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[Alert] Please remember to support the manhwa teams!

Creating manhwa is difficult. Drawing a comic takes a ridiculous amount of time. Each week, artists are expected to upload a high quality, full color comic with at least 65 panels (cuts). How to best support these artists? #1 - Support them officially on the official platform of choice, tappy, tapas etc. This is by far, the best way to support them overseas. - Supporting on kakaopage would be great too, but I don’t see many people willing to support in a language they can’t read, even if it’s cents per chapter.

#2 - follow their social media (twitter, instagram etc), and comment on their weekly release posts. - shout out your praise of a pretty panel, of how much you like their work, how you look forward to every chapter, how you wish they have a good day, how you’ll continue to support them etc; make it as cheesy and fangirly as much as possible. Emojis are OK too. - Even if they don’t have time to respond to every comment, they are always very happy to get comments, especially positive ones. Their thanks is implied. - Artists are always happy to get international comments too, twitter has a handy translation feature so it’s super easy for them to get a quick translation - type your english, japanese, indonesian, spanish comments proudly! - mention you support them on tappytoon/tapas/whatever official site you use - they’ll love that too! Please DO NOT: - If you do, for whatever reason, read on an manhwa aggregate site (not official sites like tapas, tappy, etc) NEVER mention you read off an illegal manhwa aggregate site, you’ll literally make them demotivated and cry. They worked so hard, yet readers would read on an unofficial site instead of supporting officially? it hurts their soul. They’re already stressed and sleep deprived enough (refer to the post below from Luna Heng) - Excessively bother the creators by tagging them on stuff. They’re very busy creating the manhwa we love!! We don’t want them to be so uncomfortable that they turn off comments on their posts!!

If you are financially able to, please support them officially!

Because I have a part-time job, I have extra spending money so I: 1) Purchase the weekly chapters from kakaopage 2) Purchase the weekly chapters from Tappytoon 3) Purchase the physical books from KR sites for collection purposes 4) Occasionally post on the Artist’s twitter weekly to give them support

More info below: It’s been documented how much stress artists are under to succeed and to provide entertainment for the readers (as well as deal with pressures from management. The most well known cases is of "Solo Leveling" artist Seongrak Jang (Dubu), who died in 2022 due to a brain hemorrhage connected to chronic illness (1). Starting in 2023, after the controversy regarding Juniljus, “Roxana”’s artist’s miscarriage from overwork in summer 2022, there were some changes in the main webtoon platform, kakaopage korea, allowing artists a 4 week on, 1 week off period in publication. However, this isn’t enough. Some statistics (2) 1. 28.7% of Webtoon writers that responded to the survey have depression, compared to the national average of 7.7% 2. 17.3% had suicidal thoughts, 8.5% planned it, 4% tried it. Nationals averages being (10.7%, 2.5%, 1.7%) respectively 3. Depression, Anxiety, & Sleep disorders were more likely to be diagnosed if the artist received negative comments. 4. The average amount of cuts per chapter is 60-70, this only includes sketches, not detailed art, or coloring so the real number is around 3 times that. 5. muscle disorders, and other body illnesses were high due to long periods of sitting. Web platforms are growing but so is anxiety about impressing readers, so authors are including more cuts. 6. 51% said their income was between 2-4 million won (1600-3200 USD)

With the statistics above, these Korean artists are under a TREMENDOUS amount of stress and pressure to meet their deadlines. Their “off” weeks are not meant for them to go on vacation, it’s for them to catch up and get a bit more sleep, but also to build their “saves” (future chapters). This is also true of when series goes on 3 months - 1 year or more hiatus: it’s not meant for a rest and relaxation period. The artists continue to draw, and build up a stash of chapters to post during the “active posting period.” Each artist’s drawing speed is different, but an estimation is that one panel can take on average 2-6 hours to draw (Suol, the artist for Villains are Destined to die mentioned in a tweet somewhere iirc). Some key frame panels take up to 12 hours to draw!. Regarding “saves” - ideally the artist has 5+ saves ready for a smooth publication schedule, but most of the time, they only have 1 or less. That’s why it’s so common for series to take an extra week (or four) for an unexpected hiatus, because they literally don’t have any chapters to post, they’re literally finishing hours before the posting deadline.

Social medias mentioned:

twitter @NightWitch_0615 - Artist of “A World Without You” twitter @binu_1209 - Artist of “The Viridescent Tiara” twitter @Domics714 - Artist of “The Lady's Dark Secret” insta @ zoosun816 - Artist of “I Stan the Prince” twitter @_HENG_HENG - Artist of “Villain Duke's Precious One" twitter @sano_ramyun - “Artist of “A Talented maid”

Shortly after starting the Lady’s Dark Secret, DOHA was hospitalized. Here she points out how much her art changes based on how she feels - when she’s in good shape her art is quite beautiful, but when she’s trying to push through to meet deadlines when she isn’t, we see wonky proportions. All these artists work hard, but they get limited understanding from readers. It’s common to see readers pointing out how bad the art is... causing the artists pain because they really do try hard, but they have relentless deadlines to fulfill.

Binu has been having health issues since the serialization of “A Viridescent Crown”. In response to DOHA’s post above, she also mentioned she was hospitalized during the publication period of S2. During it’s run, netizens were quick to see that the quality of S2 dropped a lot, and many readers even dropped the series because of the drop in quality or poking fun at weirdly drawn art, the ML was not as hot as he used to be and has “a dorito chin”. Meanwhile she’s trying her best to finish her work, but has required a lot of breaks and hospitalizations to recover. Even so, S2 ended 10/2022, and the earliest estimation of a return will be sometime in Jan 2024 (14 month hiatus!). The Season 1 break was 8 months, and even then, that wasn’t enough.

Lunaheng, the artist of “Villain duke’s precious one” seems to have avoided hospitalizations and poor health, but she still speaks out about working all day and getting few hours of sleep at night. She even had to post it twice in english to try to stop readers from reading it from unofficial sites! I can’t find the tweet (because she’s so active on twitter), but Night Witch, the artist of “ A World Without You” was actually hospitalized in March 2023 while working on two series at the same time. She had a family member post updates for her while she was recovering to not disrupt the posting schedule. zoosun, the artist of “I Stan the Prince”, has had health issues limiting her ability to draw. The last chapter was posted 12/2021, and is projected to resume serialization 8/2023. Even Hayeon, the artist for YM, had some health issues 12/2022 where she took 5 weeks off to recover. She seems to be doing better this year though ><

Sanho, the artist for “A Talented Maid”, revealed she had issues after finishing the second season. She went on an extended hiatus from 6/2021-12/2022, about 18 months. Despite having depression and being on medication, and having a herniated disk (which is known to develop/worsen from poor sitting habits like slouching or sitting for long hours), she still tried to push through and it really took a toll on her health, which caused her to extend the hiatus even more.

As you can see, these creators work really hard to create content for readers. They really do sacrifice their well-being to create. Yes, the workforce is harsh, the business model is exploitive, but at least for us, as overseas readers, we can support them by purchasing the official versions if they’re available in our country.

Sources: 1) https://twitter.com/Manhwabang_/status/1611503074325024768?s=20 2) https://t.co/kEZnwFV4Pe, https://t.co/7cIN8965hq

#Your Majesty Please Spare Me This Time #roxana #i stan the prince #villain duke's precious one #manhwa #the viridescent crown

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crowntiarawhatever · 4 months

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The Viridescent Crown Chapter 4

"What?" Lan replied, peering up at the knight.

Sir Ross stared down at Lan, curtley elaborating,"The Knight Commander."

"Where is he going?"

“To the doorway."

"Did you not hear the discussion?"

Lan lifted her cup and gently blew on the tea. Though it wasn’t lady-like, it was better than burning one's tongue on a hot drink.

Ross questioned her again as she cautiously sipped on her tea.

"Didn't you send him to the doorway to get rid of him?"

Within Latia’s territory, some of the most dangerous beasts roamed the surrounding lands of the Ice Wall’s doorway.

"Now why would I do that?"

Only then did Lan take her mind oﬀ the tea to concentrate on Sir Ross.

"To usurp Master Eustaph’s power within the duchy."

Upon hearing his answer Lan burst into a fit of laughter, she had not expected to hear such a gloomy response from Sir Ross.

Ross however could not figure out the reason for her sudden onset of insanity.

"Is that your plan?" he asked incredulously.

"Isn't it strange to ask such a straightforward question? You basically told me, 'You're trying to kill my brother!'"

Laughing cheerfully, Lan rested her chin in her hand. Her impermeable eyes glistened with mirth.

"That isn’t the case. I'm just counting on this plan to work."

"I believe you."

"You believe in me? You shouldn’t!"

Sir Ross raised his eyebrows, "And why shouldn’t I?"

"For what reason should you trust me?"

"It’s true that you were not formally educated as a Patriarch. Though, I was under the impression that you were taking lessons from a private tutor, but…"

Even so, for a nineteen year old girl to inherit a leadership position in the midst of a disastrous situation and handle it so skillfully upon her first attempt was unbelievable.

"It's as if you were prepared for this, like you've been waiting for this to happen."

"Not at all actually."

Lan cooed as she watched the ripples race across the amber liquid. In fact, this was the very situation that she had wanted to avoid.

She had tried to save her family, yet they died nonetheless.

Lan had come up with a theory: no matter how much she attempted to intervene with the plot, the main story would continue to unfold in a similar manner. It would be difficult to sway the tree of fate.

"I'm just doing my best to help in whatever ways I can. Even now, I feel like my stomach is tying itself in knots."

Lan quickly added, "That doesn’t mean you should include my woes in your report to Eustaph; I don’t want to worry him"

"That is if he's worried about you."

Lan giggled at Sir Ross's snide remark.

"You’re probably right."

"Aren��t you upset?"

When asked by Ross, Lan wrapped her ﬁngertips around the teacup. The wide and shallow characteristics of the porcelain cup had allowed the tea to grow cold.

"Why would I be upset?" Lan countered, sipping at the last of her drink.

"Well…."

For once, Ross didn’t know what to say.

"I want to be a real family with Eus. I don't think it's fair to say that it's impossible to get along as siblings, but I would like us to be closer."

Lan gaze darted back to Sir Ross.

"Though I don’t mean to force the relationship on him. I'm just trying to make amends. Eustaph is in his right, he had been bullied by my mother." she rambled on.

"Though I’m not saying my actions didn’t bother him in the past. But now I want things to go a little diﬀerently."

Clink

Lan quickly placed the teacup back on its saucer and poured herself a second cup. Its sweet scent swirled up with the water vapors.

"So in conclusion, I'm not angry. It's all up to Eustaph."

Sir Ross found himself frozen, staring at Lan as if she had sprouted a second head.

Unaware of her escort's befuddlement, Lan went about hoisting another pile of documents from the heaps of paperwork and set them at her desk.

She had known of the dire situation of the duchy’s finances, But, what was the cause of this unprecedented backlog?

Ms. Elizabeth, as the current administrator, would have to be aware of this. To be handling this workload single handedly without complaint, it must have been difficult for her.

'I can't believe she didn't show it. She has the makings of a great administrator.'

It appeared that most of the issues raised against the duchy were due to lack of funding. The bell tower has been requesting repair for several years already…

"Isn't it better to work from the ground up? The road covered by the landslide three years ago still hasn’t been restored, right?' Lan mumbled to herself.

Her first goal was to sort through all these documents.

'Let's cheer up.'

Lan took a deep breath and began to quickly read through the papers. Her ability to speed read was one of her few redeeming qualities, but considering the mountains of documents left, she would have to take it up a notch.

'The formatting of these documents is terrible.'

They all lacked structure and didn’t follow a set rubric. At this point, it was more like a letter to the lord than a document.

'We will need to ﬁx that.'

If we set a few specifications in place going forward, separating the document components and emphasizing data. That would reduce the time needed to read and compare the submitted forms.

Flap.

With the speed that Sir Ross found himself handing papers over to Lan, he wondered if she was truly comprehending what she was reading. By the time she began to slow down, there was a loud knock on the door.

Lan and Sir Ross looked up in surprise.

Sir Ross quickly brought his hand to his sword as the door swung open.

"Lan!"

It was her uncle, Baron Lindbergh.

"Uncle."

Lan rose from her seat.

"May I ask, what are you doing here?"

"I hadn’t seen you all day. I was worried that something may have happened to you!"

Baron Lindbergh huﬀed his way inside. Sir Ross stood in front of the baron blocking his path.

"Without permission, you cannot meet with the duchess."

"I'm her uncle! Besides, I'm more worried about a guy like you being here!"

"Uncle, he is one of our loyal knights."

Sir Ross’s eyes widened at Lan’s quick defense of him. Lindbergh snorted.

"What loyalty?"

"He may take a seat Sir Ross"

Ross stepped aside without a word, and Lindbergh plopped down into an armchair; ignoring the fact that he hadn’t asked to enter or waited for her to take a seat first. His manners were unbefitting of nobility to the point of being sinful.

Lan sat back down and inquired, without saying too much. "What's the matter?"

"I'm going to assign you another escort."

"Another escort?"

"Yes! Unlike this brute here, he’s a man with loyalty. I highly recommend him; he’s the real deal." Lindbergh shot back.

"No thank you, Sir Ross is more than enough. I don't see a need for another escort."

Lindbergh frowned and growled back. "Lan."

"Yes."

"Are you aware that your mother owed me money?"

Baron Lindbergh brashly pulled a thick envelope out from under his arm.

"She needed to buy a necklace. As it was a sudden loan, it was very difficult for me to accommodate her,"

He held out the package for Lan, to which she opened the envelope with a blank face.

It was a loan statement. Claiming that her mother had taken out a loan of 10,000 verats from Baron Lindbergh with an interest of 10% per month.

With the loan gaining 1,000 verats in interest every month, it was a ridiculously large loan. With 3,000 verats, she could replace all of the duchy's knights' equipment with state of the art equipment and have money left over.

'Should I say it's a good thing I’ve only ever borrowed a few verats?'

Indeed, it would be diﬀicult for Lindbergh to pay more than 10,000 verats. Given the baron's gross income being set at about 15,000 verats a year. For now, the verat was rarely used as a currency unless it was spent between nobility, the average citizen still participated in bartering.

'A 10,000-Verat necklace.'

Lan tried to recall her mother's colorful jeweled accessories for one that would fit.

'It’s almost like the Marie Antoinette ‘Affair of the Diamond Necklace’ case.'

Her reputation had been tarnished by the scandal regardless of the fact that she was found innocent and hadn’t purchased the necklace.

"According to this loan statement, the default for this payment is later this year."

"Yes, but your mother was in that accident…", the baron drawled on with an exaggerated pout.

"This was a lot of money for me too. That's why I'm informing you in case you were unaware."

He covered his mouth after letting out a dry cough, barely masking his grin.

"But as you're my niece. I'm thinking I can exempt you from this burdensome debt."

"Exempt me?"

Lan looked at him curiously. Baron Lindbergh ﬁddled with his mustache organizing his thoughts.

"I want to be a real family with you."

"We're already blood relatives."

Not wanting to say family, Lan chose a diﬀerent word. But the baron, who didn't notice the distance, said with a smile.

"I want you to marry my son."

‘Oh, my God.’

Swallowing a breath, Lan nearly choked. "Son? Are you referring to my cousin Robbie?"

‘I knew him, we had met several times. He was known for flaunting his "masculinity", lusting after women, and gambling for sport!’

In other words, by Lan's standard, he was the human being equivalent to garbage.

'I guess gamblings not working out for him...'

"Yes, as you know, the age diﬀerence between the two of you is only about four or ﬁve years. It's the perfect time to settle down."

‘Dear lord, he’s serious.’

Lan couldn’t let her disgust show, not yet.

It wasn’t the time to be making enemies. She had only just risen to the position of duchess and patriarch. Perhaps once the duchy’s ﬁnances and aﬀairs were in order, she could take the risk of distancing herself from the baron.

Although she had secured her position with the authority of the Azure ring, there were bound to be groups who were dissatisﬁed with her becoming the temporary patriarch to the duchy.

Baron Lindbergh had a vast network of connections across the continent, he was not someone you should cross.

'Well, that didn’t just apply to the baron.'

What's fortunate is that she could identify and hire trustworthy individuals thanks to her background knowledge as the original author.

'It’s a relief she remembered so much.'

Lan smiled shyly and squeaked back, "Uncle, thank you so much for your advice. However,

marriage....it’s so sudden. Besides, it’s…"

Lan scratched her cheek.

"It's kind of like getting married because of...d-debt" she stuttered out in a high feminine voice. Baron Lindbergh upon hearing this took it as a clueless response.

"But it's 10,000 verats. Are you aware of how much money that is? Besides, the duchy has other debts that you should focus on. This isn’t something you can handle on your own."

Lindbergh leaned forward.

"You'll need the guidance of a wiser man."

"Like yourself, uncle?”

"That's right."

Lindbergh nodded his head, wondering if he had finally reached her.

Lan looked at the pile of documents upon her desk.

‘I still have a lot of work to do.’

She turned her gaze back to him and replied with a dazzling smile.

"That's just what I wanted to hear."

—

"Are you asleep?"

When asked by Sir Ross, Lan replied with a vague, "Yes…”

Realizing that she was not listening to him, he approached the desk and put his hand over the documents she was reviewing.

Only then did Lan look at him, "Sir Ross?"

"It's quite late, shouldn’t you turn in?"

"Just a little bit more."

"Why don't you finish this up in the morning?"

"Fine."

Lan rubbed her weary eyes as they were blinded by the candle light. Shutting them tightly she avoided facing the candelabra.

Ross watched Lan pull herself together.

When Baron Lindbergh had visited to speak with her, he had truly wanted to cut him down.

When did they establish a secretive relationship? He didn’t recall this information.

'However.'

She had reiterated the discussion topics to him once the baron had left. Though he didn’t believe it, of course. She had to be attempting to build trust in order to double-cross him.

'I have a plan for our meetings going forward.'

—

"Next time, when my uncle and I talk alone, you may enter this room and listen in."

Lan had led him to an adjacent room connected to the duke’s office and pointed to a stove pipe attached to the shared wall.

"You will be able to hear clearly if you open the flue.”

"Couldn’t you just secretly write or share notes with him?"

At Ross's words, Lan blinked and stretched her shoulders.

"Well, sure that's a possibility but I don't intend to do that."

"Why are you going so far?"

"Hmm, has this been counterproductive? I wanted to build trust between us."

"Trust?"

"Yes, your trust is worth the effort to me." Lan continued on thoughtfully.

Shrugging her shoulders. "I wonder… when Eustaph comes back after graduating from the academy, will it be easier then?"

This was Eustaph’s last semester at the academy. He was set to graduate after winter, and return to the mansion in the spring.

“Couldn’t we build trust by working alongside each other?”

Sir Ross didn't reply to Lan's words.

His master’s thoughts belonged to him alone. Joining the military and becoming a knight didn’t allow one to understand and speak for their liege.

—

Lan pulled herself from the chair and took one last glance at the documents.

"I’ll take your advice and retire for the night."

Sir Ross lowered his eyes and remained silent.

Back in her room, Lan was readied for bed by a maid who assisted in changing her clothes.

Naturally, she would have been moved to the late duchess’s quarters, but she had refused to be moved to that room and told staff she was only in the position temporarily anyway.

As she laid down in the familiar bed, sleep quickly overtook her.

←Chapter 3

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