The Three Times



Minami Hina is a young Korean-Japanese woman who has come to Korea for university. Friendly and observant, yet not without the occasional social mis-step, Hina tries to learn more about what it means to be a cross-culture Korean in the 21st century. With her practical, down-to-earth room mate Won and cantankerous, fresh-out-of-the-army Junho, Mina experiences modern Korean society in all its joys and foibles as she finds out for herself what kind of a person she really is.

This manhwa is written and illustrated by Yellow Goo Mi on Naver. English translations can be found here.


 * Alpha Bitch: The bully at Hina's old school in Japan, complete with mean girl posse.
 * Art Evolution
 * Badass Bookworm: Just because he's an art major student, doesn't mean you can beat him physically.
 * Bishonen: Junho, especially after Art Evolution kicks in.
 * Comically Serious: Junho
 * Cosplay: Used to nerdtastic degrees during the college festival arc.
 * No Koreans in Japan: Averted. Very, very, averted.
 * No Social Skills: Junho falls into this way to often than is good for him. Or anyone near him.
 * Shout-Out: To a whole wagon load of popular animes, mangas, dramas, and just East Asian pop culture in general.
 * The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
 * D.Gray-man
 * Winter Sonata
 * Shugo Chara
 * Vocaloid