Viral Hit

Viral Hit (, 喧嘩独学, lit. 'How to Fight') is a South Korean manhwa released as a free webtoon written by Taejun Pak and illustrated by Kim Junghyun. It has been serialized via Naver Corporation's webtoon platform Naver Webtoon since November 2019, with the individual chapters being collected and published into eight volumes as of December 2023.

The webtoon has been published in English by Line Webtoon since October 2022; and also published in Japan by Line Manga since April 2020. An anime television series adaptation produced by Okuruto Noboru aired from April to June 2024 on Fuji TV's +Ultra programming block.

Characters



 * Yoo Ho-bin
 * Japanese name: Kota Shimura (志村光太)
 * Japanese name: Kota Shimura (志村光太)


 * Woo Ji-hyuk
 * Japanese name: Toru Kaneko (金子亨)
 * Japanese name: Toru Kaneko (金子亨)


 * Ga Eul
 * Japanese name: Aki Yashio (八潮秋)
 * Japanese name: Aki Yashio (八潮秋)


 * Choi Bo-mi
 * Japanese name: Kaho Asamiya (朝宮夏帆)
 * Japanese name: Kaho Asamiya (朝宮夏帆)


 * Ppakgo
 * Japanese name: Hamaken (ハマケン)
 * Japanese name: Hamaken (ハマケン)


 * Seong Tae-hoon
 * Japanese name: Reo Shinjo (新庄玲央)
 * Japanese name: Reo Shinjo (新庄玲央)


 * Yeo Roo-mi
 * Japanese name: Rumi Meguro (目黒ルミ)
 * Japanese name: Rumi Meguro (目黒ルミ)


 * Kim Moon-seong
 * Japanese name: Tatsuya Ōgi (扇達也)
 * Japanese name: Tatsuya Ōgi (扇達也)


 * Ssamdak
 * Japanese name: Tou-Kei (闘鶏)
 * Japanese name: Tou-Kei (闘鶏)

Webtoon
Created by Taejun Pak and illustrated by Kim Junghyun, the manhwa has been serialized as a webtoon in Naver's webtoon platform Naver Webtoon since November 15, 2019, and has been published in English by Line Webtoon since October 2022. It is also published in Japan by Line Manga since April 4, 2020.

Anime
An anime television series adaptation was announced on February 10, 2024. The series is produced by Okuruto Noboru and directed by Masakazu Hishida, with Toshiya Ono writing series scripts, Satomi Miyazaki designing the characters, Yutaka Yamada composing the music, and production handled by Slowcurve. It aired from April 11 to June 27, 2024, on Fuji TV's +Ultra programming block. The opening theme song is "Wild Boy", performed by MA55IVE THE RAMPAGE, while the ending theme song is "Viral Hack", performed by Crab Kani Club. Crunchyroll licensed the series.

Live-action adaptations
Several South Korean, Turkish, French, and German live-action adaptations of the franchise were announced.

Reception
In 2022, the webtoon was selected as a jury-recommended work in the manga section of the 25th Japan Media Arts Festival.

In Japan, Viral Hit garnered 460 million views and 2 billion in global by February 2024.