The Breaker Manhwa Series

This very rough of the top of my head kind summary with possibly many errors but practice make one better in theory...

A former co-worker told me about this series some time around 2009. He suggest I read The Breaker before I was to start on The Breaker New Waves. I quickly felt in love with the series. I had follow it since my first read. 

Reading about Shi-Woon Yi how he struggle with bulling at very on set of the series. It tough not to feel bad for kid struggling like he was. Little to almost not friends and one friend you do have you don't wish for her to be harm because they want help you. Shi-Woon then meets with pervy mysteries teacher Chun-Woo Han who just arrive at his high school. The name of high school translate to Nine Arts Dragon. Which just happen to be a nick/title name that Chun-Woo Han used. Shi-Woon learn that his creepy new teacher is an able fighter and beg him to teach him how fight. Chun-Woo decline and denies that he know any form martial arts. Shi-Woon try to blackmail Chun-Woo but he destroy the cellphone with the recording. This leads to Chun-Woo ask Shi-Woon what would he do learn? Would he be willing to die to learn? 

Chun-Woo shock Shi-Woon is willing to die and to change his current way of life. Even after willing to die to learn sadly Shi-Woon physically is not able to fight and once again he hope are shatter. Until by chance he run into his health teacher Shi-Ho Lee who tell him why his body is limit but does offer him a way out and if does it his world will never be the same again. 

Again Shi-Woon take a plunge to change his life and swallow the pill that will forever change his life. His desire for change open the gate to the world of Murim. In this world of the Murim Shi-Ho and Chun-Woo are going against the establishment led by Martial Arts Alliance. Chun-Woo hold a severe hatre toward for cause of death to his Master. At times during the session with  Shi-Woon he is remind of his old master by what Shi-Woon saids. Shi-Woon prove to be a quick learner and is able to perform complex moves easily after just few demonstration. 

The event in The Breaker soon escalated with efforts by Chun-Woo and Shi-Ho to help Jang So-Sul escape from Martial Arts Alliance control and take her to the Black Forrest Defence. So-Sul was been use by the Martial Arts Alliance to keep the Sun Woo clan under control. But like many thing Shi-Woon is give a gift by So-Sul that again will change his life.

Chun-Woo, Shi-Ho and So-Sul try to make quick escape once the Martial Arts Alliance has learn that they were hiding in Nine Arts Dragon high school. They quickly learn that Shi-Woon Yi has spend a lot time with Chun-Woo and Shi-Ho and they request to speak him. Shi-Woon does not want cause any more trouble for his master nor depend on him as much and he escapes the Martial Arts Alliance which cause a major raucous for the Martial Arts Alliance. 

The Breaker spend quite few chapter covering Shi-Woon effort not get capture by the Martial Arts Allaince to their dismay of how young boy is escaping them. Word is out that Shi-Woon is the disciple of Chun-Woo and he quickly becoming a legend in the Murim. The leadership in Martial Arts Alliance try to use this knowledge to draw out Chun-Woo and capture him. They want force him to reveal the secrets of his martial arts style and reason behind the punishment that Chun-Woo master and later his death. The leader lures Chun-Woo to headquarter of the Martial Arts Alliance along with Shi-Ho as they fight their way up. The leader hope to weaken him so he would face a tire Chun-Woo. 

While much through the Breaker series Chun-Woo has try to curved the sexual advance of Shi-Ho but he has finally admit that he care for her and just as they about to kiss Shi-Woon appear. The three finally reach to roof where the final battle take places. 

The end result of the battle in the roof is Chun-Woo breaker Shi-Woon ki center, Shi-Ho is in coma and Chun-Woo leaves with members of the Black Forrest Defence and promise to return to destroy Murim. Shi-Woon is left distraught in learning that Chun-Woo had betray him in breaking his ki and had release him as a disciple. The breakage of his ki mean he no longer part of Murim. Course this is far for true as we see in the Breaker New Waves. 

No only is he target by rivals of Chun-Woo but Shi-Woon is now the leader of the Sun Woo Clan. The Clan So-Sul has left in his care.

In the Breaker we are introduce two large faction Martial Arts Alliance and Black Forrest Defence. The Black Forrest Defence is using Chun-Woo and were behind Shi-Ho going into a coma after a sniper shot her in the roof. I'm sure Chun-Woo know they are using him but his hatre toward Murim is reason he goes along with it. If he was to learns that they were behind Shi-Ho going into a coma wonder what would his reaction be? This is open question might not get answer for long time if ever...

The Martial Arts Alliance is left in bit chaos aftermarh of battle in rooftop. Many of it members question the leadership one is Sun Woo Clan who now want to rise to power again after they were held in check by the Martial Arts Alliance. There is course another Murim group the mysterious Heavenly Way School "Chun-Do-Moon" and it powerful members.