Difference between Manga and Manhwa

	Manga	Manhwa
Origin	Japan	Korea
Direction of reading	Right to Left	Left to Right
Style	Reading direction of traditional manga	1.      The face and eyes are often exaggerated in a cartoon style while the figure is more realistic in proportion.       2.        There is (usually) a more frequent use of gradient screentone (hatching & shading).      3.      The Korean name of the author/artist. It is usually double-barrelled and with syllables that do not exist in Japanese (usually the most reliable method of differentiating manhwa; exceptions being when a culturally-neutral pseudonym is used or when the artist is of Korean ethnicity but resides in another country).      4.       The Korean names of the characters in the manhwa.      5.      The untranslated sound effects (not always present) are in hangul( Korean alphabet)
Popularity	More popular	Less popular: often grouped along with the Japanese light novels as ‘manga’
Popular examples	Bleach, Gintama, Samurai X, Ouran High Host Club	Ragnarok, Veritas, Noblesse, The Breaker