*sigh* Web Comics

Web comics, or more specifically, Korean web comics, have always been a passing niche that I never got into, not really. That is, until I saw a fan edit of Semantic Error’s live action and found the series on Manta and subscribed for 3.99/month (which is bullshit because it’s actually 4.29 with tax) and have since started/finished six series. And this was Tuesday? Wednesday? I’m not sure, but it was recent.

I’m a bit of a penny pincher, and I love to highlight that my own parents have commented on my money habits because it’s amusing; I’m only partly responsible *ahem*

In short, I don’t do these kinds of things. The long and short of it is that I hated staring at stories for too long, but maybe this is one of those things that if it hadn’t been for the pandemic I wouldn’t have touched it or wouldn’t have touched it so soon. I got over my peeve of scrolling to read pretty fast when I found myself disappearing into the series’ world like I would with a physical book. 

But this is me we’re talking about and I always have a habit of turning what I do into a way to help me with languages. And I’m still stuck there.

Getting ahold of English versions is easy enough, but copyright seems a lot harder with Korean media because it advanced with the technology versus Japan where they tend to prioritize to their local audiences. What I’m saying is, it’s hard to get the raw/untranslated versions, and since my Korean is pretty much one year of college classes I’m not getting to them any time soon. 

At least with Japanese I’ve got Kinokuniya, a popular bookstore in Japan much like our Barnes and Nobles that has a US branch. I’m currently building my manga collection as well as my novel collection to motivate myself to improve Japanese. There’s that and Japanese twitter for my fandoms. There are Korean fans of the same media, but I’m currently in a headspace where I want the source language to be the focus of what I see. I want to get my hands on physical copies of these web comics, but in Korean. Yet, I’m so clueless to their comic culture I don’t even really know where to begin except get better at Korean to read where I can, haha.

Anyway, when I find where and when I find it I’ll be right back here!

こんにちはー！

I’m just a mumbling, grumbling language learner who took the JLPT N3 one time and didn’t pass. This is my language learning journal because why not. I don’t see many Cambodian-American polyglots/language learners talking about their experiences so this is mine, welcome!

Track Record:
2 semesters of college-level Spanish in high school, lol, learned nothing.
6 semesters of Japanese and studied abroad for 9 months at non-intensive and intensive levels.
2 semesters of Korean.
My parents tried to keep me in Saturday Khmer school, but it was miserable and repetitive. The program eventually shut down. I kept some knowledge, but there’s a huge gap, imo.

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