新進職員 1

The New Recruit #1

by Moscareto, 李禎妮 (Translator)

似乎直到二十九歲回首過往，禹勝賢才發現，
填滿自己大學和研究所歲月的，
都只剩下那段苦澀單戀的回憶。
對人生感到迷惘，深知不能如此下去的勝賢
靠著好友的幫助進入AR企畫實習，
上司卻是公司裡人人都得敬畏三分的菁英工作狂──
金鍾燦小組長！原本以為以後的日子不好過了，
鍾燦卻一次又一次替勝賢解圍，
還看出了勝賢潛藏的能力，
邀他一起開會、參與項目，
也鼓勵他在自己選擇的道路上繼續努力──

Genres: Manga, Manhwa, Romance, LGBT, Yaoi, Queer, Boys Love

296 pages, Paperback

First published May 31, 2022

Reviews

[Dilushani Jayalath · Rating 4 out of 5]

Let me start by saying, we should have more mature love stories like this. Adults acting as adults should. We have two mature characters finding each other slowly and falling (and healing) for each other. The office politics may be boring for some but so damn realistic. Considering the current place I work has a toxic environment similar to what is written in the story, I almost felt as if I was looking through a glass window at my own office.
Am I hooked on to it? Definitely. The story seems solid and the characters are easy to read. (Also it helps that the artwork is pretty). Off to the next volume.

[cia · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.75⭐️
reading office romance while actually having a crush on someone i work with at an office is a bad idea

[Drusilla]

Insanely boring. 🥱🥱🥱 It's hard for me to say anything good about this book. It is not bad in any way. The basic idea is nice, the characters are well developed. The coloring is well done and a nice bonus addition. But the dialogues are really boring and unfortunately super annoying in parts. The kisses are hot and I liked the blushing, very cute.
However, that alone is not enough to motivate me to buy the next part, even if this one ends at the most inconvenient passage imaginable. Annoying cliffhanger. 😤
I decided against giving the book a rating. It doesn't deserve a bad rating and I think it's rather due to me that it didn't work to convince me.

[Romysaa · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm a goner for any work place romance, especially the office one. So our Seunghyun is taking his first job in his entire life.. but guess what? It's not the only first he got. Because he's surprisingly a virgin, with no ex's or kisses. Very interesting right?

Ahhh this was so sweet, Mr Kim is so charming and charismatic. I thought he was such a grumpy boss, but no.. I was wrong, he's so softy teddy bear. Although I didn't like the insta love so much, they're already together and it's the first volume, but I'm enjoying my self here. So much actually.

[Hugo #freepalestine · Rating 5 out of 5]

I couldn't care less about what's going in that company because I barely understand shit but their romance is cute and hot at the same time. Mr.Kim is so hot and caring, he's so protective of seung-hyun and he has to make sure everything goes correctly in order to make seung-hyun happy and safe.
These two are relationship goals, just a bunch of green flags all over them.

[Rebecca · Rating 4 out of 5]

While I wish that the translation hadn't used the term "gays" quite so much, although it was always self referential rather than an outside pejorative, I enjoyed how grounded this was. No omegaverse, no ludicrous plot twists, no "gay for you," just two people falling for each other and navigating the start of a relationship.

[Rebecca · Rating 4 out of 5]

Well this is addictive. I like that both guys are unambiguously queer (no "gay for you" trope) and that the office aspect isn't just window dressing.

[V.ya · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 ⭐

A green flag romance with a lot of smut. The office part can be a bit boring sometimes. I'm not really a fan of this type of inexperience bottom, but I like that the relationship is pretty mature, and the art is great.

[туся · Rating 4 out of 5]

я думала, що ця стадія до переходу стосунків буде довшою, але...це також було добре.
милунчики, які можуть поговорити та віришити усі питання? так, це сюди
ну це смаколик

[Imanewreader ✨ · Rating 4 out of 5]

i LOVE a good office romance with a cute puppy and scary, but sweet manager.
i'm smelling drama and HERE for it (mainly, because i have already read it multiple times and can handle the pain)

[egg · Rating 5 out of 5]

When you just discovered webtoons and BL... Oh boi

[Cyndi · Rating 3 out of 5]

The office politics and advertising mumbo jumbo sort of overwhelm the story, yet I'm kind of addicted to it. I'm having a hard time getting a read on Mr. Kim and I really need Seunghyun to stop calling him Mr. Kim when they're making out, but all of the blushing and the kissing and the holding hands make the awkward power dynamic worth it. I just need to see some personalities on these guys. They both feel very flat.

[andi ✿ · Rating 5 out of 5]

okay, that’s it! jongchan and seunghyun is now my newest favorite bl couple 🫶

[Laura · Rating 3 out of 5]

Definitely think it's a 'me' thing. I don't think office romances in general are something that I enjoy. Maybe cos I work in one irl and just want to not be reminded of that 😆

[Daesy · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was an ok story, the plot was pretty simple but the art cute. There were too many sex scenes, but the couple was sweet.

4 stars.

[Zara · Rating 2 out of 5]

Sorry if nothing makes sense, I did this time after I read it and it also took me long to read considering is a short manga, I was tired and just finish it to get it off me so I’ll just write somethings I still have cuz I don't even remember the names.
Didn't get half of the stuff, like the reason of why the main characters "could not be together" (they were just wandering around, if they are not going to make them just date when they were already over each other, at least they could give us a real problem) are just dumb, the things happened really fast to my liking.
Also the things at work are really confusing I mean half of the time they show us the characters working and stuff but it doesn't really changes the plot, the only thing that makes a bit of sense is the guy asking to get the stuff done, but how did that guy got even there, they were in different areas and one of them was new so when did they got the chance to met each other, and thinking about it I don't know how the main characters got together.

[Schuyler · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Office Romance Of Your Dreams!

It's so realistic for a typical office scenario that it didn't feel like a Korean-only experience. The romance was natural and over a period of time, not something that's forced upon you just because. I really loved the dynamics of the two leads. I'm so excited for the next volume to keep experiencing the novel behind the well-loved Manhwa!

[Lid · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 - Cute

(reseña de la historia completa).

The new recruit es un office romance entre un nuevo recluta de 30 años virgen y super puppy y su jefe, con fama de ser bastante borde pero en realidad solo es muy exigente.

La relación es lenta y rápida a la vez. Por un lado siento que el inicio tiene mucha trama de oficina, la cual me aburría mucho, y poco de su relación. Pero de repente pasa todo super rápido y están dale que te pego (?)

Ahí me descolocó, pero lo bueno es que no te lo dejan así sino que tiene su mini momento drama que normal, empezaron sin conocerse, y a partir de ese punto si empieza a construir una relación muy bonita.

El dibujo es bonito, las escenas hot están muy bien y su química es muy dulce y sin grandes complicaciones. Me encanta lo cachorrito que es el jovenzuelo y el boss pues cumple bien su ser protector y hot 🛡️🔥

Un manga relativamente simple y rápido de un BL de oficina hot y dulce.

[Carbonated Bubbles · Rating 4 out of 5]

The New Employee/Recruit (New Employee; 신입사원) by Moscareto, Ill. Zec
Type: Manhwa
Genre/Tropes: Drama, Romance, Slice of Life, Yaoi, Boss x Employee
Where: RidiBooks, Lezhin, Mr Blue, Naver Series
Languages: Korean, English
Warnings: Sexual Themes
Status: Complete
Description: Enter Seunghyun, a virgin in his late twenties. A late bloomer, he finally manages to score the internship of his dreams. On his first day at work, he runs into the handsome yet cold Jongchan Kim. Who is he? Just Seunghyun’s new boss! Will the two be able to keep their hands off each other at work?

[Jinx Winx · Rating 2 out of 5]

The romance itself is interesting enough, but the office politics sort of took me out of it. We are told the nitty gritty of aspects of the job and univerisities, but I just wanted to read a romance story. I am not sure if there's enough in here to continue the series.

[Poisonivy_Seastars · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was actually kind of cute??? And my jaw actually dropped a couple times—like some drama I did NOT expect went down

[Anastasia · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's a nice little office romance.
(Goddammit, I fell into the 'short romance manwha' trap again. I'm so weak.)

[Hoda · Rating 5 out of 5]

this was so cute gawd😭

very wholesome and sweet relationship
it's all good feeling and cute stuff.
no trauma or abuse
and gorgeous art

I really loved it

[Namratha · Rating 3 out of 5]

A fairly straightforward office romance beautifully drawn (with colored panels) but more heavily focused on office politics and advertising jargon.

[inga lounge · Rating 3 out of 5]

Übergriffigkeit trifft auf langweiliges Marketing Gelaber i guess

[Curious Madra · Rating 3 out of 5]

While this was a cute office romance story about the uke and the seme but the pacing was too fast for my taste

[Nix Buttons · Rating 3 out of 5]

I really liked the relationship, but the plot was a bit boring. There wasn't really anything besides their relationship itself going on.

[Brandon · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love office romances, Perfect Buddy was my first and this one is my next and I love it so much. I can’t wait to continue this series

[Bea · Rating 4 out of 5]

I actually haven't read the manhwa for this at all, so I can't compare about how faithful the manhwa adaptation is to the novels. But I will say that this series so far is a low stakes but still enjoyable read; a good choice for me since I wanted to reserve much of my brain power and energy for my gacha games this week, haha!

I like Seunghyun as a protagonist. In fact, I find him highly relatable. You could say that he and I both took the longer route when it comes to the start of our working lives, and reading about how Seunghyun works hard to try and find his place in the corporate setting can be somewhat inspiring. Of course, the nasty parts of corporate life are also present in this volume; if you've ever worked in an office setting, you'll wince at how familiar and frustrating these scenarios can be.

I also really enjoy the relationship between Seunghyun and Jongchan so far. They don't have good first impressions of each other, but their less-than-pleasant feelings for each other don't last very long. Both come across as mature in some ways and still quite childish and inexperienced in other ways, which I feel is quite realistic. I'm the same age as Seunghyun, and I know I don't act like Yoda in all aspects of my life. In a sense, Seunghyun and Jongchan's relationship works because they complement each other. Seunghyun is inexperienced - but not incredibly naive - with relationships but can be more in tune with how he feels inside and what he wants out of something, compared to Jongchan who's had many relationships before but still fumbles with the emotional aspect of things. Jongchan doesn't use his position at work either to coerce Seunghyun into anything, if that is something you are worried about.

There is quite a big conflict towards the end of this volume. I hesitate to call it a misunderstanding because it actually is more like a lack of understanding, rather than mistaken understanding. But I'm glad it gets resolved fairly quickly and doesn't get drawn out. (In fact, the miscommunication between Seunghyun and Jongchan - regarding food - is actually pretty funny!)

All in all, a pretty easy read so far! Nothing super revolutionary, but if you need a palate cleanser after reading something that caused your brain (and maybe your heart) to hurt, then this is a pretty good choice.

P.S. I'm really glad that Korean BL novels are starting to get translations. I think there are quite a number of good webtoons that are adapted from novels, and I would love to be able to read those novels! I'm grateful that Mullebooks has been releasing these titles in proper volumes via online retailers rather than requiring readers to pay chapter per chapter (like webtoons, essentially). Looking forward to more releases from this publisher.

[Perry · Rating 5 out of 5]

I enjoyed the drama, loved the book

I have very much enjoyed reading Moscareto's book. I had seen the drama on Viki and was surprised to see the book on Amazon. It's a fresh story of a budding relationship between a workaholic boss and his rather shy intern. You'll read their slow-growing romance that takes place within their toxic workplace. I look forward to volume 2.