I donāt think theyāre gonna shove any existing series with the mature tag in there because:
the mature tag as it currently is, is still governed beneath the maturity guidelines tapas has which makes sure the content posted in it is āmatureā, but itās still essentially under the PG-14 mark
Since their announcement is literally boasting an 18+ mark, i genuinely believe weāre going to see tapas implement a genre accepting adult, mature, sex-and-gore comics onto their website.
personally, iām really happy about it!
say what you will, lezhin is currently like.. the only real big webcomic site accepting that type of content, and itās kind of overrun with it, and of course pay-to-read & not free-to-post.
if this is really how they choose to go forward with site, i think thereās gonna be some pretty massive changes to how it operates as a whole in the long run.
pros:
- normalizing art & storytelling that include sex to an adult audience
- new market Webtoons doesnāt have might make the site as a whole larger and more profitable, which is good for non-premium comics in the long run
- gives a place for comics that currently might be running on the line between mature and PG-14, or even crossing it, and are at risk of being taken down or worse being presented to a young, unwilling audience
cons:
- site might be overrun by the amount of adult comics, creating a name for itself as an adult-comic website. kind of like how BL is currently running things