Whale Star: The Gyeongseong Mermaid

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Must Have:
1. Romance as one of the primary focuses (no romantic subplots/romantic subtext only)
2. Set in a historical era or a world that resembles one
3. Be good

**Eras are listed! Use list view.

Must Haves:
1. Forbidden Love from/with: Opposing factions, age-gap, student/teacher, princess/peasant, family, yaoi/yuri, and other variations of the sort.
2. Romance is one of the primary focuses of manga
3. Be good!

**Categories are listed! Use list view.

Daily Pass Originals is the binge release model by the licensor WEBTOON where they release a finished series all at once. The bulk of the series can only be read on their app, where users can either temporarily unlock one chapter a day (hence 'daily pass') or pay to permanently unlock the chapters. Ongoing Daily Passes have the same lock limitations but are instead published weekly (like a regular release), and usually the final chapters must be paid for. The ongoing ones of the latter variety can be found in this stack: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/7255

Part 2: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/23127

WEBTOON also converts completed series, which originally didn't require unlocking, to the Daily Pass format, but this list is focused on series that were Daily Pass from the start.

Not on MAL
Non-pay variety: Flowar; Ode to Our Youth; With Tony; Zombie Ship; OEL series
Pay variety: Double-Binded By Love; Mythical Errand; Romantic Flow; The Distance Between Us; The Duke's Teddy Bear; The King and the Paladin; The Hidden Man; Witch's Workshop

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Manga included are set in real historical settings & does not include those set in a made up world but may include fictional things in the setting.

All of these manga must have EITHER:
-- A plot that is virtually unheard of
-- A major theme that is rarely explored
-- Or a very unique execution of an uncommon plot.

And they have to be good!


* Plots/themes are listed! No spoilers. Use list view.

romance manhwas set in ancient korea

These are unique or extremely good manga in their own aspect! All these manga and manhwa are or were listed in the club relations, and I personally have made a 150-400 word defense (the first one being an exception) for each of them, you can find the thread in the club discussions, or you can go straight there with this URL:
https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=2017676

These are listed in order of the thread, with the first one (Kyuujitsu no Warumono-san) being written the first, its defense written May 21st of 2022.

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Manga removed from the club this far:
The Fable
The Boxer

📚 𝐀 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐚 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐭𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞

While it might look like you don't really need to know all of this, you never know when it will be useful: for instance with quizzes, random questions that you wouldn't know the answer to otherwise, fun facts to tell someone else, or if there's trouble or necessity of intervention in your vicinity.

=> Stack (1/2): https://myanimelist.net/stacks/9663

Honorable mentions:
-Apocalypse no Toride is a horror manga that could be included due to a couple of educational parts, such as acute hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) and its effects induced by intravenous insulin injections; however a lot of it is not really fitting to be put in here.
-Genius Martial Arts Trainer (MAL ID 170657): Fitness

(Also thanks to Lylaaz and abystoma2)

Main character and/or others have trouble with speaking or conversing.
This could be due to shyness, but also due to a problem with their voices or vocal cords, or another reason why communication is more difficult.

Manhwa do not deserve to all be generalized... Here some examples of good, interesting and creative manhwa! Whale Star takes the top spot for me! Followed by Navillera: Like a Butterfly and Annarasumanara.

Stack is now completely filled. New additions will be linked here and placed in a second stack.
-Dark Mortal
-The Knight Only Lives Today
-Pick Me Up

To have an easier view on the manga relations of the club, here's the fifth stack of manga, from T to Z.

The four other stacks are:
1-E: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/344
F-Ko: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/349
Ku-N: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/357
O-S: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/11584

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Manga which

[1] give off the vibe of winter, or

[2] associated with common themes:
-- cold, darkness, heartbreak
-- sickness, dormancy, survival, death
-- sadness, despair, loneliness
-- fear, personal struggle, introspection
-- family, holiday, escape

all my favorite historical manhwas ready to binge read!!

Just some manhwas, manhuas I think deserve some spotlight. :] I didn't actively try to weed out murim, dungeon system stories, but they tend to be popular and well-received so I haven't included any yet.

Manhwa not on MAL:
- Ooh La La
- Love Tractor
- Your Eternal Lies