Trace

트레이스

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Synopsis

The story set in the contemporary South Korea. Some 30 years ago, unidentified creatures appeared out of nowhere and have attacked people. They have caused massive destruction wherever they go. The monsters are called "Trouble," and get the world have fallen into chaos. Along with the first appearance of the "Troubles," some number of humans were born with or acquired supernatural abilities. These mutants called "Trace" are the only ones who can fight off the "Trouble." The "Trace" are also considered freaks and generally shunned by the community because some of them misused the powers for their own interest. The plot revolves around two main characters. Sah Gang-kwon, a high school student born as a "Trace" who attempts to hide his ability. The other is Kim Yun-Seong, who acquired his "Trace" abilities during his early 30s. Soon after the acquisition, his wife and daughter were taken away from him for experimental purposes. (Source: Wikipedia)

Publication notes

Trace is originally a webtoon series; 8 volumes were published by Cine21 Books (씨네21북스) from April 22, 2008 to March 30, 2012. A revised version with updated artwork was released as Trace Remaster (트레이스 리마스터) on KakaoPage for 131 chapters from May 25, 2021 to July 16, 2022; it was published in book format by artePOP (아르테팝) on May 9, 2024. The original webtoon was published digitally in English by SpotToon and Tapas Media. The remastered version was published digitally in English by Tapas Media as the first part of Trace from December 6, 2021 to January 15, 2024.

Published

Apr 3, 2007 to Feb 13, 2009

Authors

Go, Yeong-Hun

External links

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A salaryman in his 30s with a wife and a daughter. Kim Yoon Seong was a man with a perfect life: a job, a loving wife, and a daughter. All this changes when one day he turns into a Trace with powerful legs. Being a law-abiding citizen, he decides to legally register as a trace, rather than hide his identity. Note: Tsukishiro Kai (月城カイ) is the name used in an alternate Japanese version/rewrite. No voice actors have been added to this character. Help improve our database by searching for a voice actor, and adding this character to their roles .
Mi Ri Cha9 fan favorites
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Teenage trace with incredible strength and a always positive personality. She is the number one trouble maker. Note: Ichijou Milly (一条ミリ) is the name used in an alternate Japanese version/rewrite. No voice actors have been added to this character. Help improve our database by searching for a voice actor, and adding this character to their roles .
Ghang Gwon Sa2 fan favorites
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Sa Ghang Gwon is a Trace with the ability to manipulate ice. His powers had been with him since his birth, and because he could not control them, Ghang Gwon accidentally attacked his own parents. With no cure or solution to Traces, his parents abandoned him on a street next to an old beggar woman Trace who could conjure fire. He wandered around for an indeterminable amount of time, living his life as a scavenger and losing his emotions. He engaged in battle with his first Trouble, but after realizing he could not defeat it, he encased himself in ice until it disappeared. He passed out in a park, where he was founf by Han Tae Eun. She took him home and asked her father if she could keep him. Afterward Tae Eun called Ghang Gwon her possession. Her family, consisting of only her and her father, adopted him, but Ghang Gwon, fearing that they would abandon him like his parents, hid from them his identity as a Trace. Over the years, he continued to battle Troubles, honing his skills. Whenever he is injured, though, he lets Tae Eun believe that he was bullied by his classmates. (Source: Wikia) Note: Kamiyama Yuu (神山ユウ) is the name used in an alternate Japanese version/rewrite. No voice actors have been added to this character. Help improve our database by searching for a voice actor, and adding this character to their roles .
Tae Eun Han2 fan favorites
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Hot-blooded and fiery, Han Tae Eun is well known in her school as a formidable fighter, more inclined to her fists than talking things through. She yells often, especially at Sa Ghang Gwon when he aggravates her. As a child her mother was killed by a Trouble in a park, and Tae Eun repeatedly visited the same spot her mother died, until she found a barely-conscious Sa Ghang Gwon lying there. She took him home and adopted him as her possession. At some point in time, she discovered he was a Trace and labored to protect his identity, unbeknownst to him. When Sa Ghang Gwon is taken away by the government, Han Tae Eun declares that she will become a Trace and be like him. She repeatedly battles Troubles at the expense of her own life, but then she awakens as a Trace. Her arms turn a sparkling red and shoot sparks, granting her inhuman strength and abilities. It seems that she needs to repeatedly punch hard objects like the ground to activate one of her arms, but if she strikes her fists together, the other arm will ignite. Tae Eun is easily angered and irritable but also fiercely protective of Sa Ghang Gwon. She protects him specifically to prevent him from fighting back, so that he won't accidentally reveal his identity as a Trace. She seemed to resent that he was a Trace while she wasn't and accused Ghang Gwon of the same feelings, since he tried to hide his true identity from her. She's stubborn, believing that if she fought Troubles, she would become a Trace. After she becomes one, she goes about fighting Troubles, in the same way Ghang Gwon did (dressed with a face mask). Tae Eun seems to hold romantic feelings for Ghang Gwon, getting jealous when he carries Se Yeon and tells Tae Eun to run while escaping a Trouble. (Source: Wikia) Note: Kiritani Akane (桐谷アカネ) is the name used in an alternate Japanese version/rewrite. No voice actors have been added to this character. Help improve our database by searching for a voice actor, and adding this character to their roles .
Dong Su Gang1 fan favorites
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Gang is a gambler with the trace ability to see through objects. Note: Kanda Taku (菅田タク) is the name used in an alternate Japanese version/rewrite. No voice actors have been added to this character. Help improve our database by searching for a voice actor, and adding this character to their roles .
Jee Hyun Ryu0 fan favorites
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Note: Tachibana Miyuki (橘ミユキ) is the name used in an alternate Japanese version/rewrite. No voice actors have been added to this character. Help improve our database by searching for a voice actor, and adding this character to their roles .
Do Gyun Kim0 fan favorites
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Note: Asakura Ryuuji (朝倉リュウジ) is the name used in an alternate Japanese version/rewrite. No voice actors have been added to this character. Help improve our database by searching for a voice actor, and adding this character to their roles .