2017 - Page 26

When there is no way out, the way is in. Doomed to die next month, our terminally ill protagonist Chan is too frail and defeated to try anything at all. No wonder he chooses to plunge himself into an RPG world he is only too familiar with. Why should this run be any different? Well, other than the fact that he will wake up inside the game and get struck with an existential epiphany that will make him fight tooth and nail to give Nox, his equally ill-fated RPG persona, a better chance? Maybe, it’s not over until it’s over.

From good looks, brains, hot body, wealth, and a gorgeous family. It seemed like Jumin’s life was god perfect. Until he realized that his world was merely a simulation controlled by… well, a teenage girl! With just a click of her mouse, Jumin loses everything and returns to high school! Will he break free from the program and reclaim what he lost?

When Azriel — the fearsome and unfeeling Angel of Death — allows a human soul to slip through his fingers, God casts him down to Earth to find it. Azriel plans to use Jo LeCourt, the sister of the woman whose soul he failed to reap, to guide him. But he’s not counting on the sharp-witted and relentless Jo, who knows why he's there and will stop at nothing to stop him. As the two circle each other, Azriel discovers, for the first time in eternity, someone who really challenges and interests him. And Jo discovers, for the first time in her life, someone as reliable and exacting as she is. Neither of them are expecting to find a love that will change them forever.

Since she ran away from the capital, Siomara has played it safe. Mainly she tries to ignore the Darkness that inhabits this world, which she is now capable of seeing, but more importantly, she makes sure that the Darkness ignores her as well. But when a mysterious neighbor moves in that could also be like her, Siomara must decide if she’ll risk getting closer to him, despite all the warnings of the danger that he comes with.

Seong-un Choi is the top-ranked player in the game “Lost World,” being the only player to have completed all its achievements. However, his triumph is short-lived as a mysterious message transports him to the real “Lost World,” transforming him from a mere gamer to a contender for godhood. Amidst others vying for divinity, will Seong-un be able to achieve true godhood and reign supreme in this new realm?

With a dead sister and 25 years to go on her soulmate timer, Anya decides to cryogenically sleep away her problems. Too bad she wakes up to an apocalypse full of them. Now stuck in a burnt out landscape full of killers, Anya must decide which she wants to keep: her heart or her head.

The Song family's true biological daughter appears, shaking Juha's world. Seeking an escape from an unwelcoming home, Juha embarks on a series of blind dates until she meets Sahyeon, who boldly suggests setting a wedding date within minutes of their first date. Just as Juha starts to develop feelings for him, her cunning younger sister—who has already taken everything else from her—declares her intention to marry him instead.

Every rose has its thorn – even one so fair and bright as Karen Shanaire, a star ballerina in the Empire of Gloretta. Karen, who is secretly a spy for the enemy state of Qustia, must extract valuable intelligence from her latest target, Glorettan war hero and key arms manufacturer Duke Arcturus Kloen. Arcturus begins a relationship of convenience with Karen to ward off scandal, unaware that her intentions are anything but benign. Thus begins the deadliest dance of all: a ballet of love, death, and war.

Elaine desperately tries to hide the unearthly feathers that riddle her skin, all for the sake of love. But her curse leaves her rejected and trapped behind a wall deep within the forbidden forest. With no way home, her only option is to rely on a Prince determined to reclaim his throne, and his missing eyes.

Ryeong is the only one in her exorcist family without powers—she can only see ghosts. One night, during the village festival, she encounters Yuseong, a young man possessed by a mysterious ghost. The ghost asks Ryeong to help uncover his lost memories and break the grudge that binds him to the living world. Desperate to escape her family's cruelty, Ryeong seizes the chance to enroll in Mujang-gak, the elite martial arts school run by Yuseong’s family. As a female student in a male-dominated world, she faces relentless challenges. Can she survive and uncover the truth to free them both?

Bianca is just another noble lady with a simple dream: to marry into a dukedom and enjoy a life of luxury. But everything changes when she stumbles upon a book—one that casts her as the villainess, doomed to stand in the way of her real-life fiancé’s love story with a commoner girl. As Bianca realizes the book accurately depicts her own fate, she refuses to accept her tragic ending. Can she rewrite her story, or is she simply destined to become a villainess?

You know how they say “never meet your heroes”? Well, what if you’re literally about to die? Failed hunter Minato spent his entire life dreaming of becoming just like the 106 Progenitors, a heroic band of transcendents who defeated the Tower of Monsters three centuries ago, but he never expected to meet them in his dying moments when his high-school bully tries to kill and scapegoat him for looting their tomb. The Progenitors offer him a second lease on life by letting one of them take over his body, but that’s not enough for Minato: he wants them all!