Beautiful, intelligent, and obedient, Somyung Gil has spent her life striving to become the perfect daughter her mother always wanted. But when her younger brother is found drowned in a river, Somyung’s carefully ordered world begins to crack. Haunted by doubt, she starts to suspect that the person she trusted most—her mother—may be responsible. As fear replaces admiration, Somyung’s only goal becomes escaping her mother’s suffocating control. Yet her mother is determined to give Somyung the flawless life she herself was denied, no matter the cost.
Like Mother, Like Daughter is horror without monsters. Its terror comes from love twisted into ownership, from expectations sharpened into weapons. The story doesn’t rely on shock—it relies on inevitability.
Somyung’s quiet resistance and growing awareness form the emotional core of the series. Her mother is not a caricature of evil, but a chillingly realistic figure whose obsession is rooted in regret and control. This makes every interaction feel dangerous, even when nothing overtly violent happens.
This webtoon is ideal for readers who appreciate psychological horror grounded in family dynamics, control, and emotional abuse. Like Mother, Like Daughter asks a haunting question: when love becomes a cage, how do you learn to leave?
