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I started reading the manga because of liking the anime a lot, and the manga was very enjoyable and fulfilling in more Here Is Greenwood greatness. There are a lot of funny moments, but then sometimes there are some moments that are a bit more touching. Occasionally there's moments of characters referencing the fact that they're in a manga and such, and other times there's an "appearance" by mangaka talking about the story. I usually don't like that kind of thing in manga/anime but it works well here.

The setting (usually) of school's dorm and the interactions between all the characters are ... interesting. But then of course the residents of the dorm aren't usually very normal, the main characters of them being Hasukawa, Mitsuru, Shinobu, Shun, and a guy that carries his motorcycle. Okay, the last one isn't a main character except for a few various chapters and makes appearances, but he's always fun to mention. Hasukawa can be a bit weak at times as well as taken advantage of or misled easily, but he's also kind, can be fast, and over time grows more. Shun, his roommate, has an interesting aspect and can be pretty amusing as well. Mitsuru, the head resident, pretty much tortures Hasukawa constantly and is the "pretty" one all the girls/women are after and has miraculous healing abilities in his face. Shinobu is the class president whom shares a close yet intricate relationship with Mitsuru and can be cold and calculating, as well as being the most feared by all students.

The artwork is pretty good (maybe an understatement). There's interesting storylines; advancing things with Hasukawa's brother and first love, stories involving the main characters and get to see some backstories, as well as a bit of science fiction or fantasy type sidestories, and of course a bit of ghost stories what with it being a school sometimes taking place in summer. The characters and stories about them are pretty interesting and can easily draw you in making you wonder what happens with them next or had happened to them in the past. There are also times where there will be a problem or some outside character or force is trying to cause a problem and the main characters will skillfully (and sometimes not as skillfully) resolve the matter.
The series is probably even better than I make it sound and so should at least be given a look if there's a chance to.

There are only two bad things I can think of about it. The first being the major of the two, and that being the fact that every once in a while a bit of text will disappear off the edge of the page. The version I read was the Viz American release. The words having that problem aren't in bubbles and are usually easy enough to figure out what it's supposed to say, though. The other is that I wish there was a bit more to happen between some characters toward the end of the series, but that's just a personal wish. Nothing's left unresolved with them exactly, just would've liked to have seen more.

A great and fun series, it's based on the same online writings as the Korean movie of the same name. Some of the events that happen are as they happen in the movie, while others aren't in the movie but are in the online writings. Since the movie is one of my favorites, I had to give the manhwa a try. It was very much as enjoyable as the movie was.

Geon-woo is pretty nice and sincere in his efforts of healing the girl's heart, but he can have his moments of course of...thinking like a guy? But he knows ... better and controls himself. The girl - whom isn't really named - can be rather demanding of Geon-woo and sometimes sinister in her plots. However at the same time she has kind of a sadness or vulnerability deep down that can sometimes also be seen. There are some random other characters that appear at times, but they're the two main ones.

As for the artwork, the series is in full color and doesn't exactly have the "usual manga look" which kind of took a little to get used to at first, but wasn't hard to and is still pretty good. At times when Geon-woo or sometimes other characters get mischievous and such, they're drawn with a bit more of a comical look to them. There's a little bit of a running theme of "toilet humor" and throwing up at one point which I'm not as into but it's not really all that bad or anything. Overall the art is good and seems fitting for the series and its style.

There's a downside, but it's not really about the series itself. Just the fact that after the first five volumes the series was dropped by the people releasing it and there haven't been any new volumes since 2005. As well as there seeming to be no plans of any more of it to be released which can be frustrating, of course. But never the less it's a great and very enjoyable series that is still very much worth giving a chance to read.