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"Get on your back like a dog. I'll use you properly." Web novels are her life and truth. And among them, dark/angst-filled stories are her love. It was perhaps natural that Maeng Hae-eun was captivated by Nam Ju-gang, who was the spitting image of the male lead from her novel. An executive of a powerful, shadowy organization, disguised as a corporation. Tall, with broad shoulders and thick muscles. Even his cold way of speaking and charisma. To capture her dream ideal type, Hae-eun decides to become the female lead in a dark/angst-filled novel. ©Chamishop, Jjeong-i (Original: Gudgi)/Metatoon
This time, I’ll survive no matter what! I was South Korea’s top assassin, betrayed and killed by the only one I trusted. If I were to be born again, I wished to trust no one, and live a life far away from assassinations. “Wha?!” Suddenly, I was reincarnated as a baby princess in a Joseon-era novel?! “Babies often die just by being laid face down. We don’t even have to do anything.” And right after birth, I was already facing assassination threats— as an abandoned princess! ‘I won’t let myself be assassinated this time!’ Can I really survive in this palace where blood winds blow? Original Novel:
A small spider interrupts the life of a despondent author. Originally published in flowers! 2017 Fall Supplement issue.
Lilian, who dreams of becoming a novelist, leaves the countryside for the city. As she shows her work to Edward, a renowned, established author, the two fall into a romantic relationship. Before long, Lilian learns that Edward has been publishing her writing under his own name. Swayed by his promise that he would let her debut as an author once she was recognized by the public, she continues day after day, writing as Edward's ghostwriter. Yet Lilian begins to doubt that life. One day, at the library, she picks up a book-only to find that it depicts Lilian's current life exactly as it is. Worse still, it ends with Edward joining forces with his mistress and murdering Lilian ...
“Sir Cedric Edelgard… sleep with me.” Lilian, a holy maiden, decides to put an end to her seventeen-year-long unrequited love by having Cedric’s child—and directly asks him to sleep with her. Cedric, who is about to become a priest, tries to dismiss her, claiming she must be possessed by a demon. But her relentless insistence gradually throws him into confusion. “I will accept… your offer.” After the night they spend together, Lilian transfers far away as if running from something. Left behind, Cedric’s sanity begins to crack— and his obsession and madness toward her start to erupt…
“I, Lee Myojin, was born to live for Assemblyman Tae Jeong-hwan’s household.” After Tae Jeong-hwan, Minister of Land and Infrastructure, disturbs a family burial ground, a terrible curse befalls the household. To protect the family’s eldest grandson, Tae Yu-gang, a young girl is raised in secret deep in the mountains at Sayundang—as a living talisman to absorb misfortune. “Whether you like it or not, I will pull you out of this hell.” Twenty-three years later, to the now-grown Yu-gang, she has become a cruel destiny— one he wants to keep by his side, even if he has to preserve her like a specimen.
“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.
At sixteen years old, Saki was violated by her father. Mai has been abused by her mother since childhood. Both longed for death, unable to find meaning in life in the world they were thrust into. After meeting on the street, they take a drive to the sea together in a car stolen from Saki's father, until... (Source: Big Comic Superior, translated) Notes: - Winner of the Special Jury Award 'Asano Inio Award' in the 2nd Big Comic Superior Next Generation Newcomer Manga Awards. - Published in Big Comic Superior (Digital edition exclusive) 2023 #4 issue .
In his school days, Baek Kiho was an easy target, overweight, quiet, and even cursed with a name that classmates mocked as “Piggy Ho.” Years of relentless bullying drove him to drop out, leaving only scars and shame behind. But time changes everything. Kiho shed the weight, changed his name to Heeseong, and built a new life where no one could recognize the boy he once was. Then fate delivers an unexpected blow: his first love, Cheon Bokyeong, reappears. The very same Bokyeong who once despised him now approaches warmly, unable to connect Heeseong with the outcast she knew in the past. Torn between the longing he still feels and the terror of exposing his past, Heeseong hides the truth and lets their fragile relationship grow. But secrets have a way of surfacing and for Heeseong, the fear of losing both love and dignity weighs heavier than ever.
Itsuki Haine illustrates the hit manga "Tokyo Crime." While working on the series with its mysterious author, Kalon, he stumbles upon a chilling fact... "a real murder has unfolded exactly as in their storyboard." From that instant, doubt and dread toward Kalon begin to consume him...
