Story – 9/10
From the author of Lookism here comes “Viral Hit”, a realistic action story about highschoolers doing newtube. It starts with our main character Hobin Yoo who is constantly bullied at school discovering a channel about fighting with no views. He starts working out at home and fights bullies on livestreams, getting stronger by every fight. It doesn’t just focus on action, it has nice comical relief/slice of life chapters making the webtoon enjoyable. The mc doesn’t get abrupt power-ups, every technique he learns is explained in detail and you really see how he grows throughout the story. The story also shows different sides of Korean society and the plot gets more complicated later on.
Art – 10/10
Viral Hit’s art is the most beautiful art i’ve ever seen. I’ve read tons of webtoons but Kim Junghyun’s art is on another level. It has a semi-realistic art style and the color palette is lively, the shading is done well. Action scenes are drawn clearly and truly makes you excited. It's insane how he draws 80+ panels on a weekly basis.
Characters – 8/10
Viral Hit has a good cast, each character gets their time to shine and their developments are interesting. Every character is unique and they have their own flaws, they feel like real people. Even though this is my favorite webtoon some characters get really annoying (mainly because of repeated inner jokes) and the female cast seem outshined by the male cast, i hope they get more interesting roles in the future.
Enjoyment – 10/10
It’s truly entertaining, i never got bored while reading it. I think the earlier chapters might be hard for some of you to get through but trust me it gets 10 times better and it’s worth the read.
Overall – 10/10
There are fan translations online but it’s available on official webtoon app too so don’t forget to support the authors by reading there. (Personally i recommend reading ~ 35 chapters on webtoon app and switching to the fan translations, localization kinda kills the spirit.)
