MY LIFE AS AN INTERNET NOVEL

A girl is suddenly dropped into an internet romance novel in this translated work from South Korea, which was originally published online.

Fourteen-year-old Dani Hahm wakes up to a very strange first day of middle school. Her uniform is completely different, and she doesn’t recognize Yeoryeong, the gorgeous girl who shows up to walk with her to school. Her classmates at her new school are exceptionally attractive but have “weird hair and eye colors” that “aren’t typical for a Korean.” When she’s introduced to some popular guys who are known as the Four Heavenly Kings, she realizes that she’s no longer in the real world. Yeoryeong—who says she’s her best friend—is the main character of this story, and Dani is fated to be her sidekick. Time passes, and Dani finally accepts Yeoryeong as her best friend—but she can’t relax. Dani knows that none of this is real, and she keeps waiting for the real drama to begin. The highlight of the story, which contains flashbacks, is the friendship between Dani and Yeoryeong; their chemistry shines, hinting at a romantic relationship. At times laugh-out-loud funny and amusingly self-aware about the internet-novel conventions it explores, this manhwa, which collects episodes 1–16 of the original story, is illustrated in full color and includes occasional footnotes that explain Korean terms and cultural references.

An entertaining journey into the world of internet novels.