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Checkmate

Alternative Titles

Japanese: 체크 메이트
English: Checkmate
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Information

Type: Manhwa
Volumes: Unknown
Chapters: 115
Status: Finished
Published: Aug 7, 2020 to Sep 28, 2023
Genres: Boys Love Boys Love, Drama Drama, Erotica Erotica
Theme: Psychological Psychological
Serialization: None
Authors: Tan (Story & Art)

Statistics

Score: 7.831 (scored by 619619 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: N/A2
2 based on the top manga page. Please note that 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #11918
Members: 1,478
Favorites: 39

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Ranked N/APopularity #11918Members 1,478
ManhwaTan (Story & Art)
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Synopsis

Soohyun doesn't have a "first love," but he definitely has a "first hate"—his high school classmate Eunsung. A smooth-mannered all-star, Eunsung snaps up first place in everything, leaving Soohyun always trailing behind in second place. Winning out over Eunsung is the one thing that motivates Soohyun, but after graduation, Soohyun contents himself with a dull, mediocre life. One day, Eunsung appears on the news, knee-deep in scandal and, for once, not perfectly at ease...lighting Soohyun's inner fires once again. Desperate to see a fallen Eunsung with his own eyes, Soohyun jumps into the fray as a reporter, and gets Eunsung to strike an outrageous deal with him.

(Source: Lezhin Entertainment)

Background

Checkmate is originally a webtoon series released on Ridibooks which has been published in print by Lezhin Entertainment since May 10, 2023. The series has been published digitally in English and Spanish by Lezhin Entertainment, and in French by Delitoon on Le Bontoon.

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Reviews

Mar 9, 2024
Mixed Feelings
Preliminary (103/115 eps)
It was actually an interesting ride!

This BL is incredible if you're the kind of person who enjoys good dialogues and overanalyzing characters rather than sex scenes that happens every two chapters for no reason. I was stunned once I noticed that every mature scene was actually plot-relevant and not unnecessary to the point it is merely for shock value LOL

The dialogues, I kid you not, are genuinely really good. There's ton of poetic scenes, I was amazed at how their love-hate relationship developed, the way that they see each other changing, ugh!!

Although, the protagonist in this is pretty much a morally grey character and, after ...

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