TOONS ON THE GO?

Web comics have been gaining popularity in the public eye recently, and one of the biggest reasons for this is because of the mobile app Webtoon.

Webtoon is an app accessible on both Android and Apple devices that is overflowing with amazing stories. There are currently over one million different stories on Webtoon, so there is sure to be something there for you to enjoy.

The genres and art styles are so different that you can read dozens of stories and you wouldn’t find two that are very similar. Each of them offers you a different experience and will truly engage you in these worlds, and the characters that live in them.

One of the unique features of Webtoon is how its comics are laid out on the pages. Instead of going from left to right, you scroll from the top of the comic to the bottom. This a useful tool that can help create amazing illustrations or create the same suspense as turning a page without ruining the immersion in the world. 

There are great stories on the app, so many that it’s hard to pick which one to start with. A very popular story that I’d suggest is “Unordinary” by content creator Uru~Chan. Unordinary takes place in a superhuman society where people are born with powers that range from being useless to being on the same level as a god. This story looks at the darker side of this phenomenon, because the entire world exists in a hierarchy where if you have a powerful ability, you were the one who called the shots. This story follows John, who is known as a cripple in this world for not having an ability. He got accepted into the prestigious Wellston High School, which is under the influence of similar hierarchy just like every other school in this world.

We see John trying to survive and make it through his daily life without a power, since he’s at the bottom and becomes a target for the low tiers of the school. As the story goes on you will meet the colorful cast of characters and you will learn the dark secrets of this twist on a superhuman society. 

If you are looking for more drama than action, a great series to look at is Mai Hirschfeld’s “The Four of Them.” This is a story of a young man who goes by Grillo. The story begins with Grillo getting his heart broken because his younger sister, a serious rival his entire life, starts to date the woman of his dreams, Mariel. This leads to Grillo entering a very relatable kind of sad state; for the entire story we watch him trying to cope with losing his childhood crush to his little sister. We watch him go from dating another girl to get over Mariel, to entering a state of depression where he doesn’t even want to get out of bed and go to school.

Grillo is one of the more relatable characters on Webtoon, and watching his experiences makes for a great drama. 

A great combination of both drama and action is the fantasy story “Mage & Demon Queen.” This takes place in a world where killing the demon queen is the goal of every adventurer, since her bounty is so high. Queen Vel, the current demon queen, keeps herself and her demon generals in a tower. She is despised by every human in this world except for a young mage named Malori.

Malori has fallen in love with Queen Vel at a very young age and it has been her goal to marry the demon queen. We follow her journey to win the queen’s heart in many different ways. Malori is currently the strongest mage at the adventurers college that she attends, so she has a great deal of power – not to mention, she is the only one who consistently makes it to the top of the demon tower to fight Queen Vel. This is the case purely because the demon generals are supportive of Malori taking the queen’s hand in marriage.

This love story is a great mix of action, drama, fantasy, and romance. Mage & Demon Queen is a fully original story that is worth taking your time to read.