Electronics Horror Store (Webtoon)

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**Electronic Horror Store** is a Korean **YLAB** webtoon and the 12th Super String webtoon. The author is by Sohee Bom, illustrated by Sunhee Kim, and the producer is Yongtaek Chae and YLAB.

## Synopsis

"Please keep in mind. This shop is not responsible for any harm caused by the electronic device.” This is a mystery horror story about the strange electronics shop owner "Yak".

## Release Schedule

On Naver Webtoon, it was released every Sunday with it first serialized on June 9, 2019 and completed on July 12, 2020. Then on September 15, 2020, it is required to pay to read.

Currently, there is no English Official release but there is a traditional Chinese official release on August 2, 2019 and a simplified Chinese official release on September 18, 2021.

## Reading Order

You can see the suggested reading order. There are no particular Webtoons that you need to read to understand this Webtoon.

## Where to Read

**Official Links**

* Chinese (complete): https://www.webtoons.com/zh-hant/thriller/horrorelec/list?title\_no=1688&page=1
	+ *Note: Requires webtoon account + daily pass + pay to read at the end maybe.*

**Unofficial Links**

***WARNING***: These links are provided for viewers to read and reference purposes for us. Due to being unofficial, exercise precaution at your own risk, as we cannot guarantee the security of these sites although we do use them without issues. However, this is mainly for any links besides English as English scans are usually safe. Regardless, be careful!

* Korean (Incomplete):
	+ https://newtoon186.com/toon/end/%ED%98%B8%EB%9F%AC%EC%A0%84%ED%8C%8C%EC%83%81
	+ https://funbe311.com/%ED%98%B8%EB%9F%AC%EC%A0%84%ED%8C%8C%EC%83%81
* Chinese:
	+ https://www.jswvip.net/tags-440.html
	+ https://ishare.ifeng.com/c/s/7vdOrFqguxW

* English (In-Progress): https://mangadex.org/title/356398d7-ace8-4b14-b707-f733ec6b9c37/haunted-electronics-shop
	+ *Note: Currently, it is now being translated.*

## Background

The Webtoon is structured as various smaller stories, each lasting 2-3 episodes. Below is a overview of the episodes:

* The realm of CCTV (Ep 1-2)
* Human remote control (Ep 3~4)
* Deep Sea Camcorder (Ep 5-6)
* How to use the electronic safe (Ep 7~8)
* Your Little Oven (Ep 9-10)
* Survival Challenge (Ep 11-14)
* Yak's Videotape (Ep 15)
* Weight-loss scale (Ep 16-18)
* Headset (Ep 19-23)
* Psychopath (Ep 24~28)
* Silent Alarm Clock (Ep 29-31)
* Cursed Doll (Ep 32-35)
* Beyond the Radio (Ep 36-39)
* Interpreter (Ep 40~42)
* Drone Streamer (Ep 43-46)
* Romantic Keyboard (Ep 47-51)
* Yak and Eris Backstory (Ep 52-56)
* Yak's Videotape (Ep 57)
* Epilogue (Ep 58)

### Characters

* Yak
* Eris
* Ikho

Full Character List
**All Characters with Pages**

**Ajitae****Detective Ma****Diana****Eris****Euitae Yoo****Hasty****Ikho****Queen (Black Wing Clan)****Suki Kang****Yak**

### Organizations/Groups

* Black Wing Clan - though not mentioned by name, the Black Wing Clan make quite a few appearances throughout the Webtoon primarily in Ep.52-56, as it recount Yak's backstory. Yak, though a Black Wing Clan member, losing his status and wings after his intervention in the human world. Furthermore, in the Epilogue, Yak explains to Suki how she will encounter more of his "kind" (Black Wing members) in the future.
* Korea Police Department - there is a detective who is investigating after all the odd deaths related to Yak's electronics.
* Anti-Communist Troops - during Yak's time in Busan, Anti-Communist troops were rounding up villagers who themselves or family members were suspect of supporting the communist regime, reminiscent of the Bodo League Massacre in the 1950s.

### Settings/Location

Most of the Webtoon is set in Korea, except for the flashbacks of Yak's past with Eris which is set in Europe of an alternate dimension.

## Super String Universe

The events of Electronics Horror Store span from 1900s Europe(Parallel Dimension) to during the Korean War to modern day Korea. It is unclear when the main events in Korea occur, as it is unknown how long it took for Yak to collect all the souls. However, judging from the area, it most likely modern or almost modern. Interestingly, the only notable timeline of the webtoon is from the official Ylab timeline where it states it is before Westwood Vibrato and after Burning Hell. Meaning this webtoon is 2nd in the timeline.
**Crossovers**
* In Ep.3, 8, and the Epilogue, Suki Kang appears
* In Ep.6, the customer who receives the camcorder from Yak ends up time-leaping to the future when Jupiter is about to collide with Earth, referring to the events of Distant Sky.
* In Ep.48, Cornelia Bobo Washer appears in a drawing of a notebook.
* In Ep.53, as Yak is explaining about the Black Wing Clan, Ajitae and Euitae Yoo appear in a cameo.
* In the Epilogue, Yak requests for Suki Kang's help and in exchange offers her the opportunity to go to the Housekeeper dimension to meet with Hasty and recruit her to fight the Black Wing Clan.

**Appearance in Other Webtoons**
* Terror vs Revival - Yak makes an appearance, and certain events of Electronic Horror Store are shown as a flashback. There is a minor cameo of Eris. There is also the mention of the Queen of the Black Wing Clan, who had banished Atrahasis to Earth. The dimensional device also plays a big role as Atrahasis uses it to call out his original body.
* Marco Polo's Travel to Multiverse - Yak makes an appearance as part of the Super String Team.
* Housekeeper - in Season 3, during the final fight against Siegfried, it is revealed that Team OZ built a dimensional device after researching Kangtawoo. The device seems oddly identical to Eris' dimensional device.

## Plot Overview

### The realm of CCTV (Ep 1-2)

Yak gives a free CCTV to a lawyer living in an apartment in Yangji. The rule is to not set your CCTV to night mode in broad daylight. However, the apartment is so dark that the lawyer turns on night mode even during the day. The lawyer turns the CCTV on to check if there is anything wrong, and sees that there are ghosts in his room. Ultimately, the lawyer is killed by those ghosts. Five years ago, this lawyer had defended a serial murderer in this apartment, helping him get away with a short prison term on the basis of mental and physical illness. He was later forced to live in this apartment by his law firm who saw him as a thorn on their side. The ghosts are the victims of that serial murderer, taking revenge for the unjust trial. Yak appears at the scene of the incident takes away the lawyer's soul.

### Human remote control (Ep 3-4)

Yak gives a high school student a remote control that can control anything, but the rule is that you cannot control a person with it. However, when the student finds out it can control people, she begins to abuse it and as a result, the people turned into robots. Realizing her mistake, he goes to Yak to try to get people back to normal. She ultimately commits suicide.

### Deep Sea Camcorder (Ep 5-6)

Yak gives a free camcorder to an aspiring documentary producer. The rule is to not enter the water when using the camcorder. The producer accidentally falls into the water with the camcorder and is transported to a deep sea of gigantic sea monsters. She survives and returns to the real world, but 3 years had passed since then. Yak was quite surprised that she survived, but told her that luck like that doesn't come twice. The producer submitted her documentary film which allowed her to win an award and become famous. However, as time went on, the public gradually forgot about her. In desperation, she jumps into the water and begins recording the amazing creatures, but she is sucked in by a giant angler fish and loses her grasp on the camcorder. By the time she woke up, years had passed and she arrived on Earth just before Jupiter collides with Earth (in reference to the events in Distant Sky).

### Beyond the Radio (Ep 36-39)

In 1952 Busan, Korea, during the Korean war, Yak had already sets up his store. During his stay, he met and began a friendship with he met a female child. They converse in many topics as the young girl wishes to see her older brother again so that she along with her mother be a happy family again. Later, Yak gave her a cursed radio as presumably a gift in which the girl is grateful for. He then told him about the curse and ask her to not break that agreement. She complies and accepts the radio and agreement.

The next day, the girl talks to Yak about the radio, hearing her brother's voice. She became sad as she can only hear but not talk to her brother. Sharing the same pain about close sibling relationship, Yak open up a bit and revealed to her that he has a sister but shy away of what happen. Soon they exits out of his store to buy the girl food until they hear a commotion. Anti-communists were rounding up people who were suspected as traitors. They arrested the child's mother and soon herself. Yak watches the girl being taken away which trigger his memory of Eris being taken away; visible angiush was in his face with red colors shine in his eyes.

In the end, Yak choice to not intervene as he could not interfere with the human world directly once again. Ikho returns to the store and they had a short conversation. Ikho reminded Yak that he can't repeat the same mistake before which Yak agreed with. However, he replied that although he can't intervene, his cursed invention can, exploiting a loophole. The cursed radio had saved the girl and his mother and as well as others when one of the anti-communists suicide when he hears the radio. Possibly distraught to hear that he commit heinous crimes in which the voices of the relatives believed he wouldn't do such a thing. Afterwards, the prisoners runs away, all except the girl and his mother. They heard the older brother's voice again in which both of them began to cry (presumably with the older brother being executed). Around them was Yak only observing them before he leaves.

### Yak and Eris Backstory (Ep 52-56)

Around the year 1900 somewhere in a parallel version of an European setting, he along with his sister, Eris, had made their home there. It has been a while as everyone around them had gotten to know and trust them greatly. Some of the villagers even gossip about Yak; thinking that he was very mysterious. Only knowing that he works as a doctor, teacher, etc. Funny enough, a man proposed to Yak but found out later that he was man.

One day, Yak returns home and converse with Eris as she tinkers with her inventions and was very energetic at her process of her research. She hopes that one day her inventions will help the humans greatly. Continuing the conversation, Eris asked if Yak ever returns back to their original home but he responded that he will always be with her regardless, only wanting her to be happy which in return give himself happiness. The conversation ends with Eris wishing she had her own wings so that she grants others their wishes.

The next day, Eris, was abruptly woken up by one of the old villagers who thanked Eris for her cursed camera as it help regenerated the old woman's foreleg. Yak coincidentally came back to hear this news. Concern, he grabs Eris hand and return back to the house to have a private conversation. He asks her to reveal her back to him in which he confirmed that Eris began to develop her wings. Overjoyed, she wants to tell the villagers but Yak sternly order her to not reveal it as the Blackwings Clan's powers are both a blessing and a curse. He explains that humans have endless desires and so would want even more. Eris doesn't believe him and put his faith on the humans that were good.

Some time has pass, and Eris' store and her inventions grew in popularity. Hundreds of people gathered to buy her inventions. Thrilled in seeing the humans overjoyed, she firmly believes that what Yak said was not true but Yak was standing by her in silence as he only observes. Gradually, Yak's warning was becoming true. Two customers came to Eris and ordering her for more inventions. Yak intervene, grabbing the man's hand and orders them to leave with stern ferocity. Afterwards, some humans began to sell and trade Eris' inventions; quickly becoming out of hand as some rob and even killed each other. Horrified, the public blames Eris as this never happened before; arresting her to be executed by guillotine. As the public execution progresses, Yak was in the audience. Frantically, he ran towards to save his sister. The guillotine broke as Yak saves and holds Eris in his arms. Simultaneously, he revealed his black wings to the public with disdain in his eyes as he knew his warning were to be true. Yak conjures a staff and slams it to the ground. Immediately, he summons couple of huge monsters and began to slaughter the humans. As the killing continues, Eris was horrified and begs him to stop. Even getting in front of his lethal attacks to save a human.

Immediately after the slaughter, the Queen of the Black Wing Clan and her subordinates arrived to punish Yak for his act. Diana was ordered to rip of his wings as punishment but Eris intervene explaining that it was her fault in which Diana and the Queen doesn't care. Soon Eris was also taken away which Yak visibly disagrees. Before he could do anything, the Queen place a barrier around him so that he couldn't do anything. Yak can only look in fear as Eris was dragged back to their homeland. Interestingly Eris only smiles towards him one last time. At the aftermath, rain began to pour as Yak only kneeled to the ground with his feathers dispersed around him. The only one around him was one of the monsters that he summoned as it watches. Yak quickly reminisce of a past event with Eris explains a secret is in a basement under their house with a golden ring bearing importance. Yaks responds with a smile that he can't wait to see what it is.

Visibly shaken, he returns to the house. As he opens, he though he hears Eris' voice but it was only a memory. He made it into the basement as he reads Eris' letter about the tran-dimensional device and her inventions. Afterwards, he quickly packed up the things he needed with the monster by his side. He said that they need to go to the Korean peninsula as he turns the tiger monster into a human(Ikho).

## Critcism & Evaluation

It seems that generally, the webtoon is decent, without any major criticisms. Evaluations from Korean readers:

* **Mixed Revews** - Readers generally didn't like that some people that were innocent were killed which resulted in negative reviews. However, if some people deserved it, the reviews are positive.
* **Antagonistic Protagonst** - Readers dislike Yak as he let innocent humans to be killed by his electronics. Although it was reviewed why, it still felt unfair.

## Media

* **Drama Series** - There will be a drama series of the webtoon. It is reported that YLab Flex will produce the film in April 2023 and that actor casting is being prepared. In June 2023, it will be produced by Studio Dragon.

## Trivia

* This webtoon was originally a manuscript for a job test but it turn into a omnibus. Furthermore, it was selected for the '2018 story-customized commercialization support project' conducted by the Korea Creative Content Agency.
* In episode 55, there was a line referenced from Munsu, the protagonist of Blade of the Phantom Master.
* Official Chinese readers find the webtoon similar "Pet Shop of Horror" and "Hotel Del Luna."
* Currently, this webtoon hold the most fan art from other Korean webtoon authors.

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## References

1. ↑ https://namu.wiki/w/%ED%98%B8%EB%9F%AC%EC%A0%84%ED%8C%8C%EC%83%81#s-3
2. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodo\_League\_massacre
3. ↑ Electronic Horror Store, Ch. 38
4. ↑ Electronic Horror Store, Ch.39-40
5. ↑ https://namu.wiki/w/%ED%98%B8%EB%9F%AC%EC%A0%84%ED%8C%8C%EC%83%81#s-6
6. ↑ https://blog.naver.com/djfuqsp5/223079407238
7. ↑ https://namu.wiki/w/%ED%98%B8%EB%9F%AC%EC%A0%84%ED%8C%8C%EC%83%81#s-9
8. ↑ https://www.webtoons.com/zh-hant/thriller/horrorelec/%E7%AC%AC2%E8%A9%B1-%E7%9B%A3%E8%A6%96%E5%99%A8%E7%9A%84%E7%AF%84%E5%9C%8D-2/viewer?title\_no=1688&episode\_no=3