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Pearl Boy
Dooshik is in a bind. After making off with the takings from the gay bar where he worked, he seeks refuge in a small, coastal town. As his funds dwindle, he desperately needs a way to make ends meet. Still, a boy’s gotta eat! So he dives into a clam house to satisfy his cravings. But with no money to pay, he dashes off leaving Jooha, the server, to foot the bill. Later on, when Dooshik returns to pay his debt, he’s greeted by a sordid scene that offers a tantalizing glimpse of the solution to his money problems. For within Jooha’s beautiful shell lies a secret treasure waiting to be drawn out. And Dooshik is just the man to do it.
560 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 18, 2022
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May 29, 2024
2.5 estrellas.
Ustedes me recomendaron esto y yo caí, jajaja. Me dijeron que el protagonista era la GREEN FLAG más GREEN FLAG del universo y yo sólo quiero decir que: DOOSHIK NO ES UNA GREEN FLAG. O sea, que ame a Jooha y que esté dispuesto a dar su vida por él no le quita todo lo demás.
EN FIN, lo terminé porque I was rooting for them y quería saber cómo acababa su historia. NO ME GUSTÓ CÓMO ACABA. El final me dejó muy insatisfecha.
Ustedes me recomendaron esto y yo caí, jajaja. Me dijeron que el protagonista era la GREEN FLAG más GREEN FLAG del universo y yo sólo quiero decir que: DOOSHIK NO ES UNA GREEN FLAG. O sea, que ame a Jooha y que esté dispuesto a dar su vida por él no le quita todo lo demás.
EN FIN, lo terminé porque I was rooting for them y quería saber cómo acababa su historia. NO ME GUSTÓ CÓMO ACABA. El final me dejó muy insatisfecha.
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January 1, 2025"WT- So you are telling me ,this dude produces pearls… 😭 instead... I had to read it for the plot 🫣📖✨"
November 20, 2025
La mente perturbada detrás de esto solo supo poner una gran cantidad de escenas de abuso de todo tipo, desde el emocional, al psicológico, al físico y al sexual. En un desfile enfermo en el que nadie se salva, ni la víctima ni el victimario.
October 4, 2023
Thank you for the memories. I’ll cherish all of them. Even the heartbreaking ones. I’m thankful for Doshik. The greenest flag ever. I’m so emotional now. Ahh what a roller coaster of emotions…
December 27, 2024
I’m going to drown myself in a pool of my tears bc I will never find a man that will love me like how Dooshik loves Jooha.
September 8, 2023
Exijo que me devuelvan todas las horas de mi vida que desperdicié leyendo esta historia.
El dibujo es hermoso (a excepción del pelo del protagonista morocho en las primeras dos temporadas JAJAJAJAJA qué era eso por dios). Creo que es lo único positivo que puedo destacar de esta historia. ¿Después? Sólo tengo ✨ quejas ✨
Para empezar, tengo un serio problema con la cantidad de violaciones que hay en esta historia, hermano. Cada dos capítulos había al menos 1 personaje (normalmente el protagonista de pelo violetaceo) al que violaban; que, para colmo, ya de por si la violación es un acto completamente aberrante y horrible, pero acá para colmo lo hacían super violento. Y, aunque va a sonar horrible lo que voy a decir, entiendo que el tener que sufrir algo de ese estilo para un personaje sea una especie de "piedra" que tiene que superar más adelante para desarrollar some character development. Pero en este manwha pasó demasiadas veces y llegó un punto que ya pasaba y no tenía ninguna relevancia para la historia ???? además de que lo que le terminó haciendo el protagonista morocho a los gemelos incestuosos me pareció nefasto y me arruinó todo el cariño que tenía por su personaje porque posta fue imperdonable; terminó volviéndose el mismo que le arruinó la vida a su novio.
Eso por un lado. Después tenemos el final. Que, si bien tiene la trope de amnesia (ugh la ODIO), creo que dentro de todo soy de la minoría que no lo odió. Onda, no me gustó para nada, porque después de todo lo que sufrió el protagonista de pelo violetaceo, lo MÍNIMO que merecía era al menos 5 años de felicidad pura. Pero, al mismo tiempo, soy fan de los finales no convencionales y/o tristes, así que podría haber sido peor.
En conclusión: me dieron una historia excesivamente perturbadora donde me hicieron encariñarme con un personaje para terminar volviéndolo extremadamente tóxico y dañino, ¿y ADEMÁS no me compensan todo el dolor con un final feliz? Smh una poronga.
2 de 5 estrellas.
El dibujo es hermoso (a excepción del pelo del protagonista morocho en las primeras dos temporadas JAJAJAJAJA qué era eso por dios). Creo que es lo único positivo que puedo destacar de esta historia. ¿Después? Sólo tengo ✨ quejas ✨
Para empezar, tengo un serio problema con la cantidad de violaciones que hay en esta historia, hermano. Cada dos capítulos había al menos 1 personaje (normalmente el protagonista de pelo violetaceo) al que violaban; que, para colmo, ya de por si la violación es un acto completamente aberrante y horrible, pero acá para colmo lo hacían super violento. Y, aunque va a sonar horrible lo que voy a decir, entiendo que el tener que sufrir algo de ese estilo para un personaje sea una especie de "piedra" que tiene que superar más adelante para desarrollar some character development. Pero en este manwha pasó demasiadas veces y llegó un punto que ya pasaba y no tenía ninguna relevancia para la historia ???? además de que lo que le terminó haciendo el protagonista morocho a los gemelos incestuosos me pareció nefasto y me arruinó todo el cariño que tenía por su personaje porque posta fue imperdonable; terminó volviéndose el mismo que le arruinó la vida a su novio.
Eso por un lado. Después tenemos el final. Que, si bien tiene la trope de amnesia (ugh la ODIO), creo que dentro de todo soy de la minoría que no lo odió. Onda, no me gustó para nada, porque después de todo lo que sufrió el protagonista de pelo violetaceo, lo MÍNIMO que merecía era al menos 5 años de felicidad pura. Pero, al mismo tiempo, soy fan de los finales no convencionales y/o tristes, así que podría haber sido peor.
En conclusión: me dieron una historia excesivamente perturbadora donde me hicieron encariñarme con un personaje para terminar volviéndolo extremadamente tóxico y dañino, ¿y ADEMÁS no me compensan todo el dolor con un final feliz? Smh una poronga.
2 de 5 estrellas.
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August 28, 2024
dude this was so much that i can’t even process anything but what i can say is that i enjoyed this story sm. funny thing is none of the two mmc’s pissed me off and that’s something.
i LOVE jooha sm and i also love his relationship with dooshik, they’re literally cute and everything. dooshik is a green flag, idc.
plot was top tier, pilwon was pissing me the FUCK off tho like why is this dude still alive until basically the end?? if he would’ve just died then jooha and dooshik would’ve had their happy ending but damn does the author HATE healthy lives for those..
the sexual assault scenes were uncalled for cause nobody wanna see that but i read it anyway (i went in blindly not looking at tw’s) it didn’t bother me but dude💀…
”I can make him so happy that he’ll never have to even think about pain ever again.”
OKAY THAT WAS MY FAV QUOTE BTW CAUSE UH?? I LOVE DOOSHIK, HE’S LITERALLY SUCH A GOOD FUCKING CHARACTER.
i LOVE jooha sm and i also love his relationship with dooshik, they’re literally cute and everything. dooshik is a green flag, idc.
plot was top tier, pilwon was pissing me the FUCK off tho like why is this dude still alive until basically the end?? if he would’ve just died then jooha and dooshik would’ve had their happy ending but damn does the author HATE healthy lives for those..
the sexual assault scenes were uncalled for cause nobody wanna see that but i read it anyway (i went in blindly not looking at tw’s) it didn’t bother me but dude💀…
”I can make him so happy that he’ll never have to even think about pain ever again.”
OKAY THAT WAS MY FAV QUOTE BTW CAUSE UH?? I LOVE DOOSHIK, HE’S LITERALLY SUCH A GOOD FUCKING CHARACTER.
October 28, 2023
why did they have to end it like that, I need a straight forward explanation I need more what the heck😭😰
November 28, 2023
En este mundo no hay como poder expresar el enorme amor que le tengo a Dooshik.
Dooshik el eterno amor de mi vida ✨💝
Dooshik el eterno amor de mi vida ✨💝
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October 9, 2023This was a mess ngl 😭
October 2, 2024
2.5/5⭐
Ok, solo porque el extra aclaró mis dudas sobre el final ya no me siento TAN frustrada, pero aún así me molesta que tuve que esperar tanto para saber qué había pasado jsjsjs
Ok, solo porque el extra aclaró mis dudas sobre el final ya no me siento TAN frustrada, pero aún así me molesta que tuve que esperar tanto para saber qué había pasado jsjsjs
January 27, 2026
Rereading because I just… I have no words. This is just one of my favourite manhwa’s ever and I can’t even fully explain it.
October 26, 2025
I dnfed this book when i first read it like immediately around the end of season 1 to start of season 2ish because i thought it was too dark and exploitative and no amount of dooshik’s green flag could save this.
After being in this space for some time and having read some nastier pieces of work that really dont take sa lightly and made it a trope (yup, that’s manwha for you nowadays) i thought i would give this another chance. Man, it’s still as dark as i remembered and it went even darker cause it dragged dooshik with it. The entire time i was reading it the saying that goes, ‘when fighting monsters be careful not to turn one yourself’ was on repeat in my mind. He became morally gray yall 😭 and i mean, i get it but still. I dont have much grace since i left the christian church and i dont have a forgiving heart. I actually thought about giving this a 3 instead of a 2 but i just cant forgive the way the sa was handled, it was bordering on fetishization. The entire time i had to look away, it felt way too exploitative and dooshik became too dark.
The art was gorgeous and the story was written with heart but man, it just didnt sit right with me. I could have given it a 3 since it did move me to emotion, i cried and i laughed with the characters but shit, i dont know what it is with the stories written around this time, like this one and legs that wont walk. Christ alive. Now that’s one other story that i dont think i can finish. Im too soft for this.
After being in this space for some time and having read some nastier pieces of work that really dont take sa lightly and made it a trope (yup, that’s manwha for you nowadays) i thought i would give this another chance. Man, it’s still as dark as i remembered and it went even darker cause it dragged dooshik with it. The entire time i was reading it the saying that goes, ‘when fighting monsters be careful not to turn one yourself’ was on repeat in my mind. He became morally gray yall 😭 and i mean, i get it but still. I dont have much grace since i left the christian church and i dont have a forgiving heart. I actually thought about giving this a 3 instead of a 2 but i just cant forgive the way the sa was handled, it was bordering on fetishization. The entire time i had to look away, it felt way too exploitative and dooshik became too dark.
The art was gorgeous and the story was written with heart but man, it just didnt sit right with me. I could have given it a 3 since it did move me to emotion, i cried and i laughed with the characters but shit, i dont know what it is with the stories written around this time, like this one and legs that wont walk. Christ alive. Now that’s one other story that i dont think i can finish. Im too soft for this.
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November 2, 2025
4 ⭐ This was a very unexpected story that I for the most part really liked and enjoyed. Dooshik and Jooha are both trying to escape their pasts and do what they need to to survive. When their paths meet, they start a relationship that will be the begining of a wild journey. For the most part, I loved this manhwa. It had great characters, a fantastic love story, everything from funny to heart wrenching moments.
I think the 3rd season/volume, especially the final half, lost me a little. It missed the importance of the pearls (iykyk), they seemed like an after thought at this point. There were also some very, very questioning scenes and choices that I felt could have been left out or been done differently, and I'm not sure the ending was my favorite to be honest. (Same with some of the short stories, why ruin a green flag character like that?? I'll just pretend the story ended before the short stories.) Had this stayed they way it did up until 50% in the final season, I would have given this 5 stars, easily! But overall, the main volumes were mostly a great story that I enjoyed, and Dooshik and Jooha was meant to be!
I think the 3rd season/volume, especially the final half, lost me a little. It missed the importance of the pearls (iykyk), they seemed like an after thought at this point. There were also some very, very questioning scenes and choices that I felt could have been left out or been done differently, and I'm not sure the ending was my favorite to be honest. (Same with some of the short stories, why ruin a green flag character like that?? I'll just pretend the story ended before the short stories.) Had this stayed they way it did up until 50% in the final season, I would have given this 5 stars, easily! But overall, the main volumes were mostly a great story that I enjoyed, and Dooshik and Jooha was meant to be!
May 4, 2025
excuse me while i rant
after some time i've decided i actually hate this manhwa bc it got my hopes up so much and then the ending actually sucks so bad and dooshik went thru character REGRESSMENT. and jooha is such a female stand-in. all his attempts and actually DOING smth for himself are either failures or undermined by dooshik or other characters. dooshik needs to start LISTENING to jooha instead of just doing things for him. all the tension and buildup this manhwa had literally DIED or was executed poorly. AND WHAT WAS THE AUTHOR ON WHEN SHE WROTE THE SCENE WITH DAEKWANG?? THAT IS ACTUALLY SO FUCKED UP. DOOSHIK LITERALLY HAS NO RIGHT TO ACT FOR JOOHA. UR WHOLE BEEF WITH THE TWINS AND PILWON IS CENTERED AROUND JOOHA, SO ASK JOOHA WHAT HE WANTS TO DO. ALSO WHY IS THERE SO MUCH SMUT IN THIS?? LIKE I UNDERSTAND INITIALLY TO ESTABLISH THEIR RELATIONSHIP AND MAYBE WHEN THERE'S SMTH SPECIAL BUT PLSSS WOULD IT KILL U TO FADE TO BLACK A COUPLE TIMES?? ALSO I KNOW PPL REACT TO TRAUMATIC THINGS IN DIFFERENT WAYS, BUT YOU WOULD THINK JOOHA WOULD HAVE AT LEAST SOME SORT OF PTSD AFTER BEING SA'ED AND GRAPED SO MUCH?? BUT NO, HE'S ACTUALLY COMPLETELY FINE WITH DOOSHIK?? THAT MAKES NO SENSEEE.
DONT EVEN GET ME STARTED ON DOOSHIK BRO. HE WAS SUCH A GREEN FLAG IN THE BEGINNING BUT HIS CHARACTER GOT SO BAD ITS ACTUALLY DISGUSTING. HE'S LITERALLY IGNORING JOOHA'S NEEDS LIKE HALF THE TIME, MISINTERPRETING THEM, AND NOT BOTHERING TO ASK JOOHA AT ALL WHAT HE ACTUALLY THINKS OF ANYTHING. I feel like the author is trying to cover up relationship flaws when I believe she has the writing capacity to properly work out their problems.
anyway i'm just ranting byebye
after some time i've decided i actually hate this manhwa bc it got my hopes up so much and then the ending actually sucks so bad and dooshik went thru character REGRESSMENT. and jooha is such a female stand-in. all his attempts and actually DOING smth for himself are either failures or undermined by dooshik or other characters. dooshik needs to start LISTENING to jooha instead of just doing things for him. all the tension and buildup this manhwa had literally DIED or was executed poorly. AND WHAT WAS THE AUTHOR ON WHEN SHE WROTE THE SCENE WITH DAEKWANG?? THAT IS ACTUALLY SO FUCKED UP. DOOSHIK LITERALLY HAS NO RIGHT TO ACT FOR JOOHA. UR WHOLE BEEF WITH THE TWINS AND PILWON IS CENTERED AROUND JOOHA, SO ASK JOOHA WHAT HE WANTS TO DO. ALSO WHY IS THERE SO MUCH SMUT IN THIS?? LIKE I UNDERSTAND INITIALLY TO ESTABLISH THEIR RELATIONSHIP AND MAYBE WHEN THERE'S SMTH SPECIAL BUT PLSSS WOULD IT KILL U TO FADE TO BLACK A COUPLE TIMES?? ALSO I KNOW PPL REACT TO TRAUMATIC THINGS IN DIFFERENT WAYS, BUT YOU WOULD THINK JOOHA WOULD HAVE AT LEAST SOME SORT OF PTSD AFTER BEING SA'ED AND GRAPED SO MUCH?? BUT NO, HE'S ACTUALLY COMPLETELY FINE WITH DOOSHIK?? THAT MAKES NO SENSEEE.
DONT EVEN GET ME STARTED ON DOOSHIK BRO. HE WAS SUCH A GREEN FLAG IN THE BEGINNING BUT HIS CHARACTER GOT SO BAD ITS ACTUALLY DISGUSTING. HE'S LITERALLY IGNORING JOOHA'S NEEDS LIKE HALF THE TIME, MISINTERPRETING THEM, AND NOT BOTHERING TO ASK JOOHA AT ALL WHAT HE ACTUALLY THINKS OF ANYTHING. I feel like the author is trying to cover up relationship flaws when I believe she has the writing capacity to properly work out their problems.
anyway i'm just ranting byebye
October 27, 2023
This was dark - lots of TWs- rape (a lot), sex-trafficking, mafia, torture, murder, attempted suicide, drugs
I was totally with the storyline until chapter 88, and then the ending just pissed me off. It was a real letdown. The comic was full of suspense and drama, and the end was random.
I was super invested in the bad guys in this comic, and the resolution for all of them was so vague. I was hoping Daehui and Seung-Hyun would get together. There was some tension there. I wanted both twins to join the organization.
Seung-Hyun and his boss? I guess that's ok, too, but he still needs a second. I wanted Dooshik to become his second and for him to stay with the organization. Their life there was good, and they could have returned to it after Pilwon died.
The most aggravating part was throwing a memory loss wrench at the end? Jooha was so strong at the end. They both went through so much together, and then he just forgets and they live happily ever after?!
I don't totally regret investing in this comic since I enjoyed about 80 % of it, ɓut there is some disappointment in the ending.
I was totally with the storyline until chapter 88, and then the ending just pissed me off. It was a real letdown. The comic was full of suspense and drama, and the end was random.
I was super invested in the bad guys in this comic, and the resolution for all of them was so vague. I was hoping Daehui and Seung-Hyun would get together. There was some tension there. I wanted both twins to join the organization.
Seung-Hyun and his boss? I guess that's ok, too, but he still needs a second. I wanted Dooshik to become his second and for him to stay with the organization. Their life there was good, and they could have returned to it after Pilwon died.
The most aggravating part was throwing a memory loss wrench at the end? Jooha was so strong at the end. They both went through so much together, and then he just forgets and they live happily ever after?!
I don't totally regret investing in this comic since I enjoyed about 80 % of it, ɓut there is some disappointment in the ending.
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January 26, 2024
Torture porn, torture & porn. And by the end I hated Doshik. Would’ve been a solid story without all the unnecessary scenes.
September 4, 2025
I loved this series but ngl if you’re not prepared to be traumatized I don’t recommend. I don’t even know how to explain it but I know many people who had to stop reading it because it was to explicit. I liked the story line but it’s very crazy.
December 12, 2023
1.5 stars
I am so mad at myself for finishing this. The first part of this was gripping - I was like, it's dark and I knew that going in but at least they do the fade to black thing. Like, you'd see a snap but you could also as easily scroll past because for the majority of the time, it wasn't too much. It also added to the plot - what, with him quite literally producing pearls during climax.
Also the art is truly chef's kiss. The way it got better as it continued.
Now, the other parts after... I do not understand why there was need for a vivid scene depicting animal cruelty and chapters upon chapters of r*pe. Like, it wasn't even the ones that you debate with people. It was just straight up horrific to the point where I wondered if the author has psychopathic tendencies...I just did not understand. It didn't even matter how much I'd scroll past, it was just there - a copious amount of times. It was so much the twincest hardly shocked me.
Then that fucking ending? I pushed through this for that fucking ending?
Fuck this book.
I am so mad at myself for finishing this. The first part of this was gripping - I was like, it's dark and I knew that going in but at least they do the fade to black thing. Like, you'd see a snap but you could also as easily scroll past because for the majority of the time, it wasn't too much. It also added to the plot - what, with him quite literally producing pearls during climax.
Also the art is truly chef's kiss. The way it got better as it continued.
Now, the other parts after... I do not understand why there was need for a vivid scene depicting animal cruelty and chapters upon chapters of r*pe. Like, it wasn't even the ones that you debate with people. It was just straight up horrific to the point where I wondered if the author has psychopathic tendencies...I just did not understand. It didn't even matter how much I'd scroll past, it was just there - a copious amount of times. It was so much the twincest hardly shocked me.
Then that fucking ending? I pushed through this for that fucking ending?
Fuck this book.
May 30, 2024
No sabía que lo habían agregado a goodreads, pero me acuerdo que cuando lo leí me pareció muy meh~ La premisa es buena pero después me aburrió la dinámica "secuestro/tranquilidad/secuestro/relleno". El insta love también me aburre💔 Y es una lástima porque las ilustraciones eran hermosas, Joha es de los pixeles más lindos que vi♡
October 16, 2024
This took… a while! What a rollercoaster it was. Towards the ending it being hard for me to get it over with cause I could feel the direction of the story finish. The ending was not my favorite but I do enjoyed reading this. Was just… wild.
May 9, 2025
this was an experience, it took me quite some time.
I would Proudly say that Jooha is one of the best bottoms I read about. (I always have a crush on the bottom ,not the top😙)
Jooha is so damn adorable, sassy ane just a lovable characters, the boy suffered a lot by that bastard, he's a really well-written character, his character design is damn pretty, I liked the Top man too (forget his name) they are really cute, affectionate and loving toward each other and damn..they fuck a lot.
the artstyle is so damn beautiful, the ending was so good written and I really loved the side stories.
4/5 really good!
I would Proudly say that Jooha is one of the best bottoms I read about. (I always have a crush on the bottom ,not the top😙)
Jooha is so damn adorable, sassy ane just a lovable characters, the boy suffered a lot by that bastard, he's a really well-written character, his character design is damn pretty, I liked the Top man too (forget his name) they are really cute, affectionate and loving toward each other and damn..they fuck a lot.
the artstyle is so damn beautiful, the ending was so good written and I really loved the side stories.
4/5 really good!
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August 6, 2023Dnf-ing this.
November 7, 2023
This was so fucked up, god damn. There were things I loved about this manhwa, such as the beautiful artwork and parts of the story. But some truly deranged stuff happens in it and it's too extreme. At some points it's honestly kind of ridiculous how over the top brutal and dark it is. Also too much sex, it gets boring if they keep going at it for four chapters straight.
December 13, 2023
Dlaczego poboczne postacie są ładniejsze?
June 2, 2024
kocham yaoi
August 15, 2024
Yo creo que no era taaan necesario que el prota pasara por tanto dolor
December 21, 2024
l'unica cosa chic è che eiacula perle
December 31, 2024
A stab wound would’ve hurt less than this Manhwa
June 15, 2025
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