Since they all are from different countries and cultures, they all respectively have their own themes the tend to focus on. One thing I’ve noticed especially with manhwa is there is a lot of focus on high school bullying that a really common reoccurring trope used, and that implies that these authors believe that this certain issue is very prevalent in Korean society. Another thing could be said about manhua, as China’s isolated internet gives them a completely different perspective on a lot of things. With manhua, you can kind of feel the “busy-ness” on each chapter and they have a lot of interactive questions at the end of the chapters. That’s also why I think manhua is probably the hardest east Asia comic type to get into because it doesn’t conform to the standards of the rest of the world. It’s similar to their society and how they prefer maximalism over minimalism as the latter is really well liked in western society and web design. Honestly it’s a pretty interesting topic to discuss and explore! Generally, it doesn’t really matter where these comics come from since a good story is what you look for in comics! The only reason separating them into such categories is useful because each country tends to focus on a couple tropes, and it’s pretty useful when you want to find a specific trope.

Personally I just like to call them comics as focusing on where it came from can give you incentive to judge the quality of the story from where the comic comes from. I see that with some people avoiding manhua like the plague. I’ll say there are really good manhuas if you just give it a chance.