Yours to Claim is an ongoing manhwa written by ZZIN-BAM with art by Waje. First released in 2020, it has been published and serialized in Lezhin. On campus Jooin is taken by Yahwi's looks and they both instigate contact with one another. As their relationship proceeds, Jooin meets Cain, a foreigner who claims Jooin was his "master" in the previous life. A love triangle between the three begins. Season 1 consists of chapter 1-28. Season 2 features 35 chapters, from chapters 29-63. Season 3 was released on November 4, 2021.
Synopsis[]
Nothing crazy happens to Jooin. He’s just your average college student, keeping his head down and flying under the radar. Yahwi, on the other hand, is drop dead gorgeous, super popular…but also kinda mean. So why has the campus heartthrob taken an interest in a total nobody? There must be an ulterior motive…but it’s hard to care when faced with those killer looks...
Characters[]
Lim Jooin[]
Lim Jooin is a 23-year-old college student and vice-president of the Architecture Department, appointed by his classmate and friend, Seo Yeonho. He is the central protagonist of Yours to Claim. Not standing out much, he sees himself as just an ordinary person wanting to live an ordinary life. However, things take a turn when two men come into his life once more — The popular yet cold Ex-president of the Architecture Department, Go Yahwi, and a friendly yet strange foreigner he meets by chance who claims to know him from a distant past, Cain. He's known as gentle and hardworking, but can be stubborn and wears his heart on his sleeve.
Go Yahwi[]
The last year's president before taking a year off Yahwi returns to study in the same class as Jooin and Yeonho. Whilst he snickers at Jooin's name later at a party Yahwi finds his messages to be cute. After answering Jooin's call he hangs up before sending a document with meet and greet locations as requested. Not one for words he holds Jooin's face and motions for the others to leave when he is called. With a group project Yahwi is asked by others to join their groups however he calls for Jooin. Telling the others, he said he would work with him Yahwi glares at Jooin to induce him to 'remember' this before happily saying that he can choose the third member. He would resort to Jooin again by telling a girl that he had eating plans with him today. Even though Jooin wasn't Yahwi compliments him on being surprisingly quick on the uptake and that he likes that. Driving Jooin to a restaurant Yahwi says he will pay after noticing his expression at the high prices and if he cannot decide then they will both have the chef's recommendation.
Cain[]
Meeting Jooin purely by chance, Cain calls out to Jooin by shouting "master". Looking at Jooin's bewildered face, he then proceeds to explain that Jooin was Cain's master in the past life and Cain is very happy to meet him again like this. His Korean is not very fluent. Even as Jooin dismisses his claims as strange, they exchange email addresses. Cain keeps messaging Jooin in his broken Korean. At first, Jooin doesn't reply but soon he starts finding Cain adorable. Jooin gets a chance to go on a trip to Cain's country with his classmates. Cain greets him at the airport with a bright smile. On his trip, Cain gets to spend a day with Jooin and both start getting closer. Soon Cain visits Korea to learn Korean, but his main reason meeting Jooin. Even though he comes from a supposedly rich family, Cain lies to Jooin about not having a home and moves in with him. As the two start to live together, they grow closer. Cain cooks for Jooin and takes care of him. He doesn't like how Yahwi treats his "master" Jooin, but doesn't say anything as Jooin said it shouldn't concern him nor to get involved. Gradually, Cain developing feelings for Jooin. Over time, it is revealed that Cain might actually have been an animal (maybe a dog or a wolf) under "Jooin's" care, in the past life.
Seo Yeonho[]
Seo Yeonho is the current president of the Architecture Department and one of Jooin’s only friends. Upbeat but a bit airheaded, he’s known Jooin since his highschool days and tries to be a supportive friend when he can, albeit to a minimal degree. He shows up rarely throughout the series.
At some point in the story, he gains a girlfriend though she has yet to be seen.
Pil Choongman[]
He was the vice president with Yahwi and introduces the both of them to Yeonho and Jooin who are carrying out the roles this year. Yahwi says that Choongman told him that Jooin was a good student.
Story[]
The class is packed because Yahwi is to attend and Jooin hears from his friend Yeonho on how he is to help him study for this semester. After class they are introduced, Yahwi had taken a year off when Jooin and Yeonho were freshmen and with their class president and vice president links they exchange numbers. Yahwi does not reply to Jooin's messages and by daytime Yeonho is supposed to go to a meet-and-greet event, but he has a group blind date. Jooin searches for a venue and failing to get through to Choongman he phones Yahwi instead for recommendations. Receiving a list of them Jooin thanks Yahwi in person.[1]
In groups of three presentations are to take place every week starting April. For the mid-term an architectural plan based on the group presentation is to be submitted. Yeonho is already in a group, yet Jooin finds himself called to join Yahwi's group. Afterwards Yahwi takes Jooin to a restaurant where Jooin says that he likes him. In the drive back Jooin is blushing profusely at Yahwi leaning in and reclines the seat in response to avoid it. At home Jooin is wondering if he is smitten with Yahwi's looks over his personality.[2]
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