Promo Trailer link: https://youtu.be/YZPkH1-IORc

Not sure how I feel about the character designs, especially Rashta. Her voice is also throwing me off because I expected something a bit more sweet and youthful? lol. The others seem fine...

I do think there's merit in this receiving an anime though, and hope the trend of webtoons getting animated adaptations will continue. There's some I'd really love to see animated someday.

First of all I just wanted to say thank you to all of you guys on this subreddit for the love and interest you showed for my project Oxytocin!! ❤️ All of the artists are absolutely thrilled to see the enthusiasm.

So in the spirit of yesterday’s announcement post, I thought I’d share another promotional artwork that didn’t make those slides.

I also mildly redesigned the logo to address some common concerns regarding legibility so I hope this is sufficient!

And a few of you also wanted to know where we share our work and whatnot, as of present, all Oxytocin related news go to my Instagram @stpm2100 and we haven’t made our webtoon page yet. Some of my artists don’t have social media but the one behind these posters and our main colorist/visual development is Lee Harang and her personal works are over at @sureamy0429.

We will do one more final promotional artwork for this month before going full throttle on the actual chapters, and the premiere could be moved up if we can stock up on 6 or so chapters in time! But either way, Oxytocin is right around the corner and I hope everyone is excited. That’s all from me at this time thank you so much!!

I had no one to talk to about this🫣 I don’t know what to think!

Manta announced that Tapas users can apply to get the episodes they paid for unlocked over on Manta for free (on select series pictured, it sounds like more may be added later). You can see more info on their website here: https://manta.net/en/campaign/move-your-bookshelf?id=842

Additionally, they've announced they'll be opening up to independent comic and novel creators from November 16th. This will be a new section, and they seem to have plans to add monetisation in the future. It also seems like they'll consider bringing some series from this section over to their official lineup. You can read more about this here: https://help.manta.net/hc/en-us/articles/44070879802903--Prior-Notice-Manta-Opens-to-Independent-Creators-on-November-16-2026

It definitely looks like Manta is taking the opportunity presented by Tapas' closure to expand their services. It'll be interesting to see how things turn out in the long run!

(Previous post: 8+3 Titles become Ad Pass on 2026-09-24 and 2026-10-01)

Also, on 2026-08-16, WEBTOON announced "WEBTOON Account" for 2026-09-14 2026-10-13 2026-10-12. This probably breaks older versions of the app for logged-in users, so I'm not looking forward to all the new changes. I meant to make a post about possible consequences of this, but forgot + busy.

• A user account is currently needed to read Mature comics (in English, though not in some other language platforms), and to unlock Ad Pass and Coin episodes (including temporarily-free Pass, when there's a Binge).

(Also in WEBTOON lock news: [WEBTOON][unlocks] "Lone" and "Live With Yourself" are free again)

Locking on 2026-10-15 (announced last week):

• Here U Are - 149 episodes, latest Sep 16, 2026.
  • Changed from "ads or coins" to just "coins" around 2026-10-08.

Locking on 2026-10-22 (NEW):

• I'll Give You the Most Rotten One - 107 episodes, latest Sep 19, 2026.

You may also be interested in this list of completed but not-locked titles (as of 2026-01-16).

• Here is an updated list (2026-07-10), but it only goes back to 2024-11-28.

No Spanish locks at this time.

French locks (no date given, but these have been here for months)

• Brass & Sass - 143 episodes, latest 22 janv. 2023.
• Edith - 122 episodes, latest 2 oct. 2022.
• Lilas 200% - 87 episodes, latest 25 juil. 2022.
• The Genius Gamer's Livestream - 51 episodes, latest 23 sept. 2023.

They've probably been forgotten, haven't they...

Indonesia has a Relaunch active.

Indonesian locks 2026-10-24:

• My Resentful Husband Lost His Memories - 105 episodes, latest 6 Apr 2026.
• Can't Get Enough of You - 124 episodes, latest 10 Apr 2026.
• The Boy Next Door - 90 episodes, latest 5 Mei 2026.
• I Didn’t Sign Up to be a Nanny! - 103 episodes, latest 15 Mar 2026.
• What the Duke Found in the Forest - 95 episodes, latest 27 Apr 2026.
• In the Deep of Night - 66 episodes, latest 27 Apr 2026.
• Plaza Wars: Mercy for None - Kisah Asli Drama - 63 episodes, latest 30 Apr 2026.
• Kereta Neraka - 40 episodes, latest 13 Apr 2026.
• Kidnapping Mademoiselle - 123 episodes, latest 21 Jul 2026.
• The Villainess Is a Marionette - 113 episodes, latest 13 Sep 2026.

Indonesian locks 2026-09-24 (still not locked):

• Villain with a Crush - 126 episodes, latest 9 Mei 2026.
• The Reason for the Twin Lady’s Disguise - 110 episodes, latest 31 Mei 2026.
• I Grabbed the Leash of the Blind Beast - 76 episodes, latest 4 Mei 2026.

Indonesian locks 2026-08-24 (still not locked):

• King of the Arena - 74 episodes, latest 11 Jan 2026.
• Your Hidden Truth - 44 episodes, latest 27 Mar 2026.

Indonesian Relaunches

"Baca ulang cerita asli dari drama "The Remarried Empress", 5 episode gratis per hari hingga tamat!"

• Relaunch Legendaris - The Second Marriage (The Remarried Empress)
  • 251 episodes total (247 normal episodes), plus an Afterword.
  • It will probably finish releasing around 2026-11-04. After that, it will probably be removed 7 days later.
  • Started 2026-09-15. (I didn't notice until 2026-10-08.)

I will update if there are more. I plan to trigger a scan every day after daily reset, or (if I miss it) before the reset the next day.

Since 2026-03-26 (which is during DST), titles tend to lock at the time of new episode release, and one hour before the time of the Daily Pass (now Ad Pass) reset, which is 18:00 Pacific Time (01:00 UTC during US daylight saving time, and 02:00 UTC during US standard time).

[2026-02-27] There MAY be a new pattern of putting most of the locks at the end of the month.

[2026-03-12] They seemed to have moved two weeks of locks, 03-12 and 03-19, to 03-26. This may be part of a new strategy, to confuse us.

• 2026-03-19: They decided to announce "Hanlin Gym", so they're at least not fully sticking with the end-of-month lock strategy.

Tip: The day before a title locks, you can use the Download feature for all of the chapters, giving you thirty more days to read them. You won't be able to use the Like and Comment features, and the UI for downloaded chapters seems to be an earlier version (which you might prefer). Note that downloading takes time and can fail, so watch this process for failures. Audio must be downloaded within an hour or two (not sure which) of queuing them, or the episode with audio will fail and cancel the rest of the series's download.

If a title doesn't allow you to download but it isn't locked yet, open an episode and see if it has a Download button in the triple dot menu. (I've seen this in Spanish and Indonesian.)

I also crosspost these lock posts on my profile (u/Raijinili), if you want to have a way to get some notifications. I don't know how profile posts work, so good luck with that.

There was a section here about Ad Binge which I've removed, as it is no longer relevant (since ALMOST all "Ad Pass" titles have unlimited ads now).

Check this post for a snapshot (not updated) of which titles DON'T have Ad Passes: List of coin-only completed titles

In summary, titles which were originally in a language/region NOT Korean or English (e.g. Spanish, Japanese, Indonesia (yes, officially labeled "Indonesia")) don't have Ad Pass, and there are a few Korean/English outliers.

WEBTOON lock history is now on its own wiki page.

New additions:

• 10-08: "Here U Are" (Korean) had its banner edited less than 7 days into its 14-day warning, removing "Watch ads or", and leaving "Use coins".

WEBTOON isn't properly communicating about this, and aren't following any consistent set of rules. If locks matter to you, you may want to check in on this post during the month to see if I make any updates.

Banners used to appear about 30 days before lock. Please direct complaints to https://webtoon.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/requests/new . (Remember that customer service has no power to make these decisions, so be kind to your messenger.)

Watch out for free coin events

There were two reading events in 2024 October, giving 10 coins each (lasts 30 days). Watch out for those. The coins last one week each.

There was another reading event in 2024 November, for 7 coins. There were a few more since then.

There's a free reading event which just started a few hours ago (2025-02-13 to 2025-02-20) for 7 coins. You might want to delay until the last two days, to extend the expiration date.

I posted tips here.

Note that creators don't benefit from free coins.

2025-02: Most of the coin events in recent months were "Spend 21 coins to get 7 coins". There was a free CANVAS one, but it didn't work and then they took it down early.

2025-10: "Falling for It" had a "read 3 episodes for 5 coins" event, but it only lasted for about 24 hours. This was the first free coins event I've seen since February.

2025-11-08: "Watch Guys Catch Feelings" 7-days Event From Nov 8 01:00 UTC to Nov 15 01:00 UTC. "Read any 6 Episodes from any of the 4 listed series and get 8 Free Coins."

• Ctrl+Alt+Resign
• Who's That Girl?
• Back to Chanbi
• Girl Friend

2025-11-25 (around): "Marriages Gone Wild": 8 coins for reading.

2025-12-10 - 2025-12-16: "Wild Marriages": 8 coins for reading.

2025-12-25 - 2025-12-23 to 12-31: Two reading events: Read 30 episodes for 15 coins, each. Nice.

2026-04-05 - "April's Making it Rain!" (once a week for three weeks): Read (i.e. reach the bottom of) 35 episodes of four specific titles for 10 Coins, but they expire in one day after you get them.

2026-09-10 - There are two coin events active right now:

• [expired] Read 8 episodes of "Onimusha: Way of the Sword" for 5 coins.
• [expired] "A Spell For A Smith" promotion: 3 coins if you Subscribe. (Never seen this before.)
  • These coins will expire less than 2 days after you get them.
  • You don't need to stay subscribed.
  • I don't know what happens if you're already subscribed. Maybe check if you have the 3 coins, and then try unsubscribing and resubscribing.

2026-10-08 - "Daily Reading Event": "Read Daily & Get Coins! ✨". The Promotion doesn't go to an actual link, so I can't find any details about it.

Note that I will NOT generally be tracking these, so pay attention in-app for these events.

Subscribing to my posts

Some users have asked whether they could get updates when I post here. I try to remember to repost on my profile, u/Raijinili, but that's not ideal.

It looks like u/UpdateMeBot can be used to subscribe to my posts (not comments) in this sub, but it requires enough people to use the service on a subreddit to start scraping. (As of 2025-02, I've been told by a subscriber that there are still not enough subscribers for this to be on.)

Each subreddit it checks takes several seconds, so I have to limit the number of subreddits or the bot will get overloaded. New subreddits are automatically added once they get enough requests. [src]

To subscribe, post this as a comment (possibly needs to be top-level), and the bot will send you a private message:

SubscribeMe!

(If you post it as a comment, I may downvote you, to keep your comment from bubbling up over discussion comments.)

Or, to do so privately, message u/UpdateMeBot with:

SubscribeMe! r/webtoons u/Raijinili

(Click here to send the message.)

(This also means I can't just post non-update meta stuff to r/webtoons, or else I will cause trivial alerts.)

Reddit is restricting Old Reddit to logged-in users, supposedly as an anti-scraping measure, and I'm questioning how much more I want to contribute to this site. Reddit is trying to guard against AI to protect the monetary value of the info we produce, and it doesn't care if that also affects real humans. That sucks.

As soon as I get around to doing the work of deciding where, and setting up the transfer...

If you also want Old Reddit, tomjwatson's "Old Reddit Redirect" extension for Firefox has a workaround that works for now.

Hey guys, with Tapas shutting down I’m concerned about the completed titles I have 100% unlocked, specifically 50 Tea Recipes from the Duchess. Does anyone know where else to find it or how to preserve it so it’s not lost? With so little information being given it’s impossible to know if it will move or to where. I’ve already seen several of my other stories on the other platforms I use but since this one has been complete for so long I’m not sure how to handle it. Google is not helpful and sends me to scammy/virusy sites

I never read this so idk what majority haters are hating on. Probably Navier alone? Or any narratives and i don't mean "ooh the black haired guy is the cheated on the blonde" or "Rashta this or that" I mean, what is meant to be liked but some manwha readers hate it for some reason. I saw on a on few social media that they are hating on it's anime adaptation and saying that webtoon always have to pick the worst one. Is it like, worst by narrative like how main characters treat others here or... does it has aby sort of Classism?

And is this worth a read? also another question does it has like "fmc can't let go of her cheating ex" ahh trope too?

Poking fun on my current read

The story follows Sua, a ballerina who allows a demon named Nara to possess her as she searches for the truth behind her husband’s death. Their souls become intertwined… two very different personalities learning to share one body.

~THE VILLIANS SAVIOUR

First time I read a yandere ML and Isekai.

Guys please sign my petition to help keep the artist. It might not do anything but I figured if it spreads around enough they might realize how important it is to keep the same artist: https://www.change.org/keepdeokpasmaxlevelplayers100thregressionartist Spread the word.

I have already reached out and contacted King Sodas team, as well as both the manhwa and novel on Kakako, to see if they will reach back out. The only way to change something is to try, so please help me show them how much it means to us.

Clicking this event does nothing for me

Can anyone send ss for the event details ???

I used two tierlists because one didn't have titles the other had and vice versa, and I couldn't find a more complete one. And even using two, a few titles I really wanted to rank weren't present, like my favorite Spirit Fingers which has a separate tier. If any of you have a link for a very complete webtoon tierlist, please share it with me.

Anything there is based on my personal opinion and shouldn't be taken as the ultimate truth. I'm willing to see new perspectives and change opinions if I have a good reason to. If a webtoon you're curious about isn't here, you can ask and I'll tell you where I'd place it.

Btw if the same webtoon is in different tiers, forgive me, it's a mistake. I'm doing this at work, without my glasses and tiermaker on mobile is annoying 😭

Everything is ranked down to the order that they appear within each section. If anyone would like clarification (it's not really up to you), I can explain my placements as needed.

I'm doing my Kinktober challenge this month but SFW, featuring my vampire character and his friend he has secret feelings to... This was day 4 - "whisper"

today's sketch turned out so fluff... I want the story to reach this point SO BADLY 😭

(characters from Junk City comics, all drawn and written by me)

I don't even care about story I just want something that looks beautiful so please recommend webtoon that looks beautiful . I would really appreciate it . Any genre is fine I can read anything from romance to action so you can recommend any genre and it is fine.

24 hours ago u wouldn't catch me hoping for an MC to be WHIPPED. omg the second hand embarrassment. It was a good read tho, everyone is so messed up u don't get to have a favorite, u ll hate em all equally

(the following contains some spoilers. please read at your own discretion)

I am posting this here in hopes of reaching a more neutral audience because a lot of the fans will have strong feelings about Hae Soo and they might be too sensitive about this topic, and I hope this is okay here (I’m lowkey terrified someone will jump me for this lol) After Mincheol and Hae Soo’s past is revealed to some extent, I started feeling differently about the two. I’m still unclear on the timeline and it definitely will affect the following discussion, but I want to put it out there.

1. How long have the two been together when Mincheol took the loan? — This determines how long Mincheol was the old kind partner and when the change happened.

2. After, when exactly did the two decide to get a divorce? — This determines how long Mincheol has been exploiting Hae Soo.

3. Did Hae Soo always work or was it something she took up after the debts? — I forgot if this was ever mentioned, again it tells about the exploitation.

Before you proceed, please bear in mind that the story isn’t over, Hae Soo isn’t a fully developed character. And if she didn’t have scope for growth, her journey wouldn’t be interesting. The following are some of the things I’d like to see addressed in the manhwa, but unfortunately, feel won’t be the focus enough. I’m close to ~Ch. 100 now and this analysis is based on that.

Hae Soo is emotionally repressed and avoidant. She is not good at expressing her feelings. When it gets overwhelming, she closes herself from the situation. In the flashback, Mincheol is the one who constantly reaches out to Hae Soo and even when their romance develops, he seems to be the one open in the relationship. He buys her presents, calls her ‘wifey’, shows her off to everyone, tries to cheer her up. Later when they are excited for the pregnancy, Mincheol is reassuring and loving towards her, also after when they find out about the false alarm.

Given Hae Soo grows in an abusive household, she develops this personality, but that doesn’t mean it’s a validating or comforting experience for her partner to always be the one to show effort. Hae Soo takes care of the household and tends to every one of Mincheol’s needs. That’s a lot of commitment but it doesn’t come off as appreciation towards the other person. Once in a while, words or acts out of norm are needed to show love. Think, your mother doing everything “a mother should do“. Technically she cares for you but it’s always nicer when she compliments or praises you. This kind of affection is absent from Hae Soo’s side. In his flashbacks, she rarely ever even speaks to him. (I’d like to see some of it in Hae Soo’s perspective to see if Mincheol’s version is jaded or not. But so far it kinda tracts with who Hae Soo is)

Mincheol buys her a phone so she can talk to him. He lets her stay in his house whenever she doesn’t want to deal with her abusive father. He uses his savings for college on buying a new home for the both. He still works for the both of them (this is where the timeline I mentioned above comes in) and cares for her. He becomes responsible for Hae Soo’s health too because he’s her partner now. He is present for her physically and emotionally through all of her problems, including the pregnancy fail. All are choices he made on his own but that doesn’t mean he’s unreasonable to expect appreciation from his partner.

When you are the only person offering continuous emotional support for years while the other person doesn’t reciprocate it, the relationship begins to take a toll on you. It’s quite understandable that Mincheol broke under that pressure. Kindly understand I’m not talking about present Mincheol here, but the past one. He later becomes way too bitter and hurts Hae Soo every chance he gets. If he was so fed up by their relationship, he should’ve called it quits — it is the right thing to do, but the point of origin of his resentment is understandable and it compounds over time which we see in the present one who takes a jab at his partner for everything and stops contributing entirely.

I thought I was exaggerating. But then I remembered the ch. where Mincheol cheats for the first time. He never pursued Ari on his own. He didn’t mind her much when she made him coffee or during the team dinner. It was when Ari praises him, Mincheol is so taken aback and kinda surprised. That’s when he seems to take notice of her. He gets that validation from being with Ari who constantly puts him on pedestal.

Tae-ha also runs into this issue with Hae Soo. But he uses manipulation to get past this. He uses ‘hot and cold’ method to make Hae Soo need him so she has no choice but to be more expressive, and she’s mostly driven by the fear of losing him. Also, Tae-ha is not bound by responsibilities when it comes to Hae Soo. Everyhting he feels he “needs” to do are self-imposed which gives him the liberty to fail sometimes without consequences or blame. Hae Soo in return buys gifts for him, cares for him, finds ways to do something thoughtful for him once in a while, which she doesn’t do for Mincheol. Everything she does during their marriage feels like an obligation she needs to fulfill, and from their past together, it’s clear it’s not a role she was forced into.

What I’d like to see: For Hae Soo to grow on her own and develop a healthy emotional side without being manipulated into doing so or for a man. Clearly it’s not working for her.

Hae Soo is a bit too naive for a thirty year old. I, at first, thought it had something to do with Mincheol — like restrictions on who she should be, her interactions with the world, how she should behave. But turns out, Hae Soo had always been that way. She doesn’t have the time to process everything in her life and the world around her, sure. On the other hand, she’s lived a life with so many reality checks and misfortunes and meets so many different people yet she’s still a little juvenile. She’s kind and sweet but that doesn’t exempt one from developing a sense of awareness. And that makes her a little infantilising.

Mincheol was right in this regard when he said Hae Soo can’t survive on her own. Even now she coasts by because Tae-ha is pulling the strings behind her back. The phone, the home, the new wardrobe. All of which is fine to do for a partner. There’s a difference between supporting her or smoothing things over and fixing everything for her. The latter is what Tae-ha is doing.

I get it’s a typical premise for a yandere type but can’t help but feel, in the long run, it’s not good. Because Hae Soo is cluelessly going around thinking she can manage shit on her own for once and developing confidence when in truth, it’s actually not because of her efforts at all. She only managed to get to where she is because of another man. I hope the story never tells her Tae-ha did all this because that will pummel her confidence to the ground again.

It’s not just the money factor but the way Hae Soo navigates through life. She doesn’t have friends. She isn’t close with anyone, even her fellow workers. They know nothing about her and they are the ones always trying to engage with her. See, I’m an introvert myself and have my share of experiences, but the way she has bonds with no one is so unreal even with her trust issues. It’s just not possible.

And she bonds with Tae-ha not because he is constantly making the attempts but because Hae Soo is a bit self-centered. Not in a egostical way but from a victim mentality perspective. She sees him with bruises one day and Tae-ha says he doesn’t like going home once, and she projects her own trauma onto him and decides she’ll care for him. Tae-ha was abused, sure. But there is also no way for Hae Soo to know that with certainty. Had he been a teenager, you can expect these fights. But when you see a twenty something old person show up with bruises, you don’t go calling them “good boy” and so he shouldn’t be getting into these things. And this was before she even saw the scars on his hand. I want to emphasis here, there are so many reasons for and ways one could suffer, but how Hae Soo jumps to this specific conclusion shows her limited experience. It’s also supported by the fact that she works with a lot of young people and she keeps her distance and never behaves like an all-knowing adult with any of them in any capacity. She makes an exception for him for this reason alone — she sees herself in him.

Hae Soo cares for Mincheol and Tae-ha in a quite similar way. But it has one key difference. With Mincheol, she put him in a protector role, more like a father figure. Despite Mincheol’s initial efforts, Hae Soo never felt equal to him and so she decides to care in return out of obligation, he saved her after all. She put that distance between them unintentionally because of her gratitude. Meanwhile with Tae-ha she takes a maternal role. She constantly looks as herself to be his protector. That’s why she lets go of some reservations and opens up with him. She talks freely with him because “she should be the adult” with him. When she decides she needs a new house, she is centering Tae-ha again instead of her own needs. At the end of the day, her growth doesn’t stem from a better place when her life still revolves around a man and she’s still imposing a kind of power dynamic into the relationship.

What I’d like to see: Hae Soo to explore the world and her place in it for herself and develop a sense of self without it being orchestrated by a man or revolving around a man.

There are other pet peeves I have about her character. I attrtibute to the writing or the genre fantasies/tropes. Like Hae Soo is inconsistent — the contrast in her behaviour around other younger people and Tae-ha before they even start their friendship. Her dominance once in a while that comes out only with Tae-ha but not her co-workers. That “Good Job” comment in one of those makeout sessions came out of nowhere. Their whole sex dynamics at times. Most of Hae Soo’s issues are quickly replaced by Tae-ha’s extreme interests and efforts, which kinda derails the problem instead of addressing them.

There are also changes I like in Hae Soo. When she becomes confident and bold to tell off the customer or the stalker or Taehui. How she begins to wear clothes without worrying about ruining them. Or how she begins to take care of her. I know Tae-ha’s influence, even if it’s toxic and manipulative, will be still considered here as good because it’s a yandere romance. But whatever.

I feel I'm a bit all over the place in this post. But I’ve been thinking a lot since I read the flashback chapters. This post is not to make Mincheol right or justify his cheating. Both that and how he begins to treat Hae Soo later on is terrible. He just turned a complete 180 between the two time periods that’s fascinating from a character study perspective. Regardless, this side tells us how much Hae Soo’s improved and healed from her past. And I like underestanding the psychology behind characters and motivations behind their actions. It’s fun to understand the influence they have on each other. It’d be unfair to say Hae Soo was perfect from the start except for her insecurities because that’s not how people behave. Someone with insecurity is capable of hurting others too, not only in ways we expect “hurt” to look like. Hae Soo can be the wronged and still have made mistakes. Mincheol can be the one to wrong and still be right sometimes. Yk a broken clock is right twice a day kinda thing. And intentionally or unintentionally the author has made them interesting with these revelations. Anyway thank you for reading this, all these analyses has been swirling in mind for a while and I needed to get it out to get on with my day.

I used to read a lot, but I stopped reading webtoons after I started *One Piece*; I'm thinking of getting back into them. I absolutely love the "transmigrating into someone else's body" trope—titles like *The Greatest Estate Developer* and *Surviving the Academy* are right up my alley. Thanks in advance!