Hwaja's story is very short and not to mention that even being short it manages to be very good and stories of this caliber deserved a little more recognition. Hwaja addresses a topic that we are used to seeing in the news, newspapers and the internet. Not only Hwaja but other children went through the same situation and some ended up being killed by the men known as "Grown up men". The characters are one of the strongest points of the work and even though they don’t have as much development they are great. We have the main character called Ryu and his best friend Jaywho in a joke ended up meeting a girl of the same age who lived in an abandoned house known as "The Haunted House" and that's when the three began to see each other and were creating a friendship, but on one of these visits Ryu was almost surprised by one of the "Grown up men" who would kill him with a stone to the head. But that's when Jay ended up saving him.

And they ended up discovering the "secret" of the "Grown up Men". But after that we are surprised with a TimeSkip and we already see an older Ryu knowing that Jay had died from a car accident, but he found it strange and decided to live in the city to find out what really happened to his friend.

Actually Jay discovered the things that happened to Hwaja and what had happened to the other children and that's when he tried to end this cycle, setting the house on fire to try to make the souls of the children at last finally rest in peace. , unfortunately Jay was killed. But before he was killed, Jay still managed to send a message to Ryu after years containing the following phrase "Don't come back."

I was really worried about where things were going, the main character started to feel jealous of Hwaja and started acting weird almost becoming one of the "Grown up men". Seriously, I'm glad that didn't happen because it would be even more bizarre than the whole story already is.

Okay, but why didn't Hwaja run away?

Well, she herself says that she couldn't leave the house since she made a promise to the souls of all the other children who were killed and not to mention that she would feel guilty if she left the children in that house. There is even a scene where Ryu invites her to leave the house and she makes an expression of "sadness".

The scene of Ryu hugging Jay is simply beautiful and at the same time sad to see. But finally their souls were freed and now they can rest in peace.

There are few works that made me shed tears and I think that Hwaja was another one of those works that made them cry, the story is painful, but the ending is rewarding and beautiful.

It's amazing how stunning the art style of the work is and how well each panel is detailed.

Theend is so fucking emotional and beautiful!