*my ultimate list of webcomics*
I think all of these are manhwa, so far. I’ll edit this list as I find more. I’ll eventually add the artist and/or author bc most started as webnovels maybe an actual review too This is not a list of all of the ones I’ve read! Just the ones I enjoy the most!
I’ll try to find the official English cover art for all of them
Also these are all ROMANCE with some exceptions.
In no particular order:
Omniscient Reader / Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint
Webnovel Author: Sing-Shong
Webcomic Artist: Sleepy-C
ok I lied i’m pretty sure this is my number one. it’s wonderful and I never fell for a story so fast. i’m slowly reading the webnovel alongside it, but considering the comic will be updating for ~10 yrs, (and yes i’m keeping up with it!!) i’m lowkey worried it might have a sad ending which i really don’t want (all i want is for kim dokja and his friends to be happy). if i say anything else this will get too long. it’s (i think) the only non-romance on this list.
Please Don’t Eat Me!
this isn’t really a healthy romance...which is expected from the premise + chapter 1... it works bc both leads know that their relationship isn’t normal. It’s good to read as a romance and thriller.
also i really love this story. it’s very interesting to think about bc while the female lead had reincarnated into a novel, she never finished it. and the og novel isn’t a romance at all. the readers have no idea what originally happened except for what the fl describes, and she doesn’t know the full story either. very mysterious
and the male lead is probably one of the most clever and scheming characters i’ve ever read about. as the og protagonist he would’ve been so overpowered
and the art!!! it really makes the story seem more terrifying and shows what the fl really feels through the screen.
The Villainess Turns the Hourglass / The Villainess Reverses the Hourglass
this was one of the first manhwa i read (i think the first was Bride of the Water God but that was years ago...)
the female lead is very cool and very smart. i think the title of the story is also cool bc most ‘villainess’ stories involve someone reincarnating into an og villain. but in this case, she was originally seen as a villain (not really one), then really became a villainess in her 2nd life. tho even then, idk if she is a villainess. she’s a protagonist who does bad things, and opposes another ‘villainess’.
The Villainess Flips the Script! / I Will Make an Effort to Change the Genre
i love the plot. and this trio’s interactions are very fun to read!! the og main character (the child) and the female lead make this story with reincarnation much more interesting :D
Father, I Don’t Want This Marriage
The Makeup Remover
it’s not really a romance even tho it was labelled as one. it has some friendships and focuses on other forms of love. it’s a good story with a good message
The Siren: Becoming the Villain’s Family
What It Means to Be You
this is such a complicated pairing...i want both of them to be happy....and i have honestly no idea if they are better separated or need to be together. this story is honestly kinda depressing. also i’m glad that there was no reincarnation/time travelling in this. they just need to genuinely live life happily by the end. please
Solitary Lady / Untouchable Lady
The Evil Princess Dreams of a Gingerbread House
no romance so far (there better be a time skip) but its fun
A Business Proposal
Saving My Sweetheart / A Way to Protect the Lovable You
name a better male lead. (in terms of a romantic relationship). i love this couple and the plot. and no one has infuriated me like this “saintess”
Also:
Atelier Inbyeoldang
(this shows both the fl and ml. at least i think he’s the ml. this story doesn’t have as many chapters as the others on this list. but its enjoyable nonetheless)
Like Wind on a Dry Branch
(i haven’t read this in a while but it was really good. though the pacing is different from the others here. when i get back to reading it, it might join the others above)
How to Hide the Emperor’s Child
Love this one especially bc it isn’t an isekai, there’s no regressor -- just a romantic fantasy where the fl is trying to live her best life with her son. She’s pretty cool. And...I like the ml. His interactions with his son are ironic and sweet as well.
~update:
it’s very funny,, the misunderstandings are hilarious but its also frustrating. bc there’s a lot the couple needs to ‘overcome’/get approval for that they don’t actually need to. also i love the male lead’s family.
i love them so much. there’s a special place in my heart for sweet romances. i don’t even know if these two will end up together but they’re so sweet and kind. it feels very episodic (so far), which reminds me of a lot of manga i used to read as a preteen. maybe that’s why it almost reminds me of Ouran High School Host Club. it’s pretty chill compared to the rest on this list, which is nice to read for a change.
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more to be added. i’ll probably add my other thoughts later or in a separate post bc these i think are really mostly warnings. but i really do like all of these !!!
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the thing is that they're so fascinated by sex, they love sex, they can't imagine a world without sex - they need sex to sell things, they need sex to be part of their personality, they need sex to prove their power - but they hate sex. they are disgusted by it.
sex is the only thing that holds their attention, and it is also the thing that can never be discussed directly.
you can't tell a child the normal names for parts of their body, that's sexual in nature, because the body isn't a body, it's a vessel of sex. it doesn't matter that it's been proven in studies (over and over) that kids need to know the names of their genitals; that they internalize sexual shame at a very young age and know it's 'dirty' to have a body; that it overwhelmingly protects children for them to have the correct words to communicate with. what matters is that they're sexual organs. what matters is that it freaks them out to think about kids having body parts - which only exist in the context of sex.
it's gross to talk about a period or how to check for cancer in a testicle or breast. that is nasty, illicit. there will be no pain meds for harsh medical procedures, just because they feature a cervix.
but they will put out an ad of you scantily-clad. you will sell their cars for them, because you have abs, a body. you will drip sex. you will ooze it, like a goo. like you were put on this planet to secrete wealth into their open palms.
they will hit you with that same palm. it will be disgusting that you like leather or leashes, but they will put their movie characters in leather and latex. it will be wrong of you to want sexual freedom, but they will mark their success in the number of people they bed.
they will crow that it's inappropriate for children so there will be no lessons on how to properly apply a condom, even to teens. it's teaching them the wrong things. no lessons on the diversity of sexual organ growth, none on how to obtain consent properly, none on how to recognize when you feel unsafe in your body. if you are a teenager, you have probably already been sexualized at some point in your life. you will have seen someone also-your-age who is splashed across a tv screen or a magazine or married to someone three times your age. you will watch people pull their hair into pigtails so they look like you. so that they can be sexy because of youth. one of the most common pornography searches involves newly-18 young women. girls. the words "barely legal," a hiss of glass sand over your skin.
barely legal. there are bills in place that will not allow people to feel safe in their own bodies. there are people working so hard to punish any person for having sex in a way that isn't god-fearing and submissive. heteronormative. the sex has to be at their feet, on your knees, your eyes wet. when was the first time you saw another person crying in pornography and thought - okay but for real. she looks super unhappy. later, when you are unhappy, you will close your eyes and ignore the feeling and act the role you have been taught to keep playing. they will punish the sex workers, remove the places they can practice their trade safely. they will then make casual jokes about how they sexually harass their nanny.
and they love sex but they hate that you're having sex. you need to have their ornamental, perfunctory, dispassionate sex. so you can't kiss your girlfriend in the bible belt because it is gross to have sex with someone of the same gender. so you can't get your tubes tied in new england because you might change your mind. so you can't admit you were sexually assaulted because real men don't get hurt, you should be grateful. you cannot handle your own body, you cannot handle the risks involved, let other people decide that for you. you aren't ready yet.
but they need you to have sex because you need to have kids. at 15, you are old enough to parent. you are not old enough to hear the word fuck too many times on television.
they are horrified by sex and they never stop talking about it, thinking about it, making everything unnecessarily preverted. the saying - a thief thinks everyone steals. they stand up at their podiums and they look out at the crowd and they sign a bill into place that makes sexwork even more unsafe and they stand up and smile and sign a bill that makes gender-affirming care illegal and they get up and they shrug their shoulders and write don't say gay and they get up, and they make the world about sex, but this horrible, plastic vision of it that they have. this wretched, emotionless thing that holds so much weight it's staggering. they put their whole spine behind it and they push and they say it's normal!
this horrible world they live in. disgusted and also obsessed.
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