23+ Manhwa Where The MC Is a Villain (Webtoons) • iWA (2023)

Updated December 28, 2021 by Esquire

Welcome back guys, missed me? Well, I did too. In today’s blog, I’ve got a different topic for you. Today, we are looking at some manhwasor webtoons where the main character is a villain. yes a villain, not a hero!

Different right? Are you ready for the breakdown? Well if you are, let’s get into the article?

KOREAN COMICS WHERE THE MAIN CHARACTER IS AN ANTI-HERO (RECOMMENDATIONS)

24. Villain to Kill

First on our list is Villain To Kill. The story behind this manhwa kicks off when the main character, who was framed for a friend’s death, is killed as the penalty but he doesn’t die there rather, his soul was transported. More like he possessed a boy’s body.

But little did he know that the boy had chosen to live his life as a villain. What would he do now in his new body? Do you think he would live the life of a villain now or do you think he would fight for justice like he used to do in his previous life?

23. Boss In School

The Boss in School is another amazing manhwa and I would recommend this especially for those of you who are into street fights. The storyline follows the story of the main character who stops fighting and allows himself to get picked on and all that, because of a promise he made to his mom.

But you guys should know he is the son of a mafia boss and an exceptional fighter. When his father dies, he tells him that it’s time for him to boss up and stop letting people pick on him. Well, after that, he started to show his true colors.

There is this amazing scene when he was going to prison, where all the guards taking him to prison were making fun of him that he was young and was going to get bullied in prison. But immediately when he entered the prison cell, every single inmate bowed their heads and greeted “Welcome boss”.

That was an extremely hype scene in the manhwa, you should check it out!

22. Incompetent Villain

This manhwa is awesome. So everyone has an image in their head of how a villain should be right? But imagine if there was a villain that everyone kept questioning if he could actually kill someone or if he could even hurt a fly?

Would you even call that person a villain at all? But the thing is he is very ruthless and has killed a lot of people, but there is someone in his school who reverses time whenever he kills someone, making it seem like it never happened. So now it is up to him to figure out who and put a stop to the person’s shenanigans while causing havoc too.

21. Vigilante

There is always a problem with those with power don’t you think? All of a sudden they feel like they can do whatever they want just because they are that powerful. Most times, they believe they are the law themselves and that is exactly what happened in this manhwa.

This manhwa’s storyline follows the main character as he decides to take matters into his own hands by becoming the law that governs people. He believes that the current law system in his world is outdated, so he decides to create his perfect system.

How much pride does this dude have? Anyways, he claims to protect the streets but he terrorizes people that he feels are unworthy and takes their lives. If you are someone that was into the Death Note anime, then this manga is for you.

20. Reverse Villain

This manhwa is entertaining. The main character is stuck in an endless loop in which whenever he dies, he gets reincarnated but he is not the only one, because he is stuck with his nemesis.

He wants to get stronger so that he will have the ability to have Murim conquered, but unfortunately for him, things have not gone his way. That is until he was reborn the sixth time. But this time, in a normal modern world.

In this world, the place called Murim doesn’t exist, so he now leaves with his modern family and goes to school but also works out to get stronger to defeat his nemesis.

19. Your Talent is Mine

Imagine being treated like trash because you had the weakest power. What would you do if at a point, you find out that you have a stronger power than you thought you did? I’m pretty sure most of you will show those who looked down on you who is boss.

Well this is exactly what happened in this manhwa. The main character of this story was weak but then he gained the ability to copy other people’s powers, but the side-effect was that he would feel an unimaginable pain afterward.

But I mean, pain should be bearable when you are able to mimic and steal a lot of people’s power and use it better than they can. And now, the MC was rising to the top with his newfound powers, obviously money and fame would follow. However, he was not satisfied as he wanted to show those who looked down on him who is boss.

18. Killing Stalking

In this manhwa we see the main character stalking a successful businessman because he is in love with him. One day, while stalking he gets stuck in the businessman’s house.

While stuck, he finds out that the successful man is a serial killer. What do you think our MC will do to his love?

17. The Devil’s Boy

The main character of this manhwa has been bullied for most of his school life and in the worst possible way too. It was obvious that the end result would be self hate and at that moment, we see him causing harm to himself.

But that wasn’t enough. He then turns to someone for help. No, not God, but a devil. A devil named Mephisto came out to his aid and then gave him an offer.

So in order for our MC to get powers, he had to offer his soul to the devil. What do you think the MC does? And if he did offer his soul, what do you think he used those powers for?

16. Kill The Hero

If you didn’t already realize that the MC of this Manhwa is not a hero…well, I guess goodluck on life. How would you feel if you were backstabbed by your most trusted allies? I’d burn the world if that was me.

Kill The Hero exactly follows that premise where a player known as Kim Woo-Jin was thrown back into the past. Why? Because he was double-crossed by his former allies and his strong urge for revenge gave him that chance. What will he do? Of course, he will “KILL THE HERO!”. See what I did, there?

15. Rebirth of the Top Villain

For the first time, the main character has the ability of a full-level boss but something happens. He ends up being someone who was used to playing in hard mode, but was suddenly forced into simple mode.

Now the question is his role in this manhwa. He is confused if he is the hero or if he is the villain competing against the hero.

14. Hero of His Own Opinion

After having two lives as a Demon King and a regular mortal, he can attest to the fact that life is full of unexpected twists and turns. A third existence awaits him, one in which he will be the hero and fight on the side of justice.

Isn’t it ironic? He used to be known as a jerk and a lunatic, but now he is meant to be fighting for the greater good and a better future? Having his own thoughts as a former Demon King in his first world.

In this manhwa those are the words of the main character, do you think he is good?

13. The Descent Of The Demonic Master

In this manhwa, during the main character’s first life, his whole family died in a car accident and he ended up taking his own life. And in his second Life, he became a Demonic Master, ruler of Zhongyuan. But he ends up getting betrayed by the only person he could call a friend and dies by his hands. Now that he is in his third life, we are presently in the first century, and the main character wishes to live a normal life.

But bad habits die hard and the former Lord won’t lower his knee to anyone. A graze on the shoulder leads to death, any type of insult means days of suffering but is that what you call a regular life?

12. Above All Gods

The first Sirius, who is the Red King, ruler of the Demon Lords’ dominion, is a powerful entity admired by all, including the sky. Their hatred became stronger and stronger until they chose to eliminate the root of it all which is the Red King. They stripped him of his power before killing him.

The Demon Lord was reborn after five hundred years but he was reborn with revenge in his mind so he aimed to destroy the Gods, the skies, and their human offspring.

11. Regressor Instructional Manual

The main character of this manhwa was teleported into a game-like world and is tasked to save this world from destruction. He was given some ability but they were the weakest abilities in that world, how would level up?

One day, he found a warrior and then he realized he was a regressor. Being the cunning person that he is, he convinced the regressor that he is the hero of the world and now has him doing all his bidding.

But in reality, he is only using the regressor to build a world for the main character in which he would rule over, do you think this would work? Read to find out.

10. Don’t Get Me Wrong, I’m the Real Victim

Would you call someone who tortures a villain a villain, but I mean to a villain he would be a villain, right? Well, this story is about our main character being someone who enjoys torturing villains.

9. Tomb Raider King

We follow our main character in this manhwa who is a tomb raider. He ends up getting sent to his death during a raid which was caused by his boss. But luckily enough, he was taken to the past before tombs started appearing. Back to when people knew almost nothing about tombs. Fortunately, he still has the knowledge about future tombs that will appear.

How would he use this knowledge to his advantage and take his revenge?

8. Trash of Count’s Family

The plot focuses on the acclaimed novel, The Birth of a Hero. The novel tells Choi Han’s adventures as a high school student who is transported to a strange realm beyond Earth, as well as the birth of the continent’s numerous heroes.

In this novel, Choi Han travels as strange things happen to him. Is he going to be able to adapt to his new life?

7. FFF Class Trash Hero

This follows the main character who kills the demon king of a fantasy world after he had been stuck there for ten years, and he finally believes he would be sent back to his normal world since the demon king is defeated.

But unfortunately for him, a god from the fantasy world appeared in front of him, with a report card showing that because he removed all the obstacles that prevented him from killing the demon king, his personality score came out as F.

Now, he was sent back in time to start over. And obviously, if that were to happen to you, won’t you be angry? In fact, would you enjoy being a hero at this point?

6. Legend of Northern Blade

The Manhwa kicked off when the world was in darkness and a group of martial artists came together to create the North Heavenly Sect in order to combat this darkness.

But later on, as the story goes, we see that other martial artists start to conspire against the North Heavenly Sect and that leads to the death of the Sect Leader, which broke the foundation of the group.

So everyone had abandoned the Sect but left the dead leader’s grandson behind. He had never learned martial arts but ended up finding a secret technique left by his father. So obviously, he starts to learn in it and you should know what will happen next.

5. Martial Peak

Martial Peak is an amazing manhwa if I do say so myself. The path to the “martial peak” is difficult and lonely. While facing struggles, you must stay uncompromising in order to live and only then would you be able to continue and rise up to become the strongest.

Basically, a sky tower exists in this manhwa that tests its students in the toughest ways in order to train them for their journey. But one day, our main character managed to get his hands on a black book which puts him on the road to the “peak of the martial arts world”. Want to find out how he achieved this goal? Well, you obviously know what I am going to say, so go ahead and do it.

4. Chronicles Of Heavenly Demons

In this manhwa, the main character was framed for learning a forbidden art called the demonic art and slain. Due to this, he was killed by the fools of the orthodox sect.

But our MC is reborn and given a new life with the help of an artifact selected by a spear master. So basically, he was reborn and now he trains in martial arts, but this time, he is slowly getting stronger in order to get his revenge.

3. The Otherworldly Evil Monarch

The main character was the best assassin on Earth and his skills, plus the knowledge he has, is on a level with no one else’s in the field. He had achieved so much and his reputation scared everyone all over the underworld.

One day, during a mission for the retrieval of magical treasure, something went wrong and he is now in a sixteen-year-old’s body. This sixteen-year-old is the heir to a particular family of heroes, but this family is now weak and can’t fight anymore.

This family is now being looked down on but our MC is about to change all that, how do you think he will do that?

2. Magic Emperor

So in this manhwa, the storyline is a little different from all other manhwas out there. In the world in which the storyline of this manhwa takes place, the strongest person in this world is the demon emperor and he also had the highest title in this manhwa.

And to get the highest title, you have to inherit it from the previous holder. But now, the MC who was the demon emperor was reborn into this world after he was betrayed by a friend, however he was reborn without his powers.

His physical companion became his inner demon who ended up making dubious acts. In the end, he became withdrawn and closed, and now he became a butler to a noble house.

What would he do to climb to the top of the food chain? There is only one way to find out!

1. Hero Has Returned

The story of this manhwa is about a hero who turned evil. It follows a hero who had done everything in his power to save a different world, all because he wanted to return to his home.

Luckily, he was able to save the world but unfortunately, he could not save himself. He changed now. He was more of a villain than a hero and plans to destroy the world. What must have caused this great hero to change so much?

Don’t ask me, but rather you should read it.

Conclusion

Well, we have come to the end of the article, hope you love my recommendations! It is nice to see some main characters who don’t follow the goody-two-shoes traits most MCs follow.