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Best Webtoon FL Late 2024, Part One
Minhee, Broken Melody
The Grim Reaper, The Last Passage
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Best Webtoon FL Late 2024, Part One
Minhee, Broken Melody
The Grim Reaper, The Last Passage
Not me working on #Broken Melody and #The Serpents Bride
Okay, yes. It's me.
Recently read @kurachan-ya 's fic Broken Melody and I just had to draw what I thought Vulpes looked like.
*slams table* MORE SOULMATE MORE SOULMATE NEED SEE (ok seriously tho i really like it but like no pressure all the time ur need)
Is it Sunny’s birthday? Yes. Am I making kind of Hero centric content? Also yes. Let’s go
It took awhile for Hero’s mind to catch up with his body. It was something that started when his mark when black. Sometimes he would just end up checking out, and it was near impossible to check back in intentionally. He always thought it might be his brain searching for the cut off connection it used to have, but he wasn’t positive. Hero would come back, but it took awhile. While his mind drifted, his body moved. It did what it had to do.
When he finally came back to his body in the hospital, Kel told him everything that had happened since he ran into Basil’s room. He had pushed Basil off of Sunny apparently, and kept pressure on the stab wound through Sunny’s eye. Hero had called 911 with his cell and gotten the paramedics there. He had ridden with them in the ambulance, and two doctors had to hold him back when they took Sunny for surgery. Sunny’s blood was still on his hands, and Hero almost wanted the numbness to claim him again, if only to not have to think about having his soulmate’s blood on him.
Soulmates. It was undeniable. Hero put shaky fingers against the violin on his arm, and there it was again. Hero. Help. Save me. Save him. If he focused enough he could almost hear Sunny’s voice, even though it had been over four years since he had heard Sunny speak.
With the new mark came a new connection, and this new connection was painful. Not just the eye stab (although Hero could barely keep his eyes open past the searing pain still blinding him) but there was a deep undercurrent of sadness. It settled in his stomach and made his shoulders sag with sudden weight. It was all around him, exhausting in its heaviness.
It was the feeling Hero had after Mari died, what his parents called Depression. It didn’t feel like Depression, it just felt painful. It was what Sunny was feeling. Behind the physical pain, behind the panic and the help me save me was this deep emotional hurt.
Hero was a fixer, a helper. He always wanted to do his best to take care of the people around him. There wasn’t any way to help this though, at least not one that Hero could think of. All he knew was Sunny needed him, needed him in the way Mari had needed him. Hero had failed her, but he wouldn’t fail Sunny.
The four of them waited in the emergency room together. Polly, Kel, and Aubrey stayed with him. He could tell they wanted to ask him more questions, especially the two younger who were practically holding themselves back from intense interrogation. Hero couldn’t talk to them just yet though. He had to be present for Sunny, he couldn’t do anything but stare at his new mark. It was still brightly colored, the wood of the instrument still a glossy brown.
As long as it stayed colored, Sunny was alive. If he was alive, he would fight. Hero couldn’t lose another soulmate. It wasn’t something he could live through.
Luckily it didn’t seem like he would have to. After a grueling seven hours of waiting (Seven hours and nine minutes if he was being exact) a doctor that Hero vaguely recognized came out and told them that both Sunny and Basil would make a full recovery. Sunny’s eye was still in jeopardy, but they would both survive. Polly went to Basil’s room, and Hero went to Sunny’s, Kel and Aubrey trailing him.
Sunny looked small in the hospital bed, even smaller then before. He looked like the twelve year old Hero had once known. He sat down at Sunny’s side and flipped the other boy’s arm over. A matching violin, missing the black music notes that Hero had.
It had been years since he had done this, but Hero had to try. He could still feel Sunny’s panic. Hero put his fingers back on his own mark and breathed deeply. In and out, again and again. the heart monitor that was slowly beeping Sunny’s heart rate settled. It wasn’t much, but it was what Hero could do. Sunny had been suffering alone all this time, and he didn’t have to. None of them did. Not anymore.
After another hour of waiting, listening to Aubrey and Kel quietly chat back and forth, the turmoil rolling through their connection disappeared, but in it’s place was a heavy grief that hit Hero straight in the chest. Sunny was waking up.
They gave Sunny the space he needed as he woke up, letting him settle out of his immediate panic and distress. Once he had calmed, Sunny looked around at all of them, his eyes settling on Hero. He looked down at their shared mark, and back up at Hero. Before Hero could say a word, Sunny spoke. His voice was cracked, rusty, as if he hadn’t said a word since the day his sister died.
“I have something to tell you,”
I just read . . .
II binge read this in a single day, all 89 episodes (or chapters) because I was so captivated by Minhee's story.
Minhee, a child prodigy of the piano, suffers a break down on stage that costs her family and Eun, Hyun Eun, a professional piano teacher, who suffered a great loss come together in a story about loss, betrayal, and music.
Let me say, I adore the leading character Minhee. She's a woman who learns from her mistakes and grows into a stronger person as the story progresses from when she's a elementary student to a beautiful young woman. She suffers and endures through being used and abused by others, while finding wholesome people who support her talent and love her dearly.
I don't want to give the plot away too much, because there are some twists even I don't see coming.
Broken Melody
Author: Ijae Publisher: Lezhin Comics
Even though the Broken Melody is quite unrealistic in terms of expectations it is a beautiful story, Minhee's growth and understanding love and happiness through her relationship to music is such a compelling narrative. It's so gratifying in the way that she deepens her relationships with others but not at the cost of her independence. I love this comparison between her struggles and the antagonists' struggles, and the contrast between their decisions.
Some pieces she plays that are all bops:
Ravel - "Gaspard de la nuit" Medtner - Sonata Op. 25 No. 2, "Night Wind" Beethoven - Sonata Op. 31 No. 2, "Tempest" and countless Chopin pieces ♥
Completed January 27, 2021 with a total of 89 chapters.
My Manhwa List (2020) Part 7
It’s been a crazy 24 hours (more or less) for me. How are you all? Hope you’re doing better. Anyways, onto the list!
Forever Mine
Description:
He will follow every command I give him. He will follow me to the ends of the earth. He is Forever Mine.
THOUGHTS & WHY READ THIS:
- plot = 5/5 kinda simple yet so marvelous idk if it because the art helped to but this is so great
- honestly didn’t expect the revelation at the beginning
- art = 5/5 because i love it! look at how pretty they are!
- same author/illustration as sweet spooky darling
- fact: i read this in one sitting that’s how good and captivating it was
- the characters are so cute
- no heavy drama
- a personal favorite
- i only have good words about this
- friends to lovers trope aye sir
- although i wish certain characters were given spotlight to tell their story, i understand that it wasnt the focus of the author
- it’s so good that i didn’t even notice that i was at the last chapter type of good!
- they have the best friends
- the 3rd parties arent villainous at all so plus points
- verdict, highly recommended! i enjoyed it so much & i hope you do too!
Broken Melody
Description:
Minhee used to be a world-famous piano prodigy until one mistake sent her life spiraling. Her confidence shaken, her family broken and her life in ruins, all she can do is hope for a chance to make things better. That's when she meets Eun Hyun, the neighborhood piano teacher whose life has been filled with tragedies of his own. The world breaks everyone, it's up to us to pick up the pieces and glue ourselves back together.
THOUGHTS & WHY READ THIS:
- plot = 5/5 very perfectly complicated & there’s a lot of elements present that gave the story flavors
- art = 4.5/5
- tbh i drop this some time in 2019 cause some parts were dark & depressing & heavy for me (and i wasnt in the best mindset that time) so just to warn you guys in case :)
- mentor x student (the thing is, they were connected through one passion and she was no sexualized in any way, it was an emotional connection)
- d r a m a
- lots of drama!!
- the character’s motivations!!! they all have this strong urge and motivation to achieve their goal
- the end justifies the means <- probably their motto
- p i a n o (main reason i got drawn in)
- verdict, recommended if you crave for drama!
By the Way, Dragon Mistress!
Description:
Though he had lost his family at a young age, through the help of Duchess Orleans and the Emperor, Karl grew up excellently. But at the banquet Karl attends to tell the Duchess of the Emperor's meaningful words, a questionable explosion takes place. Duchess, what is your true identity?!
THOUGHTS & WHY READ THIS:
- plot = 3/5
- art = 3.5/5
- only few chaps so give it a try!
- older girl x younger guy
- will probably gave it a higher rating if it didn’t felt rush or was executed properly
- the mistress is a strong independent woman amen
- verdict, an okay read!
Daisy: How to Become the Duke's Fiancée
Description:
Sweet, timid Daisy meets a tragic end after being betrayed by the man she loves. When she is given a second chance at life, she vows not to repeat the same mistakes of the past! The only problem is that she must pay off her father’s gambling debt to Kilian, an aristocrat with a terrifying reputation. One option will take her 60 years, and the other, just three... but it involves a contract marriage to Kilian, who must be three years married in order to inherit the title of duke. While Daisy has sworn off men, the conditions of the offer are too good to pass up. She will be paid a generous amount of money at the end of the contract and also be guaranteed a swift divorce. Is she making a mistake by putting her trust in another man? Or will this deal give her the wings she needs to fly?
THOUGHTS & WHY READ THIS:
- plot = 3/5 for now cause it only has 1 chap release
- art = 3.5/5
- going back in time trope
- i n t e r e s t i n g
- i wanna know what the hell happened!!!
- their dad is a jerk ugh
- her older sister doesnt even know her priorities
- verdict: has a potential so give it a try!
I Bid You Adieu
Description:
Ayne le Poregrin has three "trophies" in her collection of men: a reluctant fiancé held hostage by his debts, a fickle assassin paid to be her lover, and a soulless pet dog won at a slave auction. But to suddenly wake up one day as this femme fatale is the worst possible surprise. As the villainess of the novel "The Fairy Garden," the new "Ayne" is fated to die a painful death at the hands of her very own trophies! To sidestep her grim future, she knows she'll need to break up with all three. As soon as she tries to say goodbye, however, each man becomes attached and won't leave her alone! Can Ayne turn their affections towards the story's heroine and save her own life in the process? Based on the hit novel.
THOUGHTS & WHY READ THIS:
- plot = 3.5/5
- art = 3.5/5
- truck-kun strikes again
- i s e k a i
- the assasin
- i relate to her in a fangirl level jk
- i n t e r e s t i n g
- verdict: this seems to be okay despite the overly used isekai element now or it’s probably because of the assasin & her attitude of collecting beautiful man but i do hope this rise to the ocassion aka develops properly
Hey guys~💗 I love your blog, it's nice to see that there are still yandere fans. I wanted to aks you, is Chun Jiho from “Broken Melody” a yandere? It's a Lezhin webtoon.
Title: Broken Melody
Media: Manhwa, written by Ijae
Yandere(s): Chun Jiho
Yandere Scale: 3/5
Criticism written by: Julie and Kai
The Review:
Hey there anon, Kai here. Thank you for the compliment!
As for Broken Melody... well, Julie and I tried reading it but truth be told, this shit is kinda boring. It’s one big melodrama. It’s rather... cliched. But just because we find it boring doesn’t mean it’s actually boring. We accept that some people might like this sort of kdrama plot. So have fun with that but for those wondering about the yandere though...