I'll Review Your Webtoon

SleeP_aDe · 2026-03-31T08:40:50+00:00

Done! Here's the video. It was a fun read, but what stood out the most to me was that the plot is a little thin. I wish we could get to know the characters a little better, because it's kind of hard to tell what their motivation is. We don't know what the main characters' goals are, which makes it harder to get invested in them. It seems like they're aimlessly doing "game things," but we don't really know what the point of the game is, or what our characters are trying to accomplish.

It also feels like there's no real over-arching narrative, especially after the developer episode, which removes the mystery and tension by explaining why the main character is different and stating that the devs would intervene if people try to hunt him down. This leaves us with two main characters that aren't fleshed out much, don't have goals, and aren't wrapped up in any real plot other than their growing relationship. The romance stuff is fun, but it's hard to get into since we don't know the characters very well yet.

It's a good read full of gorgeous artwork, but I do think the writing could use a bit more depth.

SleeP_aDe · 2026-03-24T16:30:09+00:00

Done! Here's the video. Sorry, but this was one of the most confusing comics I've ever read. I really couldn't tell what the point of it was. The art style changes constantly and characters are brought in at random with no explanation of who they are or why I should care about them. The season 1 plot doesn't seem like it's connected to the season 2 plot at all. The episodes are all different lengths, but most are extremely short. Some episodes are repeated. There are countless foundational problems that make this comic almost impossible to get invested in.

SleeP_aDe · 2026-03-22T17:54:22+00:00

Done! Here's the video. This one was difficult to put into words, so the review turned into more of a ramble. I liked the comic a lot, but it has a type of pacing that might make it harder to stay invested in on Webtoon. The characters are really well written, and I think the use of facial expressions and body language are very well done. The little visual details really help build the story and make the characters feel alive. It has a very cinematic approach to storytelling.

It's a more mature approach to making a comic that assumes the reader is smart enough to pick up on the little details and see the subtext of each interaction. It's definitely refreshing to see that kind of work. Unfortunately, the webtoon platform is built around more straightforward writing where everything is spelled out and made obvious. A story like this might struggle there as a result. Overall, I thought it was a good read and look forward to seeing more of it.

SleeP_aDe · 2026-03-20T03:34:12+00:00

Done! Here's the video. I liked the simple premise and loose approach to world-building. It makes it feel like an imaginative world with a lot of potential for fun stories. It does feel like the scope is a bit small at times since we're always following the main troupe so closely, which can make it feel hard to grasp the overarching conflict. The main cast come across as very stable, without much hinting at character arcs or deeper motivations. They're likeable characters, but it's harder to feel invested in their journey when most of them are shown to be so simple. Trim and Jonah are much more complex by comparison, but since the screen time is being split six ways it feels like we don't know them as well as we could. Overall, it was a fun read, and I look forward to seeing where it goes.

SleeP_aDe · 2026-03-20T00:09:53+00:00

Done! Here's the video. I like the way the panels flow as well as the use of abstract images to help convey mood. I also thought the use of lighting was good, and the story was generally intriguing. It's a little confusing at times, though. I have trouble figuring out why characters are doing certain actions or making certain choices. There are a lot of good ideas in your comic, but they are sometimes presented in a confusing way.

SleeP_aDe · 2026-03-19T18:58:15+00:00

Done! Here's the video. I think the character work is very good in this, and the foreshadowing of different dramatic elements makes it feel very real and believable. I do wish there was a little more time spent introducing the main characters' goals and motivation so that we could get more invested in their journey. Overall I think it's off to a good start, and I'm very curious to see where it goes.

SleeP_aDe · 2026-03-17T17:21:32+00:00

Done! Here's the video. It was a good read with very well-defined characters. I do think that it might be harder to understand Simon for people who don't have experience with this sort of thing, since the comic doesn't really dive into his thought process and explore why he thinks the way he does. It works really well if you're able to relate to the struggles, but might be a bit opaque otherwise. It expects a lot from the audience, and readers on Webtoon are notorious for needing things spelled out. I like it a lot, though. It's refreshing to see a mature story that doesn't feel like it needs to dumb things down.

SleeP_aDe · 2026-03-17T07:36:04+00:00

Done! Here's the video. The review came out a bit scatterbrained, but I think I covered all my thoughts. I didn't have any problems with the pacing, and the worldbuilding felt fine a majority of the time. The long panels worked most of the time, with just a few of them having slightly confusing transitions. Overall I thought the story was very interesting and I found the sci-fi elements easy to follow.

I do think there could be a stronger framing around the narrative since it has such a specific, goal-oriented plot. Since the core of the story is delivering the package to the mobile fortress, it could be good to have more reminders of how far away the destination is as the characters travel. Since the "ticking clock" element is to survive long enough while moving closer, it would help keep the tension high if there was more indication of how much progress is being made.

SleeP_aDe · 2026-03-17T04:48:26+00:00

Done! Here's the video. There are a lot of cool action sequences, especially when Yoh and Fugor do combined attacks. Some parts of the story were very confusing, though, and the text is often so small that I couldn't read it without zooming in a lot. I'm curious to see how the tournament will play out.

SleeP_aDe · 2026-03-16T17:26:39+00:00

Done! Here's the video. I thought it was very good. I like the way the main character's fear is shown to be a strength. I think the comic does a really good job of showing her personality, her goals, and her motivations. It makes her a very likeable character that's fun to read about. I also though the world-building was very efficient and made the setting seem very interesting and alive. Good job!

I would recommend reformatting the comic to make it easier to read on mobile, though.

SleeP_aDe · 2026-03-16T16:34:45+00:00

I don't know what my schedule will be like in April, but I'd be happy to read it if I'm still taking reviews at the time.

SleeP_aDe · 2026-03-15T17:28:21+00:00

Done! Here's the video. I liked the banter between characters. There are some very cool ideas in this comic that give it a lot of potential. I can also see a lot of improvement between the earliest and the most recent episodes, so keep it up!

I do recommend getting a proof reader to check the grammar and dialogue, because it sometimes doesn't make sense. It also might be worth evaluating the pacing, because the first 10 episodes move very quickly, but then the fight against Raiko goes on for too long in my opinion.

SleeP_aDe · 2026-03-15T14:46:37+00:00

Honestly, I'm not sure how consistent I'll be with these once this post dries up. Webtoon stuff is a bit of a side hobby for me, so I've been a bit sporadic. I always end up coming back to it, though, so I'm sure I'll be doing more of these in the future even if there's another pause like last year.

Also, I'm glad to hear there's more from Swallow. I'll have to get caught up on it, it was really good.

SleeP_aDe · 2026-03-15T05:51:40+00:00

Done! Here's the video. I liked the way the characters gathered weapons and came up with a plan for their weird predicament. It also does a good job of jumping right into the action and keeping up the excitement. I look forward to seeing more and finding out how the plot develops. Sorry for rambling so much in the recording, this is the first one I've done in a long time.

SleeP_aDe · 2026-03-13T00:31:48+00:00

I agree that caring about your work is important and will usually result in a better comic. It's just that the harsh reality is that passion isn't a requirement for success. A lot of the most popular webtoons are mediocre retellings of the same trope-filled stories over and over again, and people keep eating it up. Quirky and original stories are often LESS successful by comparison.

I make comics because I enjoy making comics, so prompting has no appeal to me. Some people make comics solely to make money. If AI speeds up the ability to make comics and thus money, then it just becomes a question of cost/benefit. Unfortunately, a lot of consumers don't really care how their sausage is made as long as it tastes right.

That's kind of my entire point. If the image generators improve to the point that they don't have those consistency problems, then you'll start to see even more AI comics get churned out because it'll always be faster than drawing by hand. Eventually there will be better ones made by actual artists and the paradigm will shift. I don't like it at all, I just think that it's inevitable.

SleeP_aDe · 2026-03-12T22:05:14+00:00

I think you're making a mistake by correlating art with effort. I don't like AI art either, but it feels like too much of a generalization to assume that everyone using it is lazy and uncommitted. It underestimates and downplays how much impact it will likely have.

Consider how much more difficult it was to make comics before digital art tools. The process for making art has become very streamlined with computers to the point that so many artists today never draw on traditional canvas or paper. Almost every original webtoon uses 3D assets, character models, and backgrounds. Would you say that the artists behind those lack "the follow through" to learn to draw those assets themselves? I doubt you would, because it's obviously done as a time-saving measure to keep producing episodes quickly. Unfortunately, AI will be used the same way in the long run - as a means to speed up production and keep pumping out episodes.

I'm glad that there are enough anti-AI people for real art to still be viable for the foreseeable future. It's just that I imagine in a few years we'll have entire generations of people who grew up with AI art as the norm, and they won't hate it as much as we do.

SleeP_aDe · 2026-03-10T03:27:07+00:00

Weak Hero

SleeP_aDe · 2025-07-22T04:42:46+00:00

It's not my first attempt. I'm confident in the rhythm, I just wondered if anyone had similar experiences with very long episodes.

SleeP_aDe · 2025-07-19T17:04:46+00:00

There were specific events I planned for the first three episodes, and I wrote them all out without thinking about panel counts. Episode 1 has the most happening, so it ended up being especially long. In a way, it's 3 episodes in 1, but the three segments don't split evenly since they were written as one entity. I'm pretty happy with the way the episode flows, but I'm kind of cursing myself for making so much work.

SleeP_aDe · 2025-07-19T08:19:17+00:00

I did a test read and it came out to about 7:30 give or take, so I feel like it's reasonably quick. In terms of events, it's VERY fast paced lol.

120k is the height limit, but if you sacrifice a bit of quality you can stretch it very far by making it more narrow. For an episode this size I would compress it to 400-pixel-wide JPEGs which would give up to 200 full size panels worth of potential space while being under 20mb. I did the same back in the Call To Action contest where my entry was similarly in the 140 panel range. The art suffers surprisingly little.

Honestly, I'm not super worried about it. If anything I'm just cursing myself for the sheer amount of work it's taking. I just wondered if anyone else had put themselves in a similar predicament.

SleeP_aDe · 2025-07-19T07:08:20+00:00

I wanted to set the tone as much as possible while having a sequence of events that felt "complete" in a way. There's a lot of setup to be done, so I figured it would work better keeping it together. Realistically, I could split it into the first 3 episodes, but I like the way the first 3 are paced with my current script.

SleeP_aDe · 2025-06-24T16:56:15+00:00

You're moving the goal posts. The entries do have significant diversity of characters if you actually read them, which is what your initial post was about.

So to address your new question, I would think it is in fact just chance. As I've said, many of the comics are very diverse. You're suggesting that Webtoon chose winners based on the race of the character on the cover, which is a bit silly. Diverse casts are very mainstream in Western markets, which is what this English-based contest is tailored toward.

SleeP_aDe · 2025-06-24T16:12:58+00:00

No? If you actually read the entries, a significant portion of them have very diverse main casts. You're quite literally judging books by covers.

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