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Checkmate Vol. 1

by Tan Publisher: SEVEN SEAS PR

An old rivalry reignites in the public eye

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AlbakiReads Editorial

An old rivalry reignites in the public eye

Soohyun’s adult life has settled into a dull routine, far removed from the competitive drive he once felt while trying to outdo Eunsung in high school. When Eunsung reappears in the news amid scandal, Soohyun’s resentment returns, and he takes a job as a reporter to publish damaging stories about his former rival. The plan depends on Eunsung reacting as Soohyun expects—but his indifference unsettles the balance between them. This first volume of the colored Boys’ Love manhwa builds its central tension around a past rivalry, renewed animosity, and the uncertain line between manipulation and being manipulated.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in Boys’ Love manga or manhwa.
  • Readers who enjoy rivals-to-lovers premises and relationship tensions rooted in a shared past.
  • Readers looking for a story involving media scandal and antagonistic reporting.

Themes

RivalryResentmentManipulationPublic scandalRenewed connection

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Book overview

The colored rivals-to-lovers Boys' Love webtoon/manhwa (comic) is coming to print in English for the first time!

Detached. Disinterested. Dispassionate. All words used to describe Soohyun and his uneventful, mediocre life. He's nothing like he once was. As a teen, he had a fire, a passion burning within, all thanks to one person: bright-haired and brilliant Eunsung. Throughout high school, Soohyun obsessively competed with Eunsung for the top spot in all things, only to consistently come in second place. And as high school ended without victory, so did his passion for anything. But all this changes when, as an adult, he suddenly sees Eunsung again--except the other man is in the news, embroiled in scandal! Seeing Eunsung in a state of shame ignites something in Soohyun. Fiery hate, long thought dead, comes alive within him once more.

Determined to see a fallen Eunsung with his own eyes, Soohyun reinvents himself as a reporter and begins dishing out one dirty article after another. He's sure that with each scathing article, Eunsung will come crawling to Soohyun and begging for mercy. Except, it doesn't happen. Eunsung doesn't react at all the way Soohyun expects! Just who is being manipulated, and who, the manipulator?
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