Summary

• The Gwichon Village Mystery draws thousands of subscribers weekly with its dark antihero protagonist, Mumyeong Heo.
• The series, reminiscent of Jujutsu Kaisen's Suguru Geto, offers a compelling and morally ambiguous storyline.
• Despite initial suspicions, Gwichon Village Mystery hints at complexity and mystery behind protagonist Mumyeong Heo, attracting readers by the thousands.

Webtoon is always a great source of the next big hits in manhwa or even anime adaptations, with its thriller genre library continuously expanding to greater heights. For readers craving a new mystery in a small town with eclectic characters, one recent webtoon localized on LINE's app in the West is The Gwichon Village Mystery, a modern thriller in the countryside with occult undertones. But Mumyeong Heo, the series' protagonist, is already turning heads as an eclectic and dark antihero, as The Gwichon Village Mystery draws new subscribers by the tens of thousands weekly.

The Gwichon Village Mystery was first localized on August 11, 2024, as Webtoon expands its presence over other reader apps. Readers quickly become fascinated by the story's premise: the suspicious characters inhabiting the titular community and Mumyeong Heo at its center. The series begins immediately with burning questions for readers to discuss, such as Mumyeong's actions being heavily implied to be murder and then covering up crime scenes and evidence.

But as not everything is revealed in plain view, much like Mumyeong's character, there is much to learn in The Gwichon Village Mystery.

The Gwichon Village Mystery Webtoon Features an Antihero Protagonist

Hit New Thriller Manhwa Features Main Character Resembling Morally Gray Suguru Geto

As found even in the comment sections of the first chapter, an instant draw of The Gwichon Village Mystery is its menacing protagonist, Mumyeong Heo, resembling one of Jujutsu Kaisen's best characters, Suguru Geto, while being more morally ambiguous. The first chapter of the series opens with Mumyeong appearing to meticulously clean an apartment in the city that's the scene of a grisly murder, and later he disposes of his vehicle before coming to Gwichon seemingly to visit his grandmother. What ensues in The Gwichon Village Mystery is a complicated horror thriller manhwa as multiple villager deaths occur in sequence.

Mumyeong fits the antihero mold well by being sadistic, violent, and possibly a serial killer. While he leans into these characteristics, plot developments suggest there's more than meets the eye.

The denizens of Gwichon are eclectic, with varying levels of moral fiber and lucidity, almost as if taken out of the backdrop of Twin Peaks or Alan Wake's Bright Falls. The Gwichon Village Mystery shows Mumyeong encountering villagers who are staunchly superstitious and distrusting outsiders like himself. Things soon get violent, including multiple encounters with other inhabitants who are part of a cult to a mysterious "mother". Mumyeong does little to shake the readers' suspicions of being a serial killer while possibly still being innocent in these moments, making him a compelling antihero protagonist in The Gwichon Village Mystery.

Webtoon's New Thriller Manhwa Protagonist Charms Readers by the Thousands

Mumyeong Heo May Be Misunderstood After All

Despite multiple instances, such as Mumyeong sadistically injuring Seonsik, another villager, before implicitly murdering him, The Gwichon Village Mystery may have made its protagonist too handsome for its own good. The series dangles multiple mysteries for the readers to consume, including a sacred tree, talismans hidden in pillows to ward off evil spirits, possessions resulting in violent acts, and a strange, all-consuming illness plaguing some villagers. For the lucky readers who have seen the original Korean webtoon's chapters, mysteries continue to unfold as Gwichon has many secrets, making this another compelling dark webtoon to check out alongside Nocturne.

The Gwichon Village Mystery has only been out for a week but has quickly amassed nearly half a million views and 73k subscribers on the Webtoon platform, with continuous daily growth.

It's a perfect manhwa to go to Webtoon, a water-cooler comic with confusing developments in each chapter, prompting many questions for The Gwichon Village Mystery. These can include inquiries like why Mumyeong is so patient and even kind to neighbors like Gaeun, his strange fixation on when others break the law, and the first chapter's murder being continuously investigated in the background.

For Webtoon readers, The Gwichon Village Mystery has a new development released every Sunday; for readers craving a mix of Suguru Geto and Dexter Morgan, this may be the darkest antihero to the roster in a while.