Gooooong....

[dangermousie]

Oh Glee-est Glee that ever Gleed!

I have found Goong manga, translated, on-line (vol 1-10. this is vol 11 in sendspace files but haven't checked it out to see if it works yet). And it's LOVELY. I will have no weekend.

I got to say, worth it for me just for the scene (I randomly flipped through files) where Chae-Gyung insists on treating Shin's cuts because he didn't want to go to the doctor because they'd ask where they are from and he tells her she is his medicine. AWWWWW. Uber AWWWW.

And the following scene follows:



GLEEEEEE!

Since the second season of Goong has been shot to hell, I'll just use this to sate Goong-craving.



Oh my gosh, in the manga her saying she wants a divorce during live interview is SO MUCH worse. Because they already had their 'normal' day and he said things like the ones in the below panels to her. And he also mentioned that he is freaking out because his dad and his best friend (Yul) turned on him and he has no idea who will turn on him next.

Also, I hate HATE Yul in this because he is telling her Shin is just playing her because he doesn't want the embarassment of divorce. EEEE!

ARGH.

The famous street kiss during their 'normal day' together:



OMG. Shin. *swoon*



Shin begging her not to ask for the divorce during the interview:



The hyperventilationy bit where Shin admits he loves her. In front of a freaking live audience:





In an earlier volume, Shin seeing Yul hug Chae-Gyung (after the 'wedding night'):



ETA: OMG, they sell Alfred Bear on line. I confess that except for Aloyisius, Sebastian Flyte's teddybear from Brideshead Revisited, Alfred bear is my favorite fictional teddybear :P According to the bag, they are also selling Shin (it says 'Shin Lee and teddy bear' but unfortunately it's unlikely. Just as well, as Mr. Mousie, tolerant as he is, might look askance at us storing a 6'2" Korean Prince in our house).

Comments

[klmorgan.livejournal.com]

GOOOONG! W00T! Yay for more zip files!

You can find zip files of the first nine here (http://www.jazzholic.com/weblog/archives/2006/02/goong_scanlatio.html), though Volume 9 is incomplete.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Thanks! The first 10 vols are actually not zip, just photobucket, for easy reading pleasure...

[klmorgan.livejournal.com]

Oh, I knew the first nine you linked to were photobucket, which is why I linked you to a zip file of them (in case you wanted that option).

[vierran45.livejournal.com]

I confess I'm waiting very impatiently for my my comics store to get copies of the Goong manhwa in English. I've been trying to resist getting sucked in by the manga/manhwa phenomenon, by only buying select titles (Nana, Fake, Fullmetal Alchemist), but I think it's not working out.

I'm starting to be sucked in, which is quite embarrassing at my age. Next thing I know, I'll be cosplaying with all the children at my next Finncvon... :P.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

You can read the first 10 vols online. I know dls are a problem for you but the link I posted is to photobucket, so no dling required.

I know, I am addicted to manga now. Started with Mars years ago and see where it led me...

[uberinscrutable.livejournal.com]

Huh, I was wondering what a korean manga would be like. But just from reading the first 50 pages of the first volume, Shin's personality seems different from his portrayal in the drama. Interesting. Going on my list. My god, I have so many things to buy now. Manga, dramas...my poor, poor wallet. It's so empty. Why is this stuff so addicting?!

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

I don't know but it is :) Yeah, Shin seems different. I prefer dorama Shin but I like manhwa Shin too...

[fluffyfledgling.livejournal.com]

NOOO *dies from the mush*

I want my laptop back NOW! It has all my scanlations on it! *whines*

[fluffyfledgling.livejournal.com]

... except wait. The files are probably all deleted. Or wut? No, the files would be on that disc I burned... *mumblemumble*

But I want my laptop back anyway because this computer doesn't read DVD discs!

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

You can just open those up anyway...

But yeah, so AWESOME!

[fivil.livejournal.com]

*tries not to read them too carefully to avoid major spoilage*

I dig some manga and I like the style of this manhwa (I also just like the word - boy, learning Korean would be such crazy awesome!) fine but I'm not sure if I'll read. Can you tell by what you've read so far if there are any glaring differences between the kdrama and the manhwa? There can be some at times, when things are adapted from one format to another..

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

There are differences: events are put around in different order (some rather drastically).

It's pretty faithful as an adaptation to the overall story (not as much as, say, Mars, but still...) but what struck me is that the vibe of the thing is different. It still has hilarious bits, but a lot of it is more traditionally emo/manga-type stuff: instead of delightfully wacky family CG has in dorama, here it's traditonal honorable duty-bound type. CG is still perky and stuff, but she comes across as much more emo that she does in the drama. I think the most drastic difference is Shin, who is not really this icy reserved person, but more like "I am too cool for everything 'tude" rebellious towards the world (while of course doing the proper ceremonial thing) angry (with good reason) teen. I am trying to think of a good comparison. I like dorama Shin much better and find him a lot more interesting but YMMV.