crack_van | Fandom overview : Let Dai

HI. I'm Trish and I'll be driving the van for the very small fandom of Let Dai. Never heard of it? You're not the only one- so here's a little overview of the awesome:)

Let Dai is a Korean manhwa series by Won Soo-yeon . It is published in English by Net Comics.

Let Dai is a tragic tale of forbidden love and unforgivable betrayal. Set in a soulless neo-Seoul ruled by young punks and pleasure-seekers, an amoral teenager named Dai is the living embodiment of the city's beauty and cruelty. As the leader of the vicious Furies gang, Dai seduces everyone who lays eyes on him, only to blind them to his own barbaric nature.

When an honest schoolboy named Jaehee rescues a beautiful girl from being mugged by the Furies, he can't possibly realize how this brief encounter will plunge him into a downward spiral of unbridled passion and unfathomable pain. From his brutal gang initiation to an unspeakable act committed against his girlfriend, Jaehee wavers uncomfortably between revulsion and fascination. And in Dai he finds a tender, caring friend one moment and a heartless sociopath the next, awakening strange and unhealthy desires in Jaehee that he could never before have imagined.

Characters:

Jaehee Yoo
Jaehee is just a normal high school kid who buys a rose for his girlfriend on Valentine's Day until he meets Dai. In the midst of pain and suffering Dai inflicts on him, Jaehee is drawn to Dai through doubts and love.

Dai Lee
Dai's very existence proves that evil is real. With his unpredictable and unreasonable violent behavior and madness, Dai shows the Devil himself. He shows his dry and empty inside through his encounter with Jaehee.

Eunhyung Song
Eunhyung is Jaehee's girlfriend and Yooneun's younger sister. She has a bright and cute personality, but an assault by the Furies changes her life forever.

Yooneun Song
Yooneun is Eunhyung's older sister who gets involved with Dai when she gets in trouble with the Furies and saved by Jaehee. Having fallen in love with Jaehee, Yooneun tries to bring Jaehee, who is drawn to Dai, back to his innocent days.

Naru Hagi
A close friend of Jaehee, he falls in love with Eunhyung but fate brings them apart.

Manwha is, of course, the Korean equivalent of Japanese manga- it is very similar, but the Art is much more exquisite and less childish/cartoony. If you've never read any Let Dai would be a great place to start. It's a story full of angst and longing, and so much depth of emotion. There is a fair amount of violence, and if you like your good guys and bad guys clear cut in black and white whith no grey ares- this isn't the story for you. But if you like darker tales, with real , flawed human beings, read on.

There is not a lot to be seen in this fandom yet, besides the excellent series itself, but hopefully what I can rec this month, will highlight the awesome that is Let Dai :)

LInks
The official Netcomics page
Manga Traders (have to register to download- but worth it for so much more than just Let Dai)

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Let Dai FanFiction Archive - FanFiction.Net

Fandom overview : Let Dai

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