The New Recruit

Description

Based on the novel by Moscareto.

Enter Seunghyun, a virgin in his late twenties. A late bloomer, he finally manages to score the internship of his dreams. On his first day at work, he runs into the handsome yet cold Jongchan Kim. Who is he? Just Seunghyun’s new boss! Will the two be able to keep their hands off each other at work? (Source: Lezhin)

Original Novel:
Ridibooks, Bookcube

Original Webtoon:
Ridibooks, Lezhin, MrBlue, Naver Series, Bomtoon

Official Translations:
R19: Spanish, Japanese, German
English: Lezhin, Manta
T.Chinese: KakaoWebtoon, Bomtoon
R15: English, S.Chinese, Spanish
Print: Portuguese, English

Type

Manhwa

Related Series

The New Recruit (Novel) (Adapted From)

Associated Names

Der Neuzugang (Moscareto)

El nuevo empleado

Le Petit Nouveau

New Employee (Moscareto)

Nhân Viên Mới

O Novo Funcionário

Sinip Sawon

The New Employee

พนักงานฝึกหัดคนนี้ผมจอง!

新入社員

新职员

新进职员

新進職員

신입사원

Groups Scanlating

beta scans

Hắc ám chi các (hacamchicac)

Hoshimi Saga Scans

Latest Release(s)

c.26 by Hoshimi Saga Scans 4 years ago

c.25 by Hoshimi Saga Scans 4 years ago

c.24 by Hoshimi Saga Scans 4 years ago

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Status in Country of Origin

40 Chapters + Epilogue + 5 Side Story (Complete)

S1: 24 Chapters (1-24)
S2: 16 Chapters (25-40)

Completely Scanlated?

Yes

Anime Start/End Chapter

N/A

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User Rating

Average: 8.4 / 10.0 (219 votes)

Bayesian Average: 8.15 / 10.0

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Last Updated

June 8th, 2025 9:08pm PDT - 17 hours ago

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Genre

Drama Romance Slice of Life Smut Yaoi
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Author(s)

Artist(s)

Year

Original Publisher

Beyond (Webtoon&ebook)

BlackD (Paperbook)

Ridibooks

Serialized In (magazine)

Ridibooks (Ridibooks)

Licensed (in English)

Yes

English Publisher

Lezhin US (Completed; digital)

Manta

Seven Seas (November 2024)

Activity Stats (vs. other series)

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Monthly Pos #1412

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3 Month Pos #2525

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6 Month Pos #2835

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Year Pos #3169

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List Stats

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On 160 wish lists

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[Sexual assault in BL list]

by coffeedrinker2
2 months ago

Rating: N/A

I really don’t want to put this one here tbh, but during multiple of the sex scenes the bottom MC is saying stop and no multiple times with little to no acknowledgement from the top MC.

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mature and sweet

by coldsoba
5 months ago

Rating: 8.0 / 10.0

Not your standard office romance stereotype; instead, it's a love built between two workaholic employees who both had a past with the same person.

The storyline equally focuses on realistic work life and mature relationship with tooth-rotting fluff of the two. It got a good pacing, you'll love how their relationship develops also it has lots of bed scenes, however, others may find this dull due to it's realistic workplace nature but to me, although it is not one of the best, but it is undoubtedly one of the satisfying and encouraging stories you will read.

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Great. Could be better

by FANGURL999
7 months ago

Rating: 8.0 / 10.0

Enjoyed this! They were pretty respectful of each other and communicated. Art was beautiful too. Super cute 😭 still felt like something was lacking though. Maybe it’s cuz this story was 70% smut 30% plot. Also their dynamic when having sex pissed me off, wasn’t really my thing. The dynamic was like where the seme was the only one who held all the power, and forced the uke to keep going even when he said no and asked to stop. Bffr. I ALWAYS get the ick when manhwas romanticise saying “stop” and crying constantly during sex. Like the uke looked like he was constantly in pain. Like, the first few times you have sex, I get it. BUT WHEN YOURE USED TO IT?? BFFR. SOMETHINGS WRONG

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True love?? Yes

by Maria-Ayako
1 year ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

Adults. Work and love. Developing feelings. The journey of two to find love. Love in each other. Nice pacing. Overcoming problems. In the end staying together. Side by side. Aaaaah it was nice!! Now gonna try the k drama x)

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Started reading this one after few episodes of the live action AND IM OBSSESED

by whitelotusflower
2 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

Manhwa is even better then the drama, LOVED IT

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Spoiler-Included Review

by evehealy
3 years ago

Rating: N/A

Full Review With Spoilers

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Recently re-read this - fell in love with it all over again

by Pompina Q
3 years ago

Rating: 8.0 / 10.0

This is a great read that isn’t toxic or super fluffy. Just a realistic love story between two people who happen to share a past with one person.

Didn’t give this a 10 out of 10 just because the focus is on the main couple there are a lot of things in the background that could’ve been explained and developed more however it is a short story at 45 chapters so given this I don’t know myself how much more detail they could’ve given than they did. This is a light romantic read that I definitely recommend.

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so sweet

by twentydimes
3 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

ahh i loved this!! it's such a sweet, cute office romance. of course, there were some things that could've been improved and explored more, like side character interactions, workplace conflicts and resolution, etc. however, for 40 chapters, i can overlook them. the couple's romance was realistic and just so wonderful, so much so that i literally felt a boost of energy whenever i started a new chapter. what stood out most to me was the communication development. the main leads explain their expectations and boundaries right from the start and while there are bumps along the road as they try to understand each other, they always come back to each other and try to resolve the problem together as healthy relationships should. the art was beautiful too!! i love their love for each other and wish i had more <3

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Very Sweet

by Yamara
3 years ago

Rating: 9.0 / 10.0

This is a very sweet story about two people who genuinely help and support each other in their relationship.
I'm giving it a 9/10 instead of a 10 because the storyline of the college crush got lost at some point.
It set a few things up in regards to that:

- it introduced him to the series as not only an alum, but also as a close friend of Kim's. He also says to woo he wants to stay in touch again now that they've reconnected. But he never ever shows up again despite all these apparent close connections to the characters

it majorly hints that he is a giant asshole and that he broke up with Kim, but it never explains it. Kim seemed pretty bitter about the breakup and also expressed how he confirmed to the relationship because of him just like woo did, but Kim's backstory was that people dumped him because he DIDNT do things like that... So was it a first love situation then?? It's never properly explained.

Mr college crush gets woo to help with the pen and this incident is used as "proof of a loving relationship" but he also spends the whole time basically saying he could take or leave Kim

Essentially, there's a lot of contradictions with his character specifically that just kind of leave some questions hanging that shouldn't have been. So I can't in good conscious give the series a perfect score.

However the romance, character interactions and relationship supports all make this an excellent read!

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Ever so slightly boring.

by ohgu59
4 years ago

Rating: 7.0 / 10.0

It's a very realistic development.. but at the same time it's just slightly boring. Especially with the really detailed explanations of office work related events that end up leading to nothing. I feel like they were trying to make the story more interesting by including all those details, but it ended up just making it more dull for me.. I don't think this approach fits well with this genre. I mean, Misaeng is another webtoon/drama that realistically portrayed office dynamics, but it was actually interesting to read because they focused all of their energy into developing the characters through their professional hardships rather than laying it all out just for content. Also.. Seunghyun and Jongchan don't really have anything in common, and only talk about work related things. I don't know how I feel about this webtoon.. maybe it'll get better later.

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