In 2021, I made a post recommending five webtoons I was reading.
One of the webtoons I considered putting in that post was The Spark in Your Eyes by MURO. However, I decided against including it because the story was only really getting started and I wanted to see how it panned out before I recommended it.
Eventually, I fell off reading webtoons, and only got back into it recently.
One of the webtoons I went back to was The Spark in Your Eyes, which I caught up to in three days, reading all the way up to Chapter 118.
After finishing that most recent chapter I definitley regretted not recommending it sooner.
The Spark in Your Eyes is set in the country of Mormeratta which, years ago, defeated and conquered the forces of the North.
This was all thanks to the Witch of the Sun, a knight blessed with power from the Sun Goddess.
Our male lead is Erkin, a pharmacist from the North whose parents were supposedly murdered by the Witch of the Sun during the war.
After learning of his medical skills, Erkin is approached by the knight Griselda for help.
The mysterious master of the nearby castle is suffering from an unknown illness and Erkin is the only one who can help them.
Erkin accepts, believing that this could allow him to eventually get close to the royal family and thus the Witch of the Sun who killed his parents, allowing him to have his revenge.
During his stay at the castle, Erkin meets a maid by the name of Kaya, and the two grow close, eventually catching feelings for one another.
There is just one teeny-tiny problem.
Kaya is actually Hildegar Aelius, the Witch of the Sun Erkin is searching for.
After a chance encounter, she recognises Erkin’s eyes from somewhere, and starts posing as a maid to find out why.
So Erkin continues to care for the master of the castle, without knowing she has been with him the whole time, and Hildegar gets to know Erkin, without knowing why she recognises him.
What follows is a compelling story with a lot of great art and plenty of tragic backstories.
A large part of the story so far has been focused on flashbacks detailing the pasts of characters like Erkin, Terion and especially Hildegar.
Her backstory is the most tragic of the lot, as MURO goes into great detail showing how she was taken as a child and then used as a weapon in war, and how badly it has damaged her.
It is only with the arrival of Erkin that Hildegar begins to find some happiness in her life, and they have a lot of chemistry.
Of course, this chemistry does come with the caveat that Erkin has no idea who Hildegar really is and the fact that he believes the Witch of the Sun killed his parents, so it will be interesting to see what happens when he learns of her true identity.
It is not just this conflict which is keeping the story going, however, as there is a lot of political intrigue and mystery.
There is also a fair amount of good worldbuilding through the tense relationship between Mormeratta and the North following the war, along with the currently slight exploration into Hildegar’s powers.
With a great character dynamic between Erkin and Hildegar, plenty of tragic backstories and interesing mysteries, along with great art to boot, The Spark in Your Eyes is one of my favourite ongoing webtoons at the moment.
I highly recommend it.
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