One Thousand and One Nights, Volumes 1-4 by JinSeok Jeon
books 8-11: One Thousand and One Nights, Volumes 1-4 by JinSeok Jeon
This manhwa series is, as probably expected, based on 1001 Arabian Nights. In a "boys' love" twist, the Shahrazad character is a well-educated boy named Sehara who takes his sister, Dunya's, place in the sultan, Shahryar's, harem. Sehara is trying to save Dunya because the sultan, as in the original stories, has taken to killing the harem girls after spending one night with them. Sehara does not beg for his life but instead offers the sultan stories which bring out truths behind the sultan's own behavior. It is discovered that the sultan was betrayed by his wife, Fatima, who in turn had been in the harem of his father who mysteriously died (some think at the hand of Shahryar). Shahryar could not kill Fatima, so he banished her (it turns out into the arms of his brother). It also is discovered that Shahryar's mother was condemned to death for adultery by his father in front of his eyes based on information Shahryar inadvertently gave him.
This manhwa series is, as probably expected, based on 1001 Arabian Nights. In a "boys' love" twist, the Shahrazad character is a well-educated boy named Sehara who takes his sister, Dunya's, place in the sultan, Shahryar's, harem. Sehara is trying to save Dunya because the sultan, as in the original stories, has taken to killing the harem girls after spending one night with them. Sehara does not beg for his life but instead offers the sultan stories which bring out truths behind the sultan's own behavior. It is discovered that the sultan was betrayed by his wife, Fatima, who in turn had been in the harem of his father who mysteriously died (some think at the hand of Shahryar). Shahryar could not kill Fatima, so he banished her (it turns out into the arms of his brother). It also is discovered that Shahryar's mother was condemned to death for adultery by his father in front of his eyes based on information Shahryar inadvertently gave him.