Psychological - Page 3

“What are the chances of us becoming a couple? Zero. It’s impossible.” Jung Yihan lost her family in an accident when she was a child and grew up under the care of Han Chioh’s family. As they grow older, she begins living with the “older brother” next door, with whom she has only built up awkwardness... How will their relationship change, as they keep intruding on the feelings they’ve both kept carefully hidden?

“She has no charm when she clings to you. She’s nothing but an empty shell.” At a hotel she visits for a gathering with friends, Han Dajeong runs into her cheating ex-boyfriend. To shake off his shameless persistence, she pretends to be dating a man she happens to meet there—Baek Jundo. At Jundo’s suggestion, the two end up drinking together, and in a moment of impulse, Dajeong spends the night with him. “I could use a drinking partner.” “Honestly… I’m not very fun. I’m stiff and boring.” “Han Dajeong. At the very least—you’ll be fun.” It’s the first night she truly feels every sensation so vividly. Still, Dajeong decides to treat it as nothing more than a one-night lapse. But strangely enough, Jundo’s insomnia disappears whenever he’s with her. After experiencing deep, restful sleep for the first time in ages, he finds himself wanting to see her again. “Save my number. There’s something I want to confirm.” “Listen carefully. You were just a one-night thing to me.” Believing the relationship is over after coldly pushing him away, Dajeong moves on— Until they meet again. “I’m Baek Jundo, the newly appointed chairman of Baekun High School. I look forward to working with you, Nurse Han Dajeong.” Jundo reappears… as the new chairman of the very high school where Dajeong works as a school nurse.

Yeonwoo, a secretary, flees to her hometown of Moksan County to escape the gaslighting and abuse of Vice President Yoonseok. There, she meets Seongheon, the executive director of Seoryang Construction. His heart, once cold as ice, slowly melts and seeps open in the presence of Yeonwoo—who is as warm and gentle as spring itself. Meanwhile, Yoonseok sets out to find Yeonwoo…

“Make sure you wear your collar nicely. So you never lose your way again.” From the beginning, their arranged marriage was never meant to include love. Ah-hyeon hid her long-held feelings, but she never gave up. “I enjoyed how you tried to seduce me just to get pregnant.” All her efforts were shattered and mocked by Yoon Ki-ju. “We should get divorced.” “You’ll never escape me for the rest of your life.” Even her hard-won decision is denied, but Ah-hyeon decides to leave him. There was something she had to protect—no matter what. “Make sure you wear your collar nicely. So you never lose your way again.” But the man ultimately finds her, and this time he fastens an even stronger collar around her— as if he would never let her go.

Gol D. Roger, a man referred to as the "Pirate King," is set to be executed by the World Government. But just before his demise, he confirms the existence of a great treasure, One Piece, located somewhere within the vast ocean known as the Grand Line. Announcing that One Piece can be claimed by anyone worthy enough to reach it, the Pirate King is executed and the Great Age of Pirates begins. Twenty-two years later, a young man by the name of Monkey D. Luffy is ready to embark on his own adventure, searching for One Piece and striving to become the new Pirate King. Armed with just a straw hat, a small boat, and an elastic body, he sets out on a fantastic journey to gather his own crew and a worthy ship that will take them across the Grand Line to claim the greatest status on the high seas. One Piece is the highest selling manga series of all time, with over 430 million copies in circulation as of 2017. Volume 67 of the series currently holds the record for highest first print run of any manga (including books) of all time in Japan, with 4.05 million in 2012. The series was a finalist for the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize three times in a row from 2000 to 2002. In 2012, it won the 41st Japan Cartoonists Association Award Grand Prize, alongside Kimuchi Yokoyama's Neko Darake. VIZ Media has published One Piece in English under the Shonen Jump imprint since January 2, 2003 and in 3-in-1 omnibus editions since December 1, 2009. VIZ Media released three boxed sets for the manga; the first including the first 23 volumes released on November 5, 2013, the second including volumes 24-46 released on November 4, 2014, and the third including volumes 47-70 released on October 4, 2016. The series has also been published in numerous amounts of languages worldwide including; Korean, Malay, Indonesian, Chinese, Thai, Vietnamese, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish, Polish, Turkish, and Russian.

Model Lee Hwi-hyun is, unfortunately, a man suffering from impotence and inexperience. One day, he meets the famous photographer Jung Mi-eul. At first, she seems modest and composed—but the moment the shoot begins, she changes completely, overpowering Hwi-hyun like a predator closing in on its prey. Under Mi-eul’s intense, burning gaze, heat starts to rise within Hwi-hyun, and as someone who finds excitement through the camera lens, Mi-eul herself becomes increasingly aroused as the shoot continues...

Yeon Iseul, the top student in her entire school, suddenly starts seeing people’s true feelings as hashtags floating above them. Then one day, her first love, Seong Shinwoo, attaches a hashtag to her: #Trash_That_Used_To_Be_My_First_Love The old wound of being dumped without knowing the reason is torn open again, and Iseul joins forces with Baek Seol, a guy who hates Shinwoo. Is this revenge, or lingering feelings? This time, who will be the one to get hurt first?

For three years, Ji-hyeok and So-hee lived as a show-window couple, and eventually, they decided to divorce. But then So-hee finds out she is pregnant with Ji-hyeok’s child… Trying to hide her pregnancy, she pushes forward with the divorce, while Ji-hyeok tries to cancel it—causing the two of them to drift apart further. Even after submitting the divorce papers, their relationship doesn’t end. By coincidence, they keep running into each other, and every time, So-hee feels her heart race. Is it because she’s afraid her child will be taken away? Or is it because—within this toxic relationship—lingering affection, or maybe even hate-love, still exists…?

Dan Hiroki, the Chief of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's 1st Investigation Division. An elite among elites with a brilliant career, his hidden face is that of a serial killer who enacts vigilante justice upon sinful villains.

“You wouldn’t want to become a murderer.” On a rainy night, a man stabbed with a knife appears at her door. “You. What the hell are you doing?” “Let me stay here. Just for a few days. Until I have the strength to find another place.” “How can I trust that you won’t hurt me again?” “You’re the one holding the gun.” “Aren’t you worried I might kill you?” “You won’t.” “Because you don’t want to become a murderer.” A man with no expectations left of life, yet still desperately clinging to survival — Chae Soo-ho. In him, Yeon Harin sees the face of someone she thought she had long forgotten, someone she believed she had erased. “…Behave yourself, so I don’t have to clean up a corpse tomorrow morning.” And so, Yeon Harin ultimately decides to let Chae Soo-ho stay within her space. Thus begins a cohabitation with no idea what tomorrow might bring.

Hong Nana, the owner of Ilgwang Laundry. In Suhyang-dong, a neighborhood overflowing with filthy desires, she believed the only person she could trust was Lee Eun-chang. That was, until he used her as collateral for a private loan, emptied the safe, and ran away. Kim Hee-rak, a member of the Chilseong Gang that manages Suhyang-dong, and the owner of the '88 Night' club. In this dull neighborhood, the only thing that interested him was Hong Nana. Just as he was waiting for an opportunity, Lee Eun-chang ran off with the safe. A relationship that began with her body in exchange for the debt. In these dark back alleys where backstabbing is a daily occurrence, is Kim Hee-rak truly a man she can trust?

“Yehee. May I see you again?” Yehee only smiled at the man’s words, without replying. Turning away, she opened the hotel room door without looking back. Click— And standing in front of the open door was… “Looks like you’re pretty angry, my puppy.” With bloodshot eyes, as if he’d been standing guard like a shadow all night, her “puppy” stood there blankly in front of her.