The Gamer (comics)
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| Genre | Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Harem | ||
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| Author | Sung Sang-Young | ||
| Illustrator | Sang-Ah | ||
| Publisher | Naver | ||
| Original run | 5 September 2013 – ongoing | ||
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더 게이머 (Deo Geimeo) |
The Gamer (Korean: 더 게이머, RR: Deo Geimeo) is a webtoon hosted by Naver. The webtoon is set in contemporary South Korea, originally not introducing anything out of the ordinary. Once the main protagonist, Han Jee-Han, notices a dialogue box in front of him like in a video game so he recognizes that he has become a video game character, supernatural events start happening.
Han Jee-Han was a normal high school student who developed a special ability that allowed him to treat the world around him as a game called 'The Gamer'. He noticed that by leveling up, he could increase his stats and improve his body and mind, among other things. The day after noticing that he can also increase his stats through training (he studied to increase his Intelligence), he accidentally slipped into a combat area for those who have a link to the Abyss, the hidden world of their own. He witnessed a battle between Kwon Shi-Yun and Hwan Sung-Gon, getting involved in it as well. He was approached by Kwon Shi-Yun, who questioned him on his identity.
Han Jee-Han began to realize that he needs to train to be sure that he'll be safe in the case that he gets caught up in a fight again, so he trains his fighting capability with blunt objects (he uses a baseball bat). On his way home, he accidentally slips into another combat area, having to fight his way through zombies who he later finds out were amassed souls that Hwan Sung-Gon was collecting. He then realizes that he needs to talk to his friend, Shin Sun-Il. Jee-Han assumes that Sun-Il was part of this world due to his level being incredibly higher than everyone else around him, and his assumption proves correct when Sun-Il is threatening, due to him not knowing that Jee-Han has become part of this world.
The story goes on, with Han Jee-Han deciding to stay in the world of the abyss, putting him in many dangerous situations as he grows stronger to protect himself and those around him.
Han Jihan (한지한; Hanjihan) acquires the 'Gamer ability'. This ability enables him to evolve in the same way the main character(s) in an video RPG would, i.e. with levels. However, he discovers a completely new world (The Abyss) that ordinary human beings are oblivious to. The Abyss is very ominous and scary, comparable to mafia subculture or other rather villanous secret organisations.
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