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I've been reading a lot of webtoons for the past months, and it was only recently that I bothered to read the credits section.

Many of those I've read and been reading so far were an adaptation of novels.

Since I'm reading from #Naver Webtoon, most came from Naver's #Yonder and #Wattpad platforms. A rare few from #Amazon.

It's actually cool. I mean, if your novel serial fiction is adapted into a webtoon, you get additional exposure and fans. I don't know the conversion rate, but I've seen comments where a webtoon fan started to read the novel because they can't wait for new #webtoon episodes/releases.

Another cool thing, I noticed the difference between a webtoon and a novel (or webtoon and serial fiction), webtoon writers understand well what works for the webtoon format, and know which part to change, to exclude, and to include as-is. The best thing, I haven't seen a webtoon reader complain about it. As compared to adaptations into a live-action show, there are always complaints how it's 'not true to original'.

I guess satisfaction with the adaptation? Honestly, there are cases where I like the webtoon adaptation more than the novel (even though I like to read novels).

Webtoons have a different feel, I guess?

If only the webtoon categories expands beyond the genres: romance, dungeons, towers, isekai, gaming, portals, regression, rebirth, and combinations of those. ^_^;;

It would be cool to see StarGate or StarTrek in webtoon format. Or, a side-story set in Lord of the Rings told in webtoon format. Or, some zombie and crime.

Anyway. Just a random thought, appreciation, and wishful thinking.