Top 9 in Top 10 Best Manhwa 2023.
Catharsis literally takes "fight the demons within you" in this horror webtoon that explores the human mind like an inherently dark corridor.
Leon Mori is bored with life, socially outcast and somehow attracted to his teacher. Just a typical high school teenager. However, Leon has unique eyes: he sees sound in color.
These eyes also saw something else: hideous monsters roaming the night. It turns out that these monsters, aka timorem, are the embodiment of fear. And Catharsis is the organization against these things.
This webtoon is too good at showing what fear looks like; they are legally scary.
The change of color also creates strong contrasts—from soft bright colors to the dark, nightmarish backdrop of our fears.
Leon is also a reliable MC. He does what a high school MC is supposed to do in the face of timorem — he gets scared, runs away, screams and faints.
Catharsis's anti-fear gimmick wasn't exactly an original idea. Sweet Home makes good use of it too, but the author's execution is a unique encounter that any manhwa fan should experience.
Author: Ahniki
Genre: Fiction
Status: Completed
Chapter number: 182