Korean Manga

[Sailor Comett]

I bought the first two volumes of Snow Drop by Choi Kyung-Ah... I noticed it was Chinese (well, I assume it is), but I have never come across Chinese manga before (is it even called 'manga'?)
The copies of SD I have are published by Tokyopop but aren't in the left-to-right format that their manga usually is (which is why I wondered if it was called manga) and didn't have the '100% authentic manga' etc thing on the back...

Edit: I haven't started reading Snow Drop yet, I am going to read Othello 2 and 3 (yes! I found them) first...

[Chibi Jen]

err.. its a chinese manga? I donno.. I havent really come across a Chinese manga before (only Japanese ones which were translated to Chinese)

Is the story still based in Japan though?

[Sailor Comett]

I don't know... i'll have a flick through, see if I can find out... *flicks* Can't find it...

"A Romeo and Juliet-style Romance

The Snow Drop Nursery is So-Na's safe haven, but when the young girl's father forces her to enroll in a new high school, she is reminded that life in the world outside is no Garden of Eden. Luckily for her, her bad-boy friend, Ha-Da will be there to keep her company. But when So-Na sets eyes on the hunky Hae-Gi, her world gets turned upside down. As beautiful as he is moody, Hae-Gi might either be the blossom of love in So-Na's lonely life... or the thorn in her side"

The art is ok... the cover art is really pretty though...

I read an ad for it in Prétear manga and thought I'd give it a go...

Still, I thought the fact that it was Chinese was a bit odd... I mean, the author could have just had a Chinese name... but then it's not published how Tokyopop usually publish manga... hrm... the plot thickens, lol

[Si-h]

Ah, Chinese manga has a speical name...I just can't seem to remember it right now. I do know that Korean manga is called manwha, though. Hm.
But, uhm, I read one called 'King of Hell' and that came from China. It's baised in ancient China and you can tell that the characters are Chinese from their cothing and way they do things...

[Sakura]

..from the author...it actually sounds more korean than chinese... like ragnarok...

most of the time, chinese manga...ends up being considered a comic...they style it the same way as a comic book.

[Jess-chan]

I think that manga is Korean, not Chinese.

[Sailor Comett]

lol you're probably right... It's just that I'd never come across anything like that before... I still haven't read it all - I'm not that sure whether I like it or not... I have started the first volume... I don't like their names... why would the name Jang Ha-Da be considered a funny name?? And why is a girl called Shin Yu-mi telling So-Na she (So-Na) has a strange name?

[Si-h]

With the names, you have to remember that a name like Jang Ha-Da could be the English equivilant of...Harry Buttz (name of one of my teachers, sadly), or something else that makes the immature giggle. -rolls her eyes-

[Chibi Jen]

Here's some stuff I found on Koream Comics:

Manhwa (also spelled manwha) are Korean comics and unlike Japanese comics, read left-to-right. Manhwa and manga are the same word (same kanji), they simply have a different pronounciation in Korea and Japan. Korean and Japanese comics are very similar, with girls (soonjung) and boys manhwa, but they each have their own unique feel due to stylistic and cultural differences. Korean manhwa are also more creator-driven than Japanese manga, which are heavily shaped by editors. I've been reading manga so long that I've largely forgotten the thrill of discovering the new, the experience of reading and absorbing a very different art form that brings delightful surprises with the turn of every page. Manhwa brings that back that feeling for me. It's similar to manga but unique.

Source: tangerine.astraldream.net/manhwa.html

[ell86]

Anyone read "Goong" aka "princess hour" before? It's a popular manga in Korea and it has been filmed into a korean series. I'm currently reading it. It's nice!