In an fascinating and disappointing growth, the extremely standard Webtoon Wind Breaker (to not be confused with the preventing manga that shares the identical identify by Satoru Nii) has been out of the blue canceled with out warning. The announcement got here with the most recent (and ultimate) chapter, within the type of a message from creator Jo Yong-seok. Sadly, this seemingly instantaneous cancellation was resulting from the truth that a number of cases of plagiarism had been found in Jo Yong-seok’s work on the collection, which is unacceptable in industries similar to these, with the writer sadly confirming that the plagiarism accusations have been true.
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Webtoon, a worldwide storytelling platform and residential of Wind Breaker, was concerned with the choice and had undoubtedly investigated the difficulty earlier than coming to the intense conclusion that the work needed to be concluded. Because it seems, the writer of Wind Breaker had been tracing over the work of a number of different authors on Webtoon, compromising the artistic integrity of the story. You possibly can learn Jo Yong-seok’s official assertion and apology beneath:
“To begin with, I sincerely apologize for the misery precipitated to many because of the current tracing allegations associated to my work. Among the many reference supplies I used whereas working, some scenes turned out to be similar to or nearly equivalent in expression to these from different works. That is clearly my fault. For a few years, I’ve been dwelling a life continuously racing towards deadlines. In doing so, I let urgency override the requirements that I, as a creator, ought to have upheld. And I did not hold them. Above all else, I actually needed to point out the ultimate story of this work to the very finish. So, deciding to finish it halfway is extraordinarily painful. I really feel deeply sorry and once more apologize to the readers. To everybody who supported and believed in me regardless of my shortcomings, I sincerely thanks, and as soon as once more, I bow my head in apology.”
‘Wind Breaker’s Cancellation Is a Heartbreaking Loss for Webtoon
Wind Breaker advised the story of a rookie bike owner named Jo “Jay” Ja-hyeon, whose admiration for his skilled bike owner uncle pushes him in direction of the game. This ultimately leads Jay to compete in an occasion referred to as The League of Streets together with different bicyclists, setting the stage for the long-running manhwa. The collection had first began its publication in December 2013, and shortly turned one of many most-read collection on the Webtoon platform, making its cancellation really feel like a devastating loss for the neighborhood.
The story will doubtless stay unfinished, and the one approach by which followers of the story can expertise the remainder of Wind Breaker is thru the manuscript that the writer will likely be publishing on his official weblog. It is a unhappy approach to finish a narrative that has enraptured tons of of tens of millions of readers on-line. Nonetheless, Webtoon’s response to plagiarism is completely inside motive, particularly because it was the work of different Webtoon tales that had reportedly been traced over to get chapters in on time.
Regardless of the publishing historical past of Wind Breaker ending on a tragic be aware, the affect the manhwa has had in getting this medium of storytelling acknowledged is unimaginable to disclaim. All through its 12 years of publication, the comedian’s story of the shy and socially awkward scholar changing into an outgoing bike owner has been an inspiring one. It is exhausting to say if Jo Yong-seok could have the chance to inform one other story sooner or later resulting from this incident.
Supply: Webtoon