Queens, Volume 1

Queens

by Sung-Hyen Ha

The story is about Pil-Hyun Jung who is a feminine, pretty boy who tries to learn to be a manly man and win over the heart of his crush, Che, Song-Ah, as well as escape the pressures of his disapproving father. He also wants to put Yi, his manly nemesis,in his place. He ends up finding a comic book titled "Escape from Being a Pretty Boy" and finds that it is a complete parallel to his life. He looks for the author of the book in hopes of being mentored by him. When he finds him, he turns out to be a SHEand he meets two other woman who are roommates with the author of the comic book who seem to be sexually over-zealous and take him in because they are interested in the boy. He lives there to learn the art of comic books and the art of being a man. In the meantime, Pil-Hyun's mad crush, Che, Song-Ah, is in love with Gyung-Joo, the manly boy, who is a jerk. The story continues with this love triangle and Pil-Hyun getting mentored by the comic writer and her two roommates.Pil-Hyun Jung, a feminine, pretty boy, tries to learn to be a manly man in order to win over the heart of his crush, Song-Ah, and to escape the pressures of his disapproving father, and is helped in his quest by a female comic book author.

Genres: Manga, Comics, Romance

192 pages, Paperback

First published November 7, 2006

Reviews

[TT · Rating 3 out of 5]

I have v. 1-5 of the series, not that great overall (I'm not as big a fan of manwha as I am manga) but there is one volume, I cant remember which that I LOVE the flashbacks and the relationship with the lead singer and the young guitar player when she doesn't know how to act around him. They should end up together!!!

[Nikki ~ The Nocturnal Bookworm · Rating 3 out of 5]

Kinda cute

[Mosley · Rating 2 out of 5]

So the potential is there but this volume really was just a lot of character introduction and not a lot of interesting plot occurred.

[Kate · Rating 2 out of 5]

An effeminate high school student wants to be a manly man. He seeks the help of an author of a comic he reads that is similar to his situation. Surprisingly, the author is a woman--and a masculine one at that. The author's roommates and assistants insist they give the boy a chance to live with them and work as an apprentice. The author reluctantly agrees.

This manhwa is light, silly fluff. It's not exceptional, but it's not awful either. It's cute, but rather boring and lacks a certain passion or unique angle. Much more could have been done to make the story better. The art is average--again, not exceptional, but not bad either.

[Reader17 Der · Rating 3 out of 5]

I liked this story. It is cute so far. It is about a guy that wants to become a real man. He meets this girl who is the author of a manwha series about a guy that becomes a man so he asks her to help him. He goes over to her house where he meets her roomates.