Angel Diary (Series)

Angel Diary is one of the first manhwas to come out of the new (as of Nov 2005) publisher Ice Kunion. At first glance the larger size of the pages may be a turnoff but don’t let that keep you from discovering their titles. Angel Diary was created by the same people who brought you Demon Diary, go figure right, but the two stories are unrelated. Angel Diary is everything that was good about Demon Diary only better.

The story of Angel Diary is that of Dong-Young, a princess of Heaven who escaped an arranged marriage with the King of Hell and is now hiding out on Earth as a 17 year old boy. She attends high school where many of the students are not normal either. She is friends with Bi-Wal who is often confused by people as her boy-boy lover for their closeness. She is watched over by two guardians of heaven, who attend the school as well.  Dong-Young has her share of problems when she is possessed by a crazy ghost at the school and is saved by two classmates, the other guardians of heaven who are actually searching for the escaped princess but don’t know it’s Dong-Young. In fact no one suspects her to actually be the princess except Bi-Wal who is up to something.

Impression:
This was the first manhwa I decided to read and i’m glad this was the first one. I used to be very picky about drawing styles and I didn’t like all the manhwa I had seen because of it. When I read this one I was pleasently surprised on how well it was drawn and how fun and comedic it was. The creators like to make the characters say things that make you realise that they realise that they are just characters in a comic. Dong-Young also has a wide range of character personalities that change with the situation. I actually love how no character suspects her as a girl even though she makes comments like “eh a male ghost was inside of me”. I think what drives the story the most is the fact that their is always something to make you wonder and guess. Also the whacky comedic moments make the story entertaining.