ladyjlb's manga / #Shoujo(274)

Ch 05 as of 10/10/22 ** also on Tapas - International Island High School (IIHS): - This prestigious private school is an elite institution located on a small island in international waters away from the Korean mainland. The students fly back to the mainland on weekends. - The top 1% of gifted students in South Korea attend IIHS. - IIHS graduates are employed by top global companies. - All of the students live in dormitories. They’re assigned different rooms each quarter according to their rank. Use of the school facilities is included in the dorm fees. Each dorm uses different facilities. - Ranks are determined by a student’s family background, academic grades and popularity votes. - Internal student hierarchy and ranking system: - 1. Summa Cum Laude - 2. Magna Cum Laude - 3. Dorm Cum Laude - 4. Satus Laudis - 5. Apodekae In Laude - Students get penalty points for violating the rules. - A student is expelled if they have too many penalty points. - Kang Doha, transferred to IIHS in her senior year. - improve her future prospects - Her non-identical twin sister is confined to a wheelchair. She’s one of many Rowoon fans. - The twins were born with magic birthstones. If they have their birthstone, they can talk to each other with their minds. - Doha wears her birthstone as a pendant on a necklace. - Her sister wears the birthstone as an earring. - The Kang family have these super powers but remain poor and unsuccessful (?) - Yura, Doha’s friend who lives next door (in the dorms). - Lee Rowoon, the richest and most popular student at IIHS. - His father is President of the Haesung Group, one of the top 10 financial groups in the world (Forbes). - Ha Theo was considered ugly as a child so he was unpopular and an outcast. He’s grown up to look like a prince now. He was in kindergarten with Rowoon when they were 7yo. - His family has a restaurant business. - Leo, Theo’s black cat - Director of IIHS - Doha observes Rowoon at school. She thinks he’s self-centred, inconsiderate, thoughtless, insensitive and clueless about girls. - Rowoon isn’t a bad person. He’s just used to existing in a bubble where everyone agrees with him, so he isn’t aware of his flaws. He’s oblivious to other people and believes everything he is told. - If he had no money, status or fame, his world would fall apart. - After trying (and failing) to see Rowoon at a cafe that his best friend goes to every weekend, Doha’s sister unknowingly left her birthstone earring behind when it got caught in her hair. Rowoon arrives at the cafe later and finds the earring. He likes the look of it and puts it on himself. - When Doha communicates using her mind with who she thinks is her sister, somehow Rowoon can hear her. Doha calls him an idiot who has everyone fooled by his looks. - Rowoon soon realised Doha is the voice in his mind. He sees her and runs after her. Doha is helped by Theo who hides her from Rowoon.

More shoujo than josei. Too cutesy. Rate 3.5 FL was a pure hearted idiot. Kind of annoying. ML’s best friend was the greatest (crossdressing) wingman.

Ch 35 as of 22/09/23 - very light and fluffy, bit cliched

Ch 07 as of 09/12/23 - also on Tapas - FL seems to be weak and frail after she’s sent to ML. I’ll drop this if she continues to be this way. ** lost interest. DROPPED

Ch 12 as of 03/03/24 - ok so far, some bits missing - lost interest. Dropped