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Honestly, outside of popular shounen mangas like Naruto, hunter x Hunter, AOT, the Japanese mangas are just not the thing anymore.
I understand how long it takes to create mangas, store boarding, drawing by hand, etc. But it can't compete with Korea.
Manhwas have faster uploads, are colourful, and are more widely available since they are digital.
This manga, for example, was first published in 2002... and is only at 333 chapters
Lookism came out in 2015 and it at over 550 chapters at this point with a much large character base, a longer timeline and more character background and progress than in the little pinky of skip beat.
This is honestly just my opinion. I could be 100% wrong, and I admit that. I also haven't really found a shoujo manga i loved in year because of pauses, delays and cancellations but i've found so many romance manhwas that I love.