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    Let Dai


    Sat, 01/02/2010 - 20:09 — Anna
    Rating:
    4
    Image of Let Dai Vol. 1 (v. 1)
    Author / Artist: 
    Sooyeon Won
    Publisher: 
    Netcomics
    Volumes: 
    15

    Let Dai is a tragic tale of forbidden love and unforgivable betrayal. Set in a soulless neo-Seoul, an amoral teenager and the leader of the vicious Furies gang named Dai is the living embodiment of the city's beauty and cruelty. When an honest schoolboy named Jaehee rescues a girl from the Furies, he can't possibly realize how this brief encounter with Dai will plunge him into a downward spiral of unbridled passion and unfathomable pain. In Dai he finds an affectionate friend one moment and a heartless sociopath the next, awakening desires in him that he could never before have imagined.

    Let Dai Mini Review (manhwa)

    Sun, 01/03/2010 - 13:23 — Anonymous
    Let Dai
    Reviewer's Rating: 
    0
    Pull Quote: 
    This manhwa is about a teenage gang leader named Dai who changes whatever world he steps into. He’s beautiful, dangerous, quiet, and unpredictable. He also has the emotional maturity of a 6-year-old, and I don’t mean that in a manchild sort of way - I mean that he literally thinks about things the way a 6-year-old thinks about things. He hits people when he’s upset, he leaves conversations halfway through, he expresses his sexuality through touching and kissing and absolutely nothing else.
    Review Link: 
    http://www.sleepisfortheweak.org/reviews/micros/letdai

    Let Dai, Vols. 1-15

    Sun, 01/03/2010 - 13:25 — Anonymous
    Let Dai
    Reviewer's Rating: 
    4
    Pull Quote: 
    Let Dai is ridiculously melodramatic, unrelentingly violent, borderline misogynistic, deeply implausible, and an incredibly compelling read. The first chapter begins with the narration, “Love was like a banquet of pain,” setting the story’s melodramatic tone from the start, but this is not a bad thing, by any means. Sooyeon Won’s sense of drama and flowery language is one of the series’ greatest charms, capable of reverting even the most jaded adult woman back to her thirteen-year-old self.
    Review Link: 
    http://www.popcultureshock.com/manga/index.php/reviews/manhwa-reviews/let-dai-vo...
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    Let Dai Vol. 1 (v. 1)

    Dangerous Boys

    Sun, 01/03/2010 - 13:26 — Anonymous
    Let Dai
    Reviewer's Rating: 
    0
    Pull Quote: 
    If the point of shonen-ai is to provide the reader with a sense of emotional safety, nobody sent the memo to Korean creator Sooyeon Won. Her shonen-ai mahwa (Korean comics) series Let Dai — which concluded with volume 15 in December — features cheerful covers with frolicking puppies and pastel tones. The interior, however, is much, much less sunny. The art is, by shojo standards, unfrilly and grim, more likely to show an unflinching close-up of a bloody, beaten face than drifting flowers or pretty clothes. And as for the plot…well, the first volume includes the brutal gang-rape of a sweetly innocent 17-year-old girl named Eunhyung.
    Review Link: 
    http://www.comixology.com/articles/204/Dangerous-Boys