Zippy Ziggy

Description

Reputation is everything in a world of icons and popularity contests. So why not score some points here and there by being the nice guy? This is the way Kang Shin-gi legitimizes the fake personality he has everyone believing. Armed with his above average looks and a (completely false) angel-like personality, he has every girl in school head over heels, and all the guys looking to him for guidance. With the exception of having a screwed up cross-dressing devil for a dad, Shin-gi’s life is absolute perfection (cough of lies), until one day, Um Seung-hui transfers to his school.

While being a complete martial artist freak, she also likes to fib just a little in front of those who know her… you know, like acting like she's just a scared little girl who'd play with kittens rather than break brick walls with her head! After all, how can anything go wrong when you're as cute as Seung-hui?

Fate has brought these two masters of lies together, and the two must battle it out to see who will be crowned the undefeated heavy-weight champion of fakeness!

Type

Manhwa

Related Series

N/A

Associated Names

Jipijigi

Know your enemy and know yourself

zhi bi zhi ji

知彼知己

지피지기

Groups Scanlating

Latest Release(s)

v.11 c.86 (end) by MangaCow 12 years ago

v.11 c.85 by MangaCow 12 years ago

v.11 c.84 by MangaCow 12 years ago

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Status in Country of Origin

11 Volumes (Complete)

Vol.1: Chapters 1-6
Vol.2: Chapters 7-13
Vol.3: Chapters 14-20
Vol.4: Chapters 21-27
Vol.5: Chapters 28-35
Vol.6: Chapters 36-44
Vol.7: Chapters 45-53
Vol.8: Chapters 54-61
Vol.9: Chapters 62-69
Vol.10: Chapters 70-77
Vol.11: Chapters 78-86

Completely Scanlated?

Yes

Anime Start/End Chapter

N/A

User Reviews

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Forum

5 topics, 34 posts

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User Rating

Average: 8.1 / 10.0 (836 votes)

Bayesian Average: 8.04 / 10.0

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Last Updated

October 28th, 2024 5:36pm PDT - 1 month ago

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Genre

Action Comedy Martial Arts Romance School Life Shounen
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Author(s)

Artist(s)

Year

Original Publisher

Haksan Publishing

Serialized In (magazine)

Chance (Haksan)

Licensed (in English)

Yes

English Publisher

Infinity Studios (3 Volumes - Defunct)

Activity Stats (vs. other series)

Weekly Pos #471

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Monthly Pos #1761 (No change)

3 Month Pos #2846

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6 Month Pos #3467

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Year Pos #5708

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List Stats

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the end.(obviously contains spoilers, dont click non-readers)

11 years ago

Zippy Ziggy

12 years ago

did anyone finish reading it

12 years ago

The most underrated manhwa I have ever read

13 years ago

Why's...

14 years ago

User Comments [ Order by usefulness ]

Was good (chaotic) then had some boring parts but then ending is alright... could have been more crazy for more fun

by Lokin
10 months ago

Rating: 7.0 / 10.0

The first half was good, then the latter half after the new good looking guy came in became boring when it tries to be more serious.

The comedy style is super juvenile and silly, reminiscent of bratty elementary grade schoolers... Like this: "NYEH NYEH NYEH I'M GONNA PRANK YOU BY PUTTING A COCKROACH IN YOUR COFFEE!!!1!!". If you're not ok with this type of behavior, don't read it. If you manage your expectations that none of this is supposed to be serious, you'll have a blast, at least in the first half anyway. Why? Because the protagonist is a real piece of work : super amoral and an opportunist to booth... BUUUT he does get his just desserts, and when it happens, it's funny as hell. Unfortunately, the author tries too hard to "redeem" him in the later half and by doing so it kinda makes the story boring. There's not enough "retribution' chapters IMO.

Could have been more fun if the author doubled down the crazy and focused less on the "action". (When the chaebol and gangs happened it was like HMMM OK............) Like in the beginning it was really funny if this type of comedy is your jam but then it pulled a bait and switch. At least in the ending it tries to callback a bit to the funny moments and I wished that the "dream" end was canon. Felt like the author slightly lost their direction and touch and just wanted to end it because they ran out of idea.

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I liked it. The type of humor took me by surprise!

by buraburabura
6 years ago

Rating: N/A

I read it many years ago, but i still think of it as one of the funniest mangas (manhwa) i've ever read. I would've liked it better if the blatant fanservice directed to men wasn't there but what can you do.

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Heh surprised me

by sinxer
9 years ago

Rating: N/A

This one took me by surprise because I stupidly judged it by is image(something I rarely do). Yes it was cliche but still funny, love quirky characters and this is full of them. I do feel the description is a little off as he doesn't really compete with her buy being fake but with almost every other character instead and I'm not a fan of manga/manhwa that end like this but still a good read.

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fun but after a while...

by moonmystery
11 years ago

Rating: 7.0 / 10.0

Ok. I've already read 200+ manga by the time I came across this one... Naturally, I developed skepticism pretty quickly....

This manga is funny, to a degree. It is also interesting, to a degree. The crossdressing really plays a huge role in the manga, but in the end it becomes a bit tiring for me. Plus, just two weeks after reading this, I've already forgotten most of what it was about.

Conclusion: it's not really memorable, if you know what I mean....

Nonetheless, I still recommend reading this if you don't have anything else to do. It'll lighten up your day if you're feeling down, so, why not give it a try? 😀

... Last updated 11 years ago

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Just don't explect too much

by knockoutmice
11 years ago

Rating: 7.2 / 10.0

35% of this manhwa is about cross-dressing. The main character seems to employ this tatic to solve most of his problems, which gets tiring and freeks me out as to why someone would choose to cross-dress to solve simple problems. I guess the author was going for cheap laughs.

Its mostly the same jokes over and over, the author does not seem to realize it's been played out. The character's funny faces are not funny at all. However, the plot was comedic and deserves merit.

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the best !!

by shines
12 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

the main character is what i call funny
and yet still has a goal and reputation to keep
i love how funny the story can be and still have a great story with a lot of development
the main character also changes from weak to strong but damn i just cant stop laughing
this manga is not just comedy but also has a story
the 1st chapter wil make you love the main character and keep reading to see where it will lead

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Highly recommended.

by panos
12 years ago

Rating: 9.0 / 10.0

I agree with vash on this one. Although the last chapter might not be the best, considering the reasons why the manhwa was rushed It wouldn't seem fair to negatively criticize it. In retrospect, there were many times that I couldn't stop laughing maniacally in my room, even in the last chapters where some claim that it has dropped in quality to be honest I didn't feel any drop in it. To be fair I could say that this manhwa had some of the funniest scenes from what I 've read such as Kang's fight with Michael in the karate dojo. Furthermore, a great amount manga/manhwa/movies/tv series etc are based in misunderstandings (and obviously in the personalities of the protagonists) as a plot generator. If you can't laugh with the gags in this one then either you lack humor or the humor it presents it's not to your cup of tea. I highly recommend it and I will continue reading the author's/ artist's work in the future.

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was great while it lasted...

by vash-the-stampede
12 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

This is probably the best comedy I will ever read... The ending was not so great, but everything else made me laugh like hell, so I won't drop it down I'm giving it 100... no, 10... Despite the rushed ending it is a gag manga, so plotwise I didn't have enormous expectations...

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Goddammit

by mystichead
12 years ago

Rating: N/A

Just as mastaof said.... Dammit... It was great but in my case it went from a 9 to a 6....cuz the ending..... I mean.... This was like more rushed than an avg rushed ending.... Holy crap... The author just pooped on it and said here.... Sigh.. And it was going so good with the random gags... Alot of surreal humor stuff in this... But not tht well executed... But... It was ignorable... Ofcourse until the ending

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Desperate, incompetent, and jarring

by Textualpoacher
12 years ago

Rating: 1.0 / 10.0

Ugh. The first chapter jumps from one potentially comedic situation to the next and it plays out exactly as how we expect it would. Characters overreact in a desperate attempt to manufacture humor. Also, that the protagonist is fake receives the equivalent of being highlighted, underlined, and then slammed into your face--we get it, move on, it's only there because you think it would be funny.

Extremely jarring. The pacing is so weird, because there are panels that serve no purpose and don't belong on the page. Continuity in "editing" is not there. To lead to a surprise shot we go from a close-up so as to put readers in the limited vision of the character, not a full-body + overhead, and there are multiple other instances where the author just doesn't seem to get the rules of visual/cinematic storytelling. And it's the first chapter, so there should be a strong point-of-view character to follow, as it is the story switches POV on a whim.

The drawing style in comedic scenes fluctuate between American cartoonish and manga funny and add that to the manwha faces it just takes me out of the story completely.

One last note: barf-worthy cheesy dialogues. If I am to believe that this guy is as smart as the story says he is he must demonstrate something other than being smarter than all the unbelievably dumb boxes of rocks around him. It starts with dialog.

Last last note: Yes, please empower your strong female character by showing her panties while she's beating up bad guys. To be fair this was a decade ago but let's acknowledge it anyway.

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