Manhwa vs webtoons
#1
Posted 01 December 2011 - 05:49 PM
But whatever the case, this is good. And so is, f'rinstance, Orange Marmalade, Annarasumanara, "Nineteen, Twenty One", the one with the pets and so on.
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#2
Posted 02 December 2011 - 01:26 AM
I think a lot of good webtoons would have never made it to manga/manhwa, I don´t think that anyone would have published Annarasumanara or Melo Holic.
#3
Posted 06 September 2012 - 12:47 AM
At the same time, I have to agree that there is a preponderance of syrup in many of the manhwa romances. The manhwa editions of Harlequin stories for example, are not just gooey, but the characters don't even act like any real person I have ever met. Every time I read something where the innocent heroine (as pure as the driven snow) gets kicked down the stairs, called every filthy name in the book, and thrown out in the cold after what amounts to rape because the testosterone overdosed MC has decided she is an evil slut on evidence that wouldn't convince anyone, only to cling to her pure love for this egotistical dirtbag, I feel like taking a long hot shower in case some of the offal has stuck to me.
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#4
Posted 20 December 2012 - 08:07 PM
#5
Posted 13 February 2013 - 11:53 PM
#6
Posted 15 February 2013 - 01:07 PM
webtoons really are great since the authors are free to write pretty much anything they want, as long as they get good ratings. some seem to have been axed because the ratings dropped too much and didn't get back up again... i enjoy reading stories where i'm surprised by the way things develop, too many mangas and manhwas are so predictable that reading them is almost like torture
#7
Posted 25 April 2013 - 11:06 PM
Whoever this Hwang Mi Ri is, I want to go and really punch the person in the face as he/ she likes violence so much. Must be a masochist or a sadist for sure. There is angst and there is too much unnecessary unrealistic angst. The only manga of her's that I have completed is Hot Blooded woman. It is simply because it was the first one I picked. All the rest seemed eerily similar and I dropped them without 2nd thoughts. There is much better work for me to read out there.
In short, I second your opinion. Webtoons are better than Manhwa's any day. They variety in story and emotions is simply superb! My favourite is Ties of Compassion and Meloholic had a superb ending ! I am not sure where Pinocchio is going and still have to read Tower of God. Orange marmalade is a must read. Art and story wise, webtoons is a clear win IMHO.
#8
Posted 26 May 2013 - 01:49 PM
And another + is that webtoons are usually fully-colored, increasing their overall artwork while mahnwa often tend to look crooked because the specific Korean art-style is something that takes getting used to it(black+white<fully-colored).
The webtoons on Batoto are usually of high quality(either storywise like fight ghost!) and/or high artistic sense (like a friendly winter), but I can't speak for those that are out there, I bet even there there are some webtoons of low quality...
As for Mahnwa, I'm glad to own "Kumiho" and that's it. Unbalance Unbalance was sadly cancelled in English and never made it to Germany, and other mahnwas like "Legend of Maian" are rare pieces of good quality I've come along so far by accident on Manga-reader/download sites...
P.S.: As for Hwang mi ri, I wouldn't even bother reading her stuff, the artwork hurts my eyes and I despise those sexistic Shoujo-stories that mirror a womans innerst perversions/desires...
#9
Posted 05 October 2013 - 04:21 PM
It's so hard to finish manhwa.... I just can't, which is actually sad. I think I finished only Shin Angyo Oshi and Kungfu Komang. But I read webtoon, a lot, and seriously like it. I think my problem with manhwa is the panelling. Sometimes I do not get what's happening, no details, and the flow is either too fast or too slow. In webtoon the flow is better. And one click one chapter is really nice. The flow stays 'intact' and feels completed. The other problem, I think, is translation/scanlation. Some manhwa translated years back with not quite so good editing. I read some in korean directly, and I can, am sorry, say that some scanlation isn't really convey the story. Yet to release another version is too much to ask hahaha. Maybe the fact that manhwa is not as common as manga in the past, and it's quite hard to find people that speaks korean?
Art wise, the webtoon wins hands down. The color, and sometimes music background is very nice!
I see some of you recommend some manhwa, I'll try it out
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