Killing Stalker falls somewhere between a psychological thriller and psychological horror. Its main character, Yoon Bum, is a mentally ill man with borderline personality disorder (BPD).
Killing/Stalking is about infatuation at its worst: violent obsession, co-dependency, imposed isolation and unchecked trauma, all fusing together in a literal hostage situation-slash-Stockholm-syndrome cesspit. Yoon Bum is an isolated and disturbed orphan. He lives with his extremely abusive uncle.
What is Sangwoo's mental illness in Killing Stalking?
His mental illness has never been stated, but considering that he's sociopathic, narcissistic, and cruel, and shows many symptoms of ASPD, it can be assumed that he may have ASPD. People with antisocial personality disorder tend to antagonize, manipulate or treat others harshly or with callous indifference.
It's very uhm toxic, some of it made me almost throw up but apart from that stuff it is very well written and I loved it, if you don't like gore, violence, ect this book is NOT for you please do not tell other people to read it without telling them what it has in it or what it is about.
His crush turned into an obsession, mostly fueled by the fact that Bum suffers from Borderline Personality Disorder and Sangwoo was one of the first persons who, in Bum's eyes, showed him affection by saving him.
Sangwoo is drawn to be incredibly attractive, having a toned yet lean physique, stylish hair like that of a K-Pop star and a face that most would find rather pretty. Likewise, his quirkiness and strange behavior essentially make him a much more sexual version of L from Death Note, albeit an outright villainous version.
He dyed his hair after graduating high school. His hair was curly, but he later straights it out after killing Bum's Uncle. He then later shaves his head after messing up his hair, and has notable dark circles under his eyes.
Further theory confirmation: Sangwoo's mother abused him emotionally and sexually. It was hinted at in all the future chapters, but in Chapter 27 we are, for the first time, presented with evidence of said abuse.
Killing Stalking can best be described as a good read about bad things. It doesn't glorify or romanticize these things, but presents them for what they are as we swipe to the next page, feeling equal parts anxiousness and dread.
Many of the comic's fans read the manhwa as a twisted take on the yaoi, or boys' love, genre. However, Koogi states that her intention isn't to depict love between two men. It's to show the extremes a true psychopath will go to when he has a victim who is in love with him.
in that case, bum would be 27, with sangwoo at 20. BUT, a lot of people, including myself, think sangwoo was lying about his age to landlord in order to get her out of his hair, so i doubt the man is really 20 years old.
Killing Stalking is a Korean manhwa by Koogi. It's a psychological thriller horror, although from the romanticised fanart online for it you'd think it was a BL/Yaoi love story, which it's not. The author themselves said it wasn't intended to be a love story.
Even if he ever tells Bum he loves him, it's not the same love people talk about. It's Sangwoo's kind of love. Bum is special to him and he's Sangwoo's favorite toy! Sangwoo wants him now but Yoonbum will be thrown away the moment he's broken or useless.
The song “Killing Stalking” was inspired by the Horror Manhwa Killing Stalking series, for the song I thought it would be more interesting to write from the perspective of the killer rather than the victim, to give the track a more sinister feel.
Sangwoo then breaks his ankles and despite Yoon Bum's previous love for him, Sangwoo puts Bum into a highly abusive and manipulative relationship until the very end.
Because of the total failure after being constantly praised by everyone for his achievement as the top student of his class in Seoul National University, Sang-woo feels humiliated and frustrated with his own life.
Creator Koogi does not spare any detail when it comes to their disturbing series, and it turns out the Lezhin comic is reportedly set for an anime adaptation. And as you might expect, fans are not entirely pleased with this big reveal.
After he started to work as an investment banker, Sang-woo became the leader of Team Two of Joy at Joy Investments, however, he embezzled money from his clients and tried to invest it in derivatives and mostly in futures. Sang-woo failed and lost all the money, resulting in a debt of ₩6 billion.
"Killing Stalking" is a psychological horror and thriller manga that contains extremely dark, graphic, and mature themes, including violence, gore, sexual content, and disturbing situations.
Creator Koogi, who wrote and illustrated the thriller manhwa Killing Stalking, shared the news on Twitter last Thursday (Feb 24). KS will be made into a drama! I'm sure you were surprised. I think it will be a good opportunity and a great challenge for me.
