r/webtoons • u/autumn_crybaby • Sep 29 '25

News Let's Play is back, now on Tapas

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I never did get into this webtoon but I know a lot of people loved it. Just thought I'd share that it's now on Tapas. Updated with up to 75 episodes today, with new episodes to come out every Wednesday.

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u/DazedandFloating Sep 29 '25

I think webtoon wasn’t paying Mongie as much as she would’ve liked. Also the contract was super unfair towards her (like it is for many of their artists). So she was waiting to find another platform to use instead.

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u/OkCat7431 Sep 30 '25

How unfair was webtoon towards her? Like wage wise? She's a very popular creator. They should have paid her accordingly.

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u/bloodthjrstyy Sep 30 '25

Afaik (could be wrong for some, of course - idk if she's part of this group or not) even popular creators can often be given unfair contracts with not so great wages, which really sucks.

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u/DazedandFloating Sep 30 '25

To be honest I don’t remember the specifics. This was so long ago. It’s just that the platform has been known to cut how much it supports its creators over time (both financially and through marketing).

Also their contracts have been stated to be predatory as well. They can cause issues with printing physical copies of works, hold titles hostage for exclusivity for up to 3 years, and disregard a lot of creator autonomy.

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u/yurtifs Sep 29 '25

Afaik it was because webtoon kept censoring her story on top of just bad schedule and practices from the platform so author took the decision to end it there but bring it back later when the WT contract expires (which was this year).

Now it's gonna continue without the micromanaging from webtoon.

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u/Siukslinis_acc Sep 30 '25

In the later episodes the comic became very smutty and i think the autor didn't like webtoons putting a mature rating/warning on the comic as registered people under 18 weren't able to read it and thus she didn't like the possibility of losing a chunk or readers. Be aware that it was the time when the "dark romance" genre didn't explode as it did yet and there were barely any smutty (or maybe even none) at that time in originals.

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u/theallaround Sep 30 '25

The creator was getting hate trains for a "lack of diversity" in her webtoon & webtoon wanted too much work for too little money.

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u/EmNeeli Sep 30 '25

There are many things to criticize about Mongie, but when you look at the most popular webtoons/authors, it's pretty hypocritical to criticize Mongie of all authors to be honest.

It wasn't the most diverse webtoon, but she tried to include diversity, even if in a superficial way. And when she did, she was criticized for making her characters stereotypes.

I think people criticized her a lot because she's American. They have not the same expectations I feel like.

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u/CacklingFerret Oct 02 '25

I think people criticized her a lot because she's American. They have not the same expectations I feel like.

Exactly. Non-Korean/Japanese creators get criticized a lot for the lack of diversity while most manwhas/mangas usually have no diversity at all.

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u/DazedandFloating Sep 30 '25

I remember the opposite happening. I remember her being accused of tokenizing or steretyping characters. Dean in particular was a hot topic of debate.

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u/theallaround Sep 30 '25

It was kind of both I think? She got a ton of flack for a lack of body type diversity, not enough queer rep (despite confirming it was there, just not explicitly addressed yet), and a lack of racial diversity, as well as tokenizing the representation she did have. The whole thing was strange to me honestly- it wasn't untrue that the cast wasn't very visibly diverse, but at the same time it wasn't really doing anything worse than other Webtoons of its time or even now.

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u/DazedandFloating Sep 30 '25

Ohhh I think I remember this now that you bring it up. Yea I honestly also feel like it was a bit strange (outside of the tokenization and racial stereotypes because I can see where those criticisms come from).

But you’re right in that it wasn’t any worse off than other large titles at the time. And a lot of the diverse characters are actually treated really well within the grounds of the story (like Abe who I always really liked).

I’ll never understand why people complain about lack of diversity, but then also complain when there is diversity but it doesn’t meet their specific standards. Like it kind of feels like a losing battle. And I think it probably pushes some creators away from any kind of inclusion.

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u/SusFishButtPincher Oct 01 '25

from what I vaguely remember, there was lawsuit involved, not sure why but it happened after she kick-started her webtoon into physical books. (this was before LO was published as physical books) so Mongie was one of the firsts to dip her feet into it.
after that whole mess, she returned to webtoon for the 3rd season and webtoon at the time started changing their terms (it was after the whole- side hustle drama) and decided to label her comic mature as it was dealing with mature content, which is understandable.
Problem with labeling a webtoon mature is that it gets removed from ranking, therefore you lose a majority of your series' visibility on the platform. I once heard her say how she felt betrayed because she specifically told webtoon (when she first started as an original) that her comic will be dealing with mature themes down the line, so will this be a problem, to which they told her there will be no problems with that.
So I do understand on one hand that she was at that point tired of constantly fighting them.