As of yesterday, I am current-ish (through vol 5-there may be more now) with the manhwa 13th Boy.  All I have to say (aside from "Yay!  Girl-bonding!  Weird girl-bonding, but who's complaining?") is that this has every standard shoujo RomCom trope ever (with a bonus talking cactus named Beatrice that turns into a bishounen during the full moon) and ( Read more... )

The second volumes in two shoujo manhwa series that I really shouldn’t like as much as I do, given that both have plots that center around the heroine desperately chasing after a guy who isn’t interested. And yet, I do. Despite staring sternly at Yen Press for what seems to be a certain limitedness in shoujo licensing choices at times.

13th Boy is ( Read more... )

Hee-So believes in fate so strongly that, after falling in love with Won-Jun, a boy in her class, on sight, she decides to confess her feelings for him on national television. He accepts her feelings, but then breaks up with her with no explanation a month later, though he claims that he does it because it’s better for her. Hee-So, however, is ( Read more... )