It’s no secret that the popularity of Webtoons is growing rapidly in the West and I wanted to take the time out to help those who may be interested in getting into these series. I’ve been diving deep into many series of different genres to find the cream of the crop. So if you’re interested, here are my top 10 Webtoons you should read.
10. Mage & Demon Queen
Synopsis: “Adventurers seek to take the demon queen’s head, but a love-struck young female mage wishes to take her hand. Join us won’t you, for this bawdy tale of love and persistence set inside a real-life RPG.”
Where to read: Webtoons
9. Sweet Home
Synopsis: “After an unexpected family tragedy, a reclusive high school student is forced to leave his home — only to face something much scarier: a reality where monsters are trying to wipe out humanity. Now he must fight alongside a handful of reluctant heroes to try and save the world before it’s too late.”
Where to read: Webtoons
8. I Love Yoo
Synopsis: “Dogged by pain and misfortune from the very beginning, Shin-Ae decides she wants nothing to do with people nor anything to do with romance. Although content with her unsocial, boring, loveless existence, her lifestyle is challenged after she ruins an unsuspecting strangers’ clothes.”
Where to read: Webtoons
7. Dice
Synopsis: “What if you can restart your life with a different setting just like a game? DONG TAE always get bullied by his classmates, but TAE BIN, sits right next to him, is handsome and popular at school; and now, TAE BIN suggests DONG TAE to play a little game.”
Where to read: Webtoons
6. Bastard
Synopsis: ” a young boy named Jin, who is bullied at school for being a loner and having a Glass eye that he received from being in a terrible accident as a kid. If that’s not already bad enough he lives with his father who is a psychopathic serial killer, while Jin is his accomplice. This series is a thriller and one that might have you feeling sorry for the father at one point and time in the story.”
Where to read: Webtoons
5. Unordinary
Synopsis: “The main character John and the things he decides to put himself through all for the sake of being a better person is riveting. Definitely check it out if you have the chance. The story follows John – just a normal teenager at a high school where the social elite happens to possess unthinkable powers and abilities. But John’s got a secret past that threatens to bring down the school’s whole social order – and much more. Fulfilling his destiny won’t be easy though, because there are battles, frenemies and deadly conspiracies around every corner.”
Where to read: Webtoons
4. The Beginning After The End
Synopsis: “King Grey has unrivaled strength, wealth, and prestige in a world governed by martial ability. However, solitude lingers closely behind those with great power. Beneath the glamorous exterior of a powerful king lurks the shell of man, devoid of purpose and will.
3. Tower of God
Synopsis: “Bam, a young boy who decides to embark on a journey into the Tower of God to find his friend Rachel who mysteriously disappears into the tower. The tower s where only those who are chosen can enter. Once in the tower, you can have whatever you desire. Whether its wealth, power, pride, honor revenger or all of the above. Bam must overcome each floor of the tower by completing various test administered by the floors administrators, which could involve surviving from various monsters and beast to surviving an all-out brawl to be the last one standing.”
Where to read: Webtoons
2. The God of Highschool
Synopsis: “It all began as a fighting tournament to seek out for the best fighter among all high school students in Korea. Mori Jin, a Taekwondo specialist and a high school student, soon learns that there is something much greater beneath the stage of the tournament.”
Where to read: Webtoons
- Solo Leveling
Synopsis: “The story follows E-rank hunter Sung Jin-Woo, who is known throughout the hunters as the “world’s weakest hunter”, who struggles in the lowest of dungeons. One day near the brink of death, Jin-Woo receives a message only he can see. By training win accordance with the quest given to him by the mysterious system, he aims to go from the weakest Hunter to the strongest S-rank Hunter.”
- Where to read: Kakao Page
