PhD: Phantasy Degree
PhD: Phantasy Degree (Korean: 마스터스쿨 올림프스 Maseuteo Seukur Ollimpeuseu, lit. "Master School Olympus") is a horror-themed comedy/action-adventure manhwa that focus on the adventures of Sang, a young woman who travels to Demon School Hades in hope of becoming a student there. The thing of it is that the school is meant strictly for monsters, so you can pretty much see the problem there. As the series goes on, we find out there is more to Sang and her motives than meets the eye.
Licensed and released in the United States by Tokyopop. Ten volumes of the series have been published since 2001; however, the manhwa has been on hiatus since 2005 and it is unknown whether the creator will continue it. He seems to have moved on to other manhwas, such as Dorothy of Oz.
Tropes used in PhD: Phantasy Degree include:
- Action Girl: Sang at least before we find out about her other personalities.
- All-Ghouls School: At least the series starts here.
- Anti-Villain: Gelpa the ninja and Chang-Chun the leader of the Madosa Guild when he isn't wearing his power rings.
- Attractive Bent Gender: Chun-Lang, Sang, Ms Doe...
- Ax Crazy: One of Sang's personalities.
- Badass Teacher: Professor Shumiro, Ms.Doe, Professor Cho-Hyun...
- Which also mixes with Hot Teacher.
- Berserk Button: Everyone, special mention goes to Chun-Lang, mention the Madosa Guild around him and he'll snap.
- Bishonen: Majority of the cast qualify but special mention goes to Chun-Lang and Lance.
- Bifauxnen: Hexion
- Black and White Morality: Hwee-Young views things like this.
- Boobs of Steel: Sang, Noel, etc. Averted with Notra who doesn't do anything.
- Can't Catch Up: No matter how hard the students try they just can't seem to become powerful enough to take on the Madosa Guild. Averted in the 10th book were Chan-Chun sees a glimpse of the future were the student finally take down the Madosa Guild.
- Clingy Jealous Girl: Dustis towards Dagger.
- Complete Monster: The Madosa Guild, but special mention goes to Stonia and Henduh for enjoying murdering the students alittle to much.
- Dark-Skinned Blonde: Stonia and Notra
- Dirty Old Man: The sage in the Master Tower.
- Evil Is Sexy: Some of the Madosa Guild members qualify, specifically Lance, Dagger, Stonia and Spear.
- Fan Disservice: When Dev shoots Mahalisa through the chest.
- Foe Yay: Mostly between Chun-Lang and Stonia, she's obsessed with getting back at him for humiliating her at Hera's dungeon.
- Forceful Kiss: Between a female Chun-Lang and a male Sang. Chun-Lang did not take it well
- Gender Bender: Whenever Sang uses the rings, they turn her into a man.
- Gotta Catch Them All: The rings Sang is seeking.
- Hair of Gold: Chun-Lang
- Hot-Blooded: Chun-Lang
- Hot Mom: Noel's mom.
- Identical Strangers: Chun-Lang and Chang-Chun with his power rings on look exactly like each other to the point Hwee-Young mistakes Chun-Lang for him.
- In Love with Your Carnage: Stonia is in awe every time she sees Henduh's power.
- In the Hood: Sang in the first book, Chun-Lang in his introduction and Second rank Spear.
- Laser-Guided Amnesia: Sang, twice.
- The Load: Notra hasn't done a single useful thing since she was introduced. Iris and Oedipus as well.
- Long-Haired Pretty Boy: Chun-Lang, Lance, Sang as a man, basically alot of the male cast qualify.
- Mr. Fanservice: Chun-Lang, Dev, Fatalis, it's pretty safe to say majority of the males are bait.
- Ms. Fanservice: Sang, Notra, Stonia, etc...
- No Export for You: The prequel book that explained everything.
- Panty Shot: Alot.
- Ragtag Bunch of Misfits: The group of monsters Sang meets. At least, how they start off.
- Redheaded Hero: Sang
- Revenge: Chun-Lang, Noel, Notra, Dev, etc.
- Schedule Slip: It hasn't seen a new volume since 2005.
- Ship Tease: Notra and Dev, Sang and Chun-Lang, Chun-Lang and Noel, Sang and Lance...
- Shonen Hair: Dagger in "Combat Mode", Dev, Hwee-Yong, again alot of the male cast qualify.
- Split Personality: Sang with at least four of them
- Stripperiffic: Majority of the female characters qualify but Mahalisa and Stonia take the cake.
- Super Gender Bender: The rings swap your gender in addition to powering you up. Somehow.
- Super-Powered Evil Side: Dev activates his when Henduh kills his brother Fatalis.
- Taking the Bullet: The way Oedipus dies.
- The Tease: Notra to Dev.
- What the Hell, Hero?: Sang gets called out on this a lot and Chun-Lang gets called out on this by everyone when he tries to kill Sang.
- White-Haired Pretty Girl: Noel, Notra, Stonia
- You Gotta Have Blue Hair: Noru