Volume Hello
안녕하세요
(Annyeonghaseyo)
こんにちは
(Konnichiwa)
你好
(Ni Hao)
BJ Alex is a completed 19+ BL webtoon manhwa written and illustrated by Mingwa.
The series was published and serialized by Lezhin Comics. It was digitally published in Korean by Lezhin Comics from November 24, 2017 to August 7, 2020.
The series was officially published book format by Lezhin Entertainment from February 25, 2021 to December 31,2021. It was published in English from August 31, 2021 to October 19, 2022.
The series is available in 9 languages, Korea, English, Spanish, German, Italian, Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese and Polish.
Every night at 10pm, Dong Gyun shuts himself in his room, tissues at the ready, and tunes into his favourite live cam show hosted by the captivating Alex. To Dong Gyun, Alex isn't just another online performer - he's confident, uninhibited, and everything Dong Gyun secretly wishes he could be.
But one drunken night changes everything. After blacking out at a school networking event. Dong Gyun wakes up in an unfamiliar bed... beneath a shirtless stranger who looks exactly like the from his screen.
When fantasy collides with reality, Dong Gyun's carefully guarded world unravels - because facing Alex in the flesh might be far more than he ever bargained for.
Volume 4 begins with Jiwon putting some space between himself and Dong Gyun in a way to show him nothing more will come from the agreement they have and that it's strictly business only. Things slightly come to a head though when Jiwon gets drunk, which he tends to refrain from and Dong Gyun volunteers to take him home. Because of this we see more of why Jiwon is the way he is and why he has no interest in romantic relationships.
Jiwon asserts again that if Dong Gyun has feelings for him than they need to stop their arrangement and go their separate ways, but Dong Gyun not wanting to give it all up, says there are no romantic feelings involved and they carry on, while Dong Gyun his his own inner turmoil about Jiwon and who he's seen in a picture and who Jiwon has mentioned in his sleep.
This volume for me has the worst second-hand moment that lives rent free in my mind whenever I think of this volume and this manhwa/webtoon. I think everyone who has read BJ Alex knows exactly what I'm talking about, and I'm not going to mention it in my post just because if you haven't, I think it's something you need to witness and feel in real time. Even when I read it all again I cringe and hold my breath.
By the end of volume 4 things really come to a head between Dong Gyun and Jiwon and they both know that their arrangement is over. By the end of this volume you can't help but want to continue reading as you want to know if what Dong Gyun said to Jiwon has made him think differently about the way he treats people, especially when it comes to sexual partners and his show.
In the final moment of the main story we also see MD showing Chanwoo BJ Alex's hiatus notice for his show and shows him the footage of what happened, making him realise the conversations he's been having with Dong Gyun were about BJ Alex.
I love that we get a little side story in this volume that shows more of MD & Chanwoo and how their relationship is on cam as well as off com.
For me volume 4, is the volume that makes you move straight onto the next one as it leaves it on the perfect cliffhanger for the main story.
See you soon!
안녕
(Annyeong)
さようなら
(Sayonara)
再见
(ZaiJian)
Bye
