And now, let's move onto the historical and quasi-historical (mythic?) manhwa. The best-known and biggest (and my very first introduction to manhwa, too) is Mi-Kyung Yun's Bride of the Water God, which I already recommended/critiqued at length. The rest of these are relatively recent discoveries.
...and I'll cover the dramas in the next post... so very tired, can't keep my eyes open!
- Kim, Tae Yeon: Ban Hon Sa [manhwa: complete; scanlation: stalled]
Bakaupdates summary: "A series of fairytale-like stories, loosely connected by the ongoing adventures of the enigmatic Hwa Ryungang, a man with strange powers and a connection to the spirit world, and Moohwe, an irrepressible wanderer with a mysterious identity." Complete at seven volumes and unlicensed, but only four volumes are scanlated, and the last update was two years ago. I weep for the last three chapters...
The story is somewhat episodic, but there are growing hints in the third and fourth volumes of an underlying arc. The problem is that twigging on that arc seems to require some knowledge of Korean mythology, and maybe a bit of shamanistic/indigenous religous-folklore. There are casual references (and some implied backstory) that set off my alerts for myths and folklore, but for which I have little to no reference so only have the sense that this bit has a bigger meaning or implication if only I knew the right stories to read between the lines.
...and I'll cover the dramas in the next post... so very tired, can't keep my eyes open!