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If you love reading and Korean culture, you've probably heard of or read some manhwa. Manhwa is the Korean version of manga (Japanese comics or graphic novels), focusing on Korean concepts and culture. Being able to see images while reading adds another element you don't get with traditional novels! Let's jump into romance manhwa you should add to your reading list.
Kill Me, Kiss Me (K2)
Originally published by Daewon C.I. and renamed Kill Me, Kiss Me in English by Tokyopop, this five-volume manhwa follows two identical cousins, Taeyeon and Jung-woo. Tomboy Taeyeon has a crush on a male model named Kun, so she plans to swap places with her cousin for a week to win Kun's heart. A fun romantic comedy with a twist or two.
What's Wrong With Secretary Kim?
By Jung Kyung-yoo (2013), this mega-hit was adapted by KakaoPage into a webtoon and later a hit Kdrama with Park Seo-joon and Park Min-young. Youngjoon, the handsome, narcissistic VP of a big corporation, suddenly faces his perfect secretary Miso deciding to quit, and love evolves as he tries to stop her from leaving.
Snow Drop
Created by Choi Kyung-ah, this twelve-volume series is one of Korea's most popular sunjeong titles. After her mother's death, So-na transfers to a new high school where she meets Hae-gi and the two become inseparable, until their families' disapproval and secrets from the past threaten to break them apart.
Model
A seven-volume supernatural romance about Jae, an art student in Europe determined to become a great artist. When a beautiful, mysterious man named Michael, who turns out to be a vampire, enters her life, her desire to paint his portrait puts her in a dangerous, suspenseful situation.
My Loveable Fatty
By Lee Hee Yeong, this five-volume romantic comedy follows Dong San, a chubby girl who returns to Korea and stumbles upon mysterious medicine that can change a person's characteristics, even into their ideal look. She thinks she hit the jackpot, but learns some things are too good to be true.
A Business Proposal
Originally the web novel The Office Blind Date by HaeHwa, published as a webtoon by KakaoPage in 2018 and adapted into a beloved Kdrama with Ahn Hyo-seop and Kim Se-jeong. Ha-ri goes on a blind date pretending to be someone else, only to discover her date is Taemu, her company's hot new CEO, who proposes they keep playing pretend.
Taming Through Kisses
A fifteen-volume comedic love story about tough girl Dayeon, who rescues an unconscious boy only to be thanked with a kiss. Things heat up when a new transfer student, Oh Yuk, turns out to be that boy. Will he tame the wild Dayeon, or be won over by her strength?
Where to buy manhwa online? Find romance manhwa book sets at The Daebak Company!
