whats the general difference between korean manhwa and japanese manga?

please be as stereotypical as you can

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the art is different I think that japanese manga has a more varity in art(obviously)
the format...

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one is made in japan, and the other is from korea
the original raw's languages tend to be different as well.

Mostly just the format (left to right or right to left) and the language itself. There also usually a artistic style difference, but that is probably just the different artists not countries. I will say on a personal observation, Korean manhwa tends to be more violent in their love stories, or that could only be the few I have read. I have no idea if its the case with the majority or not.

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one is made in japan, and the other is from korea

Mmmhmmm.

(and I personally hate the "shoujo" manhwa... they're just too weird)

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You are like the dense main character in a shoujo manga.

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And you will murder someone one day, pika. If you're my daughter.

From a reader's perspective...
Korean manhwa goes in english reading order.
Japanese manga goes in top down, then right to left.
So, if there's 4 squares it's
12
23
in manhwa.
31
42
in manga.
They have different cultural reference, if referenced. Ie, you won't see kimonos in Korean manhwa (as often). You don't see kimchee in manga (as often). etc.

Everything else, is I believe author's tastes and each producing company's orders - which again shouldn't be a country wide stereotype.

From business perspective
Um.. this part actually gets very very long. But I'll just say a few pts.

• Majority of the manga sales in Japan are by readers buying the books.
• Majority of the manhwa sales in Korea are by book rental shops. That's where they have about 80% of their book sales. So their business models highly differ.
• Tankobon sales in Korea is considered to be a small additive to profit whereas in Japan, it's where the goodies are. Same goes for merchandising. Korea just has fewer otakus.
• Making of animation from the comic has a WAY WAY higher chance in Japan. So, Japanese mangas have 3x opportunity to sell whereas manhwas only have a single chance. Thus, it puts manhwagas in a situation where they make less money per manhwa 😢 .
• Number of manhwa produced is far greater per customer than number of manga (reason, above, to make more money, they just gotta keep making more manhwa as re-selling the same manhwa doesn't work).
  I think I got the big points...

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i think japanese manga are kinna crazy and take things to the extreme in a not so innocent way

and i think korean manhwa are a little more conservative and easy going.

korean manhwa hair is drawn stroke by stroke, in most japanese manga hair is drawn very vague

i think korean manhwa tend to be a little more realisticly thought out and japanese manga are a little more the opposite.

i think korean action manhwa remind me of actual films, on the other hand japanese action manga remind me of japanese cliche of action -_-

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When it comes to shoujo, heroines in manga are generally more likeable in my opinion. With manhwa, most heroines I find to be the same: loud, big-eater, stupid (in a goofy way) and crushing on a guy mostly for his good looks (but then again, I've been reading too much Hwang Mi Ri). Not that I dislike manhwa, but whenever I'm reading it, I find myself reading the same thing over and over at times. The same applies with manga too, but they always turn it up a notch and stories tend to be more original while balancing out the cliches.

One example of an original storyline for a manhwa would be Flowers of Evil, which I absolutely LOVED by the way. There were several cliches that I could easily list, but despite all of them, I enjoyed the flow, characters, and psycological themes the author presented. Not to mention the lovliness of her art. 😀

In manga/manhwa, common plot twists I've seen several times would be: someone hates their own parents, someone becomes sick and is about to die, someone actually dies, and then there's the usual male love interest who hates himself and wonders what anyone could possilby love about him. Cue female protagonist declaring that she loves him for who he is, despite all of his so-called 'flaws.'

And on another note, with manhwa, there's always the typical gangs or strongest fighter within the district. Not to mention the fact that the violence is almost/always presented in a rather realistic way. In manga, violence tends to be more for action and comedy.

Stereotypical enough? 😛

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i think japanese manga are kinna crazy and take things to the extreme in a not so innocent way

and i think korean manhwa are a little more conservative and easy going.

korean manhwa hair is drawn stroke by stroke, in most japanese manga hair is drawn very vague

i think korean manhwa tend to be a little more realisticly thought out and japanese manga are a little more the opposite.

i think korean action manhwa remind me of actual films, on the other hand japanese action manga remind me of japanese cliche of action -_-

Switch all your "korean" with "japanese" and that's what I feel about the two.

Other than the style, it's really the same thing...though even Japan is more "conservative" in certain ways but korean manwha certainly isn't any more bold...and often even more conservative than manga... 🤨

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Stereotypical enough? 😛

lol mmhmm! 🙂

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i think japanese manga are kinna crazy and take things to the extreme in a not so innocent way

and i think korean manhwa are a little more conservative and easy going.

korean manhwa hair is drawn stroke by stroke, in most japanese manga hair is drawn very vague

i think korean manhwa tend to be a little more realisticly thought out and japanese manga are a little more the opposite.

i think korean action manhwa remind me of actual films, on the other hand japanese action manga remind me of japanese cliche of action -_- Switch all your "korean" with "japanese" and that's what I feel about the two.

Yup. Totally opposite for me too. From what I've read, manhwa is crazier. The protagonists of the manhwa for girl audiences are really annoying. Savage Garden is the only exception for me and the only manhwa that I'll read.

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You are like the dense main character in a shoujo manga.

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And you will murder someone one day, pika. If you're my daughter.

In manhwa women actually have normal breast sizes

in manga every single woman has a biggggggg asss and big tittttssss

i think this is a good example of how realistic korea is being... 😃

....everyone knows its true, thats why no ones responding...

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In manhwa women actually have normal breast sizes

in manga every single woman has a biggggggg asss and big tittttssss

i think this is a good example of how realistic korea is being... 😃

Okay. You are probably reading too much of certain shounen. But that's beside the point. You can't make that generalization. There's SO much manga where the proportions are NORMAL. BOTH manhwa and manga have realistic and non-realistic concepts/plots/characters.
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Gahh. I'm staying away from this topic. I'm eventually gonna release a lot of hatred if stuff like this keeps up.

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You are like the dense main character in a shoujo manga.

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And you will murder someone one day, pika. If you're my daughter.

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BOTH manhwa and manga have realistic and non-realistic concepts/plots/characters.

of course, thats why we are targeting the majority of each = stereotype

why because i am the president of the student council of course

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Quote from tokyo_homi

In manhwa women actually have normal breast sizes

in manga every single woman has a biggggggg asss and big tittttssss

i think this is a good example of how realistic korea is being... 😃

Okay. You are probably reading too much of certain shounen. But that's beside the point. You can't make that generalization. There's SO much manga where the proportions are NORMAL. BOTH manhwa and manga have realistic and non-realistic concepts/plots/characters.
🤨 🙄

Gahh. I'm staying away from this topic. I'm eventually gonna release a lot of hatred if stuff like this keeps up.

Have to agree. I mean just look at UnbalanceX2. It's a manhwa and it still got the usual fanservice.

Both are the same, manga or manhwa both have different proportion. It all just depends on the author.