When I first started reading weebtoons I thought they were pretty cool but now I realize they are really bad and I was only reading them because I had run out of things to watch. I think the main problem is that weebtoons only appeal to a certain demographic of weebs and koreaboos.
Now you probably thought I would be ranting about how much i hate webtoon but it was actually a trap as I’ll be ranting about how much i hate romance webtoons. As any intellectual webtoonian knows there can be only two types of romance stories: a story where a girl meets a falls for a dashing and charming man who comes from a royal bloodline or a story about two gay dudes. If you want to get extra spicy then add a love triangle. Everybody knows that an original and creative idea like that is sure to up the drama.
The thing about all these stories is that they never seem to exist because the author had a wonderful romance to tell, it just seems to exist for some wish fulfillment. I don’t know how many times you can tell a story about a girl marrying a prince and becoming a queen before it gets old and tiresome.
Confession: I have not actually read many of the romance weebtoons. I have only read two and stopped reading after the second chapter because they were boring. So in order to properly criticize these stories I’m going to go read a few.
So I got a little sidetracked because I ended up reading a little longer than I thought I would. My conclusion has changed a bit. Not all romances on webtoon are generic cliched garbage. They’re all just mediocre stories that use a lot of cliches which include: the love triangle, the generic protagonist designed to relate to as many people as possible, the fact every character of the opposite gender is attracted to the protagonist, the love triangle, the love interest dying at the end, the love triangle… Did I mention that I think love triangles are stupid? Because I do.