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BOSS, BXTCH, BABY #1
보스 빗치 베이비 1
사람 좋은게 탈인 '구호진'과 권위적이고 오만한 대기업의 후계자 백유성은 최고이자 최악의 원나잇을 보낸다. 얼마 후, 유성은 호진에게 빚을 면제시켜줄 테니 그 대가로 계약을 하자며 한가지 제안을 하는데... 1-14
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First published August 15, 2024
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October 22, 2024Marking this for all 59 chapters. No side stories as of yet
Once again I am faced with the confusion that is not knowing what to rate a story. Boss Bxtch Baby is basically the toxic manhwa trope that I hate, but now flipped on it's head. Instead of the top being physically and sexually abusive, we now have the bottom doing so.
Our characters
Hojin - A 27yr old top who's eyebrows deep in debt. A debt that is not his but was dumped on him by a family member -Is it ever truly a Korean manhwa if someone is not in debt?. Hojin had a one night stand with some unnamed man months ago, but the guy ghosted him the next morning
Yooseong - Our 32 yr old very toxic cheabol bottom with some serious issues. It should be noted that he'd never bottomed b4 meeting Hojin. Months after ghosting Hojin and trying (but failing) to recreate that night with Hojin, he sends his people out to kidnap Hojin. He gives Hojin a contract stating that he'll pay off Hojin's debt if our top here agrees to become his live dildo for the next year. PS While this contract is presented as an offer, it really isn't an offer
I have very complicated feelings toward this.
One one side, it has a trope that I absolutely love. A very powerful and domineering bottom and a puppy top. I love LOVE me a power bottom and golden retriever tops have my entire heart.
On the other side however, it has a trope that I hate with everything in me - some SA and a whole lot of physical violence - but this time, instead of the top doing it like we're used to, it's the bottom dishing this shit out. Yooseong straight up slaps and punches Hojin more times than I can count. We have multiple scenes, even smutty ones, where Hojin has fresh and healing bruises on his face and torso.
The explanation given for Yooseong's behaviour is that he comes from a fucked up family and has abandonment issues - which as you uncover his story, you see just how true this is. The grandfather and the mother, trash. Jeter à la poubelle, 쓰레기통에 버리다 to both of them
Hojin is also a very broken man - stemming too from his very fucked upbringing and his brother's betrayal. His brokenness is seen in his willingness to not see Yooseong's violence as the red flag that it is. He rationalizes it as love and care.
Bro is a sex slave - who is not allowed to leave Yooseong's home, he can't even open the door - and a victim of domestic violence, but somehow he smiles, laughs and loves through all this. He'll take it all if it means that Yooseong will keep him and love him one day
Interesting thing is that Yooseong knows just how broken Hojin is - and he wishes that Hojin should remain broken, coz that means that Hojin will never leave. A part of him enjoys breaking him further because this ensures (yet again) that Hojin will take it, thank him and never leave him. Very messed up
In the end, they do have their happy ever after but like.... *scratches head* idk man
Once again I am faced with the confusion that is not knowing what to rate a story. Boss Bxtch Baby is basically the toxic manhwa trope that I hate, but now flipped on it's head. Instead of the top being physically and sexually abusive, we now have the bottom doing so.
Our characters
Hojin - A 27yr old top who's eyebrows deep in debt. A debt that is not his but was dumped on him by a family member -Is it ever truly a Korean manhwa if someone is not in debt?. Hojin had a one night stand with some unnamed man months ago, but the guy ghosted him the next morning
Yooseong - Our 32 yr old very toxic cheabol bottom with some serious issues. It should be noted that he'd never bottomed b4 meeting Hojin. Months after ghosting Hojin and trying (but failing) to recreate that night with Hojin, he sends his people out to kidnap Hojin. He gives Hojin a contract stating that he'll pay off Hojin's debt if our top here agrees to become his live dildo for the next year. PS While this contract is presented as an offer, it really isn't an offer
I have very complicated feelings toward this.
One one side, it has a trope that I absolutely love. A very powerful and domineering bottom and a puppy top. I love LOVE me a power bottom and golden retriever tops have my entire heart.
On the other side however, it has a trope that I hate with everything in me - some SA and a whole lot of physical violence - but this time, instead of the top doing it like we're used to, it's the bottom dishing this shit out. Yooseong straight up slaps and punches Hojin more times than I can count. We have multiple scenes, even smutty ones, where Hojin has fresh and healing bruises on his face and torso.
The explanation given for Yooseong's behaviour is that he comes from a fucked up family and has abandonment issues - which as you uncover his story, you see just how true this is. The grandfather and the mother, trash. Jeter à la poubelle, 쓰레기통에 버리다 to both of them
Hojin is also a very broken man - stemming too from his very fucked upbringing and his brother's betrayal. His brokenness is seen in his willingness to not see Yooseong's violence as the red flag that it is. He rationalizes it as love and care.
Bro is a sex slave - who is not allowed to leave Yooseong's home, he can't even open the door - and a victim of domestic violence, but somehow he smiles, laughs and loves through all this. He'll take it all if it means that Yooseong will keep him and love him one day
Interesting thing is that Yooseong knows just how broken Hojin is - and he wishes that Hojin should remain broken, coz that means that Hojin will never leave. A part of him enjoys breaking him further because this ensures (yet again) that Hojin will take it, thank him and never leave him. Very messed up
In the end, they do have their happy ever after but like.... *scratches head* idk man
December 9, 2025
Ughhhhhhhhhhh! They are so hot! BL Manhwa are seriously my favorite books of the year. There have been so many incredible ones, but these men are both sexy and have so much depth. Why don’t I have volume 2 already????
December 24, 2025
I really enjoyed this BUT I'm super disappointed by the insane amount of backstory. I would be less disappointed if the second volume wasn't coming out in APRIL 😭 I need it NOW.
July 2, 2025
This rating is for the whole story, not just volume 1.
I loved this story soo much😭 loved the characters and their development
I loved this story soo much😭 loved the characters and their development
September 25, 2024
Phenomenal.
The characters have depth to them and layers.
As it unfolds you get drawn in deeper.
For me this series has it all.
I didn’t feel deprived at all with this being a graphic novel.
The characters have depth to them and layers.
As it unfolds you get drawn in deeper.
For me this series has it all.
I didn’t feel deprived at all with this being a graphic novel.
December 13, 2025
At first glance, this doesn't really seem like my type of book. It's possible that will turn out to be true, but so far, it's actually pretty promising.
Although Hojin Koo is the focus of the summary, we start off in Yooseong Baek's point of view, as he's desperately trying to chase what he'd found in a random bar hookup - a surprisingly strong connection with with a handsome, kind man who'd treated him like he mattered. Unfortunately, no one else ever seems to measure up, and he's starting to get pretty sick of it.
That empathetic bartender was, of course, Hojin Koo, and rather than asking him out like a normal person, Yooseong Baek - the heir to a hugely powerful conglomerate - sends his employees to pick him up.
I honestly don't know what the original intention was; maybe he really would have just tried to talk to him and resume what they'd enjoyed together that night. Instead, it turns into a hugely complicated situation where his staff has to rescue Hojin Koo from debt collectors who were trying to sell him off to a brothel in exchange for his deadbeat brother's bad decisions.
So Yooseong Baek resolves it by paying off the date and forcing Hojin Koo to sign a contract with him instead: in exchange for living and exclusively sleeping with him for one year, he will in fact hand all the money from that debt over to him, plus interest. Not only wiping out all the current issues but solving a lot of future ones with a pretty large cash dump.
A great deal, maybe, if it was actually up to Hojin Koo. Yooseong Baek very much forces him into it, which is the part that makes the whole setup...not romantic in the slightest. He basically traded one brothel for another, just with a single client.
Hojin Koo is written really well, though. This would've been an immediate toss for me if their relationship had truly felt imbalanced, but Hojin Koo has this straightforward personality and resilience that, even when Yooseong Baek kind of freaks him out, makes him really seem like he's got a handle on things. He's not in an ideal situation, and he did initially say no before getting dragged back, but now that he's in it, he's going to make the most of it and twist it into something he's okay with and might actually enjoy.
It helps that he did genuinely like Yooseong Baek a lot during their first encounter, both as a sexual partner and as a person he'd wanted to get to know better. If Yooseong Baek had, again, just asked him out like a normal person, none of this would have been an issue. But then there wouldn't be as much story.
Past trauma doesn't excuse bad behavior, but Yooseong Baek's backstory does explain a lot about him - why he's so weird and closed off. He'd had his first true love in high school, with a boy who'd promised him the world: talking about marriage and traveling together and leaving their toxic families behind.
A boy who crumbled the instant their powerful parents found out about them.
Yooseong Baek stood up to his homophobic, horrible grandfather, proudly telling him that he was gay and that he was in love. His boyfriend betrayed him, even blaming him for the entirety of their relationship, and saying he'd been forced into it. So Yooseong Baek got exiled from the family - sent to the US to study and work in an offshoot of their business - until his useless brother proved to be too useless to inherit the family business.
When he was young, Yooseong Baek had truly wanted to take over the business and to prove that he could do it, without it being due to his family name. Now he's finally going to get his dream, but all the joy and pride in this accomplishment had been ripped out of him years earlier. He's empty and angry and can't trust anyone anymore.
Then he walks into a bar and meets a handsome man with a ready smile who actually listens to him. Who doesn't even need his full story to understand that he might be getting a huge promotion but that he's not happy about it. That he's sick of everyone else congratulating him.
A guy who gets him and who has the capacity to love him for his true self, like he'd thought that boy from long ago had. Who can potentially bring out that lost soul who'd been crammed down by family expectations and hatred and despair.
The current Yooseong Baek is doing some really terrible things. Already, by the end of this volume, he's not really accomplishing all the dark controlling things he'd put in the contract, because what he actually wants is love, and Hojin Koo might be able to give that to him.
If Yooseong Baek starts treating him like an actual human being and lets him go out into the world to help his auntie with her restaurant, instead of trying to lock him up for a year...
So we'll see. This could go a number of toxic ways and make me give up on it, but I'm intrigued. They're both really interesting characters who have genuine chemistry. I hope it doesn't take Hojin Koo long to break down his walls and make Yooseong Baek a little more human.
Although Hojin Koo is the focus of the summary, we start off in Yooseong Baek's point of view, as he's desperately trying to chase what he'd found in a random bar hookup - a surprisingly strong connection with with a handsome, kind man who'd treated him like he mattered. Unfortunately, no one else ever seems to measure up, and he's starting to get pretty sick of it.
That empathetic bartender was, of course, Hojin Koo, and rather than asking him out like a normal person, Yooseong Baek - the heir to a hugely powerful conglomerate - sends his employees to pick him up.
I honestly don't know what the original intention was; maybe he really would have just tried to talk to him and resume what they'd enjoyed together that night. Instead, it turns into a hugely complicated situation where his staff has to rescue Hojin Koo from debt collectors who were trying to sell him off to a brothel in exchange for his deadbeat brother's bad decisions.
So Yooseong Baek resolves it by paying off the date and forcing Hojin Koo to sign a contract with him instead: in exchange for living and exclusively sleeping with him for one year, he will in fact hand all the money from that debt over to him, plus interest. Not only wiping out all the current issues but solving a lot of future ones with a pretty large cash dump.
A great deal, maybe, if it was actually up to Hojin Koo. Yooseong Baek very much forces him into it, which is the part that makes the whole setup...not romantic in the slightest. He basically traded one brothel for another, just with a single client.
Hojin Koo is written really well, though. This would've been an immediate toss for me if their relationship had truly felt imbalanced, but Hojin Koo has this straightforward personality and resilience that, even when Yooseong Baek kind of freaks him out, makes him really seem like he's got a handle on things. He's not in an ideal situation, and he did initially say no before getting dragged back, but now that he's in it, he's going to make the most of it and twist it into something he's okay with and might actually enjoy.
It helps that he did genuinely like Yooseong Baek a lot during their first encounter, both as a sexual partner and as a person he'd wanted to get to know better. If Yooseong Baek had, again, just asked him out like a normal person, none of this would have been an issue. But then there wouldn't be as much story.
Past trauma doesn't excuse bad behavior, but Yooseong Baek's backstory does explain a lot about him - why he's so weird and closed off. He'd had his first true love in high school, with a boy who'd promised him the world: talking about marriage and traveling together and leaving their toxic families behind.
A boy who crumbled the instant their powerful parents found out about them.
Yooseong Baek stood up to his homophobic, horrible grandfather, proudly telling him that he was gay and that he was in love. His boyfriend betrayed him, even blaming him for the entirety of their relationship, and saying he'd been forced into it. So Yooseong Baek got exiled from the family - sent to the US to study and work in an offshoot of their business - until his useless brother proved to be too useless to inherit the family business.
When he was young, Yooseong Baek had truly wanted to take over the business and to prove that he could do it, without it being due to his family name. Now he's finally going to get his dream, but all the joy and pride in this accomplishment had been ripped out of him years earlier. He's empty and angry and can't trust anyone anymore.
Then he walks into a bar and meets a handsome man with a ready smile who actually listens to him. Who doesn't even need his full story to understand that he might be getting a huge promotion but that he's not happy about it. That he's sick of everyone else congratulating him.
A guy who gets him and who has the capacity to love him for his true self, like he'd thought that boy from long ago had. Who can potentially bring out that lost soul who'd been crammed down by family expectations and hatred and despair.
The current Yooseong Baek is doing some really terrible things. Already, by the end of this volume, he's not really accomplishing all the dark controlling things he'd put in the contract, because what he actually wants is love, and Hojin Koo might be able to give that to him.
If Yooseong Baek starts treating him like an actual human being and lets him go out into the world to help his auntie with her restaurant, instead of trying to lock him up for a year...
So we'll see. This could go a number of toxic ways and make me give up on it, but I'm intrigued. They're both really interesting characters who have genuine chemistry. I hope it doesn't take Hojin Koo long to break down his walls and make Yooseong Baek a little more human.
October 26, 2025
Hace meses leí el inicio del primer capítulo y me desanimo
Ahora seguí y me atrapó por completo
Es... obsesivo
Me preocupa la salud mental de los 2 pero a la vez es la esencia de la historia de alguna forma
Ahora seguí y me atrapó por completo
Es... obsesivo
Me preocupa la salud mental de los 2 pero a la vez es la esencia de la historia de alguna forma
December 10, 2025
I was so happy to be able to find this book at Books a millions (BAM) store and it was out earlier than release day. Reading this cute Manhwa manga I rating 5 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️. It so HOT 🥵 the character, plot and all it so good. I am looking forward to read the next VOL of the Series.
November 22, 2024
Boss, Bxtch, Baby!
BOSS BXTCH BABY! / BOSS, BXTCH, BABY! / BOSS・B・BABY / หนี้หัวใจบอสจอมโหด / 老板的小宝贝 / 보스 빗치 베이비
Emotional 💃
BOSS BXTCH BABY! / BOSS, BXTCH, BABY! / BOSS・B・BABY / หนี้หัวใจบอสจอมโหด / 老板的小宝贝 / 보스 빗치 베이비
Emotional 💃
December 16, 2024
The cp trope is my type but I draw the line at toxic and abusive cp dynamics.
March 11, 2025
Stockholm syndrome…I really thought we would get ANY character development , save yourself the trouble and skip
September 23, 2025
This might be the best written romance manhwa I've read in a while. You can truly tell when an author loves their character. And I adore them, too.
December 7, 2025
Short, funny, not a great story but it was good to make me laugh and have a nice time
December 14, 2025
I read the back and immediately said yes please. It’s pretty good not as spicy as I was expecting. I waiting for yooseong to open up more. But I do know his grandpa is an ass.
December 17, 2025
4.5 stars
A somewhat harsh start unfolds into a story that is surprisingly tender and emotional. I love them together.
A somewhat harsh start unfolds into a story that is surprisingly tender and emotional. I love them together.
December 29, 2025
Los roles se invierten un poco aquí ajsjak, el top es tremenda masita, lo super amoooo.
November 11, 2025
I try not to judge based on title, but I admit I wasn't expecting much from this one for that exact reason. And at first, I didn't like this - it involves de facto kidnapping and dubious consent. But as it goes on, it also does a bang-up job (pun intended) of showing why the characters are they way they are, especially Baek, who has dealt with horrific homophobia from his grandfather, who calls being queer a mental illness. I'll definitely give it a second volume, but be aware that this is a lot and won't be remotely comfortable for some readers.
CW: dubcon, homophobia, misogyny
CW: dubcon, homophobia, misogyny
July 29, 2025
This story has some dark moments, but somehow, that made the resulting happy ending all the sweeter. These characters are not all sunshine and rainbows, but their connection is real. It's using a pretty classic black cat x golden retriever dynamic, but the black cat has some pretty sociopathic tendencies, and the golden retriever has some decidedly toxic self-sacrificing behaviours.
I'd never suggest someone take this romance to be a healthy relationship in real life, but it really worked in fiction; there's just the right amount of melodrama to keep it from getting sad because it's too realistic.
This story also has some of the best side stories I've ever seen. It really leans into the AU aspect, and then still ties them all together. They're jus the right length and intensity to be fun and unique, but still reminiscent of the original. Every successive side story just got better and better.
I also like that the smut is a bit more creative than the usual thwop thwop - we're still in highly explicit territory, but the sex advances the story and the characters' personalities extend into the bedroom instead of becoming cut out tropes as soon as their clothes come off.
Overall, this had just the right amount of angst/drama to keep the story interesting without ever tipping over into so realistically depressing/toxic that it got icky. I particularly loved the humour in the art style. The author pops out chibis at the exact right moment to keep the characters adorable.
I'd never suggest someone take this romance to be a healthy relationship in real life, but it really worked in fiction; there's just the right amount of melodrama to keep it from getting sad because it's too realistic.
This story also has some of the best side stories I've ever seen. It really leans into the AU aspect, and then still ties them all together. They're jus the right length and intensity to be fun and unique, but still reminiscent of the original. Every successive side story just got better and better.
I also like that the smut is a bit more creative than the usual thwop thwop - we're still in highly explicit territory, but the sex advances the story and the characters' personalities extend into the bedroom instead of becoming cut out tropes as soon as their clothes come off.
Overall, this had just the right amount of angst/drama to keep the story interesting without ever tipping over into so realistically depressing/toxic that it got icky. I particularly loved the humour in the art style. The author pops out chibis at the exact right moment to keep the characters adorable.
August 9, 2025
Masterpiece, however, there might be some triggers for abuse. I will say it again, this is a work of fiction! This is a story the author is telling, apparently about crazy people, but either way it’s a story author is telling in his way, our morals and values do not apply to these people.
Right and wrong doesn’t apply as we know it. It only applies the way that the author wants to portray it.
You will enjoy the story more if you can remember that real world morals and values do not matter as a fictional story. Take all the Greek mythology or Native American stories, they don't mesh with real life either but they still make great stories.
Right and wrong doesn’t apply as we know it. It only applies the way that the author wants to portray it.
You will enjoy the story more if you can remember that real world morals and values do not matter as a fictional story. Take all the Greek mythology or Native American stories, they don't mesh with real life either but they still make great stories.
November 10, 2025
The story was overall pretty entertaining, but I couldn't get past the fact that Yooseong was physically abusive toward Hojin. Hojin, who loved and adored him and who GREW UP WITH A FATHER WHO PHYSICALLY ABUSED HOJIN'S MOTHER. I just can't rank it too highly b/c of that alone. I didn't find Yooseong's other actions sufficient enough to redeem him in my eyes. I get that other people really loved it though. The side stories are pretty good!
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May 4, 2025
The main story is great but the side stories are excellent (the guideverse one deserves it's own series!)🥰
July 13, 2025
Definitely deserves a physical release (hopefully with all the side stories included). Congratulations, Dacto!
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