Merciless

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Interwoven in gang politics and a whole orchestra of corruption, Merciless is a simple but entertaining story about the Korean John Wick endeavoring to survive and escape from within a brutal concentration camp. The manhwa stays concise throughout the 40 chapter run, there's a wholesome love interest, an array of interesting characters, good humor, nice art, easily hateable antagonists, gratuitous violence, well choreographed fights, great build up, a bad ass protagonist and the most satisfying ending I've read in ages which is ultimately the main factor in why I ended up rating a simple webtoon so highly. It's a worthwhile read while not necessarily being ... anything special. There's no character development to speak of, other than perhaps the overcoming of trauma, but it's eventful and entertaining all the way through with an exquisite pay off.

I don't have much else to say about the series without going into actual plot details so instead I'll just add a couple pieces of context for the Manhwa. Firstly the artist is Park Jin-Hwan who's most notable work is The Breaker and he does a terrific job with Merciless. Secondly, the concentration camp or "internment camp" in the story might seem fictitious but it was a real thing South Korea. Innocent people, the homeless in particular, were genuinely abducted off the street and sent to these camps labeled as welfare centers. I don't know of any other manhwa that have covered this, so in that sense Merciless is pretty unique.