It is easy to see why this wouldn't appeal to some readers, what with its realistic (to a certain degree) character designs which most would see as "ugly". But guys, these ugly mugs are just what the physical world looks like, ahaha. You really just had to call us all "ugly".
But then again, wanting to see the usual bishounens and bishoujos abound in a manga is understandable. After all, if they truly wanted to see ugly, realistic faces they merely have to look at their siblings' countenance. Hence, realistically drawn figures does not appeal much to people looking for something more than its story.
For those used who grew up reading seinen or the mature shounen titles, seeing these "ugly" faces doesn't really deter one looking for good stories. Most of these realistic manga tend to stick to these kind of art when they want readers to focus on the storyline. And fun fact, most of them are incredibly well written. I can't remember the faces of some of the leads of certain titles but I, for sure, still dream about their stories.
So read on if you somehow went past ten chapters, and I sure hope you find the experience worthwhile. (▰˘◡˘▰)
If you like this artist's line work, check out her completed series; Lord Hades's Ruthless Marriage. Completely translated (21 chapters) on [ba to]...
Just as awesome.
Completely translated on another site....
Look up: Lord Hades's Ruthless Marriage
Yup, more eyecandy (=・ω・=)
I would, for sure, hate it if the cover art turns out to be another bait and switch. I would love to see THE story behind the cover couple.
Its an anthology so the cover couple may take a while to show up, hopefully. The individual stories are nice though.
Yes, hopefully. ╥﹏╥
For new readers, Vol. 8 Chapter 4 is missing. It's CHAPTER 27 on other sites if you want to look it up.
For new readers: while the chapter list indicates Chapter 88 to be the "end", MAL lists the manga at 109 chapters (8 volumes).
So if you're wondering why the ending seems a little, uhm, abrupt...well, there you go.
88 chapters for the main and an additional 22 "sidestories" apparently...
There's only 4 volumes for 1F No Kishi. Yes, there's only 36 chapters of this fencing goodness. ╥﹏╥
Shoutout to Rin22 for mentioning this on High School Musical Genius.. (≧▽≦) I ended up not reading that one and went here instead. And boy am I glad I did!!!
But why does Hokyung remind me so much of Ran to Haiiro's Makoto? (well, the adult ver at least)( ꈍᴗꈍ). I needed 100 chapters more for this just like I needed 150 for Moon Land ╥﹏╥
On another note, why does this not have a MAL entry? ╥﹏╥
The artist only has a single work posted on their page...and this wondrous work is nowhere to be found. Σ( ￣□￣||)
OMG! Moon landing! It was cut so short! It had so much potential to be a long series and I think that was the intention, but was most likely cut short since it wasn't popular T^T. It was also my other goated non romance story UwU.
The author/artist of concours goes by 2 alias. Unfortunately she's no longer actively on this alias. I believe this her non BL manwha alias.
You'll find her other works under her BL alias, Doojja.
Moon Landing ending with only 70+ chapters will forever be heartbreaking. It's like, "Uh, what it ended?"
Unfortunately, even under Doojja there's only a single work listed, with Concours nowhere in sight. ಥ_ಥ
You tell me about! It should have been longer! ╥﹏╥ It should have been as long as Haikyu!
https://www.mangago.me/r/l_search/?name=doojja
There's 2 works there under doojja/duzza 두짜.
https://www.mangaupdates.com/author/kju3m3k/jeong-seol-hwa
She has published 4 works all together. 2 under jeong seol-hwa: both series were released on a korean comic magazines. Only the concours got digital reprint by kr lehzin and boomtoon.
On that note, i'm gonna have to find a way to get the physical copies of the concours! There's 13 volumes + an extra art pamphlet. I don't care I can't read korean! I love the concours so much that I just want to have a physical copies of it for collection purposes.(๑•ㅂ•)و✧
Right? It's a crime that it's not longer...
For us, a physical copy is a must!!! I'd love to own one for Concours, it's the least I could do. Not knowing Korean will not deter us from owning one.. ( ꈍᴗꈍ)
P.S. thank you for the links. Much love. ( ◜‿◝ )♡