Under the Green Light

Description

Jin is the most perfectly beautiful man Matthew’s ever seen. He’s also a high-ranking and violent criminal full of frustrated ambitions and equally frustrated appetites. But Matthew, a sculpture student prodigy, can only see the beauty—not the darkness. One way or another, Matthew will pay the price for his muse, with his body... or with something far more costly.

Official Webtoon:

S1: RIDI, Lezhin, Bomtoon, Mr.Blue, BookCube
S2: RIDI, Bomtoon, Lezhin, MrBlue, Naver Series, BookCube, Onestory, Nate, KyoboBook, Yes24, Aladin

Audio Drama: audiocomics.kr

Official Translation:
S1: English, Thai
T.Chinese: Bookwalker, 亂搭
Japanese: bookwalker, cmoa, DMM, ebookjapan, Piccoma, Renta
S2: English, Spanish, T.Chinese
Thai: Comico, Boomtoon, Lezhin
Japanese: Beltoon, Comico

Season 2:
The series was postponed for a long time due to conflict between the creator, JAXX, and her old agency.
In August 2023 it was announced that S2 will be titled as Under the Green Light: In Dreams due to the series now being under a new publisher, JAXX new agency, ABJ Company.

The English and Spanish version of S2 and forward will be uncensored.

Type

Manhwa

Related Series

N/A

Associated Names

Under the Green Light: In Dreams

Under the Greenlight

Under the Greenlight: In Dreams

Под зелёным светом

綠色鐫像

綠色鐫像 UNDER THE GREENLIGHT

綠色鐫像：夢裡

緑色の下

绿色镌像

녹색전상

녹색전상 : 몽리

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Latest Release(s)

c.17 by Mindanao Scans 4 years ago

c.16 by Mindanao Scans 4 years ago

c.15 by Mindanao Scans 4 years ago

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Status in Country of Origin

78 Chapters + Character Special (Complete)

S1: 37 Chapters + Review (Complete) 1~37

S2: 41 Chapters (Complete) 38~78

The chapter numbers for Season 2 don't continue from the previous season and have started over.

Completely Scanlated?

Yes

Anime Start/End Chapter

N/A

User Reviews

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User Rating

Average: 8.5 / 10.0 (144 votes)

Bayesian Average: 8.12 / 10.0

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Last Updated

March 31st, 2025 11:22am PDT - 2 days ago

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Genre

Drama Mature Smut Yaoi
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Category Recommendations

Recommendations

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Author(s)

Jaxx

Artist(s)

Jaxx

Year

2021

Original Publisher

ABJ Company

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Ridibooks

Serialized In (magazine)

N/A

Licensed (in English)

Yes

English Publisher

Tapas

Activity Stats (vs. other series)

Weekly Pos #391

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Monthly Pos #613

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3 Month Pos #552

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6 Month Pos #275

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Year Pos #263

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List Stats

On 645 reading lists

On 264 wish lists

On 185 completed lists

On 24 unfinished lists

On 219 custom lists

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One of the "Big ones"

by TheOneWhoGotAway
1 month ago

Rating: 7.5 / 10.0

This is one of the big ones so I was was hoping for more. The story is not bad but the story is not up at a level where the popularity is justified. The story is not something unique or groundbreaking, I have read same type of story before. I could also blame myself for way too high expectations but it's a popular one so most people will come with high expectations.

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Rereading for smut

by neomuded
3 months ago

Rating: 8.0 / 10.0

I'd say it's one of the more interesting gangster BL with interesting characters, theme and backstories and hella juicy smut scenes.

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Season 1 and 2, I loved equally

by jaeminuf
4 months ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

The readers seem very divided on season 2. I personally loved it because Season 1, in retrospect, was a prelude to the main story. I found no significant changes in the characters or their renderings between the scenes. The story went more deeply into how life in the underground affected Jin, making his attempts to find a life outside all the more meaningful. And I love the smut in all its glory.

Now that the series has come to a close, I can say without a doubt that Jaxx delivered a meaningful, poignant ending and a series that I'll hold close to my heart. Jin will remain one of my favorite fictional characters ever (and for my profession, I have to be familiar with a lot of fictional characters).

I hope Jaxx will publish a print version of Under the Green Light because it would be a visual feast, and I'll literally be able to hold it close and aww, sniff, and squee at key moments. Fingers crossed.

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Overhyped and overrated. Dropped.

by Mai-Raizel
8 months ago

Rating: 1.0 / 10.0

The younger guy, Matthew, should have been the exclusive uke. Ugh. What a great disappointment.

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If only the 2nd season were the same as the 1st one!

by chapschapschaps
8 months ago

Rating: 5.0 / 10.0

I really enjoyed the 1st season and I waited for the 2nd one and had huge expectations after what we've experienced before, and well... It was a huge disappointment. I thought that I'm gonna enjoy it as much but it's just getting wore and worse. They can't communicate and behave like 2 idiots. It's like they're completely different persons now. It's irritating to see something like this.
🍭2/5
🎈0/5
🌶️5/5
🚩4/5

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Stark difference between seasons

by BepsRose
9 months ago

Rating: 5.0 / 10.0

S1: 9/10

ambiance, characters, art, storytelling pretty on point
S2: 5/10
art and ambiance still consistent, but the characters are acting differently, and the plot is secondary to mindless (and rapey) nothing-new porn. Zero sexiness imo.

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First season soild ten, second season awful sh*t (dropping)

by whitelotusflower
9 months ago

Rating: 5.0 / 10.0

I was waiting for the 2nd season to come out, bcs of all the positive vibes I got from the 1st season. HOWEVER it all got ruined. Besides the overbearing smut, the plot is practically gone. Like, I don't even think that characters think the way they had in previous season. Don't even get me started on the length of first chapters of 2nd season and their content. CAN'T TAKE IT. How should I look up to another chapter if I just know that it will be disappointing?
🍭2/5
🎈0/5
🌶️5/5
🚩3/5

PS. The more you think about it, the more you notice that their whole relationship is a mess with awful past, present and probably future.

Edit: Hi! Im back and finished with the 2nd season and just wanted to say, that if we'd have cropped like 90% of the 1st half of the season, the last 12 chapters were really really good. Everything was explained, we had some past, some future, no smut scenes that lasted 5 chapters, the chapters also had the right length. I feel like the 1st half was some kind of a mistake and I'd prefer for it to never happen. Ill change my rating from 4 to 5 XD

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Unmemorable plot

by CCheshire
1 year ago

Rating: N/A

Oddly, I read this a few hours ago but I have no memory of the story beyond Matthew trying to date the mafia guy and yeah I think it's set in the USA? I feel like it's a shame since the art is v good and I liked the character designs but I dropped it in S1 because it just felt p boring even with the mafia element.

Also, I feel like Matthew is just dumb enough to suffer working terrible jobs even though he's technically rich enough with a trust fund. I don't even know why.

I do have to say it was worth reading up to the hotel elevator scenes because of reasons.

Also, eh I feel like the way the bodies are drawn in r18 scenes looks a little off like they are super sketchy/blocky so I found it a bit distracting too.

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Disappointed

by rukiamara
1 year ago

Rating: 3.0 / 10.0

I used to be totally captivated by this couple... unfortunately...not anymore...second season destroyed everything....it's totally not how it used to be and how it was supposed to be, they're both are totally ooc in this season... Instead of focusing on all these issues around them Jaxxx added a fight between them?! Gosh, I cannot stand it, I was really totally into this story, now...only disappointed, typical shitty BL trop...time to drop this nonsense

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I dont get the hype

by Pippo Neppi
2 years ago

Rating: 7.0 / 10.0

Why is this manga so famous? The story and style are overrated. Maybe if you are into the mafia thing and lack of facial expressions you will like it.

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