Reading guides

Short guides to the kinds of stories on Comicwell. For the Chinese legends behind several of our series, see Chinese legends explained.

What is progression fantasy? What the genre is, and how it differs from LitRPG and cultivation novels.
What is LitRPG? What literary role-playing game fiction is, and how it differs from progression fantasy, GameLit and cultivation.
What is cultivation? Qi, the dantian, meridians and the realm ladder in cultivation novels, and how it relates to wuxia and xianxia.
Huli jing vs kitsune (and kumiho) How the Chinese, Japanese and Korean fox spirits differ in origin, tails, role and famous tales.
What is manhwa? The long vertical scroll comic format, and where it comes from.