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I Wish is a Korean manhwa by Seo Hyun-joo. This story tells the tale of a young woman whose family passes away. In desperation, she asks a magician to wish them back. However, the wish cannot be granted. She ends up becoming his assistant until she can decide on a wish he can grant. Just what is the most precious possession one must give up to have their wish granted? ==Main characters== Ryu Jin A tomboyish, strong girl who is ridden with pain and guilt over her family's death. Right before the manhwa begins, Ryu Jin is forced to stay behind while her parents and older brother Ryu Ui go to Hawaii. She is furious over what she sees as injustice, since the ticket her brother has was originally for her. In her unhappiness, she states that she hopes their plane will crash, but she is distraught when it really does crash and her entire family dies. She holds herself responsible for her family’s death (especially her brother who sacrificed himself for her) and often shows signs of guilt when similar situations occur. Ryu Jin is shown to have an impulsive personality often making her say or do things in the heat of the moment which she ends up regretting later. However, she has a compassionate side to assist this and never intentionally harms anybody. She looks to being just in most decisions she makes. She is also shown to be a great fan of Leonardo DiCaprio and his movies. After a strange dream in which she is told to seek him out, Ryu Jin goes to see K, intending to wish for her family to come back to life. He refuses, saying it is not within his power to do so. She is unable to make any other wish, and K promptly makes her his assistant, telling her that she is bound by the rules to stay until she finds a wish to make. This is in fact a lie, as it is revealed in the very next page that he is keeping her there to keep an eye out for her as was wished by her brother and his teacher, Ryu Ui. Ryu Jin resents K at first, thinking that he is simply a cold, materialistic magician with no decency whatsoever; (this is partly because she only sees what he is doing on the surface and does not know the rest of the details, and also because K never seems compelled to explain anything to her or to clear his name). After a while, she begins to see that K's judgement regarding the wishes he grants is not as callous or as cruel as she initially thought; she even stands up for him in volume 5, when a dissatisfied ex-customer expresses the desire for revenge against him. Eventually, Ryu Jin comes to love K. In volume 7, when she learns that he will soon die, she makes her wish for him to die painlessly. K A mysterious, ancient magician who grants wishes - except those regarding life or existence - to anyone, but at the price of the person's most prized possession. His true name remains unknown since he said there is a curse attached to his name. It is revealed in volume 7 that the so-called curse refers to a curse K himself places on those who laugh at his name, which is supposedly very strange and/or funny-sounding. Though K is a seemingly cranky, cold individual, he usually grants wishes in such a way that they end in the best possible way. He insists that he is an emotionless creature, as he is of a race that knows no emotion, but this seems unlikely because he was taught human emotions 10, 000 years prior to the events in the manhwa by Ryu Ui. Though he would swear against it, he does have a conscience and is willing to accept the consequences of his mistakes (as in the case of a man who he turned into a vampire in the past to whom he agrees to grant a second wish for atonement) . He is shown to also have great compassion and kindness. Though he has made mistakes in the past, he tries his best to make good judgement when dealing with his customers and their wishes to ensure nothing bad happens and is shown to feel great guilt when his decision brings a bad outcome. He also holds respect for friendship and therefore does not grant wishes for his friends (as he would have to take their most prized possession) unless extremely necessary or if the situation calls for it. K's is one of the few non-human races mentioned in the manhwa, characterised by ice-cold skin and a complete lack of emotions. If, however, one of his race were to somehow fall in love, he/she would assimilate with the loved one (i.e., experience the same feelings and ailments). This is visible throughout the manhwa, where K's flamboyant appearance gradually tones down and becomes more casual as he unwittingly falls for Ryu Jin. He only realises this in volume 6, when he catches a somewhat mysterious cold and cannot understand it, until he finds out that Ryu Jin has been ill too for the last few days. However, falling in love is dangerous for K as the assimilation means that he will die if his loved one dies. K dies at the end of the manhwa, only to return as he was Ryu Jin's most precious possession that she lost when she made her wish for him to be able to die painlessly. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「I Wish (manhwa)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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