If you’re thinking that this is spin off webtoon of drama Pinocchio, or if Pinocchio drama was made out of this webtoon but you never came to know about it, rest assured (or rather, be a little disappointed), both are totally different.
This webtoon, one of my absolute favorites, is on the verge of its ending (Only some extra chapters left). Written by Maru-ssi (Why do I suddenly remember Kang Maru from The Innocent Man?), this particular piece is so full of emotions and drama, that shoujo lovers would definitely go gaga over it, once they read the story.
The story is about high school student Choi Ha Ram who, one day, gets to buy a beautiful necklace from a suspicious place. After she wears it, she starts seeing a ghost named Yu Ga On, who doesn’t have memories of how he died or what happened to him but has a feeling that he did something bad to his family .
Ha Ram rejects him first because she seems to find herself in trouble whenever Ga On is near her, but develops sympathy for his situation and lets him live with her. She even starts helping him to create fresh set of memories taking photographs and teaching him to write even though he can’t hold or touch anything. But she keeps Yu Ga On secret from every one else including her childhood crush Han Bit who is handsome, kind, pursued by a lot of girls, her senior and has recently come back to be her neighbor. She has been madly in love with him.
During the course of the webtoon, she confesses to Han Bit too only to be rejected more than one time. The story continues to reveal Yu Ga On’s mysterious past, the truth of the guy who sold HaRam the necklace and obliteration of his soul ultimately. (This, in no way, is a spoiler since the actual ending is quite different, and a happy one, from what might seem from this summary. Keep guessing or go read the webtoon!)
I soo want to give spoilers right now, but well, I’ll hold back. Anyway, the webtoon is full of feels and unexpected twists including Yu Ga On’s real story and who Ha Ram ends up with. The “twistful” nature of this webtoon full of cliffhangers (no cliffhangers for people who read it now but one would definitely appreciate the flow it has been made with) has been kept up till the last chapter. Most of the readers would find it difficult to digest what shows in a chapter at first until they read the whole thing (which happened with me in the very last of the webtoon also) and have tears roll down their cheeks and heave a sigh of relief on reality of events.
It also compels the reader to think about life and how our regrets might be hurting not only us but others as well. And that feelings need to be told and forgiveness needs to be asked, you may not get a second chance at that.
Art is great with great use of vibrant colors (Han Bit’s hair color >.<) and there are a lot of touches of comedy. (I love rom com webtoons and manga)
The whole translated webtoon is available here by EGScans. This webtoon has a prequel too, though I haven’t read it, called One Winter which has Yu Ga On’s story of what he was doing before meeting HaRam. Anyway, highly recommended webtoon.
Side Story 1: I always end up not writing a Happy New Year post (or any other occasion’s post, as a matter of fact) and this year too I am tad late but I wish that may this year bring everybody great health, prosperity and happiness.
Side Story 2: One of my blog’s reader has asked me very recently (few hours ago) to keep my rants with myself. I got that comment once before too, so I have decided, I would stop writing about my personal life. I won’t stop writing about my travel or study experiences though. And I won’t remove the earlier posts either.
With that, I will take my leave. *Wanders off to laze around in warm sun after so many chilly days*
The Joys and Worries of an East Asia Lover 
where can I actually buy the manwa.for Pinocchio.I really want to buy the actual book.Is there a website where I can buy it or it’s not possible?
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Haha, no idea. I tried finding, but couldn’t find anything. I am sure there must be something though.
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I have a question, what’s purple-haired hyung’s name? I’m so curious TT^TT
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Umm….. I don’t see any oppa with purple hair but are you talking about Han Bit?
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The author didnt reveal his name
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im still wondering, why the title is “Pinocchio”? 🙂
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That is something even I couldn’t comprehend. But if you see from the girl’s side, it might be because she had to lie a lot, to people and to herself before she realized her true feelings or something like that. Dunno, might be other reasons.
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that’s what also i’m thinking since i always thought “Pinocchio’s” character is about lying or pretending. waaaH! Maru is so clever to make us wonder ’til the end. 🙂 Pinocchio is the best!
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The author said that it’s somewhat close to the story pinnochio; a ghost boy wanting to live as a real human/boy in the world.
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Whoa! I didn’t know that! Makes sense…. Thanks for the info! 😀
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I enjoy reading this webtoon, the story and drawing is very nice. i want to know more about the maru too
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Yup, it’s really entertaining. Hmm, true. Maru-ssi is a mystery too 😀
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I have to admit I still have to try reading webtoons, your review is really tempting so I’ll probably give it a try in the next weeks XD well I got an ipad for something, right???
By the way, I don’t think you should give up on your more personal posts just because someone who doesn’t even have the guts to show up with her/his name doesn’t like them. Personally I do appreciate them a lot and I guess I’m not the only one here – I enjoy reading your blog because we have shared interests, but I guess it’s normal that after a while you’re curious to know something more about the girl behind the screen. Plus this is YOUR blog and YOUR space and you have all the rights to write whather comes across your mind. Of course if you don’t feel like writing those stuff anymore I understand and you’re 100% free to do so (again, it’s your blog) but I hope you’ll reconsier this 🙂
Kisses dear ❤
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Of course I meant whatever comes across your mind XD damn typos -.-
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Haha, you’re such a sweetheart~
Thank you for your encouraging words, It’s probably the first time someone told me that she’s curious about the girl “behind the screen” TT_TT. Thank you dear ❤
Yosh! Then I'll keep writing the way I do now v(^_^)v
Oh, once you start with webtoons, you won't be able to stop, take it from this girl who has been reading webtoons for, I don't even remember how much time (￣▼￣)
You should start with nineteen-twentyone (if you haven't read that already), it's short and the story is amazing too!
You got an ipad? (I'm sorry, with all the exams coming up, I haven't been able to keep up with reading my favorite blogs) Omedetou 😀
I was thinking of buying one too for I want to read books (I have a huuuuge collection of ebooks) but I am still jumping between kindle and ipad. But ipad is more expensive, and I think I'll need to change my smartphone too, it has stopped working!!. Oww, a lot of expenses are coming 〠_〠
Ah, don't worry about typos, Haha, I do that too. 🙂
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Ahahahah don’t worry dear, I haven’t been updating my blog that much anyway in the last few weeks XD I got the ipad as a Xmas prefesent from my parents but I didn’t get it full price – in fact, it’s a refurbished one. It think it’s possible to find very good deals on refurbished items on the Apple webstore, I’m thinking about doing the same for my phone some time in the future! If you want to read ebooks the kindle is a very great idea, it doesn’t strain you eyes as a tablet does – on the other hand, it’s almost impossible to read a pdf on any kind of ebook reader -.- very hard choice…
Thanks for the tip about the webtoon, I’ll start with nineteen-twentyone right away *_* Love from Italy dear ❤
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Yeah, pdf seems to be the most used but the least regarded format when it comes to reading ebooks on phone and such devices. I did find a lot of apps though, to convert them from one format to another or read pdf as it is. I’ll first try with those, then think about anything else.
I didn’t know about refurbished items, I’ll surely check that out! Thanks 😀
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This webtoon looks good, I might check it out!
P.s, I don’t see the problem in venting once in a while…sometimes the only way to get your frustrations out is by doing that. Cheer up!
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Oh, you definitely should! More so, because it’s completed.
I know that, but well, it’s ok. There are a lot more ways to vent the anger and frustration out. I won’t stop with Side Stories in my posts. So just the frequency and intensity would go down. Haha (￣▼￣)
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