Omniscient Reader
Webtoon
Writer: Umi
Artist: Sleepy C
The world you know has ended. Humanity has lived comfortably for thousands of years, doing whatever they liked without consequence. All of that has just come to an end. You are on a subway when suddenly a monster appears and tells you that the only way any of you will survive, is to kill a living organism in the next 30 minutes. This all sounds so familiar to you, though. Incredibly, this is the opening chapter of the web novel you’ve been reading, but it’s happening in real life! What would you do? Well, you’d read this Webtoon Review of Omniscient Reader, is what you’d do!
Omniscient Reader is a Webtoon by Singshong and Sleepy-C, in which an ordinary, average man is thrust into his favorite web novel. It’s a terrifying scenario where the first test is to kill another living being in order to survive! However, He is lucky, because he knows exactly what’s going on and what’s going to happen. Suddenly this average, boring man is the only one alive who knows how the apocalypse is going to play out, so he’s the only one who can be prepared!
The artwork in Omniscient Reader is beautiful. The character art reminds me somewhat of the art in the Persona games, but a bit more clean and “Anime” reminiscent. Simple, yet drawn exceptionally well. The backgrounds are also lovely. There are a few panels of just the characters themselves, but the comic feels more fluid because there is almost always an aspect of the background that is visible. However, the thing that really kicks the artwork up a notch has to be the effects. In one scene there are sparks from a broken electrical door. This also causes smoke to waft through some of the panels, and it’s delicately done. It really enhances the experience, at least to me personally.
So far this Webtoon only has 8 episodes, but I just found it today and I’ve read them all. The story idea is phenomenal, I just have to know what happens next! This might just be my new favorite comic. Give it a read! I can’t recommend this one enough.
Omniscient Reader updates every Wednesday, and as I said, is currently on Episode 8. Be aware that there are strong themes of violence and gore. if you are sensitive to these things, I do not recommend reading this comic!
Omniscient Reader
10/10 for story! I found the idea of this Webtoon really fascinating and I can't wait to read more! Seriously, READ IT! It's good!
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