The Spooky Love Tale of Gongchan Seol

Description

This is a mysterious romance between horror novelist Seol Gongchan and his downstairs' neighbor.

Ghosts aren't real... right? Gongchan has a wild imagination as a horror-novel author with a knack for turning his mundane life into a harrowing ghost story. These spooks live only in his head... that is until he meets Youngmin, a man haunted by the supernatural specters in Gongchan’s novel! With everything around him suddenly turning into an eerie mess, is Gongchan's growing love for Youngmin the reason why his heart is racing? Or is it the bloody ghost behind him?

Original Webtoon:
Daum, Kakaopage

Official Translation:
English, Japanese, Thai

Type

Manhwa

Related Series

N/A

Associated Names

Câu chuyện tình yêu ma quái của Gongchan Seol

Tales of Seol Gongchan

บังเอิญรักคุณนักเขียน

小说家的邻居

隣人には幽霊が見えるようです

鬼才和你在一起

설공찬전

Groups Scanlating

Nebula Cafe Scans

Latest Release(s)

c.1 by Nebula Cafe Scans 5 years ago

c.0 by Nebula Cafe Scans 5 years ago

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Status in Country of Origin

56 Chapters + Prologue + Review + 8 AU Side Story (Complete)

S1: 35 Chapters (1-35)
S2: 21 Chapters (36-56)

Note: Tapas didn't translated the review.
2 years after the main story's completion, side stories were released in April 2023. Tapas has yet to translate them.

Completely Scanlated?

Yes

Anime Start/End Chapter

N/A

User Reviews

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User Rating

Average: 8 / 10.0 (58 votes)

Bayesian Average: 7.41 / 10.0

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38%

10%

Last Updated

September 2nd, 2025 10:25pm PDT - 2 weeks ago

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Genre

Comedy Drama Horror Romance Shounen Ai Supernatural
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Recommendations

N/A

Author(s)

YSE

Artist(s)

YSE

Year

2020

Original Publisher

Daum

Kakao

Podoteng (Chinese Publisher)

Serialized In (magazine)

Daum Webtoon (Daum)

KakaoPage (KakaoPage)

Licensed (in English)

Yes

English Publisher

Tapas

Activity Stats (vs. other series)

Weekly Pos #674

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Monthly Pos #1555

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3 Month Pos #3414

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6 Month Pos #4201

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Year Pos #5516

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List Stats

On 53 reading lists

On 80 wish lists

On 116 completed lists

On 2 unfinished lists

On 74 custom lists

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Um wtaf is wrong with this ending

by FANGURL999
1 year ago

Rating: 4.0 / 10.0

Guyssss 😭😭 listen. I was actually really enjoying this, though there were some moments where the main characters gave me the ick. BUT. THE ENDING RUINED IT. THEY EVEN TOOK AWAY THE MOST INTERESTING PART OF THIS STORY— THE SUPERNATURAL ELEMENT.

Spoiler:

So at the end it's revealed that the ghosts are really just a collective hallucination that the Mc and ML have. The ML is aware of this fact, but the Mc does not. This is what creeps me tf out. ML’s friend literally says that the ML uses the hallucinations as a tool. A tool to scare, manipulate, and control the Mc to act in the way the ML wants. Bruhhh… and in the final panels of the last chapter, we literally see the ML doing this as he makes up some BS about the ghosts in order to get the MC to have s*x With him.

Even the ML’s cousin/psychiatrist comments that the ML is a bastard for doing this. I'M actually so pissed off rn bcs such a good story was ruined in the final chapter. I recommend y'all skip the final chapter and pretend that the story ends after chapter 55. DAMN IT IM STILL MAD

If I ignore the ending, I would rate this 6/10 😜
With the ending included it drops down to 7.5/10 💀💀 I came looking for copper and thought I found gold, turns out I was just looking at a pile of yellow diarrhea ☠️☠️

... Last updated 1 year ago

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Hmm

by TheOneWhoGotAway
4 years ago

Rating: 7.5 / 10.0

Their relationship dynamic is still pretty weird to me. Overall it was okayish read.

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Very good

by TehShush
4 years ago

Rating: 9.0 / 10.0

I really enjoy seeing new chapters posted for this title because they are always entertaining. The art is a little messy, but it actually fits the comic very well and I don't think I would like it as much if it had a cleaner presentation, the aesthetic really brings out a specific vibe which makes the comic more enjoyable. The plot is fairly simple, scaredy cat horror author and haunted soon-to-be love interest, with the author's identity hidden. A unique idea, despite the trope usages, that stands apart from other comics in originality. Horror mixed with comedy is a wonderful combination, and I feel like the author pulls it off well with the apparitions they see and the amusing reactions by the main character.

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