Killing Stalking: Deluxe Edition Vol. 1

The media could not be loaded. This manhwa is SOLIDLY in the horror genre, there seemed to be a lot of confusion on whether this story was a part of the BL/Yaoi genre because the relationship between our protagonist and his love interest is *problematic* to say the very least.This is the most pure psychological horror I have read in my life—it was like watching an extended horror movie for 24 hours straight (I may have gone on a binge read of this). While this isn't a romance, it is a beautifully tragic example of abuse conditioning. The nature vs nurture debate embodied in a pyschological horror poorly masked as a BL manhwa—don't be deceived, there is absolutely no love built into the relationships in this story, rather it is obsession, grooming, and conditioning and how it effects the minds of those victimized by it. This story will have you hating Sangwoo, pitying Bum, then pitying Sangwoo, and thanking the author for delving so deeply into the psychological trauma of a serial killer and allowing us to get to know these tragic characters so intimately.There are five volumes of this story in print and IMMEDIATELY upon finishing the final episode I purchased the first two volumes, a week later I purchased the third, and I'm about to check out with the fourth and fifth volume this evening. This series is a MASTERPIECE and I will lovingly revisit this often.TLDR; I read this manhwa online before I knew it was even in print, and I'm buying them all, THAT's how impactful this story was for me.

If you were looking for a Bl book, this is not the book for you. This is not BL this is ab*se and r*pe. So please stop saying this is BL because it is not BL. Bl is about boys love (male romance)and this book is not. This book does have like gore in it, but the artwork is beautiful. The book is well written, and I do recommend this book. But again, if you were looking for a Bl book This book is not for you. And this book is definitely 18+. But overall, this is a great book, and I definitely will read the other ones.

So, while I am happy that this has finally gotten an official English translation in a physical copy. I don’t think there is any semblance of romance in this. This is not for every boys love or romance readers, and this is not for the faint of heart. I’m not gonna sit here and not say that this is not exceedingly violent, exceedingly uncomfortable, and not romantic in any sort of way. I just like to be honest when I actually take the time to review something.Just so people don’t buy it because people are putting it up on TikTok and Instagram and all of the social media pages, this comic will continuously become worse along with its trigger warnings. And if you do not want to see what Stockholm syndrome and different undertones of abuse are like (more than one type might I add) , than this comic is very much not for you. This is at the least to me is not a love story.Safe reading everyone!

I wouldn't call this a romance - more an exploration of sadism, codependency, and desperation. This is not an ideal to strive for, it's bleak and tragic - violent and sick. Rape, physical abuse, psychological abuse - it's all here. You're not rooting for them to wind up together in the end, you're rooting for Yoon Bum to make it out alive - or for him to even have some clarity about his situation.However, it is addicting to read, full of twists, and I've never read anything quite like it. It reminded me a little of Venus in Furs, another story on sadism and masochism - but taken to an extreme.

I started reading Killing Stalking back in May of this year and LOVED the story. I was so excited to see Koogi was releasing an English version so I had to get my hands on a copy. I could have ordered this from Barnes and Noble but I was going to be out of town when this would arrive, so I went with Amazon (they are the same price but you have to pay shipping with Barnes). The pop out you get it’s nice but I do wish they added some more pop outs or at least given us a poster. I cannot wait till November to get my hands on the second volume.

The art is beautiful and it’s a well made book for a paperback.

I was happy to see killing stalking being published on paperback, now I can have my own copy.

This is a very good book, but as with a lot of stuff nowadays people seem unable to read the content warnings before diving in. I don't know how the title and cover gave some reviewers the impression this would be an uwu BL coffeeshop romance with handholding. If you enjoy horror content mixed with a horrifically toxic character dynamic, here you go.