tell that to webtoon.
I too dont like the english names for a korean webtoon but I think it’s part of their strategy since most readers cant remember korean names and sometimes they mix them up. I think it’s not that they’re whitewashing but just making names easier to remember.
The original names shouldn't have to be changed to make it easier for non Korean readers. It's not that difficult to remember Korean names, nearly all of them are just two syllables.
How hard is it to remember Korean names? It's just remembering a string of latin letters it's not even in fucking Korean.
Why not complain about English names as well? David, Daniel. Both start with 'Da', I can't remember the difference.
its not hard. some bitchy babies along the line, probably got all whiny about it, so they probably had to change it. you should have seen my "conversation" with one of those whiny bitches. bitching about how, "i dont know korean, so its hard for me to remember korean names" like dafuq?
Honestly though, if people can get used to saying shit like Tchaikovsky then they can get used to names like Hyung Suk and Jae Yeol
omg that violin composer example tho hahah.
okay the reason why i sad that is bcoz i’ve read somewhere in webtoon app in one chapter of Hive webtoon, someone said they cant even remember the main character’s name. It was a TOP comment. So i realized, that must be the reason why they changed Daniel’s name in lookism. I am okay with both but i prefer korean one ofc. Tae Joon our author named him from his friend after all
Man that's so dumb though. I don't understand how people have such a hard time with Korean names. I can understand people struggling to pronounce them correctly but just remembering them isn't hard.
They better change back to the Korean names and not the ugly ass white washed webtoon ones.