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“Nanhee, caught between her gangster brothers, accidentally awakens school boss Jin, sparking rumors and her own aching heart.”
Honggane
홍가네
7.52
3,088 rank · 3,754 readers · 37 favorites
Shoujo
School
Comedy
Romance
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Synopsis
Nanhee, caught between her gangster brothers, accidentally awakens school boss Jin, sparking rumors and her own aching heart.
Nanhee Hong is the only daughter of the Hong family. She has an older brother with a sister complex who is the jjang (boss) of his school, and a younger brother, who is a member of the rival school's gang. When Nanhee goes to get her troublesome brother from a bar, she wakes up the jjang of his school, Ji Young Jin. Things in her life starts to go wrong in her life like how her heart aches everytime she thinks of him and rumors go around that they are dating. What will she do?
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5.0
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What 2 readers settled on.
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median 5
mode 4
σ 1.00
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Strong agreement
σ 1.00 · scores cluster tight
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↓ 1.00
Running avg · Sep 2011 → Oct 2012
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 4 “The initial chapters show promise and are enjoyable up until the separation occurs. However, the story suffers from unearned instant romance, a poor plot, and repetitive, annoying scenes that...”
- 6 “This story is pretty decent and kept me interested in what would happen next. However, it suffers from boring business-heavy dialogue, repetitive tropes common to the author's other works, and a...”
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Medium · 50%
Long · 0%
Read Order & Related
A self-contained story.
No sequels, spin-offs or alternate tellings — Honggane begins and ends here.
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A Manhwa Publication
- Format 56 × 11 ch × vol
- Total read 7h 28m approx
- Published Jan 2005 – ongoing
- Source Manhwa media type
- Ref. BS-M0603 catalog