Summary
“The Reason for the Twin Lady's Disguise” is a best-selling Japanese webtoon with 4.2 million views since its debut in May 2024. Despite its recent English release, the webtoon still has a huge following in Japan with 90 million views. The success of the series highlights the growing popularity of Japanese webtoons, which may soon rival Korean-produced manhwa.
Webtoon's latest romance series is much more popular than fans thought, with over 90 million views in Japan on Webtoon's sister platform, Line Manga. As webtoons continue to grow in popularity in Japan and around the world, a surprise Japanese series has become Webtoon's best-selling series in just two months.
According to a post on Oricon News' X, Twin Lady's reason for disguise is Webtoon's Second Best-Selling Series in June. The series is the first Japanese webtoon to achieve such a feat. The series was only released in English on Webtoon in May 2024, but has already attracted 4.2 million views in just about thirty chapters.
However, these numbers are nothing compared to the popularity of The Reason for the Twin Lady's Disguise on Line Manga, where it first debuted in 2022. According to Oricon, the series has had quite a few a passionate fan base in Japan with 90 million cumulative viewsproves that this series is indeed a work that Western readers might want to follow.
Why Twin Lady's Disguise Is Webtoon's New Bestseller
Written by Amamiya Ley, Illustrated by Mona and Produced by Sorajima
The Reason for the Twin Lady's Disguise is an original series created by Sorajima, a Japanese webtoon studio known for its original works. Although most popular webtoons originate from South Korea, Japanese-produced webtoons are quickly starting to compete on the same level, and the rapid success and popularity of Japanese series like The Reason for the Twin Lady's Disguise and The Savior of Divine Blood are proof of this.
It's easy to see why The Reason for the Twin Lady's Disguise became an instant hit in such a short amount of time. Aside from being a clear gender-swapping affair, The Reason for the Twin Lady's Disguise has many common but beloved features of webtoons like its retreat, its historical setting, and even an interesting enemies-to-lovers dynamic.
The series follows Linali Lowreis, a noblewoman whose family is framed and executed for attempting to poison the royal family. Minutes before her death, Linali wishes for a second chance, and she is granted it when she finds herself transported three years into the past, to the day her family's tragedy begins to unfold as her twin brother enrolls in Poltis School to begin his training as a Knight. In classic Mulan fashion, Linali cuts off her hair with a sword and takes her brother's place at the school, vowing to prevent her family's downfall and perhaps even take revenge on the Crown Prince she suspects is behind it all.
While The reason for the twin girl's disguise While Japanese webtoons may not seem revolutionary, like The Savior of Divine Blood, perhaps it's the simplicity of these series that makes them so enjoyable. While Japanese webtoons are only just starting to make their way to English-reading audiences, the number of Japanese titles available worldwide is likely only going to increase from here on out, especially as major publishers like Shueisha give in to the webtoon craze.
The reason for the twin girl's disguise available on Webtoon.
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