Jack Frost (잭 프로스트) is a manhwa series by Jinho Go (고진호) that ran from 2005 to 2014. It follows the story of Noh-A Joo, the new student at Amityville High School. Things start off rather poorly for Noh-A as she quickly comes to realize that the school is not as it appears. Caught in an interschool war between vampires, monsters, and other creatures, she must quickly learn what her new role is as the "mirror image," and how to handle the weird nurse Jin, the mysterious Jack Frost and his boss, Helmina. note
What is known about Amityville: There have been 13 wars/classes, only Jack has survived them all. There are 4 districts North, East, South, West, and north is smallest. The combined population of the 4 districts is equal to a country in the living world. Those who come there are removed from the karmic cycle of death and rebirth, thus death is truly final there with no hope of any reincarnation or afterlife. There have been multiple statements hinting that the mirror image is somehow able to change this.
Jack Frost provides exampes of:
- Battle in the Center of the Mind: Helmina fights Siegfried in Jin's mind.
- Break the Cutie: Why exactly is Noh-A dead in the first place? She committed suicide in life after realizing she was a Doom Magnet and being unable to stand the loneliness and the rumors.
- Complete Immortality: As the Mirror Image, Noh-A can no longer die. She's smart enough to realize this is a GOOD thing.
- Heal It with Blood: Noh-A's blood can heal people. She's not thrilled about it.
- Laser-Guided Amnesia: Noh-A realizes she can't remember how she actually got to Amityville, and was better off that way.
- Living MacGuffin: Noh-A, again. Part of the plot is figuring out why she's important and what the world of the dead wants with her.
- Mind Rape: Anyone who is bitten by a vampire must face their greatest fear. Doesn't stop Jack, though.
- More Dakka: When Hansen temporarily runs out of bullets for the zombies, Jin holds them off for awhile with the school's defense system. Which has Frickin' Laser Beams.
- Papa Wolf: Noh-A's dad once tosses himself over a cliff to break Noh-A's fall , and apparently fought an Eldritch Abomination to ensure her safety.
- Refuge in Audacity:
- Helmina uses Jack to challenge EVERYBODY in the other districts. They're all frightened, except for the other heads of the districts, who are impressed.
- Jack bites Arvid in the neck. He bit a VAMPIRE!
- Snow Means Death: Noh-A's father bleeds to death in the snow in front of her.
- Wham Episode:
- Chapt. 19: Noh-A committed suicide because she's a Doom Magnet.
- Chapt. 21: Jin is from the South, she was sent to kill Jack and Helmina and Siegfried is her former lover.
- Chapts. 28 and 29: Hansen is the sole survivor of a vampire massacre Camilla initiated to feed Avid. And Kay, his brother who was killed in said massacre, is alive. And pissed.
- Jack's an inversion: When he smiles, he's more frightening than ever. When he frowns, however, he's damn near Bishōnen.
