Netflix Confirms 'No Crushing Allowed' — The Forbidden High School K-Drama From the Writer of 'Our Beloved Summer'

Two Rival Schools, One Wall, Zero Self-Control

K-drama rom-com lovers, your next obsession just became official. On August 20, 2026, Netflix confirmed No Crushing Allowed, a brand-new high school romance series — and revealed its full cast and plot details in one go. If the premise sounds simple, that's because it gloriously is: two rival high schools, one wall between them, and a strict no-crushing rule that absolutely nobody is going to follow.

The Creative Team Knows Exactly What They're Doing

The series comes from the writer of Our Beloved Summer, the 2021 Choi Woo-shik and Kim Da-mi romance that became a cult favorite thanks to its bittersweet storytelling and painfully relatable characters. Translating that sensibility into a teen forbidden-romance setting is honestly a match made in heaven — expect the same mix of butterflies and heartache that made Our Beloved Summer so endlessly bingeable.

The premise leans hard into delicious tension. Rival schools, a literal wall dividing the campuses, and rules explicitly designed to stamp out young love — it's the kind of setup practically engineered to make audiences scream at their screens.

A Cast That's Already Trending

Leading the series is Moon Sang Min, the rising star who has quickly become one of Netflix's most-booked leading men, alongside Shin Si A, who turned heads in the medical spinoff Resident Playbook. They're joined by Lee Min Jae and Choi Hee Jin, rounding out a young ensemble fans are already shipping hard across social media.

Notably, this adds more star power to Netflix's Korean slate in a year where K-dramas have consistently dominated the platform's global charts — with titles like Teach You A Lesson racking up nearly 55 million views and even outperforming One Piece.

No premiere date has been announced yet, but with production confirmed and the full cast locked in, expect No Crushing Allowed to land squarely in Netflix's competitive fall-winter lineup. Until then, we'll be here replaying the casting announcement and picking our favorite ship. No crushing allowed? Too late. Completely crushed already.

While we wait for a trailer and release window, here's your homework: go back and revisit Our Beloved Summer to soak in that same writer's signature blend of warmth, humor, and emotional gut-punches. And keep an eye on Netflix's K-drama release calendar, because the streamer has been stacking late 2026 with heavy hitters. One thing's for sure — between forbidden high school romance and a cast this easy to root for, No Crushing Allowed already has all the ingredients of next year's comfort-watch phenomenon.