Kuku-Kuku (Webtoon)

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**Kuku-Kuku** is a Korean **YLAB** comedic webtoon and the 17th Super String (possibly) webtoon. The author and illustrator is Euicheol Shin. Published by YLAB. It is also Kuku's solo work.

## Synopsis

One day, a penguin (Kuku), thought to live only in Antarctica, broke into Mr. Gong's house. However, is this penguin actually from Africa? Mr. Gong accidentally ends up living with Kuku, who promises to change his country to a place full of leisure and romance like his hometown, Boulders Beach, South Africa. The hard K-life unfolds in front of them!

## Release Schedule

It was serialized every Tuesday and Friday on Naver Webtoon starting August 1, 2022. It was completed on January 19, 2023.

Supposedly, there are no specific plans for season 2 and that he will return to another work in preparation, so it appears that season 2 will be completed without it. **BUT**

### Season 2

    There is a season 2 that was released on November 22, 2023. It is for some reason is released on a separate webtoon page titled ***"Kuku-chan is Back."*** The strangest part that despite being a sequel or season 2, it is not canon or even a spin-off to the original webtoon. Rather it is its' own webtoon; a parody. Confusing enough, this webtoon is combined with Super String, Blue String, and another universe called the Seongmo Kim Universe. This universe is created by Seongmo Kim, who is the illustrator for this sequel.

* Super String: Kuku is the main character.
* Blue String: Gang Seok Choi, a character from Get Schooled, appears.
* Seongmo Universe: The main setting and characters are from an original manhwa "Lucky Jiang Is Back." The main character "Geonma Kang" appears.

Thus, due to how it apparently is not part of Superstring whatsoever, we will not implement or edit any info from this webtoon as it is non-canon. That said, here is the official webtoon link as it is season 2:

* Korean (official/in-progress) - https://comic.naver.com/webtoon/list?titleId=818820

## Reading Order

It is highly recommended to read Westwood Vibrato first, as Kuku first appears in Westwood Vibrato. You could also read Terror Man as it explains how Kuku arrived in Korea and Hanlim Gym, as there are some minor easter eggs from Hanlim Gym intertwined in the episodes. However, it is not completely necessary as you can read it as a standalone work.

However, it appears that this webtoon is more of a spin-off than being really part of the Super String Universe. As the SS logo doesn't appear at all in the first episode unlike all the other webtoons.

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

## Where to Read

At the moment, there is no official Webtoon translation in English or any Scanlations:

* Korean (official/complete) - https://comic.naver.com/webtoon/list?titleId=798100&weekday=tue

## Background

There is currently only one season with 50 episodes.

The story is split into the following arcs:

* Ep. 1-

### Main Characters

* Hakdo Gong - a young man who crosses paths with Kuku.
* Kuku
* Gabriel - a Green Barbet
* Jisoo Mi -
* Mirae Yoo -
* Kookie -
* Jungsik Park -

Full Character List

**All Characters with Pages**

**Caesar****Celebrity****Gabriel****Hakdo Gong****Jisoo Mi****Jungsik Park****Kangyoon Ji****Kookie****Kuku****Mirae Yoo**

### Organizations

* Px25 Mart - the mart where Kuku works at.

## Super String Universe

Due toKuku-Kuku most likely being a spin-off, it is likely not part of the main timeline but perhaps a separate dimenson timeline. If so, it is possible this webtoon takes place after Terror Man as Kuku is in Korea rather than South Africa. Furthermore, Kangyoon Ji is also implied, meaning it is after or during Hanlim Gym.
**Crossovers**
* Ep.5 - Kuku was watching TV that shows cape penguins that is a direct panel reference from Westwood Vibrato.
* Ep.11 - Kuku tells the muscle man that compared to the other highschool students (Cameo of Kangyoon Ji shows up in the background) in Super String Universe, he is only an elementary school.

## Evaluation

Among Superstring-related works, this is the first work in a long time that does not include special abilities or fighting genres. However, the response is not good, and the comedy is the same as Schoolholic, the author's previous work from 10 years ago, so it only uses outdated jokes. Both the evaluation and box office performance are poor. Among Y-Lab's works released so far, it has the lowest ranking and number of views. The criticism is even greater because the works scheduled for serialization were canceled and the works that were released had the lowest number of views.

## Merchandise

There is only one product:

* https://smartstore.naver.com/ylabstore/products/9575302720

## Trivia

* It appears to have the lowest amount of view of all of YLAB webtoons and Super String Webtoons.
* This is the first YLab Universe work to be serialized by one person instead of two. Until season 2.
* This is Super String's first comedy webtoon.
* This is YLab’s first new work of 2022.
* Throughout the webtoon, there are many Age of Barbarous panel references, a blue string webtoon. This is because both webtoons are by the same author.
	1. Ep.1
	2. Ep.3
	3. Ep.23
	4. Ep.29
	5. Ep.35
	6. Ep.50

## Gallery

CelebrityCelebrityCaesarCaesarJisoo MiJisoo MiHakdo GongHakdo GongGabrielGabrielMirae YooMirae Yoo
## References

1. ↑ https://namu.wiki/w/%EC%BF%A0%EC%BF%A0%EC%BF%A0%EC%BF%A0#s-5
2. ↑ Kuku-Kuku, Ep.2
3. ↑ https://namu.wiki/w/%EC%BF%A0%EC%BF%A0%EC%BF%A0%EC%BF%A0#s-6