It’s been a
while since I’ve written a review for a manga that I’ve read. This time, it’s
for a manhwa entitled “Let Dai” by Woon Soo-yeon. Manhwas really amaze me for
the deepness of their stories and how they tell beautiful and sorrowful tales
that could drive you into it. It was like you are a bystander witnessing the
events of the lives of people and you just couldn’t help but get drawn to every
phrases and scenes in it. This manhwa is really something that caught my
feelings and thoughts into a whirlpool of emotions and I just love how the
manhwaka created the story of these people involve. Especially the two persons
who imprisoned my heart with their love so pure and true. I love how they fought
with each of their own weakness and beliefs to set things right but at the same
time trying to protect the love they have for each other. The events in their
lives might have been very painful and confusing as well as tricky and
injustice into their eyes but they strived hard to protect what they want to treasure
and cherish. As the manga continues and I was reading it, I couldn’t help but
feel sad and sorrowful for the life lost and for the pain they felt. These youngsters
are just like us in our teens, trying to figure out life and love but at the
same time finding out how cruel the world can be.
Dai is someone
who was trying to live his life according to his own understanding and
judgement, that’s when he meet Jaehee who swept him away. The meeting wasn’t something
that special but it was the beginning for them. The start of an endless trials
and overwhelming emotions, the start of their love for each other. The story left
a very deep impression on me especially how the author put such deep and
meaningful words. I avoided reading this manga for quite a long time since it
was labelled as tragedy and oh boy how tragic could this manhwa be? For me, the
tragedies happened deep in the characters hearts as they strive to continue
life with the will to grasp what they want the most—and for Jaehee and Dai, it
was to stay together forever. The words uttered by the characters are so moving
that I couldn’t help but feel every words spoken.
The art is very
good that it gives every scene real beauty and emotions. I have always adored
manhwa style arts and this one is one of them. Just like the rest of the mangas
I made a review, “Let Dai” is a struggle for both these young males to view
love as something that isn’t defined by gender. I just love how they showed
each other how they love one another simply because they love each other and
that’s it. They wanted to be together despite all the obstacle ahead of them—because
they feel love. And for them that is the most important thing. I couldn’t stop
but wish for a love the same as this, yet I feel like I wouldn’t be able to
endure the hardship the same as them.
The friendship
borne are real despite the distasteful events that happened. This manhwa
teaches readers a lot of things such as the importance of life, the sorrow of
those who are left behind, the struggle of those who wished to be heard, the
pain of those who longed for happiness, and that love will always find a way. For
quite some time, I have given up on the word “love” but now I am able to
believe in it again. Not just because I know I’ve already matured a little, but
because of the stories that I get to read just like this manhwa.
In the end,
without giving up, they will always find a way of achieving happiness in life. The
road might not be that easy but they will get through as long as they believe. The
ending of the story shows hope—hope to oneself and for others, and of course,
that Jaehee will find happiness together with Dai wherever he is.
Summary from
NetComics:
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.
Genre: Drama,
Mature, Psychological, School Life, Shoujo, Shounen-Ai, Slice of Life, Tragedy
