Since you've been reading webtoons for a long time, I have a question if you have time.
A lot of the most popular webtoons I've read are based on serialized novels (e.g. 귀환자의 마법은 특별해야 합니다) -- I've been wondering if this is an actual link, or just some kind of selection bias. Do you know?
I'm not really sure what the "most popular" webtoons among non-Koreans.
I know some American friends who showed me some that were supposedly popular, but I couldn't recognize.
That's certainly not a trend in mainstream webtoons, which are usually the Naver Webtoons. Nearly all (can't think of any one based on something) of them on that platform are original content. Sometimes they get published as novels. Like Noblesse.
I think the particular one you mentioned is based on a webnovel (similar to webtoons but novels).
I definitely see this trend in Japanese mangas though.
A lot of the most popular webtoons I've read are based on serialized novels (e.g. 귀환자의 마법은 특별해야 합니다) -- I've been wondering if this is an actual link, or just some kind of selection bias. Do you know?