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Apr 11, 10:39 PM
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this kinda sucked, idk what else to say about it
Apr 11, 10:58 PM
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Oct 2019
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I don't know much what to say about this episode, the OP is clearly just reused scenes, I'm afraid of what the next episodes will be like and they use a lot of recaps of future events, but if you follow the right way the story of the manhwa will be watchable
Apr 12, 1:28 AM

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Dec 2022
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Alright, you lost me in the first half with that bitch 'tude, but you got me in the second.
Apr 12, 7:42 AM

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Oct 2008
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w0w! this 1st episode impressed me a lot! give us more! really stands-out this show!
5/5.


Apr 12, 9:44 AM
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Feb 2021
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Instantly caught my attention, I can't wait to see more. Very fresh and interesting premise.
Apr 12, 10:46 AM

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Positively surprised by the fidelity of the art and how solid it is.
Animation-wise tho... Yeah, there's some uncanny character acting at the beginning, like Migi to Dali but bad, nothing deal breaking though.

The biggest feeling I have after this first ep is how fast the pacing seems to be, any webtoon reader to tell me if it's going fast af or if it's just an impression ?
My candies :
Apr 12, 12:00 PM
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Jun 2020
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nice love the webtoon and the anime
Apr 12, 10:32 PM

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Jan 2017
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Lit! This is a very timely anime since everybody wants easy money and one way to quickly acquire that is to make quality online videos. We have some real life sh*t here lol.
Still the concept is very unique and I also am a great fan of Nobuhiko Okamoto's voice so I'd be looking forward to this.
The only problem I had was the confusion with the names mentioned versus the ones on the translation so I had a hard time remembering the characters tbh. Hopefully this change in the upcoming episodes
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Apr 13, 1:48 AM
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Aug 2018
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Painfully outdated, and the visuals are a bit of a pain to watch.
Not a fan.
Apr 13, 1:59 AM

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Watching this for Hobin, he's not exactly a whiny bullied kid but actually has the guts to fight back in the very first episode. Giving this a shot despite the animation
Apr 13, 3:49 AM

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This animation was very full and smooth. I love the character models and the details of everything. I am interested in seeing how this show plays out. So far...this was a lot of fun and very in your face. IF this came out during the 90s, it would be a mega hit.
I haven't updated in years but now I have changed that. I'll be free soon.
Apr 13, 10:23 AM

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honestly the direction in this episode in a good retranscription of how webtoons feel to me when i read them (i hate it)


“Read as little as possible of critical or aesthetic works. They are either products of a close-minded spirit, petrified and devoid of meaning in their lifeless hardening, or clever verbal games [...]. Works of art are of an infinite solitude; nothing is worse than criticism for approaching them. Only love can grasp them, keep them, be just toward them. Always give precedence to your own feeling against these analyses, these reviews, these introductions. [...] You must let every impression, every seed of feeling, ripen within you, in the dark, in the inexpressible, in the unconscious, those regions closed to understanding. Wait with humility and patience for the hour of the birth of a new clarity. Art demands of its faithful followers as much as of its creators.”
— RAINER-MARIA Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet (letter dated April 23, 1903).
Apr 13, 10:33 PM
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for 1st ep its pretty good for me. animation is okish . but liked the plot more Bc webtoon is good. hope to seee WEAK HERO webtoon get an adaption.
Apr 14, 10:47 AM

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Idk why this is getting a bad rep. The anime is a whole lot of fun, obviously it's not amazing, but it's fun and entertaining. A 6 rating is way too harsh ngl.
Apr 14, 12:19 PM
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Feb 2021
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Loved the manhwa. I am so excited that this is getting an adaptation. First episode is fire.
Apr 15, 12:10 AM

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Jul 2008
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Funny faces but not sure this one is really my thing.
Apr 15, 12:37 AM

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Instantly caught my attention, I can't wait to see more. Very fresh and interesting premise.
@CaelanRisu

Yep. The bizarre start has me hooked.
Apr 16, 3:22 AM

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So it's a parody of the world of influencers and other shit, simple, exaggerated but cool and funny, I'm all for it.
It's strange that this episode has such low ratings, after all it's intentionally shitty, e.g. those demonic voice changes in the blonde, for me it's a comedy and I had a great time.

These modified names of McDonald's and YouTube destroy me xD
Another Korean series in which MC's mother is in the hospital xD
Apr 16, 5:23 AM
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Ba-Cii10 said:
So it's a parody of the world of influencers and other shit, simple, exaggerated but cool and funny, I'm all for it.
It's strange that this episode has such low ratings, after all it's intentionally shitty, e.g. those demonic voice changes in the blonde, for me it's a comedy and I had a great time.

These modified names of McDonald's and YouTube destroy me xD
Another Korean series in which MC's mother is in the hospital xD

Yo, so the series begins very unseriously, some guys make videos abt beating some douchebags, but this shi will turn serious at the end😭🙏. From beating random niggas to beating gangsters and drug dealers it's a big jump💀. And the MC gets stronger in the meantime. Btw you should read the manwha
Apr 16, 2:08 PM

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Jun 2023
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I would like to see how the story goes and I hope for the animation to improve and pick it self from the ground and stand for itself at least. as hobin did
Apr 16, 11:17 PM
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this is pretty good, I've almost finished the manhwa and it's pretty interesting.
I hope the animation can improve over time.
I'm really looking forward to this and hopefully it doesn't disappoint me!
Apr 17, 5:40 PM

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Apr 2023
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Pretty decent start, instead of wanting more of this I'm just left with the feeling and desire to see a Holyland adaptation.
Apr 19, 9:43 AM

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This is kinda fun to watch even if it feels corny
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Apr 20, 1:44 PM
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Sep 2022
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I didn't know the manwha, but from the synopsis it seemed to me that it was going to be a serious and dark series, but after watching two episodes this seems like a crazy comedy, maybe it will change in the future?
Apr 21, 11:29 PM
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South Korea is scary. Stupid torture videos are even used as entertainment in the form of animation. I know South Koreans like violence against their fellow citizens, but to me it's stupid if they are proud of it. To the point that they spread their stupid culture internationally. I hope my country loves its own people and doesn't behave stupidly like that.

I explored South Korean comics & animation. All of them are crazy dramas, even though the drama genre isn't even listed. There are so many times where the MC (Male or Female) is made to be as stupid as possible, as masochistic as possible, and if there is a problem that involves fighting or killing the enemy even if it is a SEXY BITCH, the MC just lets it go. I know in comics & animations the important thing is the pictures.... but if the plot is just like a plain and virgin manga MC (hypocritical about lust. Says he doesn't want to, but his behavior is like a horny monkey)
May 2, 1:41 AM
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First episode impressions: a bit on the fence the whole time, but overall I think I like it. I'll drop it though if the following episodes are any less amusing than this one was.


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May 4, 10:22 AM
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Shit, I almost forgot How To Fight AKA 'Viral Hit' got an anime adaptation, it's completely overshadowed by the likes of Solo Leveling from the last season, I'm sure this os one of those show that went outside of most people's radar. I remember reading the HTF manhwa back then when it was very early on, this beginning part of the story is purely Yoo Hobin learning how to fight as he starts streaming and earning his fame and wealth. What a stark contrast to the directive of the story in the present date.

The OP is cool, it's pretty hype and stylistic, has that good beat to it. It's the dawn of a viral newtuber! The ED feels more like a shonen ED, I might just like the song more.

The most surprising this about this adaptation so far is how 'Japanese' they went. I get being animated and Dubbed in Japanese to get that quality and bigger audience pool, but was I hearing wrong or did I hear Yoo Hobin's name as "Shimura"??? What the fuck? Solo Leveling at least has their Korean names pronounced in Japanese, but here, they even completely changed how their name sounded, I don't particularly like that.

Solid and amusing first ep, this is the dawn of a new popular newtuber, the adaptation so far has been solid, visuals, and voice acting from well-known VAs bruh I especially love the OSTs so far!
May 7, 3:29 PM
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Oct 2019
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Since reading the manhwa over the course of four years, and thinking about two years in, "When are they going to make this into an anime?", I wasn't going to miss it! So far it seems pretty faithful to the original.
May 28, 6:42 PM
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Nov 2016
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I am wondering why this is called "viral hit" when from as far as I can tell, neither the Korean nor Japanese titles translate to anything close to that. They both come to equal "Self-taught fighting". I'm left thinking either the manga has more to the title and it's cut off here or translators are forcing their interpretations as a fact, once again.
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May 28, 7:26 PM
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Nov 2023
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Its great I think it needs a chance
Jun 1, 6:38 PM
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Aug 2021
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I started watching this out of pure boredom expecting nothing from it. I was hooked from start to finish. 5/5 first episode. I wasn't bored for a single moment I couldn't stop laughing. Glad he stood up for himself and bro got pummeled by that other random nerd. This is why you don't mess with fat guys they have some serious strength behind their punches.
Jun 8, 2:47 AM

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Ahh the two most popular South Korean stereotypes (out of the many shown in this series)

A. Bullying B. Live streaming/SNS

Hobin is a typical nobody who gets bullied at school and his mother is suffering from an illness that requires him to work part time on top of studies in order to afford her medical bills.
He really did Snapper justice with that long, leafy kimchi and finds out the stream goes viral. At first he is scorned by the virality but discovers that the views he gained is enough to fund 1 million yen alone. You already know Hobin is going to be a sell out for money, he already has a social media producer from the start.
Jun 26, 11:48 AM
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Intresting story, none like the others really so I'm looking forward to seeing where it'll go,
Jun 29, 7:20 AM

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I didn't expect them to be working together, but I'm curious to see how their relationship will go from here on out.
Jul 4, 8:44 PM
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Since spring 2024 is over, figured it was time I go back and get to some of the shows I couldn’t fit on my list, and this was immediately one of the ones on my radar because it sounded so intriguing and it’s been a while since I’ve watched a manhwa adaptation (not counting my recent rewatch of Tower of God) and dammit I knew it, I fucking love this lol. First off, it is a bit off putting since the VAs are saying Japanese names when the subs are saying the actual Korean names, but honestly I’m a fan of the subs not matching because I’d like to refer to these characters by their actual names over the Japanese ones.

And I gotta say I really like the art style of this, it’s made the women absolutely beautiful but also allows for quite the wicked facial expressions, one that comes to mind is Pakgo’s face when his camera man got beat up by a nerd lol. And I know some probably hate seeing our MC Hobin so weak in the beginning, but seeing as how things played out with him making the blonde cameraman his bitch, I’m sure he’s gonna get much better over time, I’m very excited to see it. Also we got an awesome OP and ED combo, unfortunately neither are Korean groups which was one thing I found really cool about some other manhwa adaptations, but these are very fitting songs so I’m more than okay with it, only real complaint I have is that the OP kinda spoils the episode without much original visuals, maybe that’ll change but I’m not sure.
Jul 10, 10:23 PM
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Oct 2019
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at first i'm like "good god, this poor guy. i don't think i can watch this"

but then he *snaps* and starts fighting back and holy shit. i think i might enjoy this quite a bit
Aug 12, 3:21 AM
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Interesting concept in the form newtubu, looking forward to how much it's going to be used in the plot and characterisation.

Hobin's inner and outer conflict is shown here, also looking forward to how that plays out.

Edit: also want to point out how amazing the opening with its music and visuals, especially the music, easily a new favourite of mine.
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