Even More Shoujo Ranting

Yes, I am a shoujo otaku. So what?

Poison of the moment? Korean manhwa Honggane, by Hwang Mi Ri.

I initially chose to read this manhwa because the title sounded like a dirty swear word, and also, I really liked He’s Dedicated to Roses, so I hoped it would be a good one.

But no, it’s another one of those seriously annoying reverse harem crap! The protagonist Namhee really gets on my nerves, but somehow every male she comes into contact with is head-over-heels in love with her. Her two brothers (her older brother, Nampa, which sounds like another swear word, is my personal fave…sooo hot) have some incest thing going on for her, her older brother’s best friend is psycho obssessed with her, her boyfriend/nemesis naturally has the hots for her, her boyfriend’s minions also somehow are crushing on her, and NOW some random dude who is her boyfriend’s childhood rival is ALSO all pervy jimjams for her.

You know, I understand if Namhee was more like Haruhi from Ouran, but no, there isn’t anything particularly lovable about her. She’s supposed to come off as sassy and spunky, but all that I see is a rude and unclassy, selfish and spoiled little princess. For some reason the boys love her clumsy rudeness and are charmed by it. Well, if I pulled that sort of shit, not even my parents would love me. Namhee is just way too much of a Mary Sue. It’s like a Korean high school gangster version of Twilight.

But damn, is Nampa hot or WHAT?

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