Dark Mortal

Description

Being called a freak isn’t so bad when you have a spunky little black blob as a companion. An explosion leaves Nam Kang orphaned, scarred, and nearly blind, but he toughs out the daily bullying with the help of his imaginary blob friend, Inky. Until one day, Nam wakes from a bad beating to find his scars healed and his vision restored. At a new school, Nam is finally given the chance to live life as a normal kid. But it isn’t just his scars that have disappeared. His best friend Inky is gone, too.

Original Webtoon:
Naver Webtoon, Naver Series

Official Translation:
English, T.Chinese, Indonesian, Thai, French

Type

Manhwa

Related Series

N/A

Associated Names

Kawan Kelam

L'Obscurité en moi

มนุษย์ทมิฬ

暗黑怪人

검은인간

Groups Scanlating

Latest Release(s)

v.2 c.8 by Death Toll 4 years ago

c.1-10 by LINE Webtoon 4 years ago

v.2 c.7 by Death Toll 4 years ago

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Status in Country of Origin

2 Seasons (Complete)

Season 1: 45 Chapters + 1 Special
Season 2: 33 Chapters + Epilogue

Completely Scanlated?

Yes

Anime Start/End Chapter

N/A

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User Rating

Average: 8.1 / 10.0 (70 votes)

Bayesian Average: 7.56 / 10.0

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47%

13%

Last Updated

March 17th, 2024 1:21pm PDT - 1 year ago

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Genre

Action Psychological School Life Supernatural
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Recommendations

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Author(s)

Lee Jeonyeok

Artist(s)

LEE Jeonyeok

Year

2018

Original Publisher

Naver

Serialized In (magazine)

Naver Webtoon (Naver)

Licensed (in English)

Yes

English Publisher

LINE Webtoon

Activity Stats (vs. other series)

Weekly Pos #522

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Monthly Pos #1931 (No change)

3 Month Pos #2445

(-956)

6 Month Pos #4585

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Year Pos #5805

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List Stats

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On 110 wish lists

On 117 completed lists

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Felt like a Venom fanfiction with a hint of cuteness.

by MASTER GUYVER
2 years ago

Rating: 8.0 / 10.0

Good story, no filler , and filled with intense emotions. Definitely would recommend as an introduction to Webtoons. The art might be distasteful to some not because of the art style but the way the line work was handled.
Overall great story, the romantic subplot doesn't take from the story. Eventually you find out who the MC ends up with even though there wasn't much to go by accept for how the MC sees his love interest. I could deduct points if this was part of the romance genre but then again it's not a romance series it just works as subplot. That isn't just there but gives us an insight on how the MC thinks a little.
There are little plot twists here and there but they start to make sense and aren't just randomly placed. Fun binge read nothing too deep but pretty straight forward plot.

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Liked it enough

by fishiiie
4 years ago

Rating: 8.5 / 10.0

The art is reeaallllyy good. Read it just for that if not anything else. But overall, it was a good enough story and a good read. It started off really strong, but then kind of dropped off towards the end. Season 1 was a lot better than season 2 IMO -- second season was just MC being emo which really brought down the mood of the story 🙁

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Great

by JapanRocks
4 years ago

Rating: 8.0 / 10.0

A cute, entertaining, touching story about overcoming adversity and learning to move on and smile again after experiencing sudden, unprovoked tragedy. The main character's arc is the pièce de résistance of this story, allowing you to overlook any underdeveloped plot points or side character for a relatively short, fast paced ride. I really enjoyed taking this journey with Nam, it made me cry, laugh, cheer and smile in satisfaction. I have no doubt that others will enjoy this story too, so give it a shot.

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Overall a touching story

by ekushay
4 years ago

Rating: 6.5 / 10.0

I think the message that this story is trying to convey is meaningful. Nam, no matter what adversity he goes through, is still able to stand back up. On the other hand, the Dark Mortal is an escapist method to help you block the pain and make you stronger in a fake way. The ending was very emotional

because Geon was still the selfless big bro that he always was since the very beginning. Honestly, the big brothers of the webtoon were the MVPs: Geon and Jinhyeok carried this story. I liked this story enough because it was sweet in that sense, not to mention short enough.

But the storytelling and the portrayal of the character development was quite flat, not to mention confusing. Realistically speaking, how is a Dark Mortal possible? It doesn't explain the science behind it, and so we are left with knowing that

some people died and became things that made people stronger, and they had to be contained in a ring.. . I'm not okay with blindly accepting details that do not make sense. Not to mention the weird shift at the end ! where it somehow took a theatrical theme and Dark Mortals somehow relate to masks. All of a sudden, Green Eyes became a good guy when it felt like he was a hidden protagonist the entire time. And of course, it's never explained how he is so strong. I'm all for twists, but this didn't sit well for me.

The love development... was non-existent. There was an attempt to explain it, but it is super weak. None of the girls even had to be in the story, if you think about it. Again, due to flat storytelling.

The art was just okay. Sometimes it felt disproportional as bodies were bigger than the heads. The way faces (mouths, in particular) were drawn was often quite weird.

Action scenes were not very interesting, and one of my peeves is how unnecessarily violent this webtoon is drawn out to be. Not sure if anyone knows what I mean, but I feel bad because I feel like I'm ranting now, so I'll just stop here.

All in all, I did enjoy the story enough and I appreciate the author for sharing this with us. 🙂

... Last updated 4 years ago

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