Best Manhwa That Change Protagonists

While most manhwa series are often captivating to readers due to their well-detailed plot and usual plot twists, even more captivating is the technique of manhwa using a change of protagonist. This happens when a main character is either permanently replaced or for a substantial part of the story.

By doing so, the shift in the main role expands the story somewhat, giving the narrative a new look and opening up new possibilities in the general story and even between the characters. Therefore, this volume highlights the most notable manhwa series that successfully use the change of protagonist and how it affects the storytelling. Here is a list of the best manhwas that fall under the category of protagonist changes.

10 Reborn as a Sword God

Anime-Planet rating: 3.6 / 5

• Creative: Impbtsg
• Number of chapters: 95
• Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy

Reborn as a Sword God explores the life of the well-adjusted and cozy life of an ordinary civil servant who is drawn into the reality of the novel and becomes its hero, Baek Rijin. Unable to return to his previously lazy life of luxury, Baek Rijin finds himself in a dilemma as he has become the spoiled young heir of the great Jaegal family.

Moreover, only he knows about the terrible future that awaits his family at the hands of the Blood Demon cult. So with nothing more than a knowledge of the novel, it remains to be seen whether Baek can do enough to reverse the seemingly inevitable future that awaits him and his family.

9 Villain Peerless

Anime-Planet Rating: 4.0 / 5

• Creative: Haegyeong, Seo Hyeonjin
• Number of chapters: 80
• Genre: Action, Fantasy, Drama

Imagine being reincarnated as a villain in a book you wrote, which is weirdly insulting, isn't it? This is the main character, the last issue of Lee Siwoon v Villain Peerless series. The story follows Lee Siwoon after he is reincarnated in his own novel as the villain Hyuk Ryeon-un, the worthless fourth son of a demonic cult leader. Now, with a new life as Hyuk Ryeon, only Lee Siwoon knows about the future that awaits Hyuk Ryeon.

If Hyuk Ryeon doesn't become stronger, he is destined to die at the hands of the main character of the novel because he is completely weak. So with no way to avoid death, instead of getting stronger, Hyuk Ryeong tries to gain a strong enough power or create a strong enough force of allies to resist his seemingly inevitable fate.

8 I became the bully of the defensive game

Anime-Planet rating: 4.1 / 5

• Creative: Ryueun Garam, Ha Jung, Gyong
• Number of chapters: 123 (in progress)
• Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy

I became the bully of the defensive game presents a rather unique gameplay perspective in this exciting series. The story begins with the central character, the infamous Mr. Gamer Geek, after he not only clears the infamous Protect The Empire game – the hardest game in the world for the past ten years, but also clears it on its hardest mode. However, instead of claiming his achievements from the game, he is mysteriously pulled into the game as Prince Ash's in-game body.

Now the prince, Ash soon realizes the harshness of his mindless orders to clean up the game and the high cost that came with them. To make up for his previous actions, Ash is determined to protect his allies from the almost never-ending onslaught of monsters. However, he must also find the person responsible for his imprisonment in the game. However, to do this, he must first survive his immediate battlefield.

Anime-Planet Rating: 4.2 / 5

• Creative: Jee Gab Song, Carrotoon
• Number of chapters: 104 (in progress)
• Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Drama

More than a dream, waking up in the world of your creation feels like the protagonist's worst nightmare supplement to the novel series. The protagonist of the story, Kim Hajin, finds himself in a dilemma after being mysteriously transported to his web novel.

Even worse, he is not part of the main cast, but rather a mere extra, but he has no choice but to see his current situation. Fortunately for Kim Hajin, he knows everything there is to know in his new world. However, as the holes and twists in the plot he has created add up, Kim soon discovers that his knowledge is very limited to what he can control.

6 I'm a fated villain

Anime-Planet Rating: 4.2 / 5

• Creative: A fatal villain
• Number of chapters: 200 (in progress)
• Genre: Adventure, Action, Drama, Fantasy

I'm a fated villain takes place in a fantasy world of martial arts. The central character is a transmigrator who finds himself in the body of the world villain Gu Changge. It seems that Gu Changge, who has no way to return to his world and the concept of villainy alluring, accept his role as a villain in this world.

Fortunately, his decision is reinforced by the constant pursuit of the supposed heroes of the world, the Sons of Destiny. With a system that allows him to harvest their happiness and transfer it to his own, Gu Changge strives to become the most powerful villain in the world.

5 Instructions for using the regressor

Anime-Planet rating: 4.1 / 5

• Creative: Home, wooden spoon, midnight studio
• Number of chapters: 116 (in progress)
• Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Romance

Instructions for using the regressor presents a story where it is possible to be suddenly summoned to another world to play a survival game while having the lowest possible skill set. This is the reality of the story's protagonist, Lee Giyoung, who is suddenly summoned to another world to play a survival game with the worst possible skills.

However, Giyoung's luck didn't quite work out because she can read the status of other players. With this skill, he discovers Hyungsung, who is a regressor, and thus Giyoung's way of survival. With Giyoung almost guaranteed to survive, she must find a way to hold on to Hyunsung.

4 Trapped in a Webnovel like no good

Anime-Planet Rating: 4.0 / 5

• Creative: Arlg, So Yu-Hyun
• Number of chapters: 174 (in progress)
• Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Trapped in a Webnovel like no good details the life of the central character Yuseong, an ordinary Korean official whose life takes a sudden turn when he suddenly wakes up as a minor character in a web novel he was reading with the same name. Still Yuseong, but from the Haesung Group conglomerate, he finds a life where he is hated by his family and prone to violent tantrums that are often not in his best interest.

Yuseong is essentially doomed to be manipulated to death, trying to escape his impending doom. However, to do this, he must find a way to become one of the Awakened – people with supernatural abilities. But can Yuseong really overcome all his problems at the same time?

3 The largest real estate developer

Anime-Planet rating: 4.5 / 5

• Creative: Bk_Moon, Lee Hyun-Min
• Number of chapters: 167 (in progress)
• Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy

Sleeping while reading a web novel seems harmless until Suho Kim, the main character of the series, does the same and suddenly finds himself reincarnated into the fantasy world of the book he was reading. Kim, now awakened as Lloyd Frontera of the noble Frontera Household, finds a life where his family is slowly overwhelmed by huge debts and he himself is a lazy drunk.

With no other way to prevent the family's decline, Llyod relies on memories and knowledge from his previous life as an engineering student to come up with valuable inventions. Lloyd is running out of time and teams up with a giant hamster and a magical knight. But the question remains whether Lloyd can do enough to avert his family's looming crisis.

2 The dregs of the earl family

Anime-Planet Rating: 4.3 / 5

• Creative: Elegant Yoo Ryeo Han
• Number of chapters: 134 (in progress)
• Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy

The dregs of the earl family begins with the life of ordinary Kim Roksoo, a college student who is mysteriously transmigrated into the web novel he was reading – The Birth of a Hero. Not only is he now trapped in the story, but he finds out that he is now a minor villain in the story, Cale Henituse of the noble Henituse family.

Worse, Cale Henituse is destined to die at the hands of the supposed hero of the story, Choi Han. However, only Kim Roksa, now Cale Henitus, knows about this impending future. With no idea how his actions might affect this new world, Cale sets out to stave off his seemingly inevitable demise.

1 The omniscient reader's point of view

Anime-Planet rating: 4.5 / 5

• Creative: Sing-N-song, Sleepy-C
• Number of chapters: 235 (in progress)
• Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

The omniscient reader's point of view begins with the life of the main character Kim Dokja, an officer worker and a true loner whose only pleasure in life is reading the novel: Three Ways to Survive the Apocalypse. Kim Dokjao's reading hobby was supposed to remain a hobby until the content of his hobby became a reality the moment he finished reading the book.

With the knowledge of 3,149 chapters of the reality that was meant to remain a book, Kim Dokja is the only one who knows what will happen to this new life, and possibly his knowledge; he can become the necessary protagonist in this new story.