This one’s your classic revenge story: hero loses everything, vows vengeance, and grinds to become an unstoppable force. Ji-hyeon is your textbook ‘edgy warrior’—his mom’s dead, his health is ruined, and rage is all he’s got left. Pros? The gothic despair and Berserk-style battles hit hard. Cons? The plot feels like a collage of old manhwa tropes: ‘rising from ashes,’ ‘darkness within,’ you name it. If you’re here for aesthetic revenge porn, it works. But don’t expect depth. Verdict: 6/10, for genre diehards.

In fact, I even liked the demo version that went to the competition, consisting of three chapters.

Next up: a gamer trap! The MC is a top-ranked player who wakes up… as a Level 1 NPC! Now he has to train noobs to clear 100 floors to get home. Cool premise? Absolutely—it’s a mix of strategy, roguelike mechanics, and satire about toxic gaming culture. But! It’s way too similar to Solo Leveling and Tower of God—same endless floors, same cookie-cutter villains. Pros: fast pacing and meta humor (imagine your own streams roasting you). Cons: feels derivative. Verdict: 7/10, recommend to read.

This one’s pure nostalgia for anyone who binge-watched Let’s Plays in the 2010s. Jin-hyuk is a washed-up streamer who gets sucked into the game he’s mastered—imagine if PewDiePie became a Dark Souls character! Pros: hilarious gaming references and that sweet catharsis of a underdog becoming OP. Cons: the world-building’s shallow, and villains are cardboard cutouts. But who cares when it’s this satisfying to watch a nerd outsmart the system? Verdict: 7.5/10, power fantasy done right.

Now, a fan favorite! A king reborn in a magical world sounds generic, but this balances action, politics, and drama perfectly. Arthur, the MC, isn’t just another OP isekai hero—he’s a layered guy haunted by his past life. Pros: a world where magic has rules like physics and dialogue hits like Game of Thrones. Cons: slow early chapters and some clichéd tropes. But once the lore kicks in? Addictive. Verdict: 9/10, the gold standard of fantasy manhwa.

And our champion—the manhwa that breaks the fourth wall, your brain, and every trope! Imagine being the only reader of a novel… and then it becomes reality. Kim Dokja knows every spoiler, but how do you change a story where the author’s basically god? This isn’t just monster fights—it’s philosophy: fate vs. free will, reader vs. creator. Pros: genius twists, the ‘reader-author-character’ dynamic, and trolling fans. Cons: sometimes too mind-bending. But it’s a masterpiece worth learning Korean for. Verdict: 10/10, the manhwa of the decade. 

I even started reading the ranobe, but I realized that there was too much of it, so I'm waiting for new chapters for now.