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RareAcumen
Dec 28, 2012




Well hot drat, I had no idea there was an actual Manhwa thread!

Okay, I'm open to suggestions on any angle; I just need action. I'm not great at keeping track of multi-layered plans between factions playing into each other's hands.

I do like:
  • Solo Leveling
  • A Returner's Magic Should be Special (Kinda lost me over the last 30 chapters)
  • Survival Story of a Sword King
  • Villains Are Destined to Die
  • I'm Only a Stepmother, but My Daughter Is Just So Cute!/ Not-Sew-Wicked Stepmom
  • Get Schooled!
  • Study Group
  • Weak Hero
  • Lookism
  • Viral Hit
  • UnOrdinary
  • The Fabled Warrior

I'm kinda all over the place and I could be totally wrong about some things not being Manhwas just because they're on webtoon. My current 'I enjoy this but wish I had found it five years from now' series is Susuhara Is A Demon

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RareAcumen
Dec 28, 2012




LibrarianCroaker posted:

not action, but based on Not-Sew-Wicked Stepmom, A Wicked Tale of Cinderella's Stepmom (tapas licensed) is a pretty good family/romance fantasy.

for action stuff:
Return of the Mad Demon (webtoon). Murim stuff. Very pretty, main character actually does come off like he deserves the mad demon title.
Nano Machine (webtoon, but app only). Pretty good murim action stuff once you accept the weird time travel nano machines.
Escort Warrior (unlicensed afaik). Some good Sad Old Killer comes out of retirement. It's a bit slow on getting into the action because of that, though.
Return to Player (webtoon). Constellation action stuff. I'm not going to lie this comic is a bit ugly, but ugly in a way I like.
Masters of Lightning Knives (tapas). Mysterious old martial arts master adopts an orphan.

I'd recommend SSS Class Revival Hunter too but that's been on indefinite season break for like a year or something so rip that.

Thanks! I think I might've worded it badly initially but I don't have anything against low stakes or comedy manhwa/manhuas I just want them to have an active plot progessing forward or something. Or even just the protagonist is doing something? I like stories like Not-Sew-Wicked Stepmom that have a normal and less detailed doodle art style for side jokes in it, for example. There's just so much stuff on webtoons alone, I don't know how to filter out the good ones. Always happy to hear another female protagonist one though. Even the isekais tend to avoid the worst pitfalls with just that small difference.



I'm not really sure how to describe those types of manhwa though. I'm a sucker for a 'Whoops, I died, haha, silly me. Let's do that again' stories though. Reincarnation's dope, seeing people fix their lives and they all live happily ever after when they get a second shot at it is fun.

RareAcumen
Dec 28, 2012




LibrarianCroaker posted:

ahhh, i feel you

Mother's Contract Marriage (tapas) is one of those, seen from the perspective of the daughter very confused by her mother's sudden change of heart. Medieval europe aesthetic.
Fantasie of a Stepmother (tapas) also, about a stepmother who wasn't close with the kids after her husband died because she was learning how to manage the house in her first life, managing to bond with them this time. This one might be a little too busy with the politicking, but it's very good.
Sigrid (unlicensed) is about a knight who did a bunch of war crimes at the emperor's orders before being executed by him in her first life and this time actually like, makes friends who support and appreciate her instead of being completely obedient.

Dammit, I'm still bad at explaining myself. I haven't really had trouble finding reincarnation stuff at all, it's stuff like Not-Sew-Wicked Stepmom or If You Touch My Brother, You're All Dead that I don't really know how to search for. They have a fairly similar art style and sense of humour to them with the less detailed doodle versions of the characters every so often and I really like those.



I'm still not sick of isekai stories, I just don't want any lazy harem set ups or (The most frustrating premise I can encounter) 'Guy who is more powerful than everyone on the planet and is somehow unaware of this after turning a mountain range into a valley?' types of stories.

I'm a big fan of villlainess ones since they do tend to have a goofy angle on them, although I'm sad I haven't seen any that play around with it as much as I like with like, various races and stuff. Like I want one where eight things go wrong and they wake up as the villainess of the story and also part dragon or demon too.

GateOfD posted:

i believe the term for the ones where they go back in time to redo their lives are 'Returners'

Oh interesting, I'll keep that in mind, thank you.

RareAcumen
Dec 28, 2012




Everyone, thank you for recommending Hero Killer, it's very good and I'm pacing myself after reading like 12 chapters because I don't want it to burn through it and run out of chapters. Inverted set up of the protagonist teaming up with villains aside, I appreciate that it's a team story instead of just being the one lone protagonist against all enemies. Don't get me wrong, I liked Solo Leveling too, but A Returner's Magic Should be Special is more my speed since they're actually trying to help other people and have no issues relying on their friends and all that good stuff.

So, on a different genre, got any good Villlainess, yuri or female protagonist stuff? Mage & Demon Queen is basically all of those at once but I'm not sure of what else I should look for.

RareAcumen
Dec 28, 2012




I'm still keeping up with Hero Killer and I don't know how to put into words their exact personalities but I absolutely love Chaos and HighNoon. Are they putting up a disturbed facade, are they actually twisted like the Joker, is that just how they smile and it's naturally offputting to normal people? I don't know what to believe but I love those two whenever they show up.

I'm on episode 91 right now.

RareAcumen
Dec 28, 2012




GateOfD posted:

sounds similar to one I checked out a few weeks ago, a female MC, but her system operated like a jrpg turn-based system, while everyone else's was like regular real time battle. so her battle armaments would only appear when engaged in battle, have run/escape commands where it grants her a temp. speed boost when running from an enemy ect

Sounds interesting! Let me know the name of it if you remember it at any point.

RareAcumen
Dec 28, 2012




GateOfD posted:

any notable series with a female lead?
Or even a good supporting character? Only one I can think of is the Lazy Count becomes a Swordmaster or something like that with the fiery redhead.

It's not a wuxia but Hero Killer is great.

RareAcumen
Dec 28, 2012




This feels weird to say but does anyone have good bullying recommendations? I just found a new one and Unstoppable Hayeong and now I'm wondering what other ones are around because these things are spread across every genre.

So far I've found:
  • Viral Hit
  • UnOrdinary
  • Lookism
  • Study Group and
  • Weak Hero

RareAcumen
Dec 28, 2012




GateOfD posted:

since you have Viral Hit and Lookism on there, try Manager Kim. Has a similar delinquent bully action vibe, and has some cameos or references from the former two in it.

Manatee Cannon posted:

bullying plays a big part in dokgo

Thanks, they're all over the genres so I have no idea how anyone finds things on there.

RareAcumen
Dec 28, 2012




Where do S-Class Hunter Doesn't Want to Be a Villainous Princess https://mangadex.org/title/d76a350d-c6b5-42bb-bfba-e521a3964a6a/s-class-hunter-doesn-t-want-to-be-a-villainous-princess

and SSS Class Revival Hunter fit into those genres? https://mangadex.org/title/4a973243-952e-44d7-a50f-883b4b7c9cc2/sss-class-revival-hunter

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RareAcumen
Dec 28, 2012




GateOfD posted:

Viral Hit ep1 aired today.
Looks pretty good and very accurate, it being a webtoon means that half of the work of the storyboarding is already done, so a lot of the scenes look exactly how you read it. And yea, the bullying at the start is just as infuriating as when reading it.
A lot better than the Lookism anime, which for some reason looked really cheap compared to the art in its relative webtoon.

Lookism started off looking pretty rough for a couple hundred chapters too IMO.

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