The Age of the Barbarous (Webtoon)

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**The Age of the Barbarous** is a Korean **YLAB** webtoon and the 8th Blue String webtoon. The story was written by IRON Shin and illustrated by Jinguk Lim. It is published by YLAB.

## Synopsis

"I found someone who looks exactly like me on SNS! He seems to have everything unlike me who grew up in an orphanage. Maybe he could be my twin?! When I was about to find him and solve my life problems, I got into huge trouble!!"

## Release Schedule

Naver Webtoon began serializing every Thursday starting April 28, 2021. It was completed with the final episode including a review on April 6, 2022. It became a paid service on May 10, 2022. It was converted to recommendation completion in June. There is currently no official English.

* From July 16, 2021, the series was translated on the simplified Chinese page of Dongman Comics, Naver Webtoon's overseas service.
* From August 6, 2021, the series was translated on the Chinese original (Taiwanese) page of WEBTOON, Naver Webtoon's overseas service.
* From August 30, 2021, the series was translated on the Thai page of WEBTOON, Naver Webtoon's overseas service.
* From November 14, 2021, the series was translated in Japanese on LINE Manga, Naver Webtoon's overseas service and a Japanese published manga e-book service.
* From August 22, 2022, the series was translated on the Indonesian page of WEBTOON, Naver Webtoon's overseas service.

## Reading Order

You do not need to read any other Blue String Webtoon to understand this. Although Youngha Jeon appears, he is only a cameo.

For recommended reading order of the Webtoons click **here**.

## Where to Read

**Official Links**

* Korean (Complete): https://comic.naver.com/webtoon/list?titleId=770873
	+ *Note: Requires Naver Account + Pay to Read.*
* Thai (Complete): https://www.webtoons.com/th/action/era-of-barbarism/list?title\_no=3303
	+ Note: Requires Webtoon Account + Daily Pass + Final episodes are pay to read.
* Indonesian (Complete): https://www.webtoons.com/id/action/the-age-of-cruelty/list?title\_no=4628
	+ Note: Requires Webtoon Account + Daily Pass + Final episodes are pay to read.

**Unofficial Links**

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* Korean (Complete): https://newtoon205.com/toon/end/%EC%95%BC%EB%A7%8C%EC%9D%98-%EC%8B%9C%EB%8C%80
* English (Complete): https://mangadex.org/title/a7e37a8d-aa76-4faa-b605-c15f0b470d58/the-age-of-the-barbarous

### Characters

**Main Characters**

* Jino Ma
* Yeji Han
* Jintae Jin
* Jiwoon Seo

Full Character List

**All Characters with Pages**

**A (World is Money & Power)****Doohyeok Kwon****Jaehui Hong****Jaeyoung Hong****Jino Ma****Jintae Jin****Jiwoon Seo****Minhee Jang****Secretary Kim****Seongoh Jin****Yeji Han****Youngha Jeon**

### Organizations

* Samcheong High School
* Korea University
* Clan
* Myungjang Medical Center -
* Hope Orphanage -
* Hanlim Gym -
* Seongho Group -

### Setting/Locations

The main setting is Ilsan district, Goyang City, Gyeonggi Province

## Blue String Universe

There is nothing really known of when this webtoon appears on the timline. The first hint is the existence of Hanlim Gym and Youngha Jeon that appears to be more of a teenager than adult like he appears in **Study Group**. The second hint is the appearance of "A" whom **The World is Money and Power** and doesn't look any different. Therefore, that this has to take place a bit after **Hanlim Gym** but before **Study Group** and has to be around the time when **The World is Money and Power** occurs.

**Crossovers*** In Ep.1, Jino Ma wears the Hanlim Gym jacket from **Hanlim Gym**.
* In Ep.1, Jino Ma lives in Hope Orphanage which appears in **Study Group** where Jiwoo Lee lives.
* In Ep.16, the name of the billiards hall that the E clan go to is called "Billards: Luck and Fortune", a reference to **The World is Money and Power**.
* In Ep.20, A, from **The World is Money and Power** appears.
* In Ep.31, four unknown members of **Hanlim Gym**, including Jino's master, appear.
* In the final episode, Youngha Jeon and Hanlim Gym appear.

**Appearance in other webtoons*** The hospital Jino was in an infant was part of Korea University, which appeared in **Study Group** and **Friendly Competition**.

## Criticism & Evaluation

There isn't much Evaluation and no known Criticism.

As of episode 22, it is performing poorly, ranking 40th in overall popularity and 25th in male popularity. In the end, the final ranking based on completion was 52nd in overall popularity and 31st in male popularity, making it a box office failure as a blue string work. Readers are somewhat relieved that it was not completed as early as Student Peace Council.

## Trivia

* Before the webtoon was published, the protag was released on YLab's Instagram and the new Bluestring webtoon was promoted.
* The meaning of the title is mentioned in episode 6.
* Regardless of its popularity, it is the work that is currently linked to the most works among Blue String works: Hanlim Gym, Study Group, Friendly Competition, and The World is Money and Power.
* According to the author, the original title was going to be 'Double Trouble', but it ended up being 'The Age of the Barbarous'. In the Japanese version, it is serialized under its original name, 'Double Trouble'.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 https://namu.wiki/w/%EC%95%BC%EB%A7%8C%EC%9D%98%20%EC%8B%9C%EB%8C%80#s-3
2. ↑ http://ylabcomics.com/bbs/board.php?bo\_table=02\_02\_eng#2
3. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/CK1IvdMnhcm/
4. ↑ https://namu.wiki/w/%EC%95%BC%EB%A7%8C%EC%9D%98%20%EC%8B%9C%EB%8C%80#s-5