Webtoon Spotlight

Spotlight 56#: Top 5 Webtoons

Given the nature of this series of mine, I've seen many webtoons and made a lot of statements. While I have many strong opinions on webtoon in general, let it get known that lowkey changed my life. I don't think that I would be the same person without webtoon, hence why I've devoted this series to giving these stories credit and light they deserved. 

There is something about talking about someone else's story that makes you want to start your own. Given that I've read webtoons for three years  with probably over 50 webtoons, I naturally have had many favorites over the years, but the real question is this. What are the webtoons that I believe to be the top 5? Well, let's find this question out together as I shine the light on a mirror as I answer the question.

Note

Despite what I'm about to say, you might want to keep everything I'm about to say with the grainiest of salts. I'm a complicated person with complicated opinions. I eat shonen trash for breakfast, but that doesn't mean I can't appreciate a good comedy or romance webtoon. I'm the guy who isn't the biggest fan of rwby or Fairy tail but will defend the literary genius of Yugioh to my dying day. 

Webtoon wise Room of swords is the best webtoon for characterization, and The Four of them is the most down-to-earth, but both are nowhere near my top 10 if I had one. The point is it's incredibly unfair in general to judge all these series since some of them peak my interest better, some have been around longer, and others I haven't read, so this list might very well change in a few minutes. 

These are my five favorites and not a top 10, and just because they're popular doesn't mean they're not good. I want to talk about these fabulous webtoons that you might like as well. With that out of the way, let the spoiling and gushing begin.

Hooky

Given this series is about to get daily passed, now is the perfect time to read Hooky. So many webtoons like this have come and gone, but I think Hooky is a series I'll truly miss with all my heart as the months go by. What started as a simple series about two witches missing school quickly erupted into a conflict unlike any other to break an endless cycle of hatred. 

There is legitimately so much to gush about with so little time. First off, the art is fucking amazing; the storybook-like art style mixed in with the colors adds for some pretty distinct characterization that I love. The cast in Hooky is also probably top 5, in my opinion, as I truly felt like our main characters went from a bunch of stupid ass kids to a well-developed family of young adults.

And I think the message of Hooky has one of the most important messages of any webtoon. It's more than just a story about racism and fantasy. It's something far more important. We see who hatred affects the most and how damaging it can be to young kids through the story. 

As cheesy as it may seem, peace, love and understanding is the only way any form of harmony will ever happen. This message doesn't come easy, and it isn't something that makes our characters weak by any means, as they learn this message through incredible hardship that further builds their resolve. It was a one of a kind journey that tested the limits of everyone involved.

Tower of God