I can still remember when and why I downloaded the Line WebToon app on my then dingy phone. It was late 2018, I had my professional exams, and I was so beyond stressed. Everything seemed so dark and bleak, nothing distracted me. Until I saw an advert for Lore Olympus on Facebook, of all places.
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WebToons are often typecasted as frilly romances with rarely any meat to their plot. Which, in my humble opinion, is a disservice. WebToons are so much more than chick-lit webcomics for the romantic at heart. They can be gritty, with intrigue and world-building to pull you in and binge the entire story in one go.
Another day, another ‘is Overgeared getting an anime yet?!’ conundrum. This question always plagued the manhwa fandom. Of course, who doesn’t want to see their favorite characters from a medium come to life? And there are so many stories that can benefit from it. One recent example is the anime adaptation of the beloved manga
Manga is truly a global phenomenon at this point. What was once a niche hobby that needed fan translations and fuzzy scans to be coherent, has become so universal that you have entire dedicated manga, manhua, and manhwa sections in bookstores. Gone are the days of illegally trying to read something like One Piece on
Webtoons have well and truly made a space for themselves in the Otaku consciousness, rising in popularity alongside mediums such as manga. And because of their massive appeal, it’s no wonder that a lot of these webtoons are getting adapted for the screen in the form of live-action shows and even animation projects. So, when
I’m rabid when it comes to reading webtoons. I discovered the Line WebToon app back in 2017 and I haven’t looked back since. I’ve discovered some of my favorite stories there, after all. And I still follow so many of them, including classics like Lore Olympus and Let’s Play. So, it makes me really sad
