Best Action Manhwa

Key things

• Action manhwa is gaining popularity, with exciting battles and abilities to dazzle manga fans.
• Best action manhwa as
  Tower of God and Breaker
  offers a dark fantasy adventure for shonen enthusiasts.
• Fantasy like manhwa
  Solo leveling
  and
  Legend of the Northern Blade
  cater to fans of powerful protagonists.

Manhwa (the Korean analogue of manga) has been growing in popularity in the last few years, even though it has a history that is almost as long as manga. There are plenty of Korean writers and artists who have created successful manhwa, and even a few who have jumped over to Japan to become successful in the manga industry there.

Like manga, action manhwa with lots of battles and exciting abilities, they are quite popular. While not as popular as their Japanese shonen counterparts, any self-proclaimed fan of action manga should not miss these manhwa series. Here are some of them best action manhwaranked by MyAnimeList score.

Updated on 21 October 2024 by Hamza Haq: Over the past decade, manhwa has cemented its place in modern culture, carving out a significant niche for itself and giving manga authors real competition. One of the biggest advantages that manhwa has over manga is the consistently incredible art style and full color, the two aspects that most demonstrate their value in a genre like action. As a result, action manhwa has quickly become a competitive field despite the medium being relatively young. Of course, this is great news for readers, because more competition always means better results.

10 SSS Class Revival Hunter

MAL Score: 8.25

• Written by Shin Noah and illustrated by Bill K.
• Posted on Tapas Media

Kim Gong-Ja is an F-rank hunter who is forever envious of those more powerful than him, so much so that he gains an S+ Rank Skill from the tower called 'I want to be like you'. The only caveat? He must die for the skill to activate. He ends up being accidentally killed by the world's number 1 hunter, Flame Emporer, copying the skill 'Time Traveler's Clock', which allows him to travel back in time 24 hours every time he dies. with his skills and memories intact. With this cheat code in hand, Kim Gong-Ja begins his journey to become the most powerful hunter in the world.

SSS Class Revival Hunter is an action adventure manhwa with a healthy dose of comedy mixed in to lighten the mood. Fans of protagonists with broken abilities, dungeon hunters, and incredible action scenes will quickly fall in love with this incredible series. He is one of the all time greats.

9 Sweet Home

MAL Score: 8.27

• Written by Kim Carnby and illustrated by Young-chan
• Posted on Naver Webtoon

Hyun-soo Cha is a reclusive high school student who is forced to move into a new apartment building after his family dies in a tragic accident. Hyun-soo struggles with both the loss of his family and his lack of will to live, and the problems become worse when a mysterious epidemic begins to turn people into monsters, including himself.

Sweet Home is an action horror series with a story not too far from zombie apocalypse stories. Fans of survival horror where characters must band together to overcome a crisis should definitely check out this manhwa.

8 Tower of God

MAL Score: 8.37

• Written and illustrated by SIU
• Posted on Naver Webtoon

The twenty-fifth Baam never knew the outside world, spending most of his life at the bottom of a massive tower. His only friend and companion is Rachel, but when he leaves to climb the tower, Baam leaves the place he's always called home to search for her.

Tower of God is an action-adventure manhwa, with the journey of the towers full of danger, danger and excitement. Fans of dark fantasy and shonen battle manga will definitely have a lot of fun with this series.

7 Breaker

MAL Score: 8.39

• Written by Geuk-jin Jeon and illustrated by Jin-hwan Park
• Published in Young champion

Shiwoon Yi is a humble high school student who is constantly bullied by his classmates. He happens to meet a new teacher, Chunwoo Han, who happens to be a secretly powerful martial artist in the world of Murim. In order for Shiwoon to stand up to his bullies, Chunwoo decided to teach him martial arts.

Breaker is a supernatural martial arts manhwa with incredible artwork and fight scenes on par with many battle manga. The series has several parts, with the latest entry, Eternal powernow publishing on Naver Webtoon.

6 Return of the Flowering Blade

MAL Score: 8.48

• He wrote Big and illustrated LICO
• Posted on Naver Webtoon

Chung Myung was once a disciple of the Mount Hua Sect and one of its greatest sword masters. The Mount Hua Sect and many others ended up at the hands of Chunma, the leader of the Heavenly Demon Sect, with Chung Myung being the one to take him down in the end. Mortally wounded, Chung Myung closes his eyes for the last time to find himself alive again in the body of a young man.

The return of the Blossoming Blade is a historical reincarnation fantasy story similar to stories like The Misfit of Demon King Academy. Fans of historical Asian settings and supernatural martial arts stories should definitely check out this manhwa.

5 Boxer

MAL Score: 8.49

• Written and illustrated by Jung Ji-Hoon
• Posted on Naver and LINE

Yu is a stoic, quiet, up-and-coming boxer who is quickly rising through the ranks of the professional boxing world. He likes to keep quiet, he prefers to observe rather than comment, he lets actions rather than words speak for him. The story is informally separated by the Yu fight, which takes place as mini-arcs where Yu's newest opponent becomes a pseudo-protagonist until the fight is over and Yu is victorious. While Yu remains the main character, in each arc the story focuses on his opponents as much as Yu himself, prioritizing character development, backstories, explaining their motivations and reasons for entering the ring.

Boxer is a modern professional boxing manhwa that aims to provide an impressive, emotional and fight-filled story with a mysterious hero and a well-rounded supporting cast. Unlike Hajime no Ippopopular boxing manga, Boxer sets a grim tone to his story and focuses on creating believable adversaries for Yu to go up against. Fans of WWE, UFC and sports manga will love this series.

4 Legend of the Northern Blade

MAL Score: 8.51

• Written by Woogack and illustrated by Min Hae
• Posted on KakaoPage

Moowon is the son of the disgraced 4th generation leader of the Northern Heavenly Sect who was forced to commit suicide when he was accused of being a traitor. Moowon continues to live under constant surveillance, but a rare chance gives him the opportunity to escape and seek justice for his father while fighting the evils of Silent Night.

Legend of the Northern Blade is a revenge fantasy story with plenty of the usual martial arts action. This manhwa is perfect for those who love a historical Asian setting or those who enjoy a good revenge story.

3 Eleceed

MAL Score: 8.53

• Written by Jae-Ho Son and illustrated by Hye-Jin Kim
• Posted on Naver Webtoon

Jiwoo Seo is a cat-loving young man with the power of super speed, which he tries to keep a secret. He stumbles upon an injured cat and treats it in his house. To his surprise, the cat begins to speak and reveals that he is actually a human named Kayden Break and that the world he lives in is more mysterious than Jiwoo realizes.

Eleceed is a supernatural action series where magical abilities and supernatural powers are commonplace. Perfect for shonen battle manga fans, especially those with interesting energy systems.

2 Omniscient reader

MAL Score: 8.57

• Written by Sing n Song and illustrated by Sleepy-C
• Posted on Naver Webtoon

Dokja Kim is an ordinary old mercenary who doesn't have much. He is a fan of the web novel series “Three Ways to Survive in a Ruined World”, following him diligently throughout its 3000 chapters. After the final chapter is released, Dokja finds himself transported to the world of the novel and must find a way to change the ending of the story while overcoming its challenges with the knowledge of future events.

Omniscient reader is a fantasy manhwa based on modern isekai stories. Fans of isekai, where the protagonist knows future events because he experienced them in a past life, should check out this series.

1 Solo leveling

MAL Score: 8.66

• Written by Chugong and illustrated by Dubu (Redition Studio)
• Posted on KakaoPage

Sung Jinwoo is a hunter, a person with superpowers, who is tasked with protecting humanity from terrible monsters. However, he is incredibly weak and fights monsters that threaten the population on a daily basis. After a disastrous attempt to explore a dungeon, Jinwoo is empowered by a program known as the System, which gives him the ability to grow in strength.

Solo leveling is an incredibly popular fantasy action manhwa that plays into the fairly common power fantasy of being incredibly overpowered compared to other, still powerful people. Fans of series with overpowered protagonists will enjoy this series and its anime adaptation.