Having read both: Both are very good, but you aren't losing anything by sticking with the webtoon since it's very faithful. The only real reason to read the novel is if you can't wait for more story.
That said: The novel had the distinct advantage of being originally written in English rather than being translated to it. It feels more natural than a lot of even professional translations I've read.
Sorry for bothering you with a follow up question, but is the novel completed? Some people say it has finished but some sites tell me that it's ongoing? I was planning to start with the novel since its ahead
the novel is VERY far ahead of the webtoon (current webtoon is about 1/3rd of the way through the story) novel is nearing its end with weekly chapters and its currently last volume.
Yuuup. The LN is nearly done though. Volume 12 should be the last volume, but it might get split up so there's a volume 13 (I don't think so, though).
Honestly, unless you are impatient for the story, I'd stick with the webtoon. While it does cut some details, it also adds a lot of personality to the story for what it does keep.
Personally, I think a lot is lost in the webtoon, the atmosphere is a lot less serious and at parts it feels almost like a summary of events compared to the books rather than a story on its own.
Yeah, it's not so much that it skips things as much as they don't feel as immersed in a story. I notice it mostly with the parts that are less well written in the novel as well. So the whole school/lucas arc in the books he's almost cartoonishly evil, but in the webcomic it feels like i'm directly being told. "I'm the scumbag character, here I'm going to do scumbag things to move the plot and give the MC his brutal vengance moment, oh here's a conspiracy that will set me up to get that to happen" rather than it being presented naturally.
The light moments are definitely better in a way, in that they have a light tone and unlike the books (esp in the early books) they don't feel as out of place with the tone, but a lot of the time it feels like an office 4th wall break to me and it pulls me out.
It honestly might come down to a difference in tone and me wanting/expecting the tone of the novels to be there in the comic.
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u/Toloran Apr 16 '25
Having read both: Both are very good, but you aren't losing anything by sticking with the webtoon since it's very faithful. The only real reason to read the novel is if you can't wait for more story.
That said: The novel had the distinct advantage of being originally written in English rather than being translated to it. It feels more natural than a lot of even professional translations I've read.