Sung Ho isn't exactly the kind of person you'd expect to settle down for a quiet life in the Korean countryside. A young man in his twenties who spent his entire career serving in the military, Sung Ho is also a single father to a baby girl his ex-girlfriend suddenly pawned off on him. Having grown up without a family of his own, he leaves behind his familiar military life and moves to the small village of Nuldongmae, hoping for a fresh start for himself and his daughter.

Jobless and alone, Sung Ho has barely started to settle in when he finds himself butting heads with Kwon Haebeom, a handsome but grumpy local who accuses him of stealing from his store. Sung Ho hopes to never run into the man again—but he's soon shocked to discover that Haebeom is more than just some random jerk. He's actually the head of the village! Can Sung Ho move past their dismal first impression and allow Haebeom into his life?

Our Sunny Days has a story and art by Jeong Seokchan. English translation is done by Soohyun Kim and lettering by Yumi Sagara. Published by Seven Seas Entertainment (March 17, 2026). Rated M.

Rebecca Silverman
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Ho Sung never expected his ex-girlfriend to show up, dump their infant daughter in his lap, and then run off. He didn't even know she was pregnant since they broke up a year ago. But now that he has her, he's going to be the best damn father he knows how to be…and since he's an orphan who's been in the military his entire adult life (the last few years in the US), he's aware that he knows precious little. But he leaves the army, packs up his daughter, and moves back to Korea, where he's determined to start afresh in a small country town. If you're thinking he's not entirely prepared for what lies ahead, you're right.

But that's largely due to the fact that he's just unsure of what it means to be a family. Growing up in an orphanage left him with few adult role models, and while he's clearly doing a great job with his infant, he's also very unsure of himself. He gets stuck in his own head to the point where he hasn't even renamed his infant; she's still going by “Unknown,” which is what her mother wrote on the birth certificate. The first person who offers to help him in a meaningful way is Haebom, the thirty-four-year-old village head who is just aghast at what's going on with Ho and Unknown. Since he's older (Ho is twenty-eight), he tells himself that he has to take care of them, but as the volume goes on, it becomes clear that, like Ho, he's processing a difficult family history and feels cut off from normal family life. And while the two men are moving towards a romantic relationship, what's really important here is the found family aspect of the story.

This also comes into play with a young boy who lives with his grandparents in the village. His father ran off when he was a baby and his mother died, and his well-meaning grandmother told the boy that his dad joined the military. When he hears that Ho was a military man, he's convinced he must be his dad. This plotline hasn't developed too much so far, but it's clear that he's another piece of the overall puzzle, a child desperate for a father in the same way that Ho and Haebom were. Ho is going to give his daughter the best family life he can; it doesn't feel like much of a stretch to see him taking in this other child, at least emotionally, as part of his desire to create a family.

Despite the M rating, there's nothing sexual in this volume – some nonspecific nudity and near-kisses are it. The art is very nice, though, and the outfits Ho puts his baby in are wonderfully designed, and the sexual tension between Ho and Haebom is definitely there. It's setting up to be a charming story about making a family for yourself, and I hope you'll give it a try.

Erica Friedman
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Our Sunny Days successfully merges two different soft spots in the potential readership—a sweet guy warming the heart of a passive-aggressive jerk, and a baby. Of these two, the baby won.

Sung Ho is a sincere, hard-working guy, just the kind of guy you want to see happy. His baby is given a personality and drawn so lumpily, that it's hard to not think her cute. The baby's backstory, and her lack of name is a major plot driver here. I am not usually a fan of babies, so this one being a strong character, not just a way to bring the two leads together, worked well for me.

The tension here is in Sung Ho's situation. In a remote village, far from anyone, he's in need of help to sort out his life. Why he chose this place when he has no resources here is left a little vague. The villagers are not, we are repeatedly told, that friendly. Nonetheless, as Sung Ho gets to know folks, they try to help him in any way they can. Kwon Haebeom's situation is likewise part of the tension. A naturally grumpy person Haebeom's passive-aggressive personality is meant to be cute. It's…not. He helps Sung Ho out, only to be an asshole about it seconds later.

Ultimately, I'm sure they will make a great family. But there's going to have to be a lot of change from here to there. Frankly, I don't have the patience for it.