25 Best Shounen Manhwa of All Time | Manga Recommendations

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25. A Returner's Magic Should Be Special

Alt Name: 귀환자의 마법은 특별해야 합니다
Authors: Yu So Nan (Story), Uk Jag Ga (Art)
Year: 2018 – Present

Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Harem, Martial Arts, School Life, Webtoon, Age Transformation, Full Color, Magic School, Martial Arts, School Life, Second Chance, Supernatural, Time Travel, Based on a Web Novel

Synopsis:

"Now that I'm back, I won't allow my loved ones to die again!" The Shadow Labyrinth - the deadliest catastrophe humanity has ever known. Desir Arman, one of the six remaining survivors of mankind, is inside the Labyrinth. The six of them attempt to clear the final level of the Labyrinth but ultimately fail, and the world comes to an end. However, when Desir thought he would meet his demise, what appears before him is the world... thirteen years ago?! Desir is returned to the past, back to the time when he enrolled at the nation's finest magic academy, Havrion. He is reunited with his precious friends, and he is determined to change the past to save the world and his loved ones...! Three years remain before the emergence of the Shadow World! Change the past and gather powerful comrades to save mankind!

24. Chronicles of Heavenly Demon

Alt Name: Sinma-gyeongcheongi
Authors: Il-hwang (Story), Gom-guk (Art)
Year: 2018 – Present

Genres: Action, Fantasy, Martial Arts, Supernatural, Webtoon, Full Color, Reincarnation, Revenge, Based on a Web Novel

Synopsis:

The successor of the Spear Master Sect and his apprentice Hyuk Woon Seong were framed of learning a forbidden Demonic art and slayed. A helpless and pitiful death by the hypocrites of the Orthodox Sect. The moment Woon Seong faced his death, the artifact of the Spear Master Sect emitted a light and gave him a new life. The life as Number 900, a trainee of the Demonic Cult! The two identities, the Orthodox Sect and the Demonic Cult. But his objective is one. Vengeance! Accepting his destiny and remembering his grudge, Woon Seong trains in martial arts and his time of revenge slowly comes closer….

23. Legend of the Northern Blade

Alt Name: Bukgeomjeongi
Authors: Hae-Min (Story), Woo-Gak (Art)
Year: 2019 – Present

Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Martial Arts, Webtoon, Full Color, Revenge

Synopsis:

When the world was plunged into darkness martial artists gathered to form the ‘Northern Heavenly Sect’. With the help of the Northern Heavenly Sect people began to enjoy peace again. However, as time passed the martial artists began to conspire against the ‘Northern Heavenly Sect’, and eventually caused the death of the Sect Leader, Jin Kwan-Ho, destroying the sect with it. As everyone left the sect, Jin Kwan-Ho’s only son, Jin Mu-Won was left behind. Mu-Won has never learned martial arts, but he finds the Techniques secretly left behind by his father and begins to acquire the martial arts of the Northern Heavenly Sect.

22. The Descent of the Demonic Master

Alt Name: Descent of the Demon Master
Majon Hyeonse Gangnimgi
Authors: Wolbaek (Story), Mayolang (Art)
Year: 2019 – Present

Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Webtoon, Full Color, Reincarnation, Based on a Web Novel

Synopsis:

Jinho Kang used to be an average teenager, before an accident took away his family and his ability to walk. After reincarnating in medieval China, he becomes the demon master known as the Crimson Emperor. When his life is tragically cut short, he wakes up back in his previous life, before the accident AND with his powers and martial arts prowess intact. All Jinho wants is to live a normal life, but he soon realizes that monsters exist even in the modern world, and only he can stop them.

21. Volcanic Age

Alt Name: Hwasanjeonsaeng
Authors: Jeong Jun (Story), Tomato (Art)
Year: 2017 – Present

Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Martial Arts, Webtoon, Full Color, Hiatus, Second Chance, Time Travel, Wuxia

Synopsis:

Joo Seo-Cheon, a man who survives the age of war through sheer luck, becomes Hwasan faction's elder only to live a life full of regrets and doubts. He then lies on his death bed waiting for the inevitable when he is returned to the past…

20. Tomb Raider King

Alt Name: King of Excavation
Dogurwang
Authors: Yoonz (Story), 3B2S, Redice Studio (Art)
Year: 2019 – Present

Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Webtoon, Dungeon, Full Color, Overpowered Main Characters, RPG, Time Travel, Based on a Novel

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!

19. Wind Breaker

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Authors: Jo Yong Seok
Year: 2013 – Present

Genres: Action, Drama, Sports, Webtoon, Cycling, Full Color

Synopsis:

Jay is the student president of Sunny high. He is not just a smart student but an extreme biker with high techniques. As you follow his bike, you will meet his friends, love, and adventures.

18. Divine Bells

Alt Name: Ghost Bell
Godly Bells
Sinryeong
Authors: Lee Hye
Year: 2012 – 2013

Genres: Drama, Fantasy, Historical, Mystery, Supernatural, Webtoon, Full Color, Historical, Royalty

Synopsis:

Divine Bells - they choose their own masters and they determine the status, prestige, and influence of the countries their masters rule. The presence or lack of these Bells also has great consequence in the lives of each country's royalty. In particular, the personal and political futures of King Hong-Ryeong seem doomed without a Bell, but at equally great peril if he obtains one.But are the Divine Bells simple magical charms, deities of great powers, or something else altogether? And when the owner of three of the eight existing Divine Bells dies, leaving them to choose new owners, where will the resulting turmoil lead?

17. Memorize

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Authors: Ro Yu-jin (Story), Jeongha (Art)
Year: 2020 – Present

Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Harem, Romance, Seinen, Supernatural, Mystery, Webtoon, Age Transformation, Full Color, Psychological, Second Chance, Time Travel, Based on a Web Novel

Synopsis:

Having been summoned to the alternate, game-like universe of the Whole Plane 10 years ago by mysterious angelic beings, Soohyun has finally reached the Apex of the world. But at what cosst? Using his privilege as the Apex, Soohyun invokes the power of Code Zero to go back 10 years and rectify his past filled with tragedy.

16. The Legendary Moonlight Sculptor

Alt Name: Dalbit Jogaksa
Authors: Lee Do-gyeong, Nam Heesung (Story), Grimza, Kim Tae-Hyung (Art)
Year: 2015 – 2016

Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Webtoon, Full Color, MMORPG, Overpowered Main Characters, RPG, Virtual Reality, Based on a Web Novel

Synopsis:

Hyun Lee lives with his grandmother in poverty, working part-time and trying to make ends meet. One day, he enters a virtual reality game called Royal Road. Why? To earn money. Though he wants to earn money through the game, he is only a sculptor that makes very little. From getting free lunches by flirting with NPCs to grinding day and night to level up his skills, he is determined to create an avatar that can save his family from hardship.

15. Kill the Hero

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Authors: D-Dart (Story), CarroToon (Art)
Year: 2020 – Present

Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Webtoon, Full Color, Based on a Web Novel

Synopsis:

One day, the world transformed into a game. 'Dungeons' and 'monsters' emerged in the middle of cities and 'players' who had received the gods' authority appeared. Se-jun Lee, the guildmaster of the Messiah Guild that would bring salvation to the world. "Let us save the world together, let's put an end to this nightmare." The whole world celebrated the hero's appearance and I became his comrade. But...He wasn't a hero nor a messiah like the world was hailing him. He was a deceitful hero with the secret ambition to rule the world. "You did well. If it weren't for you, I couldn't have come up till here." I lost my life at his blade in the last dungeon...., or so I thought. The announcement I heard next to my ear the moment I died. [Starting the game.] I returned to the past, back when I still hadn't awakened as a player. And this time, It's my turn...... to 'hunt' him.

14. Black Haze

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Authors: Yong Yong
Year: 2012 – 2017

Genres: Action, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, School Life, Supernatural, Tragedy, Webtoon, Demons, Full Color, Hiatus, Magic, Magic School, Overpowered Main Characters

Synopsis:

After a mission gone awry, the doubtful main character, Rood, is sent to a famous magic school, Helios. Here, he must protect an important person's son who has a very bad time at the school.

13. Peerless Dad

Alt Name: Abimussang
Authors: Cyungchan Noh (Story), Lee Hyun-Seok (Art)
Year: 2017 – Present

Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Martial Arts, Slice of Life, Webtoon, Full Color

Synopsis:

Noh Ga Jang has led the life of a warrior ever since he remembers, isolated from the world and illiterate to top it all, until he meets a beautiful woman who steals his heart. He marries her and they live a life of bliss, and she gets pregnant with his children. Against all odds, she unexpectedly dies during childbirth, leaving Noh alone with their newborn triplets. Desperate, saddened, but not broken, Noh swears to the heavens that he'll become an exemplary man to raise the invaluable treasures his wife left him.

12. The Gamer

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Authors: Seong Sang Yeong (Story), Sang A (Art)
Year: 2013 – Present

Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy, School Life, Supernatural, Sci Fi, Webtoon, Cheats, Dungeon, Full Color, Magic, RPG, Superpowers

Synopsis:

Jee-Han loves gaming more than anything, but it still comes as a shock when one day, he suddenly acquires a mysterious power that superimposes RPG characteristics onto the real world! Tasks like going to the store for his mother initiate experience-earning quests, and everyone around the boy display levels and stats above their heads. But what starts as a mild curiosity suddenly becomes all the more real, when Jee-Han discovers that there's monsters to be killed, special skills to be earned, and others who have similar abilities!

11. Noblesse

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Authors: Son Je Ho (Story), Lee Gwang-Su (Art)
Year: 2007 – 2019

Genres: Action, Comedy, Drama, School Life, Supernatural, Fantasy, Webtoon, Full Color, Non-Human Protagonists, Overpowered Main Characters, Vampires, Adapted to Anime

Synopsis:

Rai wakes up from 820-years long sleep and starts his new life as a student in a high school founded by his loyal servant, Frankenstein. But his peaceful days with other human students are soon interrupted by mysterious attackers known as the "Unions".

10. Tower of God

Alt Name: Sinui Tap
Authors: SIU
Year: 2010 – Present

Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Supernatural, Webtoon, Full Color, High Stakes Games, Play or Die, PVE, PVP, Adapted to Anime

Synopsis:

Fame. Glory. Power. Anything in your wildest dreams is possible when you reach the top of the Tower of God. Those lucky enough to be chosen by the tower ascend each floor in hopes of fulfilling their dreams, but to succeed, they must complete dangerous and deadly tests along the way. But there are others who can enter the structure on their own free will; these "irregulars" are feared by many and are said to leave chaos and change in their wake. Twenty-Fifth Baam is one such irregular who begins to climb the Tower of God in hopes of reuniting with his childhood friend Rachel, but as he soon discovers, this perilous path will put him in the crosshairs of fierce competitors, untrustworthy rivals and terrifying monsters, and he might not make it out alive...

9. The Breaker, The Breaker - New Waves  

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Authors: Jeon Geuk-jin (Story), Park Jin-Hwan(Art)
Year: 2007 – 2010, 2010 - 2015

Genres: Action, Comedy, Drama, Martial Arts, School Life, Gangs, Hand to Hand Combat, Weak to Strong

Synopsis:

Shi-Woon is desperate. He's constantly bullied and getting beat up at school by a gang of thugs, and is on the verge of suicide. Sick of being weak and helpless, the boy turns to the only person he knows who can help: Chun-Woo, a powerful martial artist and also his new teacher. But Chun-Woo won't take Shi-Woon under his wing so easily, and little does the teenager know about how his would-be mentor acquired his fighting talents...

8. Bastard

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Authors: Kim Carnby (Story), Hwang Yeong Chan (Art)
Year: 2014 – 2016

Genres: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Psychological, Romance, School Life, Tragedy, Webtoon, Criminals, Disability, Dysfunctional Families, Full Color, Mind Games, Psychological, Psychopaths, Serial Killers, Thriller

Synopsis:

Jin has lived a tough life. One of his oldest memories is waking up in the hospital, having received an artificial heart valve, and a glass eye. And as a student, he's relentlessly bullied for his disabilities. But Jin's school life is nothing compared to his home life, where he's raised by his father, a serial killer who targets young women and forces the boy to act as his accomplice. Can Jin do anything to stop his father's reign of terror without becoming the next victim?

7. Second Life Ranker

Alt Name: Ranker Who Lives a Second Time
Du Beon Saneun Ranker
Authors: Nong Nong (Story), Sa Doyeon (Art)
Year: 2019 – Present

Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Webtoon, Full Color, Based on a Web Novel

Synopsis:

Yeonwoo’s brother disappeared years ago, and he’s devastated to learn of his death. As he copes with his loss, he’s given a pocket watch and learns there’s more to his brother’s death: he was betrayed while competing in the Tower of the Sun God. Now it’s Yeonwoo’s turn to use the knowledge his brother left behind. Can Yeonwoo (call sign: Cain) navigate that world and gain enough power and experience to reach the top of the tower, defeating his brother’s enemies and all those who stand in his way?

6. Mercenary Enrollment

Alt Name: Ipagyongbyeong
Authors: YC (Story), Rakhyun (Art)
Year: 2020 – Present

Genres: Action, Drama, Romance, School Life, Webtoon, Full Color, Lifestyle Change, School Life

Synopsis:

Yu Ijin was the sole survivor of a plane crash when he was little. After becoming a mercenary to survive for 10 years, he returns to his family in his hometown.

5. Trash of the Count's Family

Alt Name: Lout of Count’s Family
Trash Count
Baekjakgaui Mangnaniga Doeeotda 

Authors: Ping, Yu Ryeo Han (Story), Pan4 (Art)
Year: 2020 – Present

Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Seinen, Webtoon, Dragons, Full Color, Isekai, Magic, Nobility, Person in a Strange World, Political, Weak to Strong, Based on a Web Novel

Synopsis:

I woke up inside of a novel. And in the body of that lout from the Count's family... Also, the main character that utterly destroyed me in the story, Choi Han is coming.

4. Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint

Alt Name: Jeonjijeok Dokja Sijeom
Authors: sing N song, UMI (i) (Story), Sleepy-C (REDICE STUDIO) (Art)
Year: 2020 – Present

Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Supernatural, Drama, Webtoon, Full Color, Isekai, Martial Arts, Person in a Strange World, Psychological, Based on a Web Novel

Synopsis:

Back then, Dokja had no idea. He had no idea his favorite web novel 'Three Ways to Survive the Apocalypse' was going to come to life, and that he would become the only person to know how the world was going to end. He also had no idea he would end up becoming the protagonist of this novel-turned-reality. Now, Dokja will go on a journey to change the course of the story and save humankind once and for all.

3. SSS-Class Suicide Hunter

Alt Name: SSS-geup Jasal Hunter
Authors: Neida, Shin Noah (Story), Bill K (Art)
Year: 2020 – Present

Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Seinen, Supernatural, Comedy, Webtoon, Full Color, Psychological, Based on a Web Novel

Synopsis:

I want an S-Rank skill too! I want it so badly, I could die for it! [You have awakened an S-Rank skill.] [But it only works when you die.] HUH!? WHAT’S THE POINT OF GETTING ONE IF I DIE!?

2. The Beginning after the end

Alt Name: Beginning of the End
Authors: TurtleMe (Story), Fuyuki23 (Art)
Year: 2018 – Present

Genres: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, OEL, Webtoon, Full Color, Isekai, Magic, Person in a Strange World, Reincarnation, Swordplay, Based on a Novel

Synopsis:

King Grey has unrivaled strength, wealth, and prestige in a world governed by martial ability. However, solitude lingers closely behind those with great power. Beneath the glamorous exterior of a powerful king lurks the shell of man, devoid of purpose and will. Reincarnated into a new world filled with magic and monsters, the king has a second chance to relive his life. Correcting the mistakes of his past will not be his only challenge, however. Underneath the peace and prosperity of the new world is an undercurrent threatening to destroy everything he has worked for, questioning his role and reason for being born again.

1. Solo Leveling

Alt Name: Only I Level Up
Na Honjaman Level-Up
Authors: Chugong (Story), Gee So-Lyung, Redice Studio(Art)
Year: 2018 – Present

Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Supernatural, Webtoon, Dungeon, Full Color, Magic, RPG, Weak to Strong, Based on a Web Novel

Synopsis:

E-class hunter Jinwoo Sung is the weakest of them all. Looked down on by everyone, he has no money, no abilities to speak of, and no other job prospects. So when his party finds a hidden dungeon, he's determined to use this chance to change his life for the better... but the opportunity he finds is a bit different from what he had in mind!