K-Webtoon Review: The Makeup Remover

Pahul Nanra, Delhi Have you been looking for a webtoon that revolves around self-confidence, self-love, and questions beauty standards? Well, then, The Makeup Remover is a perfect choice. The creator of this comic, Lee Yone, uses makeup as a tool for empowerment and change, showing that it can serve a positive purpose as well. Picture…

K-Webtoon Review: Dead Days

Sameen Murtaza, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh Dead Days is a horror webtoon based on a world going through a zombie apocalypse. Written by Dey, its official English translation started publication on September 25, 2014, and ended in 2015. Picture Credits: Webtoon Plot What would be the first thing you would do if you woke up to…

Webtoon Review: The Boxer

Sameen Murtaza, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh The Boxer is an intense sports webtoon by Jung Ji-hoon that started in 2020. Centered around the sport of competitive boxing, it is the kind of story that gives you a rush of adrenaline! Much darker than usual light-hearted and serotonin-boosting sports comics, we follow the protagonist Yu, whose a…

K-Drama Review: Navillera

Vidhi Gosain, New Delhi Navillera, starring Song Kang, Park In-hwan, Na Moon-hee and Hong Seung-hee, premiered on 22 March 2021 on tvN and is also available on Netflix. The show is based on a webtoon of the same name that is written by Hun and illustrated by Ji-min. The show consists of 12 episodes and…

Webtoon Review: “Eleceed” A Must Read Series

Sameen Murtaza, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh Are you someone who likes cats, action and supernatural elements in stories? Then this is the webtoon to checkout! Eleceed is an ongoing action fantasy webtoon written by Jeho Son, author of the hit webtoon Noblesse and illustrated by Zhena,  artist of another great series named Girls of The Wild. Characters Like Son’s previous work Eleceed blends…

K-Drama Review: Strangers from Hell

Ankita Panda, Kolkata, West Bengal Trigger Warning for elements of gore, indirect cannibalism, and PTSD in the drama. Strangers from Hell also known as Hell is Other People or Others are Hell (타인은 옥이다) starring Im Si-wan, Lee Dong-wook, Lee Jung-eun, and many more prominent actors. Adapted from a webtoon with the same title by…

K-Drama Review: Sweet Home

Aanchal Yadav, New Delhi Sweet Home (스위트홈) originally a South Korean webtoon written by Kim Carnby and illustrated by Hwang Young-chan was recently turned into a Korean drama by Lee Eung-bok, Hong So-ri, and Jang Young-woo. Released on 18 December 2020 on Netflix the drama in total has 10 episodes. The name of the drama,…

Webtoon Review: Weak Hero; Who’s The Strongest Of Them All?

Sameen Murtaza, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh Weak Hero is an action drama webtoon created by Seopass and Razen. It follows Gray Yeon, a frail-looking kid who is anything but weak in reality. A genius and hardworking kid with a dark past, when Gray starts getting picked on by bullies in his class, things start to get…

Korean Short-Animation Screening Festival by Korean Cultural Centre India

Jasmine Khan, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh: Hwang Il-yong, the Director of the Korean Culture Centre, said, “Korean webtoons have recently gained a lot of international attention around the world. In addition to this situation, I believe that it is very important to introduce short animation works to India that are unique in terms of artistry.” In response to this, Korean Culture Centre India, the Press and Culture Department of the Embassy of the Republic of Korea in India, will be conducting an online screening of the Short-Animation Film Festival in cooperation with the Korea Independent Animation Film Association (KIAFA) on their web platform: http://www.kccifilm.in from February 18th 6 PM (IST) onwards till February 25th 6 PM (IST).

Webtoon Review: Cheese in the Trap

Shweta, New Delhi “…But I’m ready to make my decision from now.” – Seol Hong, Cheese in the Trap Cheese in the Trap (치즈인더트랩) is a South Korean webtoon series written and illustrated by Soonkki. The webtoon was first released in Korea in 2010 and ran till 2017, on the internet portal Naver Webtoon. It spanned 15…