I would love some more webcomic recommendations. I went through a lot of them after Innkeeper was published on Tapas, and wonder if there are any new ones you enjoyed. My latest favorites are Baroness Goes On Strike, and Little Rabbit and the Big Bad Leopard.
We always do Tapas, so today let’s do some Webtoons.
I’m the Queen in This Life
Yep, it’s as messed up and dark as it looks, and it’s my catnip. New issues are posted on Sunday and I am there. Unfortunately for the golden boy over there, his half-brother and villain is much more interesting.
It’s the same problem that I have with Lost Track of Time, a Chinese drama on Viki. The villain is spectacular and the hero is so boring, oh dear God. I fast forward all the romance scenes with the hero. No regrets.
The Greatest Estate Developer
So funny. This poor guy just wants to get enough money to live the lazy life. Instead he ends up embarking on these major projects like building modern sewers and houses with radiant heat. The faces Lloyd makes, hehehe.
This is a comedy with absurd elements. For example, there is a tribe of orcs. They are bodybuilders. They pose. A lot.
Trapped
He is not wrong. Not spoiling anything, but this is a supernatural thriller. It’s dark, it’s cracktacular, there are a butt ton of episodes available, don’t start late at night if you have to go to work the next day.
So well done. Couldn’t stop reading it. Just when people say, “Oh, this genre is tapped out and I can’t see how anyone can do anything new with that,” something like this comes along, and you’re like, “Sure, I’ll bite.”
The Remarried Empress
The trailer portrays her as soft. She is not. She is calculating and once she decides on the course of action, she goes after it.
I quit this one because the constant mistress getting him to be mean to her dynamic irritated me so I read up to the point where our empress escapes and dropped it. Although, I do wonder if I should keep going as now it would be lovely to see her crush the Emperor through diplomacy.
Return of the Mad Demon
This is one of the rare, very rare, cases of a true chaotic neutral protagonist. You have no idea what the hell he is going to do next. No clue. This is another reincarnation story, except our protagonist was mad in the clinical sense when he died and he is not all together sane when he goes back in time to his body. He is facing a world of martial artists and all of them are bad.
It’s violent, the art is sick, and there are flashes of genuine hilarity among the carnage.
Happy reading!
Stagtown by Punko – oh oh this one’s so good SO GOOD please read this someone anyone!
You missed the best one on Webtoons:
Lore Olympus
https://www.webtoons.com/en/romance/lore-olympus/list?title_no=1320
This is an amazing take on putting the stories of Olympus in a contemporary setting. It centers on the romance between Hades and Persephone. It is being printed as books now, but I prefer to read the original Webtoon (some emotional scenes have background music!)
My latest favorite new Webtoon is:
Reporting for Duty, Duchess
https://www.webtoons.com/en/romance/reporting-for-duty-duchess/list?title_no=5384
This is the story of a female military officer who gets pulled into a novel. It is still a bit young so I don’t know if it will stay good, but I love that she has the confidence to be a honey badger. She doesn’t take shit from anyone.
Hope you all enjoy these too.
my webtoon favs:midnight poppy land, noblesse, teenage mercenary, weakhero
I read a million of these and have so many recs.
Some of my current faves-
Crown Princess Scandal – WEBTOON – Slapstick romance comedy in an East Asian fantasy setting with a fun enemies to lovers romance
Sigrid – Tapas – Knight gets to restart 5 years in the past after being betrayed by her king, and learns to make meaningful relationships
Secret Lady – Tapas – A FMC who can see ghosts, mystery, drama and an ominous curse
From BFF to Obsessive Hubby – Tapas – Childhood friends to lovers romance, funny and lighthearted
The Spark in Your Eyes – Tappytoon/WEBTOON – Dark medieval fantasy about a knight with the powers of the sun goddess after winning a war and her growing bond with a pharmacist who was a victim of the war. Sad, heartfelt and impactful.
https://www.webtoons.com/en/action/omniscient-reader/list?title_no=2154
I can’t recommend Like Wind on a Dry Branch enough!
It’s fantasy world with demons and fantastical creatures, a mysterious young widow who is about to be buried alive and who is saved by the outcast prince to join his harem of women. All with a sweet sweet slowburn with the greenest of flags that makes everything worth it! Currently ongoing, but it’s just startes its last stretch plot wise I think.
So glad to see someone else loving this one!
Oh Yes!
Like Wind on a Dry Branch is truly amazing.
I have recently read an incredible Manga/Manwha with a ludicrous title: Concubine Walkthrough.
Someone gets transported into a video game set in ancient China via a form of virtual reality. Their body is in a lab, their consciousness in the game. They have to successfully complete the story… in which they are the villainess. Political intrigue, twists and turns in the plot, assassinations, warriors, doomed romances. Its brilliant.
I love the Lone Necromancer and I Was the Final Boss. Lone Nec is just nerdy and ridiculous since he is so op, but the mc is clever so I’m good with it. I was the final boss is super funny because he’s a demon who becomes human. Somehow no one realizes what he is despite not hiding it at all.
On hiatus, but When Jasey Whistles is so, so good. It’s based off of Indonesian folk tales I think, and it is really interesting, pretty, sweet, and sad.
I’m really loving Daughter of a Thousand Faces, The Siren, and Lout of Count’s Family on Tapas.
My all time favorite is The Secrets of Soulford, which is not a paid comic but is uploaded in the canvas section on Webtoons. It’s a fantasy series that takes place in a medieval town that is rife with secrets,danger, magic, and amazing relationships. Quincil(the artist) draws the BEST facial expressions. I don’t think I could recommend it enough.
I hopped right onto the Greatest estate developer and love it!
my favorites are Lore Olympus and Marry my husband
The Cursed Princess Club!!! Fantastic story that is just as funny as it is sweet. Hands down my favorite on WEBTOON.
I just read The Greatest Estate Developer last week and I really enjoyed it.
i have to add >the spirit queen< (tapas) romance-fantasy-drama in a kind of historical chinese world
Yes this is great! Quite dark and with some really unexpected twists – and the art is really beautiful
As a chronic WebTooner and Tapas reader who loves Baroness and the Little Rabbit AND The Remarried Empress, consider:
(from Tapas)
The Siren: Becoming the Villain’s Family (I love anything about sirens, so I’m perhaps a little biased)
Kill the Villainess (Twisty dark romance which definitely raises some moral questions, isekai)
Mother’s Contract Marriage (told from the perspective of the daughter, who is an absolute adorable best girl who must be protected at all costs)
The Lady and the Lion (friends to enemies to lovers)
A Wicked Tale of Cinderalla’s Stepmom (I love that she is a mom finding new romance; isekai)
(from Webtoon)
YOUR THRONE (if you love politics and twisty storylines, read this one)
Long After the Ending (sweet romance that made me laugh a lot, secondary world)
A Good Day to Be a Dog (contemporary girl cursed to become a dog when she kisses someone and her soulmate who hates dogs. Hijinks ensue)
Lore Olympus (Persephone and Hades retelling a la Gossip Girl)
See You in my 19th Life (MC is reincarnated after dying saving a boy in her 18th life, finds him because she still loves him and wants to be with him, drama ensues, it’s so good)
See you in my 19th life was so good! I’m sad it ended.
If you haven’t tried Villain with a Crush, be prepared for a story that is quirky, laugh out loud, and totally soul crushing awkward for the main characters. Ah, love and romance gone off the tracks…who’s really the hero?
rosa is just so freaking awkward it’s hilarious
Adding my vote to Omniscient Reader, and also a huge fan of Purple Hyacinth and The Academy’s Undercover Professor. amazing stories, excellent characters, s t u n n i n g art.
The art in Author of My own Destiny is AMAZING
Fantasie of a Stepmother – art is again amazing
I Shall Master this Family – on Hiatus, but I love it too.
His Majesty’s Secret Heroine
Positively Yours
Reborn as a Scholar
Master Villainess the Invincible!
My three favorite WEBTOONs are: Lore Olympus, My In-Laws are Obsessed with Me, and Wished You Were Dead.
I haven’t read the WEBTOON version but “Moving” drama adaption came out recently with a stacked A list cast and some people are saying it’s the kdrama of the year thus far. The original author wrote the screenplay as well and the acting and plot was 👌🏼 there’s also sequels and spin-off webtoons in this world
More WEBTOONs recommendations:
-Mystic Prince: Beautiful art, interesting characters and world. I would classify this as a drama with a romantic twist
– Villain to Kill: a hero is murdered and reincarnated as a villain and tried to stay true to his hero morals with an end goal of revenge for his death
+1 Great Estate Developer
+1 I Was the Final Boss
i really enjoy the remarried empress and i am the queen.
you might like I AM THE VILLAIN https://m.webtoons.com/en/romance/i-am-the-villain/list?title_no=4937. the art is lovely and the story is great so far.
Villain with a crush (https://m.webtoons.com/en/romance/villain-with-a-crush/list?title_no=5048&page=1) is also super adorable. she’s just so freaking awkward it’s hilarious
My favorite webtoon on is The Guild Codex by Annette Marie. It’s so good!
I also really enjoyed Tower of God in the beginning but I haven’t followed it much in the last couple years.
I’m alittle late but a new favorite of mine on webtoon is
“I thought my time was up!” It’s from the romance fantasy genre.
The MC is abssolutely hilarious and the ML is a very cute, though a tad obsessive. I can’t recommend this one enough 🙂
“The Player that hides his past” is also a new webtoon. This one is action/comedy and so far it’s fun.
I confess. Have not been reading webcomics before this.
Now you have me hooked. Hooked.
Thank you, love finding new ways to enjoy.
Some recommendations with female leads who take no nonsense and posses emotional maturity:
Historical /Fantastical
Ellin’s Solhwa (completed)
The Reason Why Raeliana Ended up at the Duke’s Mansion (completed)
Is It a Fortune or Is It a Woe? (completed)
I’ll Save a Decent Family (ongoing)
The Evil Lady’s Hero (completed)
Contemporary
Cheese in the Trap (completed)
Let’s go to work tommorow! (ongoing)
A Good Day to be a Dog (completed)
Count youself lucky you drop The Remarried Empress. It is very annoying. I read this only because I have already read so much of it.
Fantasie of a Stepmother
Secret Lady
Like Wind on a Dry Branch
This three is a must read. Serious story. Beautiful art. No stupid plot holes.
Villains Are Destined to Die
There is a reason the ML got voted up as the best ML in webtoon.
My In-Laws Are Obsessed With Me
I love this one. It’s more serious than what the name suggest.
Surviving As A Maid
Very serious. Very hard to pick a ship because you sorta want all the MLs to scram.
For the cute one
My farm by the palace
A Symbiotic Relationship Between A Rabbit And A Black Panther
Read the first three. I swear you wont regret.
Not sure which technically count as webtoons, since I tend to read off aggregator websites for manga/manhwa, but some excellent stories I don’t think I see listed yet (I would rate them 9 or 10 out of 10 for various genres) include:
-Isekai-
Tsukimichi: Moonlit Fantasy
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime
The Faraway Paladin
Ending Maker
Pick Me Up!
The Novel’s Extra
Doctor’s Rebirth
-Reincarnation-
The Beginning After the End
SSS-Class Suicide Hunter
Star Instructor, Master Baek
-Villainess Rehabilitation-
The Unintentionally Ideal Adopted Daughter
The One Within the Villainess
I Became the Male Lead’s Adopted Daughter
Marriage of Convenience
My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!
Ebony
-Historical Isekai-
Sengoku Komachi Kurou Tan!
I Reincarnated as a Legendary Surgeon
-Slice of Life Humor-
Please Have a Meal
Horimiya
-Sports/Fantasy-
Blue Lock
Superhuman Battlefield
There’s lot’s more but I didn’t want to go overboard =)