Get the latest gossip

A live-action TV version for the controversial webtoon The Elementary School Student That I Love has been canceled because it's about an elementary school teacher sexualizing a 5th grader

Sometimes all you need to do to know a show isn't for you is to read the title.

Live-action adaptations of manga and comics always have to deal with some of the more risqué moments from the source material in creative ways, but this is one that shouldn't have gotten out of the planning stages. This is presented not as a comedic misunderstanding and a call to reevaluate her life but as a romantic complication, which is where the plot starts to run off the rails. Thankfully, over the weekend, the production company in charge of the adaptation of The Elementary School Student That I Love confirmed that they were suspending any future development on the series, citing “serious concerns raised by society” and the “changing sensitivities and expectations of the public.” Basically, everyone online, including the largest South Korean teachers’ union, told them that this was a terrible idea.

Get the Android app