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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.
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]
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 ...
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]
Webtoon Entertainment, the serial comics platform, was founded in South Korea in 2005 by CEO Junkoo Kim, Naver. [16] Since its launch in 2013, WEBTOON has become the most popular mobile app, catering to young adults who enjoy reading comics and webcomic content. [17]
Solo Leveling, also alternatively translated as Only I Level Up (Korean: 나 혼자만 레벨업; RR: Na Honjaman Rebeleop), is a South Korean portal fantasy [1] web novel written by Chugong.
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.
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 ...