Welcome to The Webtoon Room! Join your hosts Will and Kruti as they talk about all things webtoons — reviews and recaps of your favorites, recent reads and recommendations, and much more. So grab a chair, get comfy, and press play. We're glad you're here. New episodes every Tuesday.
Episodes
Mar 16, 2021
Mar 16, 2021
33 min
Welcome back to our latest edition of What We're Reading! This week's episode features an engaging vampire adventure, psychological mysteries, and some fantastic CANVAS reads. No spoilers as always.
Timestamps:
00:44 - Defects
5:55 - Dr. Frost
8:30 - Romance 101
12:18 - Unholy Blood
18:29 - Marry Me!
21:10 - She Sells Sunshine
24:33 - Of Swamp & Sea
26:05 - Humor Me
29:39 - misc webtoons including
- Rise from Ashes - still loving it
- Urban Animal's S3 finale
- Nice to Meet You S1 finale
- The Shallows series finale
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Feb 25, 2021
Feb 25, 2021
58 min
Lots of brooding, bonding, and bantering in these latest episodes of Purple Hyacinth. We get a peek further behind the curtain of our character's pasts, as well as some standout moments between our ships. Join us this week as we talk through all of the happenings in chapters 77-81 of Purple Hyacinth.
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Feb 13, 2021
Feb 13, 2021
12 min
Webtoon adaptations have been a hot topic recently (see our Sweet Home bonus episode), and WEBTOON's announcement of adaptations for Yumi's Cells, Omniscient Reader, The Remarried Empress, Nano List, and Your Letter has only fueled that fire.
This week we go into our take on what these adaptions will look like and what's to come. NO SPOILERS for any of these series.
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Feb 9, 2021
Feb 9, 2021
8 min
Hey all, this week got a little busy for us so we were unable to share a full episode, but we did want to leave you guys with a little something. We hope you enjoy these bonus episodes discussing some of the interesting news that WEBTOON has released in the past few months. Connect with us: Twitter: www.twitter.com/thewebtoonroom IG: www.instagram.com/thewebtoonroom Email: thewebtoonroom@gmail.com
Feb 2, 2021
Feb 2, 2021
41 min
CW: Self-image/confidence, trauma, sexual assault and trauma, narcissistic parents and abuse, grief and loss
This episode may be harder to listen to than others, so take care friends. Today, we're talking about webtoon stories that talk about very real, sensitive topics. These webtoons stories, besides being wonderful reads to escape into, are impactful in the best way — by sharing important life lessons and validating our lived human experiences.
Spoilers for all the following webtoons:
3:15 - Cursed Princess Club
14:16 - Space Boy
21:24 - Gourmet Hound
27:12 - Freaking Romance
30:16 - Lore Olympus
Read Cursed Princess Club: https://www.webtoons.com/en/comedy/cursed-princess-club/list?title_no=1537&page=1
Read Space Boy: https://www.webtoons.com/en/sf/space-boy/list?title_no=400&page=1
Read Gourmet Hound: https://www.webtoons.com/en/drama/gourmet-hound/list?title_no=1245&page=1
Read Freaking Romance: https://www.webtoons.com/en/romance/freaking-romance/list?title_no=1467&page=1
Read Lore Olympus: https://www.webtoons.com/en/romance/lore-olympus/list?title_no=1320&page=1
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Jan 26, 2021
Jan 26, 2021
44 min
What a chilly winter we're in for indeed. In the Bleak Midwinter just wrapped up its season 1 finale, and we're here to discuss all of the juicy happenings in this story of sci-fi androids and fated soulmates. Spoilers ahead.
FINALE talk begins 34:25
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Jan 23, 2021
Jan 23, 2021
9 min
You know we love giving out these little bonuses for you when we can. This week we're discussing adaptations — Sweet Home's Korean drama adaptation. Is it any good? How does it stack up to the webtoon? Do we recommend it? We've got answers for all of these in today's episode. Connect with us: Twitter: www.twitter.com/thewebtoonroom IG: www.instagram.com/thewebtoonroom Email: thewebtoonroom@gmail.com
Jan 19, 2021
Jan 19, 2021
24 min
From a historical comedy and mermaid romance to a laboratory slice of life, we've got quite the eclectic bunch of webtoon reads to welcome you into 2021. NO SPOILERS as always with our What We're Reading episodes, so listen at your pleasure.
Timestamps:
1:07 - Everywhere and Nowhere
4:30 - Siren's Lament
9:17 - Blood Stain
11:41 - The Secrets of Soulford
16:19 - Rise from Ashes
18:50 - The Shallows
20:20 - Coconut Diaries
Special shoutout to In the Bleak Midwinter as well, which just had its season 1 finale!
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Jan 13, 2021
Jan 13, 2021
38 min
Things are getting JUICY folks!! Secrets are revealed and stakes are heightened in these latest episodes of Purple Hyacinth by Sophism and Ephemerys. We've got some answers, but we're left with a LOT more questions. Sit down with us as we analyze and deep dive all the latest happenings. SPOILERS as always.
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Jan 6, 2021
Jan 6, 2021
26 min
We're revisiting an old favorite this week, talking about the recently concluded season 2 of I'm the Grim Reaper by Graveweaver. Spoilers ahead!
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