Looking for your next manhwa read? I’ve ranked 100 series based on my personal journey through them. Think of this as a friendly chat about what stood out, what stumbled, and what might be worth your time. Tiers range from S (must-reads) down to E (maybe skip), with a special “Hurt My Soul” category for wasted potential.

How the Tiers Work:

• S Rank: The absolute best. Must-reads that excel in key areas.

• A Rank: Excellent series, highly recommended.

• B Rank: Solid and enjoyable, worth checking out.

• C Rank: Mid-range. Has strengths but also weaknesses. Could be worth a look if the premise grabs you.

• D Rank: Below average. Often generic or flawed.

• E Rank: Weak. Hard to recommend unless you’ve exhausted other options.

• Hurt My Soul: Series with great initial promise that dropped the ball hard. Disappointing.

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The Tier List:

S Rank (The Pinnacle)

• Solo Leveling: Despite narrative flaws, its visuals, action, and pacing set a high bar. A defining experience.

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• Legend of the Northern Blade: Stunning art, epic fights, and a compelling story. Unique atmosphere.

• Nano Machine: Top-tier martial arts action. Consistently excellent.

• Wind Breaker: Beautiful art, fantastic mix of sports and slice-of-life. Feels real.

• The Breaker Series (The Breaker, New Waves, Eternal Force): Peak martial arts manhwa. Amazing fights and fluid art. New Waves is a personal favorite.

• The Breaker Series (The Breaker, New Waves, Eternal Force): Peak martial arts manhwa. Amazing fights and fluid art. New Waves is a personal favorite.

• Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint: Masterful storytelling. A truly unique and engaging experience. The light novel is legendary.

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• Bastard: Perfectly executed dark thriller. Simple art, gripping story, high tension.

• Feng Shen Ji (Chinese Manhua): Standout visuals. A must-read for the art alone, even if the story is straightforward.

A Rank (Excellent Picks)

• Mercenary Enrollment: Super fun. Great character interactions and action, even if the art isn’t always top-tier.

• Return of the Blossoming Blade: Engaging story of a master rebuilding his sect. Great fights.

• Magic Emperor: Does villainy brilliantly. The MC is ruthless and the visuals are strong.

• Tower of God: Huge, original world with a vast, well-developed cast. Unique “games” system.

• Great Mage Returns After 4000 Years: Solid magic system, unique art, and a compelling fight for freedom.

• Chronicles of the Heavenly Demon: Excellent progression from youth to adulthood. Consistent focus and great fights.

• Tales of Demons and Gods (Chinese Manhua): Fantastic world-building, though pacing can drag. A top Chinese manhwa.

• Infinite Level Up in Murim: Highly engaging protagonist and motivations. Great “bully beatdown” scenarios.

• Leviathan (Finished): Incredible monster designs and ocean horror. Called the “Attack on Titan of the sea.” A complete story.

• Leveling With The Gods: Amazing visuals, unique “godly” itemization. Very well executed.

• Doctor’s Rebirth: A solid, enjoyable medical-themed manhwa.

• Peerless Dad: Good character growth over time. A reliable read.

B Rank (Solid & Enjoyable)

• Barbarian Quest: Insane visuals and unique setting. Has huge potential, just hasn’t fully clicked for me yet.

• The Player That Can’t Level Up: Interesting take on gaining power through items/gear. Fun faction dynamics.

• Kill The Hero: Top-tier revenge story, especially for summoner/necromancer fans. Currently in my top 5.

• Overgeared: Fantastic start and visuals, but drops off later. Real-world elements aren’t as strong.

• SSS-Class Suicide Hunter: Interesting power concepts and character contemplation. Needs more chapters to judge consistency.

• Your Talent is Mine: Fun concept of stealing skills. The MC’s ruthlessness is engaging.

• The S-Classes That I Raised: Good storytelling and character recruitment. Art is decent.

• Duke Pendragon: Strong start and visuals. Potential to grow.

• Her Summon: Unbelievably beautiful art (like paintings), but the unlikeable MC hampers it. Still worth seeing the visuals.

• Manager Kim: Simple “Taken” style story done very well. Knows its lane.

• Lightning Degree: Good storytelling and power system. Solid character interactions.

• Lord’s Coins Aren’t Decreasing: Unique “profit-driven” MC in a regression story. Engaging and has potential.

• Murim Login: A great pick if you enjoy Murim stories.

• Volcanic Age: Pretty good overall. Engaging MC, though has some storyline challenges.

• I Am The Sorcerer King: Fun scaling mage story, but gets repetitive. No real ending.

• Hoarding in Hell: Just plain fun. Subjective enjoyment carries it.

• Jungle Juice: Cool insect-based powers and visuals. Original, consistent, but the MC isn’t the most engaging.

C Rank (Mid-Range – Your Mileage May Vary)

• SSS-Class Gacha Hunter: Novel concept, but execution isn’t great. Feels gimmicky.

• Return of the Crazy Demon: Amazing art and chaotic fun, but the storyline isn’t strong. Pure hype.

• Rise From the Rubble: Slow start, picks up later. A classic underdog story.

• Skeleton Soldier Couldn’t Protect the Dungeon: Loved by many, but the skeleton MC just doesn’t work for me personally. Fights are good.

• Undefeatable Swordsman: Started strong with amazing fights, but recent developments lost my interest.

• Bubblade Spirit (Bowblade Spirit): Terrible first arc, gets much better, then loses steam again. Inconsistent.

• Ranker’s Return (Remake): Fun gaming manhwa with a skilled low-level MC.

• Memorize: Slow burn, but does what it does well. Set in the same world as Second Coming of Gluttony (but better).

• The Boxer: Great sportsmanship focus and art, but the storytelling itself isn’t exceptional.

• The Player Hides His Past: Interesting concept (sentient NPC). Poses cool questions about AI.

• Limit Breaker: Ludicrous OP fun. The initial scenario is great, even if OP gets old.

• Solo Max Level Newbie: Already great (some might say A/S), but I feel another series (Solo Leveling) edges it out slightly in pure fight execution for now. High potential.

• I Obtained a Mythic Item: Decent, but not standout. Early days.

• Taming Master: Great visuals, shaky start, but improves. Like the MC.

• Gosu: Cool premise and fights, but the ending wasn’t satisfying. Too comedic at times.

• Return of the Frozen Player: Interesting concept, but long hiatuses killed momentum.

• Academy’s Undercover Professor: Getting repetitive early. Feels like it might drop off.

• Swordmaster’s Youngest Son: Good, but not doing anything particularly special yet. Has potential.

• Return to Disaster Class Hero: Good fights, but way too fast-paced. Didn’t live up to “Solo Leveling killer” hype.

• Transmigrated 66,666 Years: Beautiful art, cool abilities, but pacing is slow.

D Rank (Below Average – Tread Carefully)

• Return of the Shattered Constellation: Amazing first chapter visuals, but doesn’t deliver afterwards. Generic.

• Youngest Son of the Mages: Very new, hasn’t done anything special yet.

• Arcane Sniper: Disappointing execution of a cool gun concept.

• Tomb Raider King: Gets very repetitive. Art is nothing special.

• Descent of the Demonic Master: Doesn’t do villainous protagonists as well as others.

• Deadbeat Noble: Setup seemed unique, but it wasn’t impressive.

• Return of the SSS-Class Ranker: Amazing fights are its only saving grace. Storyline is weak.

• Reincarnation of the Strongest Sword God: Standard VR restart story. Enjoyable for the genre, visuals are good.

• Constellation’s Return From Hell: Never clicked for me. Lacks excitement.

• I Am The Fated Villain: Beautiful visuals, fun scenarios, but the MC is boring.

• My Wife is the Demon Queen: Feels like a manga, but meanders and takes too long.

• MookHyang (Dark Lady): The sequel series isn’t as good as Origins.

• How to Fight: Started with an interesting concept, went nowhere good.

• Max Level Hero Has Returned: OP in everything with no real struggle. Gets old.

• Doom Breaker: Stunning first chapter visuals, but the series that followed isn’t as strong.

• Return of the 8th Circle Mage: Pacing feels off (slow for a revenge tale). More political than action.

• Legend Returns as a Spear Knight: Strong start before time jump, weaker afterwards.

• Ultra Alter: Generic VR-to-real-world storyline. Not amazing.

• Guard Pass: School life revenge story. Doesn’t leverage the MC’s initial weight issue much.

• Foreigner on the Periphery: Just not that great.

E Rank (Weakest – Only If Desperate)

• Arc May Transcend Through Regression: Extremely generic regression story. A rehash of others.

• My Life as a Player: Not impressive. Brings nothing special.

• True Education: Tries to imitate GTO but lacks the storytelling quality.

• Emperor of Solo Play (Luawuji): Nothing is great (story, art, powers, harem), but subjectively fun scenarios.

• Can’t Be Leveling Hero (Legend of Zero): Generic.

• Soul Cartel: Started strong, dropped off hard. Shifted focus unfavorably.

Hurt My Soul (Great Promise, Big Letdown)

• Blade of Evolution: Huge disappointment. Amazing visuals wasted on a nonsensical MC and weak story.

• Second Coming of Gluttony: Wasted epic potential. Descended into harem tropes and lost its way.

• The King of Bugs: Cool programming/bugs concept executed poorly. Feels like cheat codes.

• Hero Has Returned: Depressing and impactful start, but the follow-up MC/story isn’t interesting.

• Arcane Sniper: (Also listed in C, but the disappointment lands it here too) Cool concept, poor execution.

Wrapping Up

This list reflects my personal tastes and experiences reading these manhwa. What lands in S for me might be a C for you, and vice versa! That’s the fun of it. Hopefully, this gives you some ideas for your next read or helps you discover something new. The manhwa world is huge and always growing.

What do you think? Where do you agree or disagree? What are your S-ranks? Let me know your thoughts!

Read More about top 100 Donghua (chinese 3d anime) list here.

My Thoughts on Manhwas

Manhwas are not new, they have been here for a long time. They are kind of manga and comics. Where manga originates from Japan, Manhwa is a South-Korean web novel catagory. And yes, almost all of them are available in English.

Manhwas got there fame after Solo Leveling which is originally a Korean manhwa. Manga mostly revolve around powers and abilities of characters towards Japanese culture, and isekai, similarly, comics lean towards super powers as described by Stan lee, Marvel, DC, etc. Manhwas stick to powers and abilities given by a system. Of course, the mysterious sytem is not always included but it is a trait of Manhwas.

Are they worth reading? Absoulutly yes! The Korean style of drawings, depictions, and power leveling is no joke. The Manhwa described above are the cream of the genre. Some of them are even adopted into anime, movies, and live action series.

What would I do? I would type the name of the manhwa in YouTube, and watch the entire recaps. Surprisingly, most of them are tens of hours long, and you don’t even get bored. If you’re a reader and want to explore the story steadily it is better to read them. Enjoy!