Female teacher elementary school students can't do a fling broadcast...Pedophilia Controversy Drama Eventually Suspended Production
Jul 04, 2025
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On the 4th, the production company Metanurine decided to take the voices of various social concerns seriously recently raised and to stop planning and producing dramas based on the webtoon 'My beloved elementary school student'" he said.
"I would like to express my sincere apologies to the writer for putting a new burden on the original works produced in 2015" " We will humbly accept the changing social sensitivity and trends and do our best to continue to create healthy and meaningful content with this opportunity," he said.
On the 27th of last month, Metanurine officially announced the production of the drama after signing a copyright contract with CNC Revolution, the original platform of Webtoon 'My Dear Elementary School Student'.
However, the work was controversial for pedophilia. It is a webtoon about a female elementary school teacher who broke up with her lover and realized that the character she met in the game was actually her student, and it included a description of "some" between a female teacher and an elementary school student.
As a result, the education community has launched a strong backlash.
On the 1st, the Korean Federation of Teachers' Associations (hereinafter referred to as the Korean Federation of Teachers) stated, `Teachers are in a position where they must establish a trust relationship with the students they teach and focus on education with higher morality and expertise than other occupations. The narrative that exploits this position to share personal feelings with underage disciples and develop them into a love relationship is the glorification of a clear grooming crime that can never be dismissed as romance or fantasy. "Attempts to sexually objectify children in the name of creation and artistic originality can never be justified." The subject matter of the drama will tarnish the reputation of all educators committed in the educational field and lead to deep distrust of the teaching society as a whole, an act that shakes the foundation of education: trust among teachers, students, and parents," the statement said.
As the controversy intensified, Naver Webtoon was the first to stop selling the Naver series of 'My beloved elementary school student' on the 2nd. In addition, platforms such as Kakao Page, Kyobo Bookstore, and Liddy have also stopped selling 'My beloved elementary school students'.
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