Teen Spirit

Some people say that you shouldn't pick up this manhwa but I totally disagree with that. Pick it up! Just please be aware of the fact that the artist had passed in the middle of creating this manhwa. In other words, it's incomplete and are left hanging at a very uncomfortable situation in the manhwa with so many unanswered questions. This of course can be a turn off for some people.

Yet if you were willing to take a chance on this manhwa, the only disappointment you might feel is the fact that there is not more to read, lol. Just a quick glance through the pages and you can immediately tell that there is a lot of work and effort put into this manhwa. Even as she was sitting in her hospital bed and was receiving cancer treatments, Kim Jae Eun worked rigorously into her book and you can tell through the pages. Not only is it aesthetically pleasing but the characters are quite quirky with their own unique traits. I believe that this manhwa had a lot of potential and the author was planning great things for it, but it just was never given the chance.

It's definitely not you're typical entertainment industry type of manhwa. The approach is actually meant to be a reflection of the actual Korean pop entertainment industry, which is booming in the international market as well. For those who like kpop you might find the few chapters interesting. I completely recommend these short 25 chapters for readers to look at, it had an amazing start and should be well appreciated!

If you are looking for romance, then search for another manga/manhwa to read. Now. As of chapter 6, there has been no romance whatsoever. It's currently publishing so I don't know if there will be or not. Is there will be romance, I would probably drop this series because I can't really see the main character having a relationship.
Anywho, Teen Spirit is basically about a guy who starts off his music career with a suckish band. Then works his way up without them. Yep, he left the friends he had for 10+ years to go off alone and become a trainee in JBL. The story is boring and simple. The characters are typical moody teens (that piss me off to no end). The art is... fine. Not too good, not too bad. Regular shoujo drawing style. I wouldn't recommend reading this unless you want an one-day, no-brainer type story.

Don't know what's gonna happen with the story so far cause of the death of the mangaka... That's really sad..
But i recommend this manga, cause i loved it so far..

Art is great i love the clothing, all charcters are very cute.

The story starts with the one main charcter but then you get to know all of this new guys.. so i don't think it centers to much on the main charcter.. i liked that, cause you get to know a little of everything..
So basically it's about a group of musicians and how they are obligated to get along.
You have a lot of things happening that really gets you in the story... Oh and it's not about love... Could say, that it's about life, music and growing up..

Rating this was kind of hard for me because at the beginning, when I first started to read the manga over a year ago, it was amazing. I felt so intrigued and I couldn't wait for the new chapters to come out.

But the manhwa artist died because of cancer so the manhwa never really finished, which is understandable. It kind of cut off, nothing was explained, the beginning of the specific manhwa was great! As it trudged on through the chapters though, I felt it wasn't as how it first lived up to be. Even more so with the story cut off.

I haven't read any other of her works, maybe they were great? I don't know that for myself, but if you don't want to be left hanging with no complete ending or what's going on, I suggest not reading it. The artwork is great though. So instead of a 5/10 I gave it a 6/10. Not much you can do about it though.

~short review~

Teen Spirit is a story that centers around the members of a start-up group who are trainees in an entertainment label. Since the focal point is the interaction among the characters, the main features of the manwha lie in the dynamicism of the cast and the development of the team's project. Not too shabbily done; the characters are decent: relatively realistic and yet entertaining enough to keep the manwha going. It's moderate drama and humor arising, once again, from the interaction of the characters. The art is typical high-quality manwha art, which serves well for the concept.

It's surprising that no one else (that I know of) has taken this approach towards the idol group topic yet instead of dramatizing romance or performance tests; but since no one has, it's refreshing. I look forward to seeing how Teen Spirit is developed.

This is going to be my first review and I hope it will help some people, when it didn't for me. DO NOT READ THIS MANHWA!
Why? Well it's worth a 10, especially if like me, you like stories set in the entertainment industry. The characters are interesting, the art is really pretty, you really grow curious about why those people became the way they are, and how their relationship will develop.
And then it ends. Sadly, the author died after years of fighting against cancer, and this masterpiece will forever stay unfinished. I recommend it only if a VERY open ending won't frustrate you like it did for me. RIP to Kim Jae-Eun, the world lost an awesome mangaka.

Okay, this is my very FIRST review ever written, and I hope it helps manga readers find what they're looking for.

Teen spirit is a really good story, overlooked, but a funny read. For any romantics out there, this probably isn't your kind of book, but it's about an entertainment company seeking out memembers for the next "hot" band. Scanalators are still woking on it so I haven't got very far, but they are already layering their characters and setting up a plot: so far all of the band members seem to either a) hate each other or b) be content with one another because of the situation. I don't want to spoil anything, so I won't tell you much more except that they are a bad boy, prodigy, albino, snob/loudmouth, and cool boy mix.

The art is GORGEAUS- I give it a 10 thought I admit its not the absolute best I've ever seen.
As for the characters, I give them a 9; so far so good, though I would like to know a little more about them.
The story I give a 7- boy band hate theme is common but execution is good.
Overall Enjoyment I give an 8- this is a great read, so if you have spare time, you should try it.

Well, here goes my first review. Well, first thing I gotta say is, I'm more of a romance kind of gal, so the story wasn't really that capturing.Still, I thought the art was beautiful, and that's what kept me in the story the best. I also like how it's not the whole 'hero is perfect' type of manga, but the opposite. All in all, 9/10. Again, loved the art. Can't wait for more.