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Overview
Wonderlab is a spin-off webcomic based on the ProjectMoon series, Lobotomy Corporation. It is illustrated and written by MIMI, an artist based in Korea. Wonderlab narrates a story of the O-5681 branch, one of the many branches that are apart of the Lobotomy Corporation. It was serialized on ProjectMoon's official Posttype profile, a site for publishing various media such as comics and manhwas. There are 55 episodes that were published between February 14, 2020 to April 9, 2021. Wonderlab is no longer accessible as per request by the author's notice on August 18, 2023.

Story
The webcomic series introduces a new perspective of the events that take place during Lobotomy Corporation by telling a story about a sub-branch, where their problems are similar but unique. A group of colleagues in the Disciplinary department are faced with the dangers of managing abnormalities while introducing new lore to the ProjectMoon universe as a whole. Abnormalities, which are known to be the manifestations of the human mind, are put into containment units where they are researched for energy production. Wonderlab introduces the concept of aberrations, which are variants of abnormalities that tend to be unique but weaker than the original.

Approach to the world of ProjectMoon
MIMI had the liberty of designing her characters when covering newly introduced lore to the series that was requested by the company ProjectMoon. All of the characters that participate in Wonderlab have ambiguous genders and are speculated to be minors, which is part of MIMI's approach to making a spin-off story. MIMI posted information regarding the process and development behind Wonderlab through Evernote, a program dedicated for notes.

Legacy
Wonderlab received mixed support from fans of the ProjectMoon series. As it garnered new fans due to MIMI's distinctive approach to writing a spin-off for Lobotomy Corporation, the webcomic received scrutiny for similar reason. The webcomic is recognized for its approachability as a comic compared to a companion media known as Distortion Detective, which uses a format of a webnovel to tell its story in the ProjectMoon universe. Several characters such as the Servant of Wrath and Scaredy Cat are seen in a later game known as Library of Ruina. ProjectMoon created a live service game known as Limbus Company in February 26, 2023, which followed up several elements that Wonderlab initially introduced such as aberrations.