Go Woo-young Romance of the Three Kingdoms set

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●The eternal classic Romance of the Three Kingdoms!

Restoration was not easy. At the time of serialization in 1978, the original manuscript was almost lost, and even the first edition was in poor printing condition, so it took a lot of time and effort to restore it.
The resolution was improved by manually erasing and correcting pages with leaked background images, and making blurry lines and letters as clear as possible. In addition, the notation system has changed, and the lines have been modified to match the current Korean spelling, but the author's handwriting has been preserved.
This process was carried out with the mindset of restoring cultural assets.

Meanwhile, a feature of this reprint is that it aids understanding of 『Go Woo-yeong's Romance of the Three Kingdoms』 by attaching related materials to each volume. 「Chronology of the Three Kingdoms」, 「Reader's Forum」 which summarizes the reactions of netizen readers, 「Strategy Analysis of the Two Armies in the Battle of Baekma」, 「Strategy Analysis of the Two Armies in the Battle of Red Cliffs」, 「Establishment of the Wu Dynasty」, 「Strategy Analysis of the Two Armies in the Battle of Nakseong」, These include “Councilors of the Three Kingdoms” and “Zhuge Gongmyeong’s Northern Expedition.” This provides specific information about Romance of the Three Kingdoms and adds to the fun of the book.

As a separate appendix (included in the complete box set), there is 『Romance of the Three Kingdoms Characters』, which summarizes the characters and activities that appear in this book.

●Ko Woo-yeong’s Romance of the Three Kingdoms, a cultural heritage of our comics that parents read and recommend to their children!

『Romance of the Three Kingdoms』 has been translated into countless editions. Leading domestic writers such as Kim Seong-tan, Kim Gu-yong, Park Jong-hwa, Jeong Jeong-seok, Kim Hong-sin, Lee Mun-yeol, and Cho Seong-gi have paraphrased or translated 『Romance of the Three Kingdoms』 and published them as novels. On the other hand, it has been adapted into a cartoon several times, the most recently published being Lee Hee-jae's 『Romance of the Three Kingdoms』, which is based on 『Lee Mun-yeol's Romance of the Three Kingdoms』, and 『Changcheonhangro』 by Lee Hak-in, a Korean-Japanese Korean, which is based on 『Romance of the Three Kingdoms』 focusing on Cao Cao. It also received favorable reviews from readers by interpreting . That's why 『Romance of the Three Kingdoms』 is an immortal classic that shows completely different tastes depending on the personality of the translator due to its exciting content.

Meanwhile, 『Go Woo-yeong's Romance of the Three Kingdoms』, which is evaluated as the most outstanding among 『Romance of the Three Kingdoms』 published in Korea, China, and Japan, is exceptional. The fun of “Romance of the Three Kingdoms” was maximized with an unconventional perspective and composition that was different from that of the novel. This includes unique interpretations of characters, parody techniques that were ahead of their time, and ideas that go beyond imagination. Another example is the witty directing ability that captures the epic historical drama through a common people's composition.
Cartoonist Park Jae-dong said, “I learned about the Romance of the Three Kingdoms purely through Go Woo-young’s comic book Romance of the Three Kingdoms.” He added, “Through him, I learned what a handsome man Guan Yu was, and what a handsome man Jo Ja-ryong was. He also said that the freshness of his interpretation of Liu Bei by drawing him as a character, and moreover, by drawing Liu Bei in the image of Go Woo-yeong himself, subtly gave a boost to himself, and that is not unpleasant.” And he even adds, “Until now, I knew the characters in 『Romance of the Three Kingdoms』 as they were drawn by Go Woo-young.”

In this way, the author created realistic characters by adding flesh and blood to each character that appears in Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Therefore, the first book that allowed readers in their mid-30s or older to meet the main characters of 『Romance of the Three Kingdoms』 as visual characters was 『Go Woo-yeong's Romance of the Three Kingdoms』, and readers who had never read the novel 『Romance of the Three Kingdoms』 were able to see the faces of Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Zhang. The reason why I unconsciously think of this is possible because I had 『Go Woo-yeong's Romance of the Three Kingdoms』. However, if even those nostalgic memories are deformed due to deletion, truncation, and revision, it is unfortunate. The complete, uncensored version of 『Go Woo-young's Romance of the Three Kingdoms』 restores the original space of precious memories that readers lost 24 years ago, and brings back the fun of watching cartoons with saliva on one's fingers.