| Teenage Mercenary | |
|---|---|
| 입학용병 | |
| Genre | |
| Author | YC |
| Illustrator | Rakyeon |
| Webtoon service |
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| Original run | November 7, 2020 – present |
| Anime television series | |
Teenage Mercenary (Korean:입학용병;RR:Iphak yongbyeong,Japanese:入学傭兵,romanized: Nyūgaku Yōhei) is a South Koreanmanhwa released as a webtoon written by YC and illustrated by Rakyeon. It has been serialized on Naver Corporation's webtoon platform Naver Webtoon since November 2020. Ananime television series adaptation has been announced.
After surviving a plane crash and suffering from amnesia, child Ijin Yoo is forced to become a mercenary to survive in a war zone. After ten years, his memory returns, and he decides to return to Korea to live an ordinary life and enroll in high school with his sister. However, Ijin finds out that even this life has its own forms of violence, like bullying and other forms of injustice. Ijin decides to use the skills he gained as a mercenary to confront these challenges.
Written by YC and illustrated by Rakyeon,Teenage Mercenary began serialization onNaver Webtoon on November 7, 2020.[2]Line Webtoon has been publishing the series in English since 2021.[1][3]
Ananime television series adaptation was announced on June 19, 2025.[1][4]
OnLine Manga in Japan,Teenage Mercenary was the most popular title in 2023 and 2024. In 2023, it generated¥100 million in revenue, the most of any title that year.[5]