“Odd-jobber Yisin flees to Seoul after double-crossing a mob boss, but the vengeful Director Yoon hunts him relentlessly.”
The Melancholic Conman
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Odd-jobber Yisin flees to Seoul after double-crossing a mob boss, but the vengeful Director Yoon hunts him relentlessly.
Running an odd job agency can be life-threatening at times, as Yisin learns after helping a mob boss's lover flee with his money. When the mob boss's subordinate, Director Yoon, threatens to string him up unless he finds the woman and brings her back, Yisin chooses to run away to Seoul instead. Though he expects the presence of Hyeonkyeong, a powerful rival mobster, to keep Director Yoon away from the city, Yisin couldn't be more wrong. As his past slowly comes back to haunt him, Yisin discovers that the director's vengeful obsession with him runs deeper than he realizes... (Source: Tappytoon)
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A Manhwa Publication
- Published Dec 2023 – ongoing
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- Ref. BS-M85808 catalog