Monochrome Rumor

Description:
After being involved in a car accident together, Hajin is asked by Sihyeon to take care of Sihyeon’s younger sister after his death. Hajin never expected that to mean he would wake up in the hospital in Sihyeon’s body instead of his own. Even worse, Sihyeon was an infamous idol who would do anything for money, had multiple sponsors, and was apparently about to abandon the boy band he was a part of to sign a new contract with a larger agency. At first, Hajin believes the public’s negative opinion about Sihyeon, but the more he learns about Sihyeon’s miserable circumstances, the more enraged he becomes. Determined to get revenge in Sihyeon’s stead, Hajin decides to reach out to an old acquaintance for help. However, the deeper he goes into his revenge plot, the more people he becomes entangled with… (Source: Tappytoon)

Original Novel:

• KakaoPage: Main Story, Side Stories, Photobook, Exclusive Specials (2022)

• RIDI: Chapters, Volumes

• MrBlue: Volumes

Original Webtoon:

• RIDI

Official Translations:

• English, French, German, S. Chinese, Thai

Notes:

• Based on the Novel with the same name by Chiyul.

• Ridibooks’ “Volumes” include both the Side Stories and Photobook.

• The Side Stories are R19, but on Kakao they revised it to R15.

• The Exclusive Specials released on 2022 are only on KakaoPage; after serialization, they will be added to other platforms later.

• All KakaoPage links, except the Specials, are volumes, not chapters.

Type: Manhwa

Related Series: N/A

Associated Names:

• Monochrome Rumors

• 单色谣言

• 모노크롬 루머

• 모노크롬루머

Genre: Drama, Harem, Mystery, Psychological, Shounen Ai, Slice of Life

Categories:

• Amnesia

• Based on a Web Novel

• Body Swap/s

• Entertainment Industry

• Full Color

• Idol/s

• Loan Shark

• Resurrection

• Web Comic

• Webtoon

Category Recommendations:

• Do It for the Fans, Not Me!

• You’re So Pretty

• Off the Record (lleno)

• The Regretful Villainess Is Happily Divorced

• Fanservice Paradox

Author(s): Chiyul, NORANG
Artist(s): Momoko (ii)
Year: 2021
Original Publisher: Feelyeon, Horizon, Ridibooks

User Reviews

Depressing by GirlInABook (3 months ago)
Rating: N/A
This has the tag ‘revenge’ but imo it’s very underwhelming and unsatisfying. I won’t spoil, but there wasn’t just one big villain here. It made me feel sad and didn’t provide enough of a catharsis. The art is very pretty and the story is decent if slow.

The slowburn is killing me, really by Eika0.0 (7 months ago)
Rating: N/A
The plot has really been at a standstill for a really really long time. The pacing is… a bit slower than I would have hoped. Looking for the bastard that is literally the main reason for why Siyoon wanted to die? Yeah, that still hasn’t happened, we have probably 20% progress on that currently at chapter 100. Looking for romance? Yeah, that still hasn’t progressed much, though the recent chapters finally seem promising. So far, we have a more slice of life thing going on with the group members interaction taking up the majority of the story. So if you want to read the story, I recommend waiting a bit more for the updates. Hopefully more plot and romance relevant stuff is coming. Otherwise you’re in for the waiting game, as I have been for the past 2 years ;_;

ugh 28 ch. in and by TiredandDeadInside (1 year ago)
Rating: N/A
WHY DID THIS HAVE TO BE A HAREM?! AND nothing is getter resolved jfc. All of that pretty art and for what?

Turned from tragic to slice of idol life by kira6 (2 years ago)
Rating: 4.0 / 10.0
Dropping because it did a complete 180 from intriguing story to comeback practice and reality shows and it’s been like this for nearly 30 chapters. I don’t remember the plot at this point and the transition was so disjointed too it was like whiplash from sad to happy. It was so interesting at first. I’m so disappointed. If the summary had just said “watch this reincarnated gangster live that happy idol life” I wouldn’t have been so blindsided.

Kinda cute by moonmystery (2 years ago)
Rating: 7.3 / 10.0
All the characters are drawn so well. I’m reading this for the art and the suffering.

Absolutely nothing is happening by heroyin
Rating: N/A
“Determined to get revenge in Sihyeon’s stead, Hajin decides to reach out to an old acquaintance for help. However, the deeper he goes into his revenge plot, the more people he becomes entangled with…” THAT IS A SCAM DO NOT BELIEVE IT. There is no plot whatsoever. It is cringe and stupid harem story with a PG rating, with no plot or lasting drama. Still, it is impossible to put down. If you love fluff, found families, bonding and homoerotic friendship – this is your jam. Also the faces are gorgeous.

Standard premise with superior plotting by ada-lovely (2 years ago)
Rating: 9.0 / 10.0
“Hell has come to me… in the form of you.” Very standard body swap setup with the villain-like character being swapped out for our stoic and hard-working MC, turning it into his harem but rises above its station with an abundance of fun little plots and mysteries throughout. The characterizations, especially outside of the MC, could use a lot of work and the dialogue isn’t the best. One of the very few BLs where the final pairing is genuinely ambiguous, plus an absolutely delicious slow burn for those who appreciate it.