Cast:
Jake – the loud one. Thinks everything’s “peak fiction.”
Ethan – the chill one. Pretends to be above it all, but binge-reads at 3 AM.
Jake:
Alright, bro. Buckle up. I’m about to drop some heat — the Netflix-trailer version of the greatest Korean webtoons of all time.
Ethan:
Oh god, not again. You said that last week about that cat one.
Jake:
Bro, that cat one is “Eleceed.” Show some respect.
◈ Killer Badro
Ethan:
That’s the one with the old hitman, right?
Jake:
Yup. Dude’s like, 60, retired, probably smells like cigarettes and regret. Then bam, betrayed by his crew, left for dead — classic.
Ethan:
Lemme guess. He wakes up young again?
Jake:
Exactly! It’s Benjamin Button meets John Wick. He’s running around Seoul, hunting everyone who screwed him over, but also having this identity crisis like,
“Am I killing them for justice or ‘cause I miss being a badass?”
Ethan:
That’s kinda deep for a murder comic, not gonna lie.
Jake:
It’s brutal and philosophical. Think Blade Runner but with more headshots.
◈ Vigilante
Ethan:
Alright, this one I know. That’s the cop student dude, right?
Jake:
Yeah, Kim Ji-yong. Top of his class by day, Batman-without-a-budget by night.
Ethan:
So he’s out here punishing people who slipped through the cracks in the legal system?
Jake:
Exactly. Media hates him, people love him, cops are confused.
It’s like if Bruce Wayne studied law instead of doing pushups in a cave.
Ethan:
Bro’s delivering justice and existential crises.
◈ Goldfish (Geumbungeo)
Jake:
Okay, hear me out — this one’s dark.
Ethan:
How dark?
Jake:
Like, “I accidentally adopted a goldfish and now it’s making me question my humanity” dark.
Ethan:
…what.
Jake:
The main guy’s a hitman who doesn’t feel emotions. Saves a goldfish one day, and suddenly he’s having hallucinations and guilt trips. It’s basically Taxi Driver, but with a fish.
Ethan:
That’s either genius or insane.
Jake:
Both.
◈ Eleceed
Ethan:
Okay, this one’s the reason my TikTok algorithm is full of buff cats.
Jake:
And rightfully so. Jiwoo — our boy — rescues cats. One of them just happens to be a literal superhuman trapped in a cat body.
Ethan:
That’s wild.
Jake:
Kayden, the cat, trains Jiwoo like,
“You’re weak, pathetic, and I hate you.”
And then proceeds to be the best cat dad ever.
Ethan:
So it’s One Punch Man meets Garfield?
Jake:
Basically. With lightning powers.
◈ Mercenary Enrollment (Ijin)
Ethan:
Alright, this one goes hard. Ijin’s like, ex-mercenary, comes back to high school, and accidentally starts a gang war.
Jake:
Right?! Every episode’s like, “This is it, I’m gonna chill this week,” and then he’s suplexing bullies into lockers.
Ethan:
But also lowkey sad ‘cause dude just wants a normal life.
Jake:
Yeah. He’s fighting PTSD and puberty at the same time. Peak pain.
◈ The Knight Who Lives Today
Jake:
Okay, last one. This one’s existential depression in armor.
Ethan:
Sold.
Jake:
Roan’s cursed to live the same day over and over — dying every night at midnight.
Ethan:
So… like Groundhog Day but with swords?
Jake:
Exactly. But after a few hundred loops, he starts realizing it’s not punishment — it’s redemption.
It’s Dark Souls meets Re:Zero, but you actually cry.
Ethan:
Man, I’m not emotionally stable enough for that.
▣ TL;DR – The “If You Only Have Time for One” List
| Mood | Webtoon | Vibe |
|---|---|---|
| ◑ Hardcore revenge | Killer Badro | Stylish, brutal, deep |
| ◑ Philosophical justice | Vigilante | Crime + moral chaos |
| ◑ Emotional introspection | Goldfish | Quiet, haunting |
| ◑ Feel-good heroism | Eleceed | Funny + wholesome |
| ◑ Realistic action drama | Mercenary Enrollment | Intense but human |
| ◑ Tragic fantasy | The Knight Who Lives Today | Beautifully sad |
Ethan:
Okay, but imagine a crossover. Badro, Ji-yong, and Jiwoo in the same city.
Jake:
Bro… the city would last, like, two episodes.
Ethan:
Worth it.
Jake:
Netflix, call us. We just wrote your next billion-dollar K-action universe.
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