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OFFICE OVERTURE
In college, Seunghyun pursued both a master’s degree and unrequited love. Now, not only is he single, but he’s the oldest intern at AR Creative. Worse, he’s been assigned to work under the extremely handsome but super-strict Mr. Kim. Quite unexpectedly, the aloof Mr. Kim develops a soft spot for his subordinate. But before anything becomes serious, Seunghyun nips their romance in the bud when he discovers that the boss’s ex is none other than the guy he was pining for during his student days. Are the two just a flash in the pan, or are they headed towards a full-on, steamy office romance?
In college, Seunghyun pursued both a master’s degree and unrequited love. Now, not only is he single, but he’s the oldest intern at AR Creative. Worse, he’s been assigned to work under the extremely handsome but super-strict Mr. Kim. Quite unexpectedly, the aloof Mr. Kim develops a soft spot for his subordinate. But before anything becomes serious, Seunghyun nips their romance in the bud when he discovers that the boss’s ex is none other than the guy he was pining for during his student days. Are the two just a flash in the pan, or are they headed towards a full-on, steamy office romance?
282 pages, Paperback
First published May 31, 2022
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March 4, 2025
LMAOOOO WHAT A MEAN PLACE TO END THIS VOLUME, both for me and Kim Jongchan lol...
I am continuing to love this series, and it is quickly becoming one of my all time favorite bl manwhas. Seunghyun is super cute and endearing, I love everything about Jongchan and how desperately in love he is with Seunghyun, and their relationship is just so heartwarming and a breath of fresh air -- a perfect mix of mature and cute and sexy. Like really sexy. I am a huge fan of both ZEC's art style and many things that go on in the sexy scenes. It's a delight.
But outside of that!! I love how mature their relationship is. I cheated and went and watched The New Employee while waiting for this volume to come out, and I was delighted when I saw both how brief the fight was and how desperate they both were to resolve it, and I think the manwha does it even better. I really could feel how much they care about each other, how much they want to keep caring about each other, and how they had to find a balance between their emotions and understanding the other person, and that's just... such a good, mature basis for a relationship -- loving someone and wanting to be better for them and because of them, wanting to understand them, and wanting to meet them half way, supporting them without smothering them.
Ahhhhh... I just really love these two. I can see myself returning to this series often to just indulge this warm, fuzzy feeling...
I am continuing to love this series, and it is quickly becoming one of my all time favorite bl manwhas. Seunghyun is super cute and endearing, I love everything about Jongchan and how desperately in love he is with Seunghyun, and their relationship is just so heartwarming and a breath of fresh air -- a perfect mix of mature and cute and sexy. Like really sexy. I am a huge fan of both ZEC's art style and many things that go on in the sexy scenes. It's a delight.
But outside of that!! I love how mature their relationship is. I cheated and went and watched The New Employee while waiting for this volume to come out, and I was delighted when I saw both how brief the fight was and how desperate they both were to resolve it, and I think the manwha does it even better. I really could feel how much they care about each other, how much they want to keep caring about each other, and how they had to find a balance between their emotions and understanding the other person, and that's just... such a good, mature basis for a relationship -- loving someone and wanting to be better for them and because of them, wanting to understand them, and wanting to meet them half way, supporting them without smothering them.
Ahhhhh... I just really love these two. I can see myself returning to this series often to just indulge this warm, fuzzy feeling...
September 14, 2025
Seunghyun is such a sweetheart—honestly, calling him a “cute puppy” feels like the most accurate compliment. He’s gentle, thoughtful, and impossible not to love. Characters like him are rare, and he brings so much warmth to the story.
What really made this book stand out to me was how realistic and mature the romance felt. There’s a subtlety to the way feelings develop, and that quiet emotional depth made everything feel incredibly authentic. Nothing felt rushed or overly dramatized—it was all about the small, meaningful moments that build a genuine connection.
Books like this are such a refreshing change from the usual high-drama love stories. It’s soft, emotionally grounded, and still manages to hit you right in the feels when it counts. I love when a story knows how to be romantic without being loud about it.
Also, major bonus points for the fact that there’s a physical English translation available—I love being able to hold a book like this in my hands. It’s definitely one I’ll be keeping on my shelf (and probably rereading when I need something comforting).
If you enjoy slow-burn romance with emotional maturity and a truly lovable cast, this one is absolutely worth picking up.
What really made this book stand out to me was how realistic and mature the romance felt. There’s a subtlety to the way feelings develop, and that quiet emotional depth made everything feel incredibly authentic. Nothing felt rushed or overly dramatized—it was all about the small, meaningful moments that build a genuine connection.
Books like this are such a refreshing change from the usual high-drama love stories. It’s soft, emotionally grounded, and still manages to hit you right in the feels when it counts. I love when a story knows how to be romantic without being loud about it.
Also, major bonus points for the fact that there’s a physical English translation available—I love being able to hold a book like this in my hands. It’s definitely one I’ll be keeping on my shelf (and probably rereading when I need something comforting).
If you enjoy slow-burn romance with emotional maturity and a truly lovable cast, this one is absolutely worth picking up.
May 30, 2025
WOW! This volume is so hot. And their relationship talks are SO REAL to irl situations. I love the personal growth depicted in this one. Might have to give it 5STARS because the s*x too felt intentional and with purpose. Yeah I love these two so much. But I didn’t know VOL 3. IS THE LAST ONE?! (05/30/2025)
February 20, 2026
5⭐
ME LOS ZAMPO DE LO MONOS QUE SON AKSBAJSH
ME LOS ZAMPO DE LO MONOS QUE SON AKSBAJSH
January 23, 2024
hi, it's me. reading office romances in the office hoping for a manager Jongchan Kim to come to me and take care of me (emotionally, romantically, and physically)
God, have you seen what Moscareto did to her characters? i want the same.
i'm alright. (no)
i love them. (so much)
God, have you seen what Moscareto did to her characters? i want the same.
i'm alright. (no)
i love them. (so much)
April 30, 2025
I loved this even more than the first because everything from the art style and the tender moments made my heart melt and made me jealous of how cute they looked together and just how they are around each other it literally made me blush in a thousand different ways, I NEED book 3!!!!!
September 4, 2025
That was a wild place to end this volume, but I look forward to seeing how this series ends.
February 6, 2026
Con casi treinta años, Seunghyun ha conseguido entrar de becario en la Agencia AR, el lugar donde sueña con ser un empleado oficial y, aunque no sepa nada de publicidad, disfruta aprendiendo del señor Kim, su jefe, y después de pasar tiempo con él, su relación laboral está derivando a una más personal y profunda. Por ello, y a pesar de que Seunghyun no quería tener que vivir ningún tipo de romance en su lugar de trabajo para no volver a sufrir algo parecido a lo que experimento durante sus años de universitario, la realidad es que lo que está sintiendo por su jefe es superior a sus fuerzas y más cuando los besos y las manos de Jongchan Kim hace que pierda la razón.
Pero lo que menos se imaginaba nuestro adorable y tierno becario era que, después de haber tenido una noche ardiente con su jefe entre besos y caricias, una pluma estilográfica lo llevara de nuevo al pasado y a los sentimientos que tanto desea olvidar y sepultar para siempre bajo una losa. ¿Por qué el señor Kim tiene esa pluma que él ayudó a su primer amor a escoger para su novio?
Sin mediar palabra, Seunghyun se marcha de la casa del señor Kim y comienza a evitarlo, confuso, sin saber cómo sentirse y rememorando el sufrimiento de su amor no correspondido y el día en el que decidió ponerle fin; el día que ahora parece habérsele pegado a la espalda como un fardo y del cual no puede desprenderse.
Cuando la situación se hace insostenible y el señor Kim coge por banda a Seunghyun para que le dé una explicación, las cosas solo van a peor y es que Jongchan es incapaz de comprender los sentimientos de Seunghyun; es más, para él todo ese amalgama de emociones es insignificante. Esta incomprensión entre ambos pondrá fin a su incipiente relación, ¿pero qué hay de esos sentimientos que ambos siguen sintiendo y que parecen negarse a desaparecer?
Encontrándonos en el nudo de la historia, en su centro, este segundo volumen de El nuevo empleado se centra mucho en los sentimientos de ambos protagonistas y en sus psicologías para que podamos entenderlos y para que ellos mismos, a su vez, se autoanalicen y decidan si dar un paso adelante o no hacia esa relación que habían comenzado y que, antes de avanzar, se encuentra con el primer y más complicado de los obstáculos.
Podéis leer la reseña completa en mi blog:
https://unabibliotecaentremundos.blog...
Pero lo que menos se imaginaba nuestro adorable y tierno becario era que, después de haber tenido una noche ardiente con su jefe entre besos y caricias, una pluma estilográfica lo llevara de nuevo al pasado y a los sentimientos que tanto desea olvidar y sepultar para siempre bajo una losa. ¿Por qué el señor Kim tiene esa pluma que él ayudó a su primer amor a escoger para su novio?
Sin mediar palabra, Seunghyun se marcha de la casa del señor Kim y comienza a evitarlo, confuso, sin saber cómo sentirse y rememorando el sufrimiento de su amor no correspondido y el día en el que decidió ponerle fin; el día que ahora parece habérsele pegado a la espalda como un fardo y del cual no puede desprenderse.
Cuando la situación se hace insostenible y el señor Kim coge por banda a Seunghyun para que le dé una explicación, las cosas solo van a peor y es que Jongchan es incapaz de comprender los sentimientos de Seunghyun; es más, para él todo ese amalgama de emociones es insignificante. Esta incomprensión entre ambos pondrá fin a su incipiente relación, ¿pero qué hay de esos sentimientos que ambos siguen sintiendo y que parecen negarse a desaparecer?
Encontrándonos en el nudo de la historia, en su centro, este segundo volumen de El nuevo empleado se centra mucho en los sentimientos de ambos protagonistas y en sus psicologías para que podamos entenderlos y para que ellos mismos, a su vez, se autoanalicen y decidan si dar un paso adelante o no hacia esa relación que habían comenzado y que, antes de avanzar, se encuentra con el primer y más complicado de los obstáculos.
Podéis leer la reseña completa en mi blog:
https://unabibliotecaentremundos.blog...
May 10, 2025
when men are competent at their jobs *fans self*
July 26, 2025
Raw. Next question.
December 12, 2022
La historia fue separada en tres volúmenes pero yo voy a hacer una sola reseña para todas las partes.
Me gustó la historia pero fue un poco aburrida. La pareja principal es muy cute y ambos tienen muy buena química pero todo el tema empresarial fue extremadamente tedioso, la verdad es que me salte la mayoría de las páginas que trataban de charlas laborales. Mi otro problema fue que le faltó angst y drama porque el plot principal de la historia llega a su punto más alto y te quedas como: “¿eso es todo?” “¿Este va a ser todo el problema que van a tener que enfrentar?” meh.
Al final voy a terminar olvidándome de este libro muy pronto.
Me gustó la historia pero fue un poco aburrida. La pareja principal es muy cute y ambos tienen muy buena química pero todo el tema empresarial fue extremadamente tedioso, la verdad es que me salte la mayoría de las páginas que trataban de charlas laborales. Mi otro problema fue que le faltó angst y drama porque el plot principal de la historia llega a su punto más alto y te quedas como: “¿eso es todo?” “¿Este va a ser todo el problema que van a tener que enfrentar?” meh.
Al final voy a terminar olvidándome de este libro muy pronto.
August 9, 2022
Well.. Since it is in the office.... I am in !!
💞💞💞
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September 3, 2022
This is getting better and better!
October 12, 2022
I just realized the webtoon had been published in three volumes in Korean, which means I can count all three books. My real review is on the first volume. :)
February 24, 2025
giggling and kicking up my feet for real with this one
May 11, 2025
4.5 ⭐️
Man I love this story. It’s so wholesome 🥹
Man I love this story. It’s so wholesome 🥹
August 18, 2025
loved this one!
August 19, 2026
This volume had so much!
We start with Seunghyun realizing Mr. Kim's past relationship with Yusung, and from there, we have a bit of drama. Seunghyun doesn't know how to separate his past from the present. He wishes to understand the dynamic presented, but doesn't understand that he needs to separate his current self from that young boy who had a massive crush on a sunbae. Mr. Kim tries to understand him, but there's a moment when he gives up because he knows Seunghyun is young and may still struggle with past feelings.
From this conversation, you can tell how naive Seunghyun is, having no experience with a relationship.
The angst is resolved soon enough, which I'm happy the author didn't drag. They reconcile and start a relationship with communication and support.
Overall, the volume had deep emotions but managed not to drag the negativity or miscommunication.
Art is still super cute, and sex is hot hot hot.
We start with Seunghyun realizing Mr. Kim's past relationship with Yusung, and from there, we have a bit of drama. Seunghyun doesn't know how to separate his past from the present. He wishes to understand the dynamic presented, but doesn't understand that he needs to separate his current self from that young boy who had a massive crush on a sunbae. Mr. Kim tries to understand him, but there's a moment when he gives up because he knows Seunghyun is young and may still struggle with past feelings.
From this conversation, you can tell how naive Seunghyun is, having no experience with a relationship.
The angst is resolved soon enough, which I'm happy the author didn't drag. They reconcile and start a relationship with communication and support.
Overall, the volume had deep emotions but managed not to drag the negativity or miscommunication.
Art is still super cute, and sex is hot hot hot.
August 13, 2025
I'll do my best to make you think maybe all that heartache over Yusung happened so I could meet Jongchan.
A green flag top and a couple that understands the importance of sorting out their issues through proper communication will always we superior. I loved how both the main characters put so much effort to make the relationship work.
A green flag top and a couple that understands the importance of sorting out their issues through proper communication will always we superior. I loved how both the main characters put so much effort to make the relationship work.
April 23, 2025
Again, I think the issue is my personal taste. if you like a fluffy office romance this is fab! but I want more angst. there was 0.0001 second of jealousy hahaha. that's just my tastes but I still enjoyed it
October 10, 2026
Sunghyun revive momentos dolorosos de su primer amor y estos impactan en su relación con Jongchan, este último no logra entender la postura de Sunghyun pero cuando lo hace se da cuenta de sus propios sentimientos.
October 27, 2026
Todo el drama del segundo tomo es tan ridiculo. Claro el top se comporta a la altura, pero el rubio se pone en este plan de Todo se trata de mi. Sin espacio como adolecente chiquito. No me gusto por eso.
April 20, 2025
I’ve been reading more bl manhwas lately (and enjoying them!) but these huge dongs need to be sized down lol. These tops have monster dongs and it’s a little scary!!!!
January 3, 2026
I love Moscaretos works so much
March 8, 2026
Me alegra que pese al pequeño drama, estén llevando la relación tan bien y sean tan monos!! A ver que pasa con el tema laboral en el próximo tomo🫣
March 19, 2026
jongchan está más salido que el pico de una mesa BUT WE ARE HERE for those domestic crumbles!!!
les amo
les amo
March 29, 2026
SO DAMM HOT
April 26, 2026
Non pensavo, ma ci sarà un post anche su questo volume sulla pagina IG
May 8, 2026
4.5 stars
May 18, 2026
Me gustó que ambos buscarán entenderse. Ahora a ver sino despiden al jefe.
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