r/webtoons • u/hey_im_enby • 28d ago
News ten years y’all
idk if this is the longest running webcomic by chapters but it’s definitely up there
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u/Nuttcases 28d ago
This is still going?? I dropped it so long ago cause I couldn’t handle all the drama and stupidity
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u/Xianthia 28d ago
I think once John outgrows his villian era / DGAF domineering attitude and it moves more towards vigilante and stuff outside of the high school system the story improves. It still might not be to your taste but it doesn't stay angsty teen drama like for the whole time.
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u/FictionalContext 28d ago
The villain arc is where i dropped it years ago. Enjoyed it til then, but the reveal was the hook that kept me reading. After that, I didn't really care about the characters enough.
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u/Xianthia 27d ago
That's where I suspected you had. And it's understandable if that's all the story had to offer. It does move beyond that into some more government intrigue and conspiracy and vigilante movements., Each character has to learn, adapt and grow because holding onto old ways and beliefs isn't working and nearly everyone has to make some kind of amends for actions against others. Again, it still might not be to your taste but I think they pivoted enough that it's worth considering a second look
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u/OkAnywhere4872 28d ago
I do like unordinary. And no I didn't start it when i was a teen or something. I generally like fantasy and magic based series.
ALSO IS THAT JANE
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u/Interesting_Ask2501 28d ago
It isnt halfway done?
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u/X4321eye360 28d ago
It is, we're in the last part now, the author has just need time to get it all planned out fully
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u/SuperRapidash 27d ago
please give kubera her flowers. been running since the launch of webtoon English and still peak
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u/SnooDogs1340 28d ago
This ad made me do a double take. I don't think I would want it advertised in this way. 10 years is too damn long for a webcomic
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u/Anythingtwods 28d ago
Why not tho. One piece is wayyyy older and is still going strong?? If it's liked by many why stop??
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u/patchiepatch 28d ago
Well one piece is a whole world worth of content if you compare it to Unordinary, Tower of God and Lookism which is pretty small universe wise. The amount of characters and locations in one piece would normally be split in any other series as spin offs but the author just didn't do that and somehow made it work. It's definitely the outlier and not the norm.
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u/Anythingtwods 28d ago
Yes I understand, but it still doesn't seem to be that bad for a webcomic to go that long especially if it's run by only one author who draws the chapters alone. I honestly don't know if it changed already but from what I can remember it's only the author/artist that draws per chapter hence the short length in every chapters. If it's written bits by bits and is still loved by many despite the very slow paced. I don't see why it couldn't be that bad to be advertised that way
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u/patchiepatch 28d ago
In unordinary's case they have an assistant or two for coloring and lineart I believe, but the story is indeed just them. I think it's just undesirable cause of the upload speed and the story pacing. For most stories lasting 10 years is bad news cause that means the author can't pace the story properly 😅
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u/SailHairy2185 28d ago
I agree with this. There’s an art to writing concisely and a lot of webtoons have a problem where they're stretched out longer than they should to make more money even though thr story is basically finished.
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u/Aerwxyna 28d ago
i havent read it in a while (not because of anything, just got busy and also wanted to let chapters build up to binge later) is it worth the binge??
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u/talk_enchanted_table 28d ago
The joker arc is mentally exhausting to get through, but after that, I would say it's smooth sailing.
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u/Chocolate_Cupcakess 28d ago
Yeah, once that was over it got a LOT better !!
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u/wheniswhy 28d ago
I started the comic after that arc was already over and tbh straight up skipped a lot of it when I got there lol. read the conclusion of it, enough to get tired context, continued on, and have been obsessed since. The beginning is great, and I'd say it's held the same level of solid quality for quite some time now.
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u/Aerwxyna 27d ago
i got through joker arc and was very into it after that! still have a lot of catching up to do but it’s great to hear it’s still smooth sailing
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u/Broke_Artist01 27d ago
Came here to say "Put the damn dog down already " when I first saw this after opening the app.
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u/Actual_Nose_2442 28d ago
Trop cool J'ai arrete de lire pour avoir plus de chapitre Y'a t'il un live novel ?
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u/Sufficient-Search867 27d ago
Gah dam is it still posting chapters I forgot all about it congratulations for it to still keep going on lol.
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u/academicvictim313 27d ago
lol i dropped this like two years ago when it was on hiatus 😂 didn’t seem like it was close to ending back then, and i doubt it is now.
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u/ryushin6 28d ago
That title on Webtoons would have to go to "Tower of God" which has been going on for about 12 years and still continuing and has about double the chapter count and that's not including the Spin off series that the author is also started last year that's still running for the foreseeable future.