DO NOT WAKE UP
PG-12, R
★2025 CCPA Best IP Awards (Comic Category)
★TV/film rights sold
The Hottest University Professor × Sweet and Innocent College Student
Thriller Meets Romance! A thrilling fantasy work wrapped in the sweet coating of a love story!
When it first launched on online platforms, the series accumulated over 4 million views thanks to its exquisite art style and gripping plot, earning a stellar 9.5-star rating. The work later successfully launched on Korea's Naver Webtoon platform, becoming one of the few Taiwanese original webtoons to be serialized on the Korean platform.
★TV/film rights sold
The Hottest University Professor × Sweet and Innocent College Student
Thriller Meets Romance! A thrilling fantasy work wrapped in the sweet coating of a love story!
When it first launched on online platforms, the series accumulated over 4 million views thanks to its exquisite art style and gripping plot, earning a stellar 9.5-star rating. The work later successfully launched on Korea's Naver Webtoon platform, becoming one of the few Taiwanese original webtoons to be serialized on the Korean platform.
Information
Publisher
Star East Press, a Division of Cite Publishing Ltd.
Publication Date
Dec, 2024
Volume/ Episode/ Chapter
3 (END)
Format
130x190mm/ 192 pages/ paperback
ISBN
978-626-72-8298-4
Introduction
A relationship that begins by chance encounters countless obstacles and warnings from others. Is this connection the start of happiness? Or a prelude to misfortune?
Selling Points
(1) Selected as a recommended work for the 2025 Angoulême International Comics Festival Taiwan Pavilion!
(2) A Taiwanese original comic that has successfully broken into the international comics market!
(3) Rated 9.6★ on Korea's NAVER SERIES and NAVER WEBTOON!
(4) Over 4 million views on Taiwan LINE WEBTOON!
(2) A Taiwanese original comic that has successfully broken into the international comics market!
(3) Rated 9.6★ on Korea's NAVER SERIES and NAVER WEBTOON!
(4) Over 4 million views on Taiwan LINE WEBTOON!
Awards& Ranking
(1) 2025 Best IP Awards – Top IP Award in the Comic Category
(2) 2025 Angoulême International Comics Festival Taiwan Pavilion – Recommended Comics –Selection
(2) 2025 Angoulême International Comics Festival Taiwan Pavilion – Recommended Comics –Selection
Rights Sold
TV/film rights sold
Author
Mlizard(M蜥)
About the Author
Mlizard, a rising star among Taiwan's webtoon creators and a member of the deaf community, loves expressing her thoughts through art. To become a comic artist and let her "voice" reach more people, she launched her debut webtoon Dream and Sky on the Comico platform in 2016.
In 2019, she broke free from the shoujo manga mold, boldly taking on the thriller genre with her second work, Do Not Wake Up, serialized on Taiwan LINE WEBTOON. The series became an instant hit and gained international recognition, becoming the first Taiwanese original webtoon to appear on Korea's WEBTOON platform.
In 2021, she returned to a romantic and aesthetically beautiful art style with her third work, True or False, which was nominated for LINE WEBTOON's "Most Iconic Comic Scene Award."
In 2023, she was honored by the President with the 26th "Fervent Global Love of Lives Award," recognizing her unwavering dedication to her dreams.
Awards:
・2021: True or False nominated for LINE WEBTOON's "Most Iconic Comic Scene Award"
・2014-2015: Finalist in the “COMICO Awards for New Authors in 2015” (1st COMICO Awards)
・2014: Third Place in Kaohsiung Pier-2 Anime Festival Original Micro-Comic Competition
In 2019, she broke free from the shoujo manga mold, boldly taking on the thriller genre with her second work, Do Not Wake Up, serialized on Taiwan LINE WEBTOON. The series became an instant hit and gained international recognition, becoming the first Taiwanese original webtoon to appear on Korea's WEBTOON platform.
In 2021, she returned to a romantic and aesthetically beautiful art style with her third work, True or False, which was nominated for LINE WEBTOON's "Most Iconic Comic Scene Award."
In 2023, she was honored by the President with the 26th "Fervent Global Love of Lives Award," recognizing her unwavering dedication to her dreams.
Awards:
・2021: True or False nominated for LINE WEBTOON's "Most Iconic Comic Scene Award"
・2014-2015: Finalist in the “COMICO Awards for New Authors in 2015” (1st COMICO Awards)
・2014: Third Place in Kaohsiung Pier-2 Anime Festival Original Micro-Comic Competition
Copyright Ownership
Star East Press, a Division of Cite Publishing Ltd.
Copyright Contact
Evanna Hsu (Senior Foreign Rights Coordinator)
evanna_hsu@hmg.com.tw
evanna_hsu@hmg.com.tw





