One of the lesser acknowledged blessings in this world is Webtoons. Minimal ads, reliable weekly updates, and great quality stories. If y'all aren't already on Webtoons I'd recommend checking out.
Lowkey when I write these reviews I get super paranoid that these people will read my review and come murder me in my sleep for not taking the time to fall in love with their work. But then I remind myself that honestly my opinion doesn't really matter and then I just go on with my life.
{Spoilers, except I don't remember everything that happened so...}
Recently, Oh! Holy ended. I remember at the beginning I thought it was just going to be a sort of slap-stick rom-com situation, but it turned into something that was much more supernatural and borderline creepy at some points. I thought it was just going to be the development of romance between Holy and Jamie, but it got really complex with the addition of Jamie's family drama and TR (Toiler Reaper). Honestly speaking, I almost unsubscribed from the Webtoon because the pacing wasn't really doing it for me. It didn't seem like much was going on. But, because I'm such a completionist, I really try not to unsubscribe from things unless they're unbearably cringe.
Would I recommend this Webtoon? I think the art is pretty good, the characters are pretty charming at certain points, and the story is compelling at certain points if you can get over some of the reoccurring gag jokes like Holy being super strong and fawning over Jamie. For me it wasn't a super satisfying ending and I never got too invested in it so I'd say it's alright if you're looking for a bit of a unique storyline and want to get into the supernatural genre, but aren't yet sure if you can handle spoopy situations.
I would've done a separate review for Moon Yoo, but I just feel like I don't have a lot to say about both of them. So, I decided to combine them.
I think Moon Yoo was definitely a wild card. The deadpan humor, the egotistical and dark protagonist, the unconventional art. All of it was a bit outside the box and definitely not what I was expecting. And I wasn't expecting to like it so much. It was full of all of these quirky stories that followed Moon Yoo, the last man on the moon. The premise of the story was that Earth built a station on the Moon to destroy an asteroid that was headed to destroy Earth. And then I forgot what happened, but there was somehow a miscount of seats because of super spy stuff or something and Moon Yoo was left as the last man on the moon. He was almost entirely alone except for this super buff kangaroo. And it turns out their plan to destroy the asteroid only partially worked because the world still was reverted to sometime in the past and had to start rebuilding. So their only source of entertainment on Earth was to look at Moon Yoo through CCTV that were still rolling on the moon base. This in itself was pretty funny since Moon Yoo was doing various unsavory things, but because of the way the video got to Earth, everyone misunderstood him as this noble and admirable guy. They even got a guy on Earth to dub over this stuff, but he ended up dubbing over the kangaroo instead of Moon Yoo. It was just random things like this that really made the Webtoon as a whole really stand out. It was a lot of stupid humor.
But surprisingly, it had a really good plot if you continued following along with it. I'm kind of sad that it didn't get more views because it was such a unique concept with a very prideful protagonist that eventually sacrificed his chance to go back to Earth in order to save all of humanity. It was a pretty touching sequence of character development, especially when you think back to how much he's grown throughout this whole experience.
I'd definitely recommend you read this. I think it deserves a lot more acknowledgement and attention because of how unique the story is. But you'll have to acclimate yourself to the art style which is where I think he lost people. It was quirky, engaging, and unlike a lot of the other Webtoons on the platform.
As you can see, I've been doing a whole lot of reading rather than watching these days. I'm currently subscribed to over 50 manga and...I don't even know how many Webtoons. It's kind of crazy, but a really nice hobby to have I think.
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