Updated May 12, 2024 by testing

Hello my dear readers! Are you looking for a good manhwa to read? One that shrivels you up with excitement, suspense and all that jazz? Or perhaps a Manhwa where you’ll be able to find a strong MC? 

Well, I present to you 27+ Manhwa where the MC is OP But Underestimated! Better prepare your notes so you could list them all down! Without further ado, let’s start! 

 

KOREAN WEBTOONS WHERE THE MAIN CHARACTER IS OVERPOWERED BUT LOOKED DOWN ON (RECOMMENDATIONS)

 

28. Level Up Alone

OP MC	Character Writing	Plot	Art	Total
13/20	7/10	7/10	6/10	33/50

If you like Solo Leveling then, this manhwa series might interest you!

Set in a world where a monster invasion occurred and a man who claims he is a member of a group called “Multi-Dimensional Space Alliance,” offered the humans aid. Of course, there is a price to pay, regardless, the humans agreed to it.

With that, people have started to awaken and attain some powers that could beat those monsters, they are called “Hunters.” Now, 28 years later, our porter boy, Lee Han-Yeol, is seen as weak and without any powers. However, he had an awakening after a near death experience!

See how our boy Lee Han-Yeol, levels up and gains some skills through fighting monsters! 

 

27. The Lazy Prince Becomes a Genius

OP MC	Character Writing	Plot	Art	Total
15/20	7/10	7/10	6/10	35/50

A Manhwa that will surely pique your interests! As the title suggests, that is the main plot of the story! I tell you guys, this series is a great find!

It follows a young prince named Irene Perreira, who likes to laze around in his palace. Usually, what he does on a daily basis is just to sleep in his room. But one day, he dreamt of a swordsman who kept on training his sword everyday until he grew old. As he starts to constantly have the same dream, he decided to learn swordsmanship.

With that, he attended a swordsmanship academy. My favorite part of this manhwa was his perseverance and dedication to be a strong swordsman. Regardless of the students there mocking him and looking down on him, he was able to prove how strong he was during their tests/battles. 

 

26. Come on Out, Romeo

OP MC	Character Writing	Plot	Art	Total
14/20	8/10	7/10	7/10	36/50

If you thought this was all romance-y because of Romeo, then my dear readers, you thought wrong! Since our boy Romeo is just stuck inside his mansion and he doesn’t have any plans to get out of that place, let alone getting a love life! This is a manhwa series that will leave you, racking your brains out! 

It’s a manhwa that will make use of your ‘detective skills’. Romeo, who just stays inside his mansion, is actually smart, cunning, and he’s basically a brilliant person! With the use of his smartness, he is able to unravel mysterious cases that are happening in the city. People might see him as someone lazy or a shut-in, which is a bit true, but they did not notice his capabilities at all!

Do you think he will be able to get out of his room and show himself to the public? Find out by reading this manhwa!

 

25. The Second Coming of Gluttony

OP MC	Character Writing	Plot	Art	Total
15/20	7/10	8/10	7/10	37/50

It is an underrated manhwa that is a good read. It’s about a dude who used to possess a very strong skill. However, he kept on using it to satiate his gambling addiction and with that he lost everything. Even his special skill is gone too. 

As he was sleeping in public, he had a dream about himself from the future where he fought monsters. When he woke up, his abilities returned and someone approached him and yeeted him to another chaotic and war-driven world called “Lost Paradise.” With the use of his special ability and what he saw in his dream, he made sure that he was gonna win the fight. 

Curious as to how our boy slowly levels up, uncover mysteries and battle against monsters, read the manhwa! You’ll surely see how he proves to others how strong he actually is!

 

24. Solo Spell Caster

OP MC	Character Writing	Plot	Art	Total
14/20	7/10	8/10	8/10	37/50

A manhwa that is also like Solo Leveling. If you have noticed there are a lot of manhwas that are going on that sort of path for their story with, of course, their own added spice into it. 

In this manhwa, it talks about a salaryman named Park Do-Hyuk, who lives in a world where there is a monster outbreak that consistently occurs everywhere. With that, there are also people who are “Awakeners” that fight against those said outbreaks. Luckily for him, he awakened a special ability, in a most cliche way, through a near death experience. 

See how he turned zero to hero as a mage through reading this manhwa!

 

23. The Golden Haired Wizard

OP MC	Character Writing	Plot	Art	Total
17/20	6/10	7/10	8/10	38/50

A manhwa that screams chaos, not in a bad way, but in a crazy way. You see, our main character lived in modern day Korea, but she died through an accident. She then got reincarnated as a daughter of a nobleman.

Traumatized by her life before, she decided to live without doing any work aka be lazy and rich. Well, it didn’t go as planned by our girl Jeanie, turns out she’s a genius in magic so she was sent to a boarding school. While she was attending that magic school, Jeanie thought that if she turned into a spiritualist, her life would be easy breezy.  She thought wrong, what she had gotten into was far more strenuous than learning to be a normal wizard.

Catch our girl Jeanie and her crazy adventure as a spiritualist. Watch how she tears down those people who mocked her, read it now!

 

22. Leveling Up, By Only Eating!

OP MC	Character Writing	Plot	Art	Total
14/20	7/10	9/10	8/10	38/50

This manhwa is set in a virtual reality game where you could level up just by eating! Yes, you heard that right, just by feeding yourself with good food, you could increase your level. Oh did I mention how the food was drawn so majestic, it will surely leave you salivating!

Plus, you’ll be able to smell and taste the food you get to eat in that virtual reality game, isn’t that amazing?! How I wish there was that kind of game in real life because, I will be eating everything without gaining any weight!

The story showcases a young man, Kang Min Hyuk, who has a rare condition called Bulimia, where the patient wouldn’t feel full regardless of what they ate. With that, to cure his condition, his doctor suggested a very unique approach and that is to play a virtual reality game called “Athenae.”

This starts his long journey of losing weight through playing a game. In this manhwa you could see that he was overestimated by other players because he only eats inside the game, little did they know how strong he had gotten. 

 

21. Dungeon Reset

OP MC	Character Writing	Plot	Art	Total
15/20	8/10	8/10	7/10	38/50

It’s another gorey manhwa, that is also quite similar to Solo Leveling. 

The main mc, Dawn, got yeeted to  a world called “the Dungeon”, along with him are a different variety of people who suddenly get transported in that same world. There they met a rabbit dude, who called himself “Guide.” He mentioned that the only way for them to go back to their original world is to play a game. 

The name of the game is, of course, “The Dungeon Game”, the irony right? Anyways, this starts their hellish life in surviving the game. Our main character here is actually quite weak and he almost died in the game, fortunately for him, he survived but was mocked by the Guide.

Little did the Guide know that our main boy is actually overpowered.

 

20. Seoul Station Druid

OP MC	Character Writing	Plot	Art	Total
16/20	7/10	7/10	9/10	39/50

Another manhwa that has only a few chapters that were published, but trust me when I say, this is an AMAZING manhwa. 

It focuses on a dude who disappeared in another world, because of truck-kun, and lived in a place where monsters exist in the wilderness, for a thousand years. While staying in that world, he slowly tried his best to survive there and once he achieved something his level went up, like a survival game. With that, he became the Druid, king of the animals.

After a thousand years, he went back to earth, and he noticed that things started to change. More specifically, the earth he once knew is now driven into chaos and survival of the fittest. Thus, he plans to conquer the world and beat those monsters as well as proving to people wrong with his overpowered ability.

 

19. I Was Just An Ordinary Lady

OP MC	Character Writing	Plot	Art	Total
20/20	7/10	7/10	6/10	40/50

This manhwa will give you mixed emotions but overall, it’s super wholesome and it will warm your heart! Also, it’s a story where you would understand the main character’s perception.

The story focuses on Kim Hansol, a normal student from Korea who suddenly died because of an accident. She then got reincarnated to a fantastical world where magic exists, as a daughter of a noble family. With her memories still intact, she was struggling in adjusting to the new environment she was in, to the point that she hated everyone around her.

However, things changed when she caused a catastrophe that almost killed her new mother. By the way, she is loved by her new family in that world. Anyways, as she tried to hide her true powers, she started to love her new found family and decided to live with them without using her powers.

 

18. Chitra

OP MC	Character Writing	Plot	Art	Total
16/20	8/10	8/10	9/10	41/50

A very underrated manhwa but a GOLD MINE! It also has the reincarnation plot where the MC died because of some circumstances and was transported to another world. But the twist here is that, the God of Beauty, Phobinus, gave the mc a second life but in return she has to garner tons of followers for him. Basically, the God of Beauty wants to be a famous God.

Before letting our girl descend to the other world, she was given two gifts that would help her achieve his goal. The first one, is that she will live in a reality that is similar to a game. The second is, through doing gacha he will give her an assistant. 

With this advantage she has, it all depends on her wit and critical thinking skills to finish all tasks given to her from the God of Beauty. Follow our girl Chitra, as she garners followers for Phobinus. Aside from having a nice plot, the art style is also something you should look forward to, especially the male characters because I tell you, they are all so attractive!

 

17. Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint

OP MC	Character Writing	Plot	Art	Total
15/20	8/10	8/10	10/10	41/50

Now hear this guys, this manhwa is quite unique, it’s about a guy named Kim Dokja. He is the sole reader of a webnovel series titled “Three Ways To Survive In a Ruined World” or for short “Ways of Survival.” What he did not expect was that the fantasy novel he read, would be the reality he’s going to face!

A little about the story our boy Dokja read is that, the chaos began at a train station at around 7 in the evening where they suddenly encountered a Dokkaebi (Goblins). Each and everyone of the passengers, more like all of humanity, was given a mission so that they’ll be able to survive. For the passengers in the train, their first mission was to kill one or more people.

What’s great about this series is that Dokja is in a way overpowered since he knows the happenings that’s going to take place because he read the novel. It all depends on how he’ll use this knowledge he has. Follow our boy Dokja, as he tries to survive in a chaotic world!

 

16. SSS-Class Revival Hunter

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17/20	7/10	8/10	10/10	42/50

A world where a ‘Tower’ suddenly appeared. Out of spite, people who are brave went inside it, they found monsters on every floor. Some of those who entered were chosen by the tower and gave them a “skill” through a card. 

This is a fun manhwa that will surely leave you engrossed by the main character’s development and his power. It focuses on a young man who aspires to be a strong hunter with an s-class skill, unfortunately for him, he is looked down by many as an F-Class hunter without any skill. But lo and behold he attained a gold card with an s-class skill.

Read this manhwa and you’ll see how our boy used his newly attained OP skills!

 

15. Trash of the Count’s Family

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16/20	9/10	8/10	9/10	42/50

Just as the title shows, the main plot of this manhwa is about a guy who was reincarnated as a side character in a novel he read. In that novel, he is a nobleman named Cale Henituse, the eldest son of Count Henituse, who is seen by many as a Drunkard, Trash, Blacksheep of the family. 

Since he got reincarnated inside a novel, he knew what’s going to happen to him as a side character. He’s gonna get beaten up by Choi Han, the main character inside the novel, if he does something shady to him. Better yet, he might die.

Considering that he knows every detail that is going to happen in the novel he took advantage of it and planned to live a peaceful simple life. With that, he needs ancient power if he wants to protect himself. See our boy Cale as he tries to pretend that he is a weak nobleman through reading this manhwa! 

I promise you, this is worth it!

 

14. The Return of the 8th Class Magician

OP MC	Character Writing	Plot	Art	Total
18/20	9/10	8/10	8/10	43/50

Another action packed manhwa where magic is involved! 

It is a story about an 8th class magician who just wanted to repent from his sins from the people he killed for his kingdom. Unfortunately, he was poisoned by his best friend aka the Emperor himself. However, before he passed he used his magic one last time to turn back time from thirty years ago.

My favorite part in this manhwa is that, even though people see him as a sorcerer at a very young age, they still looked down on him. Despite that, he was able to prove them wrong with his powerful magic and wits!

 

13. The Princess is Evil

OP MC	Character Writing	Plot	Art	Total
19/20	10/10	8/10	7/10	44/50

This one is a cool manhwa to binge on my dear readers. You would be able to see how the MC was being overestimated by many just because she is a child, let alone a girl!

Well, plot twist, she is actually an overpowered Witch who is over three hundred years old. Another plot twist is that, the reason why she reincarnated as a baby again, it’s because she was murdered by her most trusted friend. With that, she reborned as a part of a Royal Family where they kill their own siblings just to attain the throne. 

So much for sibling rivalry right? Anyways, burned for revenge our girl Princess Leona’s first priority is to, of course, enact revenge towards the person who killed her!

 

12. The Melody of the Deadwood

OP MC	Character Writing	Plot	Art	Total
15/20	9/10	10/10	10/10	44/50

A manhwa that starts off Alkyris, was mistreated by her family. She was forced to dress up as a male and the list goes on with how she was being treated in her own home. Battered, sad and angry, she left her house full of bitterness. 

When she thinks that there is no more meaning in life, she decided to yeet herself but did not die. Instead, she was greeted by a group of people who possessed an ability called “Vina.” Basically, they are demi-gods, who are in search of someone who could provide them with the proclamation seal. 

You see, these demi-gods can only live up to three hundred years but through the seal, they will turn into an immortal. But there is a twist, our main girl will also become immortal. I’m sure this wholesome manhwa will leave you emotional and at the same time be thrilled by how powerful the MC is and with the help of the Demi-Gods she became stronger both mentally and physically! 

 

11. The Daughter of the Elemental King

OP MC	Character Writing	Plot	Art	Total
19/20	8/10	9/10	8/10	44/50

A manhwa that will hook you up quite quickly. It began with a half-elf who summoned the water spirit king, they got together and slowly they fell in love. They had a child together but, it was made out of the power of them both because an elemental spirit cannot give birth. 

In fact the dude did not know that his girl is pregnant, all he knows is that she made a deal with a demon. Ten months later, she gave birth to their child but the demon killed the half-elf girl,  leaving the child behind. The Spirit King cannot accept the death of his girl, he yeeted the baby in the modern world. 

After the baby grew up without knowing anything, the spirit king took her back to the ocean and decided to take care of her. Talk about, crazy of a father right? Anyways, this manhwa is quite wholesome in way and their child is OP but underestimate too!

 

10. Second Life Ranker

OP MC	Character Writing	Plot	Art	Total
18/20	9/10	8/10	10/10	45/50

A dark manhwa that is enticed with revenge and more! Yeon-woo, our main boy, lost his mother due to an illness and his twin brother was missing! After the death of his mom, he decided to relocate and live in Africa as a soldier, while blaming his twin brother for his mother’s death because he went missing.

One day, he found his brother’s pocket watch that he gave to him as a gift. What he found then was shocking, his brother left diary entries for him to listen to.

There he realized the truth behind his brother’s disappearance, and it turns out his brother embarked on a journey to another world just to attain the “all cure medicine elixir” for their sickly mother.

Unfortunately, for his brother, he was betrayed by his most trusted people and left dead inside the tower. Burned for anger and vengeance, Yeon-woo decided to yeet himself in that world so he could beat those people who did his brother dirty! 

 

9. Eleceed

OP MC	Character Writing	Plot	Art	Total
17/20	9/10	10/10	9/10	45/50

Do you like cats? Or perhaps cats with special abilities? Well, this manhwa is for you!

It is set in a world where there are people who are born with a special ability or power. Well, for Seo Jiwoo he kept his powers hidden because he wanted to live a normal life where people wouldn’t judge him.

Until he met a bloodied cat on the streets, well, it turns out that cat was actually one of the strongest ability users out there named Kaiden and took him home. If you’re wondering how he turned into a cat, he was being chased by his enemies, to deflect them, he possessed a cat.

With that, Kaiden decided to make Jiwoo his student and trained him to be the strongest ability user out there. If you have read this manhwa, you would know how OP Jiwoo is, since he constantly trained himself and with the help of those around him, he slowly got stronger.

 

8. The Return of The Disaster-Class Hero

OP MC	Character Writing	Plot	Art	Total
20/20	8/10	9/10	10/10	47/50

A very cool manhwa that only has less than 50 chapters! You’ll surely get hooked with the story and the art! I tell you my dear readers, our main character, Lee Geon, is not only disaster-class level of a hero but he is catastrophic! 

To begin, the story sets off on the last day of the twentieth century where monsters or “the Calamities” suddenly show up and attack people all over the world. With that, twelve gods who called themselves as the “Divine Gods” appeared out of nowhere. 

These Gods helped them overcome such adversaries by awakening twelve humans that they chose, with a special ability. However, a thirteenth awakener that is much stronger than the other twelve unexpectedly showed up. But they betrayed him, so our boy Lee Geon planned to enact revenge on those people that did him dirty.

 

7. The Villain Discovered My Identity

OP MC	Character Writing	Plot	Art	Total
20/20	10/10	9/10	9/10	48/50

Now this manhwa is something worth binge-reading in one go, though you’re gonna feel empty afterwards because it has a very thrilling and exciting plot. It’s also the reincarnation-isekai-type-genre of a manhwa that we all love, don’t we?

Anyway, this series is about a girl who practiced kendo, got into a car accident, then reincarnated to a novel called “The Sun and Moon.” Thinking that she’s going to have a peaceful second life, she realizes that her family is gonna end up in shambles because of the Crown Prince. To prevent that from happening, our girl pretended to be her twin brother, who by the way, ran away from home because of “love.”

With that, our girl Selena joined the knights squad, she tried to hide her strength as much as possible to not be noticed by the Crown Prince Ignis! See how it goes as you delve further into this Manhwa!

 

6. Amazing Ji Jiri

OP MC	Character Writing	Plot	Art	Total
20/20	10/10	9/10	9/10	48/50

To start, this series is quite peculiar than most manhwas out there but I tell you guys, this GOLD!

The story focuses on the daily life of Ji Jiri. At first glance he looks like a typical skinny nerd that looks quite weak, but you know what they say, do not judge a book by its cover. Our boy Ji Jiri here is actually born with an above average strength to the point that he could demolish his own house. Basically, he is that powerful of a dude.

Odd right? Wait until you find out about his family, especially his mom and dad. Read this treasure of a manhwa now my dear readers, trust me you’ll love it!

 

5. Beware of the Villainess

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18/20	10/10	10/10	10/10	48/50

A captivating and unique series where the Female Lead is one heck of a strong and powerful woman. As the title implies, she is a villainess that is part of a novel, but there is a twist! Instead of acting her part as the villainess, she decided to protect the original female lead and beat those four crappy male leads!

Basically, this is a story about a villainess who plans to get rid of the useless, toxic, manipulative male leads that are after the female lead! In addition to that, there is a cute wolfie boy who is the partner of our beautiful villainess. If you’re wondering how she is an overpowered character, well, I tell you she has her richness, wits, strength and of course, trusted people too!

Look forward to this fun series!

 

4. I’ve Become the Villainous Empress of a Novel

OP MC	Character Writing	Plot	Art	Total
20/20	10/10	10/10	10/10	50/50

You’ve read it right, the title is actually the main plot of this manhwa. It’s about a girl who yeeted after chugging tons of alcohol, inside a novel. She turned into the Villainous Empress, Yulia. In that novel the empress was actually a strong and powerful empress that was loved by many.

Unfortunately, after the war and as time passed, she turned into an alcoholic and slept with a ton of men which resulted in her not caring for her kingdom anymore. This made her people turn against the empress, as a matter of fact, she was about to get executed in three days. 

See how our main girl was able to get her people’s trust back, as she uncovers the truth behind Empress Yulia’s change of behavior.

 

3. Ygret

OP MC	Character Writing	Plot	Art	Total
20/20	10/10	10/10	10/10	50/50

This manhwa is very wholesome that makes you wanna hug the main character. The story focuses on a man who is known to be “The Great Sage” or “Yigret”, he is an elementalist user where he could use four elements. He died because of old age, but reincarnated as the weak and measly First Prince of the Lubarjan Empire, Judas.

With that, he decided to live as the Prince, attending at a prestigious academy called Ruvar-H. The people in that academy look down on our boy Prince because he is perceived by many as weak amongst his same-age peers. Little did they know that he is a strong elementalists.

 

2. Asmodian’s Contract

OP MC	Character Writing	Plot	Art	Total
20/20	10/10	10/10	10/10	50/50

Now here is another peculiar manhwa that I enjoyed reading. It’s packed with fantasy, comedy, and drama. This will surely give you a good time reading it, if you like thrilling manhwas.

It focuses on the Paedin Kingdom’s First Princess, Marianne, who’s at its death’s door made a contract with the demon lord’s daughter Yurisina. Her only request is to find out who poisoned her and take revenge against them. 

With her demonic powers, vast knowledge and talents, will she be able to find out who the culprit is? With that, follow Yurisina as she now possesses Princess Marianne and now lives amongst humans. 

 

1. Solo Leveling

OP MC	Character Writing	Plot	Art	Total
20/20	10/10	10/10	10/10	50/50

One of the coolest manhwa out there that’s been mainstreamed a lot of times now! The reason for that is because of how beautiful the art is, I tell you, each of the characters present in that manhwa are all simpable!

It is set in a world where there are some people who received powers to hunt monsters inside the “Gate” or a “dungeon.” These groups of people are known as the “Hunters”, with that, they are ranked from E to S ranks wherein, E is the lowest rank and S is the highest. 

This story follows an E-ranked hunter named Sung Jin Woo, wherein, he and his crew got trapped at a hidden dungeon inside a D-ranked dungeon. With that, he survived that scary ordeal but in return, he received a quest that only he can see and every mission accomplished he gets to level up.

 

Conclusion

And that’s it for now guys! I hope you guys were able to find a good manhwa that intrigues you! If there are any, tell us in the comment section below which one you binge-read and what is your favorite among this list! 

See you guys! Until we meet again!