Itaewon Class is one of my most favourite K-dramas. While it isn’t as highly popular as other revenge dramas are, in my opinion this K-drama does ‘revenge’ the best. The suspense keeps going up and you get the chills all the way to your core. So when I stumbled upon this manga, I had to read it.

I mentioned about the K-drama before and I am familiar with the story. On the heart of it, there are Sae-ro-yi and Yi-Seo. While the story is a revenge drama their dynamic and Yi-Seo’s dedication and love and stubbornness is what makes the show a standout. In this volume the story is still at its beginning and we haven’t met Ye-Seo yet. So I guess I’ll just have to wait for volume 2 for that.

But if I have to review the story of this book, this is basically introduction to our main protagonist and the story. We witness the story behind his journey and we can only guess what might come afterwards.

Saying that I am not really a fan of the artworks in this book. It could have been so much better and elevated. Otherwise highly recommended.

Thanks to NetGalley and Yen Press/Ize Press for sending me this ARC in exchange for my honest opinion.

Saeroyi Park is a young man that becomes a grown one in the course of this story. He is someone of great dedication and strength. He is someone that would make bullies sorry for existing. Even though, he goes through one of the most horrific things in the loss of his father and he almost loses everything beating up the man who killed him and gets sent to jail, he still serves his time and comes out on top in the end.

When someone who is rich and power hungry and uses what they have to crush others under their feet they need someone to put them in their place. Saeroyi Park is that guy. He’s pure determination to make his dream come true even if it takes years of labor to do it. His mind focused on it as a sure thing even if it’s years away.

This is a story of redemption, revenge, and true conviction. It’s about standing up for what you believe in even in the face of great difficulty. It’s a great story and I can’t wait to read more of it in the future.

Itaewon Class is my favorite comfort Kdrama. I've seen it a million times and I love it so much so of course I had to jump at the chance to read this version of it. Vol 1 covers the beginning of the story, with Saeroyi as a young adult and all that happens to inform the rest of his life. The drama followed pretty much the way this plays out so if you've seen the drama you know the story. But there were minor changes that were fun to pick up on. I've never been a fan of the Sooah character but she's not as irksome here so far. I'm really looking forward to the rest of the volumes to see how it looks once the plot picks up and we've moved past the introductory part.

I LOVED the Itaewon Class show and getting to see the story in print form is great! The art style reminded me of Persona a little bit, super cool! You don't need to have see the show to read this, you can almost view it independently if you prefer to read over watch.

Itaewon Class is one of my favorite kdramas to date. This graphic novel brings it all back in such a good way. The novel is a bit different to the show, but seeing as the original Korean story predates the show, it still works well in novel form. The graphics are in full colour and are absolutely beautiful, I wouldn't change a thing.

Thank you to Netgalley and Ize Press for the opportunity to read and review this graphic novel.

This is a very sad story, though I love how the guy I'm assuming is the main character goes through life dealing with some very hard moments and life and gets to where he wants to be. Can't wait to see where he goes from where it left off.

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Yall I absolutely devoured this manhwa. I love the found family aspect to this manhwa and the story line got me tearing up 😭. I highly recommend this one!

Thank you yenpress, izepress, and netgalley for this e-ARC!

I was so accepted to be accepting to read this book and I read it right away. I've been wanting to read the books ever since I saw the K-drama when it went out. The book is just as good. I love the characters and being able to experience them in another way was amazing. The art style was simple but good. I love the found family trope with this group of friends as they try to make their dreams of making the restaurant work.