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Suicide Boy
Lee Hoon is a 17-year-old shut-in/high school boy who wants to commit suicide. He can't decide on the method of his death so he wants to test all the various ideas he comes up with. Hooni is currently living alone suicidally depressed over the debts left by his runaway abusive drunk of a father and the hospital bills racked up due to his now deceased Mother's illness, with very little savings he's also been unable to pay his rent for months, even at school he's bullied.
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September 27, 2024
The Plot premise is (minor spoilers ahead so stop reading here) the main character's family has died, he endures constant inexplicable torture from bullies, and is in debt for millions... and botches every suicide attempt, but slowly starts making connections with people around him and character development happens of namingly not wanting to die so much.
Now, I'm more than fine with grim, morbid even, provided there's something to learn. It feels like what a group of corporate lizard-human consultants would count as emotion. Altogether cheap pitch, cheaper plot development, cheap writing.
Worst of all? I just felt bored.
Maybe I'm not in the right headspace to appreciate it, like how newly dumped people enjoy sappy romance?
Now, I'm more than fine with grim, morbid even, provided there's something to learn. It feels like what a group of corporate lizard-human consultants would count as emotion. Altogether cheap pitch, cheaper plot development, cheap writing.
Worst of all? I just felt bored.
Maybe I'm not in the right headspace to appreciate it, like how newly dumped people enjoy sappy romance?
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November 15, 2020I am not going to lie folks, this made me sick to my stomach when I tried reading it, it's just so realistic on what it delivers. If you have an upset stomach like myself when you see an MC doing self harm to themselves, please avoid reading this manhwa.
Also if you are affected by the events happening in this manhwa for real, please please please go to http://www.suicide.org/international-... to get professional help.💟
Also if you are affected by the events happening in this manhwa for real, please please please go to http://www.suicide.org/international-... to get professional help.💟
December 27, 2019
this is an ongoing manhwa about a boy who is suicidal, i found it because of the art style and stayed for the story. lee hooni is my favorite character even though bad/unlucky things keep happening to him (and it doesn't help that sometimes he gets cocky and makes his situation worst ;-;).
January 27, 2024
You know its bad när jag inte ens gillade den i min emo era… lowkey cultural reset men den var INTE bra
September 12, 2022
In all honestly I knew exactly what I was going to read when I started reading this manhwa. Some parts (especially the first chapters) made me feel sick to my stomach but that's probably what made me keep reading.
Still, Hooni did eventually start having more fun, making friends and going through some... questionable version of recovery which honestly made me feel like there's AT LEAST some sort of hope. I definitely wouldn't have imagined him making friends.
tw: mentions of suicide attempts and self harm
However, I really wanted to see him eventually open up to his friends or something like that. His friends took his blades away from him yet they never asked him anything about it or actually tried to help him with his mental health. They didn't help him with how he felt yet they managed to contribute a lot to hooni's recovery. I did want something more like them finding hooni while he was attempting and taking him to the hospital like ANY NORMAL FRIEND WOULD DO! If i were them id have forced that midget to therapy and called the cops on him.
Normally when you find out that someone you know has these tendencies or even ideations you talk to them about it or if you're insanely worried tell an adult but I don't remember anything like that happening. Maybe I'm just saying this because i love hurt/comfort but even if you meet a total stranger like Hooni you'll probably want to help them even if there might not be one. Of course though, his friends are not his therapists and clearly could not make up for all the therapy this dude needs.
Still, Hooni did eventually start having more fun, making friends and going through some... questionable version of recovery which honestly made me feel like there's AT LEAST some sort of hope. I definitely wouldn't have imagined him making friends.
tw: mentions of suicide attempts and self harm
However, I really wanted to see him eventually open up to his friends or something like that. His friends took his blades away from him yet they never asked him anything about it or actually tried to help him with his mental health. They didn't help him with how he felt yet they managed to contribute a lot to hooni's recovery. I did want something more like them finding hooni while he was attempting and taking him to the hospital like ANY NORMAL FRIEND WOULD DO! If i were them id have forced that midget to therapy and called the cops on him.
Normally when you find out that someone you know has these tendencies or even ideations you talk to them about it or if you're insanely worried tell an adult but I don't remember anything like that happening. Maybe I'm just saying this because i love hurt/comfort but even if you meet a total stranger like Hooni you'll probably want to help them even if there might not be one. Of course though, his friends are not his therapists and clearly could not make up for all the therapy this dude needs.
June 23, 2023
It's horrendous. It's torture porn for the first 85 episodes and then mf gets a girlfriend and his life gets magically fixed without him ever lifting a finger to change anything. Soorim literally came to his door and Jaehoon pitied Hooni. Hooni never made any effort to make friends, they all came to him. Then a girl has a crush on his sorry ass because of his mere existence. Also Hooni reminds me of my ex
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May 9, 2021
It is darkly funny. At the beginning it is really depressed but after many chapters pass the story getting really better and it starting to be really funny somehow. I love fem Hooni.
January 5, 2023
Very disturbing read and worse that children are reading it. No positive messages.
February 8, 2023
Exceptional writing and illustration.
September 3, 2022
A good case of getting exactly what it says on the tin.
I've only read up to chapter 35, so I'll be giving my opinions of it thus far...
First off, this manhwa features explicit depictions of self-harm and multiple attempted suicides that are shown in detail with no censorship, even showing them in an almost tutorial-like fashion. If these topics are triggering I suggest that you avoid this series at all costs.
Now that that's out of the way, I ironically find myself reading this when I'm at my lowest, since I actually find this to be a comfort-read in a weird way. As someone who at times has similar ideations, I find Lee Hoon (often referred to as "Hooni") to be surprisingly relatable.
The comic doesn't really take itself seriously, and serves as a comedy first and foremost in my opinion. The comedy mostly comes from watching Hooni get in over his head and ending up in unfavorable scenarios. For example, meeting up with his friends* to study, only to lock himself away in the bathroom because he can't bring himself to actually read the homework.
Hooni often gets into bad situations not just purely out of bad luck, but because he also has a bit of a foul personality too, attempting to pick fights or getting cocky when he has absolutely nothing to back himself up. In fact, a lot of the characters aren't what you would necessarily consider to be "good" from a moral standpoint. *His friends in question are Blonde Guy and Glasses Guy. I forgot their names, so I'll be referring to them as such for now. Blonde Guy starts hanging out with Hooni seemingly to use his apartment as a hangout spot for his friends, but ends up forging an actual relationship later on. Glasses Guy, however, doesn't want anything to do with Hooni, preferring to stay as far away from him as possible, until he finds evidence of Hooni's self-harm. Instead of actually trying to help, he mostly does his best to encourage Hooni towards what he sees as positive behavior and secretly tries to prevent any further SH attempts, stealing Hooni's boxcutter in one chapter. A lot of the characters have a bitter feeling to them imo, but that's not to say that there isn't some sense of kindness and vulnerability to them either.
Another aspect of this manhwa that people might find uncomfortable is the intense second-hand embarrassment you can get from reading it. It can be a struggle to look on as everything starts going downhill for Hooni, only to watch him grab a shovel and begin digging an even deeper hole for himself. At times it feels like the author will take any opportunity they can to put the characters in an embarrassing situation to the point of making me cringe physically. Perhaps I'm just sensitive to that sort of thing, but just saying. ㄟ( ▔, ▔" )ㄏ
Having gone on about how awful a lot of this can be, I still find it to be very comforting in an ironic way. It's incredibly satisfying whenever Hooni actually does get a happy ending in some chapters, even if his definition of a happy ending might be different than most people's. One thing that made me set on continuing this series was the chapter where Hooni, for the first time in his entire life, actually puts himself towards studying. At the end, his scores improved by such small amount that it was essentially worthless, but it was still a very big accomplishment for him. Small steps like these, no matter how insignificant, can be a big rush if you're in a similar mental state to Hooni, so I was incredibly happy to see this be shown in the comic.
This was definitely an incredibly long review, so I'll cut it here to say that my final rating is 3 stars.
Although I enjoy this comic a lot, it can be a struggle to keep reading mainly due to the second-hand embarrassment, but that could just be me. I can also appreciate the comical aspect without getting too bogged down by the inherent suffering of Hooni. I would definitely never admit to reading this irl, nor would I freely recommend it to someone due to all the possible triggers this could set off. All I know is that when I'm bored or down in the dumps and would like a light read to cheer myself up, this is an easy pick. It serves as a good reminder for me that when you reach rock bottom, you can always come back up, so long as you're not still digging down. Since this manwha is still in the process of being made afaik, I feel like there's definitely hope for Hooni to eventually live happily.
Also, if you like this comic, I would recommend the "Cat Soup" series, which is also a show. The same relentlessness of bitter/negative vibes is present here, but with evil cat children. Another series that comes to mind is "Popee the Performer". These are all incredibly different series, but they give off the same vibes to me. If I had a nickel for each series that involved someone always suffering in them 24/7, I would have three nickels, which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened three times.
I've only read up to chapter 35, so I'll be giving my opinions of it thus far...
First off, this manhwa features explicit depictions of self-harm and multiple attempted suicides that are shown in detail with no censorship, even showing them in an almost tutorial-like fashion. If these topics are triggering I suggest that you avoid this series at all costs.
Now that that's out of the way, I ironically find myself reading this when I'm at my lowest, since I actually find this to be a comfort-read in a weird way. As someone who at times has similar ideations, I find Lee Hoon (often referred to as "Hooni") to be surprisingly relatable.
The comic doesn't really take itself seriously, and serves as a comedy first and foremost in my opinion. The comedy mostly comes from watching Hooni get in over his head and ending up in unfavorable scenarios. For example, meeting up with his friends* to study, only to lock himself away in the bathroom because he can't bring himself to actually read the homework.
Hooni often gets into bad situations not just purely out of bad luck, but because he also has a bit of a foul personality too, attempting to pick fights or getting cocky when he has absolutely nothing to back himself up. In fact, a lot of the characters aren't what you would necessarily consider to be "good" from a moral standpoint. *His friends in question are Blonde Guy and Glasses Guy. I forgot their names, so I'll be referring to them as such for now. Blonde Guy starts hanging out with Hooni seemingly to use his apartment as a hangout spot for his friends, but ends up forging an actual relationship later on. Glasses Guy, however, doesn't want anything to do with Hooni, preferring to stay as far away from him as possible, until he finds evidence of Hooni's self-harm. Instead of actually trying to help, he mostly does his best to encourage Hooni towards what he sees as positive behavior and secretly tries to prevent any further SH attempts, stealing Hooni's boxcutter in one chapter. A lot of the characters have a bitter feeling to them imo, but that's not to say that there isn't some sense of kindness and vulnerability to them either.
Another aspect of this manhwa that people might find uncomfortable is the intense second-hand embarrassment you can get from reading it. It can be a struggle to look on as everything starts going downhill for Hooni, only to watch him grab a shovel and begin digging an even deeper hole for himself. At times it feels like the author will take any opportunity they can to put the characters in an embarrassing situation to the point of making me cringe physically. Perhaps I'm just sensitive to that sort of thing, but just saying. ㄟ( ▔, ▔" )ㄏ
Having gone on about how awful a lot of this can be, I still find it to be very comforting in an ironic way. It's incredibly satisfying whenever Hooni actually does get a happy ending in some chapters, even if his definition of a happy ending might be different than most people's. One thing that made me set on continuing this series was the chapter where Hooni, for the first time in his entire life, actually puts himself towards studying. At the end, his scores improved by such small amount that it was essentially worthless, but it was still a very big accomplishment for him. Small steps like these, no matter how insignificant, can be a big rush if you're in a similar mental state to Hooni, so I was incredibly happy to see this be shown in the comic.
This was definitely an incredibly long review, so I'll cut it here to say that my final rating is 3 stars.
Although I enjoy this comic a lot, it can be a struggle to keep reading mainly due to the second-hand embarrassment, but that could just be me. I can also appreciate the comical aspect without getting too bogged down by the inherent suffering of Hooni. I would definitely never admit to reading this irl, nor would I freely recommend it to someone due to all the possible triggers this could set off. All I know is that when I'm bored or down in the dumps and would like a light read to cheer myself up, this is an easy pick. It serves as a good reminder for me that when you reach rock bottom, you can always come back up, so long as you're not still digging down. Since this manwha is still in the process of being made afaik, I feel like there's definitely hope for Hooni to eventually live happily.
Also, if you like this comic, I would recommend the "Cat Soup" series, which is also a show. The same relentlessness of bitter/negative vibes is present here, but with evil cat children. Another series that comes to mind is "Popee the Performer". These are all incredibly different series, but they give off the same vibes to me. If I had a nickel for each series that involved someone always suffering in them 24/7, I would have three nickels, which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened three times.
May 12, 2024
Likes:
Relatable, somehow. I don't plan to do suicide or self-harm but his moments of sadness I can relate to, like hiding somewhere, so that one can be completely alone, etc.
The ending was great. I actually initially hoped for him to do it, but that it ended differently was beautiful in it's own way.
Dislikes:
It always starts with hello I am, (insert name, insert age) it's annoying. And too stereotypical.
It's always just bad, bad, bad. There is that tenant boy who is nice to him and a school mate who saw him cutting on the toilet and removed every sharp object from Hooni secretly. But I can't understand how the teachers NEVER intervene. They literally see that he is shirtless and act like it's normal and believe what OTHERS say instead of asking Hooni himself. It's so unrealistic that the teachers NEVER noticed that Hooni gets bullied. It might has been more realistic that they wouldn't notice if it isn't as severe as it is.
The main character always wears two patches on his face and every now and then a bandage on his arm, right where the vains are. Isn't that a bit suspicious? Why does no one seem to notice it? I don't know about other schools and countries, but every time I was hurt in school or outside of it and had something to cover my wounds there was always someone who would notice it and check up on me. Teachers in my country all have first-aid-kits in every room and they always help us out even if we didn't ask for it. So I don't understand how no one seems to care at all in this manhwa.
Hooni is kinda stupid. I get it that he is afraid of talking back and stuff, but he gets NOWHERE help from no one. We readers don't even get an inside as to why he never gets help or tries somehow to not do things his bullies do. He is so obedient and I don't know why. He has not a single breaking point, which everyone has at some point.
At chapter 8 he has no money left for food and thinks of a part-time job, but then he buys himself over 1000 teddy bears worth of 30 won each (30k won in total). But remember: He can't afford food worth of just 750 won. Ridiculous.
I already knew before reading this manhwa that ParkGee likes to sexualise his minor characters, like Hooni who isn't a adult yet. But I also know that he only does this outside of his main manhwa and usually as some kind of 'fan service'. It is disgusting, but as long as the manhwa doesn't have it it's fine. At least I thought so, but some drawings seemed a bit sexual suggestive, especially when Hooni got bullied or felt a bit hot. It made me uncomfortable, but what was I expecting from a NSFW author anyway?
Reference: Chapter 13 cover, ah3ga0 face.
Slow pacing. Throughout the 54 chapters most felt repetitive or like a filler chapter. Some where interesting and needed yes, but some were unnecessary.
Started the book: 11. May 2024
Finished the book: 12. May 2024
Wrote the review: 12. May 2024
Relatable, somehow. I don't plan to do suicide or self-harm but his moments of sadness I can relate to, like hiding somewhere, so that one can be completely alone, etc.
The ending was great. I actually initially hoped for him to do it, but that it ended differently was beautiful in it's own way.
Dislikes:
It always starts with hello I am, (insert name, insert age) it's annoying. And too stereotypical.
It's always just bad, bad, bad. There is that tenant boy who is nice to him and a school mate who saw him cutting on the toilet and removed every sharp object from Hooni secretly. But I can't understand how the teachers NEVER intervene. They literally see that he is shirtless and act like it's normal and believe what OTHERS say instead of asking Hooni himself. It's so unrealistic that the teachers NEVER noticed that Hooni gets bullied. It might has been more realistic that they wouldn't notice if it isn't as severe as it is.
The main character always wears two patches on his face and every now and then a bandage on his arm, right where the vains are. Isn't that a bit suspicious? Why does no one seem to notice it? I don't know about other schools and countries, but every time I was hurt in school or outside of it and had something to cover my wounds there was always someone who would notice it and check up on me. Teachers in my country all have first-aid-kits in every room and they always help us out even if we didn't ask for it. So I don't understand how no one seems to care at all in this manhwa.
Hooni is kinda stupid. I get it that he is afraid of talking back and stuff, but he gets NOWHERE help from no one. We readers don't even get an inside as to why he never gets help or tries somehow to not do things his bullies do. He is so obedient and I don't know why. He has not a single breaking point, which everyone has at some point.
At chapter 8 he has no money left for food and thinks of a part-time job, but then he buys himself over 1000 teddy bears worth of 30 won each (30k won in total). But remember: He can't afford food worth of just 750 won. Ridiculous.
I already knew before reading this manhwa that ParkGee likes to sexualise his minor characters, like Hooni who isn't a adult yet. But I also know that he only does this outside of his main manhwa and usually as some kind of 'fan service'. It is disgusting, but as long as the manhwa doesn't have it it's fine. At least I thought so, but some drawings seemed a bit sexual suggestive, especially when Hooni got bullied or felt a bit hot. It made me uncomfortable, but what was I expecting from a NSFW author anyway?
Reference: Chapter 13 cover, ah3ga0 face.
Slow pacing. Throughout the 54 chapters most felt repetitive or like a filler chapter. Some where interesting and needed yes, but some were unnecessary.
Started the book: 11. May 2024
Finished the book: 12. May 2024
Wrote the review: 12. May 2024
April 28, 2024
did not like it
i sincerely apologize for this cover, it's stupid triggering idk who made it that. i guess it's fitting for this. last year I binged 1/2 the free chapters in a day for some reason and this has been staring back at me in my "currently reading" since. i told myself I was just gonna hunker down and finish it today but I reread the first chapter and no. not gonna happen.
it makes my bones hurt. i feel physically sick having read this. i can feel all the joints in my fingers. i'm not putting myself through this again.
i think i found this from some video of someone reading a bunch of random manwha and the premise tickled me because i was not doing well. i was listening to a lot of like menhera adjacent vocaloid stuff and let's be real with ourselves this is basically just boy menhera. just look at his build dude. or don't.
i've read a lot of horribly traumatic gory fic about self harm and it was awful but i felt like i got something out of it. like recently there was a fic about a dude who built a robot to lobotomize himself it was really messed up but it revealed parts of his and the author's physce that meant something. it was personal. i kinda liked it. i *personally* don't feel that way about this.
there's a place for "torture porn" or whatever you feel like calling it. i understand the people who left positive reviews of this. there's catharsis that can be found in reading and making stuff like this. and i appreciate Suicide Boy for that. just not for me.
i sincerely apologize for this cover, it's stupid triggering idk who made it that. i guess it's fitting for this. last year I binged 1/2 the free chapters in a day for some reason and this has been staring back at me in my "currently reading" since. i told myself I was just gonna hunker down and finish it today but I reread the first chapter and no. not gonna happen.
it makes my bones hurt. i feel physically sick having read this. i can feel all the joints in my fingers. i'm not putting myself through this again.
i think i found this from some video of someone reading a bunch of random manwha and the premise tickled me because i was not doing well. i was listening to a lot of like menhera adjacent vocaloid stuff and let's be real with ourselves this is basically just boy menhera. just look at his build dude. or don't.
i've read a lot of horribly traumatic gory fic about self harm and it was awful but i felt like i got something out of it. like recently there was a fic about a dude who built a robot to lobotomize himself it was really messed up but it revealed parts of his and the author's physce that meant something. it was personal. i kinda liked it. i *personally* don't feel that way about this.
there's a place for "torture porn" or whatever you feel like calling it. i understand the people who left positive reviews of this. there's catharsis that can be found in reading and making stuff like this. and i appreciate Suicide Boy for that. just not for me.
August 24, 2023
AL FIN LO TERMINÉ dios se me hizo eterno pero me gustó. La primera temporada estuvo muy bien, te introducen a los personajes y te terminas encariñando con ellos (algunos más que otros). Fue lindo ver el desarrollo de la vida de Hooni con depresión y ver cómo mejoraba muy lentamente pero perseverante. Luego vino la segunda temporada y 😴 siento que fueron capítulos muy de relleno o con temáticas poco interesantes, y encima la profundización de personajes que a nadie le importan o por lo menos si querés profundizarlos no me pongas más de 10 capítulos largos solo de historia historia y más historia de un personaje que tampoco es el principal. De todas maneras tengo que decir que ese último arco de Harim fue INCREÍBLE remontó una locura el manga con ese arco. La obra todavía no está finalizada pero tampoco creo que la siga cuando saquen más caps, veré.
Lo recomiendo? No sé no estoy segura hagan lo que quieran
Pd: Harim y Soorim salvaron mi estabilidad emocional
Lo recomiendo? No sé no estoy segura hagan lo que quieran
Pd: Harim y Soorim salvaron mi estabilidad emocional
January 14, 2023
i relate to this pathetic mf on an unreal level. despite the author, i really enjoyed the manhwa and the characters were rlly well written, many say that the author has romanticised mental illness but honestly he rlly hasnt imo. he presents mental illness and the effects it has on the person, with the nightmares of PTSD, sweats, etc. due to the fact its also a comedy, people have that misconception. theres no doubt that there are some very questionable chapters, yes. but otherwise the story is great and i just rlly liked it. if it werent for the problematic author and scenes, it would have got a 5 star
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May 14, 2025read it up to part 2.5. it's a relatively average slice of life spare for that the main protagonist is actively suicidal, and then gets some friends who care about him. 2.5 randomly is just focused on a side character's boxing arc, which pleasantly reminded me that the boxer is a thing and i should read that next
December 13, 2021
En muchas ocasiones me puso muy incomoda de ver, en los especiales por ejemplo. En varios aspectos es muy realista, pero sigo sin entender muy bien el mensaje que se quiere transmitir. No fue mala, pero sigo sin comprenderlo del todo. Por otra parte el dibujo es muy amigable.
December 23, 2024
Es incómodo ver la forma en la que sexualizan el personaje al meterse en situaciones tan incómodas, muchas veces tuve que alejarme de la pantalla y, no me parece bien que enseñe las formas para hacerlo.
June 17, 2025
i read this during covid and loved everything about it. ik there’s been some controversy after but i’m just being honest. i unfortunately could relate to some themes and liked the humor and it was relatable to me and my friends. freshman me ate this up.
April 14, 2021
It's beautiful.
June 25, 2021
Liked it a lot
June 20, 2022
I think it's my comfort comic for a few reasons.
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July 30, 2022.
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December 26, 2022Re-reading after losing interest in the past. The characters are so charming!
August 6, 2023
I'm currently reading it and so far best book ever
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July 19, 2024Finished the first 20 chapters. Hard to rate this because I hate the subject matter but it is unfortunately funny…
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June 7, 2025how old I watch
November 23, 2024
Me gustó está bien para pasar el rato y divertirse leyendo y si me identifique xd
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