tlkjew2's manga / #good characters(4)

Blunder turned wonder

Complete | Caribo | 2000 released

great story - It started off like some dumb and dumber crack-filled comedy. Progresses to some dark past unfolding. Proceeds to 『drive you to an edge and push you off a cliff』of unearthing hidden feelings. And slams you with a heartwarming family chaos. Then bids farewell with a promising future sort of stupid but kind/good-hearted minkyu and his dumbass friends lol, and junghyun is too pure/sweet T_T very pg comedy of misunderstandings minkyu has crush on girl but accidentally asks out guy junghyun instead (turns out is her twin brother but they pretend not to know each other at school because he caused her a lot of trouble by being too pretty) j develops crush on m for telling him to stand up for himself (turns out he actually had a crush on him from before for being bright and outgoing), m is weak to j's pure niceness and agrees to trial dating for 6 months for j to try to win him over, but m breaks up with j because m thinks he's straight, but they communicate(!) and slowly m starts to fall in love, with some drama with psycho from j's past tryig to stir up trouble (that escalates to him pushing m off a cliff?! though eventually his traumatic family past is revealed and he does end up apologizing) and past hurt (j was bullied, is shy) and insecurities and stuff (but also sweet backstory to why j had crush on m in the first place) along the way, ends heartwarming, and they love each other for their personalities(!) and they communicate and care for each other.. a healthy relationship yessss also side couple of m's friends in one-side love and their backstory interwoven with main story (eventually reciprocated) (childhood and family friends, mom got cancer and died and hoyoung supported beom through it, b secretly in love for years before confessing, some drama but eventually decide to slowly see how it goes even if h doesn't return feelings (yet), later story of b's dad considering remarriage and b's difficulty accepting change (but no bad characters, just sad but sweet moving on, both his mom and his new stepmom are good interesting characters) - family - b's dad and future stepmom worry about her making a good impression on b and a bit of drama because they might have to move abroad, conflict between b and dad with dad making unilateral decisions and both of them bottling up how they feel inside, h supports b and stands up for him to his dad and helps him move forward and resolve their issues, b and h relationship found out by stepmom who understands, b makes difficult decision to move with family away from h but h finally realizes feelings and to make long distance relationship work until he comes back) growing up, healthy relationships, funny, heartwarming

Fate Makes No Mistakes

Ongoing | Shin | 2000 released

Eunjae’s been losing sleep from some decidedly disturbing dreams: some kind of otherworldly being keeps having its way with him in the middle of the night. His days are filled with strange coincidences and hours of his day just seem to disappear... Then one night, a man in a strange mask saves him from being hit by a bus. Turns out the strange man isn’t a man at all, but a goblin. It isn’t long before Eunjae’s forced to accept that according to the world of the afterlife, he’s dead. And there’s only one being now that can protect his body and soul from slipping away: San, the goblin. really interesting unique supernatural fantasy mystery plot set in modern world. fleshed out interesting characters, worldbuilding, mystery, good art with unique character designs eunjae is being preyed on? by some mystery monster called hwan?, is a webtoon artist who's lost inspiration, loves his dog who died, has depression - traumatic past?, san is told by geumsun to specifically kill? the ghost targeting him for some reason but instead san ends up saving him but his death gets put on the official death record (though he's alive) so now san has to stay with him to protect him from ghosts that would try to take over him since his soul and body are now looser from each other/it's now easy for him to die and have his soul knocked out and become a ghost san - goblin, good/sweet, fan of eunjae's webtoon, goblins need to feed on yang energy from humans regularly (get it best through fluids/sex) but he doesn't force eunjae (consent!) - otherwise can only get yang energy from illegal pills made from reaper blood, mystery past as he lost his memory 20 years ago (704, geumsun, and yama know why but won't tell him and 704 seems guilty about it) (doesn't know reason for his name or symbols on him though goblin names are tied to important object of power for them?), used to live with geumsun since g had to transfer energy to him after accident - s doesn't crave yang energy though goblins are supposed to, and is now scared to go out by himself/lonely 704 - reaper, very protective? of san for some reason, complicated relationship with geumsun - reluctantly gives his body for sex/yin energy to g to get illegal pills for san / other reasons? geumsun = another goblin, was pretending to be human coworker to eunjae from before for some reason, complicated relationship with 704 - makes 704 wear his reaper blindfold when they have sex and seems to dislike him? but maybe secretly opposite?/possessive over 704, mysterious motivations, also seemed to have made mysterious deal with yama even though he hates him regarding eunjae's death record/that ghost that possessed him yama - king of underworld, also mysterious motivations

On or Off

Complete | A1 | 2000 released

Yiyoung is building a startup with his college friends. They get a chance to present their proposal to SJ Corporation, one of the leading companies in the country. But in the meeting room he sees Kang Daehyung, the extremely handsome company big shot that's so very much his type, and Yiyoung's heart starts to race...! Can pretty-faced Yiyoung win both in love and his career? Interesting fleshed out non caricature characters not only romance focused, career and supportive friendship and great side characters including their pov, lots of hilarious moments, slow burn and plot, mostly sweet and a bit silly and quirky, frank sex once it happens with funny moments and a bit of kink exploration but not focus mostly is comedy and friendship relationship career , great small details like the importance of friendships and balancing career and personal life and supportive friends no conflict coming out as gay/bi and accepting embracing weird personality quirks etc

Love Me Doctor!

Complete | Ana | 2019 released

manly sporty uke bi college student with girlfriend (at first) has erectile dysfunction x sexually promiscuous gay urologist doctor active in gay club scene who doesn’t believe in love, surprisingly less one-dimensional cliche than it sounds - frank discussion of medical sexual health erectile dysfunction anal sex mild kink sexuality, don’t get together immediately - doctor interested in straightforward honest student but is professional (at first) during treatment and pursues slowly outside of doctor patient relationship while student gets aroused from prostate stimulation and at first oblivious to docs advances and his own crush slowly realises feelings for doc cute gets flustered easily , somewhat slow burn humour somewhat realistic slice of life sweet healthy relationship - once start dating doc leads student slowly explores expands sex horizons + honest communication student sincere and earnest to a fault wears heart on sleeve while doc more reserved and jaded mature considerate balance each other well characters not one dimensional includes work school life friendship side couple student‘s best friend in former unrequited love decided to stay as friend x another student friend who confesses feelings for him , some light? drama with docs exes/friends from promiscuous past that he’s trying to hide from student but they get involved anyway and student pushover insecurity, surprise reveal fox was actually the tutor student had first crush on as teen and fooled around with briefly but dumped him, finds out and doc apologises but student breaks up with him pain different definitions of love situations reversed now student stood up for self and doc pining in love now character growth communication get back together happy end vanilla relationship Due to the pressure of pleasing his girlfriend, at his young age KangHyuk can’t get it up. Eventually, he discovers a urology clinic. There he meets the so-called “godhand” of urology, Han Yoojun, a bonafide gay doctor. “If you get an erection, go ahead and masturbate ”. Using love counseling as an excuse, Yoojun continues to pursue Kang Hyuk. But, touching him gently while drinking beer they talk looking eye to eye and while smiling softly he says “Doc, you’re too kind”.