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mdo7
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Thank you for writing up this article. Yeah, the popularity of manhwa/webtoons was something I saw coming when K-pop and K-dramas already gained mainstream popularity and acceptance.
It's a far cry from how manhwa used to be labeled "Japanese" and put side by side with manga in the manga section of the bookstore because American publishers were scared that manhwa wouldn't sell to the manga fans/reader because they weren't Japanese, and given how manga fans used to look down on OEL manga that includes manhwa (& manhua) and have witnessed OEL manga haters even using racist vitriols and racial slurs at Koreans and Chinese when it comes to bashing and hating on manhwa and manhua, man I remembered that time, and something I would bring up time and time again. But I'm glad to see time have changed for manhwa and webtoons (and that extend to manhua and OEL manga). Although I'm a bit baffled why the haters just stopped hating, and those former OEL haters that used racial slur at Koreans and Chinese for their manhwa and manhua bashing as part of the OEL hating, they've never apologize for that, so that doesn't vibe well with me. Although it does make me question the hatred toward OEL manga, and manhwa if the OEL haters were really anime/manga fans from the beginning. But still, it's a wild time and something that really irk OEL manga lovers, & manhwa lovers too. |
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TarsTarkas
 Posts: 5980 Location: Virginia, United States |
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Free with subscription, is not free. Subscription service must be paid for.
Just a minor note, they just should have worded it differently. Some news websites will let you read their websites for free, you just have to subscribe for free. Otherwise, I loved Trash Will Always Be Trash. Soap Opera with beautiful graphics. Can't really complain. Is the Prince really as clueless as he presents, or is he conniving? Is it all a test? But some tests are not really worth staying around for. Whatever his reasons, it make him YTA. |
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prime_pm
 Posts: 2382 Location: Your Mother's Bedroom |
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Yeah, I think it's always been the "lack of subtlety" aspect that's usually turned me off of manwha. The soap operas especially will just hammer you over the head with how shitty they treat the main character just because they have freckles or something about them drawn differently.
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Princess_Irene
ANN Associate Editor
 Posts: 2668 Location: The castle beyond the Goblin City |
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That's absolutely fair - romance-based titles in this style are remarkably unsubtle. But A Pound of Flesh and The Stand-In are much more grounded, if you want to give them a shot. (Not that you have to!) |
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thecritter
Posts: 70 Location: Northwest GA |
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Wann got me started on K-Comics well over a decade back with 100% Perfect Girl, and with the flood of Korean titles in the past few years, I've become addicted to manhwa. But I have to say that the flood of cookie-cutter titles, character designs, same-old same-old art styles, recycled plots, ludicrous porn, and the like, I've had to become far more discriminating. With a flood of anything, there's a lot of crap included.
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