Non-generic Manhwa
The era of the anonymous hero has ended, and the world's protectors—the Magical Girls—now live their lives in near celebrity status. But it turns out these protectors are really school bullies in their everyday lives. One day, a new, never-before-seen Magical Girl appears with a proclamation of war against the original Magical Girls! With imagery reminiscent to your favorite planetary protectors, Miss Guillotine promises nostalgic visuals with a dark premise. (Source: Lezhin Comics)
In a world ravaged by war, a young boy walks down a lonely road in the aftermath of his mother's death. Along his journey, he witnesses military tanks, dead bodies, and his beloved city in ruins. With eyes clouded by anguish, he pushes himself to keep moving forward. One morning, he meets a girl in an abandoned bus where he spent the night. Moments after their encounter, the area turns into a battlefield, and the pair escapes into a long abandoned lane. The two strangers decide to walk together to the end of the road, thus beginning a companionship that will ignite new hope inside their shriveled hearts. [Written by MAL Rewrite]
There is nowhere that Seon Jin can find solace. At school, he is ruthlessly bullied due to his unsettlingly quiet nature and weak appearance. However, this is not the source of Jin's insurmountable terror: the thing that he fears more than anything else is his own father. To most, Jin's father is a successful businessman, good samaritan, and doting parent. But that is merely a facade; in truth, he is a deranged serial killer—and Jin is his unwilling accomplice. For years, they have been carrying out this ruse with the police being none the wiser. However, when his father takes an interest in the pretty transfer student Yoon Kyun, Jin must make a decision—be the coward who sends her to the gallows like all the rest, or be the bastard of a son who defies his wicked parent. [Written by MAL Rewrite]
In a place between somewhere and nowhere, a man who calls himself "God" awaits people on the verge of death. He meets the good, the bad, and everyone in between, and allows them to reflect on their lives. Some require comfort, while others repent or regret their actions. God provides a fair judgment to all before they can pass on to the other side. Life waits for no one. Still, people take living for granted while they are still in this world. But all men must die when their time comes. Philosophical and thought-provoking, About Death looks into concepts of life and death through the various experiences of dying people and their individual encounters with God. [Written by MAL Rewrite]
The man with the hand of God starts the scrub battle to become the best bath coordinator. (Source: MU)
There is a rumor that a magician lives in the tent by the abandoned theme park; some even say his magic is real. However, before he starts his show, he always asks his audience: "Do you believe in magic?" For Yoon Ah-ee, magic seems like a distant memory. Faced with the harsh reality of poverty, she spends all her time studying, working, and taking care of her younger sister in the absence of their parents. She no longer believes in the wonders of magic, just like her skeptical classmate Na Il-Deung, who has been brought up to believe that a good education is the only way to approach life. When Ah-ee stumbles into the abandoned theme park and has a chance encounter with the magician, her life is changed forever. Annarasumanara reveals a philosophical, heartwarming, and thought-provoking story of what it means to grow up into the person you want to be. [Written by MAL Rewrite]
Ellios, fiancée of the powerful man of the city, Samos, ran away to Athens with the true love, Frontis. Therefore, the powerful man of Samos, Yadmon, brought his soldiers to Athens to kill Ellios and Frontis and takes Aesop, the son of Ellios and Frontis, for their slave (Source: LINE Webtoon)
In an old abandoned house at a small city, lives a girl alone. Men often go see her with presents. In this same town lives a boy who dreams of being a hero. When they meet, the wheels of fate gonna turn for both of them and for all those involved with Hwaja.
The Color of Earth tells of the daily lives and about the world of two generations of Korean women. Sometime in the past, in a quiet rural village of Namwon, Ehwa lives with her mother, a widowed tavern keeper. They are best friends and tell each other many secrets. The story is filled with flowers and rain. In beautiful black and white drawings and poetic language we watch Ehwa growing up. As each spring passes she learns about her changing body and begins to learn about life. As Ehwa grows, her mother, left alone at young age, rediscovers love. (Source: graphicnovelschallenge.blogspot.com)
Yoon Jongwoo, a country boy, comes to Seoul and boards at a goshiwon—a small, cheap room for rent, usually taken out by poor students. This is the tale of his strange encounters at this goshiwon. (Source: MU)
A webtoon writer, Songshin Ha, lives in the apartment, at the top of the hill, that has serious problem with neighbor's noise; and he desperately wants to solve the problem with his neighbors. (Source: LINE Webtoon)
Danzi, 31, has been living alone now for around 10 months when a sudden call from her mother brings back memories of why she moved out in the first place. In her eponymous comic, Danzi uses her personal diaries to recount her experience growing up with two brothers and emotionally abusive parents. An instant hit in South Korea, this comic confronts issues such as sexism and domestic violence in a way that's inviting, albeit heartbreaking. (Source: Lezhin Comics)
A story about a cursed gatekeeper of an old castle who can't warn people coming in about a demon master even if he wishes to.
Captain Kwang-nam Jang of guard tribe who safeguards the city. After he passes away from mysterious car accident, stories unfold in this life and the next. (Source: Naver)
Sang, once the little boy too afraid to jump into the lake with the older children, comes back home a brave new man—a huntsman, to be exact. It's only after reuniting with his friend Sejin, the shaman's daughter, that he notices a black shadow has been following him... The experience reminds him that there are spirits that walk amongst us, and not always in the dark. (Source: Lezhin Comics)
A world where machines yearn to understand and become humans and where one human seeks to become as strong and indestructible as these machines. A jam-packed action SF that will blow your mind away. (Source: Lezhin Comics)
Death is usually the end. But for Erik, who finds himself revived after a fatal betrayal, it's just the beginning. Together with Moll, the mysterious girl who brought him back from the dead, the two embark on a journey seeking revenge and salvation. (Source: Manta)
The revered Swordmaster Hoss sets out to defeat the formidable Shell Dragon! But when people find his cold dead body amidst the remains of a fierce battle, they make a shocking new discovery. Now, with monster hunters discovering new ways to utilize their spoils for more private (?) pleasures, a bizarre sexual hype sweeps through the lands—and Cheong, as innocent as she is, must make her way through this mess. Join Cheong as she embarks on her raunchy new adventure! (Source: Lezhin Comics)
When the gentler pace and stillness of the countryside replace the roar of the city, but your editor keeps calling. With gorgeously detailed yet minimal art, cartoonist Yeon-Sik Hong explores his move with his wife to a small house atop a rural mountain, replacing the high-rent hubbub of Seoul with the quiet murmur of the country. With their dog, cats, and chickens by their side, the simple life and isolation they so desperately craved proves to present new anxieties. Hong paints a beautiful portrait of the Korean countryside, changing seasons, and the universal relationships humans have with each other as well as nature, both of which are sometimes frustrating but always rewarding. (Source: Drawn and Quarterly)
The Waiting is the fictional story of Gwija, told by her novelist daughter Jina. When Gwija was 17 years old, after hearing that the Japanese were seizing unmarried girls, her family married her in a hurry to a man she didn't know. Japan fell, Korea gained its independence, and the couple started a family. But peace didn't come. The young family of four fled south. On the road, while breastfeeding and changing her daughter, Gwija was separated from her husband and son. Then seventy years passed. Seventy years of waiting. Gwija is now an elderly woman and Jina can't stop thinking about the promise she made to help find her brother. (Source: Drawn & Quarterly)
A 26-year-old man's life is turned upside down when he is diagnosed with terminal stomach cancer. As he struggles with the pain of his treatment and the realization that he never truly lived, he retreats into his imagination, to a magical forest where answers and miracles can be found. (Source: Spottoon)
Madang is an artist and new father who moves to a quiet home in the countryside with his wife and young baby, excited to build a new life full of hope and joy, complete with a garden and even snow. But soon reality sets in and his attention is divided between his growing happy family and his impoverished parents back in Seoul in a dingy basement apartment. With an ailing mother in and out of the hospital and an alcoholic father, Madang struggles to overcome the exhaustion and frustration of trying to be everything all at once: a good son, devoted father, and loving husband. To cope, he finds himself reminiscing about their family meals together, and particularly his mother's kimchi, a traditional dish that is prepared by the family and requires months of fermentation Memories of his mother's glorious cooking—so good it would prompt a young Madang and his brother into song—soothe the family. With her impending death, Madang races to learn her recipes and bring together the three generations at the family table while it's still possible. A beautiful and thoughtful meditation on how the kitchen and communal cooking—both past, present and future—bind a family together amidst the inevitable. (Source: Drawn and Quarterly)
The peculiar story of a writer, a boy, their pets, a hitman, and some old wizard... and just when you thought you had it figured out... Ale, a man of high reputation among those in the Dark Arts is hired by a famous horror novelist who goes by the name of Nero. Their first meeting is a bit awkward. Nero finds himself in a bit of a predicament. The body that once was his (whether he liked it or not) is no longer his, but this isn't your typical transformation story. The entire world is transforming around them. What seemed like a simple solution spirals into this tangled plot. Supernatural forces are at play. The Dark Arts, will they be friend or foe? Well, what don't you understand? (Source: Tapas Media)
This story tells you the value and importance of family; it will also remind you of the happiness and sadness, joys and sorrows of childhood. (Source: LINE Webtoon)
Lily and Nino are old friends, and polar opposites. The gorgeous Nino, clothes shop owner and babe magnet, demands the spotlight, while overweight workaholic Lily hides in his shadow. After ten years, the cracks in their friendship are becoming chasms. But what brought them together in the first place? And will their friendship hold firm as the secrets of the past become revealed? (Source: Lezhin Entertainment)
An anthology of sci-fi/space stories by various authors.
"Today, we die." Four young women have gathered at a guesthouse to commit group suicide. Equipped with strong rope, a playlist, and apathy for life, Yeon and her friends seem to have a foolproof plan. Yet when they finally meet Death, Death rejects them and takes away their right to self-extermination. They may regain that right under one condition: they must retrieve someone who escaped Death at the same guesthouse years ago. The thing is, that person now lives in a prison. (Source: Lezhin Entertainment)
Yubi leads the action-packed life of a legendary martial artist on the hunt for her father's killer. Shinwoo is the aloof teen heartthrob with a heart of gold who's searching for his leading lady. As heroes of their own respective genres, their destinies are seemingly set in stone. But when their worlds collide in a miraculous twist of fate, the two team up to stray from the paths originally laid out for them. Now, they'll have to mix tropes of both the action and romance genres to battle assassins, terminal illnesses, and unnecessary love triangles. As they enter each other's worlds and come to understand the struggles of one another, will these lost protagonists be able to overcome the odds and make it to their happily ever after? (Source: Tappytoon)