Noh Mi-Young | Threads of Time (R 17)

Korean: 살례탑
Synonyms: Dòng Thời Gian
Type: Manhwa
Chapters: 46
Volumes: 11
Status: Completed
Year: 1999
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Historical, Mature, Seinen, Tragedy  
Author: Noh Mi-Young
Serialization: Junior Champ (Daiwon C.I.) 

Synopsis: High-school student Moon Bin Lee has difficulty sleeping due to a recurring nightmare: he's stranded over a thousand years in the past chasing a dark-haired girl into a deep abyss. 

Before long, the nightmare overwhelms him, and he is unable to tell whether he is Moon Bin, a Seoul teenager at the end of the second Millennium, or Sa Kyoung Kim, the son of a prominent warrior family in the middle of the first Millennium. People in his present-day life assume roles in his historical life as he struggles to learn exactly who he is and what he's expected to do, straddling a transmigratory portal through time and space. 

In the present, his school's kendo club battles to stay in the championships... but in the past, Moon Bin finds himself at the threshold of a territorial dispute on the plains of Mongolia.

Groups Scanlating

Manga-Sketchbook

Licensed in English

TOKYOPOP (11 Volumes - Complete) 

Source: Baka updates

Side notes: This manhwa ended up here mainly due of good score that it has from the readers and it was also tagged under time travel on Baka. I surely didn't look the year when it was published... >.< ... while the synopsis felt promising.^-^ As I took lil turn around I noticed that people say that the end result is good though there were moments where the character development was kinda too slow and the MC was whining too much. So if looking for a fast paced story this might not be it. But as I've only read the first volume I didn't find it too slow paced and art to my opinion is more or less on the great level.^-^b

P.S. I added R17 just in case if the story gets more violent than it is now.

Main characters

Kim Moon Bin/ Kim Moon Lee


A student living on his own who suffers an accident and enters a coma in which his soul is sent back in time. Before that he had case of serious headaches over two years time from the beginning of his high school. He also had nightmares during that time. As one can guess he was also a bit of a delinquent in his modern times (1999).

He practises kumdo (modern Korean martial art derived from Japanese Kendo) at school club.

He seemingly lives alone and his father only sends him money once a month for living expenses. His father does also one call per month to let him know when the money is on his account. His mother abused him as a child.

In previous life he was Sali Tayi but after time jump he became Sa Kyoung Kim and was destined to kill Sali Tayi.

Sa Kyoung Kim

The son of a prominent warrior family in the middle of the first Millennium. Who was comatosed after an incident for two years before waking up hosting Kim Moon Bin soul. 

Was killed by Sali Tayi.












Sali Tayi

A ruthless Mongol general who was sent to conquer Koryo (Korea). Engaged to Atan Hadas. He's known for his vicious nature on the battlefield.

After dying he was born as Kim Moon Bin.

Atan Hadas

A granddaughter of Ghengis Khan, who acts as a love interest for both Moon Bin Kim, who she loves, and Sali Tayi, to whom she is betrothed. As a woman, she was unable to take a position as a warrior, but by disguising herself as a man and winning a competition, she was able to take the position of a commander at Sali Tayi's side. She's level-headed and smart, knowing that there are those on the battlefield who do not want her there and working to combat it by making herself an essential source of information.

Supporting

Kim Moon Bin,
Sa Kyoung Kim's
father
Korean General

Sa Kyoung Kim's
mother

Yeon Young

Chung War

Yeon Young/ Chung War

A normal highschool girl in the same school as Kim Moon Bin.


Chung War
A servant of Sa Kyung Kim who was enslaved and sold in Mongol territory.