Park, Nodeok

Jang Baekhee is counting the days until he can escape Gicheon before his deadbeat father is released from prison. But then Yang Ilwoo arrives: a delinquent transfer student with a cheap perm, brassy hair, and a loneliness that mirrors Baekhee's own. Slowly, their uneasy friendship deepens into something tender. But Ilwoo came to Gicheon with a secret that could shatter the fragile comfort they've both found in each other. And when the past comes calling, can two broken souls survive the truth?

(Source: Tapas Media)

Yang Ilwoo and Me

양일우와 나

Lee, Samho

Lee Cheongyeon, the top student in the entire school with perfect grades, model study habits, and stellar participation, has only one flaw. A broken personality, character, empathy, teamwork, respect for others... Wait, is it really just one thing? Forced to finally face the personality evaluation required for college applications, Cheongyeon is assigned an impossible task: to rehabilitate Kim Suhan, the school's lowest-ranking student, who's on a record-breaking streak of zeroes... Will these two be okay?

(Source: Bomtoon, translated)

SOS! Fledgling Report

비상! 청춘기록부

Oryu

"You smell."

One day, Taegyeol, a 20-year-old returning student, is abruptly told by a classmate he has never met before that he "smells." Caught off guard by something he has never heard in his life, he tries to brush it off as a minor incident.

Later, a careless remark from a teacher comparing him to another returning student from a different class leaves Taegyeol irritated. Acting on impulse, he heads to that classroom, only to run into the same person again. It is Muwon, the guy who told him he smelled.

When Taegyeol confronts him about what he said earlier, Muwon dodges the question with vague, half-hearted excuses. Annoyed by his attitude, yet strangely unable to look away from him, Taegyeol ends up making the first move and asks to be friends.

"Want to hang out later?"

"I can't..."

Despite clearly saying no, Muwon is waiting for Taegyeol in front of the school gate after classes. So what is this guy really thinking?

(Source: Ridi, translated)

The Secretive XX

비밀이 많은 XX

Fargo

Byul, a popular alpha and a first-year high school student, once trained to be an idol but has since left that path to attend school like a regular kid. His world takes an unexpected turn with the sudden birth of a younger sibling, introducing new challenges to his daily routine. Byul's childhood friend, Siwoo, has secretly harbored feelings for him for years. However, both being alphas, Siwoo has kept his emotions hidden.

As the two navigate their growing closeness after a period of time apart, Byul faces adolescence head-on, grappling with friendships, family relationships, and his sense of identity. Along the way, he rediscovers his passion for music and begins to mature through these transformative experiences.

(Source: Lezhin Entertainment)

Love Is an Illusion! Superstar

사랑은 환상! ~슈퍼스타~

Fuseki

Shiomi harbors a secret while attending his all-boys school, which is creating self-portraits in drag within the privacy of his art studio. But his most protected moments are witnessed by the absolute worst person possible, Aihara. With his secret now exposed, Shiomi's life is about to be turned completely upside down.

(Source: MANGA Plus)

Danshikou no Gagou to Muse

The Hidden Muse of the Boys' Academy

男子校の画豪とミューズ

Ironcuckoo

SeongA

After being framed for bullying his bully, Seonu is forced to transfer to a new school. All he wants there is a peaceful life, but that flies out the window when he meets Sion, who seems friendly on the outside but has a few glaring red flags. Despite Seonu's efforts to avoid him, Sion becomes his friend with an odd persistence and is obsessive, touchy-feely, and manipulative. Even so, Seonu wants to trust the only person who seems to see his true self... but can he really let his guard down around him?

(Source: Tappytoon)

Friend or Faux

갱생의 여지

Manggogom

Jinwol

Oh Seungpyo has always been at the top of his class, but once he enters high school, his spot gets stolen by Ryu Jaemin. No matter how hard Seungpyo tries, he can't seem to reclaim his place and is stuck in second. For the first time in his life, he develops an inferiority complex and, without realizing it, he starts keeping an eye on Jaemin. One rainy day, the two accidentally swap phones. Though it seemed like a minor accident, what Seungpyo discovers on Jaemin's phone leaves him in shock, complicating their relationship beyond expectation.

(Source: Lezhin Entertainment)

Error Detected

오류탐구영역

Galbi

eoreummeonji

Black panther Pyo Yoontae returns to So Jeongseo's small town with one objective: to find his first love who had fur as white as snow. Being the school outcast, Jeongseo decides to help Yoontae in the hopes of finally making a friend. Besides, Yoontae's first love surely can't be Jeongseo himself, since he's a weasel with brown fur. But something about Yoontae feels awfully similar to a forgotten childhood playmate, and there is one secret Jeongseo is keeping from him. Every winter, Jeongseo actually sheds his fur and turns snow-white!

(Source: Tappytoon)

He Might Bite!

맹수주의보

When delinquent transfer student Ban Taehyeon, rumored to be the brawler at the center of a schoolyard fight, walks into class, the strict and upright Kang Hyeonbeom makes it his mission to keep him in check. Determined to reform Taehyeon into a model student, Hyeonbeom starts watching his every move... only to find himself slowly drawn into Taehyeon's orbit. As the line between discipline and friendship starts to blur, could Hyeonbeom really be the one getting "reformed" instead?

(Source: Lezhin Entertainment)

Problematic Student Patrol

문제적 선도활동

Reck

Yoojoon is a good boy. That's why he was destined to fall head-over-heels for the handsome and charismatic Jiho. When Jiho says "Jump," Yoojoon asks "How high?" And as the pair become more inseparable by the day, they solidify their master-dog dynamic. But little do they know, each boy is harboring his own dark secret. Jiho, who suffers from severe apathy resulting from childhood trauma, is using Yoojoon as an expendable toy, and Yoojoon is intensely and obsessively in love with Jiho. Despite that, can the two boys successfully remove each other's masks and break the cycle of abuse?

(Source: Tappytoon)

Monochrome Diary

모노크롬 다이어리

HERO

Arata, Aki

Takamatsu-kun, Ima Nan %?

高松くん、いま何％?

majoccoid

"You'll never fall in love with me."

Takamura, a high school student, returns to the town where he lived as a child and, by chance, finds himself in the same class as Rei, the boy he had a crush on back then. Rei also remembers Takamura, and feeling something akin to fate, Takamura once again begins to harbor a faint feelings for him. However, when Takamura witnesses Rei entering a hotel with a man after class, Takamura is surprised and asks him about it. Rei nonchalantly replies that the guy was a sex friend, and Rei's next words are: "I have no idea what it means to fall in love with someone"...?

(Source: Kaiohsha, translated)

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