Manga like Nokbitjajeongui Yeonin

Gorae Byul

Also known as Whale Star: The Gyeongseong Mermaid.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance

The year is 1926 in this retelling of Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Little Mermaid”, and Joseon (present-day Korea), is under colonial Japanese rule. Su-A Heo is a handmaiden who spends her days working and swimming in the sea. Her work is her whole life, until one day, when she discovers a wounded independence fighter named Ui-Hyeon Kang washed up on the shore. She nurses him back to health, only to lose her ability to speak in a botched murder attempt by Ui-Hyeon’s comrade, Hae-Su Song. As she travels to the capital, Gyeongseong (present-day Seoul), to get revenge, she finds herself growing more and more intertwined with a strange, brave new world and the people within it.



Note: Chapter count includes prologue.

Tags: War , Tragedy , Disability , Historical , Conspiracy , Language Barrier , Heterosexual , Fairy Tale , Espionage , Politics , Guns , Full Color , Suicide , Female Protagonist , Foreign , Coastal , Mermaid , Maids , Criminal Organization , Long Strip , Primarily Adult Cast , Unrequited Love , Love Triangle , Snowscape , Torture

Tachibana Baekjak

Also known as Count Tachibana.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Romance

During the period of Japanese colonial rule, a young Korean boy, Yong-Hyeon, is invited every summer to a royal residence in the mountains behind his village. The residence of one Count Tachibana. The peculiar Tachibana Sho is a complete mystery, as it seems he’s never left his mansion, not even once. But over the summers, Tachibana Sho and Yong-Hyeon have made a strange but solid bond with each other. Now Yong-Hyeon is devising a plan to help Sho escape his mansion but it won't be easy. Adults with their meddlesome ulterior motives and the giant mansion itself all present challenges to their idea. How will the two boys break free and what will they learn about each other...?



Tags: Historical , War , Politics , Coastal , Coming of Age , Achronological Order , Rescue , Class Struggle , Boys' Love , Full Color , Rural , Tragedy , Detective , Male Protagonist , Time Skip , Memory Manipulation , Work , Espionage , Writing , Rehabilitation , Gore , Hikikomori , Love Triangle

19 Segimal Bimangnok

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mystery , Romance

Two siblings who were separated at a young age due to the death of their parents reunites again with many mysteries muddling their past.

Tags: Historical , Full Color , Female Protagonist , Foreign , LGBTQ+ Themes

Yuliui Byeog

Also known as Wall of Glass.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance

Liliana Pence's world as a naive, young noblewoman changes upon meeting Edward Carter, a commoner with an agenda of his own. Oblivious to his scorn for her, Liliana dreams of being together with him, until her dreams are shattered by her arranged marriage. Desperate to avoid the union, she confesses to Edward, only to have him coldly reject her and disappear. When Liliana's fortunes take a turn for the worse and she loses everything, the two reunite... but in a way neither expects.



Tags: Female Protagonist , Heterosexual , Maids , Historical , Primarily Adult Cast , Full Color , Revenge , Foreign , Class Struggle , Love Triangle

Dora-ui Jeotaek

Also known as House of Desire.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological , Romance

Are we bound by the fate of our blood? Or do we possess it within ourselves to change our destiny? Growing up between families as a child, Dora Blunt is elated when she finally finds a place to call home in the arms of her distant aunt, Grace Blunt. Grace, having forfeit custody of her son Jack after she was deemed unfit to be a mother, views Dora as a way to correct the mistakes of her past - a gift from the heavens themselves. The two grow closer and closer, and it seems to Dora that she finally has found the place she belongs. But when Jack returns to Grace’s care, Dora finds herself experiencing mixed emotions: jealousy tinged with curiosity, joy entangled with fear, and perhaps most intensely of all, a desire to be wanted. As she feels herself being pushed back into the familiar shadows of neglect, Dora must do whatever it takes to gain control of her path in life and stay in the light.



Note: Includes 3 extra chapters.

Tags: Full Color , Love Triangle , Female Protagonist , Historical

Manyeoga Saneun Seom

Also known as Witch's Island.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Mystery , Romance

When Hannah gets a high-paying job as a tutor for Eilie, a noble young lady, she expects to start a new, peaceful chapter of her life. However, strange things begin to occur at the mansion, and she quickly realizes there’s more to it than meets the eye. What secrets are the inhabitants of this remote island hiding? In the darkness of mystery, there may be witches playing tricks.



Tags: Yuri , Historical , Female Protagonist , Witch , Love Triangle , Tragedy , Full Color , Demons , Religion , Foreign , Heterosexual , Magic , Ghost , Long Strip

Grace Gildeul-igi

Also known as Getting to Know Grace.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological

Andrew is the only daughter of the famous Grace family. She also has an incurable disease. Due to her family's high status in society, Andrew grew up with no friends save for her maid, Herta, whom she has become intensely infatuated with. Little does she know, her family is responsible for ruining Herta's life. Can Andrew break the hierarchy and be with her? Or will Herta end her suffering first...



Tags: Yuri , Primarily Female Cast , Foreign , Full Color , Female Protagonist , School , Tragedy , Slavery , Revenge , Class Struggle , Politics , Long Strip , Historical , LGBTQ+ Themes

Emma

Also known as Emma.

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance , Slice of Life

Calling upon his former governess, William Jones, gentleman, is startled when his knock is answered by an uncommonly beautiful servant, the soft-spoken Emma. Throughout his visit, William's eyes drift to the maid whenever she enters the room, and he contrives to meet Emma socially as she goes about her errands. But London society is a web of strict codes and divisions. For the son of a wealthy merchant, seeking out a working-class girl is simply not done! William's father plans for his son to marry into the peerage and elevate the Jones family to greater heights, but although William says and does what is expected of him, he longs only for Emma's company...



Tags: Foreign , Historical , Maids , Work , Heterosexual , Educational , Female Protagonist , Seinen , Adoption , Primarily Adult Cast , Travel , Ojou-sama , Butler , Orphan , Time Skip , Teacher , Nudity , Marriage , Cars , Trains , Ships