The story begins with the male protagonist who's name is Daegun Kwon, he works at a convenience store as it's his part-time job. On day a group of punks decided to buy cigarettes and drinks so they sent two of their members one is a guy and another is a girl.
All of these students are underage as they study in the high school. Both of the student were planning to buy the cigarettes and drinks and when they asked Daegun to take the payment, Daegun asked for their IDs but they didn't have any and still was pretending to be older.
Daegun could tell they are not adults as they are looking like the high school students. The guy got angry as Daegun denied to give them the products, the owner of the shop asked them to take this matter outside of the shop. When they were outside Daegun was about to get hit by the guy but then the guy found himself knocked out by just one punch from Daegun.
It didn't bring any sense to the guy and he asked the girl to bring out their rest of the group members. When the other guys arrived Daegun easily knocked them all out without getting hit even for once. Daegun was teaching them a lesson and threatened them to not do this kind of things again.
When Daegun was in his way back to the store he got approached by a woman from the Education Foundation, she wanted to hire Daegun for a project which is named “Designated Bully”.
Basically this project is made to protect the innocent student who are suffering from harassment of the bullies. They are hiring a strong bully to bully the other bullies which means solving violence with violence.
So, he got another chance to lead a normal life as a high school student. Daegun accepts the offer as he had no choice to deny. He began to attend the classes to perform his one duty as the designated bully.
His only aim is now to take down the other bullies. Which is going to restore order to the school. But there are so many rules and restrictions, will Daegun be able to follow them and stay in a low profile?
Let's be honest, I like the concept it's really new to me. Like hiring someone to become a bully and he is going to bully the other bullies that's really complicated.
I have seen weak students becoming powerful once they learn how to fight but this guy is already a strong fighter who is going to take down all of the bullies.
Everything is good about this manhwa but it felt a bit off somewhere with other characters. Like there are some male and female characters which are very annoying specially the women's.
Also, the oversexualization of the high school girls is insane. This manhwa is preferred to read by the adults only but still I find it very offensive.
The artist draws women not in a very decent way, it felt like girl's are seen as an object. The characters are not that much likeable. The girls are brain dead, going crazy over a guy.
This is my personal opinion I felt author has ridiculed females by adding them into this manhwa. Author could have done it better, if they could not find anything with the female characters then they could have kept them out of the story.
I also saw people complaining about the same thing as me and I feel this manhwa is amazing but it could be better if these things are getting better which I have mentioned earlier.
Before season 3 this was one of my favorite action manhwa but after season 3 everything got boring. The manhwa is still on-going and I am hoping that things will improve within time if the author cares about the preference of the audience.
I have been reading "Designated Bully" only for the actions and after "Lookism" this the only manhwa that got into my likings. I do like to read about bullies getting what they deserve because I don't support these kind of people at all.
I really want this manhwa to have a good ending which is creative and I am waiting eagerly for the finishing line. Currently it has 151 chapters and it was released in 2022 so, it's very old and going on for a long time.
I always try to stay honest and let my readers know about the genuine thoughts of mine. If I find flaws in a manhwa I would point it out so, if the readers do not like a certain thing, this is going to save their time and not waste time for something they won't settle in with.
I do reccomend reading this manhwa but it's not that special it doesn't give that kind of vibe which will make you stick around. I feel it's average and not that bad, but still you should try it out yourself because everyone has different perspective.
Ratings: 7/10
The images are screenshots from chapter 1,2,3,4,5,6 on webtoon. Images are edited with Canva
