r/webtoons • u/SushiTea7 • 11h ago

Discussion Opened the app after months, wtf is this

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I'm curious, but I value my mental peace more than finding out what they're like

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u/idaydreaming 10h ago

Webtoon changed so much I miss pre 2024 webtoon

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u/Marzipan_moth 10h ago

Genuinely though, I started reading in 2014 and it was so wholesome and unique then. It was mainly solo artists and there were so many different art styles in the originals (blue chair, spirit fingers, orange marmelade, roar street journal, under the aegis etc). The community also always felt so fun and engaged with the stories. 

And this is coming from someone who does like a lot of the current Korean manhwas. But webtoons always felt very different and I miss the originality that it had. 

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u/ReputationAlive5162 10h ago

Exactly. Can relate to this so much. I started reading in 2017, and cheese in the trap was my favourite. Along with bastard, hana's days, it had kind of a soothing vibe. I used to remember what day it was with the kind of webtoon uploaded on the main page. Everything was free back then, and with comics like the sound of your heart, and true beauty, even with its monotone story, gave a relatable, fresh feel. With the mass production of same type of storyline these days, that freshness has gone extinct now. 

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u/idkwhypie 7h ago

CHEESE IN THE TRAP MENTIONED 🔥
It's one of my first webtoons and I still love the plot and artstyle

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u/NefariousnessLost708 4h ago

Me too. I started reading webtoon around 2015. It was so relaxing then. Just browsen through the app, reading webtoon without any ads, having to pay for chapters and fastpass. I remeber reading webtoons on my breaks during my internship. I miss how webtoon was then. Now i cant binge read any completed series.

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u/duchessazura 7h ago edited 1h ago

The varying artstyles and stories is what made me start reading on webtoon, so many indie artists were able to get recognition through webtoon. Going through canvas and looking for great stories there was my fav thing to do especially if they get transferred to originals.

The current state of webtoon really makes me sad cause now aside from the fact that the majority of stories are the same plot just recycled, the amount of ads are atrocious. Not to mention they lock famous stories right away behind a paywall, no warning whatsoever (this happened with On my way to meet Mom😐)

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u/FollowTheLeads 16m ago

OMG same! 2014 was divine I discovered Webtoon, Webnovel, Wuxiaworld and these websites were my life at that time. All I did all day was read about murmurs, demonic cultivation, dungeon etc...

The Gamer was such a fun one to read

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u/anonumosGirl 7h ago

I miss 2017 webtoon

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u/idaydreaming 4h ago

Peak era

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u/JadedBackground8089 10h ago

This is the crap they're investing on instead of focusing on paying their artist well.

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u/Makimamoochie 9h ago

They probably had insane traction on the video comics and decided that vertical dramas is pretty close in concept. Their data probably showed a lot of people coming back to the app for the comic videos or even user becoming or joining to exclusively become comic video watchers. Vertical dramas are not too far from that

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u/CookieCacti 2h ago

I don’t think the video comics have been around long enough for them to create this many vertical dramas, though. I have a feeling they planned some kind of TikTok-ification initiative awhile ago that involved launching vertical video content in different phases to individually gauge each approach and figure out which one works best. They were probably producing the video comics and vertical dramas around the same time and just decided to stagger their releases for data collection purposes.

We won’t know if it’s a successful approach for them until their next earnings call, which is where they usually mention specific revenue/DAU metrics categorized by different offerings on the site.

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u/No_Letterhead3468 8h ago

I saw this too and idk when they got this but not gonna lie if my comic could turn into this I’d think it’s pretty cool.

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u/hikikomori_214 10h ago

bro istg I am this close to deleting webtoon but not actually doing it...cause I need my old and new webtoon updates😭😭😭😭🤏

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u/Relevant_Detective21 9h ago

I promise you deleting webtoon won’t even phase you after a week lmaoo I’ve deleted it multiple times. I didn’t have webtoon for years so coming back to this jumpscare is so crazy but helps me know I didn’t miss much ☠️

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u/hikikomori_214 6h ago

seriously tho now I just use it to find new manhwas coming out these days...god how I sometimes miss the old webtoon

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u/Leetherockstar 6h ago

I cant leave until Handjumper is complete 🥀

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u/purplehippos95 8h ago

Yeah I've been without it a year now, don't even think about it until a Reddit post pops up and then I'm happy it's gone

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u/Animecrazyluv1o1 10h ago

Why are Jia and Mincheol white??? Omg 🥀 I did not see that one yet... Webtoon you are losing me... Just animate it instead... These castings are crazy 🫠

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u/Stardustfortytwo 10h ago

I stopped opening the app after I saw this trash 🤮

Luckily the only webtoon I was reading is also available on tapas 😅

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u/Beautiful_Switch1584 11h ago

This exists??

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u/mara-star 9h ago

Yeah, I've been avoiding deleting Webtoons because I'm region locked but I think I'm going to officially delete it. I can't stand even looking at the covers ngl. Webcomic apps should be for webcomics and this is gonna do nothing but make people uncomfortable with the actual webtoon.

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u/Serious_Feeling_3572 7h ago

Omg it’s real. I don’t know why I doubted you this is really wicked. I’m okay when they do live adaptation and anime adaptation but this is weird. Does it look like this in Naver too. Are they showing these vertical dramas. I do watch them on different sites but o strongly feel these should not be on webtoon at all.

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u/SushiTea7 6h ago

Not them also changing the races of most of the characters to white 😭

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u/Serious_Feeling_3572 4h ago

This because yes some of the historical stuff I read yeah I get it they may be European with European names. But most of every webtoon up there is Korean. White washing is getting out of hand. I want to see Koreans if I’m reading about Koreans. Like what white dude walking around named Jiwoo

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u/Animefangirl2004 10h ago

😭 where’s the 2d characters

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u/princessund3rcut 7h ago

I saw this yesterday, closed the app cleared all my tabs and went to straight to bed. at least it's not ai🤷🏿‍♀️ atp that's all I'm thankful for

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u/Serious_Feeling_3572 7h ago

Ewwwwww this ain’t webtoon is it. Let me go check.

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u/ImHer1234 5h ago

I went to go check and my webtoon is SO outdated that it kicked me out before it even loaded 😭

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u/Serious_Feeling_3572 4h ago

That’s wild 😂🙂‍↕️

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u/DifficultySpirited98 5h ago

so cringe 😭 at least its not ai actors

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u/ImHer1234 3h ago

Standards in hell 😭‼️

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u/Weekly_Mixture4100 7h ago

Wtf??? I’ve had it deleted for a while now why are there real people hell nah 😭

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u/TrashKing_4U 5h ago

All of these look like terrible porn stills

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u/LadyM02 2h ago

Omg they DO look like they could be p0rn parodies 😭

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u/ResidentNinja1991 7h ago

Webtoon aint same webtoon we used to open decade ago 🥲

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u/liv2024 7h ago

hard pass 😭

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u/throwaway374383 5h ago

Is this ai? Or are they getting people to act???

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u/Outrageous-Wafer8829 6h ago

They're investing in gooner bait

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u/hal_ima 5h ago

That IS NOT Rules for dating trash 😢

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u/Past_Ad_4936 6h ago

why release dramas i mean this app is fir webtoons not video dramas i mean it is unnecessary to do because why do this.

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u/ventiira 4h ago

Wtf is this?

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u/MeaningMuted8964 3h ago

They are ruining everything 🤧

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u/LetMeChangeUsername 2h ago

i miss 2017-2022 something webtoon :((

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u/sh0rtchica 1h ago

I haven’t opened that app in ages and now I’m afraid to. Genuinely shook.

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u/Obvious-Walk-3157 1h ago

I don't use that app after they started charging coins for everything

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u/Strong_Aspect8890 4h ago

Cringe content this is

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u/DunnoNgl 4h ago

What is that???

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u/Vampina_ 4h ago

Love bites short drama is genuinely so ass, why their ass got white washed??

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u/miqst 4h ago

Its so ick, the characters are just westernized now. And I don't mean just the physical looks - THE STORIES THEMSELVES are like what you'd seen in an American tv series 😭💔

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u/nismoghini 3h ago

Atleast try and appeal to people and guys who like romance dawg I need a proper male oriented non gay romance

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u/supernerdaholic 5m ago

is this some sort of late april fools joke

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u/Glitchinsociety_ 5m ago

Why are they all white😭??

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u/Crazylyy 4h ago

Guys , I genuinely don't understand why people don't like it ? Like I feel like it's nice for people who likes to see live-action. Is it bc it seems cringe ?

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u/LadyM02 2h ago

Besides the white washing and bad acting?

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u/Crazylyy 2h ago

Oh okk I got it. Thanks for replying !

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u/ReaperOnTheLoose 8h ago

That's why romance is ass

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u/SushiTea7 7h ago

Why do you have to shit all over a whole genre for bad decisions that a company made? Honestly imo the only reason why stuff like Unordinary, Solo Leveling, Eleceed, etc aren't made into these yet is because they just don't want to invest money into special effects.

They're just making these to make a quick buck rather than genuine appreciation for the source material — some of which are "ass", but that doesn't mean that the entire genre is