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Kakao Entertainment (Kakao Enter) is rolling out four new webtoons across KakaoPage and Kakao Webtoon following a high-profile May slate. The lineup spans action fantasy, romance fantasy, a steady-selling school-action title and an idol-themed fantasy.
The company is also set to debut Season 3 of A Rewind Guide for the Idol Who Lost Their Way on Kakao Webtoon, intending to dramatize the protagonist’s brutal quests to satisfy an audience of 30 million fans.
On May 15, Kakao Enter confirmed the month’s four new webtoon releases on KakaoPage and Kakao Webtoon.
The selection covers a broad range of genres—action fantasy, romance fantasy, school-action stalwart and idol-themed fantasy—designed to appeal to diverse reader tastes.
The Sand Sorcerer of the Burnt Desert, released on KakaoPage on May 1, is set on a post-apocalyptic Earth transformed into desert. It follows Jeon, an awakened who controls sand.
The adaptation is based on a work by author Ugak—known for hits such as Bukgeom Jeongi and Sasin Pyowol—and the webtoon’s production brought in STUDIO SOZO to raise its production values.
Against a world buried in sand, the series focuses on combat driven by sand-manipulation and large-scale action sequences.
Forgotten Fields, which premiered on KakaoPage on May 5, also captured webtoon readers’ attention and immediately climbed to No. 1 on the weekly romance-fantasy ranking.
The series was adapted and illustrated by Spoon—the artist behind the million-page hit One Day I Became a Princess—based on Kim Suji’s web novel Under the Sessile Oak.
Kakao Webtoon’s flagship school-action title Guard Pass returns this month with a larger scope.
Guard Pass Season 2, due on May 24, explores the backstory of Jason, a supporting character who became a fan favorite in Season 1.
Set in the United States, the new season will vividly portray the tragic events Jason endured growing up and the inner changes those events produced.
The industry’s ongoing appetite for idol-focused webtoons continues, and popular idol-based titles are returning with new seasons.
Season 3 of A Rewind Guide for the Idol Who Lost Their Way will premiere on Kakao Webtoon on May 28.
Based on a popular original by Rebel, the story was adapted by writer Yudeul with art by Janya. It follows eight-year idol Yoon I-deun as she is sent back to her debut days, unfolding a series of compelling episodes that built a devoted fandom.
The season will dramatize the protagonist’s punishing quests—undertaken to please 30 million fans—through a run of gripping incidents.
Season 3 belongs to the idol genre, one of webtoons’ main draws. Beyond passive consumption, these works function as potent retention tools, converting real users into engaged virtual fandoms. The revenge-or-comeback arc of an eight-year idol tends to draw repeat visits from a loyal, predominantly female readership.
Industry observers say Season 3 could serve as a core IP asset for Kakao. They predict the company may integrate it with technologies like its AI voice assistant to develop a future virtual idol-agent business.
Meanwhile, Kakao’s first-quarter earnings showed about a 14% year-over-year decline in revenue for its story division, raising concerns about slowing growth.
Against that backdrop, the May lineup—featuring proven, million-page creators such as Ugak (Bukgeom Jeongi) and Kim Suji (Under the Sessile Oak)—appears aimed at securing reliable paying users rather than betting on unproven new IP, a move likely intended to help lift second-quarter results.
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