Read manhwa The Villainous Admiral Wants to Catch Me in His Net / The Naval Cadet Obsessed by the Scheming Admiral / I Am a Marine Student Obsessed by a Dark Force Navy Admiral / 흑막 해군제독에게 집착당하는 해양대생입니다
The sea is a lawless zone, plagued by man-eating sea monsters and pirates. In such a sea, there exists the world’s strongest naval admiral, feared by all. With wealth, power, and looks, he has one secret: His true identity is a siren! Living in a world where other species have disappeared, he hides his identity, but when he meets the sea-loving Cella, she uncovers his secret. “Siren, huh? I like mackerel, tuna, flatfish, stingrays… basically all marine fish.” “…Fish.” She’s a strange woman who, despite her eccentricities, hides her powers. He decides to hire her to keep an eye on her, but… “What if I want to become a beach bum?” “What’s that?” “It’s simple. I don’t work, I just lounge around, eating and doing nothing—basically a rich layabout. That’s my dream, to live like that by the beach.” “……” “If you hire me, I won’t work. I’ll just lay on the couch like a seal, patting my belly.” “That sounds fun. I’ve never hired a sea seal before.” His nonchalant answer leaves Cella flustered. Wait, this isn’t what she planned? She never intended to get involved with the admiral. He is, after all, the final boss from the original work! Unintentionally treating his illness and uncovering his true identity, she decides to escape to a beach resort for a peaceful life. “This is interesting.” The admiral, with his fiery gaze, looks out at the sea and orders: “Chase the ferry to Maltana. Now.”
Eveaustria
So far (as of chapter 20) the story is enjoyable and light-hearted.
There’s your cliché cute female transmigrator who thinks she knows the world from a novel, but lots of things are different – like that “villainous” admiral, who’s in reality stand-offish and distrustful, but actually very righteous.
And as the summary already revealed: he’s a merman. Also: the female lead received magical powers by a siren, starting with the ability to summon rather modern-looking diving equipment.
After a while of playing tag and mutual misunderstandings about each other, the main characters learn that the male lead has a terminal illness which (seemingly only) the female lead can soothe – yep, THIS boring trope again, like in dozens of other stories…
At least the female lead gets a unique job this time – as a “sea warden”, which allows her to live in a house at the beach and to do various ocean-related jobs.
The locations for the story are most often on board of ships, under the sea or in common houses at the seaside, different from those fancy rooms or baroque gardens of the usual palace-like nobles’ mansions we know from like 99% of all fantasy romance manhwas (at least so far).
So the main topic – the sea/ocean – often plays an important part, but still: relationships between the female lead and other people (commonest the male lead) are pivotal.
The female lead is cheeky, often hyped up, sometimes funny, but otherwise she’s your typical romance heroine – kind and hard-working; her thoughts tend to revolve around the male lead, she has a knack for heart-warming talks and she occasionally attempts to sacrifice herself in order to save others.
Kleinkay0513
Very cliche typical manwha with standard basic FL and ML. It seems cute and well drawn, with a unique take on the basic formula. 3.5/5
meowmeows
pretty funny
Dashiiii
Solid and unconventional I like it :))
Robonun
Its good so far