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Mystic Prince - By Aheuredal (8/10)
Do you hate harems? Don't worry. There's loads of unrequited love here. Our female(?) Protagonist is a mystery. The entire story is a tournament arc. There's a bratty yandere, a loyal yandere who was sired by a loyal yandere Emperor, and a starving lovestuck demon. Mystic Prince is not just a yandere story. You will have to be in it for the action and intrigue, and the uncertainty.
I'm going to say it right out the gate.
There is no slavery in this one. Only voluntary servitude. In this particular fantasy setting Demons and Gods exist. Demons have white hair. Gods have black hair. The Gods grew emotionless. They stopped caring for humanity, so they gave humanity the power to protect itself as a final gift.
Regular humans live for about a hundred years, but there are special demi-gods now! They can defend the humans and rule the land! Great! Also the Emperor is decided through various tests and trials, not by blood. Great! The Emperor must maintain a Barrier around his nation to protect it. If that barrier breaks well...chaos. So, that means the tests are extremely hard. Great!
Oh, did I mention that the Emperor must be male? Yes, there are NO female demigods. Only pretty priestesses who spend their entire lives in captivity, waiting for the chance to oversee the Emperor Tests.
The gods send down a signal 500 years late, because they really don't give a shit, and a new Emperor can finally be chosen.
One candidate is the handsome and heavily scarred Yeon. He always bathes alone, because the deep marks on his chest are disgusting to look upon. He wants to be Emperor so he can ascend to Godhood after his reign, and he plans to bring his half-demon attendant with him. Biseol struggles with the urge to eat his leige, whom he secretly loves. Biseol and Yeon are both outcasts. Underdogs. Unwanted. Yeon in particular seems to have a persecution complex, due to the abuse he faced for bring born female.
You see the gods made an error when they gave demigod powers only to male princes. Sexism is rampant in the glorious kingdom of Yeol. Can you imagine? You’re a wife in a great family, and you only birth girls. That means your family never, ever gets the chance to participate in the "fair and balanced" Emperor Tournament.
Women who give birth to too many girls are often thrown out because of this.
The First Prince is the son of the current Emperor. Fair is fair....but a head start is a head start. Doha has struggled with his feelings for Yeon since he was a child. He is very much like his father. He struggles with the urge to follow his crush around. To be clear Yeon and Doha are not on speaking terms. Doha struggles with the idea of being attracted to a "man", and Yeon only sees Doha as competition...until he constantly starts sacrificing himself to save Yeon.
The most qualified prince actually isn't interested in becoming Emperor.
Doha entered the tournament to look for answers. You see, his mother was a commoner. A mortal with red hair. Priestesses and the like usually marry Demigods because they can live about two hundred years, which is a little better than a pitiful human. She was the current Emperors only lover, ever, and by the way the Emperor is 1000 years old.
Yeol has lived in peace because it's what she wished for. Upon her death he planned to kill everyone and let demonkind into the kingdom.
His existence is torture. He has been longing for death ever since, but he does love Doha.
He knew Doha never wanted to be Emperor, so he shares the truth. His mother was never treated with respect. She was only happy with him, but the snakes in the castle never relented. She died shortly after giving birth to Doha.
We meet a classic snake/cockroach type prince. He's kinda the weakest plot point. His stupidity pushes the plot forward too much, and he becomes a running joke. I think the story would have been better off without him.
Doha starts protecting Yeon because of idiots like him.
Yeon also struggles with real, actual anger issues. She is no saint. Pursuing the throne to become truly immortal, instead of just long-lived, with your bestie is kinda really selfish. I do think Yeon would be a fine Emperor though. She's better than the morons. She wants respect and power, and she's highly capable.
Also, Yeon does identify as female.
She just can't....be that to be respected. It's awful. Her secret is extremely well kept. Her breasts have been completely cut off from what the art implies, and she packed on muscle during her fire training. The only giveaway is what's under her skirt, and that's why she bathes alone.
She hates to see Biseol disrespected, because he knows her. She can relax around him. By the way she only has fire power. The other princes, who are male, have the ability to use any element if they apply themselves. Yeon only has fire, and a demonic attendant who is sometimes more unstable than her.
Yeon had a loving mother.
A little sister.
A father who wanted a son.
Being born female ruined her life. She was able to become a "prince" and obtain the long life Demigods have by lying and gaining the support of the weakest Sage. Every Prince has a Sage and an Attendant supporting them. That's why Yeon blends in. It's why nobody really suspects she's a woman. The lies run deep, and she does have support.
It just...feels fragile.
It may fall apart like a house of cards.
Yeon is especially kind to women, because men are not. She uses her position of power to get justice for wronged women on several occasions. We see the ugly side of love, again and again.
We are left to wonder if Biseol or Doha would respect her opinion if she didn't have her powers.
Powers which were born from the unfair abuse she experienced. Yeon accidently burned up her entire family. The father she hated, and the mother she loved. Her baby sister too. She had no choice. It wasn't on purpose, but she wouldn't have died anyway.
Her father decided to kill her. Her sister and her mother too. He called them useless and he threw them out of the house. If Yeon didn't use her rage and fire she would have died in the street, with her mother.
Hamil is a nasty example of a bratty yandere. Yeon trusts him and he takes advantage of them. Yeon thinks Hamil is cute and sunny. Hamil is the only prince Yeon is close friends with. Biseol knows Hamil is manipulative, but he doesn't tell Yeon...because Yeon would never believe it. Hamil is meticulous. Kind. Even the female servants love him, and that's how he catches Yeon. She sees sunny, bright Hamil innocently chatting with maids. Always kind to women (when she's around) and she trusts that.
Hamil knows she is a woman hiding her gender, and he does anything and everything to appear cute...to make her depend on him for comfort.
Doha....gets over it but he's tempted by his own selfish desires for a long time. He wants to protect Yeon. He wants Yeon to choose him. He wants to be alone with Yeon. He doesn't want anybody else to touch Yeon. He doesn't want Biseol close to Yeon. He doesn't want Hamil close to Yeon.
He fails and fails. Yeon doesn't notice his love, because its so twisted and repressed.
Eventually, Doha decides to support her bid for the throne out of love. He decides to stop thinking only of himself. Yes, he is the endgame love interest. Who would have thought the second generation yandere who is also the most powerful would win. I totally didn't haha...
I'm kinda worried that Biseol will die or become the villain.
#yandere#male yandere#yandere male#yandere boy#recommendations#recs#rec#recommended#webtoon#Mystic Prince
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orvies will look at a piece of media that gives them irreparable emotional damage and go "i will love you forever" and rec it to every single person they know
#this is about me n the orv mutuals going insane about#mystic prince#once again PLEASE read mystic prince#gabby speaks#orv#omniscient reader's viewpoint
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For Mysterious Reasons, I read a lot of comics with gender fuckery, and it can get so cowardly. Like... they’ll be a girl who will literally die if she gets revealed as a woman, but is still wearing a wig because Forbid Our Female Lead Have Short Hair.
So like... points to Mystic Prince/Prince of Myoleong for having a female lead who’s built like a fucking tank and gave herself top surgery with fire.
(She’s also canonically lacking in empathy, but deeply compassionate, which is refreshing to see in a female webtoon lead.)
#mystic prince#prince of myoleong#the romance isn't really up my alley tbh#but I'm still here to see the main character being badass as hell#self surgery mention
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The reason why i am single
#who made me a princess#i shall master this family#i became the wife of the male lead#i became the hero's rival#under the oak tree#omniscient reader's viewpoint#solo leveling#the beginning after the end#kill the villainess#how to get my husband on my side#daytime star#trash of the count's family#mystic prince#dreaming freedom
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GET YOURSELF A WOMAN WHO CAN BE YOUR BOY TOY AND CAN BE YOUR BRIDE (Spoiler Alert)
YOUR THRONE • Medea Solon
MYSTIC PRINCE • Jeok-Yeon
SONG OF THEODOR • Sienna
VILLAIN TO KILL • Mujin
THE VILLAIN DISCOVERED MY IDENTITY • Selena
#webtoon#manhwa#your throne#mystic prince#prince of myolyeong#song of theodor#the lady and the lion#villain to kill
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A few of my favorite webtoon/manhwa men😻
Def not in order
Pt. 1 probably 🤷♀️
#viral hit taehoon#lookism gun#go eunhyeok#taejin cheon#father i don't want this marriage#mr baek#mystic prince#doha#baek dohwa#operation true love#pure love operation
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Day 13:
#aheuredal#mystic meme#mystic prince#prince of myolyeong#daily mystic meme#baek-rang#baekrang#Biseol
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No, you don't understand
I'm obsessed⚆_⚆
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Ryu Doha making heart eyes at jeokyeon.
Jeokyeon:the bastard, he is plotting my doom. I can see it in his eyes.
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the only nitpick i have about mystic Prince is they gradually started drawing jeokyeon slimmer and slimmer, especially in recent arcs. like, if you compare chapter 1 jeokyeon to the latest chapters they've lost sooo much shoulder mass and their neck is so much slimmer and smoother and even their fingers/hands look more dainty than they did at first. i am 100% convinced its cause they're drawing jeokyeon in more intimate situations with men recently so they're drawn to look more "acceptably" feminine (ugh) to pair well with men. cowards!! cOWARDSSSSS!!!
#like. there really isnt any other reason to be doing this.#whether its on purpose or subconscious visual bias idk and idc i hate it#i hate to use this comparison but it IS Accurate: its like the uke-fication you see in tonsss of BL series#the bottom can start off as some guy and by the end hes got bigger sparklier eyes and lush lips and long lashes and slimmer shoulders like#that is nOT THE SAME CHARACTER DESIGN U STARTED OUT WITH. COME ON NOW#STICK TO YOUR FUCKING GUNS. MORE IMPORTANTLY. LET JEOKYEON KEEP THEIR GUNS-#mystic prince#ky speaks
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why you should read Mystic Prince if you enjoyed ORV
Mystic Prince / Prince of Myolyeong (묘령의 황자) is a fantasy and action-adventure manhwa with art & story by Aheuredal (아흐레달) and in my humble opinion, an absolute hidden gem. it's literally one the best manhwas i've ever read (among the top 2) and i've finally gathered my thoughts enough to try to articulate why i love it so much, and hopefully convince you to give it a chance!
here's the official summary on webtoon:
An immortal emperor rules the Kingdom of Yeol, a divine country blessed by gods with awesome powers. After a thousand years of peaceful rule, the time has come for a new emperor to be chosen. This is determined by a series of trials, in which twenty princes with special powers who have trained since birth must compete. As all princes of varying personalities and agendas gather to partake in the trials, intrigue and possibly even bloodshed seem all but certain. Meanwhile, unbeknownst to the other princes, the Fourth Prince Jeok-yeon Ryu hides a secret he must guard with his life.
anyway i literally made a carrd for this, that's how much i care about this manhwa and i worked very hard on it!! you can find the carrd here*
(* also if you hate daily pass like me pls note that there's a fan translation as well! just keep in mind that some episodes have ost but you can find the links to youtube on the carrd as well. but if you enjoy it please do try to leave likes, comments, and a good rating on webtoon to support the creator!)
Mystic Prince is incredibly unique in terms of story and execution that i can't really compare it to anything else but here's why i think you'll enjoy it, especially if you also liked orv:
strong-willed MC who's not naturally skilled but works extremely hard
said MC is willing to suffer and hurt themselves to achieve their goals (aka kim dokja-esque tendencies)
seemingly cold and aloof ML with yoo joonghyuk vibes at first, naturally gifted and seems to look down on everyone
...but is actually head over heels for MC and just doesn't know how to express his feelings
ensemble cast of incredibly complex and well-developed characters with different personalities and motivations
MC seems a little dense at times but they have a tragic backstory that explains why they're Like That
incredibly bisexual vibes !! like literally off the charts
slowburn romance that is cooking up such a great meal
MC and ML have actually known each other for centuries
characters go through trials that involve risking death
extremely unique lore and world-building
i said ML before but there are actually multiple potential MLs with how much complexity all the character dynamics have
beautiful character designs (literally over 10+ within the main cast and they're all so unique)
evocative writing and heartfelt monologues that seem taken out of a book of pure poetry
narratively significant motifs of fire and water (à la orv's black/white and reader/protagonist)
profound and realistic depiction of the inner feelings and troubles that the characters go through
incredibly heart-wrenching original soundtrack! (actually made me cry)
some of the most gorgeous art i've seen in any manhwa (seriously pls just open the 1st episode and look at the first few panels)
[spoilers below for chapter ~10]
delicious gender fuckery
MC is actually cross-dressing afab (i personally hc them as genderqueer; korean doesn't have gendered pronouns but the official tl uses she/her pronouns)
bonus: they're built like a fucking tank (as seen here) like hello??? which is so refreshing to see for an afab MC
plus they're also canonically lacking in empathy but still deeply compassionate which again is really refreshing
i'm sure there's even more stuff i'm forgetting but these are just some reasons off the top of my head why i think this manhwa is so amazing
please do give Mystic Prince a chance, it's an absolute delight!! there are multiple beautiful covers but here's a couple of them, BE ART BAITED <3
and finally some of my personal reactions to Mystic Prince and also a note regarding the content warnings under the cut!
feel free to skip this part lol but personally when i look for recs, i love when people tell me their emotional reactions and how passionate they are about it! so if this tells you anything,
this is the ONLY manhwa to have made me cry so far (yes that includes the orv webtoon, but not the novel ofc) like actually ugly sobbing with snot and tears and everything lmao
(it's not all sad though! this manhwa will have you clutching your heart one moment and then cackling out loud the next)
and it's also the ONLY manhwa i've ever spent actual money on before the fan tl picked it up just so i could read the advanced chapters (i'm notoriously cheap so this says a lot imo)
and i'm not alone in this, every other comment on webtoon is people saying the exact same thing. the general consensus is that this is 100% a hidden gem (webtoon DP my behated why'd you have to shoot yourself in the foot like that)
also regarding the content warnings on the carrd: this was my first time making a list of cws (i don't think anyone else has made one yet?) and i was a little hesitant to add them, so i sincerely apologize if i missed anything!! if anyone else has anything else to add (cws or otherwise) then please feel free to send me a message and i'll be happy to edit it!!
(btw this was inspired by this post which is also a great summary for why u should read a cnovel called mist unlimited)
#mystic prince#prince of myolyeong#orv#omniscient reader's viewpoint#webtoon#manhwa#manhwa recommendation#묘령의 황자#gabby speaks
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To be a king who's abandoning my duties and disguising myself as a normal human to enjoy the city and then meeting a badass woman who will kick my ass and immediately falling in love with her. I hide my identity from her and she treats me like I'm a loser I'm a simp so it doesn't matter. I would then have a son with her and I would be so happy but the both of us got betrayed and she was then killed by poison while our son survives. And I'm sorry but i couldn't be there for our son bcs now i have to atone for the things that happened and he reminds me of my beloved wife so much for it to not hurt when i look at him.
#svsss#mystic prince#yes this is about tianlang-jun and su xiyan#and also about hwa rim and ryu hua#THEY DESERVE EVERYTHING OKAY#THEY DESERVE TO BE HAPPY AND TO BE IN LOVE AND TO HAVE THEIR LITTLE FAMILY#SU XIYAN AND HWA RIM DID NOT DESERVE THEIR DEATHS#THEY SHOULD'VE BEEN ABLE TO SEE THEIR SON GROW UP AND LAUGH AND BE HAPPY AND LIVE WITH THEIR LITTLE FAMILY#they give me soooooo much agony#i CRIED reading both of their stories#i cried reading about tlj and sxy and then i started mystic prince and was crying and screaming 'NOT THIS AGAIN'#thet make me so unwell it's insane#how can a love like that be so damned by the world that they could not be allowed to love#WHY DOES SUCH A PURE LOVE HAS TO BE KILLED SIMPLY BCS EVERYONE ELSE WERE GREEDY AND EVIL#and why oh why is love such a curse#tlj wasn't lying when he said it's so easy to love someone but so hard to hate them
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"The person you're waiting for..."
During spring, he walks with the breeze.
Summer has him surrounded by verdant trees.
In the fall, he disappears between the sun's rays.
And when it's bitterly cold, he roams the edges of the kingdom.
This prince is not known to the outside world. He has never made a name for himself through great deeds.
"He's still short."
Mystic Prince
Multiple princes with varying relationships with each other but all vying for the throne. Reminded me so much of the K-drama Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo (which I love so much), and this manhwa did not disappoint. The lore, the characters, their backstories, their relationships… *chef’s kiss* I’m not gonna go through details because reading this series the first time spoiler-free is just special.
By the way (or most importantly), Doha is my bias!!! Hope he wins in life and love 😭
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