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Lookism (Korean: 외모지상주의; RR: Oemojisangjui) is a South Korean webtoon written and illustrated by Taejun Pak. [1] The webtoon was first published weekly on Naver Webtoon in November 2014. Its story revolves around a high-school student who can switch between two bodies: one fat and ugly, and the other fit and handsome.
Lookism (manhwa) Park Tae Joon: Daewon and Book, WEBTOON: Love in the Mask: Han Yu-Rang: Love or Money: SangEun Lee: Tokyopop: Love According To Law: Illy, NO Seung Ah: Madtown Hospital [6] JTK: Net Comics: Magical JxR: Lee Sun-young: UDON: Martin & John Korean: 마틴&존: Park Hee-jung: Tokyopop: Masca (manhwa) Kim Young-hee: Central Park ...
In April 2022, Shueisha began publishing the series in English on the Manga Plus website and mobile app. [7] In July 2022, at Anime Expo, Yen Press announced that they licensed the series for an English release. [8] The first volume was released on January 17, 2023. [9] As of November 19, 2024, eight volumes have been released. [10]
Volumes 10–12 were among the best-selling manga volumes of 2023. [73] The first volume of the series ranked second on the BookWalker's top 10 best-selling manga titles in 2023. [74] Volume 13 was Shueisha's eighth highest first print run manga volume of 2023–2024 (period from April 2023–March 2024), with 500,000 copies printed. [75]
The series ranked ninth on Kono Manga ga Sugoi! ' s top 20 manga for male readers 2018. [49] It was nominated for a Harvey Award in the Best Manga category in 2022. [50] The series was nominated for the 68th Shogakukan Manga Award in the general category in 2022. [51] It won the 50th Angoulême International Comics Festival's Prize for a Series ...
Let This Grieving Soul Retire! Woe Is the Weakling Who Leads the Strongest Party (嘆きの亡霊は引退したい ～最弱ハンターによる最強パーティ育成術, Nageki no Bōrei wa Intai Shitai: Saijaku Hunter ni Yoru Saikyō Party Ikusei-jutsu) is a Japanese light novel series written by Tsukikage and illustrated by Chyko.
A manga adaptation illustrated by Kyū Urushibara began serialization on the Comic Earth Star website on May 8, 2018. [26] The first tankōbon volume was released on October 16, 2018. [27] As of October 2023, seven volumes have been released. [28] At Anime Expo 2023, J-Novel Club announced that they also licensed the manga. [29]
Lookism has received scholarly attention both from a cultural studies and an economics perspective. In the former context, lookism relates to preconceived notions of beauty and cultural stereotyping based on appearance as well as gender roles and expectations. Important economic considerations include the question of income gaps based on looks ...