- Status: Ongoing
- Platform: Webtoon
- Chapters: 82+
- Genre: High School Romance, If you love my Bias gets on the Last Train, you should read ‘Skool of Street‘
- Creators: Slanket
- Release year: 2024
- tropes: fanboy ML, FL has to overcome stage fright, one clear goal in mind: dance, “I have to get better”
DJ, drop the beat! When 18-year-old K-pop stan Suhyeon gets his heart broken, he turns to his actual true love, girl group sensation MainTainA–especially his bias, the group’s main dancer, Hailey. Leaving his bittersweet first relationship behind to transfer to Seoul, Suhyeon finds not only a spitting image of his bias in the school dance club member Hye-eun, who is supposedly Hailey’s younger sister, but also a new love in the most unexpected of places: the art of street dance! While helping Hye-eun overcome her stage fright, Suhyeon finds there may be more to life than love!
Is ‘Skool of Street’ worth reading? And does it have romance? Short review
The short answer: If good, colorful art is important to you and you love dance, you should absolutely check out ‘Skool of Street’. And if you don’t, pick it up anyway.
‘Skool of Street’ starts with a heartbreak that is quickly forgotten, because our ML Suhyeon becomes a fanboy. But if you don’t like that trope, you can relax, because it doesn’t matter too much in the story. I think the author mainly included it to make it easier to transition into the whole dance world (Suhyeon is pretty clumsy himself) and as a way to make him stand out.
The main focus of ‘Skool of Street’ is dancing, so if you don’t like it when a webtoon focuses on getting better at a single sport or hobby, maybe it isn’t for you. That’s also why it has the Sport tag on Webtoon, even though it has a very sweet and healthy romance that takes up a lot of space in the story. So trust me and don’t skip this one.
Art
The art by Slanket is absolutely gorgeous. Because he is a dancer himself, he NAILS the poses, and while reading ‘Skool of Street’ you really get the urge to move or to get better at something (Haikyuu fans will love it). The expressions are always on point too, and the outfits are really interesting.
Protagonists
The two main characters are Suhyeon (ML) and Hye-eun (FL). Both are outspoken and work hard for their goals, but our ML is the “doing, not thinking too much about it” type, while our FL is the “I overthink everything and even have stage fright” type. They are both green flags and both very likeable. It’s also a rare dynamic in manhwa where the FL is way, way better at something than the ML.
Characters
Aside from the two protagonists, ‘Skool of Street’ constantly introduces new characters, because they constantly face new opponents in their dance battles. Some stick around and some don’t. The four main dancers are Suhyeon, Hye-eun, Eunse and Hajin. Every one of them has to work on something different in order to improve. Eun-se can be insufferable and thinks she is the best there is, while Ha-jin is the quiet, hardworking type. All in all, the characters in ‘Skool of Street’ don’t feel flat and aren’t black and white.
Romance in Skool of Street
Romance plays a big role in ‘Skool of Street’. It is a very slow burn, though. It’s between Suhyeon and Hye-eun, and they start out as friends. When Suhyeon accidentally sees Hye-eun dance on the roof, she recruits him for the school dance club, and they go from there. Suhyeon, with his immunity to embarrassment and his open enthusiasm, helps Hye-eun with her stage fright, and that’s how they grow closer and closer.
Read if you…
- are into dance. There’s nothing better than ‘Skool of Street’
- like reading a high school romance with gorgeous art and a healthy relationship
- love when the romance feels natural and flows slowly
- like it when the ML shows his feelings and has golden retriever energy
Skip if you…
- don’t like it when a comic lingers on a hobby. You WILL learn a lot about dance in this one, but it’s just like ‘My Dress-Up Darling’ in that regard
- want a quick romance
- have relationships as your main focus. ‘Skool of Street’ does have many interesting character dynamics, but it’s primarily about dance
- don’t like the “over the top fanboy” trope
