[Webtoon Review]Cheese In The Trap

With the news of its drama adaptation, I began to be curious about the story of the popular Korean webtoon Cheese in the Trap. I love reading mangas with gorgeous and neat drawings so when I found out that there is actually a site where I can read its Chapters (it was actually called Episodes instead) in English I did not hesitated to begin my journey reading it.

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Cheese in the Trap is written by artist named Soonkki. I find her funny and I totally adore how she draws the characters. The webtoon has big followers in Korea. Of course, this popularity leads the drama people to acquire its right to be adapted.

[WARNING: POSSIBLE SPOILERS COMING!]

The story revolves around the female lead Hong Sul and her love and hate relationship with her "sunbae" (also means senior)  Yoo Jung. Hong Sul's character is an ordinary returning college student in one of the top Korean universities who strives her best to be the first in her department to acquire a scholarship given by the school. She is a very sensitive girl who thinks a lot about her environment and the people around her. She's the type that always talk in her head about what not to and what to do. On the other hand, the male lead Yoo Jung is the embodiment of perfect in the university where Sul attends. He is smart, rich and seen as kind by his classmates and upper/lower classmen. But then, the story will not be an exciting one without conflicts so Yoo Jung's real character is something to be discovered by the readers.

Hong Sul is really oblivious with Yoo Jung at first because she thinks his something so mysterious and one of those people one shouldn't trust fully. There were a lot of instances where she and Yoo Jung can't seem to be a good pair for each other but then, in the latter part of their year in the university Yoo Jung started acting so close with Sul and Sul started to depend on him without her noticing. The underlying question is why did Yoo Jung suddenly got this kind of attitude of wanting to be close with Sul all of a sudden.

I really can connect with Sul's character so much because I myself is also a sensitive person. While reading her thoughts, I was always like, "Oh My Gosh, She's actually me!" That's why I didn't have the problem of reading the story despite of the slow pace. I like that the writer, Soonkki had decided to make the story occur in a college envronment because nowadays stories about highschool life and first love are seriously so mainstream that sometimes I could actually predict what would happen at the end. 

Yoo Jung for me is a love me or hate me character. He is frustrating enough that sometimes I don't even know if I like him for Sul or not. But then, I love how Soonkki had drawn him. He is a "typical flower boy come on and get me character". 

I also love how Soonkki dresses the characters with different styles and clothings. For example, Sul is a tomboy type so she is usually dressed with fitted jeans, chucks and sweatshirts. Yoo Jung on the other hand, dresses sophisticatedly and manly like his character. It makes me imagine them as real life persons. Also, I love how she made the title "Cheese in the Trap" because oftentimes I can see Hong Sul as a person whom always is cornered between something or someone.

The only thing that can be bothering is the first time reading it because there are a lot of past and present pacing in the story that made me somehow lost but then afterwards, I managed to understand what actually was happening to the story. Readers just need a little bit of time to be accustomed with the past and present thoughts of the characters. 

Also, there are lots of over exagerrated characters and plots so beware. Nevertheless, for me its a good read and I can't wait to finish the Chapters that are still left without English translations... (the downside of a non korean webtoon reader tbh) T_T. As the webtoon is still ongoing, no one knows what will be the end of the story except Soonkki the writer herself.