Down and Dirty

Description

Waiter during the day and porn actor at night, Hyeongdo Choi makes just enough to get by in the slums he calls home.
But when he catches the interest of brothel owner Gyeong Lee, Hyeongdo is entangled in a messy affair of love, pleasure, and loathing as he counts the days until his final fall from grace.

Original Webtoon:
Ridibooks, Naver Series

Official Translations:
English

Type

Manhwa

Related Series

N/A

Associated Names

クズの情事

人渣的情事

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Groups Scanlating

Lezhin

Latest Release(s)

c.2-3 by Lezhin 6 years ago

c.1 by Lezhin 6 years ago

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Status in Country of Origin

60 Chapters + 5 Hiatus Specials + 8 Side Stories (Complete)

S1: 38 Chapters (1~38)
S2: 22 Chapters (39~60)

Completely Scanlated?

Yes

Anime Start/End Chapter

N/A

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User Rating

Average: 7.3 / 10.0 (92 votes)

Bayesian Average: 7.05 / 10.0

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Last Updated

October 15th, 2025 3:18am PDT - 1 week ago

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Genre

Adult Drama Romance Smut Yaoi
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Recommendations

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Author(s)

John (존)

Artist(s)

John (존)

Year

2019

Original Publisher

Bloi

Lezhin (Expired)

Serialized In (magazine)

Ridibooks

Licensed (in English)

Yes

English Publisher

Lezhin US (Expired)

Manta

Activity Stats (vs. other series)

Weekly Pos #578

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Monthly Pos #2029 (No change)

3 Month Pos #3354

(-350)

6 Month Pos #4734

(-139)

Year Pos #6088

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List Stats

On 125 reading lists

On 107 wish lists

On 215 completed lists

On 14 unfinished lists

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This kind of red is my fave

by looklookie22
7 months ago

Rating: 8.3 / 10.0

I enjoyed this. Both characters reminded me of Yoohan and Jay from Payback. But this one explored more of the couple's relationship than Payback which was more plot focused.

Hyungdo is so strong willed. I admire him. He's been through shit yet still goes on with his life and aims for a better outcome. That moment when he signed the (first) contract, he immediately set on the plan "I have to make him fall in love with me and then we'll get out of here together" in the realisically hopeful way. And it made me love him. He's not too blinded about Gyung's character too and I really like that about him.

Gyung ofc is a psychopath. He's aware of it, Hyungdo is too. And I love how the author made him lose everything and got him to be miserable. Often than not, the rich psychopaths in these stories always stays at the top. So I'm in love with how when he lost everything, he realized how he is also very much in deep with Hyungdo.

Their relationship is a solid red and both parties love that color anyway. I love it too. They both know they want each other and they both verbalize it. It's not safe nor sane and even at one point non consensual. But they both choose it that way. This is a green kind of red for me.

Though, I might feel bad but the art style is sometimes hard for me to follow. It's loose and free style and some characters suffer from the same face syndrome. I wish it was colored. But there are distinctions to make me differentiate.

Overall, I enjoyed this story. Sad how it's expired everywhere. I'd want to pay for it too.

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More than it meets the eye, liked it!

by StellaStar1
2 years ago

Rating: 7.0 / 10.0

With a minimalistic, a bit freestyle drawing style, I didn't quite expect something so... Serious. But in a crazy way. it's surprising, or perhaps not, how many yaoi, when you strip down the smut and the fluff, are critiques of capitalism, of societal norms, of . This one isn't even particularly subtle about it, but head on tackles issues like poverty, debt, prostitution, capitalism. Whoa, so much to digest, and it's not a nice and easy ride. Both the uke and the seme are realistic but flawed people. They are not green flags, fluffy types. Many reviewers cry over the seme, but the heck, the guy is a pimp and brother owner, what did you expect? Read a solid slice of life if you want a nice, clean relationship between normal people. Their banter is so cute! And the uke wasn't a doormat, boring char, like many of them are. I liked him quite a bit. The seme was also deliciously yummy, although we know that he's far from a sterling personality and that he's one mean SOB at times.

There are no big cons here, albeit I would have liked to have seen more background stories and let the narrative take it's time to slowly develop. it goes a bit too fast, and some things are swept under the rug. Secretary Kim and Charlie also needed more screen time, as did Keum. Too bad they are not developed as they should be.

Overall, this is a yaoi with depth, and an interesting and good one at that!

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Top tier

by zakiue
3 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

Down and Dirty hits all of my favorite notes, and with phenomenal art. I love that the main characters aren't good people, but are still relatable and lovable and grow throughout the series. It's dark and perverted, and acknowledges that it's dark and perverted. The main character falls in love with a total villain, but he knows that's what's happening, and his emotions about spiraling towards rock bottom felt very believable to me. And despite all the darkness, it still manages to wrap up in a way that doesn't leave me feeling hollow. This is an instant favorite for me!

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Unlikable

by Fati1367
3 years ago

Rating: 1.0 / 10.0

I just don't like even one character in this whole webtoon which is weird 😂
It's unrealistic, full of cliche and toxic shits treated lightly or named action of love or romantic, pls give me break
There is just way too many smut with a shallow dumb story , seems author made whole webtoon for smut and in every 5 chapter they mentioned how big that dude dick is and I'm like stfu
I hate main couple with every inch of my body, they are just horny but call it romance lol both are disgusting human being without any moral but author suddenly change them 360 degree second season to make them somehow romantic or a little likable but still both are toxic , unlikable and disgusting who use ppl for their own benefits, well they deserve each other tho.

I still don't get why everyone and their moms obsessed over that boring hoe Hyungdo 🙄
I think the character I interested the most was that
driver dude who cheat on Gyung but let him stay alive which is another stupid move of author
Imagine let the person u cheat on stay alive lol
I don't recommend it, it's boring and unlikable but if u are into unrealistic toxic smut with a unrealistically big dude with monster dick who is horny 24/7 and ALWAY hard, this is the most stupid part of this webtoon, dude can sex 24/7, logic throwing in garbage in author head lol , this is for u

... Last updated 3 years ago

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Okayish I guess

by TheOneWhoGotAway
4 years ago

Rating: 7.0 / 10.0

I for one love toxic stories, however this one does not deliver the punch I was hoping for. Pretty sure Gyung is a sociopath, and you can't really "fix" them. There's very triggering rape scenes so I suppose normal people would have a hard time reading through this, especially near chapter 40.

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Not even gonna sugarcoat this for ha folks

by black0taku357
5 years ago

Rating: 7.0 / 10.0

The below person basically said it: the main couple is toxic and poisonous, the uke has suffered severe trauma, and the seme is the textbook definition of psychotic. Yet there’s wasn’t a single time when reading this that I felt bored or uninterested. That toxic couple I mentioned? I actually like them a great deal.

This isn’t your average fluffy kissy bl series no, this is the real (please forgive this god awful pun) down and dirty goods. Their love is far from normal. It’s this unhealthily obsessive type of love that completely blossomed from a one sided crush. The seme even goes from wanting the Ike to be his personal manwhore, to wanting to lock away the uke from the world. The man is not well, but towards the end he has an ALMOST completely change of character. I don’t have one shred of doubt that Gyung loves Hyungdo.

I also thing this series biggest shining point is Hyungdo. This man has been through so much trauma, abuse, r@p3, not to mention being whored out from guy to guy, but despite all that hell he endures, he never once cracked or lost his mind. His will was strong and he knew what he wanted and how to get it. Similar bl series rarely have a male character as strong as Hyungdo

... Last updated 5 years ago

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Fucked up but good

by lia99
5 years ago

Rating: 7.0 / 10.0

This definitely isn’t a healthy relationship. Hyungdo is just starved for affection (which he admits) and knows that Gyung is using him, but he wants to believe in the possibility that he could fall in love. Gyung, as far as I can tell, is an abusive asshole who just uses people.

There are some rape scenes. The first time they have sex, it’s in a dark alleyway and Hyungdo says to stop, but he doesn’t. Another time, they have sex (consensual) in a hotel and he falls asleep after, and then Gyung rapes him while he’s asleep.

The art style is minimalistic in a good way. It’s a black and white webcomic. There is some shading and detail, but it has high contrast and defined edges, so it looks very clean.

So far (~20 ch in) there isn’t a super strong plot, and I’m mostly reading to find out what happens to the main character.

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