Snow Drop is a manhwa

Manhwa

Manhwa is the general Korean term for comics and print cartoons . Outside of Korea, the term usually refers specifically to South Korean comics. The term, along with manga, is a cognate of the Chinese manhua...

 by Kyung-ah Choi. It was serialized from 1999–2004, becoming one of the most popular Sujeong (Korean shōjo

Shojo

The term refers to manga marketed to a female audience roughly between the ages of 10-18. The name romanizes the Japanese 少女 , literally: "little female". Shōjo manga covers many subjects in a variety of narrative and graphic styles, from historical drama to science fiction — often with a strong...

 titles). The title "Snow Drop" is also the name, in the storyline, for a book written by the family's mother, and her daughter runs a plant nursery called "Snow Drop".

This manhwa was licensed by Tokyopop

Tokyopop

Tokyopop, styled TOKYOPOP, and formerly known as Mixx, is a distributor, licensor, and publisher of anime, manga, manhwa, and Western manga-style works. The existing German publishing division produces German translations of licensed Japanese properties and original English-language manga, as well...

 for German and English publication. The plot and characters are described, below, using in-universe tone. The characters are named as last-name first.

Plot

After a traumatic event, young Yoo So-na focuses on growing flowers in her Snow Drop plant nursery. However, she is forced by her widowed father to return to a new high school. She is miserable until she meets Oh Hae-gi, a teen model. They easily understand each other because they both have tragic pasts. Against their families' wishes, they fall in love. However, their families have dark secrets. In fact, Hae-gi's brother had kidnapped So-na, who was 12 at the time and caused her mother's death. So-Na's friend Ha-da falls in love with Ko-mo, who happened to be Hae-gi's brother whom he believes is a girl. So-na is forced to marry Kwon Hwi-rin, who was grandson of Mr Yoo's friend.

Characters

• Yoo So-na was named after a tree by her dead mother, Mrs Yoo. So-na struggles in coping with her past. When she was 12, she was kidnapped by Oh Gae-ri who happens to be Hae-gi's older brother. Her mother died after the event. Due to this, she became depressed and tried to kill herself. She was taken out of school by her father, to be treated for her depression. On returning to high school, she meets Hae-gi and falls in love with him. So-na owns the flower nursery
  Nursery
  Nursery can refer to:Childcare* Nursery , a room within the house designed for the care of a young child or children* Nursery school, a daycare facility for preschool-age children...
  
   called "Snow Drop" named after the book her mother wrote, Snow Drop. At the end of the story, Hae-gi and So-na have married and were having a son. Her name is derived from "So-Na-Moo", which means "pine tree by winter".

• Oh Hae-gi is a high school student who works as a model to pay for his mom's surgery. He first meets So-na in school. Shortly after their meeting he quits school to work full time as a model but then returns to school. Once her father finds out they are dating, Hae-gi is beaten up by So-na's bodyguards. Later, he learns his brother Gae-ri kidnapped So-Na because he needed money, and they are forced to break up. He goes to Hollywood, but Hae-gi still loves So-na. In Volume 9, he and So-na reunite. Following this, he is nearly killed by Ko-mo. Both Hae-gi and So-na are in coma
  Coma
  In medicine, a coma is a state of unconsciousness, lasting more than 6 hours in which a person cannot be awakened, fails to respond normally to painful stimuli, light or sound, lacks a normal sleep-wake cycle and does not initiate voluntary actions. A person in a state of coma is described as...
  
  s and wake up in Volume 12. Hae-gi becomes a successful actor in Hollywood and marries So-na, with whom he has a son. His name is derived from "Hae-Ba-Ra-Gi", which means "sunflower by summer".

• Oh Ko-mo is Hae-gi's younger brother, who works as a hairdresser
  Hairdresser
  Hairdresser is a term referring to anyone whose occupation is to cut or style hair in order to change or maintain a person's image. This is achieved using a combination of hair coloring, haircutting, and hair texturing techniques...
  
  . He is obsessed with his brother Gae-ri's death. Later, he meets Ha-da, who falls in love with him without realizing that he is not a girl. He uses Ha-da to get information about Gae-ri's death. In the end, he realises that he loves Ha-da as well. His name is derived from "Cosmos", and stands for autumn.

• Jang Ha-da is the son of a gangster and So-na's childhood friend. He meets Ko-mo and falls in love without realizing she is actually male. He does not like Hae-gi very much, but when So-na tells him that Ko-mo is Hae-gi's "sister" he decides to help them. Ha-da is also bisexual; he kisses boys, including Hae-gi and Ko-Mo, during the course of the story.

• Charles is a guy who hires Hae-gi as a nude model, unwilling to let him go. He is also Sun-mi's cousin.

• Jin Sun-mi is a rich, spoiled girl who likes Hae-gi. She and So-na knew each other from when they were young. Sun-mi knows about So-na's dropping out of school and never fails to mention it. In Volume 12, she and So-na become really close friends, and Sun-mi stops her attempts on "stealing" Hae-gi from So-na. In the end, she is dating like crazy and has a new boyfriend every single day.

• Kwon Hwi-rim is the "fiancée" of So-na, trying to make her fall in love with him instead of Hae-gi. In fact, he was son of a callgirl and a rich man. He has got a troublesome past, and lives with his grand-father. He is actually quite awful sometimes, but becomes really nice in the end. In Volume 12 he falls in love with a girl who is living with her sick mother, and they become a couple.

• Oh Gae-hi is Hae-gi's older brother and So-na's kidnapper. He was killed by Jang Ha-da's father age 17, and it was made to look like he died in a car accident. He kidnapped So-na because he needed money so he could take his mother away. She always said that she didn't like their world. Before his death, Gae-hi wanted to become a pilot and enjoyed riding motorcycles. His name is from "Gae-Na-Ri," which means "forsythia
  Forsythia
  Forsythia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Oleaceae . There are about 11 species, mostly native to eastern Asia, but one native to southeastern Europe. The common name is also Forsythia; the genus is named after William Forsyth.-Growth:They are deciduous shrubs typically growing to a...
  
   by spring".

• Mr Yoo is So-na's father, who was a politician who was widowed by his wife's death. When he realizes that So-na is in love with her kidnapper
  Kidnapper
  Kidnapper may refer to:* Kidnapper , a film by Kelvin Tong* "Kidnapper" , by American band Blondie on the Plastic Letters album* A person who performs a kidnapping-See also:* Kidnapped * Kidnapping...
  
  's brother, he does everything to keep them apart.

• Mrs Yoo is So-na's deceased mother who was a friend of Mrs Oh. She died by the time So-na got kidnapped. She wrote the book Snow Drop, from which So-na's, Hae-gi's, Gae-ri's, and Ko-mo's names come.

• Mrs Oh is the mother of Gae-hi, Hae-gi and Ko-mo. Her son's father left early, and she raised them by herself. She was also best friend to Mrs Yoo. They were the ones who decided about the names in the book "Snow Drop".

• Jang Hae-Yo is Ha-da's father and a friend of Mr Yoo who killed Oh Gae-ri.