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Manhwa
Being half-korean I may be a little bias <!--emo&:P--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tongue.gif' /><!--endemo--> but just wondering what you think of manhwa in general? Do you see manhwa as a threat to the manga market? I've seen this question raised before, and I was reminded when I visited a local bookstore and noticed a huge influx of manhwa literally overnight.In most cases I've found that alot of people dislike it. and in all honesty I've been hard pressed to find a decent series. my alterior motive here is to see if there is any series worth checking out. <!--emo&:rolleyes:--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rolleyes.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='rolleyes.gif' /><!--endemo-->
I picked up <b>Sweet and Sensitive</b> by Park Eun-Ah on a whim. AKA it was half-off at a local comic store. I was a little wary since I'd only ever read clips of action-oriented manhwa and didn't enjoy it, but I was pleasently suprised. I'll be keeping up with that series.Haven't checked out any others, though, nothing has caught my eye.I don't see it as a huge threat to the manga market at the moment. (except in places where it seems to take over all the shelves ^^<!--emo&;)--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif' /><!--endemo--> The reason for so many licenses is probably because it's cheap and the popular thing to pick up. A benefit though that will help manwha, is that it reads like english books - as opposed to manga which is backwards to what most everyone is used to.
3 years 8 months ago
Only manwha I've read is Ragnarok. I like it, and would recommend it to anyone. Which is a lot coming from me, cos it's fantasy stuff and fantasy stuff really isn't my bag of kettles at all.
3 years 8 months ago
Manhwas are pushing mangas off the shelves here in Malaysia. I'm hard pressed to find a single decent manga on the racks at the normal convenience store / roadside comic stall / grocery store. The only mangas there are the ones like Doraemon, Detective Conan, Ranma (mandarin language) and H2. The whole racks are filled with manhwas instead.If I wanted good titles like Ranma 1/2 (non-chinese version), Rave, or Get Backers, I'll have to make a one hour trip to a manga specialty store in the city.I've never read manhwas but I most probably won't in the near future. And I'm used to reading mangas Japanese style (right to left). I totally got lost reading a Superman comic in a bookstore. I was like wondering which panel should I read.
3 years 8 months ago
Hip Hop is not bad. Aside of that I didn't find anything else that interests me.
Manwhas are from Korea? I thought they were from China.But well... only manwhas (supposedly) I've read were the ones based in KOF...*ROFL @ the Tekken team in KOF96*
I think they are okay but not the greatest <!--emo&:D--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->
3 years 7 months ago
I've only read two of them: Chonchu and Priest and i must admit that they kick ass <!--emo&:D--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->I think that manwhas are great and mangas too. In fact they are two different things and here in Belgium, manwha isn't really a threat for manga but in the other hand there are more and more of them in our bookshop ^^
Mm.. <b>Ragnarok</b> and <b>Re-Cast</b> for me <!--emo&:)--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo-->those two are very nice...Also I read <b>Sweety</b> (from Daiwon publishing) a bit... =3
3 years 5 months ago
I've read the ragnarok manwah and it's pretty cool to me... so different from the ragnarok animation... the characters are drawn well. especially fenris [the new look].
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3 years 5 months ago
Same for me ... the only manhwa that i've really encountered is ragnarok. wait actually i think there is some manga called girls saurus (?) that i think was manhwa. anyway in general i like the drawing style of manga better than manhwa, but ragnarok looks amazing =) it's quite possible it could become a large competitor with manga though, imo.
The only manwha i've read was Kill me, Kiss me. i really liked it.. didnt really know it was manwha until i saw the names, and noticed the style of drawing was really different. it's good though.
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3 years 5 months ago
<!--QuoteBegin-Dias+Dec 24 2004, 06:33 PM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Dias @ Dec 24 2004, 06:33 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Manhwas are pushing mangas off the shelves here in Malaysia. I'm hard pressed to find a single decent manga on the racks at the normal convenience store / roadside comic stall / grocery store. The only mangas there are the ones like Doraemon, Detective Conan, Ranma (mandarin language) and H2. The whole racks are filled with manhwas instead.If I wanted good titles like Ranma 1/2 (non-chinese version), Rave, or Get Backers, I'll have to make a one hour trip to a manga specialty store in the city.I've never read manhwas but I most probably won't in the near future. And I'm used to reading mangas Japanese style (right to left). I totally got lost reading a Superman comic in a bookstore. I was like wondering which panel should I read.
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<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->So true. Its hard to find english versions of manga or manhwa here....Though isn't man hwa chinese for comics?
3 years 5 months ago
From with I know manhua (漫画) is comics that is from Japanese or Chinese originBut mostly manhua is for Tawianese or Hong Kong comicsAnd of cause manga is from Japan
3 years 5 months ago
I don't think there's a term for Chinese comics. It's just Chinese comics regardless of whether it is from Taiwan, Hong Kong, China, Singapore, etc unlike manga or manhwas.