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I ’ve been study webcomics onWebtoonand other sources for eld now , and while I ’ve gotten my fair share of Tower , Cultivation , and Isekai genre series , one that is sometimes wily to carry out is the Horror genre . That ’s not to say repulsion webtoons do n’t exist . On Tapas , especially Line Webtoon , there ’s a reliable thriller and horror plane section for reader to discover their newfangled digital favorites . But I ’ve been enjoying one series , the repugnance anthologyNocturne , that should please the Junji Ito fansthanks to a disgraceful - and - white presentation and short - format storytelling .
Nocturneis written and illustrated by Fyyaa123 to conveyhorrific stories inspired by mundane occurrencesinstead of the fantastical , cosmic , or cheesy slasher horror found in many other popular stories . What setsNocturneapart is that , even though it ’s a more grounded and limited access , closely every brusque story make shocking conclusions with frightening conditional relation for its main character .
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Nocturne Is the Perfect Webtoon for Junji Ito Fans
From Nightmares to the Page
I ’ll always gayly mention that I had the privilege of visiting a special gallery event where I match Junji Ito himself . run across his original artistic production on exhibit was fascinating . It was exciting to see just how cherubic and goofy his veridical personality is , and it makes sense given the light tones for his original characters like Soichi inTeacher of Cloth . Finding Fyyaa123 , or simplyFyyaa on X , I ’m reminded that much like the creator , Nocturneas a series does n’t take itself too severely , prize the horrific imagery while still find oneself time to stab fun at it .
Such is the case forNocturne , not just in the creator ’s presentation but in how readers react . Webtoon brilliantly markets itselfandsucceeds because its biotic community is vibrant and eager to contribute their opinions about the stories they love . InNocturne’ssecond story , Samuel , which arguably is one of the most recognizable images conjured by the series , its nominal theatrical role is an preternatural terror with the same facial expression in much every panel , yet people thump playfulness at it , experiencing and making like remarks on even the gloomy stories .
Horror Webtoons Like Nocturne Can Be Therapeutic
Coming to Terms With Our Fears
While it ’s a pop sentiment , it bear reiterating that repulsion is a great spiritualist for coming to full term with and even overcoming what scares us as referee . Nocturnedoes this every Friday on Webtoon as it has entered its second time of year . It ’s not even the typical classic sources of fearfulness like the darkness , the unknown , or other predictable topics , but things like the care of missing out like inThe Itch , or the fear of losing one ’s identity and storage like inTarget Audience . Not everyone experiences these fears , but every chronicle is for someone inNocturne .
The resultant is a tailored repulsion webtoon experience where different reader can name their favorite stories . I feel this to a certain extent with the especially short floor inNocturne , likePull , fetch an abstract , irrational veneration that if we spot an imperfection and attempt to remove it , we suddenly unravel as if we ’re tug at a sweater ’s loose train of thought . This is the kind of troublesome imagery that I ’ve always internalise concerning wide-eyed thing like pulling at a hangnail . However , to see it vocalize inNocturneas a short - formatting revulsion webtoon is something only artists like Junji Ito would have previously beguile .
Nocturne Is a Great Example of Webtoon’s Vibrant Community
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There’s a Flavor of Horror for Everyone in Nocturne
Everybody Can Have a Different Favorite Story
I ’m a big fan of body revulsion , a subgenre of horror that search monstrous transformations of flesh , preponderantly human , for viewer discomfort , symbolic imagery , or evenunintentional societal commentary like in David Cronenberg’sThe Fly . Body horror is present inNocturneandoccasionally pops up through other Webtoon series , but it ’s also not the primary culture medium through which Fyyaa tell stories . There is body horror inWorm!,uncanny revulsion like inBreak Room , or even Lovecraftian horror like inSennight , all poor stories inNocturne , all excellent .
Commentary can also be found inNocturne , such as withThe Itch , which mocks harmful societal media challenges in material biography , such as the # A4Waist or the Blackout challenge .
This is especially nice because I revel these dissimilar experience , although other reader may only enjoy certain ones , lead in different favorite horror stories for this webtoon . Whereas one might have to check out in weekly for new psychological horror inDon’t Read Thisor be cringe out by the uncanny vale effect inThere Are No Demons , Nocturnemakes it so reader from practically any horror fandom will find something to show . It can potentially introduce readers to different subgenres they ’d previously not see .
Horror on Webtoon Keeps Improving
Far from the Smallest Niche on the Platform
Nocturnehas been around for geezerhood through Webtoon Canvas , but its serialization excites the indorser radix now that it is in its 2d season as of May 23 , 2024 . It mean more premium repulsion content for those hunger novel thrills beyond magnificent staple likeSweet HomeorBastard . Additions likeNocturnehelp keep the Horror genre from being the small on Webtoon , while others like Historical are still shockingly underdeveloped . WithNocturnefully into season 2 and other smash being roil out , Webtoon’sgrowth signifies other possible horror favorites will see the light presently .
