Honestly, I absolutely adored that movie as a kid. I watched it over and over, even though I’d often end up in tears. I didn’t even know there was a book!
So, with that in mind, I agree with you. This manhwa is good on its own as someone who has never read the novel. Based on what others are saying, it’s safe to assume that people could almost see this as a manhwa *inspired* by the original novel, which happens quite frequently, even though that probably wasn’t the intention of the author/artist of the manhwa. ╮(￣▽￣)╭
You’re so right. And honestly, I feel like MANY series end up as “inspired by” rather than “illustrated version of” when based on literary novels. It almost seems hit or miss.
omg i’ve yet to interact with anyone that knew of The Secret of Nimh!! I adored the movie as a kid, never knew it had a book!
I’ve never read the novel for this series. I also only picked up this series recently, so I’ve never read the version with different art. As a new reader, this series seems good.
The art isn’t bad at all. I’ve seen way worse art. This series is a far cry from having bad art. The plot is fun to read. It’s something new to me.
I don’t feel like this series overlaps with orv any more than any other story with gates in it would. The mc in orv doesn’t even start off as a constellation. It’s something he manipulates in order to achieve. There isn’t bl on the orv webtoon so far. (Haven’t read the novel- does it become bl?) orv also has way more characters.
The readers of the novel need to consider not hating on a perfectly good webtoon just because it doesn’t match their perception of the novel.
Example- I enjoyed the American animated movie “The secret of Nimh” but it was nothing like the original book it was based off of. Nonetheless, the movie was still good. It won awards, and was nominated for several more.
But for those who liked the original book, the movie was trash.
I feel like this webtoon is the same. It’s not a bad webtoon at all. There’s just that a bunch of novel fans who are determined to hate on it. The people who hate the art are those who liked the original art style. The whole series was redone in the current art style though. So the quality isn’t going down, it’s just changed to a different style.
AGAIN this is my opinion as someone who never read the novel and is only familiar with the current art style.