Lookism

Description

Read the original webcomic behind Netflix's new animated series! Daniel is an unattractive loner who wakes up in a different body. Now tall, handsome, and cooler than ever in his new form, Daniel aims to achieve everything he couldn't before. How far will he go to keep his body... and his secrets?

Original Webtoon: Naver Webtoon, Naver Series

Official Translations: English, T.Chinese, German, Thai, Indonesian, Japanese, French, Spanish

Takes place in the same universe as:
•Bongyeok Geumyeon Gwonjang Manhwa
•QUESTISM
•Viral Hit (How to Fight)
•My Life as a Loser!
•Manager Kim
•Juvenile Offender
•Laws of the Good Child

Type

Manhwa

QUESTISM (Spin-Off)

Manager Kim (Spin-Off)

Viral Hit (Spin-Off)

My Life as a Loser (Alternate Version)

My Life as a Loser 2 (Alternate Version)

Juvenile Offender (Alternate Version)

Dead Mansion (Spin-Off)

Associated Names

Apari3ncias

Gaiken Shijou Shugi

Görünüşçülük

Oemo Jisang Juui

Oemojisangjuui

Дискриминация по внешности

Лукизм

外見至上主義

外貌至上主義

看脸时代

看臉時代

외모지상주의

Groups Scanlating

Latest Release(s)

c.542 by LINE Webtoon 3 days ago

c.423 by Someonelikejichangkwak 4 days ago

c.553 by Someonelikejichangkwak 5 days ago

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Status in Country of Origin

545 Chapters (Ongoing)

19 Volumes (Ongoing)

Completely Scanlated?

Anime Start/End Chapter

Starts at Chap 1

Ends at Chap 27

User Reviews

N/A

Forum

1 topics, 3 posts

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User Rating

Average: 8.3 / 10.0 (419 votes)

Bayesian Average: 8.17 / 10.0

32%

20%

22%

12%

Last Updated

May 3rd, 2025 10:32am PDT - 3 days ago

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Genre

Action Comedy Drama School Life Shounen Supernatural
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Author(s)

Park Tae Jun

Artist(s)

PARK Tae Jun

Year

2014

Original Publisher

Naver

PTJ COMICS

Serialized In (magazine)

Naver Webtoon (Naver)

Naver Series (Naver)

Licensed (in English)

Yes

English Publisher

LINE Webtoon

Activity Stats (vs. other series)

Weekly Pos #152

(-11)

Monthly Pos #166

(+19)

3 Month Pos #121

(-26)

6 Month Pos #132

(-7)

Year Pos #115

(-55)

List Stats

On 1875 reading lists

On 550 wish lists

On 48 completed lists

On 131 unfinished lists

On 365 custom lists

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Look at the author... Holy crap!

9 years ago

User Comments [ Order by time added ]

I'm 430+ chps in & yeaaaah...

by TiredandDeadInside
2 years ago

Rating: N/A

Other reviewers are correct. Lookism doesn't know what it's trying to say/tell, who it's about or why it's continuing, or even where it's going anymore.

They're finally getting around to the strange mystery of the body switching...I think. I hope.

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It's good, but the author likes to take his time

by MLGSwag
3 years ago

Rating: 8.0 / 10.0

I noticed a trend with mawha authors, if you have a successful manwha, you would either have two routes, first being let it end in the first 100 chapters or so. Or let it continue till the end of time. This manwha chose the latter option.

The beginning was great imo. Uowever as the story continues, it feels like the drama becomes more artificial. It is clear the author is seemingly running out of steam as the chapters go on, some chapters are absolute bangers and some aren't. Unlike the first 100 or so chapters which were consistent in the bangers.
The plot is present, but not the main focus, the main focus is mainly the character and his interactions wi5h the side characters. The plot on why he has this ability is put on the back burner (as far as I can remember)

Overall would I recommend this manwha
, yes, but not now.
This manwha is interesting and you should give it a read, there are clichés, but that's with any sort of medium.
I say not now because I do not know when the manwha will finish, the manwha chapters love putting people on cliffhangers which I personally hate. So I suggest that if you hate cliff hangers and waiting for the next chapter, wait till this manwha is done

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Worth the Read

by Lost Spirit
7 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

Lookism is an impactful webtoon well worth the read due to the many lessons that it teaches.

Although it starts off on the rough side, each arc of the story provides insightful social commentary on the issues that plague a society, such as bullying and discrimination towards "ugly" people (i.e. Lookism). It does well to build off of previous arcs, without losing sight of the main story.

The characters are quirky and memorable, even if those qualities aren't necessarily good. The character development among the main group really begins to show farther into the chapters, making it much easier to have them grow on you. The main character in particular has shown the most growth in developing a sense of responsibility for his actions. I love the kindness that he builds within him for his mother, friends, and most importantly himself.

It is obvious that the author clearly took his time to make meaningful choices to portray how the qualities we hold within far outweigh the shallowness of looks. I hope that the story continues in its current direction as I believe it can have a profound impact on how audiences will begin to view their own biases on "unattractive" individuals.

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Fun, but super long..

by ohgu59
4 years ago

Rating: 8.0 / 10.0

It's pretty entertaining at first, but I did get a little bored with the story at some point. The characters lack complexity. The art is, in my personal opinion, not pleasing to look at... Really sloppy line art/coloring. I also agree with the reviewer who talked about the female characters in this webtoon. It's not a problem to include characters with horrible personalities since thats the reality of life, but the lack of variety amongst all female characters was disappointing. I don't regret reading it though since it was fun to see the main character's development. I've just had enough of it I guess.

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Chap 482 is handsome af, 489 to 491 are really good, c529 is trash:shitty deaths again and again

by Akira Ryuji
1 year ago

Rating: 4.0 / 10.0

8.6 for now, if later chapters are still shit: go back to 7/10

... Last updated 5 months ago

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my first time reading manhwa and its so good

by biebsxr
3 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

this manhwa is the one who hook me to webtoon and i reallly really love this manhwa. the action, the plot, the story, the drawing/animation got better too. i'm in love with manhwa bc of lookism i feel like there is no other manhwa like this anymore !!

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i love the male characters but the female ugh

by hachi88
7 years ago

Rating: N/A

I love the art, the premise, how the male characters are protayed and some of them grow BUT the female characters are undeveloped, annoying and/ or stupid and their proportions are unbeleivable. To me it feels like the series hates women.
But this doesn´t mean one should stop reading the series, it does have some nice critiques about society and how we treat people specially ugly ones.

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Lazy art

by RilleL
2 years ago

Rating: 5.0 / 10.0

One negative trend I've noticed from korean manwha is the lazy reusing and copy-pasting of drawings. This can range from reusing earlier panels/characters to just zooming in on different parts of an image.

Lookism, unfortunately, has to be the most blatant example of this. The amount of copy-pasting here is astonishing; entire chapters would be significantly comprised of just reused art. I read 80 chapters before I couldn't take it anymore. I didn't sign up for an art experiment in how to make a comic with as little drawing as possible.

As for the story, it focuses on south korea's capitalistic and shallow society where looks and appearances are everything. However, it's unclear what the author intends, as the comic is seemingly both critiquing or glorifying it.

... Last updated 2 years ago

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