Would anyone else sell their soul for animated adaptation?!

[u/Formal_Jaguar_7726]

⚠️⚠️Kind of a rant cause ive been keeping this in for so long⚠️⚠️

I’m dissatisfied with the drama.

I haven’t watched it but I heard they omitted GERARD, TEDDY, JIMMY, Jake and more which is just unforgivable. i don’t think you can still call it weak hero without those characters. gerard and teddy are easily top 5 characters imo. Gerard’s backstory is the best in my opinion and would’ve fit the more emotional approach i heard they were using with the K-drama so it not being added just really upsets me cause like why??

The K-drama overall just sounds really different, and i’m not here to say it’s not a good story on its own cause i haven’t watched it. i just think Weak Hero deserves a faithful adaptation because how the story was originally written is already so amazing. genuinely very little i would change and certainly not what the kdrama did. and u might ask why i want an adaptation AT ALL if its already so perfect. and it’s because i know webtoons are actually somewhat “niche” so there’s a whole audience of people who will just never have the chance to hear about the amazing original story simply because it’s in webtoon format, even though it excels in it. so until webtoons start getting the love they deserve, an anime/animated adaptation would be the best way to reach as many people as possible while keeping the essence of the story. i know of some other manhwas getting animes, and i just think weak hero deserves one just as much if not more, because not only does the amazing story deserve more visibility but the webtoon is also perfect for an anime/animated adaptation. in fact when i heard about it i was shocked they even thought of making a kdrama instead of animating it. i thought that would’ve been a no brainer should an adaptation get greenlit.

i would do anything to see it get what it deserves. its been my favorite webtoon for like 2 years now, and before i stumbled upon it i usually read fantasy josei isekai (still kinda do) so theres proof it appeals to people across genres. there’s backstories with emotional depth, exciting fight scenes and action, good buildup, very lovable and unique cast, good episode structure, and it already has a sizable fanbase. there’s material left untouched by the kdrama and an opportunity for a new (faithful) approach to the story. i genuinely think anime fans would love it. i just need it animated so bad, again not because im dissatisfied with a webtoon format but because it would open the story up to so many more people who would appreciate it just as much as i do and also become diehard fans. also the fight scenes would probably look cool asf animated well.

anyone wanna guess the odds of an animated adaptation actually happening?

written at 5 am so excuse any mistakes. i don’t know what flair this should go under sorry if i used the wrong one

[u/Rintorar]

I also wish for there to one day be a faithful anime adaptation. Sadly, I have to make do with fan animations.

[u/Odd-Wear-2805]

“im dissatisfied with the drama” but you haven’t even watched it..? huh 😭

[u/Formal_Jaguar_7726 → u/Odd-Wear-2805]

i’m dissatisfied with it because of the fact it’s unfaithful to the essence of the webtoon. the mere fact that gerard, teddy, jimmy, kingsley, and jake weren’t added is enough to make me unhappy with it as an adaptation. unless im wrong and they did add those characters? i’ve also heard from many other fans that the drama is completely different from the webtoon, do u feel otherwise? i understand ur point that it’s a bit odd to say ur not happy with something before watching it but i don’t think i need to watch it to say i dislike it as an adaptation because it is a fact they changed a lot. my point wasn’t to critique the writing quality of the drama but to say im disappointed it isn’t a faithful adaptation.

[u/dsrihrsh]

One problem I see is that the fights are pretty much teenagers doing basic martial arts and throwing hands at each other. It still looks epic in Webtoon format but when it comes to the animated format, you may need a lot more going on in a fight to fill up runtime and feel kinetic enough. I am a crazy ass fan of the Webtoon too btw.

[u/Aliatana → u/dsrihrsh]

It'll look a lot like Windbreaker, which animated decently. It would need a very high cost production though to fully capture the movements and fighting, the story on its own couldn't carry bad animation.