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King's Maker #1

by Haga, 강지영 (Illustrator)

아버지에게 복수심을 품고 그의 모든 것을 증오하는 4황자 볼프강, 현실을 벗어날 수 있을 힘과 황제의 몰락을 원하는 신수혁. 다른 생각을 가지고 같은 꿈을 꾸는 두 사람의 초대형 BL 판타지.

Genres: Manga, Manhwa, Fantasy, Romance, LGBT, Yaoi, Historical

316 pages, Paperback

First published August 14, 2018

Reviews

[Stacie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Absolutely beautiful. I read this as webtoon last year (thank you, Devon) and became obsessed with how gorgeous it was, the amazing characters, and of course the plot. I now own a physical copy and it is STUNNING. It’s published in English by Inklore and go get it, you will not regret it. I wish Goodreads allowed videos or at least pictures because it’s 🔥🔥🔥

👑Historical fantasy Korean BL manhwa
👑Charming, delightful MC
👑Smart, clever ML
👑Amazing side characters
👑Engaging plot
👑GORGEOUS art

[Maisha Farzana · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hands down the best manga I have ever read. I never thought BL series could have such a well-developed story until I found out about "King's Maker".

In this Fantasy Bl manga we are following Wolfgang Goldenleonard, our KING and Shin Soohyuk, the KING MAKER. We follow their story as they form an unlikely alliance as children and as they grows up as something more. The synopsis is kinda like this... Wolfgang Goldenleonard has been living on the streets for much of his life, hiding his true identity as the fourth prince of a crooked kingdom wrought with corruption. But when things take a turn and he is forced to move into the royal palace, he catches the attention of Shin Soohyuk, an intelligent but mysterious boy who is looking for someone to play the leading role in a daring scheme... Can Soohyuk turn a rough-and-tumble street urchin into a sophisticated royal? And will Wolfgang be able to reclaim a dark legacy and transform it into something golden?

Now, King's Maker is the book I have searching for since forever. It was right here. I didn't even notice! I love both the adult fantasy and bl genre, And this series the most unique combination of these two. It's not a simple bl story, but much more than that. I love the plotline, the political turmoil, the romance. The characters are gems. The art style is gorgeous. This manga series is one of a kind. I can't recommend it enough. Please read it!

[~MasterDaoistQuqu~ (WDYM HEESEUNG IS LEAVING ENHA) · Rating 5 out of 5]

5 STARS 🤩✨🙏🥰🫶⭐😍🫰😆 PEAK LITERATURE, GORGEOUS ART, AMAZING STORY, AND ITS BL, YOU CAN’T GIVE THIS ANYTHING LOWER THAN 5 STARS ❤

Ahem…the emojis pretty much sum up how I felt about the first volume about King’s Maker, technically IT WAS SO GOOD 😍🫶 I became obsessed after just a few pages of this manhwa, not gonna lie my expectations weren’t that high when I picked it up but that honestly just made it better…I was so surprised to see how pretty (gorgeous) the art was, and the story is so interesting you won’t be able to put it down!! Please read it!! Veryyyyy highly recommended!!

Ofc, make sure to check the TWs before reading since there are quite a few :)

some pics ->>>> (hopefully the pictures load 🤞🤞🤞) but if they don't that just means you hafta go read it urself to see how just pretty the art is 😉

[fish · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5 ★ : King's Maker by Haga
⇢ Genre: Supernatural, Romance, Politics, Medieval
⇢ Pacing: Medium
⇢ Trigger Warnings: Blood, Animal Abuse, Mature Themes, Nudity, Physical Abuse, Sexual Abuse, Child Abuse, Pedophilia, Grooming, Sexual Content, Violence

In-depth Rating:
⇢ Plot: ★★★★★
⇢ World Building ★★★★
⇢ Art Style ★★★★
⇢ Character Development: ★★★★
⇢ Satisfactory Level: ★★★★★

General Comment: The thing that I love the most about King's Maker is that it is true to its genre and it never shies away from being too cruel and for showing what it's like to be in a court politics. I am so amazed how well-developed the story was and how the characters are crafted in a way that you fall in love with them as soon as they were introduced. The romance is not the main focus but it's there and it is developed smoothly and flows naturally which I love the most. I never once found myself bored while reading this and King's Maker surprises me how dark, serious and refreshing this manhwa was since it's not something you will find everyday in other stories. It is obvious that King's Maker was created by someone who is passionate about telling us this kind of story and it shows.

AO3 inspired tags:
⇢ Tags: Royalty, Rebellion, Idiotic Seme x Cunning Uke, childhood-friends-to-lovers-trope, pairing-are-trying-to-overthrow-the-king, Coup d'etat, BL, Shounen-ai, Manhwa, Webcomic, Webtoon, Long strip



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[Steph ✨ · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars

[R.Qtz · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is season one of the story and I’m mind blown. I didn’t expect the story to be so well written. The author did a great job making some characters lovable and hateful. I realized she also wrote For The Sake of Sita, which I read a few yrs back I think. There is mystery, political situations and being helpless and powerless in front of a tyrant. All the ups and downs intricately weave the final picture and ideas. A must read><

Ps I rlly hate the King. Ughh he is just so disgusting I wanted to pull his long strands of hair one by one!!

[Marureviere · Rating 5 out of 5]

I can't recommend this series enough. This is my favourite BL manhwa in existence alongside Dark Heaven. Wolfgang and Shin have come so far 💛💙💛💙

[D · Rating 5 out of 5]

I thought it will be just simple easy read, but end up mind-blowned by the story. The drawings are sooooo beautiful especially the dance part.

[Natshane · Rating 5 out of 5]

This manhwa is a masterpiece in the making. From the flow of the story to the art, to the script and everything else, King's Maker is truly on a tier of its own.

My short review will never do the story justice, it's the kind that you have to experience it on your own and set your soul on this tumultuous journey. The plot thickens with every season as we weather through the hardships and internal struggle of each characters.



MAGNFICIENT.
ELEGANT.
BEAUTY.
GRACEFUL.

[Rosa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Finally I gave this a try on Tappytoon (it's also available via Lezhin) and soon in paper too, and I loved it. The art is amazing, I loved the drawing and colouring and the story is good if a bit rushed at times. I had some problems with time transition. I don't know if it's due to translation but it was difficult to have a sense of the passing of time because it's not clearly stated through dialogue. Fortunately the authors do a good job showing it through their drawing.
The plot (the review is for the whole series) touch hard themes like pedophilia and a tyrant ruler so this isn't for the faint of heart. I had a very hard time during some parts of the plot. Some of them maybe some people will think they were of no importance, but for me were hard to read, like when the kitten was killed. I can't read about animal death, it makes me truly upset. It's too painful for me, especially cats. And the way it was done, like the cat was of no importance, like it was replaceable, was very disturbing for me. And others were disturbing for very different reasons. All the things that involved the King's "children" were too unsettling to read. The way he was sexually involved with all those children and everyone looked to the other side because he was the King was too much at times. That and Dandellion death, it took me by surprise. I wasn't expecting that, and it was heartbreaking.
I liked how this ended. I liked that Wolfgang wanted to avoid a huge confrontation and I'm looking forward to see how he is going to rebuild the country with Shin's help, because they have a huge job in front of them. I'm going to read Triple Crown to see how their journey ends.

[Achim · Rating 4 out of 5]

There is something rotten in the kingdom and Wolfgang knows that since he was 8 and his mother helped him escape from their burning castle and told him never to reach out to his father. A fish always rots from the head down and no one knows that better than Soohyuk, every time the king is sending him to another noble who likes to tell him a fairytale or so they say because he's part of the kings collection of beautiful boys. Now after a hideous plot of the king Wolfgang is back at the palace as the 4th prince, balky and stubborn but somehow Soohyuk is seeing something in him maybe because he spent his life on the streets and isn't infected by the mildew that spread into every corner of the royal court. So reluctantly he takes the prince under his wing, always wary of the king and his temper.

It's the first book of the series and the story is supposed to be read by all ages, so it takes its time and some parts are only hinted at (you know, that odd idea of all-ages suitability where telling about murdering boys is okay but not what really happens at story book time) but you only have to look at the dead, seen-it-all eyes of Soohyuk to understand what's at stake. Wolfgang needs a bit more time to understand, so there are also humorous scenes and first waves of teenage jealousy but at the end of this book their romance didn't start yet, we have no idea yet about the reason of the arson or why the king was so hellbent on getting his son back to ignore him completely afterwards and we still have to meet the other princes. However at the end of this book the fourth prince is starting to see the situation he's in and that it's more than only rebelling against a cold father.

[Vedeneeva Yulia · Rating 5 out of 5]

Це було ідеально

[Katie❄️ · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another untouchable pedophile “king”…how crassly des nos jours.

This has the potential to become something great.

[✧desiree✧ · Rating 5 out of 5]

5☆ Review:

“𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒇 𝑰…𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒄𝒂𝒑𝒆 𝒐𝒇𝒇 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒚𝒐𝒖?”

*This is a review for all of King’s Maker (not including Triple Crown)*

Phenomenal. I enjoyed every moment of this.

I love both of the main characters, plus many of the side characters we met along the way.

The ending was so satisfying & I’m looking forward to continuing onto Triple Crown.

“𝑰𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒆𝒅, 𝑰 𝒎𝒂𝒚 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆…𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒃𝒆𝒅𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂 𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒅 𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎.”

[_.eameli · Rating 5 out of 5]

خلاصه مانهوا:
ولفگانگ گولدن لئونارد ، چهارمین پرنس قلمرو ، بعد از سالها زندگی در سایه ها حالا برمیگرده به قلعه. او هرچی که به استایل جدید زندگی شرافتمندانشه رو رد میکنه ، اما
اون شیفته شین سوهیوک مرموز و وظیفه شناس میشه.
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[blackmoon · Rating 5 out of 5]

no i don't think you understand, i'm obsessed.

[✨Tatiana✨ { She Who Reads Ya Books }]

Picked this up on a whim... THE PLOT IS AMAZING?

Read if you are looking for:
-historical bl
-actual plot
-prince x advisor
-court polictics

!!! Please check TW !!!

[Anna (Ink of Books) · Rating 4 out of 5]

i just don't like the protagonist very much...

[Kiara · Rating 3 out of 5]

Me gustó, un poco compleja, cosa que me gustó. Pero yo como amante del romance, casi no hubo y cuando apareció fue demasiado inesperado y los saltos temporales o no los explican o soy tonta (puede ser la segunda).
Sacando eso muy bella historia y me hizo acordar a mis personajes, así que nada, los quiero.

[Mello · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing!!

Incredible art ☑️
Good plot ☑️
Interesting characters ☑️
Romance ☑️
Action ☑️

It has the whole package!! I was not expecting to love this as much as I did.

[Dash · Rating 5 out of 5]

What the actual fuck!? This is one of the greatest manhwa's I have ever read!

[ash ʕ •ᴥ•ʔ · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5★ didn’t know I could literally sob for characters I’ve only known for less than 10 chapters

[Chanyaku · Rating 5 out of 5]

วอทททท??? อะไรกันครับเนี่ย สนุกแบบบ้าบอมากกกก ลายเส้นสวย ฉากอลังการ เนื้อเรื่องเข้มข้น จังหวะการเล่าเรื่องแบบดีมากอ่ะ มันมีจุดพีคให้ลุ้นตลอดแทบทุกอีพี นี่ตะบี้ตะบันอ่านแบบหยุดไม่ได้

ใครชอบนายเอกสายควีนเย็นชา สายซึนแต่จริงๆ ก็คลั่งรักพระเอกมากคือเรื่องนี้เลย! ส่วนพระเอกก็คือหมาโกลเด้น(แต่ดุนะ5555) อ้อนนายเอกคนเดียวกับคนอื่นแยกเขี้ยวใส่

ชอบความสัมพันธ์พระนายมาก มันผูกพันลึกซึ้งแบบแยกจากกันไม่ได้ เพราะเค้าโตมาด้วยกัน ประคับประคองกันมา เผชิญความบัดซบของกษัตริย์และขุนนางชั่วในวังแล้วต้องคอยระวังหลังให้กัน คลั่งรักกันมากเว่อ เรื่องนี้เน้นเลิฟไลน์ด้วย เน้นความหักเหลี่ยมกันในราชวงศ์ด้วย สนุกแบบสะใจมาก

งงตัวเองมาก ตอนนั้นเห็นรีวิวแบบผ่านๆ ในไทม์ไลน์ทวิตก็เลยแบบ เอ๊ ไหนซิ ลองอ่านซักหน่อย สรุปว่าได้อ่านยาวเลย

[★ray's bookshelf★ · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a masterpiece ❤️ I really cried and laugh by reading and it was amazing 🥹

[Fny · Rating 3 out of 5]

3,5/5.
Interesting. Beautiful art. Intrigued to see where it goes.

[Jenni ♡ · Rating 4 out of 5]

I can already feel how tragic this is going to be. A literal “KING MAKER” ?!?!

Getting vl2 rn rn

[Jade Augier · Rating 5 out of 5]

mouhahahahaha enfin meilleur webtoon ever

[Camille Crak · Rating 4 out of 5]

J'adore ❤️❤️

[Hanner · Rating 5 out of 5]

The perfect Spirk variant TO ME

[MeadeReads · Rating 5 out of 5]

I wish more manga had a slow slow burn like this. The plot is interesting and (kinda dark) and not reminiscent of every other story out there.