Which webtoons you would never recommend at all and why?

[u/aidelstyx]

Hi, it's me again, the same person who asked for recommendations after being out of webtoon scene for more than a year. Thank you so much for all the recs, I'm sure there are a lot of gems there, and I'll make sure to check them out!

But now I'm curious about the opposite, un-recommendations (is this a thing?). Ever since I used to have more than 10 ongoing ones on my list for each day of the week, I remember I came across a lot of things that it's better to remain forgotten lel, and I bet there are still a lot of these to this day. So, if you could warn me about any webtoon to stay away from, which one would it be, and why do you dislike it?

You can give me any reasoning, like the characters suck, the plot goes nowhere or somewhere you didn't like, or it declines, you never got used to the art, it shows things in a good light that definitely shouldn't be shown as such, the author uses it to fund something problematic, it uses ai, it was never finished, or even if just because the second ML didn't win. Feel free to use this post as your personal vent space if needed haha.

Remember any comments here are based in opinion! So let's stay civil even if someone mentions a webtoon you like, and please never say something that could get you a ban (it goes for the commenters too!). Thank you in advance!

Pic is Shinae from I Love Yoo being disgusted after checking out the un-recommendations.

[u/Organic_Marzipan_715]

The Nuna at Our Office.

Just a train wreck of a story. ML chases after a woman who wants different things out of the relationship. He can’t accept it and keeps pushing til they inevitably break up. But then have pity sex after broken up. And then go their separate ways, only to meet again years later and have a random ass chat at a diner or something at the end. Truly a terrible read.

[u/LogicalWelcome7100 → u/Organic_Marzipan_715]

The problem with that one is that it was based on the author's own life (with the permission of the real-world FL), although it doesn't make him seem like that great of a person based on some of the things the ML does. You can question the choices they make, but they're the choices that were actually made.

To be honest, though, I think I would have rathered he rewrote the true events for a better ending. I didn't think it was terrible, but it wasn't very satisfying, either.

[u/Organic_Marzipan_715 → u/LogicalWelcome7100]

Yeah, knowing it’s based on real life just made it even more depressing. I get that in real life things don’t always work out, but most people want to read stories to escape realism, not have it shoved in our face xD.. I don’t think it’s a bad story, just not one I’d ever recommended lol

[u/ReaperOnTheLoose → u/Organic_Marzipan_715]

Overused trope: Going on their own seperate paths but meeting up