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

Mugeum

In 1960s America, stoic and solitary ranch hand Dennis is hired for a summer of shepherding under a strange warning: trust nothing but the sheep. A month in, a stranger named Tod appears, claiming to be a hunter passing through. Though Dennis is wary, he finds himself slowly drawn to the man, unsettled by the pull between suspicion and desire. As the line between threat and connection blurs, tragedy strikes when a coyote slips past his guard and kills one of the flock. With loyalty shaken and feelings he can't name, Dennis must choose. Will he hold on to his doubt, or take a chance on the one thing he's been told not to trust?

(Source: Lezhin Entertainment)

The Fallen Lamb

추락하는 양

Penguin

In a world where implanted neural chips allow investigators to interrogate suspects through their own memories, detectives Kim Jinyeong and Seo Jisu prefer the old-fashioned method of chasing criminals on foot. Officially, they are colleagues-turned-lovers who divorced years ago; but off the record, they continue to seek each other out after work, haunted by a tangled relationship that neither has fully let go of. Then, one chilling Christmas night, Jinyeong disappears without a word. Exactly one year later on Christmas Eve, he returns and stands before Jisu as if nothing had happened. Where has he been, and what truth hides behind the silence of that missing year...?

(Source: Lezhin Entertainment)

The Ghost of You

고스트 인 더 타운

geumsu

To the rest of the world, Ju Haram is the picture of innocence and grace, yet his nights tell a different story. From the vantage point of a stalker, Haram's modest reputation is a curated lie as he brings a revolving door of men back to his bed. Lost in a world of feverish fantasies, the observer has spent months imagining being the one selected for the night. The line between reality and obsession finally blurs when Haram makes his move, inviting his shadow into the very home he has been haunting for a year.

(Source: Lezhin Entertainment)

Marked

실과

Jinmi

Yang Gidam, a freshman at Soleum College, has always been fascinated by and drawn to the occult. It is only natural, then, that he finds himself joining the on-campus Ghost Story Club. Unbeknownst to him, however, his involvement in such activities has already been noticed by Seo Neul-Ham, an upperclassman with a cold aura who can see ghosts. One day, as if by fate, the two become entangled and are drawn into a spooky turn of events. How will this unlikely pair fare when the ghost stories that Yang Gidam so enjoys are no longer just tales?

(Source: Lezhin Entertainment)

Haunted Tales

사계기담

Unho

After the fall of his noble family, Damon drifts from place to place until he hears of an open position as a private tutor for a sheltered young heir named Eden.

From their very first meeting, Eden blushes easily and wears his emotions openly, a lonely young master who seems far too easy to manipulate. Damon convinces himself that if he plays his cards right, he can settle here comfortably for the rest of his life.

But life in the mansion takes a turn Damon never expected, and he begins to suspect that his arrival was part of a carefully laid trap.

As Eden longs for beauty and Damon clings to what never changes, the walls of the mansion close in, and the truth behind their bond slowly comes to light.

(Source: Lezhin Entertainment)

The Glass Menagerie

수조

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

Jinan

Yanggu

Jeongcheol is a gambler, a failure, and now a divorcé after ten years of a marriage that finally collapsed.

Before he can even catch his breath or curse his miserable luck, the very person who started it all returns to his life.

Ji Minyeong, the ex-lover who terrified him, chased him, and yet was the one he loved more deeply than anyone else, appears without warning.

Standing before him with the same chilling certainty as in the past, Minyeong whispers the words Jeongcheol fears most:

"I will stay with you until the moment you die, Cheol."

(Source: Lezhin Entertainment)

Even in Your Death

내 품에서 죽어버려

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

Hwoalgi

Junsu, a public health doctor serving his mandatory term at Songhwa Prison, thought his assignment would be dull, routine checkups, a few minor injuries, nothing more.

But on his seventh day, the world literally collapses. A mysterious nationwide sinkhole disaster swallows cities whole, cutting the prison off from the outside world. Now trapped inside a fortress filled with men more terrifying than demons, Junsu has only one thought: "I have to get out of here."

Clutching a stolen keycard, his only ticket to freedom, he makes a break for it. But before he can escape, he runs into the infamous Lee brothers, Tae-hyeong and Tae-mu, cold-blooded criminals whose names alone strike fear even among inmates.

"What a feast. Lick it clean."

With monsters above and monsters within, Junsu's fight for survival turns into a chilling game of instinct, trust, and the brutal will to live.

(Source: Lezhin Entertainment)

The Cell

THE CELL(더셀)

Sooyo

Seo Yeonwoo is in love with his best friend, Cha Dojin, and he's afraid of letting his feelings slip, knowing it could ruin their lifelong friendship forever. But when Yeonwoo slowly distances himself from Dojin and makes friends with a new student named Baek Ha, Dojin starts developing feelings he's never experienced before. Is it simple jealousy over losing his best friend? Or is it something more?

(Source: Tappytoon)

The Mingling Phase

혼용기간

Mienne

Kipo

Baek Seonghyeon, a poor working student, returns to university with a completely ruined timetable after getting the course registration date wrong. Forced to attend even a literature class he has no interest in, he looks up the course withdrawal period and happens to notice a note taking job posting on campus. Twice a week, a monthly pay of 1.5 million won. Without a second thought, Baek Seonghyeon sends in his application.

Never once imagining that there, he would meet a poet who would completely upend his life.

(Source: Ridi, translated)

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