Killing Stalking

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About

Killing Stalking is a Korean manhwa series, first written by artist Koogi and published online by Lezhin Comics in 2016. Due to the series' yaoi content, the series grew in popularity among fujoshis, but also garnered controversy for its dark themes.

Premise

Killing Stalking follows Yoon Bum, a young man who begins to stalk an attractive man from his college named Oh Sangwoo. After breaking into Sangwoo's house, Bum discovers that he is actually a serial killer, and is quickly kidnapped by Sangwoo in retaliation. The series follows the two as they learn more about each other following the capture.

History

Killing Stalking was first written by Korean artist Koogi, and published online in Korean, English and Japanese by Lezhin Comics.^[1] The first chapter of Killing Stalking was released on November 23rd, 2016, with new chapters released weekly, first in Korean on Thursdays and in English the following Wednesday. The series also won the grand prize in Lezhin's own second World Comics Contest.

Fandom

After the series' initial launch, the manhwa quickly gained in popularity among fujoshi circles, most notably on sites such as Tumblr ^[2] and Twitter ^[3]. In addition, the series has a notable presence on a number of other sites, such as Reddit ^[4], TV Tropes ^[5] and 4chan's /y/ yaoi board.^[6] The Facebook page for the series also currently holds over 50,000 likes and follows as of May 2017.^[7]

Controversy

Despite its large fandom, the series has garnered notoriety for its use of dark and uncomfortable themes. On January 8th, 2017, YouTuber jahzarah^[8] uploaded a version of the Don't Watch An Anime Called Boku copypasta featuring Killing Stalking (shown below, left), going on to receive over 80,000 views. On February 4, 2017, YouTuber akidearest^[9] uploaded a video covering the series under the title "Is This Manga Too Much For You?" (shown below, right), in which she looks at the series and breaks down the shipping fandom surrounding it. As of May 2017, the video has over 450,000 views.