The Boxer Manhwa is a sports genre with extremely dramatic and somewhat dark content. The series is completely different from the current writing trends such as promotion, CEO, dungeon, royal family...
Summary of The Boxer
Legendary boxing coach K was looking for a successor. He came to the gym where Ryu was training. He quickly recognized Ryu's potential to become a star. However, he did not immediately take Ryu on as a student. Later, K ran into Yu while he was being beaten up in the alley behind the gym.
Yu just sat there with an expressionless face, but K immediately realized that the boy was hiding his skills. He tried to convince Yu to become his student, but the boy left because he was not interested. Meanwhile, Jay, the boy who was always bullied by Ryu, decided to muster up all his courage to fight against his much stronger enemy in order to protect Yu.
Hobiverse believes that both the storytelling and the plot of this manhwa have nothing to complain about. First, you will see a talented but arrogant guy named Ryu, then a weak but brave guy named Jay, and finally the main character with extraordinary talent in boxing, Yu. However, Yu seems to be dead inside. A strong but aimless person who cannot understand himself. Luckily, K discovered Yu and from there his path as a boxer also began.
Although The Boxer's story revolves around the world of boxing, the real focus of the series has always been on the characters and their journey to becoming better, while also portraying their psychology clearly.
Characteristics of The Boxer
The Boxer’s art style is still very manhwa webtoon, but this is what makes it perfectly compatible with the story. The somewhat dark stories are expressed through the delicate drawings that the author puts into the frames, especially the eyes of the characters – where we can clearly see their personalities and passion deep inside.
The fights are perfectly rendered, although it’s a bit unrealistic with people being KO’d with just one punch and being knocked down over 10 times in a fight. But this is what makes The Boxer so exciting, dramatic and fast-paced – after all, who wants to see a fight that lasts for chapters?
In addition, this Webtoon deserves to be called a masterpiece when it knows how to balance character development and the main plot. The use of elements is very unique; the exploitation of nuances in dialogue and background stories adds a lot of depth and weight when combined with subtle symbolism through landscape and body language, eyes. With the development of the plot in many dimensions, The Boxer can become a masterpiece in the genre of sports comics.
The world of manhwa is becoming more and more famous and accepted, but at the same time there are also comments such as: monotonous content, identical drawings, nothing groundbreaking... Those prejudices will change when you read The Boxer ! Although the cover is a bit monotonous and dark, this is really a series worth reading.
