Whether readers believe in fate or not, the following manhwa love stories are intriguing nonetheless.
When people are deep in love, they think their partner is perfect for them. That they’re their soulmate, the person they were destined to be with. Then, if they break up, it can feel like they’ve lost a big part of themselves in the process, and everything they thought they knew about their future becomes null and void.
Nonetheless, whether love lasts or ends, it can feel like fate falling into place, directing people toward their true path. In some romantic stories, it can even go beyond death, linking lovers to their next lives and beyond. Whether people follow a set path to love or rediscover it from their past lives, these are the best manhwa about fated lovers.7 My Red String of Fate
Creator: Cheon-jian (original webnovel), Jin-Shang Shin (manhwa adaptation), Cumin (artist)
90 Chapters
Available in English via TappyToon
In Chinese mythology, people who were fated to be together were connected by a red thread. Even if they were separated or didn’t like each other, the thread would lead them back together in one way or another. Usually through strange but ultimately beneficial methods, like in My Red String of Fate, which gets creative with the tale.
A woman gets pulled into her favorite novel as Lian, a priestess who can see the invisible red strings. She acts as a healer by cutting the strings, as they cause single people to get sick. But she gets in trouble when, while trying to cure one man, she ends up tied to him by his string. Even worse, he’s Abel, the book’s main villain. Now her favorite novel will tell a very different story with her at its heart.6 Threads Of Love/The Fool Of Love And Peace
Creators: Kijoo Han (writer), Il (artist)
79 Chapters
Available in English on Webtoon
The red thread theme continues in Threads of Love, aka The Fool of Love and Peace. In it, teacher Sa-Rang Park has to handle a unique problem. Her cousin, Pyeonggang, is suffering from a life-threatening illness that’s connected to an ancient curse. The only way to undo it is to reunite them with the reincarnation of their love from a previous life.
In her past life, her cousin was „Princess Pyeonggang“, who fell for a person known as „Ondal the Fool.
