Manga like Jeongnyeoni

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

Geunyeoui Simcheong

Also known as Her Tale of Shim Chong.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance

Based on a Korean folktale, two very different women find themselves making the same wish - to leave this world behind. One is Shim Chong, a young beggar living off the kindness of others to support herself and her blind father. The other is the bride-to-be of old Chancellor Jang, sold off to him for the sake of her family. When Shim Chong rescues this new bride from the river, their relationship triggers both love and hidden intentions. But will these two women be able to find their way forth in a world that favors men?



Note: Includes seven extra chapters.

Tags: Female Protagonist , Full Color , Yuri , Historical , LGBTQ+ Themes , Primarily Adult Cast , Class Struggle , Arranged Marriage , Politics , Long Strip , Primarily Female Cast , Fairy Tale , Tragedy , Coastal , Tanned Skin

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