Neolithic Girl (Webtoon)

**Art Director**

* Yato
* Sungjin Kim

**Inker**

* Seungyeon Yu

## Image Gallery

**Neolithic Girl** is a Korean **YLAB** webtoon and the 9th Super String webtoon. Published by YLAB. It was written by Jaeah and illustrated by Garam Han. Exeutive Producer being Inwan Youn, and regular producer being Kaori Mikawa.

## Synopsis

What would you do if you could live forever? Suki Kang has lived for over 10,000 years, yet always seems to make the same mistake -- she wants to save others from certain death. This time, she chooses to help veterinarian Jaeshin Lee with his terminal cancer prognosis. But the great clans of Baek are dead set on finding out the secret to her immortality and healing powers. Will she be able to save her beloved doctor, or will the clans get to her first?

## Release Schedule

It was serialized on Naver Webtoon from December 27, 2017 to December 25, 2019. The publication cycle is every Wednesday. Due to the writer's shoulder dislocation , the series went on hiatus after serialization until episode 61, and returned on April 16th a month later. On February 18, 2020, it was pay to read with Reawakened Man. There is an official English Webtoon released on June 29, 2021 and is finished on April 17, 2023.

* From February 25, 2018, an official traditional Chinese Webtoon was released.
* From March 14, 2018, an official Simplified Chinese started in Dongman Manga , an overseas service of Naver Webtoon.
* From September 10, 2021, an official Thai webtoon was released,

## Reading Order

Reading Terror Man is recommended as there are some events that allude to the events in Terror Man, however, it is not absolutely necessary.

You can see the suggested reading order.

## Where to Read

* Korean (official/complete): https://comic.naver.com/webtoon/list.nhn?titleId=703308&weekday=wed
	+ *Note: Requires naver account & pay to read.*
* English (official/complete): https://www.webtoons.com/en/fantasy/neolithic-girl/list?title\_no=2851

## Background

There is only one season. The major arcs of the story are as follow:

* Ep.1-10: Immortal Meets Human
* Ep.11-19: Baek Clan Attacks
* Ep.20-27: Calm Before the Storm
* Ep.28-39: Chimera Arc
* Ep.40-52: Great Eight Clans Arc
* Ep.53-57: To Catch An Immortal
* Ep.58-70: Past & The Future
* Ep.71-80: An Immortal's Struggles
* Ep.81-87: Funeral Arc
* Ep.88-90: Catalyst of Earth
* Ep.91-97: An Embrace of Love
* Ep.98: Epilogue

### Characters

* Suki Kang
* Jaeshin Lee
* Chulsoo Kim
* Happy
* Sunwoo Baek

Full Character List

**All Characters with Pages**

**Adjuster****Babbling Hawk****Chulsoo Kim****Happy****Hayeon Yeon****Hyunseong Lee****Jae-u Lee****Jaeshin Lee****Jungwoo Min****Laughing Wolf****Lilia Podkopayeva****Minhyeok Kim****Minhyeok's Mother****Munjang Baek****Myeong Hae****Samuel Sa****Sihyun Park****Soyeon Yeon****Suki Kang****Sunwoo Baek****Taese****Victor Vasarely**

### Organizations

* The Great Eight Clans
* White Lotus Foundation
* Chulsoo Capital - the loan organization that Chulsoo runs. Apparently it made him quite a lot of money to the point he was able to own his own hotel.
* Baekgungwon – oriental clinic established by the Baek clan.
* Deahan Veterinary Center - place where Jaeshin works at.
* Fire Riders - a wholesome school club for students that interested in motorcyles. Led by Jae-u Lee. Is mistaken for a bike gang.

### Setting/Locations

Since the life of Suki Kang spans over 10,000, so even though, all the events occur in Korea, events span across various eras, from the Neolithic Era to the Three Kingdom Era to the Joseon Era to the Korean War and ultimately to the Present Era. Most of the story occurs in modern-day Korea.

## Super String Universe

The events of Neolithic Girl occur mainly after the events of Terror Man Season 1 as it is stated that Hayeon Yeon has died because of the Terrorist (Jungwoo Min). Then, it is after or during Terror Man Season 2, as Suki meets Jungwoo at Seungah's (Jungwoo's mother) tomb and both webtoons showed that Jungwoo/Muse ask her to investigate Jeju Island. Which this webtoon is before Island Part 2. Thus, Neolithic Girl is tied 7th with Terror Man Season 2 on the main timeline.

**Crossovers*** In Ep.1, Daehan Group is mentioned through the "Daehan Veterinary Center," where Jaeshin Lee works at.
* In Ep.8, Jaeshin Lee mentions about the water bear/tardigrade, which is the inspiration of the name of the Tardigrade model of Project Imagine.
* In Ep.10, Suki Kang mentions that she was able to become a court lady through a friend. This friend could likely be Han Kim's sister (Burning Hell), although she was a courtesan.
* In Ep.23, when Jaeshin Lee is looking for Suki Kang, he notices people taking photos of a rare Savannah Cat, who is actually Sihyun Park's pet Big Joe. Sihyun (Secret Paradise), being a narcissist, actually thinks people are taking photos of him.
* In Ep.23, when Jaeshin looked at the social post showing Happy eating food from a market. Just below are hashtags saying "GOBLADEOFTHEPHANTOMMASTER," "GODISTANTSKY," and "GOTERRORVSREVIVAL." Furthermore, the post was by Yato, probably the art director of the webtoon.
* In Ep. 24, Soyeon Yeon mentions to Jaeshin that years ago, she was researching a reagent (Tardigrade) but the research was destroyed in a terrorist attack. This is a direct reference to the battle of Jinmyung Tower in Terror Man with a cameo of Jungwoo Min and Hyunseong Lee.
* In Ep.25, when Soyeon called Mujang Baek, he mentions her sister dying from a terrorist attack a few years ago. This is a reference to her sister, "Hayeon Yeon" died at the battle of Jinmyung Tower (Terror Man).
* In Ep.26, Minhyeok Kim (from Terror Man) is hired by Jaeshin to tutor Suki. During Neolithic he does begin to partially show his ruthless side (more apparent in Reawakened Man).  Also, the book he has is from Daehan Group, with the "Daehan Education Book."
* In Ep.28, Munjang Baek mentions how he made a contract with Soyeon Yeon and how her older sister died in a terrorist attack (referring to Hayeon Yeon's death in Terror Man Season 1). After Heyeon's death, the family went into ruins becoming the weakest of the Eight Clans with only a hospital left. Munjang mentions how they were the best in gene sequencing which explains how Hayeon was able to carry on Project Imagine in Korea.
* In Ep.40, Myeong Hae was talking about how their plans were constantly destroyed by "external forces" as a hand with a mask is shown. This is a direct reference to how Jungwoo Min (Terror Man) had battle against Y&Y Group which is the Yeon Clan and stopped them from progressing Project Imagine. Furthermore, the panel is in the art style of Terror Man.
* In Ep.48, during Chulsoo's conversation with his subordinate, Minhyeok Kim's mother was mentioned and being in debt due Y&Y Group's cult organization from Terror Man.
* In Ep.58, there was a mentioned that where Suki Kang fell after her fight against Taese was a deep pit that was impacted by a meteor filled with water. It is presumed and assumed that this meteor is the same or connected to the meteor in Terror Man in Saudi Arabia that housed Atrahasis.
* In Ep. 67, Jaeshin Lee (Taese) revealed about how there are multiple worlds of the same dimension with different versions of Jaeshin Lee and Suki Kang. This is a reference to the main concept of Super String.
* In Ep. 68, an alternate Suki destroys the ground and jumps into it. It is reveal it is some a traveling dimension hole. This is a reference to the main concept of Super String. It is possible this never existed due to Taese's fabrication of it.
* In Ep.75, as Sunwoo explains to Chulsoo how Suki's abilities have been weakening since meeting Jaeshin Lee, Sunwoo references the events of Terror Man where Suki survived unscathed despite being directly hit by Victor's laser beam (Terror Man Season 2).
* In Ep. 78, when Minhyeok Kim meets with Jaeshin, he tells him that ordinary people should stay clear when special people are battling each other as it was his experience in the past. This is a reference to his interaction with Jungwoo Min and terrorists events in Terror Man.
* In the Epilogue, Jungwoo Min and Lilia from Terror Man make an appearance. Where Jungwoo asked for Suki to go to Jeju Island to investigate. This and the small fight ties into Terror Man Season 2 Epilogue. In addition to a news reporting a serial murder from Jeju Island. A nod to Van's serial killing of humans that are infected by the lust demons.

**Appearance in other Webtoons**

Suki Kang makes various appearance in other Webtoons:
* Terror Man
* Island Part 2
* Electronics Horror Store
* The Queens
* Terror vs Revival

Other characters that make appearances in other Webtoons:
* Jaeshin Lee - appears in The Queens and is mentioned in Terror vs Revival.
* Happy - appears in The Queens and is mentioned in Distant Sky, as Suki holds a carved necklace of Happy. Part of Happy appears in a photo with Suki in Terror vs Revival.
* Jae-u Lee - some have suggested that Officer Lee in Kangtawoo (Webtoon) is actually Jae-u because of the same hair color and last name. However, this has not been verified and "Lee" is a pretty common surname.

Events that are mentioned in other Webtoons
* mention of the Adjuster (Prophet) in Terror vs Revival.
* mention of the fall of the Great Eight Clans in Terror vs Revival.
* In Terror Man, Jaehan Shin mentions that Hayeon Yeon belongs to the Great Eight Clans.

## Plot Overview

### An Embrace of Love

Jaeshin and Chulsoo meet at the river in the afterlife and have a discussion about how to save Suki. Chulsoo begins recounting his past. And at end of telling his story, Chulsoo tells Jaeshin he will pass on his powers to him so he can stop Suki and save her.

## Criticism & Evaluation

Generally, the webtoon is positive with a new layer for Suki Kang as a character as a goofy girl on top of being serious and dark from previous webtoons. The romance was good and other major characters were well-received.

There are some critcism:

* **Genre Break** - The main genre was romance comedy but mainly in the middle and the last half, it became action-oriented. Although it is expected of the action, some felt it pernmanently shifted the main genre. There were some readers that believed romance genre is very suitable for Super String.
* **Nanobot Twist** - The nanobot was heavily criticized. Specifically Suki's abilities was a mystery fantasy, so the answer being the nanobot didn't fit with the image and flair of Suki. It is suspected that due to the heavy criticism from Korean readers' reactions to episode 68, it was changed to being a "twist" that it was a fabrication from Taese. Although it was judged as a bad twist. This theory may be supported due to the apperance of the nanobot being similar to Taese. It may suggest of a different plot line before it was changed.
* **Chimera Bias** - Due to how chimera's behavior is unpredictable, it should had gone after anyone. However, they only target specfic characters and ignore random people (although it would make sense as they were ordered by Sunwoo). The other is how the places where the chiemra attacks, has not people. Such as a parking lot; felt contrived.
* **Killing a Policeman** - Suki seemingly killed a police officer with her spear which raised high criticism from Korean readers. The reason was that her action broke character consistency as it was shown that she hated killing because of the wars she experienced and people that she cared for died from it. This action contradicts her current character. Furthermore, it was not needed for any bloodsheed in the end. This is also hypocritical as she hated Yak for killing humans.
	+ Some defend by saying that she had killed people with no mercy during the Neolithic era however her guilt of killing was after that era.
* **Needed season 2** - there should had been a season 2 to flesh out the story and pacing as lot of characters and events didn't flow properly. For example, Soyeon Yeon was initially an enemy but change side too easily. Another is that half of the heirs of the Great Eight Clans were virtually unimportant as they were not shown to affect the story; wasting their involvement . Furthermore, the clan was disbanded too easily; leaving an underwhelming feeling since they were assume to be a formidable opponent.
* **Obsolete Settings** - it would seem that no important characters or orgnaizations would appear at all as most were either not important or their character is not needed. The main organizations that were shown were also dissolved, thus their use for another webtoon is possibly gone.

***English Only***

* **Mistranslation** - after Suki's nanobot is destroyed, Myeong Hae notices and looks in the distance saying to himself that the device (nanobot) he used to restrain Suki's powers to protect her was destroyed. However, this is a mistranslation as in the original, the person who restrained Suki's power using the nanobot is the goddess, not Taese. This completely distorts the original meaning.
	+ English Translation: The device **I** used to restrain...
	+ Correct Translation: The device **she** used to restrain...
* **Possible Contradiction** - Sunwoo mentions that in her family records, the first time they encountered an immortal was when the Neolithic Age was entering the Bronze Age (which is around 3000-4000 BC). If Laughing Wolf was Baek family's ancestor, then the timing would not make sense as Suki has lived for 10,000 years old, meaning her time in the tribe would have been around 8000 BC and not 3000-4000 BC. Is this an error in dating?

## Official Fan Game

As of February 2, 2019, the Neolithic Girl fan game was completed with the permission of YLAB. It is called, "*Neolithic Girl: String of Destiny."* It was developed by Team Potato and composer being *"knisan01."* The game is created using an engine called *"Ren'Py,"* and is for Windows and Linux. Many of the music produced pays homage to the Mother Series, Undertale, and Homestuck.

The game is a visual novel, retelling the webtoon plot but in the middle of it, there seems to be a divergence from the official webtoon.

* Here is the download link: https://m.cafe.naver.com/ca-fe/web/cafes/terrormen160114/articles/13496?useCafeId=false
	+ *Note: It is not clear if it is still working nor how to download correctly. We didn't check, we just provide the link.*

## Trivia

* On February 2, 2019 with the permission of Ylab, a fan-made game of this webtoon was made and completed.
* On October 25, 2017 during a Superstring showcase, this webtoon was unveiled during the event.
* This webtoon is one of the few to have feminine elements (Possibly meaning a female protagonist).
* In Ep. 66, a Pokémon, specifically, Ash's Squirtle was seen on a shelf.
* In Ep. 97, when Chulsoo picks of a book on how to date an immortal, the author of it was Jaeah and Garam Han. The author and illustrator of this webtoon.

## Gallery

Alt. CoverSeongyeon Yu Fan ArtSeongjin Ahn Fan Art2 Taek Fan Art
## References

1. ↑ Neolithic Girl, Ep.1
2. ↑ Neolithic Girl, Ep.1
3. ↑ Neolithic Girl, Ep. 1
4. ↑ https://www.webtoons.com/en/fantasy/neolithic-girl/list?title\_no=2851&page=1
5. ↑ Neolithic Girl, Ep.27
6. ↑ Neolithic Girl, Ep.43
7. ↑ Neolithic Girl, Ep.92
8. ↑ Neolithic Girl, Ep.93
9. ↑ https://namu.wiki/w/%EC%8B%A0%EC%84%9D%EA%B8%B0%EB%85%80#s-5.1
10. ↑ https://namu.wiki/w/%EC%8B%A0%EC%84%9D%EA%B8%B0%EB%85%80#s-5.2
11. ↑ Neolithic Girl, Ep. 86
12. ↑ Neolithic Girl, Ep. 75
13. ↑ https://namu.wiki/w/%EC%8B%A0%EC%84%9D%EA%B8%B0%EB%85%80#s-7.1
14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 https://namu.wiki/w/%EC%8B%A0%EC%84%9D%EA%B8%B0%EB%85%80#s-8