Prince of Prince (Webtoon)

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**Prince of Prince** is a Korean **YLAB** Webtoon and the 1st of Red String webtoon, in addition to possibly no longer a Super String webtoon. It was produced by YLAB, and was created by Jaeah and illustrated by SE.

## Synopsis

A chaotic comedy about two "perfect" men betting on the future of Castle Soft, a game company staffed only by handsome men.

## Release Schedule

On Naver webtoon, Season 1 and 2 was first serialized on May 4, 2014 and completed on July 26, 2015. Season 3 was serialized on November 1, 2015 and completed on May 1, 2016. On September 26, 2016, it was then pay to read. Currently there is no official English release.

* On January 14, 2015, it has been serialized on official traditional Chinese Webtoon.
* From January 14, 2015, it was serialized in official simplified Chinese in Dongman Manga , an overseas service of Naver Webtoon.
* Since November 23, 2015, it has been serialized on the official Indonesian Webtoon.

## Reading Order

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

## Where to Read

At the moment, there is no official English Webtoon translation:

**Official Links**

* Korean:
	+ Official Season 1/2: https://m.comic.naver.com/webtoon/list.nhn?titleId=622640&no=&seq=
	+ Official Season 3: https://comic.naver.com/webtoon/list.nhn?titleId=666196
* Indonesian (official) - https://m.webtoons.com/id/comedy/princes-prince/list?title\_no=582

**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!

* Chinese: https://www.manhua666.com/8\_8898/
* English (incomplete): https://mangadex.org/title/3b98babc-0ac1-4435-8647-aa0d3ce8cee8/prince-of-prince

## Background

Give a summary of the background.

There is a total of 3 seasons

* Season 1 - 52 Episodes
* Season 2 - 7 Episodes
* Season 3 - 25 Episodes

### Characters

* Sihyun Park
* Yuna Park
* Mongryong Lee

Full Character List

**All Characters with Pages**

**Angela**Gangrim.png**Gangrim****Gyesik Won****Mandeok Kang****Miho Won****Minhye Won****Mongryong Lee****Sihyun Park****Yuna Park**

### Organizations

* Daehan Group -
* MS Company -
* Castle Soft -

## Super String Universe

It is unclear where Prince of Prince occurs however there are hints from other related webtoons. It is most likely after Neolithic Girl as Sihyun and Big Joe was shown as a cameo. His appearance looks relatively the same perhaps younger than his main webtoon. However, it could be before MNSBTYD as the editor Korea Daily News was present. For now, it is 11th on the main timeline, tied with MNSBTYD.
**Crossovers**
* The main characters are closely related to the Daehan Group, some directly, some indirectly (i.e. Gyesik Won, Minhye Won, etc.). Miho Won is also mentioned often in between.
* Hyeondeuk Kim, the assistant editor of Korea Daily News from My Nights Shine Brighter Than Your Days (Webtoon) appears indirectly as the person whom Yuna Park passed on the pictures on his brother Sihyun Park and Mongryong together to use as gossip that they are gay.
* In Season 3, Miho Won is mentioned many times and in Ep.25 makes an appearance as Mandeok Jang travels to Jeju Island to find her.

**Appearance in Other Webtoons**
* In Neolithic Girl, Ep.23, Sihyun Park and his savanna cat, Big Joe, was shown.
* In Distant Sky, Season 3, Ep.13, the MS Company that Sihyun Park works at was shown.
* As Suki Kang was watching BL movies, Prince of Prince characters are seen in it.

## Plot Overview

### Season 3

Sihyun is set up to get married with Angela. In the end, Mongryong shows up at the wedding and objects, throwing in knife between the two as they were able to "fake" kiss and takes Sihyun Park away, pretending to be gay.

## Possible Exclusion of Super String

There is a lot of supposed rumors and factual releases that Prince of Prince has been officially excluded from Super String as a whole. There are some Naver pages that had excluded this webtoon from Super String but there is also other official Ylab website and pages still stating that it is a part of Super String.

**Reasons for Exclusion**

The possible reason for being excluded from Super String is presumed to be 'negligence in use' of this work and 'ambiguity in participating in the worldview'. Which means that any Red String appearing in Super String is consider non- canon cameos such as Blue String aspects appearing in Super String.

* Firstly, around July 21 2021, at Naver Webtoon, in the "Super String Webtoon tag," Prince of Prince was excluded.
* The Ylab website had also excluded this webtoon.
* In the end, in April 2023, the exclusion of the super string was supposedly finalized as the Prince of Prince was displayed only as a red string. Which is shown on their Instagram. Specifically, only the logo of Red String is shown, not Super String.

**Reasons for Inclusion**

However, there also seem to indications that it is still part of the Super String.

* Some pages do include Prince of Prince. Such as Comic Naver which appears to be official.
* The most prominent evidence is the Ylab Encyclopedia. Where this webtoon's characters and plots were mentioned under the Super String section. Furthermore, there was a mention of MS Company in Daehan Group's timeline and protags of Prince of Prince appears in the Won family tree. However, the release date of the encyclopedia was April 9, 2021, which was before the dates where Prince of Prince was supposedly excluded.
* Season 3, Ep.11 has the phrase Super String Universe and logo at the end. Again, this probably was before the possiblity of exclusion.

Thus, keep in mind of the odd continuity of Prince of Prince being possibly not canon (or is canon) to Super String.

## Media & Merchandise

### Media

* **Web Drama** - A life action drama for this webtoon was made by KBS. With 10 episodes.
* **Mobile Game** - On February 2016, a mobile game for this webtoon was developed by Lotus Games and is released. A puzzle game. It seems that the game had ended service.

### Merchandise

* **Paperback** - On January 31, 2015, a paperback version of this webtoon was produced. It contains content from episode 1 to episode 16, and there are service cuts that are not found in webtoons

## Evaluation

Although it is not a BL drama, it gives off an atmosphere that is conscious of women. BL drips are popular even in the comments. There are a lot of funny jokes here and there and characters who are strangely sweet and sick at the same time. Naver may also be aware of this, but when you type BL webtoon in the Naver search bar, this webtoon appears first. It can also be considered a romance webtoon. It also has a reverse harem feel that can be relatively universally accepted because it is filled with handsome male characters.

## Trivia

* A life action drama for this webtoon was made by KBS, making it the first drama made for Superstring and Red String.
* Oddly, despite it being romance in the title, there isn't really much but it was used in combination of comedy with the latter being more dominant.
* The webtoon had BL vibes but it seems to be a tease and not a prominent genre of the story and characters.

## References

1. ↑ https://namu.wiki/w/%ED%94%84%EB%A6%B0%EC%8A%A4%EC%9D%98%20%EC%99%95%EC%9E%90#s-9
2. ↑ https://namu.wiki/w/%EC%8A%88%ED%8D%BC%EC%8A%A4%ED%8A%B8%EB%A7%81%20%EB%B0%B1%EA%B3%BC%EC%82%AC%EC%A0%84
3. ↑ https://namu.wiki/w/%ED%94%84%EB%A6%B0%EC%8A%A4%EC%9D%98%20%EC%99%95%EC%9E%90#s-9.1
4. ↑ https://namu.wiki/w/%ED%94%84%EB%A6%B0%EC%8A%A4%EC%9D%98%20%EC%99%95%EC%9E%90#s-9
5. ↑ https://namu.wiki/w/%ED%94%84%EB%A6%B0%EC%8A%A4%EC%9D%98%20%EC%99%95%EC%9E%90#s-4