Semantic Error (novel), Vol. 1

by J. Soori, Yung-I Chang (Narrator), Angy

The heart-pounding novel that inspired the hit BL comic! Computer science major Sangwoo Choo lives by the following reason, routine, and rules. So when the rest of his groupmates flake on their class presentation, he deletes their names from the project without hesitation—inadvertently destroying one groupmate's plans to graduate and study abroad. That's got nothing to do with Sangwoo, though…or so he thinks, until he realizes that Jaeyoung Jang, the talented design major he was hoping to hire for his video game, is not only that very same classmate, but eager to get some payback! Will Sangwoo be able to debug this semantic error before it upends his entire life?

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Expected publication January 20, 2026

Reviews

[Sam · Rating 5 out of 5]

Thank you to NetGalley and Yen Press | Ize Press for the digital ARC for review!

First off, I have to say if you have read the manga and watched the Korean show, READ THIS!
I am extremely biased when it comes to this series before reading this as the manga and the drama are some of my favorite stories to exist. This novel did not disappoint in relation to those mediums! I love how the novel edition really added on to what Jaeyoung and Sangwoo were feeling from the manga and the drama. We got a lot of internal dialogue that we did not originally get.

I unfortunately do not have much to say on this simply because it was SO GOOD. Like 10/10 no notes! Wish I had more commentary, but I simply ate this up and came out of it like “Woah!”.

TLDR; This was GREAT! Pick this up whether you have interacted with previous versions or not. It’s fun, well-written, adorable and a little smutty!