Killing Stalking - Reviews

Killing Stalking
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Lupa's avatar
Jul 26, 2020

Wow where to start....

1. This was extremely well written. Both the plot and the characters. The art was also very well done, even though it is not what I would call "pretty" in many cases. 

2. This is not for everyone. This whole manhwa is a trigger warning. It is not happy. There is no happy ending. There is abuse and torture and childhood trauma and gay sex, all explored in gritty detail. 

Even though this manhwa follows the relationship between two men who eventually start "dating" and contains a good amount of sex scenes, I would not consider it to be a "romance" Are the characters " in love with each other"? Possibly, but in their own way. At the end of the day, this is a psychological manhwa. It explores how two mentally ill people interact with one another, how their illness distorrts their perception of reality, and hw it warps their ability to form relationships. Is their relationship toxic? For the most part, yes. They are both toxic to one another. What I find important, though, is that the mangaka is not trying to pass their relationship off as redeemable or positive. It is a relationship between a serial killer and a mentallly unstable stalker. There are many times when they each seem to be genuinly trying to be a good partner or make one another happy, but they just miss the mark because of how strongly they are affected by unhealthy relationships that they had in their childhood. 

Overall, I would highly recommend this manhwa to anyone that is up to reading this sort of content. It was extremely well written, and I think that the mangaka did an excellent job of trying to portray things from the viewpoint of someone who is mentally unstable. The ending, although not happy, was still a satisfying and fitting conclusion to the series. 

9/10 story
8/10 art
10/10 characters
9/10 overall
Monroe's avatar
Apr 15, 2018

This is one of the most intense comics I’ve ever read. As you probably already know, Killing Stalking is a manhwa, published by Lezhin and written by Koogi. It’s a psychological horror with boy’s love elements mixed into it, but this is far what I would call Yaoi or anything like it. This story is very much about two mentally unstable people.

The story follows two young men, Yoon Bum and Sangwoo. Yoon Bum became obsessed with Sangwoo when they were in the military, which leads to him stalking him. He doesn’t deny what he’s doing or make excuses for why he’s doing it. He’s fully aware of his actions. He eventually finds himself on Sangwoo’s doorstep, breaking into his home. This is when everything changes.

I won’t go any further into the story; I don’t want to give it all away, but from here the story is a rollercoaster of emotion and horror. It’s a shocking thriller. It’s not for those who are easily triggered by themes of sexual abuse or violence, so I don’t recommend if you can’t handle those things. If you do enjoy psychological thrillers, and you don’t mind the themes I mentioned previously, then you may enjoy it. Don’t go into this thinking it’s a cute BL or Yaoi because it most certainly is not. In fact, I’m disturbed that so many fans are shipping these characters. I don’t ship them; I would never root for them as a couple. Once you read it and understand the characters, I hope that you won’t either.

10/10 story
10/10 art
10/10 characters
10/10 overall
natashaaa's avatar
Jun 15, 2020

honestly, im going to keep it short. i read this over a total of maybe 4 hours, and although i couldn't "put it down", i would not recommend it. it is highly triggering and upsetting- that being said, it was my own choice to read it and i commend the author for giving me such a serious mindfuck. just to repeat, i do NOT recommend this to anyone who is easily triggered by blood, sexual assault, physical and verbal abuse, or, ya know, basements. thanks for reading :'3

4/10 story
7/10 art
5/10 characters
5/10 overall
HappyEnd's avatar
Oct 6, 2017

If your looking for abusive, and mentally unstable characters, with great art and a story that keeps you captivated then you will enjoy this manga. Its truley a great peice, some people don't like it due to it being too cruel. But the two foundations of this manga is abusive and crazy.. I personally love the characters (of course I dont ship them) I just appreciate how life like they seem to be at times.

Read it, you wont be disappointed! 

10/10 story
10/10 art
10/10 characters
10/10 overall
farahmusfa's avatar
Mar 24, 2020

It's took me one whole night to read this manhwa. Scary, sad, frustrating, thrilling yet addictive. I like how the author build the story and how he developed the characters so that we would read it continuosly. So far Killing Stalking is the best psycho manhwa I ever read. If you like bl genre but you want somehing diffenrent instead of lovey dovey bl manga or manhwa this manhwa I highly recommend. To be honest I cried at the end of this manhwa(you should read it if you wanna know why) hahaha-. Or maybe I'm into the character too much that somehow I got the feelings that to fall in love towards the abuser(i can say) and cannot forget about him is the sadist thing could happend in your life. Anyway I don't want to spoiled the beans too much so if you decide to read this manga, I wish you have a thrilling journey!!!

8/10 story
8.5/10 art
8/10 characters
9/10 overall