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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Korean manga that will rock your world, 31 May 2007
"Manhwa is the general Korean term for comics and cartoons. Outside of Korea, the term usually refers specifically to South Korean comics." in Wikipedia
Buying this was a jump in the dark for me. There was no reviews around here, and I buy all my manga through Amazon. For years. And since Death Note, that I had not seen something so bold!...
Let me get right to the point: this story is brutal and cruel. I know that this is not for everyone, I know people that would be sick with some parts of this book. I myself, was amazed. The plot is cold and mental. For me this is the definite "seme"/"uke" story, the dominator and the dominated, a role here shared between two male characters.
You think this was yaoi? Easy drawn sex scenes? Forget it! Its all about hate for bad people, the attraction for danger, to be on the line, to fear for life, to be seduced by death. This book is a really well written drama shonen-ai, there is the scent of boy love in the air, but its all wrong here, too real to be fun. And its too damn cool!
This is korean, and it was a bit of a shock to me at first. When I realized it, I imediatly thought "it's second grade material, compared to true japanese manga, I'm sure of it"... I'm glad I was wrong. It was hard to me to memorize the dificult names, as they are really diferent from japanese common names (for someone like me at least, manga eating monster), but about the middle of the book, I already had got the hang of it.
The art is right there to justify the plot. The art is beautiful. The characters are not cute, they are real and sexy, but never overdoing it. Theres only one thing overdone and its the violence of the story, but I already mentioned it... and violence can also be sexy. It is here. Main character has so strong convictions, and his acts are so bold, carefree and cruel, that it was the single most important aspect of this manga/manhwa that made me read oh so carefully over a night without sleeping. Yes, it did so. I was crap the next morning, but I loved every page.
Don't be afraid to buy a good book like this. If you can take on people cutting flesh, beating for fun, delinquency, alchool and all the dangerous seduction that comes with it, then this book is here waiting to be read. Its gonna be hard to let Dai.
[I'm a manga reader that likes action, drama, shoujo, shounen ai, and dislikes yaoi and hentai.]
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