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What is Unblossomed about?

Status: Releasing

Gyeongseong, 1920—the early days of colonial Korea. When a young Japanese boy is found dead at a local school's lantern festival, fingers start to point towards Kim Mugyeong. Despite the mounting pressure, Mugyeong refuses to talk, forcing officers to search for information elsewhere. Just what secrets have these two boys been hiding, and why does Mugyeong refuse to talk? In the midst of tumultuous social and political conflicts, the youth are just trying to make do. And while they say that some flowers bloom in adversity, perhaps there are also some that are destined to remain unblossomed.

Tags: Primarily Male Cast , Full Color , Tragedy , Assassins , Boys' Love , Male Protagonist , Historical

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Lezhin

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 , Boys' Love , Full Color , Tragedy , Rural , Detective , Time Skip , Memory Manipulation , Writing , Rehabilitation , Work , Espionage , Gore , Hikikomori , Love Triangle , Male Protagonist

Where to read?

Lezhin

Bomtoon

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Bomtoon

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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 7 extra chapters.

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

Where to read?

Justoon