The Worst Webtoon You (might've) Heard Of

[@Chalupa_bruh]

Oh my goodness the video rendered so bad 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 I need a computer

[@Thanadeez]

chalupa doesn't have a pc?

[@Chalupa_bruh]

@@Thanadeez no unfortunately 😿😿😿😿😿

[@Thanadeez]

@@Chalupa_bruh damn

[@gebbygebbers]

I give you my utmost respect, sir 😭😭😭

[@Pika-Chu64]

@@Chalupa_bruh go to your local library

[@mimmitty]

The weirdest thing about Lets Play was how it is clear that Sam was meant to end up with Marshall but then they introduced his girlfriend and everyone ended up liking her so the author kept their relationship, and now Sam is getting it on with her boss whilst Marshall does his own thing. Like what? At this point the male lead has become a side character

[@FrenkTheJoy]

It's seriously like she was writing one story and literally lost the script for it so just made two entirely unrelated stories instead. Like why tf is Marshall even in the story if it's just going to be about Sam lusting after Charles?

[@luvvcyber]

Yes!! Like the whole relationship was about Sam and Marashall but the creator introduced his girlfriend (which he later dumped)

[@g14nn4lol]

EXACTLYYYY

[@maplemothgirl]

Who is she with now

[@menameMid]

excuse me what did the author really do this 😭😭

[@epiphany8429]

Was cool at first and then it became this NSFW-filled, toxic romance focused, horny collection of self-important writing. I quit a long time ago, but I remember it well.

[@Milkythefawn]

Might read it now

[@Milkythefawn]

Toxic romance is something I avoid, but obnoxious self insert is totally up my alley

[@Milkythefawn]

It’s basically the girl equivalent of those trashy harem anime

[@kyrohowe3156]

@@Milkythefawn Harem anime is already bad enough, but toxic romance is too much for me

[@yambuh3247]

just as i thought, when the review starts i thought the art style looks like it could be a nsfw comic

[@shlawgb0b]

i used to absolutely love let's play but it has become a story only about her love life. she can be incredibly cringey and often plays an innocent uwu type character 😟

[@Chalupa_bruh]

Honestly, this is what I hear about a lot of popular webtoons. They start off good and at some point they just downward spiral so terribly 🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶

[@unlikeli]

“what happened to the original plot of the movie” 😭

[@Sinc3r3ly]

It was always supposed to be a romance comic though, Sam is the developer of a game yes but the comic was never intended to be solely about gaming

[@nomatteridc]

What happened while i stopped reading

[@sethsbigtits2008]

@S!nc3r3lv While that's true, that doesn't mean that characters should only be having development WITHIN the romance and not outside of the romance. Romance is the genre, yes, but that shouldn't be the HUGEST focus.

[@newaccount6414]

I remember this webtoon, it was decent at first, had some character building but then it went to sht and convoluted real fast, also became nsfw, and characters got sexualized real quick after we just got some background of them and their traumas, like... What.

[@kyrohowe3156]

That is why I would've been better if it were just fanfic other than an original story. It's clear that the creator lose the touch to make a coherent story

[@lemonadehyena]

i agree omg, the story really wore itself out and there was really no substance anymore i felt

[@themathgirl1331]

I stopped reading it after Charles and that nerdy girl got together for the first time

[@viepng]

There still a lot of background and trauma?

[@FairyKit]

Oh goodness…i read it at the beginning and liked it at first, but then when blondie boy and the female lead started to flirt idk i remember she got the job at a company he worked at and i just stopped there. I didn’t know how it turned out but i remember losing interest in it. Kind of like I Love Yu.. i ended up losing interest because it was too long.

[@Clevoliver]

The fact that marshall is based off markiplier and the character is also openly sexualized-

[@Milkythefawn]

It’s creepy, but the same thing happens to literally hundreds of streamers that are women Edit: not to mention the whole list of CHILDREN the internet has sexualized

[@kyrohowe3156]

@@Milkythefawn God, don't remind me

[@1forgor]

💀

[@kiara23422]

@@Milkythefawn ah yes because only women are sexualised...

[@angelmilly2378]

omg i always thought he reminded me of him but i wasn’t sure, it’s weird 😭

[@a-to-the-g-to-the-u-to-the-std]

Let's Play has a very normal trope of nerd girl meets hot gamer guy, boy next door. It's nice at first but it gets tiring at some point. I suggests Everything is Fine or Dr. Frost for a good review (maybe...).

[@Chalupa_bruh]

Is there any webtoon on par with Breaking Bad or Better Call Saul?? 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩

[@Nick-wi3kd]

@@Chalupa_bruh damn thats really hard. I know you've probably heard it 1000 times but Bastard is pretty good. Something like better call saul though. . . ok I just remembered something kinda good. You might not like it, but Viral Hit is pretty good.

[@i.s.9451]

Dr. Frost 👏 And Greatest Estate Developer

[@usrnewxnew5227]

Yo everything is fine is fire

[@a-to-the-g-to-the-u-to-the-std]

@@usrnewxnew5227 quite literally lol

[@SailorSetsuna7]

Honestly, I don't know how much of a plot was changed due to Webtoon's interference, but even now that they and Mongie parted ways and she'll attempt to publish Let's Play somewhere else, I don't think it's possible to enjoy this webtoon anymore without a major rewrite. Like, I LOVED Let's Play back in the beginning. I liked that it wasn't just a simple love story, that characters actually had other relationships and that their traumas were explored. But something went downhill when the whole plot stopped mentioning gaming stuff pretty much entirely in favor of NSFW tease. Also the characters I loved the most, a.k.a. Sam's dad and Charles, ended up becoming more and more disturbing (like, yeah, sensitive father joke was funny at first, but making him evolve into a role of someone who's ready to rip a guy's head because he merely BREATHED in his daughter's direction...).

[@lenehammero7274]

is that y it stopped uploading? i had no idea

[@BlueBlazeKing]

True especially with the revelation of the last chapter which is just, wow

[@whatteamwildcats4033]

Ngl tho I've kind of been enjoying the escalation for the lore of it. Man's has an entire network for the peachy pumpkin poo protection program, litteral secret agents who's entire job is to monitor Sam, THE FUCKING DOG IS IN ON IT. Although I did drop it because a side characters antics really shouldn't be the only thing that sells me on a story

[@Natasha_B]

The creator is upset that she got age gated despite later chapters absolutely warranting an age gate???? Like theres a whole arc about orgasms like cmonnnn

[@quicksilverchaos4122]

@@Natasha_B she's mad because apparently other webtoons do more without getting an age gate but I personally haven't seen ANY that did more than Let's Play

[@KyleBro-flovski]

This is really out of topic but for me, as a Spanish speaker, the "no one would name themselves Dallas" joke is so incredibly funny because the most hated Spanish youtuber is literally named like that lmfao

[@kittypeanut4102]

¿Coincidencia? No lo creo

[@reptiliannoizezz.413]

Well, with only one L but yeah

[@shitsaac]

JAJSJAJS parece hecho a propósito

[@KyleBro-flovski]

@@shitsaac yo genuinamente pensé que le estaban tirando beef antes de recordar que es otro idioma xd

[@okami5393]

@@KyleBro-flovski bueno, no sorprenderia ya que es tan problematico y se ha metido con gente que habla ingles que ya he visto gringos cancelandolo

[@vanityyyyy]

My issue with webtoons is that they don't seem to end?? I've been working on writing one and I just couldn't imagine it not having an ending after 2-3 seasons. I always start of loving a certain webtoon (True Beauty, Let's Play, Lore Olympus, I Love Yoo, etc) and then forget about them because they become so boring and dragged out. Like, I just want a proper ending and not some slice of life comic when I never signed up for that in the first place 😭 Some of my favorite webtoons are the ones that didn't drag out and had a decent ending with a consistent plot. *I know I kinda dissed I Love Yoo but I definitely respect the writing in terms of it being more realistic & not too lewd.

[@UwU-lm9or]

dude i feel you man especially with i love yoo i remember reading it in the early days as well but i think like after a while it def DOES feel like it got dragged out for sure :") BUT I FEEL THIS 😭cause i too just want them to end properly

[@vanityyyyy]

@@UwU-lm9or it was one of the og web toons I got into so I am bummed that I lost interest. I know the creator isn't well & deserves rest though, so I hope that one day I can return to it happily.

[@sclarinet9088]

It's the fact that I read a good portion of these in 2016. It's 2023 and they're still going on with barely anything changing in the plot.

[@vgc_ivan8391]

I love Yoo should've ended a long ago now i just don't read the latest chapters because i was burn out

[@NoName-dx1no]

Yeah and I thought Chinese romance manhuas were bad at like not knowing when to stop but a lot of webtoon are heading in the same direction, like it could be that creators don’t have any other ideas other than the one they are doing or fear that future stories would not be as popular but like come on now it’s better to have a short story with lots of quality out into it than a story that will drag the plot out to the point a reader gets tired of it. And readers still follow a creator’s future works too like snailords and instantmiso

[@yuri-sama.questionmark]

I remember reading this webtoon back in the day. This started pretty well but like until the scene where Link rejected Sam because all that build up only just to assassinate Link's character like that. And after that it's kinda boring office romance that is probably imagined by someone who hasn't left their parent's basement.

[@noirella9349]

Don't say that, try making ur own story. 😗 If u don't like the webtoon then on. But don't diss the creator

[@Vesperad0]

@@noirella9349 i don't think people need to make their own stuff in order to criticize something. If you love it, that's fine, but if others don't that's fine as well. And yea some people complicate things by complaining rather than finding something new/moving on, but clearly that's not the case here. Key words: "I remember". I think it's safe to say they don't read it anymore _because_ of their criticisms/dislikes

[@penelles8400]

NAH bro the way Link had been crushing over Sam for so damn long to then reject her 💀. Link got me so upset, like if that happened to me I’d literally doubt myself so much in the dating world or any relationship.

[@jennatale]

@@noirella9349 bffr rn, the webtoon is a horrible and brain dead comic. No one needs to be a comic creator to say facts ab this garbage fire.

[@bluebay1031]

That’s actually one of the few good parts about it. It wasn’t character assassination, it was realistic. Mistaken romantic interest born from trauma bonding is a well-known facet of affection in the real world, and while I was incredibly hurt for Sam, it was a good moment for both of their characters.

[@karymmeramos]

Liked the review although you should really read more of it. I really enjoyed Let's Play at first but it has severely declined more and more lately. There's this weird relationship between Sam and her boss, Sam's dad is creepy/stalkerish towards his daughter, and there are several side plots that the author makes and forgets about. This webtoon is just all over the place really.

[@swordmeisterguy6752]

I believe this webtoon initially got popular due to the author/artist's connection to Markiplier in the past. She was the one who drew one of Mark's profile pictures over a decade ago.

[@Ahiruuriha]

the beginning was alright story wise art wise and then, the later episodes it's one thing that the story just fell down a dark icky hole but the art lord the art took such a b a d turn

[@xivering]

What happened to the art Edit: ok I checked it out and I see what everyone means

[@Ahiruuriha]

@@xivering it got worse

[@Ahiruuriha]

@@xivering like that was my biggest pet peeve even before the story got worse😭😭 if you compare the art style from the beginning to now--- While styles do change, it's usually for the better and not for the worse. While I don't expect the same level of detail as the beginning, but...idk you just have to look for yourself. One thing I do dislike a lot tho is the sudden over exaggeration of all the girl characters body parts. cough sam cough chest. like she went from maybe c-d cup to...now, which has just been to sexualize her for her and charles relationship it seems to me at least idk i just really hate it now unfortunately

[@elvingearmasterirma7241]

@@Ahiruuriha The art didnt get worse It took a NOSE DIVE and then exploded L o r d I hope that never happens to my art

[@catcactus1234]

@@xiveringIn the latest episodes, there’s literally stock photos for the background and completely out of place 3D models for the background characters. The character art doesn’t even match the background at all anymore. It looks pretty bad, and it’s noticeable in almost every panel.

[@FrenkTheJoy]

One thing I find very irritating is the creator of Let's Play quit webtoon in a rage because according to her, Let's Play wasn't advertised enough. It being in the banner at least once a week and having Sam on the Creator 101 page WASN'T ENOUGH? There are so many series on there that I never hear of until they're ending but she complains that her series that was one of the top webtoons on the platform period WASN'T ADVERTISED ENOUGH.

[@soupy_soup2]

It’s so dumb honestly. Her comic was one of the top comics for years and she’s still complaining that it wasn’t advertised enough. It’s not Webtoons job to advertise your comic. People are just supposed to find on their own. She just quit because I guess the platform wasn’t good enough for her or something. Tells us what a shitty person she really is. I loved this WEBTOON and was so mad when she just quit for basically no reason.

[@oreothecookie3148]

Oh so Let’s play is just done? No more new chapters?

[@lain8033]

No. As far as im aware she's just putting it into another webtoon site but im not 100% sure on this so grain of salt.​@@oreothecookie3148

[@_melodyx]

yeah that sht never made sense to me either idk

[@ladymandinite7864]

>Be like Mongie >create a web series about gamer romance >deviate it from gamer romance to a Lore Olympus clone >get age gated, obviously >blame company that already does enough for you than it should've

[@pottedplant1472]

Bro I cannot overstate how off the rails let's play goes in every possible way. Sam and Charles' relationship is so nasty and the art really loses its quality after a while. It's like a train crash and I can't look away

[@zatorasu9630]

If you haven't read it already, I would highly recommend reading Scoob and Shag. It starts off as a nonsense comic, but it steadily starts building up the plot and gets really crazy. It's honestly one of, if not my favorite comics/webtoons right now!

[@socialott8021]

Oh my god yea. The body horror too, it’s so wild 😭😭

[@zatorasu9630]

​@@socialott8021 God I love the horror aspects so much, I think that was one of the things that pulled me in so much 😅

[@scrubbingbubbies]

I LOVE SCOOB AND SHAG IT DOES HORROR AND COMEDY SO WELL

[@Iookism]

Omg u just unlocked smth I completely forgot I read a few years ago 😭 imma find and read it again 🥲

[@feliciaf8]

Now I wanna read it thanks

[@TheBlanketGhost]

I e-mailed the creator about my concerns about a certain character being racist and she threw off the "I have POC friends so you're wrong and I'm right" card and i obviously stopped reading afterwards, hoping that the links and resources I'd given would've been enough to MAYBE sway her. Later when checking out other reviews I found out a lot of POC felt the same about characters that portrayed their race, tbh, im not surprised it blows

[@catpers0n]

What character was racist in which chapter? I've read the whole thing and never got any red flags

[@jessiling6579]

@@catpers0n I think they probably mean character portrayal? I haven't read it in a long time but I remember being dissapointed at how Dean was unfortunately a walking "attractive latin dude" stereotype.

[@catpers0n]

@@jessiling6579 oh got it. I think i didnt payed much attetion because i am latin myself, i was thinking racist towards black or asian ppl. But yeah, i listened to some ppl and went to read it again since i havent for a while. It is indeed messed up

[@TheBlanketGhost]

@@catpers0n ya, my concern was abt Dean lmao. But aparently the black and asian characters are walking stereotypes as well...

[@z_bennet4208]

@@jessiling6579 yess its also so in your face and throwing some spanish words here in there while flirting its so cringe..

[@thatoneguy4101]

I remember Lets Play as for like 3-4 years my daily routine was wake up read webtoon updates then get ready for school then I started reading Lets Play I dropped webtoons entirely and its been like 3 or 4 years since and I've never came back and I think I just unintentionally chalk it up to fucking Lets Play. (I mean the aggressive webtoon monetization tactic of making old webtoons only readable through tokens you had to pay for like hooky or wild high school also did it for me)

[@Chalupa_bruh]

Jeez, All I remember from webtoon 3 years ago was the unbelievable amount of ads being shown on KZbin for it 😓😓😓😓😓😓😓😓

[@Panatdia]

So glad I managed to read hooky before all that. Imagine my shock downloading webtoon after 4 years and finding out that I had to pay?? Deleted it instantly

[@jacquelinekruk3067]

Hah! Now even webtoons that are still being released have a daily pass😀

[@liben5052]

@@Panatdia the fucking depression i feel when i see older completed webtoons that i loved being blocked behind a paywall with no chance of being promoted at ALL. fuck the coin system

[@jordan82514]

If you wanna read old webtoons, you can find it online for free on manga websites(thats how I reread winter woods)

[@Perdix64]

I just realized that Marshal Law is both a mixture of Markiplier and Marshal Law from Tekken, that’s fucking stupid.

[@October666P]

Bruh you and me both 💀

[@stronkyakult2805]

HOW DID I NOT SEE THOSE RESEMBLANCE 💀

[@Perdix64]

@@stronkyakult2805 I mostly hate the fact that it’s another character named after another video game character!

[@rashad4566]

That ain't my Marshal Law, fuck this guy.

[@DavidZakuzaRyutashi]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who caught that.

[@tienokthen]

As a webtoon canvas creator (called Discover when I first started) and someone who has read Let's Play since the early days of its run on Webtoon Originals (called Featured back then), I have to say...I cannot bear to read Let's Play anymore. It was an alright webtoon honestly, for a little while...up until it started to lose the original plot almost entirely and stick to NSFW-filled plotlines, and bad, derailed character development. Also, yes, it was obvious Marshall was based on Markiplier and possibly other KZbinrs, but mainly him... aaaand Sam being a physical self insert was also obvious. I mean, have y'all seen Mongie's art when she draws herself? Just try to tell me I'm wrong about that lmao. It's also extremely obvious that Mongie is most likely pushing her own k*nks and fave NSFW stuff into the webtoon to the point that it just disturbs me. It never was this bad originally, as you all can see from the first 10 chapters here. Don't remember when it started to get all NSFW-filled exactly but it happened slowly at first, but then it hit readers like a truck...like bruh, no matter what episode you were on after a certain turning point, it was all just innapropriate and sexual literally almost all the time. All of the original character development that was planned either got derailed eventually or the plot points that Mongie made during certain parts just vanished without reason or warning. The only two characters who have good plot development would be Marshall and his now ex gf (sorry to spoil but I assume most of y'all have read the comic if you're here so oop). Like...I can't follow the plot anymore. Too much sex, no more original plotline.

[@catpers0n]

Mongie always drawns herself with long blond hair? Like, the literal oposite of sam? I follow her on insta and never saw a self drawn

[@tienokthen]

@@catpers0n the hair is the only thing that stands out as different to me honestly. It could also just be me reading too much into it, but who knows.

[@feliciaf8]

Holy shit that bad huh, I stopped reading where Marshall went to the hospital then his sister came to visit, that's the only thing I remember last time. Glad I don't read it again

[@korinakorinakorina]

I still like let's play, but in the way that I kind of like garbage every now and then. I could order a pizza from a highly rated restaurant, but sometimes I crave a shitty $3 frozen pizza because it hits the spot despite being much worse.

[@honeyswann]

That’s how I feel reading boyfriends .

[@z_bennet4208]

@@honeyswann lmaooo

[@z_bennet4208]

this is the whole webtoon originals for me. it used to be good.

[@NoName-dx1no]

That’s how I feel when reading certain “historical” fantasy manhwas

[@keychains5806]

Plzzz can we speak on it! when I first read Let's Play I thought of it like any another Twilight adjacent or The Office adjacent type webtoon. Just a simple webtoon you read every week that's just entertaining. Nothing too deep, just a good artstyle, good characters, funny jokes, wtv. and I didn't care for whatever direction it went. But everyone is like "ugh the nsfw, horniness, etc. Is too much" "it's boring" Y'all have this webtoon like it's supposed to be deep and mind changing like the whole premise isn't some shy gamer gurl and a guy she coincidentally lived next to who is a KZbinr...

[@acelyhightower7645]

I remember reading this when it first came out. I stopped reading it when it got too lewd and all the characters stopped being relatable and started being annoying.

[@tua3976]

the exact same thing happened to me it was so uncomfortable the way suddenly sam got so sexual and it was pretty uncomfortable since then

[@keychains5806]

​@@tua3976I'm not understanding why y'all say Sam "suddenly" got sexual. As if the whole premise is her slowly breaking out of her shy, dependent, self. Id think y'all would understand that her father literally sheltered her for all her life so now she's being interested in her sensuality... What I'm not getting is that, this is a common trope in the recent years, showcasing womanly struggles yet everyone is saying she being too lewd. Have yall missed some pages? I can understand if y'all don't like what's she's doing but in my opinion the direction for this makes sense to me...

[@acelyhightower7645]

@@keychains5806 I got that from the earliest chapters. But after she starts dating it got really lewd.

[@luvvcyber]

​​​@@keychains5806 instead of being that "stronger sexual woman breaking out of her shell" she acts like 12 year old who has never heard of s*x before.. It's uncomfortable, because it was all of a sudden there was no build-up and to be honest no reason. Why does a woman need to be sexual to break out if her shell?. To be honest she's sleeping with one of the WORST characters of the entire story she treats her like a child!

[@user-nu3sd7zb2j]

@@keychains5806 The comic became filthy. There are other ways of portraying someone getting out of their comfort zones.

[@velvetybom368]

Oml i just got randomly recommended this, i remember reading this when i was like 13 or 14 and being obsessed with the early chapters, i never finished it since i lost interest in webtoons in general, but all i remember was sam was a nepotism baby and the authour trying to convince me it was a good thing, and this love triangle thing that made me develop a seething hate for love triangles

[@nethertaxi3719]

you and me both mate lmao

[@Candytuft-CookingPan]

God, yeah. I never really saw a love triangle in Let's play so don't know what you're talking about exactly but love triangles suck. I read True Beauty, it was one of my fav comics a long time back but the relationship aspects and the love triangle always rubbed me the wrong way.

[@Candytuft-CookingPan]

Plus the comic was named True Beauty. I figured the MC would find her true beauty way before the end (which was 223 chapters by the way) I suppose it makes sense because it ends with the idea of the comic being fully realized.

[@feliciaf8]

Yeah fuck the love triangle shits

[@dangernoodledee111]

Oh my god the love triangle- The second they started having the triangle between Sam, Charles, and Marshall, as well as hardcore hinted towards her getting with Charles (a character I do NOT like and didn’t come her for), I decided to dip. I came into the comic for a cute, possibly slow burn (though not THAT slow) romance between Sam and Marshall, kinda an enemies to lovers situation in which they learn to understand each other better as people and balance each other out. It would also talk a lot about game development, the actual industry, gaming culture online, indie developers, internet fame, etc. Maybe even a little bit about mental illness and how anyone can struggle with it (the panels where depression sat beside or loomed over Marshall were very interesting to me and I wanted to see it explored further). That was what I came in for, at least. But then they strayed away from the interesting parts, and even more importantly to me, they strayed away from Marshall and Sam’s relationship. That was the whole hook of the series, wasn’t it? So why add so many stupid love triangles? I feel like if a story’s hook is based specifically off of two characters potentially eventually sharing a romantic relationship, then you shouldn’t introduce love triangles that will disrupt that. If the hook involves loves triangles, or the hook doesn’t involve romance at all, then it’s mostly fine by me, as long as it doesn’t distract to much from the main plot. But if the love triangle completely disrupts and alters the very PREMISE of the series, then you shouldn’t have that love triangle. In fact, the entire hook of the series is basically forgotten. Jesus do I hate that stupid love triangle. Should’ve just kept it a two person romance with video games.

[@i.s.9451]

I think the beginning was good, but some of it got muddled and murky. Maybe the author got writer's block? It got better in some areas. I think it lost focus on Sam's passion and got more into straight drama. I think it could have gone more empowering, though I don't dislike the way it found and the relationship Sam is in currently. I recommend other WEBTOONs, though. Dr. Frost Greatest Estate Developer Teenage Mercenary Like Wind on a Dry Branch

[@themasterprocrastinator4933]

Ooh, I love Dr. Frost! I 100% approve of this recommendation. I also recommend Guardians of the Video Game. Although the first bunch of episodes are not very investing, it gets pretty good after you get past that.

[@poineapple2086]

theres a canvas webtoon called isabella i think which has a similar vibe to all of these webtoons

[@assiaelmabrouki5552]

Been a long time since this Webtoon ended but I would also recommend Winter Woods. It seems to me that it got forgotten and became underrated, but it's definitely one of the best webtoons imo. Sadly it didn't get promoted enough due to it not following the tropes management team oh so adores...

[@zilaremy5719]

@@assiaelmabrouki5552 I remember that webtoon! At the time I was reading it, it wasn't even finished yet...I need to reread it! I agree it is a hidden gem that deserved more recognition

[@yasminothman842]

YESSS LIKE WIND ON A DRY BRANCH IS LITERALLY ONE OF THE BEST WEBTOONS I'VE EVER READ

[@allencooley5269]

The whole let's play webtoon reminds me of when I was younger writing fanfiction and trying to get as close to smut as possible without actually getting there.

[@mayoneese6108]

I thought the protagonist would have like a hard time leading with anxiety or something, but her attitude it's really really slow... I know it takes time (I have anxiety myself) also it's sometimes cringey, it's like she can't deal with something by herself (I understand that too, but still that's dangerous), I like the soft mature content time to time but now it's everything about it, and it's not even related now to videogames aaa

[@serene3175]

to me it’s like they infantilise her because of her anxiety now, and ngl i find that gross

[@mayoneese6108]

@@serene3175 indeed

[@asifallintonothingne]

@@serene3175 THIS. This is perfect, it does infantalize her a lot. I totally understand anxiety, I have it too, I have some friends with even more advanced anxieties. But that doesn't just negate common sense. She makes some really strange choices, I know she was sheltered as a kid but it defies common logic, when we know Sam is a smart girl! Just socially awkward, not dumb.

[@ugne1063]

Love your video!! Please read more of this sh*t. It’s just chringe at the begining as you can expect from a webtoon. When you read more into it you will see why it gets those reviews. I was reading it but stopped because it’s just uncomfortable to read. The only character who is most normal is that Marshal and he goes through some shit too. All I could do is just guess what traumas the creator went through.

[@Chalupa_bruh]

Bro I heard it went downhill in episode 20 😭😭😭😭😭 Ain't no way they had a fall from grace so soon

[@leopardnosepaws]

I read let's play. Yeah, it does what any webtoon that has a romance tag does, it drags. It feels drawn out. I still begrudgingly read cause I wanna see how it ends.

[@jay_____ber]

WHAT? Its romance now? I thought it was drama.

[@tomrio9152]

Considering the slow progress of the story, I would say making a review of ten chapters is like making a quantitative research with a small n. Plus knowing the story changes a lot after some events, reading only ten chapters doesn't prepare the readers for what's coming. It changes so much, goes from gaming to dating and sexuality

[@nomatteridc]

I just wanna make a webtoon so you can give it an awful review because you're hilarious

[@tnakdepoci7088]

(Sorry for my bad eng, it's not my native language) A lot of people have been talking about how the story has gone downhill, (which I agree) but I wanna mention how the art did too get worse. At first, it was fine. The characters had pretty good proportions and perspective, the backgrounds and the objects were 3D assets which is ugly, BUT if you're used to reading webtoons, it's nothing new so it's pretty much okay. Now, the proportions didn't change but the scenes are pretty monotonous, idk how to explain, but i feel like the frames are too static, the perspective used aren't dynamic at all. There is no real lighting dynamic either, it's the same shadows, you won't see any variation in their position, their dimensions,... And their color palette isn't diverse enough. Backgrounds and objects both bother me too. Then, it was 3D assets, now, it's IRL photos and IRL objects... Although some people don't have any problem with this (and it's completely fine, maybe it's just me) but it breaks so much of the immersion in my opinion. Imagine you're reading a comic and you spot a real person in a sea of drawn 2D characters (I'm specifically referencing that one blood donation episode). The contrast is SO disturbing that I can't focus on the story. Now, I know the artist may have been on a tight schedule and may have been working on more than one thing, and that's fine. However, there hasn't been a single point where I stopped reading to admire a certain frame, a certain moment. On top of that, with the story that is getting nowhere, I, and many other people, are left with no reasons to continue reading this webtoon. It kind of makes me sad because it was one of the first webtoons that I read. I genuinely liked it.

[@icecreamsundd]

As a native English speaker, you presented your ideas really well, but there were a few mistakes every now and then.

[@tnakdepoci7088]

@@icecreamsundd Could you tell me where are those mistakes so I can correct them? It was my first time writing that much in English, so just knowing that I did a good job makes me happy! Thank you so much!

[@icecreamsundd]

**I hope this helps!!!** 1. A lot of people have been talking about how the story has downhill**,**(which I agree)but.. 2. …the backgrounds and the objects were 3D assets which is ugly **,** BUT.. 3. Now the proportions **didn’t** change, however the scenes are pretty monotonous. I feel like the frames are too static, and the perspective used **isn’t** dynamic in the slightest. 4. There is no real **lighting** dynamic either-- it has the same shadows, there is no variation in their position, and they are shaded the exact same. (I don’t know what you meant by “their shade.) 5. The objects and the backgrounds both bother me, too. 6. First, it was 3D assets, and now it’s evolved to actual photos and real objects. Although some people don’t have any problem with this, it breaks so much of the immersion in my opinion. 7. Imagine you’re reading a comic and you spot a real person in a sea of drawn 2D characters (I’m specifically referencing that one blood donation episode). The contrast between the people is so disturbing that I can’t focus on the story. 8. I know that the artist may have been on a tight schedule and may have been working on more than one thing, and that’s fine. However, there hasn’t been a single point where I stopped to admire a certain frame, a certain moment. (I like the way you worded this.) 9. The fact that the story has is getting nowhere is the fact that I, and many other people are left with no reasons to continue reading. 10. This makes me quite sad **because** it was one of my first Webtoons that I really liked. You did pretty good, but there were a couple of times where you used a FANBOY (For, and, not, but, or, yet) at the beginning of a sentence. Usually, people don’t do that, but it’s okay in some instances. For example you can do it if you’re writing choppy sentences in a book as a stylized choice. Example: (I kept running and running, trying my hardest to reach the end of the horizon. But it caught me before I could escape.) Speaking of FANBOYS, (the acronym for the words I listed above) the rule to use them is to put them in between complete sentences and put a comma before it. (Example: Sasha is nice**,**but my dog is nicer.) Remember that these words are not always FANBOYS, though! They can be used normally. For instance, in the sentence “Bella is not home yet,” the “yet” is not considered a FANBOY, so you don’t need a comma after it. Some of the sentences you wrote were also run-on sentences, which means that they are without a clear ending or without a FANBOY. Example: I love to write papers I would write one everyday if I had the time. To fix this sentence, you could simply add a FANBOY or any other word or phrase to make the sentence feel complete. Correction: I love to write papers **and** I would write one everyday if I had the time. **(This sentence does NOT need a comma before the FANBOY (and) because the second sentences doesn’t specify what the subject (one) is!!)** I don’t have time to go over every grammar rule, but here are some I noticed you made a mistake on in your writing. It was fun doing this, and I hope you have a good day!

[@tnakdepoci7088]

@@icecreamsundd THANK YOU SOOO MUCH FOR TAKING THE TIME TO CORRECT ME

[@icecreamsundd]

@@tnakdepoci7088 no problem!! (P.S.: you should probably say “the shadow’s color palette isn’t diverse enough. Whenever people say shade, they usually talk about a different type of color, (Example: A light shade of blue) the spot under an object that causes shadow, (Example: The shade under the tree kept me cool), or shading as in a art technique.)

[@coolpasta2644]

i remember her statement about being marignalized by webtoon really rubbing me the wrong way b/c Let's Play was one of the most popular and advertised webtoons on the app and the main reason why webtoon pushed it off to the side was because of the nsfw elements. Which she added YEARS after webtoon started to crack down on nsfw so it's not like webtoon changed the rules in response to her story. that's on her. the ban really affects canvas creators who have much less support from webtoon but yeah you're marginalized b/c the rules apply to you too.

[@FrenkTheJoy]

Yeah her complaining about WebToon not advertising Let's Play enough was enough to make me lose all sympathy for her and not want to engage with her content again. Literally it was one of the top 10 series on the platform, it was one of the ones that had an animated ad, they even put Sam on one of the website's FAQ-type pages. But SURE it's not advertised enough. Meanwhile 90% of the webtoons that are on there, I only ever hear about them when they have the "series finale!" notice in the main page banner.

[@DragonRust-jb3tc]

I’ve never met somebody who said they watch webtoons. (willingly). Grear video.

[@Chalupa_bruh]

Thanks man, I appreciate it! 😎😎😎😎😎

[@404_Toonz]

14:24 bro cringes at the name Bowser but is entirely unfazed by LINK

[@salem1569]

just hearing the first couple of minutes i feel its okay to assume it is just the main woman in the webtoon writing and drawing fan fic of her and markiplier...

[@taeko3508]

Yes , that's 100% a self insert

[@Pompurinfren]

It’s funny because she did the art on markipliers channel for a while

[@salem1569]

@@Pompurinfren omg really?

[@SparrowTeaDragon]

I stopped reading when it became less about her becoming a good game dev and it became a toxic love square thing at like chapter 20 something and she proceeded to loose all her personality 😭😭 ALSO LINK DESERVED BETTER HE WAS SUCH A SWEET BOY (haven’t read this WEBTOON in years so have no idea what is character is like now).

[@coolpasta2644]

bruh i heard that he became a massive jerk and said to sam that he never liked her but i haven't read that far and i cannot be bothered to do that

[@SparrowTeaDragon]

@@coolpasta2644 NOOOOO!! Why would the author do that?????

[@Tikkibombom]

He's pretty much non existent in season 3. He and Angela have a thing going on.

[@Tikkibombom]

@@coolpasta2644 he wasn't a massive jerk about it. The readers misrepresented it. He turned Sam down politely and I was glad for it because he didn't pursue a relationship with her out of pity or something. That would have sucked.

[@coolpasta2644]

@@Tikkibombom oh then that's my bad. sorry just saw a panel out of context. thanks for clearing that up

[@noir3368]

her best friend becoming no longer a love interest becuase he realized he wasn't attracted to her physically was so dumb in my opinion. like i dont think he wouldve liked her that way at all if he didnt find her attractive. And I hate that it went NSFW.. there's a ton of 13 yos on webtoon and they can access all of the more adult content.

[@soupy_soup2]

Like why does it have to be all about sex? Is he not allowed to like her as a person?

[@madisonyomans9004]

Link saying that really pissed me off. I can't believe who says something like that out loud to a person. but the whole thing with one of her friends was so weird, but the red haired one. Because they put the framing that he actually likes her. I’m like where did that come from? And the whole interaction was just awkward and uncomfortable when reading it because she was about to kill him for what he said to Sam. He proceeds to takeoff his shirt. Talk to her about something her got the whole conversation about being more attracted to her or something. Which dude… again who the hell does this? in a little implications that he just likes it rough or something, but we learned that the redhead girl has a fear of men. so that whole interaction in the closet feels very uncomfortable to me, especially because you don’t know the girls are crushing her whole backstory and you’re just gonna do that.

[@claranadine1086]

It makes me SO uncomfortable that Marshal is supposed to be Markiplier 😂😭 Also, I'm pretty sure the artist for Let's Play actually made Marks current pfp LOL

[@rel_bis]

the main thing that really bothered me when reading this was that like 100 chapters in and sam and marshal were barely acquaintances. i know slow burn is a thing but i figured the author would, yknow, slowly develop a friendship between the two main leads instead of completely sidelining marshal for many and many chapters. idk it got to a point where i didnt give a shit about marshal cause he barely appeared anymore lol

[@FrenkTheJoy]

Yeah when I gave up reading it was already like Marshall was pointless. It's fine if Mongie didn't want Marshall and Sam to have a romance at all, but they're the cover leads and live next door and they basically speak to each other three times.

[@Essu_]

This, Boyfriend of the Dead and Lore Olympus are some of the hardest dropoffs I've ever had when reading something.

[@iggyelle]

Eyyy, this was one of the comics I read after a friend introduced me to Lore Olympus and of course I explored the site to find more stuff to read in between updates. I stopped reading them all years ago because they just...kept going and going and going for the sake of engagement, not because they had that much story to tell. I do remember liking the fact that both main characters aren't each other's love interests (doesn't Marshall have some super protective model girlfriend and Sam starts to get squirmy feelings for the blonde, Welsh guy?), but just the same I was vaguely irritated that I think they were running with the asexual (Sam) just needs to run into the right person trope and then their libido kicks into gear. Boo.

[@portugeese_man_o_war]

You should read love advice from the great duke of hell. I haven't finished reading it yet but so far it's pretty good

[@Chalupa_bruh]

Good webtoon review???? 😯😯😯😯😯

[@shlawgb0b]

i agree, i love that webtoon. it's really funny with a decent plot

[@chearts620]

@@Chalupa_bruh Please read this webtoon! It recently finished, and you'll die from laughter 🤣

[@ArtundertheSun1]

That one is my favorite! I have never laughed so hard at a webcomic

[@katwilliams2950]

One of my favs!!!!

[@sarpcarp]

I would never want to suffer thru a reread of let's play but I would rewatch this video cause it's just so good!

[@bunnybunny3838]

Honestly I think the down fall started when Link rejected Sam, as after that the series stared it's whole NSFW, porno tease, cringey era. Like it feels like all the character development, backstory, and (good) character design went out the window to make room for... Whatever this is. Also I feel like it's been going on for way to long. I started reading it when I was in sixth grade I believe, (so around 11 or 12, I'm 14 almost 15 now). It feels as if the creator is dragging on the story for whatever reason. Don't get me wrong somethings could still be good even after being going for a while (attack on titian is a good example going on for about a decade) but sometimes a story should be wrapped up before it gets bad.

[@catsteroid]

It's a shame tbh. I really liked some of the themes the characters had, like Marshall having depression and kinda having this "other personality" in front of the camera, and how making videos made him happy yk. Specially since it's true, my boyfriend is a KZbinr (he doesn't have depression fortunately) and I myself know how real it is very well too. It could have touched a lot of profound and sensitive themes like cheating, depression, anxiety, but instead it became this sexual shitshow that sexualizes it's characters, and even makes them infantilize Sam because she has anxiety... It's just gross.

[@dangernoodledee111]

I was so hyped for them to explore Marshall’s depression and stuff involving how internet fame affects depression. That stuff is absolutely FASCINATING to me from a storytelling standpoint. You can do and explore so much with it, like how: - You can become dependent on validation from fans - You typically need to keep up a certain image and persona - Gaining mass attention can fuel anxiety - The guilt Marshall felt at the fact that his adoring fans destroyed an innocent person’s potential dream career - The dependence on making videos - The repetitive routine that can come with making weekly/daily KZbin videos and how that can make life feel very monotone, taking the joy out of a former passion - Literally anything I was actually battling depression when I first started reading the comic, and the idea that the upbeat, outgoing, loud, gamer bro Marshall could be dealing with the same issues I was felt oddly comforting. Especially with how they presented the way he seemed to bury it or hide it from others, despite it frequently looming over him, even at unexpected points. I was deeply excited to maybe see Sam and Marshall bond over dealing with mental illnesses that many of their friends and family don’t understand (as well as bond over other things, but that was one I was particularly excited for). And then they didn’t do anything with it. I stopped reading by the time I realized they wouldn’t give Marshall (who I thought I would hate, but is now the only one I like) the character exploration and growth he deserved. My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined.

[@Campedavey]

I read this for a bit before getting absolutely sick of it. It was like every single self insert love triangle fanfic ever

[@mandarue5104]

A lot has gone down with Let's Play since its birth, both good and bad. Its not for everyone but I did greatly enjoy your commentary!

[@retrozip]

Used to read Let's play but dropped it because of it's unnecessary drama

[@roozufahkerson729]

saw this video on my recommendation and I wondered how did Let's play got label as "worst" webtoon (I haven't touch webtoon for a long time and back 2019 this series is popular and had positive review. I didn't finish reading it but I thought the series is great lol) I'm so glad youtube recommended me this video! I'm laughing throughout the video. I didn't notice that much gamer terms in the dialogue and the way you point out things on the comic LMAO goofy humor. Keep up the good work, mate! you got a new sub

[@EnragedPilgrim]

Dude this guy is the best KZbinr ever, why does he only have like 3 subs?

[@Chalupa_bruh]

Dang bro only 3 subscribers?? 😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@EnragedPilgrim]

@@Chalupa_bruh y e s, KZbin algorithm isn't nice to you man 😭

[@Haru-rs2su]

Seeing this comment is 3 months ago, Chalupa's doing good.

[@Ali_delightful]

I see a lot of people commenting on the romance aspect. I actually didn't mind that bit, because it seemed obvious that it might focus on her love life based on the hearts in the comic's logo. Some parts definitely had cringe factors, but I enjoyed that we could see Sam grow, mature, and learn to stand up for herself. I also liked how Mongie explored the characters' trauma. I've read quite a bit and haven't read past the season where her dad had everyone as secret actors to protect his adult daughter. lol. I didn't really like that because it means most of the relationships she's had, were because of her father being overprotective.

[@tua3976]

the story went from a girl going through the struggles of her life and career of a game developer and her struggle with anxiety to some smut-like soap opera revolved around sam's incredibly long and boring love life. i think it was the first ever webtoon i read and i loved it when it first came out idfk what happened

[@itsjooby]

Also wanna bring up mongie(white woman)’s proclivity towards especially racey and inappropriate one-liners in the worst possible places, completely unprompted. (This also became much more common as the series progressed.) Retconning her own plot points (ex: link being head over heels in love with Sam for like 3/4 of his life and pining for her since they were kids, then having the opportunity to be with her and suddenly… “whoops! sorry, Sam! I’m just really not into you lol 😅”) Speaking of Link… we also love (sarcasm implied) that he left Sam to pursue a romanticizing abuse plotline with Angela! :) That’s a whole can of worms I don’t even wanna bother with but TLDR: he suddenly has a massive savior complex. The way he went from a favorite character of mine to the absolute worst character so mf fast is baffling to me. Not only that, but there’s the whole- dear god, the whole issue with Charles and Sam breaching boss/subordinate to boss/ASSISTANT boundaries and then Charles getting cold feet and borderline infantilizing Sam?? That whole situation is just so weird and feels so wrong. Blah blah blah something something charles is secretly married or something, his weird situationship with Marshall’s sister, I don’t know. I never got to the resolution of that conflict, if it even happened. Oh if that all wasn’t enough, Mongie notoriously made some NSFW Patreon prints of some of the characters- get this- in various traditional garbs related to the characters’ heritages…? Very racey, very strange. This was a pretty long time ago, but I remember people being very upset about the cultural appropriation. Rightfully so. Marshall being half Japanese definitely FELT (emphasis on felt, it’s my opinion) like an on-the-spot decision for mongie and was not a genuine plot point that was purposely set up and. Hell, I wouldn’t be surprised if she did it just to have something new to sexualize about Marshall. That’s right, nsfw nude prints of Marshall in traditional Japanese robes halfheartedly draped across his body while he covers his… wiener with a Japanese mask. Now I don’t remember what specific robes he wore or mask he covered up with, that’s my bad. That was a long while ago lol. But yeah, many people were upset about that. Ofc, it wasn’t just Marshall. Charles’ Welsh heritage was also sexualized in a very similar manner, in equally poor taste. I think she did the same with Link, but I don’t remember. The most I remember was how awful it was and how a lot of people were rightfully more than a little upset about it.

[@mellol0v324]

@@sofiipote7 Markiplier is half Korean

[@AAA-pl6wn]

I remembered reading the first few episodes and it was pretty good. I stopped reading it because i honestly forgot I had webtoons. But I imagined it was about games and the struggles being a game dev (I thought the first few chapters deals with criticism from big tubers or smt). I never though it would come down to this 😬

[@gabrielpinguet4389]

4:48 COULD IT POSSIBLY BE THAT THE CHARACTER SHOWN DURING THIS SCENE OF THE VIDEO "THE WORST WEBTOON YOU (MIGHT'VE) HEARD OF" UPLOADED BY THE FAMOUS KZbinR CHALUPA WOULD PER CHANCE BE THE CHARACTER SAUL GOODMAN FROM THE POPULAR SHOWS BREAKING BAD AND BETTER CALL SAUL!?

[@yamzuh]

I stopped reading this WEBTOON years ago, and I SWEAR the author said that Let’s Play wasn’t going to be based on romance. I remember being slightly disappointed when I read that. Obviously that has changed, and I wouldn’t read it either way.

[@nbewarwe]

The intro with the review bombs combined with the obvious similarities to Markiplier is funny to me. Because after reading the first few chapters, I watch Mark's play through of Doom Eternal. Throughout the series, he criticizes the lore of the game, calling it confusing and convoluted. And the comments of each of those videos is of fans calling him out on misunderstanding it. To paraphrase one: "I know mark doesn't act like the smartest guy ever, but holy shti I've never seen such a massive misunderstanding of a game's lore." It got so bad that he just stopped talking about the game's story by the final episode. So basically, the gamer in the webtoon who has Stans who review bombs games he doesn't personally like is based off a KZbinr whose fans more often than no will call HIM out for bad takes on a game.

[@jenifergarcia327]

i feel like after season one, this webtoon dropped in quality 😭😭 i try to like charles x sam but honestly i just wanted to see sam making another game with marshall designing/drawing the backgrounds and/or sprites for it since that's where i thought it was hwading

[@calamaria9221]

Honestly finding out Marshall was supposed to be Markiplier ruined Let's Play for me before it became softcore p0rn.

[@thatweirdodaniel]

i remember reading lets play back when it first started. i stopped reading after a while because i just got bored and lost interest. sucks that it turned from something me and other people loved to something so... bad

[@RaeCharm]

Who will defend the protagonist in court? The Marshall Lawyer. I was waiting for that punchline.

[@go_go_baronbunny]

From where I left off, Marshall was the most wholesome character and most honestly my favorite, beside Sam's batista friend

[@dork-wz1hp]

I used to love Let’s Play because of how it showed Sam slowly opening up and the neat way different struggles in a person are portrayed but then the story became just about Sam’s “love” life so much so to the point that I was really only reading for Marshalls story, and then I just dropped it one day and haven’t looked back.

[@elianamoored7975]

It gets worse and worse but the biggest problem is the decline of the ART STYLE. Every characters eyes get weirdly smaller and they’re faces get bigger and AGH idk why the style changed so badly. Most people didn’t really notice but when you notice it’s really bad.

[@stuffz4040]

On one hand using gamer lingo day to day is cringe af and seems unrealistic, but on the other hand I taught at a coding summer camp and the safe space created for hearing people say “based” out loud was surreal.

[@chile_jpg]

this series became a meme in my friend group in 2019 because the protagonist looked like me 😭 and that was the reason I made a webtoon account, to check out the series

[@lynx.cb97]

5:10 I get it, a lot of genshin players are toxic and/or cringe but its kinda annoying to be put in the same category with them. Like, I'm perfectly fine if people have other options then I do and I think it's really weird to fight over shippings... Anyway is there another reason genshin players get hated? I mean other then being cringe and toxic

[@asahi6487]

Nah fr, I hate being called a pedo even as a joke

[@lynx.cb97]

@@asahi6487 💀

[@anomalytm05]

It's mostly a joke now. But, it's usually the community that ruins the reputation... When you keep meeting the bad ones from the same community, you kinda start to form an association of their behavior with the game... That's just human nature. It's the loud minority thing.

[@anomalytm05]

​@asahi6487 Ah, that one does go a bit too far, though. I'm fine with getting bsed on, but being called a pedo is just crossing the line...

[@Random_BS2889]

​@@anomalytm05 True but like cmon, genshin has over 300 million downloads, to think 1 in 20 people in the entire world are pedos for playing a game is just just fucking disgusting. Not only is it an overused joke but its also just disturbing

[@icehoof]

If i were to describe this webcomic to anyone, I would probably start it with "The story is good, they make Charles a main character, it's less good as a result, then markiplier has a fucking heart attack and the law of equivalent exchange dictates, that to bring the main guy back, the plot has to die in his place"

[@Erisrose-moon]

The main guy is just twink Markiplier but without all the lovable things about Markiplier.

[@myredditanecdotes]

basically not markiplier?

[@sailorenthusiast]

I actually read a bit of this Webtoon back when it was new. I ended up stopping a little ways into it, though, when it decided it wanted to go the horny route. It put an uncomfortable amount of emphasis on stuff like Sam having a big bust, Marshal getting insecure about his big feet, and so on. I know what I’m describing is tame, but I could feel in my bones things were gonna get worse, so I noped out.

[@van_van1533]

Could you try reading a webtoon called purple hyacinth? In my opinion, it's a good webtoon. The things that stand out are the characters, art, music, and relationships. ( The plot is also good, but it's sm like there sm evil in the town, so the mc and someone else has to stop the evil. ) It's in a hiatus at the moment, so you would be able to catch up to it. Hope that you give it a shot!

[@nothingtoseehere2310]

I remember reading this in webtoon and I never really liked it. I tried to reread it so many times but it only made it worse. I was so confused on why it was so high-rated and well-liked. My friends also liked it. I was thinking that I just had trash taste. I don't even read on webtoon anymore. But Thanks for giving my irrational hatred towards it some sort of justification lol.

[@puck8413]

Actually, this comic started very very nice. The characters felt very original, even if it was a bit "quirky". But it quickly lost any plot completely, and suddenly the characters lost their personality and turned into sexy gamer fantasy images. It's sad, it could have been such a cool story

[@cstillq4456]

11:18 you can't lie to me and say this is not a carbon copy of lotte from little witch academia

[@yosh9192]

So Marshall is: A Markiplier expy, with the skills and mindset of DarkSydePhil, and the rabid fandom of Dream. In a better piece of media this would be an amazing microcosm of the average gamer eceleb, but alas.

[@arimachezhian8631]

Just noticed you have only 6.1k, You deserve more.

[@Chalupa_bruh]

Appreciate it man 😼😼😼😼😼

[@thehilariousunicorn4579]

barely found you today, been a min since i’ve genuinely laughed at any youtuber’s vids 😭 thank you and keep up the awesome work bruv!!

[@whatdadogdoin_]

i read this webtoon every few months because reading it one by one every week will definitely bored me. it has its ups and down, but the quality does goes down as times go, in terms of story telling. because i love when it focuses on other stuff rather than romance such as sam's confidence, charlie's struggle with being committed and marshall's dealings with his depression. i hate how we just done with link even tho i kinda understand he's a "plot tool" for sam to realize the difference between physical attraction and attraction in general. i do hope we can get into the "other people" (like the illustration for their deepest struggle) more. it wasn't as bad as people make it to be, it just i understand if some people wants more than a shallow romance story, i get it.

[@n9cole480]

i liked the webtoon at first where sam was getting justice about her game, until the entire thing became about their intimate lives😨 also she seemed to be blushing at every convenience and it was became so unnecessary

[@dangernoodledee111]

This video is the reason why I decided to at least re-read and catch up with the comic, and I ended up skipping entire chapters just to get to the parts with Marshall in them. Like, he and his ex gf are literally the only characters I like now (besides Sam’s guild leader and maybe a few of her other teammates in the guild). Marshall feels like the only one who’s really having an arc that isn’t just romance or horniness (though he is also somewhat casually sexualized in his ridiculously muscular build), and I actually like looking into his insecurities and mental health. He’s basically the only one I’d read the comic for. I’d actually kinda like to read a webcomic solely focused on him, with his arc being the main focus, because it’s actually intriguing. The hook of a seemingly typical overthetop gaming KZbinr struggling with depression and poor mental health, and realizing how emotionally fragile he is after accidentally ruining some random, hardworking indie developer’s career (in my ideal Marshall-centric webcomic, Sam wouldn’t be rich, she’d be middle class or even a struggling millennial type) seems so interesting to me, especially if you take away the horny parts. We could see Sam and Marshall’s evolving friendship, and who knows, maybe even an eventual romance if we pretend that Charles didn’t exist and Marshall and his ex gf broke up on good terms. Oddly enough, despite Charles now being the main love interest and Sam and Marshall’s new friendship being more of a subplot, I honestly think that Sam and Marshall have better chemistry than Sam and Charles. Maybe it’s because they were originally supposed to be the endgame couple? That, and their relationship is built on genuinely beginning to see and like each other as people, and they enjoying hanging out together and having honestly more intimate friendship based moments than any of the romantic or sexual moments in the series. Sam and Charles’ relationship seems to be built more in lust rather than interpersonal chemistry, and that’s why it doesn’t work for me. Sam and Marshall also build each other up as people in a way that makes them feel safe and supported, whereas Charles seems to build Sam up in ways that are very pressuring. And the one thing that wouldn’t have really made Sam and Marshall work is the fact that she used to be a huge fan of his and had more of a parasocial relationship with him at first, but the author actually wrote around that and built a personal relationship between them while breaking down the parasocial relationship. I’m not sure if Sam and Marshall would work as a couple, especially since Marshall still has some shit he needs to work through that I don’t think Sam is really ready to handle (Marshall’s ex gf seems to have a more stern personality that can cut to the chase and tell him that he needs to stop being such a people pleaser without sugarcoating it, whereas Sam wouldn’t really be able to do that as well). But if he works through his issues or at least has a secondary support system to help him, and they take it slow in a way that makes it more casual, basically doing what they are doing now, but with more romantic intention (a sexual relationship can come WAY later), then they would make a really cute couple.

[@WSTNGWY]

you just unlocked a part of my memory I didn't know I had....

[@geraltshmm5750]

Years back I started reading Let's Play and I really liked it, probably because I related to the main character what with struggling with anxiety and having my own passion for writing, a dream I was scared that I could never accomplish. I also liked how Marshall's character was written, but I fell off it when it started going into weird NSFW territory and the story just wasnt there anymore. In general, I feel like webtoon as a whole went down in quality when fast pass became a thing. I remember how waiting for weekly updates used to be what I had to look forward to before then, and I remember feeling like every featured webtoon had so much love and soul poured into them by their creators. Whenever I saw a discover webtoon become featured it felt deserved and like the creator's hard work on their comic was paying off. Now it just feels like only what the app thinks will be popular ends up on the featured page, and none of the unique and thoughtful comics get the recognition they deserve anymore.

[@g14nn4lol]

Things started to get weird for me when sam had a whole romance arc with link and it took 50+ chapters of the story. I was so confused bc i thought she was supposed to end up with Marshall and they were dragging out every other relationship that budded 😭 plus she had no character development

[@lefandomtrash7746]

I only read a little bit of the beginning and then immediately stopped reading (I do that a lot with comics and then come back and then binge read) but I ended up getting interested in other comics instead. The beginning episodes were super interesting and cute! It seemed like it was actually gonna build up and just be a cute slow-burn, including commentary about the toxic parts of the Let’s Play/Indie Dev community. It’s a shame to hear it went downhill.

[@ImmaLittlePip]

Wait Fandom jumps on a game because their lets player stinks at it The lets player keeps dying and blames the game for his mistakes... Is that Arin Hanson of Game Grumps fame?

[@randomassjellyfish]

I've always thought of Webtoon as this final dumpster where most of the actual trashes are praised over. Not saying all of them are bad, but most of the popular ones are average at best and barely enjoyable at worst.

[@HeroSandwitch]

I used to enjoy reading let’s play but it just became frustrating to read as well as (spoilers) One of the love interests and Sam got together but he was quite toxic and controlling. They also romanticized that which was when I decided I didn’t have the mental capacity to read it.

[@gaminglulunightmare6092]

I'm sorry but as much as I was willing to hear your view on Let's play, only reading 10 chapters and forming an opinion based on that is ridiculous and very misinforming. I understand that you have limitations but that doesn't make a sound argument. I ain't saying that the story isnt ass but come on 10 chapters? Do you even know what characters improve themselves? Do you know who gets with who? Do you know who breaks up? Character development, etc, etc? No you don't if you read just 10 chapters. That's like someone only knowing you for 3 weeks a then saying they dont want to be your friend cus you did some things wrong. You can't make a informed analysis based off of 10 chapters out of the 100+. Wtf? Imagine if people stopped reading Harry Potter at the first 10 chapters and said it was ass based off that.

[@Sdm_mvp]

I completely agree with your statements, but I want to add chapters in web comics and chapters in real books are different. You meant pages lol

[@l1ttle_geml1n_d00d]

Bro I remember reading this when it first came out and waited for every upload religiously

[@Z.A.N.E]

I understand what a lot of people are saying about how the story's focus changed along the way. Regardless Let's Play is still one of the very few Webtoons I keep up to date with. Perfect? No. But it's something I enjoy from time to time and I got invested enough in the story for long enough that I want to finish it

[@vgc_ivan8391]

Link is my favorite, he's just a boy scout that who really carried the household he lived, became the man of the house to take care of his mother and brother when his dad passed from lung cancer. he has medical training while serving coffee as a side job. he did like sam who was there for him to help his grief. developed a crush that he was to good for. after chasing for sam he just wanted to be friends after knowing he feels like their family, which tbh is a great way to end a crush and not harm the friendship. when him and angela started to kick off after she had some PTSD about her attacker when link had her on a hold, link wasn't aware of it nor didn't have an arc where he's avoiding her, instead he came to her when she's avoiding him. told her why she acted like that after sam told her, he did find a new interest of strong women after being pinned. he was worried about her, after a game of basketball she finally confess her feelings for him. he's not the smartest guy but link just feels a normal guy with experience who is interesting compared to Charles and Marshall.

[@ToxicWaffle183]

You know… this guy being based off mark makes sense. I feel like I remember reading a Markiplier fanfic of this exact plot back in middle school

[@FrenkTheJoy]

You read a fanfiction where Markiplier ruined his neighbor's indie game and then had a heart attack while she had a sexual awakening with her boss?

[@ToxicWaffle183]

@@FrenkTheJoy pretty much yeah

[@maniacninja0000]

That graffiti artist line pisses me off, like graffiti artists aren’t real artist. Some of the most insanely talented people I know are graffiti artists!

[@sailormoonwannabe]

I read this only when it first came out, or when it was on the canvas or whatever it was called. I noticed a lot of comics I really liked, as soon as they got picked up for the weekly spot changed. I think it is webtoons fault though. The comics used to be stories that would end, now everything feels like it has to go on forever. So many original ones on the site are amazing and I don't feel like that about many anymore. I don't want filer content I want a self contained good story.

[@vixmulligan2984]

From what everyone else is saying about how the comic turned later on in the story, im so glad I stopped reading (I fizzled out of reading webtoons that aren't horror) and the last episode I read was the one with the "Pumpkin alert" or something where the dad runs after her to find her. (and that was when the webtoon was just starting, and that had been the newest episode put out)

[@zero0wl628]

Great video! One amazing overlooked web webtoon called "Gepetto" never became an official webtoon but it was an excellent read! Would love to see you review it. 👍

[@ohbunnybaby]

Just like Lore Olympus, Let‘s Play is just a self-insert. Not that I have any issues with self-inserts, it‘s more of when the main character becomes a Mary Sue

[@lemonlebowski1397]

It's surpising that Sam turned down an IRL video-game reference.

[@windydayys]

It’s so strange that all the good webtoons that are actually on there are usually not the popular ones