Yeah i kinda felt the same, bcs sometimes i really want to read more but jpn manga really said it only got 5/6 chapters and 1 extra (equivalent to 1 tankobon) lol
Tho, at the flip side there are some webtoons that dragged a miscommunication problem or a single issue for 20+ chapters and it made me so mad because please just talk this is easy to resolve lol
But i enjoy both of these types since we can find either craps or high qualities in both~
yeah since they try to cramped it in one volume and korean webtoons can have as many as they can
Yes. I hope jpn artist will be able to do the same thing. I enjoy the clean cut manga but i sometimes wish to have more content.
True. I can never let Manga go even with my hoards of Chinese novels lol. I am just greedy may be. I enjoy them both in their own flavours.
Well it’s because these are short stories.
There’s a lot of 1 volume manga because they’re often printed, so the author doesn’t have the luxury to make a longer story unless it sells well and there’s enough demand for a second volume.
However, there are lots of long mangas if you want detailed stories with intricate plot lines. I’d say the average number of chapters for the long mangas is around 45-60 chapters. Just to be precise I’m only talking about slice of life and romance mangas (Be it straight, Bl or gl) not shonen, bcs those go up to the hundreds and we’re not talking about them anyways.
Personally I kinda like long stories but sometimes I have a hard time with kr/ch webtoons and LN because I feel like they drag it out too much sometimes, and kr manhwas sometimes turn into pwp so the plot doesn’t progress for 20+ chapters
Well at the end of the day it depends on what you’re in the mood for, sometimes a short story is nice if you just want to read a quick thing and not concentrate too long, and sometimes you’re prepared to stay 2h+ on your phone reading the same long story
This. Majority of manga are still physically printed and/or are part of magazines and other publications. This is the reason why most only contain a volume worth of content (6-9 chapters/tankobons), and why some manga take ages to update (quarterly, bi annual,etc. chapter releases in certain magazines). Japan still loves it's printed media very much, and it's a huge industry that's not about to change just yet, even with the rise of online publications and whatnot. Korea's physical manwha industry absolutely cannot even compare. Digital publishing though? SK does it best. Webtoons allow authors/artists more freedom as they're not constrained by certain limits on pages and chapters.
There's a thing that im curious abt digital publishing like webtoons tho, was there any editors to any of these digital titles? I mean, with japan mangas, because they were published physically and such a huge industry, i believe there are editors that help authors, right?
Bcs imo japanese mangas have a more structured story? Like tho it usually short, or sometimes rushed, i still can kinda sense some structure in it so it wasnt too messy.
But i cannot say the same with webtoons lol i mean ive read many titles that have such a lousy ending w/ so many things left unresolved or unaddressed (example on top of my head is Tale of the Yellow Dragon, i hv so many questions lol). It's hard to believe there's an editor that will let author get away w/ this kind of things lol
Just wondering tho because i still read the fucc of those lousy endings webtoons (づ￣ ³￣)づ
Most webtoons are independent works free from contractual publishing; as such, artists/authors would have to search for an editor on their own, with their own money. Some can't be bothered to do that though, as that would mean more revisions = more work. Some just outright can't afford it. And lastly, a lot of editing companies just don't have the manpower and resources to take on more authors.
After reading korean webtoons and chinese light novels, i feel jpn manga are too rushed. Though half of my life was spent reading these similar rushed mangas. It's no longer the same anymore.