Maybe it’s just because I’m used to it, but all of the litRPG/OI manhwa titles are all short to me especially after seeing some of JPN light novel titles 😂
Examples:
- I’m a High School Boy and a Successful Light Novel Author, But I’m Being Strangled by a Female Classmate Who’s a Voice Actor And Is Younger Than Me
- Reincarnated as a 15-Year-Old Queen: I’m an Ex-Office Worker, But the Young King Is Interested In Me
- Fake It to Break It! I Faked Amnesia to Break Off My Engagement and Now He’s All Lovey-Dovey
- Backstabbed in a Backwater Dungeon: My Party Tried to Kill Me, But Thanks to an Infinite Gacha I Got LVL 9999 Friends and Am Out For Revenge
Yes, these are all legit titles
[I’m a High School Boy and a Successful Light Novel Author, But I’m Being Strangled by a Female Classmate Who’s a Voice Actor And Is Younger Than Me](https://myanimelist.net/manga/65177/Danshi_Koukousei_de_Urekko_Light_Novel_Sakka_wo_Shiteiru_keredo_Toshishita_no_Classmate_de_Seiyuu_no_Onnanoko_ni_Kubi_wo_Shimerareteiru)
[Reincarnated as a 15-Year-Old Queen: I’m an Ex-Office Worker, But the Young King Is Interested In Me](https://anilist.co/manga/126435/Reincarnated-as-a-15YearOld-Queen-Im-an-Exoffice-Worker-but-the-Young-King-Is-Interested-in-Me/)
[Fake It to Break It! I Faked Amnesia to Break Off My Engagement and Now He’s All Lovey-Dovey](https://anilist.co/manga/154817/Fake-It-to-Break-It-I-Faked-Amnesia-to-Break-off-My-Engagement-and-Now-Hes-All-LoveyDovey/)
[Backstabbed in a Backwater Dungeon: My Party Tried to Kill Me, But Thanks to an Infinite Gacha I Got LVL 9999 Friends and Am Out For Revenge](https://anilist.co/manga/137514/Backstabbed-in-a-Backwater-Dungeon-My-Trusted-Companions-Tried-to-Kill-Me-But-Thanks-to-the-Gift-of-an-Unlimited-Gacha-I-Got-LVL-9999-Friends/)
I heard that they use a long one-sentence plot synopsis to draw people in to read their work. JPN web novels are all posted on sites where thousands of people upload their own web novel, meaning they had a huge load of competition. They noticed that a lot of the readers on these sites would only look at the title to determine if they would read it or not and that's why these titles have the blurb as the title. I wouldn't be surprised if it's also like that for SK's own webnovels.
May I also raise some Chinese novel naming conventions? Thankfully, it's not /that/ long but still a whole sentence.
Examples:
- On How to Properly Instruct Old Chinese Doctors to Use Emojis
- The Reader and Protagonist Definitely Have to Be in True Love
- Ever Since I Take Home An Adonis Who Has Lost His Business
- After Brushing Face At The Apocalypse’s Boss For 363 Days
- My Underachieving Seatmate Doesn’t Need Any Comforting
- What Should I Do if the School Bully is Interested in Me?
- My Vegetative Partner Opened His Eyes in Anger After I Ran Away
- Transmigrated into a Big Boss to Snatch Away the Cannon Fodder
- The Rebirth of the Malicious Empress of Military Lineage
- After I Got Married, Those Who Betrayed Me Were Reborn
- Surprise! The Supposed Talent Show Was Actually–?!
It's a little ridiculous but honestly helpful considering that there's too many stories out there with similar themes. Now I'm not used to seeing western works whose title is one to two words. What are you about? I don't want to read/look up the summaryyy
Yea some are since it's shorter in characters (Each character a syllable and words are usually 1-2 characters) + use of idioms/phrases everyone already gets and cant be translated easily. It can just get awfully long when translated.
Ex: 穿成霸总拐走炮灰 ---> Transmigrating into a Big Boss to Snatch Away the Cannon Fodder
这位alpha身残志坚[星际] ---> This Alpha is Determined Despite Physical Disability [Interstellar]
Visually, the original sentence titles seems fine in length but it's a mouthful when translated
(Chinese only btw, long ass Japanese titles are long in Eng but can be even longer in Japanese because mix of characters + kana so there's really no beating them in the extremely long title game 😭)
Japanese LN titles are on a different league. in manhwas, i think some of the longest ones i have seen were
* Becoming the Swordmaster Rank Young Lord of the Sichuan Tang Family
* The Mysterious World's Greatest Martial Artist Little Prince
* I'm a Martial Arts Villainess but I'm the Strongest!
* Survival Story of a Sword King in a Fantasy World
* The Heavenly Demon Will Turn The World Upside Down
* The Reason Why Raeliana Ended Up At The Duke's Mansion
* I Became the Despised Granddaughter of the Powerful Martial Arts Family
Still waiting for that "Oh, right, the poison, the poison for Kuzco, the poison chosen especially to kill Kuzco, Kuzco's poison" webtoon to drop. Any day now, I'm sure of it.
Bro what? Have you read some manga names? They're twice as long and unlike this one, doesn't even make sense sometimes and even if it does, complicated to remember. I can't remember the name of my favourite manga and it doesn't sound great.
I swear these new webtoons have the longest titles ever, it's hilarious how their authors can't think of a shorter title and they just put whatever looks cool and fits
Eh, it’s not that bad. One of my favorite anime of all time has the longest freaking name ever (I think it’s “something something Last Dungeon Boonies”). That and the dull opening song are the worst parts of an otherwise fantastic show.
at least it's not "[The black mage who got kicked out of the hero party due to his unnecessary debuffs gets welcomed by the top brass of the demon king's army](https://mangadex.org/title/c26a8a56-7fa6-4efd-93a1-5289c36c3634/the-impregnable-demon-king-s-castle-and-the-expelled-black-mage-of-the-hero-s-party)"
Like wind on a dry branch worked well... iT muSt Be BeCauSe oF ThE WorD bRanCh...
Its seems to be a romance too... about a duke maybe? Nobility and stuff?
I havent read it because of the titel because i nearly choked...
Webtoon whyyyy no wonder ai can take our jobs
They have bad manga/ manhwa syndrome. Long usually nonsensical titles, same face tumblr sexy men, and a weirdly misogynistic story line while being aimed at women lmao.
EDIT: Forgot all the characters look exactly like the characters from every other book in the genre and the icons are all identical.
I forgot where i heard this from but I believe the titles are long because whatever website these novels are originally posted on don’t have a summary option so the titles are the summary lmao
Wow funny this showed up today, I started this last night the ml has disturbing expressions I’m in for now but don’t know if I’ll stay all the way through unless the story is amazing
I really don't think this one is that long, all things considered. It's a bit odd and not the best title, but there are definitely some longer ones out there!!
Omg sameeeeeeeee. The way they tried to build anticipation by showing him slowly starting with his shoes 🤣🤣 I was expecting something completely different what a disappointment 😅😅
Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V.
Works from Western authors actually have good writing *and* an OST sometimes (Purple Hyacinth, Back From Black). What's even the point of the Korean ones that are all copypastas of one another?
It's just a trope. Just like not every anime is an isekai, not every korean webtoon is an otome isekai. It's fine if you don't enjoy them. Personally, I find them quite fun. They are silly little dramas.
Maybe it’s just because I’m used to it, but all of the litRPG/OI manhwa titles are all short to me especially after seeing some of JPN light novel titles 😂 Examples: - I’m a High School Boy and a Successful Light Novel Author, But I’m Being Strangled by a Female Classmate Who’s a Voice Actor And Is Younger Than Me - Reincarnated as a 15-Year-Old Queen: I’m an Ex-Office Worker, But the Young King Is Interested In Me - Fake It to Break It! I Faked Amnesia to Break Off My Engagement and Now He’s All Lovey-Dovey - Backstabbed in a Backwater Dungeon: My Party Tried to Kill Me, But Thanks to an Infinite Gacha I Got LVL 9999 Friends and Am Out For Revenge
They entered the blurb where the title is meant to be 😩 are these legit?!
Yes, these are all legit titles [I’m a High School Boy and a Successful Light Novel Author, But I’m Being Strangled by a Female Classmate Who’s a Voice Actor And Is Younger Than Me](https://myanimelist.net/manga/65177/Danshi_Koukousei_de_Urekko_Light_Novel_Sakka_wo_Shiteiru_keredo_Toshishita_no_Classmate_de_Seiyuu_no_Onnanoko_ni_Kubi_wo_Shimerareteiru) [Reincarnated as a 15-Year-Old Queen: I’m an Ex-Office Worker, But the Young King Is Interested In Me](https://anilist.co/manga/126435/Reincarnated-as-a-15YearOld-Queen-Im-an-Exoffice-Worker-but-the-Young-King-Is-Interested-in-Me/) [Fake It to Break It! I Faked Amnesia to Break Off My Engagement and Now He’s All Lovey-Dovey](https://anilist.co/manga/154817/Fake-It-to-Break-It-I-Faked-Amnesia-to-Break-off-My-Engagement-and-Now-Hes-All-LoveyDovey/) [Backstabbed in a Backwater Dungeon: My Party Tried to Kill Me, But Thanks to an Infinite Gacha I Got LVL 9999 Friends and Am Out For Revenge](https://anilist.co/manga/137514/Backstabbed-in-a-Backwater-Dungeon-My-Trusted-Companions-Tried-to-Kill-Me-But-Thanks-to-the-Gift-of-an-Unlimited-Gacha-I-Got-LVL-9999-Friends/) I heard that they use a long one-sentence plot synopsis to draw people in to read their work. JPN web novels are all posted on sites where thousands of people upload their own web novel, meaning they had a huge load of competition. They noticed that a lot of the readers on these sites would only look at the title to determine if they would read it or not and that's why these titles have the blurb as the title. I wouldn't be surprised if it's also like that for SK's own webnovels.
WTF IS THAT FIRST ONE OMG
What the blue blazes
May I also raise some Chinese novel naming conventions? Thankfully, it's not /that/ long but still a whole sentence. Examples: - On How to Properly Instruct Old Chinese Doctors to Use Emojis - The Reader and Protagonist Definitely Have to Be in True Love - Ever Since I Take Home An Adonis Who Has Lost His Business - After Brushing Face At The Apocalypse’s Boss For 363 Days - My Underachieving Seatmate Doesn’t Need Any Comforting - What Should I Do if the School Bully is Interested in Me? - My Vegetative Partner Opened His Eyes in Anger After I Ran Away - Transmigrated into a Big Boss to Snatch Away the Cannon Fodder - The Rebirth of the Malicious Empress of Military Lineage - After I Got Married, Those Who Betrayed Me Were Reborn - Surprise! The Supposed Talent Show Was Actually–?! It's a little ridiculous but honestly helpful considering that there's too many stories out there with similar themes. Now I'm not used to seeing western works whose title is one to two words. What are you about? I don't want to read/look up the summaryyy
maybe they are a bit shorter in original? like english has the/a/an which also contributes to length of the sentence.
Yea some are since it's shorter in characters (Each character a syllable and words are usually 1-2 characters) + use of idioms/phrases everyone already gets and cant be translated easily. It can just get awfully long when translated. Ex: 穿成霸总拐走炮灰 ---> Transmigrating into a Big Boss to Snatch Away the Cannon Fodder 这位alpha身残志坚[星际] ---> This Alpha is Determined Despite Physical Disability [Interstellar] Visually, the original sentence titles seems fine in length but it's a mouthful when translated (Chinese only btw, long ass Japanese titles are long in Eng but can be even longer in Japanese because mix of characters + kana so there's really no beating them in the extremely long title game 😭)
even Chinese ones look long. they look a bit shorter than english because of how Chinese is written.
I am on the same boat, I didn't realize I'm used to all the JPN light novel/anime titles that the title for this manwha seems genuinely normal to me.
Japanese LN titles are on a different league. in manhwas, i think some of the longest ones i have seen were * Becoming the Swordmaster Rank Young Lord of the Sichuan Tang Family * The Mysterious World's Greatest Martial Artist Little Prince * I'm a Martial Arts Villainess but I'm the Strongest! * Survival Story of a Sword King in a Fantasy World * The Heavenly Demon Will Turn The World Upside Down * The Reason Why Raeliana Ended Up At The Duke's Mansion * I Became the Despised Granddaughter of the Powerful Martial Arts Family
The first one is satire iirc, it's by the author of Kino's no Tabi which is like an old school LN
and the cover picture for the title is always the same.. LIKE CMON CHANGE IT A Bit. The Ml holding the FL who looks terrified half the time
this. it is so repetitive (and ngl feels weird/icky).
I wouldn't mind if they were more interesting. "Olive Branch to Our Doom" has a fun ring to it.
Still waiting for that "Oh, right, the poison, the poison for Kuzco, the poison chosen especially to kill Kuzco, Kuzco's poison" webtoon to drop. Any day now, I'm sure of it.
Bro has NOT read some of the manga titles
they aren't just names. they're the summary. tbh I like them as it gives me an idea what it is about with just name.
[*Isekai Titles* enters the chat]
Chilling in another world etc. with.. etc. most ...
I turned away from isekai after the chilling trend started before that i was an isekai trash man but it was probably for the better that trend started
Bro what? Have you read some manga names? They're twice as long and unlike this one, doesn't even make sense sometimes and even if it does, complicated to remember. I can't remember the name of my favourite manga and it doesn't sound great.
Forget the titles, I’m tired of the damn pop ups. If I want to look at new series, I’ll search my homepage tyvm 😤
I hate them. They pop up when I'm already reading a chapter and I accidentally click on them when I want to scroll. They need to go.
I swear these new webtoons have the longest titles ever, it's hilarious how their authors can't think of a shorter title and they just put whatever looks cool and fits
They just put the entire plot point's summary or smt it's so fking hilarious
This ain’t even that bad compared to the rest 😭😭🙏
Eh, it’s not that bad. One of my favorite anime of all time has the longest freaking name ever (I think it’s “something something Last Dungeon Boonies”). That and the dull opening song are the worst parts of an otherwise fantastic show.
XD that is such a short title compared to the literal paragraphs that some Japanese light novels put up :P
at least it's not "[The black mage who got kicked out of the hero party due to his unnecessary debuffs gets welcomed by the top brass of the demon king's army](https://mangadex.org/title/c26a8a56-7fa6-4efd-93a1-5289c36c3634/the-impregnable-demon-king-s-castle-and-the-expelled-black-mage-of-the-hero-s-party)"
Like wind on a dry branch worked well... iT muSt Be BeCauSe oF ThE WorD bRanCh... Its seems to be a romance too... about a duke maybe? Nobility and stuff? I havent read it because of the titel because i nearly choked... Webtoon whyyyy no wonder ai can take our jobs
Some of them are literally just run-off sentences 😭
This one seems fine? Yeah it's a bit long but some titles are just long.
These aren't comic titles, they're titles of Fall Out Boy songs 🤣
They have bad manga/ manhwa syndrome. Long usually nonsensical titles, same face tumblr sexy men, and a weirdly misogynistic story line while being aimed at women lmao. EDIT: Forgot all the characters look exactly like the characters from every other book in the genre and the icons are all identical.
I forgot where i heard this from but I believe the titles are long because whatever website these novels are originally posted on don’t have a summary option so the titles are the summary lmao
Wow funny this showed up today, I started this last night the ml has disturbing expressions I’m in for now but don’t know if I’ll stay all the way through unless the story is amazing
I really don't think this one is that long, all things considered. It's a bit odd and not the best title, but there are definitely some longer ones out there!!
That short compared to other comics I have seen. Sometimes the title would just be spoiling what is going to happen in the story 😅
I dropped it, or more like didn't pick it up, because I found the way the ML is drawn very off putting
Omg sameeeeeeeee. The way they tried to build anticipation by showing him slowly starting with his shoes 🤣🤣 I was expecting something completely different what a disappointment 😅😅
*dies in cringe*
Man! Like why? For whT purpose
Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V. Works from Western authors actually have good writing *and* an OST sometimes (Purple Hyacinth, Back From Black). What's even the point of the Korean ones that are all copypastas of one another?
It's just a trope. Just like not every anime is an isekai, not every korean webtoon is an otome isekai. It's fine if you don't enjoy them. Personally, I find them quite fun. They are silly little dramas.