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Korean title
10대에 하지 않으면 안 될 50가지
Manga-ka/Author
나예리 Na Ye-Ri
Genre
slice-of-life, comedy, romance, shoujo
Volumes: 10
Distributor: ADV
Classification: 12
Rating
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All Mi-Roo Yoo wants in life is to be a normal teenager. However, with her
mother abroad, her father in full-time work and her older sister Na-Roo working
as a manhwa artist, it falls down to her and her twin brother Ma-Roo to look
after the household and their nine year old brother, Dah-Ro. Unfortunately,
Ma-Roo is lazy and refuses to help around the house, so Mi-Roo is left alone to
struggle with the housework and her homework.
To make things more complicated, the twins are starting high school and the
pressure on Mi-Roo is steadily increasing. Desperate measures are in need to
rope the ungracious Ma-Roo into pulling his weight. Also, the other distractions
of teenage life present themselves in the form of difficult classmates and
Ma-Roo's mysterious friend, Chang-Soo. Will Mi-Roo manage to follow the 50 rules
for teenagers and survive her hectic life?
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50 Rules for
Teenagers is a fascinating series for those who aren't acquainted with
manhwa. As the storyline suggests, it's a slice-of-life style tale about
protagonist Mi-Roo's whirlwind journey through her teenage years. It's presented
in a series of 'missions' rather than chapters, as Mi-Roo comes up against
certain challenges and learns to overcome them.
The drawing style is alternatively elegant and humourous, and contains quite a
few nods to Korean culture which can be a little confusing at first to pick up on.
By far the best thing about this series is the constant 'war' between Mi-Roo and
Ma-Roo, which is very funny to watch.
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Manhwa
Unfortunately,
50 Rules for Teenagers was acquired by ADV, and this means that production of
new volumes will be a long time coming. I happened across the first volume in my
uni's bookshop (and bought it for the novelty of finding manhwa in said
bookshop), but I get the feeling that this series is rare outside of Korea.
However, diligent searching will unearth at least the first volume, which is
worth a look if you're used to reading manga and want something a little
different.
However, I would suggest caution if you don't like
yaoi - I'm not
completely sure, but I think this appears later in the series.
Anime
There is no
50 Rules for Teenagers anime as of yet. I did, however, find references to a
drama CD (voice acting only) that has been released in Korea.
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