Showing posts with label Manhwa. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Manhwa. Show all posts

Monday, December 21, 2009

Memory Eaters

I haven't created a post since August! Anyway since it's going to be a very long break I'm back!

Summary: Memory eaters live on people's memories. They are originally death messengers who remove a human's memories when they carry souls. But some of them are charmed by the beauty of the memories and become Exiles: Memory Eaters. Dio is one of them, but instead of stealing human memories like other Exiles, he earns them by helping people. One day, Dio finds a girl who is losing too many memories from Exiles. He tries to help her, but Ces, who was a model death messenger, is around her. What is he doing here?

I loved the concept of the manhwa by Kang Kyun Nam. The idea of these death gods that eat peoples memory after they died and some could actually get addicted to them was very inspiring. The beauty of it has been in my mind for a very long time. Unfortunately the series was just way too short. The ending was a bit rushed and forced which left me disappointed. I wish I could've seen more of Dio taking peoples memory for profit. It's just asking for a sequel.

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Volume 1
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Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Click



Volumes: 8 complete

Joohna is an arrogant teenager who puts down women and hopes to become a big womanizer when he gets older. His aspirations are ruined when his body transforms into a girl. He has to leave his old life including his best friend Jinhoon and his first love Heewon.
The story gets very serious after Joohna's transformation. Heewon begins to stalk her and starts acting up when she finds out that Joohna is really a girl. As a reader your meant not to root for this couple.
Jinhoo, Joohna's childhood bestfriend is a famous pianist who already has a girlfriend but has strong feelings for Joohna that he can't explain. He has never felt this way before even towards his girlfriend.
Taehyn is a busy savy playboy who is interested in girl Joohna after he gets knocked out by her in one blow.

The plot is very interesting. I'm not a big fan of the paneling in the manhwa, it doesn't capture what the author intends sometimes. It was really good in the first chapter but then it seemed like Lee Youngran got lazy.
A lot of people complain about the ending but I am personally happy who Joohna ends up with. I just wish she didn't tell Jinhoo to stay with his girlfriend, he doesn't love her and he's only going to be with her because his true love made him promise to stick with her. I know it just wouldn't work out.

Download: Click is license by Netcomics
Volume 1
Volume 2
Volume 3
Volume 4
Volume 5
Volume 6
Volume 7
Volume 8

Sunday, July 19, 2009

Talking About...



Volumes: 3 Complete
This manhwa is about three women in their late 20's / early 30's and their love lives.

Sarah is a sexy and attractive women who plans events for people to hook up with each other. But at 29 she has a secret, she's a virgin. She looks around for the right man to lose it to.

Gang-E is a manhwa-ka who is uncomfortable with the fact that she's going out with someone much younger than her.

Amber is a successful career woman who has innocent looks, but looks can be deceiving. She has hooked up with countless of men. Men love her but she doesn't get along with women very well.

I really liked this series, there are arguments, break-ups, the characters grow and change. There is a lot of talk about sex but nothing graphic, I wouldn't even consider this series smut. The series mainly focuses on Sarah and Gang-E, Amber doesn't change much in character, but she's already "refined" to begin with. The ending is very open that foresees either good or bad futures for each character.

There is a lot of shades of blue in this and it's kinda annoying, the overuse of brushes and screen tones makes the artist seem lazy. The characters themselves look good though.

Talking About... is licensed by netcomics. If you like it support the series.

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Volume 1
Volume 2
Volume 3

Sunday, June 21, 2009

The Flower Of Evil



rating: Mature
Volumes: 7 Complete

The Flower of Evil is by Lee Hyeon-Sook. Se-Wa and Se-Joon are twins. Se-Joon is like any high school boy with friends and a social life. Se-Wa doesn't know how to be comfortable without clinging to her brother Se-Joon. They both have feelings for each other, Se-Wa expresses it more at the beginning. It is expressed with how Se-Wa sneaks into Se-Joons bed a night and how they kiss when no one is watching.

Se-Joon soon tries to avoid Se-Wa. The guilt of loving his sister is troubling him. He tries to distract himself by using his girlfriend Sun-Bae as an excuse to not be with his sister. I feel really sorry for Sun-Bae.

The first volume or so I thought this was going to play like Boku wa Imouto ni Koiwosuru Korean version. But I think it gets much disturbing than that. Se-Wa drugs Sun-Bae out of jealousy. Se-Joon later on in the series turns out to be equally if not more psychotic than Se-Wa. As you can see it's really hard to like these characters.

I really like when Gi-Hon (who claimed to be an old family friend) and Se-Wa were getting close. Se-Wa was almost acting like a normal person and her interest in the latest horror movies and forums online about horror movies showed me she had some sort of life besides Se-Joon.

i haven't read much manhwa but the I consider the art here beautiful. Their eyes are so expressive and I love the detail on the eyelashes that you don't see much in manga.


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Volume 1 // Mirror
Volume 2 // Mirror
Volume 3 // Mirror
Volume 4 // Mirror
Volume 5 // Mirror
Volume 6 // Mirror
Volume 7