Dr. Frost

Feb 1, 2015

Zeroskye

Recommended

Preliminary (82/258 chp)

Dr. Frost isn't like most psychological manga nowadays. It has nothing to do with using psychological manipulation to win some sort of game or competition. Instead, it revolves around investigating, explaining, and curing psychological problems like obsessive compulsive disorder and multiple personality disorder. Reading this manga makes you feel as if you’re in a psychology class. All the information is well-detailed and feels like it came straight out of an actual textbook or lecture; from, how they know that the person has a certain disorder to how it affects their lives to how they developed it to how to deal with it. Not a single ... piece of information is left out in the process. You get to fully understand the situation the person is in while simultaneously, learning about the world of psychology.

I never once felt that the manga was getting repetitive. All the arcs are unique. The problems, the symptoms, the back-stories, the solutions, and obviously the people are all different.

At the end of every arc, we either get a chapter called the Psychologist in the Yellow Room or the Psychologist in the White Room or both.

The Yellow Room story is what you’d call a break or intermission. It is a chapter dedicated to comedy and being light-hearted which makes for a nice change in the atmosphere.

The White Room is about our main protagonist, Dr. Frost. In each White Room chapter, we get to know bits of Dr. Frost’s background, a mysterious and central part of the story.

Psychological isn’t the manga’s only genre. There’s drama, comedy, slice-of-life, and even romance, but I would not expect much if I were you. All these genres simply make the story better and are never blown out of proportion.

The art is great. Its beautifully colored & it has nicely drawn backgrounds, objects, and characters. Also reactions and emotions are portrayed very well.

Now, for the characters. Our main protagonist is Dr. Frost. He is known for being intelligent and having an emotionless and rather blunt attitude. A major question of the story is, why is he like that? We, as well many of the characters around him, all want to find the answer. Every so often, we get to see events from his past, so we're slowly putting all of the pieces together. We also get to see him change because of him interacting more. He gradually becomes more sensitive, caring, and so much more. His character development is just well done and enjoyable.

As for his role in each arc, what he does is always pleasant to read. His explanations, deductions, and the lengths he goes to, never fail to keep my attention and bring a smile to my face. It's cool to see a character who is intelligent, but not wise.

The next character is Seong-Ah Yoon, Dr. Frost's assistant. She is competent unlike a lot of female protagonists. She helps Dr. Frost in each arc and sometimes, takes the lead herself. She's not a cry baby nor some hopeless romantic; she can think for herself and merely cares about those around her. She is what every female protagonist should be.

Then, we have Sang-Won Cheon, a mentor and father figure of sorts to Dr. Frost. Your opinion of him changes frequently throughout the story. Sometimes he feels like the main antagonist and other times, he's genuinely helping Dr. Frost. In a nutshell, Sang-Won is a shady yet kind man who you can't just help, but be wary about.

Lastly, we have the characters that Dr. Frost helps. None of them are one-dimensional. They all feel human. In fact, you'll probably relate to a couple of them because there are arcs about much more common problems such as insomnia and anxiety. I'm sure you'll empathize with all of them.

Dr. Frost is the paragon of psychological manga. It's educational and entertaining at the same time. The art, the characters, and their development are magnificent. You will feel all sorts of emotions from happy to sad to creeped out to disgusted to angry. All in all, Dr. Frost is a psychological story done right.

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Jun 1, 2013

missytot

Recommended

Preliminary (Unknown/258 chp)

Since this doesn't have any review yet, i decided to give one. This isn't your typical manga like love comedy style or action fantasy but if you are more into realismc, or have enjoy psychology class or quite curious (like me) to know more about psychology like meaning of gestures, hypnosis, personality disorder etc., then give this manga a shot you can really enjoy reading this while learning so much from it.

I just want to give some emphasize on the genre, the proper genre for this is psychological, comedy, drama, seinen and slice of life. A psychology based manwha, so from there you can expect ...

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Nov 16, 2015

lunaricake

Recommended

Preliminary (15/258 chp)

The overall asset of this web cartoon makes it completely different of others on it's style.

I first saw the dorama based on these series, and I was astounished with the writer's ability ro make the story fluid, without being too obvious about the crime scenario. Then I went to read the comic version, and it was pretty much the same.

The characters, the plot and the environment of the whole story makes this a unique piece, that makes you eager for more from the first chapter to it's last one, and wonder if there is more besides the obvious in each chapter.

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Sep 13, 2020

PandaUwU

Recommended

Preliminary (122/258 chp)

Dr. Frost is a realistic psychological manhwa about people, and what it means to be human. Dr. Frost is a psychologist, who deals with people's mental “problems.” The story is divided into multiple small arcs, each following each of the various clients’ cases. It slowly revealing to the reader and characters Frost’s backstory and who he is. The story flows well, as each case spends a good amount of time for you to understand and sympathize with the characters, while not dragging out the cases. A bit of a problem with the pacing though, is that sometimes when they talk about Frost’s backstory it feels ... a bit out of place, since sometimes they're in somewhat of side episodes rather than being tied into the main story. This occasionally may have you feeling like you have an "outsiders perspective" and not have you engaged enough in the story.

The cases in Dr. Frost are realistic, as the author has a degree in psychology, and they consult other psychologists for details about their cases with clients. It also uses real psychology tests for the correct mental problem. Both the clients and the psychologists feel real and like actual people. You understand the perspectives of both the client and the psychologist, while still feeling like a reader. It also makes you feel like you’re learning something when reading it.

There is a small number of important characters in Dr. Frost, which all of them are psychologists. There is the main protagonist, Dr. Frost, who is the counsellor for most of the cases in this manhwa. He believes that sympathy isn’t needed for cases, and he has a mysterious backstory that is slowly revealed to us.

There’s Frost’s assistant Seong-Ah Yoon, who is someone who is studying psychology. She helps him in the cases and is often used as someone who learns Dr. Frost’s backstory alongside us, so it isn’t pointless exposition.

There is also Sang-Won Cheon. He is the principal of the academy and acts as a sort of a “father figure” for Frost. He is often the person revealing Frost’s backstory to Seong-Ah.

The main antagonist (his name is not mentioned for spoiler reasons) is a direct reflection of Frost. I cannot further talk about this character though, as it will enter spoiler territory.

The art style of Dr. Frost is good. It feels a little more like a soft sketch, rather than “fully drawn art.” Some of the characters' faces do look the same, but the author has recognized this as his inability to draw.

Overall, Dr. Frost is a well-written story about what it means to be human with a realistic cast of both clients and psychologists, but somewhat suffers from a disconnect between the characters and the story.

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Nov 18, 2020

Karinara

Recommended

Preliminary (121/258 chp)

This review is straight from me finishing the first 121 chapters of this manhwa that have been translated to English.

Story:
The story is a collection of cases of psychological consultation. All the cases were different with different outcomes and it can be very well seen that the author of this manhwa, Lee Jong-bum knows what he is doing. Also the story between cases about the main characters is very well written and interesting.
As someone, who has studied psychology (just basics in high school but still) I really loved to see familiar theories and experiments being part of the cases.

Art:
The art style is very similar to other ...

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Nov 9, 2024

owomachine

Recommended

Dr. Frost consist of two parts.

First, it's about a psychologist finding out the problems in people and trying to fix them. These parts are really good. The writer worked with real professionals from the field so it's on the realistic side. As you can see from the other preliminary reviews, reading it is recommended.

Second, with a classic webtoon twist the story drifts away from the original synopsis and takes on a criminal turn. I wasn't fond of these detective plots. There were also some parts about Dr. Frost's character progression but at that point you might just go watch Dr. House. I've waited for years ...

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Apr 19, 2018

NinaGoth

Recommended

Preliminary (121/258 chp)

What? A manwha about counselling? Hell yeah! And it's excellent, I assure you.

This is the story of Nam-Bong Baek (aka Dr. Frost), who had a severe brain injury while he was young and as a result he's unable to experience certain emotions. He decided to study psychology in order to understand himself and comprehend human behavior, so now he's a counsulting psychologist at Yonggang University.

The manwha is highly informative and educational, it provides insight to the most common mental illnesses through relatable stories and the different kinds of therapies available. It also addresses themes as the inexperience of recently graduated counselors, how it's preferable ...

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Nov 2, 2015

SodiumChloride

Recommended

Preliminary (Unknown/258 chp)

Dr Frost is ....... a pretty interesting webtoon .

Unlike many other psychological manga/anime which deal with the MC and his pals trying to outwit their adversaries with genius tactics and batman gambits Dr Frost is different in the sense that it 'actually' deals with psychology .This is a story about a psychologist and his cases .

Story - 9
This webtoon(I'll shorten this to WB) is told in the format of arcs i.e each case usually takes around 4 - 8(some times 10 ) chapters .Minor additions to the overall plot occur at the end of each arc so worrying about stasis is unnecessary .Actual psychological ...

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Dec 8, 2020

Duskive

Recommended

Preliminary (124/258 chp)

Until the end of the first season and the comeback in 2020 it was a very good psychology story. Now I have absolutely no idea what's going on but it's interesting.

MINOR SPOILERS (A HINT)

Its a good book but the 'villain' does not have any explainable motives, just to root out the cause before it grows or to I guess convince others to commit suicide? If you dont like big changes, only read until around chapter 112. But mr. moon becomes an unseeable and kind of annoying character after that. Good news: mc's able to have emotions again even though he physically damaged the emotion-bringer ...

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