17+ Best Manga/ Manhwa Like The Max Level Hero Has Returned

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The Max Level Hero Has Returned is a Koreon light novel written by Devil’s Tail and adapted into a manhwa (Koreon comics) by Yudo.

This is the story of Davey O’Rowane who is known as the weak prince of an insignificant country. After being struck by an enemy’s arrow, his body falls into coma but his soul travels to a place where the greatest of the great heroes gather—the honourable Hall of Heroes.

For a thousand years, Davey undergoes excruciating training under the watchful eyes of multiple heroes each having their special powers and different way of training him. They finally bid him farewell and returns as the Max-Level Hero. Now back to present at his kingdom, he begins his revenge journey against the enemies hiding in the king’s court.

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Most Recommended Regression-Action Webtoons Like The Max Level Hero Has Returned:

1. The Beginning After the End

• Author and Artist: Fuyuki23, Turtleme
• Status: Ongoing

Synopsis:

The Beginning After the End in short known as TBATE is right now the most popular webtoon since The Solo Levelling ended. Its story begins with the mighty King Grey waking up as a newborn baby named Arthur Leywin. He realizes that someone probably assassinated him and he has reincarnated into a new family, who resides on a continent called Dicathen.

After being given a chance at a new life, Arthur decides to live his life differently than before—he was going to be loved and supported by friends and family. As the story progresses, the readers join Arthur on his journey in the new world, as he faces challenges, and gains power.

2. The Swordmaster’s Youngest Son

• Author and Artist: Emperor Penguin, AZI, Lee Je-Won
• Status: Ongoing

Synopsis:

Jin Runcandel is the youngest son of the greatest Swordmaster Runcandel who was destined to become the best of all from a young age after choosing the legendary sword Barisada. and bathe in success and glory. But as fate turns out he had no talent for swordsmanship. Despite his continuous efforts he couldn’t wield it properly and was ridiculed by his siblings.

Ultimately at age 23 he was expelled from his clan and left to wander with no destination. Soon he meets his master and discovers his talent for magic, an act forbidden in his clan. During one of his magic ceremonies, he meets the god Solderet, the master of all shadows and discovers that a curse has been put on since young age making him incapable of using his sword talent.

The god Solderet proposes a contract which he accepts making him the first Magic Swordsman of his clan but he soon dies within the next moment in an attack by unknown enemies. But the gods give him a second chance as he awakens as a baby standing right in front of the magical swords.

3. I Am the Sorcerer King

• Author and Artist: Decaspell, MIRO
• Status: Completed

Synopsis:

10 years ago strange monsters from another world started invading Earth and at the same time, people with superpowers started to emerge who hunted these monsters for fame and money. Along with the destruction they also brought a disease that pushes Sunghoon’s mother into an endless sleep.

So in order to pay for her mother’s medical bills, powerless and magicless Sunghoo decides to take the dangerous job of serving as bait for the powerful Awakeners who hunt the monsters. But one day, he is heavily injured by a monster and his past life starts flashing through he his mind when he discovers that he was The mighty Sorcerer King in his past life. As he discovers his true identity and Sunghoon uses his powers to fight against the invading monsters and protect those he loves.

4. The Lazy Lord Masters the Sword/ Reformation of the Deadbeat Noble

• Author and Artist: Doip
• Status: Ongoing

Synopsis:

After witnessing the shocking death of his mother, young Airen Farreira spends his days sleeping to escape from his painful reality, earning him the nickname, “the lazy lord”. Yet, in spite of others’ jeers and whispers, Airen has no intention of changing his ways. But one day he dreams of a mysterious swordsman, a man who continuously trains his swordsmanship continuously for 37 years, day and night, through thunders and snow and doesn’t let go of his sword even in his final moments. This dream sparks something in Young Lord and his body craves to wield a sword.

There are some genuinely positive aspects to this manhwa, like the fact that the main character, Irene, isn’t just instantly made overpowered and that we actually get to see their progression from weak to strong. And I appreciate the fact that the antagonists don’t come across as one-dimensional baddies with an irrational hatred for Irene and are instead shown to be generally relatable people with their own struggles. It’s also nice how the story will be told from varying perspectives, including those of passing side characters. And the sword slashes and fight choreographies during the duels are pretty well done.

4. The Lord’s Coins Aren’t Decreasing?!/ The Lord of Coins

• Author and Artist: Mokhyen, Hong Dae Eui, Teurubereu
• Status: Ongoing

Synopsis:

There are lots of things that make “The Lord’s Coins Aren’t Decreasing?!” my favourite regression manhwa. First, the Main character Aaron is not a Hero and is not even try to become one. In fact, he is more of an Anti-Hero and at times a straight-up villain if it benefits his cause. Moreover, it has a whole unique premise with how he obtains more power and doesn’t become overpowered in one go but slowly gains his power and the trust of his kingdom. On top of that it has a pretty strong artstyle which stays consistent overall.

Aaron Steelegard was destined for fame as the successor of the Steelegard family, who ruled over the Land of NavaPro. However, he had no talent in politics, economy, or knightship, and as a result, he loses the favour of his family, knights, and the people of his kingdom. As a last resort, he trades all of his fortune for a mystical artifact that allows him to trade items between different dimensions.

Just when he thought he could make everything right, he is assassinated by his childhood friend Kuntz. But he is brought back to his younger self thanks to an item he deemed as useless. Now armed with his past knowledge, Aaron begins to amass coins while gaining powerful abilities and climbing up the ranks of the interdimensional trading markets to exact his revenge.

5. Damn Reincarnation

• Author and Artist: Kiki, Mogma, Park Jeong yeol 
• Status: Ongoing

Synopsis:

The warrior Hamel went on an adventure with his fellow companion comrades to defeat the Demon Kings, but dies while fighting the fourth of five Demon Kings. Years later is finds himself reincarnated as the descendant of his fellow warrior, Vermouth. Hamel — now as Eugene Lionheart is reborn with the blood of the Great Vermouth and with a body that had higher specs right from the start, he showed explosive growth that far surpassed what he had achieved in his previous life.

Along with the unknown reasons for his reincarnation came the uneasy reality of having to coexist with demons. He was faced with a world that made him question everything he had believed in. Gifted with this extraordinary body since birth, as Eugene, he begins walking down the unfinished path from his previous life and finally kill the Demon King.

6. Trash of the Count’s Family

Author and Artist: Usonan, Wookjakga

Status: Ongoing

Synopsis:

Birth of a Hero is an ordinary novel where the kind protagonist, Choi Han, loses everyone he loves and falls deep into desperation. In order to get revenge, he leaves his home and heads to a nearby city where he beats up a low-life, drunken noble who was getting on his nerves, a barely relevant moment for this soon-to-be hero’s journey.

Unfortunately for Kim Roksu, he wakes up as Cale Henituse, the same drunkard noble who is destined to be beaten by Choi Han. However, Roksu has no intentions of letting the story keep its course and intends to live a peaceful life instead. Using his knowledge of the novel from his previous life and the wealth from his current one, he plans to protect himself with the help of ancient spells in case he encounters the main lead.

Cale’s wish to be free of worries for the rest of his days sounds easy on paper, but his actions might take him and the story in a completely different direction.

7. That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime

• Author and Artist: Fuse, Kawakami Taiki
• Status: Ongoing

Synopsis:

 That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime is currently the most popular and highest-selling isekai series in Japan which so far has inspired two television anime series, one original anime film, one spinoff anime along with multiple manga spinoffs. mobile games and more.

The series follows Mikami Satoru who is killed and reincarnates as a weak slime monster in a fantasy world. However, as a slime, he has the ability to absorb other creatures and take their abilities and characteristics. His life takes a turn when he meets the Catastrophe-level monster “Storm Dragon Veldora” who is trapped in the labyrinth and forms an agreement to absorb him.

He uses his new powers to stop the war between the goblins and the wolves and eventually becomes a leader of a group of monsters. Together, with other monsters like the Lizards, Orcs and Demons they work to build a place which they can call home and both monsters and humans can coexist peacefully.

This manga is perfect for those who are looking for a story with an overpowered protagonist, heavy politics and kingdom-building.

8. Standard of Reincarnation

• Author and Artist: Blue Jaeng-i, Kim Pyung-beom, Lee Sang-kyung
• Status: Ongoing

Synopsis:

Daven a member of the greatest martial family, Samion, is a one-armed martial soldier born without a right arm. Despite the continued ridicule and contempt, he got for only having a left arm, he surpasses the direct line of the Samion family like a genius. However, he gets betrayed by his family and parents in the end, thus meeting a poor end. But, he was reincarnated, now with both his hands.

He had a new family tradition, a naturally gifted body and experience from his past life along with the god Yulion on his side. After his reincarnation, everything changes, and a new adventure begins.

9. Descent of the Demonic Master

Synopsis:

Jinho Kang used to be an average teenager, but after an accident which took away his family and his ability to walk, he ends his life. In his second life after reincarnating in medieval China, he becomes the demon master known as the Crimson Emperor at Zhongyuan, but is betrayed by the very person he trusted the most.

And now comes his third life he returns to the modern world with his powers and martial arts prowess intact and decides to live a normal life…but the new world doesn’t allow him to! ‘I wanted to live peacefully. But you are the ones who started it. I hope you’re prepared for this.’

10. The Eminence in Shadow

• Author and Artist: Daisuke Aizawa
• Status: Ongoing

Synopsis:

The Eminence in Shadow which is also known as ‘Kage no Jitsuryokusha ni Naritakute‘ in Japanese is a popular comedy-action series. It follows Cid Kagenou who is Chuuni, which is a character trait just like tsundere used in Japanese media used to describe early teens who have delusions of grandeur and have convinced themselves they have hidden knowledge or secret powers.

However, in this story’s case, it is the exact opposite. The main character thinks he’s just playing at being chuunibyou, but actually, it’s all real, and everyone else around knows it’s real, but only he doesn’t know that it’s real. And because he’s pretending like it’s real, nobody knows that he doesn’t know that it’s real so nobody tells him that it’s real.

The story follows a High-schooler in modern-day Japan who desires to be a mastermind who exerts power from the shadows, but in the process of training, gets hit by a truck and dies. He is reborn in a fantasy world as Cid Kagenou, where he maintains a perfectly mediocre appearance so as to not stand out and pursue his dream of manipulating from the shadows. One day, he stumbles upon an elven girl infected by a mysterious disease and cures her. Cid makes up a story, explaining this world is secretly run by the Cult of Diablos, and his secret organization, “Shadow Garden”, are the only ones that can fight them.

The elven girl, now named Alpha, joins this organization and begins recruiting new members. However, the stories Cid made up were actually true, but he believes it to be a total delusion. Cid continues fighting the Cult of Diablos under the alias “Shadow”, completely unaware that he is involved in a complicated power struggle.

11. The Lazy Swordmaster

• Author and Artist: Chorok Cha, Maru Comics Studio
• Status: ongoing

Synopsis:

Baek Jinwoo is a warrior who was chosen by the Holy Sword as the saviour of mankind who is done being a Hero. Out of salvation after defeating his last enemy, the Demon King, he vows never to pick up a sword again and decides to die. But by some cruel twist of fate, he finds himself reborn as Riley Finn Epheletta, the youngest son of an esteemed family of swordmasters.

After experiencing a rebirth in a powerful family who upheld their reputation through swordsmanship and didn’t lack the power to support his leisurely life, Riley decided to become House of Iphelleta’s lazy swordsman, but the course of the path he walked wasn’t going to be easy.

12. Solo Bug Player

• Author and Artist: Cheongcho, Inkhead, Kimint, Odungdung
• Status: Ongoing

Synopsis:

For an entire decade, Shin Tae Pong had reigned as the number one player in the game, Paradiso, but his life comes to an abrupt end when he suddenly dies of exhaustion.

Mysteriously he finds himself reincarnated into the world of the game as the obese, corrupt and generally unknown noble, Jared Eucalates. He uses what he has learned from playing the game, hoping to prevent the “Great Nasu War” that will take place in five years. Knowing that this war would not spare anyone as insignificant as him, Jared embarks on a journey to prevent this outcome.

Armed with his knowledge of the game’s skills, cheats, and bugs, he plans on using everything he has on hand to save himself and the people he has grown to care about before anyone can rob him of these opportunities.

13. Return of the Legendary Spear Knight

• Author and Artist: Jo Husang, joe teacher, Studio Inus
• Status: Ongoing

Synopsis:

Return of the Legendary Spear Knight follows Joshua Sanders, the legendary spearman who ended the brutal civil war and shattered the stereotype that one must wield a sword to become a master knight. He never desired the throne and only wised to serve his best friend and Lord Ceaser Von Britton.

However, he was betrayed by the comrades he trusted the most. Together with the General and Magic Master, the Emperor schemes to the kill empire’s unrivalled spear. When he is on the brink of death when his trusty weapon, Lukia, known as the ‘Death God of Battlefield’ starts shining and sends him back to the stables of his childhood. With his mighty spear in hand, Joshua starts his ultimate revenge.

14. Return of the 8th Class Magician 

• Author and Artist: Ryu Song, Tess
• Status: Ongoing

Synopsis:

This story follows Ian Page, an archmage and the first man to break through the 6th class, then through the 7th and become the most powerful mage, an 8th-class mage. After a lifetime of war and killing Emperor Ragnar, a close friend and ruler of the Greenriver Empire, the continent was finally unified thanks to his efforts.

Now, old, his wish is to live the rest of his life in peace and try to find salvation for all the blood he spilt. However, his old friend, paranoid by Ian, couldn’t tolerate someone so powerful, so he betrays Ian and poisons him.

In his last breath, he casts a time magic that allows him to travel back to when he was a young boy. With all the knowledge he previously had, an joins an elite order of mages to hone his abilities once again. This time, he’ll get revenge on the emperor who betrayed him and reclaim glory as an 8th-class mage.

15. Egret: The Great Sage

Author and Artist: Usonan, Wookjakga

Status: Ongoing

Synopsis:

Egret lived his entire life in the company of elemental spirits. He could control all four elements of nature in the palm of his hand and was called Greatest Mage in the World. Despite that, he lived a life full of regrets where he was betrayed over and over again who only came close to him to take advantage of his immense powers.

After his death, he is reborn as the young prince Judas, the first prince of the Ruvarzan Empire. With white hair and golden eyes matching that of the Imperial family, he had the emperor’s favour and people’s support to become the next King. However due to his stunned growth and small body, many mistook him for a child and on top of that, he has trouble even greeting people and holding eye contact.

Now with his trusty spirits by his side, Egret enters the Ruvar-H elite academy, where he must make friends and turn Judas’ reputation around.

16. Archmage Transcending Through Regression

• Author and Artist: Hanbit Nuri, Hong Chang Joo, Mul Jang Gu
• Status: Ongoing

Synopsis:

Mikhail Walpurgis, the world’s only 9th-circle Archmage and his party are the only things standing between mankind’s survival and the Demon King’s Army. Siegfried, the hero and the leader of the party is the only one who has the blessing to take down the Demon King. However, he fell in the battle due to his mistakes.

Now on the brink of his death, Mikhail Walpurgis decides to use a forbidden advanced magic and unlocks the 10th-Circle but the spell tore his body apart. When he wakes up he finds himself returned back 20 years in past. Now returned, Mikhail steels his resolve to become the Hero himself to not repeat the mistakes Siegfried did.

17. 66,666 Years: Advent of the Dark Mage

• Author and Artist: Pasu, Taru
• Status: Ongoing

Synopsis:

Diablo Volpir, a powerful dark mage, was defeated and sealed away in a battle against the 12 gods. He finally wakes up from his sleep 66,666 years later, however, in the body of a newborn baby, Jamie Welton! 9 years later, with a fraction of the power he once held and with the loving family and peaceful environment he is now surrounded by, Jamie plans to exact revenge against the 12 gods that had sealed him away.

17. The Story of a Low-Rank Soldier Becoming a Monarch

• Author and Artist: Soul Pung, 2631
• Status: Ongoing

Synopsis:

Chris, at the age of 15, lost his right hand on the battlefield. Despite this setback, he worked hard to master the skills necessary for his survival. However, he was constantly told to give up and “just live like everybody else.” At the age of 39, he suffered another blow when he lost his left hand and fell off a cliff. To make matters worse, he accidentally ingested an artefact that he knew nothing about, leading to an unexpected transformation.

He was reborn as a 15-year-old rookie and began a new journey as a young soldier named Chris, going from being a weather-worn mercenary to finding glory on the battlefield. It is the story of an ordinary man becoming a knight, an unordinary monarch protecting his people, and a man returning to save his continent.

Concluding Thoughts!

It seems like we’ve reached the end of the list. With a perfect main protagonist and well-written side characters and a standard plot, The Max Level Hero Has Returned has been an entertaining read for most of us.

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