Based on the indie comic series created by TurtleMe, illustrated by Fuyuki23, published by Tapas Entertainment. The webtoon, based on TurtleMe's original 2017 web novel, began on Tapas in July 2018, featuring illustrations by Fuyuki23. Beginning the sixth season of the webtoon in June 2023, Rise Entertainment took over the artwork. The webtoon has been published in Japan by Piccoma since 2020.
Starting its comicalization in 2018 on the digital comic and novel platform Tapas, the bestselling novel The Beginning After the End quickly became the number one Tapas Original in North America. It has since been translated into 6 languages, topped the trending charts of online publishers around the world, and received high praise in Korea and China. Upon its 2020 launch in Japan on the digital manga and novel platform Piccoma, it surpassed 20 million likes in just one year and won the the "Piccoma AWARD 2021," a prize given to "guaranteed entertaining works." With over 1.5 billion cumulative views worldwide, this popular series is finally set to be adapted into a TV anime.