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My Manhwa List (2021) Part 7

I sometimes put those that are considered as webtoons in my list ‘cause technically they’re also manhwas >.> hope everyone’s doing okay and get vaccinated when it’s available to you!

The Demonic Contract

Source: https://copincomics.com/?c=toon&k=185

Description:

Yurisina, the daughter of the demon king, has always wanted to become a full-fledged demon by making her first contract with a human. That’s when Princess Marianne of the Pedin Kingdom summoned her to take revenge on Queen Orphelius who poisoned her, and asks Yurisina to live in her place…

THOUGHTS & WHY YOU SHOULD READ

- art = 5/5 top-tier

- plot = …./5

- the demon contract thing is interesting but I guess that’s exactly why I was like uhmm ??? the following chaps

- it has potential so I’m sticking around though

- ML is a sword maniac literally lmao

- the MC is cute 

- the comedy feels force sometimes or idk if it’s just me 

- the demon kind is awesome that’s all

- and the 2nd ML (?) steals me from the ML every time he appears like how could someone be that beautiful!! Dibs!

- verdict: I got a mixed emotions about it and I’m tempted to just drop and forget it ever existed but the potential is there and it’s getting interesting with the recent chaps. You be the judge!

Like Wind on a Dry Branch

Source: https://www.webtoons.com/en/fantasy/like-wind-on-a-dry-branch/list?title_no=2405

Description:

As plague and turmoil afflicts the empire, enchanting widow Rieta Tristi finds herself at the mercy of a malicious nobleman and his dying wish to have her buried alive beside his corpse. The plague has taken her husband, slave traders have taken her young child, and now her own life is at risk – until an unexpected visit from the empire’s outcast prince changes everything.

THOUGHTS & WHY YOU SHOULD READ

- art = 5/5 gorgeous!!

- plot = 5/5

- basically this story is a blessing

- the dialogue, the monologue, the characters, everything everything is perfect

- a gem

- GIRL POWER!!

- ML is a feminist no doubt

- I love him and I love the MC and I love them all

- the villain/s is/are top-tier! they’re not dumby and they’re just e.v.i.l that it makes you want to crush them so they’re effective

- the MC’s development is a must watch!

- I just love this honestly. It’s a gem.

- Verdict: one of the best reads of my 2021!

The Villainous Princess Wants to Live in a Cookie House  

Description:

I thought I’d been reincarnated as a child from a dirt poor home…

“I’m here to pick up Anastasia, the imperial grandchild, Her Highness!”

…It seems I’ve possessed the body of the princess who, in the ‘original novel’, craved power, only to meet a tragic end.

To demonstrate that I was not interested in power, and to fulfil a dream of being a pâtissier that I could not achieve in my past life, I only baked sweets with the help of a contracted spirit.

You’ll feel better if you eat something delicious, and you won’t have to kill me!

But the harsh and heartless emperor (grandfather), and the Crown Prince (cousin) who will bring me to ruin, as well as the young duke (cousin’s friend) who is the greatest knight in the empire, and even the slave knight (elf) who stabbed me…!

“Your Highness’ lime pie is good.”

…Don’t tell me these people are besotted with me rather than the sweets?

Aisha’s baking & healing fantasy, sweet and lovely like dessert!

THOUGHTS & WHY YOU SHOULD READ

- adorkable

- art = 4/5

- plot = 3.5/5

- so very cute!! 

- reincarnation/isekai

- light read (hopefully until the end) for your hearts~

- fam bond!

- S P I R I T S

- verdict, just the right amount of cuteness to my angst filled fam manhwa reads looks at wmmp >.>

Precious Daughter of the Greatest Martial Arts Villain 

Description:

I’ve become a part of this Wuxia novel as Lihwa, the thoughtful and gentle daughter of Cheon Ma… who’s also the ultimate villain! Known as the Demon King and ruthless leader of the Demonic Sect, he resorts to kidnapping and other nefarious deeds to make sure a boy named Ak Wuryeon never reaches his full potential. Wuryeon doesn’t seem THAT bad, but I know he’ll one day exact his revenge on my father and that includes me! Can I escape the clutches of my father’s enemies and my doomed destiny before it’s too late?

THOUGHTS & WHY YOU SHOULD READ

- art = 4/5

- plot = 3.5/5

- adorkable!

- she’s so cute!

- father-daughter moments are gold!!

- grandpas who will you the world? check

- her power is cool!

- my only errr moments is the pacing >.>

- conclusion, a cute read!

The Symbiotic Relationship Between the Rabbit and the Black Panther

Description:

I was a rabbit shapeshifter who couldn’t even transform into a human by my coming of age ceremony.

My family said that I was just a half and placed me in a basket…

“You’re crying? Go on, cry more.”

I was then picked up by a black panther with a mean personality.

“You’re lacking in stamina. I’ll eat you the day after tomorrow, so keep trying.”

This fierce beast.

Staring at my trembling face, the black panther’s eyes glistened.

“Seems like I just felt thrilled.”

Mom, I think he’s crazy!

To survive a fairly crazy black panther.

“The wild beasts are possessive, no matter what it is.”

….Is it possible?

THOUGHTS & WHY YOU SHOULD READ

- art = 5/5 I cry it’s so pretty

- plot = 4.5/5

- they’re so beautiful seriously

- mom in law is the best!

- lmao ML is a sadist and a masochist 

- the pacing is great!

- C O M E D Y

- C U T E N E S S 

- you might be weirded by some scenes tho

- MC’s fam is trash

- everybody adores my lil babie (it’s the mc/fl btw)

- except for the villains

- a good concept!!

- verdict, a new fav!

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So I’ve gotten into webtoons over the past few months and I just wanted to share some of the really great ones I’ve finished and am still reading (because they’re still ongoing ;-;)

If you love historical, fantasy and romance like me, try these!

COMPLETE:

My Dear Cold-Blooded King

My first webtoon and what a gateway it was! STUNNING ART, captivating story line and a good ole love triangle to make my heart tingle.

The Reason Why Raelina Ended Up At The Duke’s Mansion

Another winner! I read this over the course of a day. That’s how good it was. This also was my gateway into the “oh no I’ve transversed space and time somehow and ended up in this new life and well, I guess now I’ll make the best of it” and boy, was I into it.

A Beauty, A Fatal Concubine

This one recently ended and took my heart with it! What a drama this would make honestly. A hardworking and clever protagonist who outsmarts everyone - we love to see it.

Ellin’s Solhwa

I’ve only finished this one in the past hour and did I love it so much! Another one of those “oops I got sent back in time into someone else’s body” but such a good story.

ONGOING:

The Remarried Empress

Boy, oh boy, do I have nothing but LOVE for this series. Again, a clever female protagonist just trying to do her job but her idiot husband keeps getting in the way so she finds herself a new man! LOVE.

Beatrice

Another one of those “I have another chance at life” webtoons with an adorably in love male lead who can’t quite figure out how to tell her just yet.

Lucia

Ditto the above but even darker twists ahead!

My First Night With The Duke

The “oh no I’ve somehow ended up in this novel” trope which I’ve come to adore. Our protagonist is hilarious and plucky and sends our poor duke into a tizzy.

Like Wind On A Dry Branch

The least amount of chapters so far and a bit of a slow burn but we’ll get there eventually. So far also a very different story compared to the others

Men of the Harem

Reverse harem? A female emperor? Yes please.

Under the Oak Tree (I ran out of space for pretty pictures) - also a slow burn but we’re building up

I am the Male Lead’s Ex-Girlfriend - I only just found this one but it’s already so so good; I love buttholes to live to regret their choices

I Don’t Love You Anymore - our female lead finally puts down her foot, gives up on her one sided love and moves on - and of course that means the idiot she loved only just realises he’s an idiot and wants her back. Too bad for him, she’s already got herself an even better man! And he’s a prince!

Father, I Don’t Want to Get Married! - combination of “help I’m in a novel” and the novel villainess gets a second chance at life - but how can her father be that good looking? Like I love the male lead, he’s adorable and slowly understanding that he’s attracted to her, but the father is actually melting me slowly

Villainous Violet - ditto the above trope but with so many men now in love with her and a super pissed off antagonist!

Virtues of a Villainess - oh this one’s also really good. Very similar theme of a villainess with a second chance but plot twist: our male lead reads minds…

His Majesty’s Proposal - this time it’s the emperor doing the chasing and I love it

First Miss Reborn - 180+ chapters of revenge with our intelligent heroine foiling schemes at every turn and our devoted prince supporting and loving her every step of the way :’)

Midnight Rain - very different from all the others I’ve mentioned; starts out from kids to adults (we’ve only just reached the teens) but there’s horrible rich people, an illegitimate son and a budding love triangle.

Death is the Only Ending for the Villainess - I’ve heard a lot of buzz regarding this one and I love reverse harem and I like the fact that we get to quite literally see her progression in the love percentage bars above all the male leads’ heads!

Who Made Me a Princess - ngl, it took me a couple of chapters to get into this one but I pushed through because I’ve seen a lot of good reviews about this and it has not disappointed. Not as much romance as the above but the hot daddy theme is getting to me…

The Lady’s Law of Survival - a weak duchess dies and her body is taken over by a spirit who’s had several failed lives and is determined to make this one work - by kicking butt and taking names and getting revenge for the previous body’s owner! I really like this one

Please give them a go - the art is gorgeous, the storytelling incredible and the memories fantastic. They’re the reason I’ve been waking into the early hours of the morning.

I’ll keep updating this post as I find more because there are so many and I wanna spread the love. I might also be a tad bit obsessed...

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After rewatching the 2 Fantastic Beasts, all I want for the 3rd movie is for Newt to find the guy Tina started dating and see his sweet and shy ass be jealous xD

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Just like Slughorn, Albus Dumbledore collects people. Only, instead of focusing on those with influence, he looks to the outcasts.

The expelled half-giant. The young werewolf. The repentant Death Eater.

He protects them and gives them a second chance. All he asks in return is their loyalty.

And, if on occasion he requests that they undertake a certain task, invoking their debt of gratitude - well, that is no more than he is owed.

He once thought to add a certain disowned Black to his collection, but quickly realised his mistake.

Sirius is not an outcast, but a rebel. He knowingly chose his path, and chooses what price he is willing to pay for it. He refuses to be used.

So Albus Dumbledore abandons him.

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Murtagh: I bet it would make my mother very happy to know that I’m safe from my father forever and that I’m still alive. I bet she’s looking up at me right now, smiling.

Nasuada: Looking up?

Murtagh: Oh yeah, she’s in hell for sure.

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some inheritance circle doodles

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Arya from the Inheritance Cycle by Christopher Paolini.

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So here are my last Nasuada sketches, she is a wonderful Character and i really think that she and the entire Fandom needs more fanart, i will see if i will draw some other characters as well!

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So Yukine loved his family so much, but then they got split in half. Yukine's dad was clearly an abusive alcoholic who didn't care for him, as he was extremely malnourished for his age, which led to Hiyori thinking he was about 10 or 11 when he was 14. He began to lose his friends as their parents thought it was best to keep away from him and his dad, so he became lonely and isolated from the rest of the world, and the only people who truly cared for him still were his mum and sister. But his dad obviously didn't want him to have any contact with them, but he missed them so much that he needed to. Then once his dad found out, he beat him almost to death. He didn't take him to the hospital because that asshole knew he had fucked up. He fucking knew that if he took him to the hospital, he would be caught out and be sentenced to prison. So the only thing he could think if doing was covering his actions. While he was still unconscious, he tied up Yukine and placed him in an old refrigerator in the middle of nowhere. He then covered it up saying that he fucking ran away. The last thing he saw was that face that would haunt him forever. Yukine then screamed for help until his throat was sore, and vigorously tried to scratch himself out until his finger tips were bloody. He then either suffocated or starved to death. Yukine's soul then wimpered around in pain for 35 years, at first having all the memories of his father and his final moments. And for 35 years, his body still lied alone, buried under a feet of snow in the dark, until his real father Yato saved his soul and body, and gave them peace and happiness, and made him feel loved again. Well, until a certain someone came to fuck it all up. I feel like that was the first time I really sat down and thought through Yukine's past and final moments. He wanted to die and couldn't understand why no one came looking for him, and why no one loved him enough to care. He didn't deserve any of it and now another fucking monster is corrupting his mind further. We need to save our baby😭😭😭

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Do you want to sleep with me?

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Vin watching over Elend

(actually did this somewhat for class, which was fun!)

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My take on Vin, from Mistborn series by Brandon Sanderson.

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I’m not sure someone will read this and that’s fine, I just want to write it...

I’m so lost in my life, right now... I don’t know what I should do.

Going back to my childhood and teenage years, I grew up with really rigorous parents (mainly mother). I always were more into creative fields, but that’s not something that’s welcomed in my country. My mother was literally obsessed with my studies, and I had to study until 8/9PM everyday, cause she believed that was the only way I could get good results at school. My friends used to hang out without me. I was always stuck at home studying, to the point I had some strategies to pretend I was studying when in truth, I was reading books or playing games. My mother was so obsessive that she forbade me of buying books: so that I wouldn’t waste my time reading them. Only school books allowed. Have you known a mother who was unhappy that her children enjoyed reading? There you have it. Mine. My life was so controlled and so boring that at the weekends, I would wake up early and turn my TV with the volume really down, cause once my mother got up, my day was doomed. If she got up, I’d turn it offand stay in the bed while pretending to sleep, cause it was less boring than looking at a school book once again. This when I was younger. As I got older, I just pretended to sleep, no Tv on, nothing. I would even be wary of moving in my bd (as if asleep people don’t turn) afraid she’d think I was awaken. There was also a day when there was a teacher’s strike so my school closed down, and I was so sick of home and I knew that if I went home, it would just be one more day pretending to study, listening if any of my parents were walking around so that I had to hide my fiction book and go back to “study”, so I didn’t tell her the school had closed down. Instead, I went with some friends to a BIBLIO right next to the school to read the Witches comics that my mom didn’t allow me to buy. But she found about it from a neighbor and we had a really huge fight all the way home. Also, all my hobbies were individual sports (I hate sports), cause I had to stay slim, so no time for me to be creative. I was raised to be a genius in maths, science, law, medicine, something along that way, you see. But I NEVER wanted that. She was also obsessed with my weight and called me fat even when I was slim, so I also had pressure anytime I was eating or about too. So I grew up like that and suppressed my wishes since to every display of my actual dream, a very heated fight would start within my family. I though about getting a job to do as I wish, but she wouldn’t let me: My job was to study, and only study, or I would do bad at school. So I went to college without thinking much about it: everyone goes to college in my country, so they build you to believe you don’t have an option. They don’t ask if you want to go to college. The ask “what do you want to study in college?”... “When you go to college...”. These kind of words make you believe there is no choice. So I didn’t really know what I wanted because everyone shaped me into things I didn’t want to be. I chose Audiovisual and Multimedia cause it was a diverse course, and most subjects I didn’t even know what they were but sounded good to me... That’s how superficial the choice for my future was.

I finished college 4 years later, at 23 years old. I kinda enjoyed the course, so I stayed till the end, but then I realized I was really anxious to send a CV... In one year, I must have sent 5 CV’s, even if I opened the jobs’ offers pages quite often and scrolled all the way down... But I just couldn’t send them. I couldn’t see myself sitting on a desk 8 hours a day doing graphic design. I imagined myself unhappy, and also another problem was that I’m hypochondriac, so I’m really scared to go for jobs that make you sedentary...

I started doing digital illustration cause I realized it relieved my stress. I enjoyed developing a new skill too. I went through a surgery during that time, in which I couldn’t leave home afterwards, so I used all my time to draw and realized I haven’t been that happy in a really long time. It made me happy that I was improving in something, challenging myself, investing in me.

My real big passion always was to tell stories. Be it on series, songs, animation, movies, books, dance, even real people. Whatever it is: if it tells a story, I love it. And that’s what I realized... Is that my passion was telling stories and that I couldn’t handle to apply for jobs in graphic design cause you can’t tell a story in design, and since I’m very conformist, I knew that at the moment I entered a company, I would very much likely condemn to that life.

So I decided: I must invest on my dream. But I can’t just stay jobless. What can I do to support my dream? If I work all day looking at a computer screen, I don’t think I’ll have the energy to turn on my pc once again at home, cause my eyes will want to take a break, and remember that I fear being sedentary? Also, the company system kinda sucks your life in my country by working overtime (not paid, so yeah, that was a bad choice). I thought that I could get a dynamic part-time anywhere to gather some money and invest in illustration in my free-time. I did it. I work on McDonald’s right now and I actually don’t hate it. I gathered some money, and so I invested in something I really wanted to do as well, and my parents never let me: Singing lessons. I always wanted to learn how to sing but they never let me, so after having some money of mine I joined a music school, and I just had my 1st singing class and I loved it so much, I’m really looking forward to it.

But I couldn’t tell my parents that I basically committed career suicide. In their heads, I just couldn’t find a job about my course, so I desperately found a job in McDonald’s. I couldn’t tell them either that I signed up for singing lessons. They would tell me to stop playing round and become an adult, and they have a point on that, cause I should get a proper job, but how can I now? Seriously, all my life was a prison and I hadn’t realized it. Not only cause I was closed in my room all my childhood, scared that they would find me reading a book, but because I didn’t have experiences. And I couldn’t have them earlier, cause it was the time my mind needed to set free of their restrictions: that I could never be an artist, and anything related is a waste of time, and it’s ridiculous, and that my focus should be on reality. I finally put that aside by signing for singing lessons, like, I ALWAYS wanted to do that, and I finally did it, even if I’m too old. But my singing lessons are at 5:30PM, and any company job in Portugal is until 6PM. And you know what the worst is? Is that my father met a woman who works in a big company recruitment team, and he might have though that he would be saving me if he got me a job... Either that or he is ashamed that his daughter works at McDonald’s. Idk. But he got her contact, gave it to me, and demanded that I send her my CV. And you don’t imagine how anxious it makes me to go back to that file, to send it, to commit to a life that scares the hell out of me, that I never wished for, and that would stray me from following the path of my dreams that I just now started. It’s like, you just finally put down a brick wall that was blocking you and gives you a taste of freedom and then, it just builds again to stop you.

That woman is coming tomorrow to meet me, cause my father arranged it, and even if I couldn’t tell him I don’t want to, believe me, it was in my face. I’ve been crying everytime I think about this, and I’m scared I will cry tomorrow when she asks me what is my motivation and I get screwed cause I don’t have any. I’m scared to fail and bring shame to my father, and her, who actually went out of her way for me. I’m scared I get accepted and I have to give up my singing lessons after loving the first one. I’m scared cause I thought I was freed from their expectations. But I’m not.

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Moon

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yall: i support people with ADHD!! yall when an ADHD character shows any symptoms beyond uwu hyperactive: lol this character is so annoying. they should die

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Disney announces new fantasy adventure Raya and the Last Dragon.

Written by Crazy Rich Asians screenwriter Adele Lim and inspired by martial arts movies, the animated film takes place in Kumandra “a reimagined Earth inhabited by an ancient civilization that venerated the mythical dragons for their power and their wisdom,” according to the film’s producer, Osnat Shurer.

Taking place in Southeast Asia, the movie reveals distinct clans living in the Land of the Dragon, but the dragons have vanished and Kumandra is under the control of a dark, sinister force. Raya is a lone warrior trying to save her world and determined to find the last dragon, who she believes has the power to save Kumandra.

It will arrive Thanksgiving 2020. 

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The list of Korean Sageuks

Q. If you don’t mind me asking, can you recommend some good sageuks?

Well, I don’t know what kind of Korean historical drama/movie you would like. (Trendy? Traditional? Political? Romantic? Timeslip?) So, I made the following list of Korean Sageuks (mostly since 2000~) in chronological order. You can pick up anything you want. :)

★ = Good for beginners (You don’t have to know much about Korean history in advance) ◯ = Daebak (popular in South Korea. More than 30% viewership ratings on TV, or over 7 million tickets at the box office.) ◉ = Hallyu hit (popular in foreign countries) ↗ = Timeslip genre ♡ = Romance-centric, or Erotic ◀ = My favorites

Title in Bold + Italic  = My recommendation

■ Pre-History 선사시대

2019 tvN  Arthdal Chronicles 아스달 연대기

■ Ancient Joseon 고조선 시대 古朝鮮 (2333 BC ~ 108 BC) 

▣ Gojoseon / Ancient Joseon 고조선 高朝鮮  (2333 BC – 108 BC) 

2007 MBC  The Legend / The Story of the First King’s Four Gods 태왕사신기 太王四神記 (374~412) ★◯◉

■ Three Kingdom period 삼국시대 三國時代  (37 BC - 668 AD)

▣  Goguryeo 고구려 高句麗  (37 BC – 668 AD)

2006 MBC  Jumong / Prince of the Legend 주몽 朱蒙 (BC 58~ BC 19) ★◯◉

2008 KBS  The Land of the Winds 바람의 나라 (AD 4~44)

2009 SBS  Princess Ja-Myung / Ja Myung Go 왕녀 자명고 自鳴鼓 (?~32) ♡

2007 MBC The Legend / The Story of the First King’s Four Gods 태왕사신기 太王四神記 (374~412) ★◯◉

2011 KBS  Gwanggaeto, The Great Conqueror 광개토태왕 廣開土太王 (374~412)

2006 SBS  Yeon Gaesomun 연개소문 淵蓋蘇文 (603~666)

2013 KBS  The Blade and Petal 칼과 꽃 (618~642)

2018 Movie  The Great Battle 안시성 安市城 (645)

▣  Kaya 가야 伽倻 (42–562)

2010 MBC   Kim Su-Ro, The Iron King 철의 제왕 김수로 金首露 (42~199)

▣  Baekje 백제 百濟 (18 BC – 660 AD)

2010 KBS  The King of Legend 근초고왕 近肖古王 (285~375)

2013 MBC  King’s Daughter, Soo Baek Hyang 제왕의 딸 수백향 (501~523)

2005 SBS  Song of the Prince / The Ballad of Seodong 서동요 薯童謠 (580~641)  ★◯♡◀

2011 MBC  Gye-Baek 계백 階伯 (?~660)

▣  Silla 신라 新羅 (57 BC – 935 AD)

2016 KBS  Hwarang : The Poet Warrior Youth 화랑 花郞 (526~576)  ★♡ 

2010 MBC  Queen Seondeok 선덕여왕 善德女王 (576~647) ★◯◉♡◀

2012 KBS  King’s Dream 대왕의 꿈 (604~661)

▣  Unification of Three Kingdoms 삼국 통일 (660~668)

1992 KBS  The Tales of Three Kingdoms 삼국기 三國記 (576~668)

2011 MBC  Gye-Baek 계백 階伯 (607~660)

2012 KBS  King’s Dream 대왕의 꿈 (604~661)

2003 Movie  Once Upon a Time in a Battlefield 황산벌 荒山伐 (660)

2011 Movie  Battlefield Heroes 평양성 平壤城 (668)

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