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Kat October 11, 2026 6:39 pm

One question. I could use Google but it's more fun that way. What's the difference between Mangas, Manhwas and Manhuas? It's the country/region or do we have differences in writing style and art as well?

    MidnightReader October 11, 2026 6:44 pm

    It's Japanese, Korean and Chinese respectively. The writing and art style are different so one can easily tell which is which ngl

    MidnightSkatingwithSunaRintaro October 11, 2026 6:45 pm

    Manga - japanese (you read right to left)
    Manhwa-korean (left to right)
    Manhua - chinese

    MidnightSkatingwithSunaRintaro October 11, 2026 6:46 pm

    Mangas are black and white mostly

    Kat October 11, 2026 6:47 pm
    Manga - japanese (you read right to left)Manhwa-korean (left to right)Manhua - chinese MidnightSkatingwithSunaRintaro

    Thank you very much.

    not hearing anyone out btw October 11, 2026 6:48 pm

    im pretty sure it’s about the country, like manga = , manhwa = and manhua = . Also manga tends to have fewer chapters i guess? while manhwa and manhua tends to be more longer. Just my opinion tho and as for the art style im sure it depend more towards the author themselves

    Kat October 11, 2026 6:50 pm
    Mangas are black and white mostly MidnightSkatingwithSunaRintaro

    Good point- another question... Colorized Mangas/ Manhwas/ Manhuas are categorized as webtoon in general or is there a twist like- mangas aren't called webtoon at all?

    MidnightSkatingwithSunaRintaro October 11, 2026 6:52 pm
    Good point- another question... Colorized Mangas/ Manhwas/ Manhuas are categorized as webtoon in general or is there a twist like- mangas aren't called webtoon at all? Kat

    Webtoon is the digital version for scrolling ,while manga is the book yk , hardware flipping through pages

    Kat October 11, 2026 6:53 pm
    im pretty sure it’s about the country, like manga = , manhwa = and manhua = . Also manga tends to have fewer chapters i guess? while manhwa and manhua tends to be more longer. Just my opinion tho and as for... not hearing anyone out btw

    Now that you mentioned it, I really got the feeling that mangas are shorter..

    Kat October 11, 2026 6:55 pm
    Webtoon is the digital version for scrolling ,while manga is the book yk , hardware flipping through pages MidnightSkatingwithSunaRintaro

    So I can call everything webtoon as long it's digital... Understood. Thanks.

    Kat October 11, 2026 6:59 pm
    It's Japanese, Korean and Chinese respectively. The writing and art style are different so one can easily tell which is which ngl MidnightReader

    Help me a little please.. I only can tell if the art suits my taste or not. I surely can tell if I see a manga but what's the difference in art?

    MidnightSkatingwithSunaRintaro October 11, 2026 7:03 pm
    Help me a little please.. I only can tell if the art suits my taste or not. I surely can tell if I see a manga but what's the difference in art? Kat

    You'll be able to differentiate after reading a few manhwas and manhuas

    Kat October 11, 2026 7:17 pm

    I think, I read already a lot but can't hold them apart by the art ╮( ̄▽ ̄)╭

    Techno-chan October 11, 2026 8:14 pm
    Help me a little please.. I only can tell if the art suits my taste or not. I surely can tell if I see a manga but what's the difference in art? Kat

    I'm gonna get hate for saying this but manhua generally tend to have a bit more bland/flat-er art now I'm not talking about top manhuas but like in average manhwas tend to have better art.
    Also translation in manhaus generally seem to be a bit harder to understand since translating Chinese to English is a bit hard where else manhwas tend to have better translation.
    Look at the "featured manga" section at the top, most of them have only manhwas then mangas and rarely any manhuas.
    Manhwas dominate manhuas by a large margin in terms to numbers.
    But I think Chinese part has more novels idk since I don't read it but yea.

    yomiiii October 11, 2026 8:45 pm
    So I can call everything webtoon as long it's digital... Understood. Thanks. Kat

    not necesarily, webtoon is a site that hosts manhwas but not all manhwas are webtoons. when manhwas were initially getting popular globally webtoon was the main official english distributor for a few but since thats not rlly the case anymore (lezhin and tapas exist) idt its proper to call all manhwas (and esp manhuas since webtoon never hosted any chinese webcomics) webtoon. just refer to them as manhwa/manhua or webcomic/novel

    Kat October 12, 2026 4:27 am

    Thank y'all very much for the explanation. Interesting things I learned about the art/literature genre. I hope my brain will keep it.

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