Dr. Frost

Until the end of the first season and the comeback in 2020 it was a very good psychology story. Now I have absolutely no idea what's going on but it's interesting.



MINOR SPOILERS (A HINT)


Its a good book but the 'villain' does not have any explainable motives, just to root out the cause before it grows or to I guess convince others to commit suicide? If you dont like big changes, only read until around chapter 112. But mr. moon becomes an unseeable and kind of annoying character after that. Good news: mc's able to have emotions again even though he physically damaged the emotion-bringer in his head. (Frontal cortex)

Dr. Frost isn't like most psychological manga nowadays. It has nothing to do with using psychological manipulation to win some sort of game or competition. Instead, it revolves around investigating, explaining, and curing psychological problems like obsessive compulsive disorder and multiple personality disorder. Reading this manga makes you feel as if you’re in a psychology class. All the information is well-detailed and feels like it came straight out of an actual textbook or lecture; from, how they know that the person has a certain disorder to how it affects their lives to how they developed it to how to deal with it. Not a single piece of information is left out in the process. You get to fully understand the situation the person is in while simultaneously, learning about the world of psychology.

I never once felt that the manga was getting repetitive. All the arcs are unique. The problems, the symptoms, the back-stories, the solutions, and obviously the people are all different.

At the end of every arc, we either get a chapter called the Psychologist in the Yellow Room or the Psychologist in the White Room or both.

The Yellow Room story is what you’d call a break or intermission. It is a chapter dedicated to comedy and being light-hearted which makes for a nice change in the atmosphere.

The White Room is about our main protagonist, Dr. Frost. In each White Room chapter, we get to know bits of Dr. Frost’s background, a mysterious and central part of the story.

Psychological isn’t the manga’s only genre. There’s drama, comedy, slice-of-life, and even romance, but I would not expect much if I were you. All these genres simply make the story better and are never blown out of proportion.

The art is great. Its beautifully colored & it has nicely drawn backgrounds, objects, and characters. Also reactions and emotions are portrayed very well.

Now, for the characters. Our main protagonist is Dr. Frost. He is known for being intelligent and having an emotionless and rather blunt attitude. A major question of the story is, why is he like that? We, as well many of the characters around him, all want to find the answer. Every so often, we get to see events from his past, so we're slowly putting all of the pieces together. We also get to see him change because of him interacting more. He gradually becomes more sensitive, caring, and so much more. His character development is just well done and enjoyable.

As for his role in each arc, what he does is always pleasant to read. His explanations, deductions, and the lengths he goes to, never fail to keep my attention and bring a smile to my face. It's cool to see a character who is intelligent, but not wise.

The next character is Seong-Ah Yoon, Dr. Frost's assistant. She is competent unlike a lot of female protagonists. She helps Dr. Frost in each arc and sometimes, takes the lead herself. She's not a cry baby nor some hopeless romantic; she can think for herself and merely cares about those around her. She is what every female protagonist should be.

Then, we have Sang-Won Cheon, a mentor and father figure of sorts to Dr. Frost. Your opinion of him changes frequently throughout the story. Sometimes he feels like the main antagonist and other times, he's genuinely helping Dr. Frost. In a nutshell, Sang-Won is a shady yet kind man who you can't just help, but be wary about.

Lastly, we have the characters that Dr. Frost helps. None of them are one-dimensional. They all feel human. In fact, you'll probably relate to a couple of them because there are arcs about much more common problems such as insomnia and anxiety. I'm sure you'll empathize with all of them.

Dr. Frost is the paragon of psychological manga. It's educational and entertaining at the same time. The art, the characters, and their development are magnificent. You will feel all sorts of emotions from happy to sad to creeped out to disgusted to angry. All in all, Dr. Frost is a psychological story done right.

Dr. Frost is a realistic psychological manhwa about people, and what it means to be human. Dr. Frost is a psychologist, who deals with people's mental “problems.” The story is somewhat episodic, as the story is into multiple small arcs, following each of the various clients’ cases. It has a story structure similar to that of Samurai Champloo, as they are all episodic, while slowly revealing to the reader and characters about Frost’s backstory and who he is. The story flows well, as each case spends a good amount of time for you to understand and sympathize with the characters, while not dragging out the cases. A bit of a problem with the pacing though, is that sometimes when they talk about Frost’s backstory it feels a bit out of place, since they're in somewhat of side episodes rather than being tied into the main story. This may have you feeling like you have an "outsiders perspective" and not have you engaged enough in the story.

The cases in Dr. Frost are realistic, as the author has a degree in psychology, and they consult other psychologists for details about their cases with clients. It also uses real psychology tests for the correct mental problem. Both the clients and the psychologists feel real and like actual people. You understand the perspectives of both the client and the psychologist, while still feeling like a reader. It also makes you feel like you’re learning something when reading it.

There is a small number of important characters in Dr. Frost, which all of them are psychologists. There is the main protagonist, Dr. Frost, who is the counsellor for most of the cases in this manhwa. He believes that sympathy isn’t needed for cases, and he has a mysterious backstory that is slowly revealed to us.

There’s Frost’s assistant Seong-Ah Yoon, who is someone who is studying psychology. She helps him in the cases and is often used as someone who learns Dr. Frost’s backstory alongside us, so it isn’t pointless exposition.

There is also Sang-Won Cheon. He is the principal of the academy and acts as a sort of a “father figure” for Frost. He is often the person revealing Frost’s backstory to Seong-Ah.

The main antagonist (his name is not mentioned for spoiler reasons) is a direct reflection of Frost. I cannot further talk about this character though, as it will enter spoiler territory.

The art style of Dr. Frost is good. It feels a little more like a soft sketch, rather than “fully drawn art.” Some of the characters' faces do look the same, but the author has recognized this as his inability to draw.

Overall, Dr. Frost is a well-written story about what it means to be human with a realistic cast of both clients and psychologists, but somewhat suffers from a disconnect between the characters and the story.

Dr Frost is ....... a pretty interesting webtoon .

Unlike many other psychological manga/anime which deal with the MC and his pals trying to outwit their adversaries with genius tactics and batman gambits Dr Frost is different in the sense that it 'actually' deals with psychology .This is a story about a psychologist and his cases .

Story - 9
This webtoon(I'll shorten this to WB) is told in the format of arcs i.e each case usually takes around 4 - 8(some times 10 ) chapters .Minor additions to the overall plot occur at the end of each arc so worrying about stasis is unnecessary .Actual psychological terms are used as this WB is made in partnership with the psychological department of a certain Korean university .In terms of how interesting it is I think this deserves credit after all it's likely that as long as you enjoy the first few chapters you should enjoy the remainder .Plot twists in cases also occur .

Art - 9
I won't waste time on this .It's colored and neat so stop hesitating/worrying .

Character - 6
This is a bit tricky .The characters aren't bad but they're nothing special either unless you count Frost( I don't want to spoil this for you ) .The patients obviously have issues but they aren't what I'd call 'lovable' .Character development occurs if you are bothered by the lack of it so no need to worry though it is slight (for reasons well put out by the story) .

Enjoyment - 8
A solid good read if you ask me .Not a masterpiece or mediocre but reasonably higher than the in-between point .If my review has interested you even a little bit then I don't think you'll regret reading this .Psychology became a whole lot more interesting for me after and I got a copy of 'Psychology For Dummies' .



Overall - 8
I don't think anyone should dislike this series if they gave it a proper chance unless they really have something against psychology .

What? A manwha about counselling? Hell yeah! And it's excellent, I assure you.

This is the story of Nam-Bong Baek (aka Dr. Frost), who had a severe brain injury while he was young and as a result he's unable to experience certain emotions. He decided to study psychology in order to understand himself and comprehend human behavior, so now he's a counsulting psychologist at Yonggang University.

The manwha is highly informative and educational, it provides insight to the most common mental illnesses through relatable stories and the different kinds of therapies available. It also addresses themes as the inexperience of recently graduated counselors, how it's preferable to prevent illness rather to treat it, and the taboo of mental health, how society (Korea in this case) looks down on counselling patients because of the great pressure and high expectations they have (to perform right all the time, to be idols, to become what other people want and met their needs before their own, etc.).

All the characters have meaning and depth, the author did an amazing research job to build them in a way so we can see and appreciate not only the main story line but also their journey as individuals. It's full of references in case the reader wants to know more about psychology, for example, it names the DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders), drama therapy (where the client process trauma through a theatrical setting) and psychological autopsy (when data is collected in order to analyze the reasons that lead a person to commit suicide), to state a few.

I was touched and grateful by the way the author conveyed the idea of what it means to being a counselor, and how the relationship between counselor and client was depicted as more than a business deal, but a humane approach to healing for both of them. How it's ok to be imperfect, because humans are imperfect. How it's ok to feel your feelings, because humans are not only conscious but sentient beings.

I couldn't find the third season translated, but the first two seasons are available for free on Webtoon and the manwha was adapted into a drama in 2014.

I would recommend this to anyone slightly interested in psychology or counseling.

"All counselors are just people who walk on the face on their own shadow anyway"

This review is straight from me finishing the first 121 chapters of this manhwa that have been translated to English.

Story:
The story is a collection of cases of psychological consultation. All the cases were different with different outcomes and it can be very well seen that the author of this manhwa, Lee Jong-bum knows what he is doing. Also the story between cases about the main characters is very well written and interesting.
As someone, who has studied psychology (just basics in high school but still) I really loved to see familiar theories and experiments being part of the cases.

Art:
The art style is very similar to other webtoon manhwas I've seen, but I think this style is very beautiful and fits the manhwa very well. The characters are beautiful and the backgrounds are great and realistic looking.

Characters:
Both the main characters and characters of each case are unique and have their own unique personalities and back stories. I am of course very interested in the main character, Frost, his personality and his backstory, which all of course are a big part of this manhwa.

Enjoyment:
I read all of the available chapters in just few hours, because I just couldn't stop reading and I was a bit sad when it ended (for now) so I would say I got a lot of enjoyment out of this.

Overall: I honestly have nothing bad to say about this.

The overall asset of this web cartoon makes it completely different of others on it's style.

I first saw the dorama based on these series, and I was astounished with the writer's ability ro make the story fluid, without being too obvious about the crime scenario. Then I went to read the comic version, and it was pretty much the same.

The characters, the plot and the environment of the whole story makes this a unique piece, that makes you eager for more from the first chapter to it's last one, and wonder if there is more besides the obvious in each chapter.

Since this doesn't have any review yet, i decided to give one. This isn't your typical manga like love comedy style or action fantasy but if you are more into realismc, or have enjoy psychology class or quite curious (like me) to know more about psychology like meaning of gestures, hypnosis, personality disorder etc., then give this manga a shot you can really enjoy reading this while learning so much from it.

I just want to give some emphasize on the genre, the proper genre for this is psychological, comedy, drama, seinen and slice of life. A psychology based manwha, so from there you can expect what this really is.