Key art for Boy, with Caution, a 2026 South Korean BL web drama

Boy, with Caution

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Boy, with Caution (Korean: 소년, 주의) is a South Korean boys' love web drama that streams on Heavenly from 30 September 2026.

The story follows Jang Ki-woo, a substitute teacher who gave up his dream of teaching after his past and the rumors that followed it. At the school where he is posted he meets Lee Hyun-jae, a 21-year-old held back a year, whom everyone around him avoids. Each of them is marked by the way other people have treated him, and as the two spend their days in the same school they begin to recognise the wounds in each other.

A device runs through the story: Ki-woo finds comfort in an anonymous chat partner, and the person behind the messages is growing closer to him without his knowing who it is. The audience therefore holds a piece of knowledge that the main character does not, and the drama builds its closeness out of what each man says when he believes he is speaking to a stranger.

Heavenly describes the drama as a story of two people drawn together by what they see in one another. Ryu Se-il plays Jang Ki-woo, and Ha Jung-hun plays Lee Hyun-jae. The series is in Korean, with eight episodes of about twenty-five minutes, and it is an original screenplay, not an adaptation.

CONTENT DETAILS

Native Title
소년, 주의
Original Title
Boy, with Caution
Also Known As
소년, 주의, Sonyeon, Juui
Adaptation
Original screenplay, not adapted from a web novel, webtoon or manhwa.
Themes
Key Themes
Teacher And StudentAge GapOriginal ScreenplayKorean BL StreamingRepeating A YearShort-Form Web DramaInstitutional SettingSpecialist PlatformReluctant Supervision
Language
Korean
Seasons
1
Episodes
8
Duration
About 25 minutes
Aired Start
Aired End
Release Year
Production Co

Where to watch Boy, with Caution

Heavenly on YouTube (official main teaser)

Before You Watch

  • Release: Heavenly releases it worldwide on 30 September 2026.
  • Original Work: The drama is an original screenplay and not an adaptation.
  • Leads: Ryu Se-il plays Jang Ki-woo and Ha Jung-hun plays Lee Hyun-jae.
  • Behind The Camera: Lee Son-eum directs and Nakwon Mansion produces.
  • Award: Ryu Se-il won the Young Theater Artist Award at the 61st Baeksang Arts Awards in 2025.
  • Debut: This is Ha Jung-hun’s first drama role.

Reviewed by Renkaze

A title that reads like a warning sign

In Korean, the title is two words separated by a comma, the shape of a caution notice posted where someone needs to take care. The English renderings in circulation, Boy, Beware and Warning, Boy, both keep that blunt, sign-like quality. The drama then sets its story inside a school, where a notice of that kind has an ordinary institutional meaning, and the title works as a first hint of the tension between the two leads.

Two people at the edge of the same building

Jang Ki-woo and Lee Hyun-jae are both defined by distance from the people around them. One is a substitute teacher carrying rumors about his past, and the other is a 21-year-old held back a year and kept at arm's length by classmates. Neither has a settled place at the school. Heavenly frames the drama around the moment they recognise each other's wounds, which makes the shared position of two outsiders the organising idea of the story, not a backdrop to it.

A story told through messages

The structure rests on dramatic irony. Ki-woo confides in an anonymous chat partner, and the viewer knows more than he does about who is on the other end. That arrangement gives the series two channels for its two leads: the daily, guarded contact at school and the unguarded contact in writing. A drama about two people marked by how others see them gains something from a setting in which one of them can, for a while, be seen only through his words.

A pairing that echoes the premise

The casting carries a similar imbalance. Ryu Se-il arrives with a Baeksang award for his stage work, while Ha Jung-hun is a newcomer who signed an exclusive agency contract with Baeureulpumda on 14 September 2026. An experienced performer opposite a debutant matches the way the story places a settled adult beside a young man on the margins of the school.

Who it suits

Viewers who like quiet, character-led Korean drama in a short format, and who enjoy stories in which two lonely people are slowly drawn together.

Themes and Messages

Heavenly specialises in boys' love, so the drama reaches viewers through a platform built around the genre instead of a general broadcaster. Nakwon Mansion, the production company, also made the boys' love drama Gray Current.

Being judged by others is the wound the two leads share. Ki-woo carries rumours about his past, and Hyun-jae is avoided by everyone around him, so both men know what it costs to be defined by other people's stories. The romance is built on recognition: two outsiders seeing in each other what the school refuses to see.

The anonymous chat adds a theme about honesty and identity. Ki-woo speaks freely only when he believes he is talking to a stranger, which raises the question of whether we are more truthful with people who cannot see us. The gap between the guarded school day and the open messages at night is where the closeness grows.

OFFICIAL TRAILER

Episode guide: Boy, with Caution

8 / 8 episodes aired · Completed
EP 1
30 Sep 2026
Aired
EP 2
30 Sep 2026
Aired
EP 3
07 Oct 2026
Aired
EP 4
07 Oct 2026
Aired
EP 5
14 Oct 2026
Aired
EP 6
14 Oct 2026
Aired
EP 7
21 Oct 2026
Aired
EP 8
21 Oct 2026
Aired

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

When is Boy, with Caution released?

It releases on 30 September 2026.

Where can it be watched?

On Heavenly, a streaming platform that specialises in boys' love, and the production company's release announcement also names iQIYI. The release is worldwide and simultaneous.

Is it based on a novel or a webtoon?

No. It is an original screenplay.

Who stars in it?

Ryu Se-il plays the substitute teacher Jang Ki-woo, and Ha Jung-hun plays Lee Hyun-jae, a 21-year-old student held back a year.

Who made it?

Lee Son-eum directs, and Nakwon Mansion produces.

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