King Game (Webtoon)

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**King Game** is a Korean **YLAB** webtoon and the 10th Blue String webtoon. The story is written by Hyungwuk Shin and illustrated by Killer Whale. It is published by YLAB.

## Synopsis

An action packed suspense story of a boy who obtains the absolute authority!
The story centers around a boy named Chomin Hwang who spends his high school days while enduring its unjust violent treatment. Being informed of his isolated brother's passing away, he receives his phone and confronts the truth about his brother. He learns that his brother is the leader of a notorious ring called Emperor's Division. Upon learning that he decides to impersonate his brother and take control of the division by passing judgment. And so the King's Game that must be never revealed begins!

## Release Schedule

It will be serialized every Tuesday on Naver Webtoon starting August 1, 2022. There is no current official English.

* From November 7, 2021, the series was translated on the Indonesian page of WEBTOON, Naver Webtoon's overseas service.
* From October 20, 2022, the series was translated on the simplified Chinese page of Dongman Comics, Naver Webtoon's overseas service.
* From October 25, 2022, the series was translated on the Thai page of WEBTOON, Naver Webtoon's overseas service.
* From November 27, 2022, the series was translated on the French page of WEBTOON, Naver Webtoon's overseas service.
* From January 26, 2023, the series was translated on the Chinese (Taiwanese) page of WEBTOON, Naver Webtoon's overseas service.

## Reading Order

You do not need to read any other Blue String Webtoons to understand this.

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

## Where to Read

**Official Links**

* Korean (In-progress): https://comic.naver.com/webtoon/list?titleId=798101
* Thai (In-progress): https://www.webtoons.com/th/action/king-game/list?title\_no=4863
* Indonesia (In-progress): https://www.webtoons.com/id/action/king-game/list?title\_no=4831
* French (In-progress): https://www.webtoons.com/fr/action/king-game/list?title\_no=4965
* Chinese (In-progress): https://www.webtoons.com/zh-hant/action/king-game/list?title\_no=4930

**Unofficial Links**

***WARNING***: These links are provided for viewers to read and as references for editors. As they are 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!

* English (In-progress): https://astrascans.com/10000/king-game/

## Background

There is only 1 season.

* Ep. 1-9: Cleaning up Yongil High School
* Ep. 10-20: Capturing Chungbyeok High School
* Ep. 21-26: The Fake Leader
* Ep. 27-28: Nakchun Kim's date
* Ep. 29-33: Dealing with Bomi Hong
* Ep. 34-39: Saving Kwak Jigang
* Ep. 40-48: Suspicions of the leader
* Ep. 49-52: Nakchun Kim joins the Emperor's Division
* Ep. 53-59: Rescuing Hari Ma
* Ep. 60-66: Rescuing Taekseon Kim
* Ep. 67~?: Muje Hwang's Backstory

### Characters

* Chomin Hwang - the main protagonist of the story.
* Hari Ma - a main supporting character of the story.
* Sangjae Yeo - the main antagonist of the story and the Daejeon Alliance's Chief of Staff.
* Muje Hwang - the leader of the Emperor's Division and Chomin Hwang's older brother.
* Seokha Park - the Emperor's Division's 1st Team Leader
* Jigang Kwak - the Emperor's Division's 2nd Team leader
* Jihun Yeom - the Emperor's Division's 3rd Team leader
* Taekseon Kim - the Emperor's Division's 4th Team leader and No.1 of Chungbyeok High School

Full Character List

**All Characters with Pages**

**Chomin Hwang****Geonhu Do****Hari Ma****Jigang Kwak****Jihun Yeom****Muje Hwang****Munwon Woo****Nakchun Kim****Sangjae Yeo****Seokha Park****Taekseon Kim**

### Organizations

* Yongil High School 1st Team
* Emperor's Division
* Daejeon Alliance
* Hairu Capital
* Gukuk Group
* High Schools
	+ Yongil High School
	+ Chungbyeok High School
	+ Daejeon Science High School
	+ Baekyeon Girl's High School
	+ Gosu Technical High School
	+ Dunjang High School
	+ Daelim High School
	+ Myeongwun High School
* Middle School
	+ Yongil Middle School
	+ Chungbyeok Middle School
* Elementary Schools
	+ Hagang Elementary School

### Setting/Locations

**Season 1**

The events of Season 1 occur in Daejeon, South Korea.

## Blue String Universe

The timeframe of King Game can be somewhat deduced based on a few hints. Firstly, in Study Group, the Daejeon Alliance is confirmed to be active and occupying half of the Daejeon high school battleground. And secondly, the Gongju branch of Hairu Capital from Study Group appears. Through these hints, the webtoon occurs roughly around the same time as Study Group and all other webtoons transpiring around the same time.

**Crossovers*** In Ep.6, the Daejeon Alliance, first mentioned in Study Group, appears as the main rival to the Emperor's Division.
* In Ep.32, Wongi Bae is revealed to be the head of the Hairu Capital Gongju branch, a subsidiary of White Lead from Study Group.

**Appearance in other Webtoons*** In Ep.1, when Chomin solves Mujae's cell phone pattern lock, unraveling the pattern in the letter Z, he calls it the national rule pattern. This is the same thing Jun Lee said in **Study Group** Season 2 Ep.49 when he solved Gwanggu Seo's pattern lock.

## Criticism & Evaluation

Currently, there is no criticism and evaluation.

## Trivia

* It has the same serialization date as **Kuku-Kuku**, another Super String webtoon by Ylab. Interestingly, like Kuku-Kuku, news of the serial was posted on YLab's Instagram a week before it was serialised.
* The line "What are you doing? Are you a Jeet Kune Do expert who has just been hiding?" from episode 1 is likely an easter egg by the author Hyunwuk Shin for **Study Group**, which he also authors. In fact, the author previously commented that they had hidden numerous easter eggs relating to **Study Group** throughout the webtoon, so the line is msot likely intentional.
* The protagonist's face was pre-released through YLab's Instagram.
* Like **Student Peace Council** and **The Age of the Barbarous**, it is a webtoon in which the main character's brother appears. And like **My Bad Boyfriend**, it is a webtoon with a cover that features the heroine. However, unlike **The Age of the Barbarous**, the story does not end with the separated brothers coming together as one family, with the main character's older brother passing away in the 1st episode.

## Gallery

King Game (Webtoon)/CharactersKing Game (Webtoon)/CharactersGeonhu DoGeonhu DoYongil High SchoolYongil High SchoolHari MaHari MaJigang KwakJigang KwakJihun YeomJihun Yeom
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## References

1. ↑ https://namu.wiki/w/왕게임(웹툰)#s-2
2. ↑ https://namu.wiki/w/왕게임(웹툰)#s-3
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 https://namu.wiki/w/왕게임(웹툰)#s-5
4. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/Cgs3afavMvt/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y%3D