Thanks to the Hallyu Wave, many big production houses are adapting viral manhwas into TV series and anime that has led to a huge spike in people’s interest in them. But more importantly, there has been quite an interest in the compelling stories and artwork of manhwa comics. So here is The Bombay Circle Press’ guide to read manhwa comics this month!
Sweet home by Kim Carnby
Hyun Cha is an eighteen-year-old student who, due to an unfortunate accident, is forced to leave his home and move into a small apartment. After dropping out of school and losing all his dreams and hopes for the future, he plans to take his own life, choosing the date of the cinema preview screening of the latest episode of his favorite series. However, a few days before the scheduled date, a mysterious disease begins to spread among the population, and people begin to transform into…monsters! Could this be just the beginning of Hyun’s true hell?
Light and Shadow by Ryu Hyang, Hee Won
Edna, a maid who disguised herself and married at her master’s behest. She was forced to marry the daughter of a Viscount who disliked Duke Eli, but it was only a matter of time before her identity was discovered. Edna with her charming stubbornness will win over Eli or will they end up being further and further away from each other.
The Greatest Estate Developer by BK_Moon, Lee Hyun-min (adaptor)
Kim Su-ho, a civil engineering student who becomes a noble in a novel. But what? My estate is about to collapse? Then I must save it. By designing, building, and selling. This is the special opportunity the entire continent has been waiting for! Perfect transportation, the best school district, a pleasant forest area, and the one-stop premium estate life await you at the Baronial Frontera Estate.
Annarasumanara by Ha Il-kwon
There are rumors going around town. They say that if you go to the old carnival, you’d see a dashing young man wearing a magician’s hat — a man who has the power to make people disappear from the face of the earth. But before he does any magic, he will look you in the eye, stare at your soul with his grey eyes and ask, “Do you believe in magic?” Yoon Ai, a smart girl in her class, struggles to feed herself and her sister everyday. All she wants is to grow up faster so she can escape poverty and the reality of her miserable life. When she meets the rumored magician in the abandoned carnival, her life changes forever.
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