살인마 르웰린 씨의 낭만적인 정찬 2

Murderous Lewellyn's Candlelit Dinner #2

by Sumnagi, Mukbu (illustrator), 숨나기

2020년 6월부터 2022년 2월까지, 리디에서 많은 독자분들의 사랑 속에 연재된 웹툰《살인마 르웰린 씨의 낭만적인 정찬》이 완결 후 종이책으로 출간되었다. 총 6권 완결이며, 묵부 작가님의 섬세한 작화와 영리터 작가님의 흥미진진한 연출이 종이책 페이지 안에 새롭게 재구성되어, 독자분들께 웹툰과는 또 다른 신선함과 즐거움을 선사할 것이다.

빈민가 이라 스트리트를 떠들썩하게 만든 연쇄살인 사건과 셰본의 집 앞에 쪽지를 붙이는 스토커 그리고 매일 계단에서 양파를 까는 수려한 외모의 미청년 등 반전에 반전을 거듭하는 미스터리한 사건들로 가득한─ 오싹하지만 그 이면에 애절하고 아름다운 진실이 담긴《살인마 르웰린 씨의 낭만적인 정찬》을 종이책으로 다시 한번 만나 보자.

단행본 2권에는 연재분 16~30화까지의 원고를 담았다. "셰본 씨 세상에 나만 있으면 안 돼요? 내 세상에는 셰본 씨밖에 없는데."

Genres: Manhwa, Manga, Romance, LGBT, Horror, Queer, Mystery

304 pages, Paperback

Published September 8, 2023

Reviews

[kelly · Rating 4 out of 5]

he’s a 10 but he’s a ferocious puppy with heavy trauma

[Kelli · Rating 3 out of 5]

idk shavonne, if you didn’t want to date a serial killer, you probably shouldn’t have asked him out

[Brenda WT · Rating 3 out of 5]

Estoy confundida

[DeljM · Rating 5 out of 5]

Shavonne is in a toxic relationship with a serial killer…and I’m addicted! What his friend turned out to be manipulating him treating him like some patient and paying people to be in a relationship with Shavonne so he could monitor him?! Now I’m super suspicious of this editor that’s came about! Need the next book now!

[Julie · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'm interested in the story, but this volume was a little boring. I don't know if I'll continue with the series.

[Ciel Dahlberg · Rating 5 out of 5]

I liked this volume even more than the first. the thoughts and metaphors became more clear and profound here. I like the subterfuge and confusion.

[khai · Rating 5 out of 5]

0:)

[Jess · Rating 5 out of 5]

This review is for S2 - end of the webtoon.

Wow, this absolutely destroyed me. The plot was meaty but the character arc for Shavonne and Lewellyn blew me away. At the end of S1, we found out what happened 8 years ago in Lute Penitentiary between Shavonne and Lewellyn from Lewellyn’s perspective. That itself was heartbreaking enough, but in S2 we got it from Shavonne‘s perspective and my god, it was an emotional ride, and when they made a reference to the novel “The Steadfast Tin Soldier” and drew parallels to them being the soldier with one leg and the ballerina, it made me want to weep. I really appreciate the author retelling their shared past from each character’s perspective because it really did explain so much and made the puzzle pieces fall into place. Either of them could be the soldier or the ballerina, they both were different from the crowd and so they could understand each other. And from this understanding, they found comfort in each other.

I really liked the development of their relationship over the course of the story. At first there was this awkwardness and suspense because we all thought that Lewellyn was this weirdo who had untoward intentions towards Shavonne. But as they spent more time together, they began to understand each other and became more reliant on each other. For Lewellyn, Shavonne was the one and only person who had shown him what it meant to be a person, and for Shavonne, Lewellyn was the one and only person who had loved him, and they became each other’s saviour, reason to live on and entire world. It explained so much about Lewellyn’s initial actions and I loved how the art changed as the plot progressed, showing Lewellyn as this anxious person who had finally found the guy he loved, instead of his initial impression of being a suave and confident guy.

The author did a really good job with navigating the nuances of their relationship. It’s definitely not your typical love story and for both characters, being in love with each other was a novel experience that scared them, but we as readers were able to understand their motives, fears and inner thoughts. The plot was also concluded nicely, with all loose ends tied up, and I was so happy that Shavonne and Lewellyn were able to live out the rest of their lives together happily. After everything they had gone through, they deserved this peace, the chance to be a normal couple.

[Merlinxbooks · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wow, dieses Band 2 hat mir wieder gut gefallen 😊 Die Story dreht sich um einen Serienkiller und seinen ungewollten “Nachbarn”, aber das eigentliche Highlight ist die Dynamik zwischen Shavonne und Lewellyn. Keine klischeehafte Romanze, kein vorhersehbares Drama – stattdessen zwei gebrochene Seelen, die auf eine seltsame, fast unheimliche Art zueinanderfinden.

Shavonne, der von seiner Vergangenheit gezeichnet ist, versucht irgendwie, Normalität in sein Leben zu bringen. Und dann ist da Lewellyn, dieser unberechenbare Nachbar, der gleichzeitig gefährlich und faszinierend ist. Es ist ein ständiges Hin und Her zwischen Faszination und Angst, Nähe und Misstrauen – und genau das macht das Ganze so spannend.

Ich freue mich auf Band 3 😊

[Sandra · Rating 4 out of 5]

Die Story wird ein wenig wirr, wenn ich ehrlich bin, aber ich find immer noch Llewelyn geil und auch wie die beiden zueinander finden :D wenn auch etwas sehr gerusht plötzlich.
Das Shavonne sich auf eine Beziehung zu einem Mörder, Stalker und Psychopathen einlässt, kann ich in dem Band sogar nachvollziehen. Er ist einsam, jeder verarscht ihn, er ist bodenlos pleite, keine Freunde, keine Wohnung, so .... yeah :D bevor man auf der Straße krepiert, dann anbandeln mit ihm, i guess.
Ich bin trotzdem gespannt, wo die Reise hingeht - irgendwie bezweifle ich, dass die Story n Happy End hat, aber ich lass mich überraschen.

[Rachael ༊·˚ · Rating 5 out of 5]

Alright, I’m definitely seated now. I swear each chapter feels better than the last. And the suspense in all of them? It’s killing me (hopefully not literally ;-;).

Well… riding this out also because I know it’s a happy ending, and Lewellyn somehow never becomes a red flag, and I don’t think I would like my heart to take it if it wasn’t the case. But yeah, I just hope/wish they still have some sweet moments, even amidst the plot being, well, plot. That, and we find out soon what the deal is with Shavonne’s friend(? forgot his name, my bad), and Lewellyn’s past encounter with Shavonne too.

[Heather’s Reading Bubble · Rating 5 out of 5]

I was feeling unsure about getting into this series as I found the first volume to be boring and at times annoying. I am so glad that I gave myself another volume because volume 2 was fantastic. This is clearly not a healthy love story and that is ok. It’s obvious that Lewellyn is not mentally well right off the bat but in this volume it really got into his mentally unwell Shavonne is too. Does he even actually like Lewellyn or is it just extreme loneliness that has him thinking he does? It is also so sad that Fawkes is not really Shavonnes friend but actually just hanging around him to keep track of his mental health. I am very excited to find out more of the mysteries in this series and to see if these two men actually have something real or if it’s just a toxic storm waiting to rain down. Also on a totally unrelated note to the review I am curious to why this book is more than other manwha by Ize press. I thought I was going crazy when I saw the price.

[Astaroth · Rating 4 out of 5]

Yo a Lewellyn lo voy a defender hasta el día que me muera. Si mata a alguien diré "bueno, algo habrá hecho" y me van a cancelar.

[JLA]

TW torture, murder, poverty, homelessness

The second season, things really start coming together. The onions get explained, and we get some good flashbacks.

[Amoc Hater · Rating 5 out of 5]

i cried so much
onions
0:)
T-T

[Ange · Rating 4 out of 5]

OKEEEEEEEY OKEEEEEY CABRON OKEEEEEEY, esto está mejor de lo que esperaba, está muy bueno.

Punto extra porque me sentí identificada de cierta forma wtf, verdaderamente WTF

[fran ! (taylor's version) · Rating 4 out of 5]

and i oop

[Kristýna ..... .... · Rating 5 out of 5]

Same as the first fantastic

[kayrowski · Rating 5 out of 5]

if you are obsessed with a fruit or a vegetable you better have a story like this man

[Nicoleodeontv · Rating 5 out of 5]

Que esta pasando acá, en serio le dicen a esto GREEN FLAG?

[Vale Vanegas · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5⭐️

¿Lo amas o anhelas que te amen?

Pensando pensamiento confusos; no sé qué pensar, es todo tan confuso.

[˳ ℘ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ⸝⸝ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ Angel ◞ · Rating 5 out of 5]

0:)

[Jacquie Stewart · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm so glad to have a copy for my shelf. Love these 2 together

[Chloe Kemp · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lewellyn must be protected at all times

[Jacqueline · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.25 stars

[Ryofire · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another great volume! Shavonne and Lewellyn are so sad and lovely. I still wish this had an ebook version, and I hope one day the novel source material gets an English translation.

[K · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is such an interesting series. And actually really...tame, I guess? Considering its setup, with Shavonne knowing essentially from the start that Lewellyn is a serial killer.

The theme, repeated a few times in this volume, is that you can be a bad person but it depends on who you're bad to. Yeah, murdering people is 100% an evil thing to do, which makes Lewellyn a dangerous and very Not Good person...but even our society does actually accept killing people as a normal and just action under certain circumstances. War. Executions. Etc. And I admit I'm starting to wonder if Lewellyn has a specific reason for the executions he's carrying out, because he says himself at one point that he considers himself a "hunter," not a "butcher," and "hunters don't kill humans."

But unless this is just a big misunderstanding, like the whole stalking situation, Lewellyn has admitted to Shavonne that he was the serial killer, and the murders stopped when Shavonne told him he would break up with him if he didn't quit it.

Some of it's discomfort with the actions themselves...and some is self-preservation, because Shavonne is a survivor, no matter how bad his life has gotten, and does not want to be bundled in as an accomplice. He struggles with whether he can possibly date or fall in love with someone like Lewellyn...but the problem is that he already has.

The part I find the most oddly refreshing about all of this is that Lewellyn is somehow both intensely obsessive but also respectful of Shavonne's boundaries. He explicitly says: yeah, I could take whatever I wanted from you, no matter what you said. But I wouldn't do that, because I'm not an animal. Pretty basic behavior that...is not a particular rule of thumb for a lot of these BL relationships, including in a manga I just read and disliked earlier today.

So while Shavonne and I don't currently understand Lewellyn's moral compass or code of conduct, he is abiding by a certain set of rules he's set for himself. I'm interested to find out what those are.

There's also this weird part I didn't totally understand, but I think it must've been flashbacks to a point in their lives when the two of them knew each other - but Shavonne has somehow forgotten? Has his doctor "friend" been wiping his memories and brainwashing him this whole time?

It's incredibly disturbing to find out that Shavonne's only friend has spent the last eight years essentially controlling him, using his various boyfriends to spy on him. This most likely includes the handsome publisher who persistently shows up at his door and tells him his writing is incredible. I don't know what the game is here, but Shavonne appears to be some sort of strange experiment, and I'm not sure how much Lewellyn knows about it.

But for the first time in years, Shavonne has a boyfriend who would never betray him or be swayed by whatever bribery or threats had been employed against all the other exes.

August, the most recent ex whom we'd met in volume 1, turned out to be the stalker, spurred on by Fawkes. And the only letters Lewellyn had been writing Shavonne were those long, angsty love letters as the customer who wanted Shavonne to "edit them" for him.

I loved the letter Lewellyn wrote the night Shavonne rejected him. His love is so palpable and genuine. I want to find out more about it, and him.