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Summary: Falling in Love with Manhwa
Review: As the review below explains, this is Korean manga called manhwa, and increasingly popular. There are so many manhwa's that have been translated now it's great that we get to experience a new taste in manga art! I've now read so many manga's and manhwa's it is absolutely sick and probably the reason that I have now become one. Snow Drop is one of my current favourite series. The first explanation I read about this series said it was a Romeo and Juliet type story. It isn't really, which makes me glad. The two main character, Hae-gi and So-na are youths with problems, troubled pasts that they have not come to terms with and set them appart from other kids. The two high-schoolers find kindred spirits in each other and fall deeply in love, but they have many obsticles to over come. For one, So-na the rich daughter of a politician and Hae-gi is a poor nobody. Other people also try to split them appart, but they cling together and it seems that perhaps something surprising in their pasts also link them together...
My fav character's in this story are actually the side character, Jang Ha-da and Oh Ko-mo; So-na's childhood friend and Hae-gi's crossdressing brother respectively.
Fun and sweet, you will like Snow Drop's lyrical story and hip art.
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Summary: Its better then the cover lets you know....
Review: This is not Japanese manga, but rather it is from Korea. And instead of being called manga, it is called "manhwa". But either way its quality stuff.! Personally, this is my first Korean manga or "manhwa", and I very much enjoyed it. It was a little hard to get into at first. Mostly because the drawing style was different, a little more crude then I'm used to. Not bad drawings, it just seemed less glossy, more gritty. But I believe that was the artist intention, and if that's so, they succeeded marvelously. The back cover claims that it is a Rome & Julietesque style romance. Which I believe is a pretty decieving description of this book. Let me give you a run-down of some of what happens in Vol. 1: We meet So-na a (rich)girl whom has quit school so that she can take care of her nursery full time. It is the only thing in her life that really matters to her. Each flower is special to her, and has a special meaning. But then her father forces her into attending school again when he threatens to destroy her nursery. :( Her friend Ha-da whom also quit school is being forced to go back. As soon as they get there Ha-da announces to the class that he is the *coolest* person there and what-not. Then they take seats and So-na ends up sitting next to the quiet pretty boy "Hae-gi". He is unfriendly and fairly rude, but when he sees So-na covering for someone at a floral shop when he comes in to purchase some flowers, he finds her attractive, but also annoying as she goes on and on about the meaning of flowers and such. And this establishes the conflict, she now sees him as haughty and stuck-up, and he sees her as a prissy flower-obsessed girl. Bur when Ha-da comes up with a plan to get Hae-gi back So-na is determined to make sure it works out, her plan works, but then quickly backfires. There is a lot more to it then that, but I don't want to give the whole thing away, I just wanted to give you a taste of what the this volume is really like, it hasn't really got any romance in it, but it seems quite probable there will be some in Volume 2. So, I guess, since this was my first Manhwa and I *enjoyed* it quite a bit, then you may to whether or not you've read Manhwa before. The characters are strong, the plot is familiar, but still good and holds interest, and its good enough for me to want Vol. 2. So *Enjoy* & God Bless ~Amy
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Summary: Its better then the cover lets you know....
Review: This is not Japanese manga, but rather it is from Korea. And instead of being called manga, it is called "manhwa". But either way its quality stuff.! Personally, this is my first Korean manga or "manhwa", and I very much enjoyed it. It was a little hard to get into at first. Mostly because the drawing style was different, a little more crude then I'm used to. Not bad drawings, it just seemed less glossy, more gritty. But I believe that was the artist intention, and if that's so, they succeeded marvelously. The back cover claims that it is a Rome & Julietesque style romance. Which I believe is a pretty decieving description of this book. Let me give you a run-down of some of what happens in Vol. 1: We meet So-na a (rich)girl whom has quit school so that she can take care of her nursery full time. It is the only thing in her life that really matters to her. Each flower is special to her, and has a special meaning. But then her father forces her into attending school again when he threatens to destroy her nursery. :( Her friend Ha-da whom also quit school is being forced to go back. As soon as they get there Ha-da announces to the class that he is the *coolest* person there and what-not. Then they take seats and So-na ends up sitting next to the quiet pretty boy "Hae-gi". He is unfriendly and fairly rude, but when he sees So-na covering for someone at a floral shop when he comes in to purchase some flowers, he finds her attractive, but also annoying as she goes on and on about the meaning of flowers and such. And this establishes the conflict, she now sees him as haughty and stuck-up, and he sees her as a prissy flower-obsessed girl. Bur when Ha-da comes up with a plan to get Hae-gi back So-na is determined to make sure it works out, her plan works, but then quickly backfires. There is a lot more to it then that, but I don't want to give the whole thing away, I just wanted to give you a taste of what the this volume is really like, it hasn't really got any romance in it, but it seems quite probable there will be some in Volume 2. So, I guess, since this was my first Manhwa and I *enjoyed* it quite a bit, then you may to whether or not you've read Manhwa before. The characters are strong, the plot is familiar, but still good and holds interest, and its good enough for me to want Vol. 2. So *Enjoy* & God Bless ~Amy
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