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Model  
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Description
Jae is a Korean student who came to Europe to study art. Things aren't going her way, but she's determined to make it. One night, her friend Melissa brings a drunk guy to her apartment and asks if he can stay there for the night. Jae doesn't like it, but agrees. That night she has a dream that the drunk guy drinks her blood... which, of course, turns out NOT to be a dream.
Jae is surprisingly unafraid of the vampire, Michael, and starts to paint his portrait. The two strike an unusual deal: if Jae allows the vampire to feed on her, he will pose for her. His beauty and alluring preternatural energy could be exactly what Jae needs to finally succeed as a painter.

Contains the side story: Scissors

Type
Manhwa

Related Series
N/A

Associated Names
妖夜回廊
모델

Groups Scanlating
Cat Chan Scans

Latest Release(s)
c.Scissors by Cat Chan Scans (2258d ago)
v.3-7(end) by Cat Chan Scans (2276d ago)
v.1-2 by Cat Chan Scans (2282d ago)
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Status in Country of Origin
7 Volumes (Complete)

Completely Scanlated?
Yes

Anime Start/End Chapter
N/A

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Forum
1 topics, 5 posts
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User Rating
Average: 7.7 / 10.0 (385 votes)
Bayesian Average: 7.65 / 10.0
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Last Updated
October 17th 2012, 11:20am PST

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Genre
Drama  Fantasy  Horror  Mature  Mystery  Romance  Shoujo  Supernatural 
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Author(s)
LEE So-Young

Artist(s)
LEE So-Young

Year
1999

Original Publisher
Daiwon

Serialized In (magazine)
Issue (Daiwon)

Licensed (in English)
Yes

English Publisher
Tokyopop (7 Volumes - Complete)

Activity Stats (vs. other series)
Weekly Pos #1026 increased(+180)
Monthly Pos #1832 increased(+357)
3 Month Pos #2115 decreased(-49)
6 Month Pos #2318 increased(+555)

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On 240 reading lists
On 360 wish lists
On 1209 completed lists
On 72 unfinished lists
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 Biased.   
Rating: 8.0 / 10.0
by Bebe~
May 17th, 2013, 2:36pm
I'm really biased when it comes to Lee So Young's art... My first favorite manga/manhwa from her was Arcana..and I drew me to Model. I swear that I read this whole manga/manhwa and completed it..but I guess I never wrote a review so I forgot it.

The story...wasn't the greatest..the transaction scenes were really confusing sometimes. The plot itself was sort of interesting. So many circles, I felt like I was being pushed back and forth. It was also complicated and it got annoying towards the end but I'm glad it was a happy ending..very glad ^_^
The art was great but the proportions really annoyed me LOL.

... Last updated on May 17th, 2013, 2:37pm
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 I am not quite sure???   
Rating: N/A
by lilithilk
September 1st, 2012, 1:55pm
I do not mean to confuse anybody but this was a very weird experience for me.
I liked the art a lot, but then again I hated it too. Let me put it this way. Beautiful people. but then again too beautiful people. I know it sounds extremely stupid saying this about drawn people and vampires non-the-less they were very non-realistic in the sense that they bothered me. sometimes they looked like pencil people. Or like people from fashion sketches. The girl looked like a long haired guy and the vampire guy looked like a girl. I am telling you, beautiful but then again too beautiful!
Plot started out good then got a little too convoluted, then somewhere lost its way, and sort of got concluded somewhat nicely. Like readers said before me, at the beginning the girl has grit, the premise is somewhat new, blood for modeling, there is egging from both sides that makes you think sexual tension, and then the beginning of the middle comes when she moves to the house. I honestly can't decide if the story of Eve and Micheal make any sense, or if the new client character was really necessary, even though I understand, that that character was supposed to be the ship on which the necessary newer character sailed in, who was somebody but in fact was somebody else completely! (I am telling you it did get convoluted!) BUT that wasn't the end of the twists either. At one point I had to stop reading, go back and read again because it got too confusing about the people of the vampire household (the flash back, who was what, when and why and then who is for whom now and why)
But it tidied up as nice as it was possible and special thumbs up, that the manhwa-ka didn't forget about the sailing-ship character.
In short, even though I can't really say anything really bad about it, I am not knocked out of my bobby-socks. If you are bound at home on a cold rainy afternoon and don't know what to do with yourselves, pick this manhwa, to make up your own mind. I would really appreciate it, if you could tell me afterwards, if I liked it or not too!
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 The best manga/manhwa story I've ever read   
Rating: 10.0 / 10.0
by Snappysky
November 16th, 2011, 12:43am
The story is more about different aspects of love itself than romance. It is about how love weakens or strengthens a person and how its selfless aspects wars against the selfish aspects.

The story uses many symbols which are important in understanding the story and the emotions/thoughts of the characters: to list some of them:
- the word 'model' symbolizes both a subject to be studied/viewed (such as catwalk model or model for a painter) and a facade one wears to hide the truth (eg. Michael uses the facade of being a vampire to hide his vulnerability and need for love. It was this facade that made Jae want to study him in the first place. But as the story went, this facade was peeled away layer by layer.)
- roses/scent of roses: love/longing for love
- the state of the moon symbolizes whether the characters are honest to their own feelings. (the moon hiding behind the clouds means the characters are being dishonest to themselves)

On the surface, the story seems slow and may be a bit bland, but it is full of undercurrents of emotions. If one expects a typical vampire/human romance, one would be disappointed. But if one wants something with deeper meanings, deeper emotions, and is atypical for vampire/human interaction, then this is the story to read.

I enjoyed it so much that I read it more than 5 times (lost count of how many) in order to understand and savor every single sentence and every thought/emotion the characters are experiencing. Even though I understand everything now, I still read and enjoy it. I read this story 2 years ago, and it is still my favorite.

... Last updated on November 21st, 2011, 4:57pm
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 it disappoints me   
Rating: N/A
by ailuj15
August 16th, 2011, 11:47pm
i finished this in one go and i agree that Model was more interesting in the beginning. The art is fantastic, I wish i could draw like that. But as for the story, well I got bored of it at around vol. 3 because it started to look like each character was mellowing down and rarely giving any impact. The only thing that got me to actually finish this was because I was curious. The 'why's' of things kept popping up to the point that I barely understood anything.

I was expecting something more from this. The lead girl, completely lost her spunk though she still held a childish maturity and there wasn't much of a change for the rest of the characters at all.

so all in all, this isn't that bad but it isn't all that good either, unless you're into the family drama and more of a psychological read, you'd probably get bored with this too.
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 Gotta say, the beginning was better...   
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by catandmouse
April 16th, 2011, 6:57pm
I liked the story better at the beginning...
Jae had a backbone...then somewhere along the way, she completely lost it....
And I'm not too much of
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the human falls for vampire and vice-versa...because well....it's kinda obvious how things will work out down the road...

So it's an interesting story, but there are some things that I didn't like....mainly involving the relationship between the main characters
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 ....   
Rating: 4.0 / 10.0
by Stella Nox Fleuret
December 14th, 2010, 9:50pm
I am not that much into vampire stories, nowadays they are so overrated. I randomly picked Model, without that many expectations. And I was right.

At first, it started rather well. A girl that study art, she meets a vampire and she becomes fascinated by his image, so she wants to draw him, but she has to give him blood from her. It was very obvious from the beginning that the girl and the vampire would fall in love.

At points, the story felt rushed, it was constantly change scenes. While the first 3 volumes were simple enough, later it was a bit confusing. Jae, the main female character was a bit of a tomboy; She was constantly after the vampire Michael, while another guy really loved her. There is a love triangle and also shounen-ai. The story was also a lot of poetic.

I didn't like any of the characters, almost all of them lacked development. And the artwork... For me, it was awful. It was similar to Tarot Cafe - Michael for example, looked like a woman. All of the characters were like they were wearing a dark shade lipstick.

Don't expect anything special.
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 loved it.   
Rating: 10.0 / 10.0
by Autumn_Niight
November 21st, 2010, 9:33pm
i loved this manwha.
the art was just freaking gorgeous.
yes it was confusing at times,
but the plot was different.
i just loved it. <3.
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 daisuki!   
Rating: 8.0 / 10.0
by angeltheya_12
April 6th, 2010, 1:56pm
I love this manga so much!
Because of :
>>Different plot
>> mind twist
>>not your typical shojou romance
>>nice arts
>> it gives a different vibe
>> too good!<<
i reccomend this manhwa to people who likes goth visual kei vampire-human romance and new things
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 Eight   
Rating: N/A
by jnatsumi
November 10th, 2009, 12:35am
I have been into manhwa lately because the illustrations in them are pretty much different from manga's.
I started reading this series not too long ago. Im on volume 4 right now. Obviously there are more than that, so my review will be based on 4 volumes of Model.

I must say that I was attracted to this series because of the unique plot. I have not read anything like it. It's original. Most of what I read are action/ romance/comedy/scifi.
This is almost completely supernatural. There's romance in there also, but it's definitely not your typical love story.
It's a lot more complicated than that.
There's a lot of mysteries in the manhwa and unfortunately or furtunately (depends on your preferences) we readers are left in the dark most of the time. Luckily the female lead is a very curious girl. I admit she is getting annoying with her constant questions, but it's not as bad as it sounds. she can be quite lovable.
As I said, i like most manhwa's illustrations. this is no exception. the art is really good. very detailed and completely different from your every-day mangas. the illustration is angled and not smooth, but it creates a different atmosphere, which I don't exactly hate. Talking about illustrations, all the characters are beautiful--and they all somewhat look like girls. not that bad of a point. really.

The series is good so far! one secret after another is being revealed, though a LOT of things are still confusing.
Try it.

... Last updated on November 10th, 2009, 12:38am
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 Weird artwork!   
Rating: 5.0 / 10.0
by LUEser
October 15th, 2009, 9:33am
There were a lot of things I didn't like about this manga. For example, Micheal looked like a woman. I'm pretty sure Michael was supposed to be portrayed as a very beautiful male vampire, but I guess that didn't work out so good; he ended looking like your typical pretty woman. Jae looked good though; kind of like a tomboy but still maintain her chick physiques.

I didn't like how this was supposed to be a deal between Michael and Jae; trading her blood in exchange for him to model for her and it ended going to his past. And it sucks that she fell in love with a female-looking vampire instead of Michael's son, the male who ACTUALLY looks like a male. The characters look kind of floppy, like their limbs have no bones or something and they move their legs around by flopping them. But overall, I think Michael's past does make sense (not the best past). I admire Michael's son's courage for trying to convince Jae to fall in love with him instead but fails. That's about the only part I liked.
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