r/webtoons • • Jun 09 '25

Humor Thanks for the warning

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u/FineWin3384 Jun 10 '25

Yea the ads were peak fiction, now if I had no knowledge of webtoon and I came to know it from ads id probably think it's like a wattpad art thing with weird people.

The unordinary ads made me WANT to read it. It's not the best but it's a good one.

Even if love bites and mafia nanny is peak fiction I can never read it.

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u/13-eggo Jun 10 '25

Even the Castle Swimmer ad back then didn’t focus on the romance but the conflict in the comic. I haven’t read castle swimmer but I still remember the comic so it says something

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u/FineWin3384 Jun 10 '25

Ik romance is like insanely popular but this is NOT how it's promoted. It's probably gonna make the creators hated.

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u/13-eggo Jun 10 '25

And the thing is, most of these comics are really good and objectively pretty well made regardless of whether someone likes it or not. I remember the ad for Nice to meet you got me to read it even though it is entirely a romance webcomic

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u/FineWin3384 Jun 10 '25

I'm an action reader and id probably read a romance/other comic if it was advertised actually well. I may drop it, I may realise it's peak.

Modern webtoon you can feel the lack of self respect and dignity through the ads.

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u/13-eggo Jun 10 '25

Honestly, valid. Back then, I was an action reader too, the few non action comics I read were all slice of life comics that were short episodes without any overarching plot like Bluechair, and I still read Nice to meet you and it was one of my first romance comics. I dropped it, mind you, because I didn’t like the plot progression past season two, but still, I was a lot more open to try shoujo in general after that one

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u/FineWin3384 Jun 10 '25

This is how good advertising is. Even if the manhwa is ass, you would be excited to read it.

Peak manhwas are going to get ruined because of the ads and people are gonna find the thing weird.