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신입사원 [Sinip Sawon / Sinipsawon] #1

The New Recruit (Comic) Vol. 1

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The full-color webtoon/manhwa (comic) about a steamy Boys’ Love office romance. Inspired the K-Drama The New Employee!

Seunghyun spent his twenties following his crush through college and grad school, only to wind up totally single and with no idea where to go in his career. When he manages to land an internship at a competitive marketing company, he’s ready for a fresh start without worrying over unrequited love. Except his supervisor is the handsome workaholic Kim Jongchan, whose hot and cold attitude leaves Seunghyun flustered. And worse yet, his crush from school works at the same company too! Will Seunghyun survive his first job and a potential first relationship?

280 pages, Paperback

Published November 5, 2024

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594 reviews221 followers
July 3, 2022
i don't love romance office but it was great, fun and wholesome. also it has the perfect length, not too short nor giant, cute and fast read.
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5,302 reviews3,466 followers
January 22, 2023
When your favourite top rated BL series are getting adapted like there’s no tomorrow, you are like “damn my life is good😮‍💨”

Episode 1 is already there and I am shipping them so much 🥹
Profile Image for Imanewreader ✨.
989 reviews184 followers
January 23, 2024
office romance? yes.
a cute (and absolutely) adorable puppy intern with a stern, strict, and drop-dead stunning manager? SIGN ME UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUP
Profile Image for ❇️Bora❇️.
797 reviews6 followers
May 8, 2022
This was a very refreshing webtoon. It's good to read webtoons where the adults actually behave like adults. I love how short and compact this webtoon was [40 chapters] because there was no dragging of plot lines or misunderstandings between the two leads.

Mr. Kim was such a sweet guy, I'm surprised all his past lovers complained about his lack of passion in their relationship but I guess it took a certain guy - Seunghyun - to bring out the best in Mr. Kim.

Seunghyun was really adorable and his naivety in relationships was so cute too. I loved seeing him become more confident and outspoken as his relationship with Mr. Kim progressed.

Overall, a really sweet, STEAMMMYYY and mature webtoon. Highly recommend.
Profile Image for Natalie.
571 reviews142 followers
August 10, 2025
Mr. Kim & Seunghyun
Rating: 4⭐

- Boss/Intern
- First Times
- Office Politics
- Grumpy/Sunshine
- Small Age Gap (6yrs)
- Advertising Department

This was so cute and in full color! This was the beginning to an office romance with some insecurities and office politics included.

Content Warnings (may contain spoilers):
- Graphic sexual content between consenting adults
- Explicit language

Verse: No
HEA: HFN
POV: Dual
Breakup: Yes
Cheat: No
OM/OW Drama: No
Ages: 35 & 29
Profile Image for ☽。⋆ Naidah ₊˚ෆ.
336 reviews2 followers
March 22, 2025
Mannn I forgot how green flag this is. So cute and thank god for a great guy. Mr Kim woo!

The art is beautiful, the story is a touch slow and wordy with the advertising stuff but still such a good story. I need to read the rest.
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41 reviews5 followers
December 13, 2024
Kim Jongchan, the man that you are!

One of my favorite office romances, some people have said it had too much talk of actual work and not enough of the romance but I don’t think the story would be the same without it. Both Jongchan and Seunghyun are passionate about the work they do and it’s vital to their characters.
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239 reviews9 followers
July 25, 2025
Me encantó 💖 necesito el siguiente a la de ya. El final tiene toda la cara de que en el segundo tomo se viene bachata horizontal 😈

P. D. Y vi que a algunxs les pareció aburrido(? wtfff, si empieza lento, pero luego todo fluye re bonito ✨
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1,190 reviews40 followers
August 31, 2025
The vibes are good with this series. We’ve got a cute, innocent but intelligent intern paired up with his slightly older, very attractive and cool mannered boss, who is actually a bit of a softie. It’s all very cute and I am here for it.
Profile Image for Jules.
68 reviews1 follower
May 10, 2025
this is actually so cute! office romance? yes! characters nearing and over thirty? yesss we love to see it!! seunghyun? your honor i love him 💙
Profile Image for Faith.
115 reviews3 followers
November 27, 2025
I love Moscaretos works so much. All of their stories are an instant read from me. I’m running out of coins so I won’t be able to finish this one for a while sadly, but I’m enjoying it so far (:
Profile Image for Flor Márquez.
651 reviews26 followers
December 12, 2022
La historia fue separada en tres volúmenes pero yo voy a hacer una sola reseña para todas las partes.
Me gustó la historia pero fue un poco aburrida. La pareja principal es muy cute y ambos tienen muy buena química pero todo el tema empresarial fue extremadamente tedioso, la verdad es que me salte la mayoría de las páginas que trataban de charlas laborales. Mi otro problema fue que le faltó angst y drama porque el plot principal de la historia llega a su punto más alto y te quedas como: “¿eso es todo?” “¿Este va a ser todo el problema que van a tener que enfrentar?” meh.
Al final voy a terminar olvidándome de este libro muy pronto.
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242 reviews8 followers
February 1, 2023
Un romance de oficina, bonito pero tal vez un poco apresurado o no se, nunca he vivido un romance de estos ja, ja, ja (⁠ب⁠_⁠ب⁠)

Lo que tenemos aparte del romance es un situación común en todas partes: el obtener un puesto a base de contactos y la desilusión que causa ver que la capacidad y conocimientos al final no son suficientes. De cualquier forma siempre es bueno tener a alguien que no dude de lo que eres capaz y te apoye creyendo que puedes seguir creciendo profesionalmente ꒰⁠⑅⁠ᵕ⁠༚⁠ᵕ⁠꒱⁠˖⁠♡
No es una historia muy larga así que es una justa dosis de amor, drama y demás.
Profile Image for Kestrel.
212 reviews
December 29, 2023
Me gusta que se muestre la dificultad de muchos jóvenes de no encontrar ese lugar en la vida laboral, el como se ha estipulado una edad para cada cosa en la vida y si no estás en ese molde sientes la presión y eres realmente juzgado, aún así, el protagonista no llega a sufrir todo lo que podría por este hecho.
Profile Image for Megan | The Mood Read Queen.
521 reviews9 followers
May 28, 2022
This was honestly too cute. I love a good office romance, probably because I have no experience whatsoever with office work, and maybe that's the magic in it. There were a few slightly problematic scenes, but I loved the art and character design. I'll have to check out more from this author!
Profile Image for Sabi.
11 reviews
June 29, 2022
Great read, not too much drama, just wholesome easy read ♥️
Profile Image for | Shakshi  |.
402 reviews6 followers
July 19, 2022
Sometimes.... just sometimes, this subordinates romances hits differently( I mean, in a good way different) than college students or any other troupes. 💙💞💓
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329 reviews43 followers
September 3, 2022
I am quite invested in this story- the mixture of office politics and personal love. There's a balance which I like. Looking forward to where this goes.
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298 reviews10 followers
May 3, 2025
Woo Seung-hyun hat seine erste Praktikumsstelle bei einer renommierten Werbeagentur ergattert - sie soll ihm Halt und Sinn geben, wenn da nicht sein Vorgesetzter Kim Jong-chang wäre. Der ist durch und durch ein Workaholic. Zunächst kann er mit dem unsicheren Praktikanten nichts anfangen - aber dann …

Ich gebe es zu, das schnucklige Cover hat mich schon ein bisschen angefixt. Und die Story klang auch ganz cool. Seung-hyun mochte ich nach ein paar Kapiteln. Er ist eine Figur, die im Umgang mit anderen in der Arbeitswelt anfangs noch unsicher und vorsichtig ist, fachlich jedoch wirklich etwas drauf hat. Das bringt ihn nicht nur einmal in unbequeme Situationen - und erweckt gleichzeitig eben auch die Aufmerksamkeit von Kim, seinem Vorgesetzten. Das Verhältnis der beiden wird im Laufe des ersten Bandes enger - die Story fokussiert sich auf die beiden auf das Verhältnis zueinander und auf ihr Verhältnis zur Arbeit in der Agentur. Beide sind ehrgeizig und zielstrebig - und das verbindet sie. Gleichzeitig bekommt der Leser einen Einblick in die Arbeitswelt - ich hatte den Eindruck, dass sie ziemlich hierarchisch geprägt ist.

Der Zeichenstil ist ziemlich nüchtern gehalten und spielt, obwohl er farbig ist, nur mit wenigen Farben in einem Panel. Insbesondere im Bürosetting verlieh das dem Manhwa einen distanzierten Anstrich, in den ich mich nicht so richtig hineinfinden konnte. Natürlich verstärkte diese nüchterne Farbgebung die Atmosphäre von Strebsamkeit in einer renommierten großen Agentur. Für mich blieben dabei nur leider die beiden Protagonisten genauso blass und unnahbar für mich.

Näher gekommen sind die beiden sich in diesem BoysLove eigentlich über die Arbeit und stereotype Situationen.

Bei mir hat der Manhwa leider nur bedingt gezündet. Schade! Alle, die mit Büroromanzen und Spicy-Szenen etwas anfangen können, sollten mal einen Blick darauf werfen. Ich werde die Reihe aber nicht weiter verfolgen.
263 reviews3 followers
July 25, 2025
Picked this up after watching the Kdrama based on this (the seven episode series New Employee) and a lot of the events are overlapping but this was still a cute read that promises stuff the kdrama didn't cover in its next two volumes. It was nice to get more insight to Mr. Kim's thoughts than what the kdrama provided, and I feel this Seunghyun reads as more mature to him, especially with his expressed desire to not be so dependent on people as he allowed himself to be in college, following a crush around like a puppy. There are some deeper moments but nothing too heavy and this feels very much like a queer office romcom.

And the sexual honesty and curiosity in this, with Seunghyun taking those first steps into a relationship. Gets spicy toward the end!
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