Manhwa - Page 55

Giwoo just needs a job, and almost any job will do…but he gets more than he bargains for when he stumbles into a position at Cha Seonjo’s Battle Cafe. Not only is the owner of this top-tier PC cafe so handsome it’s nearly criminal, he’s also hiding a secret that's actually criminal…

How far would you be willing to go to save the ones you love? With his grandfather bordering life and death, Taesun takes on multiple jobs in order to pay a seemingly endless stack of hospital bills. On one of his odd jobs, he ascends the great mountain Geumryang, unknowingly the home of an eponymous serpentine spirit. When Taesun encounters the divine being, he too is on the brink of death, desperate for water in his slithering form. Taesun offers him a sip of water, and saves the sacred snake from certain death. Later that night, a cold-blooded body embraces Taesun and offers him an exchange: bear the ancient being’s seed, and his grandfather will live. But is all really as it seems? After all, can one ever truly trust the forked tongue of a serpent…?

Baek Seung-hyun has lived in the shadows his whole life, nothing more than the deadly right hand of yakuza boss Shin Jae-il. But now, Jae-il is married. And Seung-hyun, for the first time in years, is left behind. Drifting through empty streets on the night after the wedding, Seung-hyun crosses paths with Yuta, a delicate ghost from his time in Japan. But what should have been a quiet reunion over a drink turns sharp fast. Yuta’s sweetness curdles, his words cut deep, and before Seung-hyun can make sense of it everything begins to burn. Uninvited and unrelenting, Yuta storms into his life, dragging with him the weight of the past and something far more dangerous. Seung-hyun begins to fear that dawn, when it comes, won’t bring light. Only fire.

Guide Heo Yoonjae thought he was done with the field after losing his esper to a brutal rampage, but fate seems to have other plans. On a trip to the Guiding Center for a one-day commission, Yoonjae finds himself faced with Woo Sanghyuk, an A-rank esper with a god complex and a reputation for blowing through guides like tissues. But Yoonjae isn't just any old guide, and he refuses to let an uppity young esper call the shots. Once Sanghyuk gets a taste of real guiding, he'll be putty in the palm of Yoonjae's hand. Or so he hopes, anyway.

[ FANTRANSLATION ]   A man who loathes ghosts, Kim Gi-Tae, one day gets sexually harassed by a naked ghost in the bustling subway.   “If you agree to my conditions, I’ll chase away the ghosts that cling to you. So in exchange, do it with me…”   What is this ghost saying? But… If I lend this ghost my body, will it be possible for me to live a normal life?   Gi-Tae gathers his courage and decides to participate in a trade with the ghost in order to free himself from the ghosts that badger him, but…

If there was a closet inside a closet, Joohwan would hide there. He's that desperate to hide that he's gay. Still, he's doing a pretty good job at hiding his sexual orientation, on his way to a promotion at his job, and has everything going great...right until he crosses paths with Sihyun during a major presentation for work. Unfortunately, Sihyun is devastatingly attractive. Perhaps attractive enough to drag Joohwan out of the closet...

After a disastrous office romance, Hyojun quits his job in a fit of rage and opens a café…only to find himself serving more dust than drinks. Business is dead, and desperation sets in; with no other option, he decides to sell the matching couple ring from his ex. The sale goes through quickly, but on the day of the meetup, something unexpected happens: the café is suddenly packed. It turns out the buyer is a stunningly handsome student, and word of his looks has drawn a crowd. Watching people fawn over the mystery heartthrob, Hyojun makes a snap decision that will change his life forever. Did someone order a cup of burning love, cause this cafe’s got that order extra hot for you!

After his mother’s death, Gunwoo moves in with his stepfather, Yihyun—a man only fifteen years older, with whom he shares little more than a roof. Their relationship is distant, almost awkward, until Gunwoo notices strange marks on Yihyun’s body—too deliberate to ignore. A quiet curiosity takes root, and when he finds a vivid red rope hidden in Yihyun’s room, he realizes there’s more to this man than he ever imagined. The more he uncovers, the harder it is to look away.

“How can it be that pink…?”   One accidental glance was all it took. Ever since catching a glimpse of her younger brother’s friend...down there, Yoo Eunha can’t look away from Seo Woogyum’s very rosy member. But when her guilty secret is exposed, Woogyum doesn’t back off. Oh no, he leans in.   "You’re the only one who’s seen my body, right? Don’t you think it’s only fair I see yours too?"   From one wrong look to a very, very wrong turn…things are about to get heated.

When Do-ha has been kicked out of his parents’ house and is in dire need of a place to live in, he finds his sanctuary in a beautiful, brag-on-social-media-worthy shared house in Home5. It’s the perfect place for him! There’s exactly one catch: the owner of the place is Si-woon, his first love from high school. It should be fine, though. They’re cool with each other now, they both have their own lives, and there’s no lingering feelings whatsoever, right? …Right?

Dowon chose to be a freelance guide for the freedom to do other things, but his cold and demanding esper, Kwonwoo, calls him for guiding every day without fail. Although he thinks he has his hands full already, he's proven wrong when Kwonwoo loses eight years of his memories and his powers due to an accident on the job. Now it's up to Dowon to restore both by giving the mentally 20-year-old Kwonwoo the kind of intimate guiding he always refused before. But surprisingly, this cheery and affectionate Kwonwoo seems all too eager to take things to the next level...

It's not every day you become a ghost. Han Seowoo thought he had it bad when the sunbae he liked rejected him. But on his way back home with a broken heart, he ends up slipping from the top of a building and plummeting to his premature death. Then a surprisingly young grim reaper shows up to collect his soul. But luckily enough, the reaper messes things up and Seowoo is given the chance to stay in the corporeal world for a bit longer.   There's just one catch; the reaper is to move in with Seowoo and make sure he stays out of trouble and the lives of the living. Maybe that one summer day, death wasn't the only thing in store for Seowoo…