K-Comics Beat staff serve up a feast of recommendations as diverse and exciting as an international buffet. Whether you’re craving Boys’ Love, slice-of-life, or thrilling vampire tales, our talented team delivers picks guaranteed to satisfy every webcomic lover’s appetite.
To choose these spectacular stories for our top 2024 list, we set simple criteria: the series had to either debut or update in 2024. (We didn’t want to limit ourselves to brand-new titles when so many amazing series returned from hiatus this year!)
We’re thrilled to share these spectacular picks with you. Without further ado, here are our 10 Best Webtoons of 2024!
Happy reading, fellow webcomic fans!
Title: Lucia
Writer: Skye
Artist: TARUVI/KIDARISTUDIO
Original Creator: Skye
Localization: Pocket Comics, Tappytoon
Platform: Pocket Comics, Tappytoon
Skye and TARUVI’s Lucia began serialization in 2019 on Kakao Page and later launched in English on Pocket Comics before being picked up by Tappytoon. As of December 14, Pocket Comics offers 157 episodes. Tappytoon provides the same episodes and follows the same schedule.
In 2023, Lucia went on what felt like an endlessly long hiatus, sparking rumors that TARUVI would not continue the series. Fans speculated this after hearing that TARUVI had started working on a new title, Moonlight Library. Thankfully, TARUVI addressed the rumor, confirming their return and involvement in Season 3 of the webcomic. (Thank goodness!)
The story follows Lucia, also known as Princess Vivienne Hesse, who can glimpse the future through her dreams. Knowing a dreadful marriage and bleak life await her, she resolves to marry Duke Hugo Taran, the infamous “Black Lion of the Battlefield,” to change her fate. Desperate to escape her grim future, Lucia proposes a contract marriage with the Duke. Over time, she becomes deeply intertwined in his life, completely unaware that the notoriously cold Duke has fallen head over heels for her.
I chose Lucia because 2024 brought regular updates for this stunning webcomic, making it a joy to read. The art and story are nothing short of *chef’s kiss*. Lucia herself is a huge draw—sharp, resourceful, and unwilling to let anyone make a fool of her, even as she retains a bit of naivety that never becomes frustrating. She may not see through every facade, but she knows her worth and the worth of those around her, taking action accordingly. I also love how she treats her stepson. Stories that feature blended families where the step-parent isn’t a nightmare are so refreshing.
If the story doesn’t hook you, the art will. You can read episodes 1-142 for free on the Pocket Comics app, with subsequent chapters costing 4 coins. On Tappytoon, episodes 1-3 are free, and later chapters cost 300 points each. —HK
Title: Reunion
Artist: Deulsum
Original Creator: 2coin
Localization: Lezhin US and Manta
Hakyung works at a bar to make ends meet with his brother still in school and his mother in the hospital. From time to time he thinks of a piano in the middle of a silent room, a playful dog, a loving grandfather, and a boy with a beautiful smile. But none of those things belong to Hakyung; they all belong to the girl he was impersonating Han Jiyoung.
If you were ever looking for a “slow burn read,” Reunion is definitely one of the best stories out there. The story focuses on Hakyung who reunites with Yoonsung, the boy from his past, except Yoonsung doesn’t remember who he is. And while Hakyung is a stranger to Yoonsung, what he does know is that there’s a familiarity to him, and he’ll be the key to his memories. As the two get closer, Hakyung finds it harder and harder to not be pulled into Yoonsung’s orbit and the feelings that he thought he had buried when he left behind the wig and the dress slowly start to re-emerge. Each panel Deulsum illustrates is expertly drawn and down with such attention to detail and care that it feels cinematographic and the repetition of seemingly similar panels with only the slightest differences conveys a heaviness and tension, making this one of my favorite reads of 2024. —HL
Title: Our Sunny Days
Writer: Jeong Seokchan
Artist: Jeong Seokchan
Original Creator: Jeong Seokchan
Localization: Lezhin US
Platform: Lezhin US
Our Sunny Days is a mature Boys’ Love title I previously mentioned in my Boys’ Love for Life column. It’s about a single, young man who recently finds out he’s a dad, leaves the army, settles in a rural Korean town to take care of his baby, and meets the head of the village there.
I admit, I’m a simple person! I chose Our Sunny Days solely because of how happy this series makes me. Just seeing the characters is enough to make me grin to myself like an idiot! The plot sits on the perfect balance of reality and fairy tale romance, it’s so well-written, the art style is great and the men here look gorgeous. It’s the perfect recipe that makes me keep coming back and rereading the past chapters!
Our Sunny Days is essentially about two men who have lost their families and now found one in each other. If you’re thinking of branching out and giving one series a chance you otherwise wouldn’t the next year, I hope it’ll be this one! I’m confident that it’ll warm your heart as well. —MG
Title: Señorita Cometa
Writer: Arechan
Artist: Arechan
Original Creator: Arechan
Localization: Arechan
Platform: WEBTOON
Señorita Cometa’s been going for over two years now, but it’s top of my list for 2024 because this year Arechan’s started to really experiment with the limits of the digital format, adding in animations, side-scrolling panel compositions, and music that plays at key emotional moments. It’s just enough to make the comic stand out from the crowd, without being overly gimmicky. And that digital multimedia blend is everything I love about webcomics as a medium. On top of being formally creative, Señorita Cometa is also beautifully written and drawn. Every week leaves me excited to see what Alex and her friends and foes will get up to next. Will the mysterious vigilante Cometa get caught? Or will she finally rescue her disappeared best friend? I know I, at least, will keep reading until I find out. —MZ
Title: Pick Me Up
Adaptation: nicesun
Artist: WASAK BASAK
Original Story: Hermod
Localization: Tapas
Platform: Tapas
There have been many isekai stories with the “trapped in a game” flavor, especially after Sword Art Online. What I had yet to see was one where the main character transmigrates into a fodder character in a gacha game. Pick Me Up is an action fantasy that leans into the darker realities of having close to no autonomy as a character in a game, while another human is “playing” outside in their own reality. Yes, the characters can be autonomous while fighting in auto-battle “story mode” maps, and choose how they spend time in their barracks. But at the end of the day, the human player is essentially a God-like figure, who can easily discard, merge, or abandon his summons if they don’t deliver results. Add in a currently top-ranking competitive player of the game, a permanent-death mechanic, and you’ve got a suspenseful, high octane action story with internal politics! The psychology behind the actions taken by both the former top player–now the weakest possible fodder unit–and the current, ignorant master make complete sense in the context of the story! This has been a standout series for me that debuted earlier this year on Tapas, as I relate to the gacha game experience and love the action + art style. —MP
Title: Unholy Blood
Writer: Lina Im
Artist: Lina Im, Jeonghyeon Kim
Original Creator: Lina Im
Localization: WEBTOON
Platform: WEBTOON
There aren’t as many stories I have spent hours reading, re-reading, and spending daily pass coins for. But Unholy Blood has been and always will be one of my favorite Vampire webtoons ever. Lina Lim’s art will forever be one of my favorites with the implied detail through the colors and shading to some very exaggerated expressions during the fight scenes against other vampires. I just adore Hayan’s design too when she’s in her vampire form, with the standout white hair and blue vampire eyes. To top this all off the action has always been just as engaging as there is a variety of vampires with different abilities that Hayan must overcome, leading to some creative battles as she must figure out how to overpower or outsmart them. You can thankfully read all of Unholy Blood right now on WEBTOON as the series is available through Daily Pass, or you can buy the print editions by Ize Press. Read it, it’s one of my favorite webtoons and best piece of Vampire media out there, you won’t regret it. —JG
Title: I Love Amy
Writer: Unni
Artist: Unni
Localization: Prodigy (Translator), Kelly Lee (Editor), Jenn Lee (QA/QC), Graphic QA (Yoom)
Platform: Tappytoon
Bibi is blonde, well-dressed and cute as a button. She’s also a sociopath. When she spots her handsome classmate Peter one day, she decides that nothing and no one will keep them apart. Not even that sad-looking girl Amy Lee. But when Bibi invites Amy to her house (in order to ruin her life forever for standing next to her beloved Peter) she discovers that Amy isn’t so bad. In fact, maybe she’s the key to Peter’s heart? Meanwhile, Amy is crushing hard on Bibi. So begins an adorable yet rather poisonous love story.
I Love Amy has an unmistakable look among the sea of Korean comics. It’s a slice of abstract Americana, a world of pink convertibles, high schools, and velvet cake. “What if Panty & Stocking With Garterbelt had depression,” in other words. Yet the well of trauma underneath the candy coating is never predictable either. Unni is less interested in Bibi’s cruelty and Amy’s pathetic nature than they are interested in asking what made these two girls that way. Their families and classmates similarly have reasons governing their behavior. Nobody is irredeemable, not even Bibi.
While the series was finished back in 2023 via Peanutoon, the English serialization began this year and is just about halfway through. I never would have expected what looked like a cartoon thriller to also be an immigrant story and even an earnest romance. But I Love Amy contains multitudes. Just be careful reading this comic if you are a fan of golden retrievers! —AW
Title: The Three-Body Problem
Adaptation: Jin Cai, Twilight Lu, Silver
Artist: Xudong Cai
Original Creator: Cixin Liu
Translation: Xiao
Publisher: Yen Press, Webnovel
I’ve heard rave reviews about The Three-Body Problem which is an adaptation of the award-winning novel by Cixin Liu, and though there’s only one volume out, there’s enough material there to intrigue and take people on a thrilling and philosophical ride. Renowned physicists have been inexplicably committing suicide. Wang Miao, a physics professor has been roped into the mystery when a suicide note from a colleague he knows says, “Physics has never existed and never will.” It throws everything into question and with a timer inexplicably showing up in front of Wang Miao that only he can see, he has to find the answer before it runs out. The sci-fi elements are virtually non-existent in the first volume with the focus more on the existential questions but it has raised enough tension to keep everyone waiting with baited breath for the next volume. —HL
Title: What the Evil Dragon Lives For
Writer: Honaran
Artist: manubi
Original Creator: Lemon Frog
Localization: WEBTOON
Platform: WEBTOON
What the Evil Dragon Lives For tells the story of Elaine Newt, an illegitimate child chosen as a sacrifice to appease the wrath of the evil dragon Rabeth. Sealed away by the empire for 500 years, Rabeth vows revenge against the empire and his former contractor, Lancel, who happens to be Elaine’s previous incarnation. To Elaine’s surprise, when Rabeth awakens from his slumber, he grants her three wishes. She uses her first wish to stop him from destroying the empire, and the two find themselves sent back in time. As they journey together, their unlikely partnership grows into a budding friendship—and perhaps something more.
I’ve read many regression stories, and while Elaine embodies the typical good-hearted female lead, she also knows how to stand up for herself and establish boundaries. (I’ve become a big fan of boundaries, having learned to set them myself in the past decade. lol) Despite her stronger mental and emotional fortitude in this life, she only asks for what she needs and consistently helps others. Her friendship with Rabeth serves as a catalyst for her self-discovery, and watching Elaine’s personal growth makes it easy to root for her. You can’t help but hope her bond with Rabeth evolves into something deeper, free from the guilt of being the reincarnation of his first contractor and friend.
As difficult as it is, I save the episodes as they release to binge them all at once because one episode a week simply is NOT enough.
At the time of writing, What the Evil Dragon Lives For has 64 episodes available on WEBTOON, with 20 additional episodes unlockable using Fast Pass. New episodes release every Saturday. —HK
Title: Seasons of Lovesome
Writer: Hongduck
Artist: Nemone
Localization: WEBTOON
Platform: WEBTOON
If anyone has already read Seasons of Blossom, you’re in for a real treat with the sequel Seasons of Lovesome. The sequel focuses on the characters from the first series like Bomi, Jaemin, and Jinyoung but also includes a new character named Pureum who seems intensely fixated on Bomi. No longer are they in the safety of high school; they’ve moved into real adulthood as they transition to university and then professional life, with a coffee shop/art studio becoming the characters’ choice of gathering. Seasons of Lovesome has the same lightheartedness and humor as the first series, and Pureum especially takes the cake in the first few episodes with the number of misunderstandings she makes about the beloved characters. There’s no telling what direction Seasons of Lovesome will go into (as Seasons of Blossom started off light-hearted before diving into darker topics) but from what I’ve read so far, it will be just as enjoyable as the first. —HL
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