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“Childhood sweethearts separated, reunited with rich rival, forming tragic love triangle.”
Sad Love Song
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7.48
3,390 rank · 1,763 readers · 20 favorites
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Synopsis
Childhood sweethearts separated, reunited with rich rival, forming tragic love triangle.
As a child, Joon-young was always teased because his mother owned a bar that served Americans. When he meets Hae-in, a blind girl, they become childhood sweethearts and he vows to always protect her. However, Hae-in and her mom take off one night, leaving Joon-young and his promise behind. Hae-in later meets Gun-woo, the rich son of a CEO. Among these three, a tragic love triangle begins to form... (Source: Strawberrie)
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Derived from 4 sampled reviews
8.3
/10
What 4 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 8
mode 7
σ 1.30
Agreement
Mostly aligned
σ 1.30 · some divergence
The polarity gap
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↑ 1.25
Running avg · Mar 2011 → Nov 2023
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· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 7 “This story somehow reminded me of Nicholas Spark novel "The Notebook". As it really happens in real life, even though two people are in love, there are a lot of obstacles in their way simply...”
- 10 “"Sad Love Song" hits you right in the feels, man. You start with Joon-young dealing with all this crap from his childhood, and then, boom, he's finding some peace with Hae-in. But life's a tricky...”
- 7 “Story: I really liked how the story flowed, narrating the past then showing us glimpses of the present. I wish that the mangaka explained how Hae-rin got blind and what happened to the other...”
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Medium · 25%
Long · 25%
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A Manhwa Publication
- Format 22 × 5 ch × vol
- Total read 2h 56m approx
- Source Manhwa media type
- Ref. BS-M4574 catalog