The webtoon ‘Windbreaker’ is a popular sports and coming-of-age drama webtoon wherein young people freely enjoy bike riding. This webtoon features the protagonist Jo Ja-hyun, who has been practicing riding the bike everyday using the bicycle from his uncle, a former cyclist.

 

Although this is something we can see in our everyday lives, ‘bicycle riding’ is quite a new and refreshing topic for a webtoon, and author Jo Yong-seok’s mastery in drawing and writing has made the webtoon consistently rank top place in Naver’s Monday webtoon list.

In addition to the fresh topic of bicycle, another thing that captures the hearts of the fans is author Jo Yong-seok’s ability to draw and write.

 

The author was able to create the webtoon with a sense of speed and amazing techniques on bicycle riding that one would see in a F1 car racing.

 

In addition, I believe that the charming protagonist ‘Jo Ja-hyun,’ who is indispensable in youth dramas, and the amazing characters of the Hummingbird Crew are the wonderful reasons why many readers, who were not interested in bicycles before, have become such fans.

 

▲ Powerful bike action

Seeing these wonderful characters and their riding styles, it is reminiscent of the old manga ‘Slam Dunk.’ Just like the manga, which created a basketball hype to the point that there were no free basketball nets, this webtoon has the kind of power to make you want to try bicycle riding. There is also the fact that the population of those riding bicycles have actually increased, showing the webtoon’s influence.

 

For scenes where characters use bicycles without breaks or without helmets, the author puts plenty of warnings, and introduces bicycle skills every now and then.

 

I think these are the parts where we can truly feel the attentiveness and consideration of the author towards the readers.

 

Because of this, this webtoon has become one of the representative sports webtoon on Naver, which has very few sports webtoon to begin with, and it looks like the hype will not fade out anytime soon.

The webtoon ‘Windbreaker,’ which gives us the excitement of reading the stories of young people and unpredictable bike riding, has recently started publishing its second season entitled ‘League of Street’ which focuses on amateur bicycle tournaments. The readers are looking forward to the full-fledged performance of the characters, so the webtoon has not lost its presence among other outstanding Monday webtoons on Naver.