One Thousand and One Nights, manhwa by Han SeungHee and Jeon JinSeok

[rachelmanija]

"Manhwa" is Korean manga, by the way. It reads left to right.

telophase recced this in a hilarious series of polls and posts which I now cannot find, but if she can dig up the links, they will display the extremely pretty art. I am particularly taken with the sensual lips and kohl-lined eyes.

This is a cracktastic retelling of the 1001 Nights. What do you mean by "cracktastic," Rachel, you ask?

Page 5: The Sultan, who is drawn so sexily that he must be the romantic lead, threatens to cut off the head of his new bride, Sehara. Yes, I know this is from the original, but just wait.

Page 7. The Sultan rips off Sehara's shirt, revealing that he is a boy!

Page 9. The Sultan threatens to disembowel Sehara.

Page 10. The Sultan threatens to slit Sehara's throat.

Page 12-13. In a flashback, we meet younger Sehara and his sister Dunya, for a moment of totally random incestuous desire.

[I am now losing track of page numbers since they're not actually printed on the pages, but soon after...]

Totally incomprehensible action sequence.

Woo-hoo! Meet Jafar, scruffy minister with glasses, and the only person in the story who isn't at least a little bit nuts. As telophase predicted, I love Jafar.

Foursome! In a hot tub!

Sehara tells the story of Turandot.

Hilarious joke comic at end in which the mangaka drinks a bug.

I am told that this gets even more cracktastic in later volumes. I was quite entertained as it is.

Comments

[telophase.livejournal.com]

Three words: Shoujo. Julius. Caesar.

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[movingfinger.livejournal.com]

Sometimes the icons really do say it all.

[rayechu.livejournal.com]

darkelf105 and I have been reading because of telophase's post above. I am in love with the style of the eyes and Jafar is pretty tasty as well.

[seajules]

I've read up through volume three. It does get more cracktastic. And prettier.

I need to find scans and make an icon.

[coffeeandink.livejournal.com]

Jafar is so suspiciously sane. I am afraid he will turn out to be an evil mastermind.

[rushthatspeaks.livejournal.com]

His name is Jafar. He is an advisor to the King. This trope is at least 500 years old, and while I am sad, I have been assuming that he is an evil mastermind approximately since he walked in.

[rachelmanija.livejournal.com]

Whatever he's plotting can't be worse than killing a woman every night.

[mistressrenet.livejournal.com]

I'm not going to be able to resist this one much longer.