Manga like Gorae Byul

also known as Whale Star: The Gyeongseong Mermaid

Genres: Drama Romance

What is Whale Star: The Gyeongseong Mermaid about?

Status: Finished

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: Tragedy , War , Historical , Language Barrier , Conspiracy , Disability , Full Color , Female Protagonist , Suicide , Coastal , Mermaid , Maids , Heterosexual , Foreign , Criminal Organization

Here is a list of Manga similar to Gorae Byul

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Also known as Wall of Glass.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance

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Tags: Primarily Adult Cast , Female Protagonist , Heterosexual , Maids , Revenge , Full Color , Historical , Foreign , Love Triangle
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Also known as Her Tale of Shim Chong.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance

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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 , Foreign
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Also known as A Heartfelt Andante.

Status: Finished
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Tags: Heterosexual , Full Color , Age Gap , Rehabilitation , Primarily Adult Cast , Tragedy , Estranged Family , Suicide , Urban
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Also known as That Which Flows By.

Status: Releasing
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Also known as Mystical.

Status: Finished
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Garam has always loved to draw, but his dreams of being an artist have been on hold ever since his mother passed away. Wanting to become more independent and focus on his art, he moves into his grandmother's empty house by the ocean. There, he meets his greatest muse: a mystical water creature with no memories of her past. Now it’s up to Garam to help her uncover what she has forgotten.



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Pandora's Choice

Also known as Pandora's Choice.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance

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Note: 2nd Lezhin Comics World Comic Contest Winner.

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Also known as If I Were You.

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Genres: Drama , Romance

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Jeongnyeoni

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama

Jeong-Nyeon has no money or education, but she is a Mokpo girl with a talent for singing! Her dream is to join a women's traditional theater company, and make it big. But she has a lot to learn and a long way to go before becoming a lead actor. Will Jeong-Nyeon achieve her dream of becoming a big star and getting rich?

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Tags: Acting , Full Color , Historical , Female Protagonist , Yuri , Coming of Age
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Also known as The Snake and the Flower.

Status: Finished
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Note: Includes 1 extra chapter.

Tags: Disability , Politics , Revenge , Anti-Hero , Male Protagonist , Tragedy , Love Triangle , Adoption , Primarily Adult Cast , Historical , Full Color
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Nokbitjajeongui Yeonin

Also known as Emerald Midnight's Lover.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Romance

The year is 1887 in the rolling hills of the French countryside. The estate of Viscount de Rougemerle gently basks in its verdant glory, a beacon in the twilight years of the aristocracy. With the return of the viscount’s wayward son Cameron, however, the tranquility of this stately home threatens to shatter into scandal. It falls upon Edgar O’Grady, an Irish butler in service of the Rougemerles, to maintain decorum in the household, all the while protecting his childhood friend June and his master’s daughter Lady Victoria, as each furtive glance gleams the emerald green of envy…



Tags: Foreign , Butler , Historical , Class Struggle , Full Color , Male Protagonist , Love Triangle , Primarily Adult Cast , Maids

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