Return of the Blossoming Blade

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Return of the Blossoming Blade
First webtoon adaptation volume cover, featuring Cheongmyeong

AuthorBiga
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean
Genremartial arts
PublisherLuff
PublishedApril 25, 2019 – present
Media typeweb novel
Return of the Blossoming Blade
화산귀환
Hwasangwihwan
AuthorBiga
PublisherStudio Lico
Webtoon
service
Original runMarch 23, 2021 – present
Volumes5
Return of the Blossoming Blade
Korean name
Hangul화산귀환
Transcriptions
Revised RomanizationHwasangwihwan

Return of the Blossoming Blade (Korean화산귀환; RRHwasangwihwan), is a South Korean web novel written by Biga. It was serialized in Webtoon's digital comic and fiction platform Naver beginning on April 25, 2019.

A webtoon adaptation of Return of the Blossoming Blade was first serialized in Webtoon on March 23, 2021, and the webtoon's first season concluded on August 16, 2022, followed by its second season, which was released from June 23, 2023. Return of the Blossoming Blade received official English translations by Line Webtoon beggining in June 2021. Its individual chapters have been collected and published in five volumes by Studio Lico, as of February 2024.[1]

A South Korean animated television series adaptation has been announced.[2]

A crossover role-playing video game titled Seven Knights Idle Adventure has been released as an update by Netmarble.[3]

Characters

  • Cheongmyeong
  • Yunjong
  • Jo Gul
  • Yoo Iseol
  • Baek Cheon

Media

Web novel

Return of the Blossoming Blade was first serialized in Naver's digital comic and fiction platform Webtoon since April 25, 2019.[4]

Webtoon

A webtoon adaptation launched in Webtoon on March 23, 2021,[5] and concluded its first season on August 16, 2022; its second season began on June 23, 2023. Its first collected volume was released by Studio Lico on January 18, 2023.[6] The webtoon has been published Line Webtoon in English.[7]

Volumes

No. Korean release date Korean ISBN
01 January 18, 2023[6]979-11-69630-43-6
02 January 18, 2023[8]979-11-69630-44-3
03 May 10, 2023[9]979-11-69631-40-2
04 August 29, 2023[10]979-11-69632-76-8
05 February 22, 2024[1]979-11-69635-58-5

Animation

A South Korean animated television series adaptation has been announced.[2]

Game

In March 2024, Netmarble announced that they were updating Seven Knights Idle Adventure, a role-playing video game.[3] The game was released on September 6, 2023.[11]

References

  1. ^ a b 화산귀환 5 (in Korean). Naver Book Database. Retrieved August 10, 2024.
  2. ^ a b "'만화책' 살린 네이버웹툰, 국산 애니메이션 시장도 살릴까" [Naver Webtoon, which saved ‘comic books’, will it also save the domestic animation market]. FNTIMES (in Korean). July 24, 2024. Retrieved August 10, 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Seven Knights Idle Adventure Teams Up with Webtoon Return of Blossoming Blade in Epic Collaboration Update". Anime News Network. March 7, 2024. Retrieved August 10, 2024.
  4. ^ Lee Si-jin (February 8, 2023). "Web novels follow webtoons' successful footsteps". Retrieved August 10, 2024 – via The Korea Herald.
  5. ^ 화산귀환. Naver Webtoon (in Korean). Retrieved August 10, 2024.
  6. ^ a b 화산귀환 1 (in Korean). Naver Book Database. Retrieved August 10, 2024.
  7. ^ "Return of the Blossoming Blade". Line Webtoon (in Korean). Retrieved August 10, 2024.
  8. ^ 화산귀환 2 (in Korean). Naver Book Database. Retrieved August 10, 2024.
  9. ^ 화산귀환 3 (in Korean). Naver Book Database. Retrieved August 10, 2024.
  10. ^ 화산귀환 4 (in Korean). Naver Book Database. Retrieved August 10, 2024.
  11. ^ "Seven Knights Idle Adventure". App Store. September 6, 2023. Retrieved August 10, 2024.