Shin Shunkaden
The Legend of Chun Hyang
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Shin Shunkaden

Alternative Titles

Synonyms: Shin Shunkaden: A Lunchtime Story, The New Legend of Shunka, Chunyan
Japanese: 新・春香伝
English: The Legend of Chun Hyang
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Type: Manga
Volumes: 1
Chapters: 3
Status: Finished
Published: Oct 20, 1992 to Feb 20, 1994
Genres: Action Action, Adventure Adventure, Fantasy Fantasy, Romance Romance, Supernatural Supernatural
Theme: Historical Historical
Demographic: Josei Josei
Serialization: Serie Mystery
Authors: CLAMP (Story & Art)

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Score: 6.921 (scored by 19011,901 users)
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Ranked: #98702
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Popularity: #5513
Members: 3,688
Favorites: 10

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Preliminary Spoiler
Sep 28, 2007
Mixed Feelings
Unlike most of CLAMP’s works, The Legend of Chun Hyang is a fairly simplistic one-volume manga. While it doesn’t have the depth of their longer series, it’s still worth checking out.

While the manga is based on a Korean folktale, it is, as you would expect from a manga, far from a straight adaptation. The original legend, as the beginning of the manga briefly explains, is about a poor young girl who refuses to marry anybody but the nobleman she loves. In the manga, Chun Hyang is portrayed as one of the few people in a small village who is able to stand up to an ...