, she instead watches airplanes fly by through her binoculars. When her friend group isn't busy, Mi-ae joins them in singing karaoke or watching videos of a popular band called, "The Fire Boys." Mi-ae is also quite athletic; in school, she's an amazing short-distance runner and at home, she jogs with her father as well as jump ropes to relieve stress.

However, on school campus Mi-ae is never taken seriously; her short height causes her peers to talk down to her. Fuel is added to the fire when Cheol Kim transfers to her class and ends up becoming Mi-ae's desk mate. Since both students share the same names of the popular K-pop duo, Cheol and Mi-ae, several teachers began bombarding the two with jokes and pinning the spotlight on them during lessons. Cheol may have scared his class into staying quiet and not bothering him, other than spreading rumors, but for Mi-ae, she ended up with the short end of the stick. Fortunately, Mi-ae, with her stubborn and aggressive nature, isn't afraid to bite back. To accommodate the unfairness, she uses her own tactics; she reflects everything she hears. She will question and argue with the person - or people - to make sure they understand that she's going to defend herself no matter what.

Personality
Ever since her childhood, Mi-ae grew up a social butterfly. She's able to become friends with her peers quite easily, even with kids she didn't know that well. Mi-ae's overall personality is very social, naturally outgoing, compassionate, and determined. She's notably a terrible liar and always wears her heart on her sleeve. She is also quite confrontational when dealing with certain situations. Mi-ae has experienced several unfair scenarios throughout her life, so she's learned how to deal with people who harass, bully, or make assumptions about her. With her short stature being a trigger for insults, Mi-ae fights back in order to not be the pipsqueak who gets picked on. When it comes to her flaws, she can be oblivious, stubborn, highly energetic, noisy, childish and occasionally misses social cues. This is due to Mi-ae’s EQ being lower than average, with her IQ being higher. Even so, the times where she doesn't understand an individual’s more emotional problems, she still tries to make an effort to get to know them better.

Cheol Kim
Cheol Kim is the Deuteragonist of After School Lessons for Unripe Apples. Cheol is a sixteen year old middle school student at Baekje Middle School. Nicknamed "Lucifer", he is feared amongst his peers due to his tall height, scar under his eye, and rumours of him fighting at his previous school. Seen as anti-social, Cheol often keeps to himself and is quiet and brooding, however it is revealed that this is due to him being anxious following being seen as violent because of his appearance. He reluctantly reunites with his childhood friend Mi-ae after her various attempts to become friends after the two become desk mates.

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