Hello manhwa lovers, back again with another amazing manhwa review. Today the manhwa I have selected is through a K-drama trailer I have not watched it yet as I wanted to read the manhwa fast, thanks to webtoon it was easier to finish it. So, the name of the manhwa is "Dear X" the name is pretty short and to understand the reason of the name you must read it.
Basically the female lead is a sociopath and there's a guy who's head over heels for her and helps her in everything related to her. The story is interesting and I will be describing it briefly hopefully people will be interested to read it and watch the show as well. I don't know yet if the manhwa and the K-drama has similarities, to find out you must read it out first.
Details
Author & Artist: Vanziun
Genre: drama, betrayal, high school
Chapters: 62
Status: Completed
Year of release: 2021
Plot Summary
The story begins with the super star Ajin who is very famous, she has achieved everything she wanted in life and was about to get married soon but one day in the interview session few clips got leaked where it was seen that people who knew her from the past time they were revealing her secrets and bringing out the bad image of hers.
Ajin being frustrated called a guy and she was sure he's the one who had done it, it's none other than Junseo. The story moves back in 9 years before when Ajin was still a high school student. She has been dealing with a lot such as violence and all as she was being abused since her childhood. There was Junseo who always had her back and supported her in every situation.
Ajin was known as sweet girl by the people around her but there was one girl who knew her real face because she's the one who tried to interfere in Ajin's life, that girl yad digged her own grave. As Ajin has a traumatic past and even in recent time Junseo Always tries to make her feel loved and he tends to take care of her in every situation, he is someone who will even sacrifice his life for her.
On the other hand Ajin only knows how to use people, she knows his feelings but still she misused every opportunity. Ajin just wanted to get everything she wants at any cost even if it means to kill someone. Ajin is very manipulative she knows how to use people and use them against others, she's vengeful and always plotting schemes.
Review
Once you start reading this manhwa you will realize how traumatizing is the past of Ajin, the way she is today is because of the things she has been facing as a child. If anyone was at her place they would definitely give up their life as many does in real life. But Ajin is so strong she refused to live a life like that instead she started to make others life hell. I feel there's only a few manipulative female lead as her and it's incredible to see such beautifully written manhwa. It felt like I'm already watching the K-drama without even watching it.
The plot is just beyond amazing even if I rate this ten out of ten then it would feel less. I feel this manhwa deserves lots of support even the K-drama which I event watched yet but I will soon as k-drama's always has long episodes so after finishing the manhwa I will definitely go for it. To be honest the artstyle is not so special and it's an old manhwa so I can understand why it looks like that but still I don't care about the art I am just in love with the manhwa, the storyline is on point.
Each character is written beautifully and you will eventually feel bad for them as well because Ajin will make every one of them suffer very soon. I don't wanna spoil the story but I wanna say that if you don't read this manhwa then you will be missing the fun. The female lead is very smart and you will be shocked of how she handles everything smoothly and gets out of trouble.
Her character is totally messed up and for that reason I love her the most. So far she's the only female lead that I have liked so far. I'm very impressed with the story I just can't describe how lucky I feel to find this manhwa to read. I feel bad for the guy who is totally devoted for her, I really wanted a person in my life like that who would do anything for me but I guess it's only possible in fictional stories haha. It's really hard to find a guy like that in this era.
Thanks For Reading!
Credits:
Pictures are the screenshots of the chapters 1,2,3,4 from the manhwa, you can read it on webtoon for free.
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