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The Restorer's Home Omnibus Volume 1 by Kim Sang-yeop

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This manhwa relies heavily on some common tropes a) the lone teen with zero parental support b) magical objects. In this case Sung-Woo's parents divorced. Mom left first and then dad and Sung-Woo is trying to avoid his father's debt holders and having enough money to keep the lights on and eat in his grandfather's historical house. Dad seems to have been an archaeologist (maybe, not even his son is sure) and along with loansharks, a girl named Ran comes for Sung-Woo. She serves the king Jungpyeong-Gun and needs Sung-Woo's help. He thinks she's a cosplayer putting him on (since that King would have been from centuries before).

Sung-Woo has a secret. He sees the 'souls' attached to handmade objects and feels compelled to keep them healthy/happy. This is how he gets into restoring things. Also his psychic abilities run to seeing an object's history.

So this weighty omnibus is a collection of short stories where he begins restoring things with several through plots like Ran, what's going on with his Dad, will he have money to live and there is another stranger in his life who is his entry to professional restoration but also has his own agenda.

It's cute. Sung-Woo is sweet. I'm not sure I'd run out and buy it but I'm glad the library has it. The art is very nice

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