The Manga Squad discussion

Since The Manga Squad is trying to explore different kinds of graphic novels that are available out there, we decided to include Manhwa in our group!

Manhwa is the general Korean term for comics and print cartoons. Outside Korea, the term usually refers to South Korean comics, Manhwa is a notable part of South Korean culture! Though it is known for its BL Manhwas, there are also a lot of underrated Manhwas out there that I know some of you might recommend! I hope you drop your list here so that we could discover more about Manhwas and talk about it :))

Chocolat, Volume 1 by Ji-Sang Shin
Model, Volume 1 by Lee So-Young
Bring It On!, Volume 1 by Hye-Kyung Baek
These are two that I've read and one I read a preview of.
Chocolat is an idol story, about a girl who joins a k-pop fan club of a band she does not like because the band she does like has a full fan club, and this other band plays the same gigs. It's a light, fun read. Has 8 volumes.
Model is a gothic, older teen story about a college age korean woman who moves to the us for art school. She finds the perfect model for her painting but... It's good if you like atmospheric stories, gothic stories. I really enjoyed it!
Bring It On! is one I have only read a preview of, but it seamed fun. A typical high school romance, but how the main characters meet...

Jenny wrote: "Chocolat, Volume 1 by Ji-Sang Shin
Model, Volume 1 by Lee So-Young
Bring It On!, Volume 1 by [author:Hye-Kyung Baek|77412..."

I'll definitely check out Model. I love atmospheric stories

Ok so these aren't recommendations so much as the extent of my Manhwa reading. All of them are in the form of Webtoons. The first two are erotica that I got click baited into because I'm an ecchi but I enjoyed them enough to read a couple dozen chapters each. The last I watched the anime for and then went and read the first 6 or so chapters of.

Brawling Go by Worin
My Stepmom by Andromeda11
신의 탑 1 Tower of God by SIU

Yay, I hope you enjoy Model Eden :)
You and your click bait Greg smh

How dare you. My pervy manhwa is just the heterosexual male equivalent of BL. 🤣 LoL

Greg wrote: "How dare you. My pervy manhwa is just the heterosexual male equivalent of BL. 🤣 LoL"

THAT'S VALID LOLOLOL I DIDN'T EXPECT YOU'D RECOMMEND SOMETHING SMUTTY GREG 😂

Eden wrote: "Greg wrote: "How dare you. My pervy manhwa is just the heterosexual male equivalent of BL. 🤣 LoL"

THAT'S VALID LOLOLOL I DIDN'T EXPECT YOU'D RECOMMEND SOMETHING SMUTTY GREG 😂"

Hey now like I said they're not recommendations so much as my limited experience with Manhwa in general. Though I have heard good things about Ragnarok. I think Manhwa will be January's theme for group read. What do you guys think?

Greg wrote: "Eden wrote: "Greg wrote: "How dare you. My pervy manhwa is just the heterosexual male equivalent of BL. 🤣 LoL"

THAT'S VALID LOLOLOL I DIDN'T EXPECT YOU'D RECOMMEND SOMETHING SMUTTY GREG 😂"

Hey no..."

We should!!! I'm excited. I hope a lot of people would participate

That said I think you all know me well enough to know I love smutty manga too. I am an unabashed lewd. I even have a stack of Hentai Manga. Ain’t no shame in my game and I’m not here to judge 😂

Yeah an increased participation in anything would really be exciting.

Greg wrote: "That said I think you all know me well enough to know I love smutty manga too. I am an unabashed lewd. I even have a stack of Hentai Manga. Ain’t no shame in my game I’m not here to judge 😂

Yeah a..."

I hope the kids won't find your collection Greg 🤣 I real a lot of smutty ones too but it's mostly yaoi rather than heterosexual

Eden wrote: "I hope the kids won't find your collection Greg 🤣 I real a lot of smutty ones too but it's mostly yaoi rather than heterosexual"

To each their own. As long as you are reading something you enjoy and it's not harming anyone else I am all for it.

As for the kids yeah that stuff isn't sitting on the regular book shelf LoL

Greg wrote: "Eden wrote: "I hope the kids won't find your collection Greg 🤣 I real a lot of smutty ones too but it's mostly yaoi rather than heterosexual"

To each their own. As long as you are reading somethin..."

Yeah but mostly people judge others due to their reading preferences tbh.

I saw someone got attacked on twitter just because they only read mlm

Eden wrote: "I saw someone got attacked on twitter just because they only read mlm"

Screw that. I read what I want to read. I'm always open to suggestions and anyone can feel free to tell me they don't like my choices. Hell most won't like my hardcore horror or smutty manga choices but that's on them. I'll sit back and enjoy my Goblin Slayer and if they're only into classics or mainstream well that's their choice too.

Greg wrote: "Eden wrote: "I saw someone got attacked on twitter just because they only read mlm"

Screw that. I read what I want to read. I'm always open to suggestions and anyone can feel free to tell me they ..."

I also like something dark and gory mangas. I really am into fucked up stories and I cannot sleep at night if I don't read atleast one story. That's why I like it here cuz we don't judge each other lol

Eden wrote: "That's why I like it here cuz we don't judge each other"

Absolutely

I haven't read a lot of manwha (I think I've only read 3 of them actually lmao), I definetly should check out more of them... In the meanwhile I recommend this one, it's very interesting, most of the characters are great, and it touches heavy themes like bullying and how it is to be a woman in South Korea.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...

Ana wrote: "I haven't read a lot of manwha (I think I've only read 3 of them actually lmao), I definetly should check out more of them... In the meanwhile I recommend this one, it's very interesting, most of t..."

wait- there's a k-drama adaptation to this right?

Sebastian wrote: "Although I read manga most of the time, I tried a few manhwas. I have some recommendations that I hope you will like: Tower Of God, Solo Leveling, Tomb Raider King, Bowblade Spirit, God Of Blackfie..."

Sebastian if you like manhwas around the same genre as solo leveling, you should check out Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint it's really good!!

Eden wrote: "Ana wrote: "I haven't read a lot of manwha (I think I've only read 3 of them actually lmao), I definetly should check out more of them... In the meanwhile I recommend this one, it's very interestin..."

Yep! I haven't watched it, tho.

Omniscient Reader. I read a bit and art is crazy and lore ball deep. Tower of god. I will say people struggle to get past the inial art of the early chaptera. However those that do will find 2 things in My opinion.1 Art improves massively later on. 2 Big deep story and deep and heavy lore that is revelant. Jungle juice. This series art is nuts and there a lot action and creativity. I think anyone should read these series going blind and avoid reviews.

I couldn't get past the first chapters of tower of god, I think the pacing is wayyy too slow but I heard it got better

One of my favorites is The Remarried Empress. It’s honestly so good and has a good mix of romance and drama. It also has pretty well-written characters too. Don’t know if this has already been said, but I totally recommend it.

Thank you for the recommendation, shelly! I've hear a lot of great things about the remarried empress and I got spoiled many times bc of tiktok skbdksjd

Tower of god gets better at pacing, but it takes a bit of time getting there. I rarely dislike something, so I'm not the best at telling others based on their dislikes, what to read.

Hello everyone, I just finished reading a manhwa and it got me on chokehold. It's called 일렉시드 Eleceed

What genre is that? Looks interesting but the link doesn’t really say anything about it.

KILLING STALKING KILLING STALKING KILLING STALKING
…
You should read Killing Stalking but beware major TW. Dont tell me i didnt warn u guys…

Greg wrote: "What genre is that? Looks interesting but the link doesn’t really say anything about it."

Oh here's the link! Eleceed
Genre: Supernatural, Action, Comedy
–great plot
–funny characters
–GOOD ART
–Satisfying action scenes

It's my favorite webtoon ever, I didn't expect I would love this manhwa as much.

Rafia wrote: "KILLING STALKING KILLING STALKING KILLING STALKING
…
You should read Killing Stalking but beware major TW. Dont tell me i didnt warn u guys…"

Yeah I heard there's a lot of trigger warning but it's genre is what I am into so i'm really interested on picking it up 👀

The only manwha I've heard mentioned before were Tower of God, God of High School, The Breaker, and Solo Leveling. I need to educate myself and read some of these recommendations. That list keeps getting bigger daily :/

I used to be really really into Manhwa a few years ago. I read so much of it. my absolute fav was Noblesse. So so good! It's pretty long and is finished. So really good to binge read. Another fav was Sidekicks. Also really good! I've tried so many times to get into Tower of God but for some reason I always get to about chapter 40ish then stop

Roger wrote: "The only manwha I've heard mentioned before were Tower of God, God of High School, The Breaker, and Solo Leveling. I need to educate myself and read some of these recommendations. That list keeps g..."

Roger, you should read Eleceed or Windbreaker. Both manhwas are action packed with amazing plot!

Grace wrote: "I used to be really really into Manhwa a few years ago. I read so much of it. my absolute fav was Noblesse. So so good! It's pretty long and is finished. So really good to binge read. Another fav w..."

The artist of Noblesse is the same as Eleceed (im sorry for being obsessed with Eleceed but it is sooooo good) you should check it out 😭

Eden wrote: "Grace wrote: "I used to be really really into Manhwa a few years ago. I read so much of it. my absolute fav was Noblesse. So so good! It's pretty long and is finished. So really good to binge read...."

Eden are either of these titles complete?

Says Eleceed is still publishing

Roger wrote: "Says Eleceed is still publishing"

Greg wrote: "Eden wrote: "Grace wrote: "I used to be really really into Manhwa a few years ago. I read so much of it. my absolute fav was Noblesse. So so good! It's pretty long and is finished. So really good t..."

Noblesse is already completed but Eleceed is currently on-going (chapter 181) both of these manhwas are available on the webtoon app! you can also support the author there by paying for advanced chapters ^^

Eden wrote: "Roger wrote: "Says Eleceed is still publishing"

Greg wrote: "Eden wrote: "Grace wrote: "I used to be really really into Manhwa a few years ago. I read so much of it. my absolute fav was Noblesse. ..."

I'll look into reading both. I typically buy all of my volumes btw :).

Roger wrote: "Eden wrote: "Roger wrote: "Says Eleceed is still publishing"

Greg wrote: "Eden wrote: "Grace wrote: "I used to be really really into Manhwa a few years ago. I read so much of it. my absolute fav w..."

That's great! I can't wait to hear your thoughts :D

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