Ha Il Kwon

Book: Annarasumanara
Author: Ha Il Kwon
Age: 8
Genre: Fiction, Reality, Drama, Magic, Life
Summary:
"Do you believe in Magic?"
The story revolves around three main characters: Yun Ai , Magician and Na il-deung.
Yun Ai is a high school student, who desperately wants to become an adult. Abandoned by her mother and her father ran away from the debt collectors, Yun Ai was forced to look after herself and her younger sister. Yun Ai works hard to support herself and her sister financially. But her life changes after her encounter with a Magician. Initially, she despises him because his irresponsible and crazy behavior. But she finds herself drawn towards him as he awakens her childhood dream to become a magician.
Na Il-deung is a model student. He has the perfect score, wealthy family, good looks, and well-planned future. He has everything he everything he ever wanted except Yun Ai. But after his meeting with the crazy magician of the abandoned amusement park, his all so perfect life and well-planned future dreams began to shatter.
The story unravels in an amazing way how the lives of two high school students becomes entangled with a self-claimed 'real magician's.
Artwork: The artwork is quite good. The author predominantly uses black, white and grey in his manhwa, which suits the story perfectly. He uses 3D drawing to draw emphasis. He uses colors to show magic and gracefully illustrates that magic is nothing but illusion.
My Opinion: Absolutely loved it. It was amazing how the story unfolds slowly. The characters were truly realistic and relatable. The ending when Yun Ai asks "Do you believe in Magic?" It melts my heart.… (mais)

I really liked this manhwa, it has few characters, but it didn’t need more. We have three protagonists that represent three different types of people. First we have Yoon Ai, a poor girl that wants to become an adult as fast as she can, she is hard working and have big responsibilities despite

being so young, when she was little she wanted to be a magician, but now she wants to become something more realist and considers magic as childish. Second we have Eul Lee, he is the mysterious magician that lives in the abandoned amusement park, he is the type of adult that followed his dreams, no matter what others thought of him for his choice. During the story is a big mystery if he is an actual magician or not. Third we have Na Il-Deung, he is the best student in school, he considers Yoon Ai his competence because she is a good student too, he lives by what his parents tell him, he will do everything they say because that way he will become successful in life, he is rich by the way.

Those three people are really different and relatable, they feel real and it’s easy to feel empathy towards them, also there is a really good character development along the story that makes you form a second opinion of each character.

The plot is original and interesting; it always has this sensation of mystery that makes you want to know what happens next. The characters’ design is simple but warm; I really love the art of this manga. The visuals are one of the strong points of this manhwa, the pages are gray scale color, but sometimes it has a bit of color that changes the feeling completely, also the author plays with textures, and different elements making the art really original and easy to the eye.

I loved this quote (and its sums up the plot):

"What kind of adult did you dream to be?
What kind of adult is a good adult?
Getting a job at the selected age?
Getting married at the selected age?
An adult with an already selected life?
An adult that everyone thinks is good?
That kind of adult?
...
Being a fixed adult isn´t everything."”


Annarasumanara is a relatable story, beautifully written and portrayed, that can make you reflect a lot about your life and adulthood, is one of those stories that are kind of simple, but that touch your heart and may even be life changing. I highly recommend it to everyone.… (mais)