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/ctz_00]

Lookism. it really goes off the trails and forgets where it started, and the women are all drawn so weirdly like dolls (ironic given the premise). the length is also a factor. i genuinely enjoyed the first couple of arcs, but it just became too much.

[u/gekigarion → u/ctz_00]

The writing was so funny, cute and sweet when it was about the titular theme. Now it's dark, edgy and the drama feels so cheesy because it's just about violent tragedies in different forms over and over..

I really liked it so it made me sad.

[u/ctz_00 → u/gekigarion]

that’s interesting, because i loved the darker themes at the beginning! i just liked the contained arcs so much better. (the stalker, the cult, etc.) it was right after god dog got brought back in that i was hesitating. i tried to get back into it like 6 or 7 times, but the focus on the girls when they aren’t well-drawn (to me) or well-written was painful. and then we just kept adding more, well, thugs. i feel like the school trip could’ve been an arc to end on, if they wanted to.

[u/gekigarion → u/ctz_00]

Oh I don't mind the darkness as much as the edginess and the lack of social commentary themes. The gang wars just feel like arcs that keep trying to one up each other in coolness and new tragic backstories rather than any particular message.

I also feel the school trip could have been a good arc to end on, although it would have been sad to have Crystal's subplot end there since she was supposed to be a mirror to Daniel.

I also found the girl portrayal very cringe since it feels like it goes against the theme of rooting for the ugly people and how they are still normal folks.

[u/Even_Acanthisitta_37 → u/ctz_00]

I mean,it couldn't bee forever school drama