- Overview
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The last instalment in Korea’s first children’s martial arts fairy tale series, Tale of Cheeky’s Cheeky Training (Set 1) and Tale of Cheeky’s Superpower Training (Set 2).
- Book Intro
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Tale of Cheeky’s Superpower Training 5
- Valley of Blood
The Ghost King finally reveals itself!
The final battle against those wearing demon masks in the Valley of Blood
In Set 2, Tale of Cheeky’s Superpower Training, the Money Man Avengers have been fighting against those who wear demon masks. The Red Ghost used the vengeance hidden in people’s hearts, the White Ghost stimulated people’s greed for money, and the Black and Blue Ghosts tried to dominate people using, respectively, their lust for power and desire for better looks, appeared one after another, and the Money Man Avengers defeated them all.
The appearance of those who wear demon masks reminds the Avengers of the legendary Valley of Blood, where the demons and the masters at their zenith fought a final battle 500 years ago. In this last volume, the Avengers expect to battle the Yellow Ghost, who is also the Ghost King, but are shocked by the completely unexpected identity of the Yellow Ghost.
With repeated twists and turns, the puzzles hidden in the previous set 1 and set 2 volumes are put together one by one. Readers can find out the final fate of Cheeky, and this 10th volume finally marks a meaningful end to the series.
- About the Author
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Hyo-jung Chun
(English) Cheon Hyo-jeong was born in 1982 in Seocheon, South Chungcheong Province, South Korea. After graduating from Kongju National University of Education and the Graduate School at Korea National University of Education, she now works as an elementary school teacher. She won the 14th Munhakdongne Children’s Literature Award for Seven Burial Days of Sambaek and received favorable reviews that described her as a born storyteller. A year later, after undergoing strict screening by 100 children's judges, Tale of Cheeky’s Cheeky Training was selected as the 2nd Story King Award in 2014, earning accolades. Tale of Cheeky’s Cheeky Training (Set 1, 5 volumes) was followed by Set 2, Tale of Cheeky’s Superpower Training. Other books she has written include The Amazingly Easy Way to Do Homework, The Struggle for First Love, How to Raise a Baby Raccoon, and Neuty the Goblin’s Entry into Seoul.
Lee Jeong-tae
(English) Lee Jeong-tae debuted as a cartoonist in 1997, serializing “Wild Up” in Young Jump, a magazine of adult comic strips. He serialized his Pandemonium series in Gigas and received an Our Manhwa Award of Today in 2000. In 2001, he exhibited his works at the Angoulême International Comics Festival, and his Pandemonium was published in France and Taiwan. Since 2002, he has been drawing educational comics for children. He has illustrated the Tale of Cheeky’s Superpower Training series, Humanities’ Top and Science’s Top, Special Soldier Comics, Kim Byeong-man’s Law of the Jungle, and Manhwa Britannica, among others.
