TOP 15 Shounen / RPG Manhwa (Korean Manga) Recommendations | Must Read


Here's the List (Personal Choices): see also RPG Manhwa part 2

15. I'm Destined for Greatness! (2019 - Present)

Genres: Shounen, Action, Fantasy

Synopsis:
When you succeed at everything you try, you have no choice but to seek challenges elsewhere, like in a game. By using the trash jobs that no one pays any attention to, with the right attitude you're bound to accomplish your goals! even succeeding at the most impossible of quests, the main character bets everything he has. "With my skills I'll beat this game!"

14. Auto Hunting (2019 - Present)

Genres: Action, Adventure, Sci fi
Synopsis:
The world under attack by monsters that are pouring from the 'fracture'. And the 'hunters' who hunt those monsters are the most coveted job in the world currently. One day, Oh Yunsung who works his hardest from day to day as a worker in a meat restaurant awakens an ability to automatically hunt monsters with perfect techniques and physical prowess like in MMORPG when he presses a button 'Auto Hunting' that appears in front of him...!

13. The Strongest Florist (2020 - Present)

Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Game
Synopsis:
Hwang Jae-Ho joins a game and wants to open a flower shop, thus begins his long journey of being a florist in a virtual world.

12. My Dad Is Too Strong (2020 - Present)

Genres: Action, Adventure, Isekai, Comedy
Synopsis:
A scatterbrained, talentless civil servant returned as the heavenly Demon.

He now wished to live the rest of his life peacefully, as his days in the Murim world were full of conflict and bloodshed. However...

"Please be my father until I graduate."

He suddenly gained a daughter out of nowhere.

11. Survival Story of a Sword King in a Fantasy World(2019 - Present)

Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Demons, Fantasy, Isekai, Magic, Martial arts, Tragedy
Synopsis:
Ryu Han-bin was a normal person who just had been discharged from his mandatory military service, when he was transported to another world. Left to fend for himself, he was given the goal of surviving and growing stronger in a desolute world riddled with monsters. The problem is the 'Guideline' that was supposed to be his guiding system to survive is filled with errors.

10. Hardcore Leveling Warrior (2016 - Present)

Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Game, Magic, Military, Video games, Virtual reality
Synopsis:
When you go from level 99 to level 1 and start all over again.

"Those who clear quests, shall receive everything." An RPG adventure with HCLW and his allies, set in a lucid reality.

9. Bug Player (2020 - Present)

Genres: Action, Adaptation, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Game, Isekai, Reincarnation, Video games
Synopsis:
Sudden death after all-nighters and ridiculous amounts of work playing a game?! What greeted me after opening my eyes was the reality that I was in the world of <Paradiso>. And on top of that, I was stuck in the body of a perfectly vulgar, obese, extra of a lord. The worst of the worst. I reincarnated in Jared’s body! Dammit! All those protagonists in books or movies are born to stupidly well-off families, being raised with wealth and riches! “I’ll get to the top as soon as I can!” I’ll succeed and grow! Whether I use bugs or hacks, it’s all a-okay! The start of a challenging world of intense dieting and bug abuse begins now!

8. Overgeared (Team Argo) (2020 - Present)

Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Game
Synopsis:
The story of mere loser Shin Youngwoo.
Even in games such as the popular game VRMMORPG, he's a total loser.
But he stumbled across a job during a hunt, the best legendary jobs out of over two billion players!
Overgeared (Team Argo). Shin Youngwoo, Username:- 'Grid'. Poor luck still circles around him in the terms Best Virtual Reality game [SATISFY]. But during a search, he stumbled across a job, the best legendary job out of over two billion players!

7. The Live (2020 - Present)

Genres: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Isekai, Long strip, Magic, Psychological
Synopsis:
Yoon Jae, the most lost woman and daughter due to injustice, lives in despair day after day and reads the diary he sent from the future.

“Wife and daughter… Can we meet again? ”

The 'Holy Grail' given to those who overcome the 'game' of 'The World of the Backside', it is said that if you use it, you can reunite with your lost family ...
In the cruel world where only Gangja survives, Yunjae becomes the only one who knows the future. Will he be able to fulfil his wishes?

6. I am the Sorcerer King (2019 - Present)

Genres: Shounen, Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Synopsis:
10 years ago, the monster horde from the rift formed from space and time started attacking the mankind. At the same time, people have started to awaken the power and began hunting the monsters for fame and money Lee SungHoon, in need of money because of his mother’s sickness, takes a dangerous job to help hunt those monsters four times a month by acting as a bait for the hunters. But one day, he is heavily injured by a monster and remembers his past life as a sorcerer king ‘Huh? Did I just die?» ‘Wait, I was a Sorcerer King Kratraus in my previous life?’ With his past memories, SungHoon’s overpowered magic show begins.

5. Leveling Up, by Only Eating! (2020 - Present)

Genres: Adaptation, Cooking, Fantasy, Game, Video games, Virtual reality
Synopsis:
The main character is stricken by a rare condition that affects only two people in the entire world, bulimic deficiency.
He organizes his daily meals to survive, but his hope of survival grows dimmer as the days go by.
He consults a doctor, who suggests playing the Alternate Reality Game 'Athens', where he can eat as must as he wants without gaining any weight.
He plays the game to save his life and grow in strength by doing nothing but eating!
A Gourmet Fantasy Life!

4. The Legendary Moonlight Sculptor (2015 - Present)

Genres: Seinen, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Martial arts, Romance, Sci fi, Slice of life
Synopsis:
The man has forsaken by the world, the man a slave to money and the man known as the legendary God of War in the highly popular MMORPG Continent of Magic. With the coming of age, he decides to say goodbye, but the feeble attempt to earn a little something for his time and effort ripples into an effect none could ever have imagined. Through a series of coincidences, his legendary avatar is sold for 3 billion 90 million won ($2.7 million), bringing great joy to him, only to plunge him into despair at losing almost all of it to vicious loan sharks. With the revelation of money through gaming, he rises from the abyss with new found resolve and steps forward into the new age of games led by the first-ever Virtual Reality MMORPG, Royal Road.

This is the legend of Lee Hyun on his path to becoming Emperor with only his family loving heart, his boundless desire for money, his unexpected mind, his diligently forged body and the talent of hard work backing him. This is the legend of the lowest becoming the strongest. This is the legend of WEED.

3. Tomb Raider King (2019 - Present)

Genres: Shounen, Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Synopsis:
God’s Tombs started to appear around the world. Due to the relics within these tombs, many were able to wield these legendary power for themselves, while others became enslaved to these users. However, a Tomb Raider appears with the purpose of robbing these relics. The Tomb Raider King. “God damn it! Did that bastard already loot this place as well?!” What you own belongs to me. What I own belongs to me. This is the story of a revived Tomb Raider who will do whatever he can to claim all the tombs and relics for himself!

2. The Gamer (2013 - Present)

Genres: Shounen, Action, Adventure, Comedy, School life, Supernatural
Synopsis:
Han Jee-Han, a normal high school student, suddenly develops a special power where his entire world is shifted into a game-like setting. He can see the power levels of people, look at the stats of a seemingly normal item, get abilities, and even level up! Follow Han Jee-Han as he discovers how to use this power, and maybe even where it came from.

Description from Line Webtoon:
What if your life is just like playing a game? What if you can upgrade your status and gain more levels? A fantasy world is coming right at you!

1. Solo Levelling (2018 - Present)

Genres: Shounen, Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Synopsis:
In this world where Hunters with various magical powers battle monsters from invading the defenceless humanity, Sung Jin-Woo was the weakest of all the Hunters, barely able to make a living.

However, a mysterious System grants him the power of the ‘Player’, setting him on a course for an incredible and oftentimes perilous Journey.

Follow Sung Jin-Woo as he embarks on an adventure to become an unparalleled existence through his “Level-Up” system - the only one in the entire world!

see also RPG Manhwa part 2

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