10 BEST Manga/ Manhwa similar to Player Who Returned 10,000 Years Later [2022 Latest Recommendations]

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Player Who Returned 10,000 Years Later story begins with Oh Kangwoo who for the past 10,000 years has been fighting battles in the Nine Hells devouring thousands of demons, granting him the title of the Apex Demon King. But now he is tired of it being Nine Hell’s Lord and decides to return to Earth 10,000 years later

Most Recommended Fantasy-Action Webtoons Like Player Who Returned 10,000 Years Later:

1. Demon Lord’s Martial Arts Ascension

• Author and Artist: Iboxson, Tya, AM
• Status: Ongoing

Synopsis:

In modern Seoul, Korea, an enormous building out of nowhere, gates appeared, monsters flooded out and the cataclysm began and the world was taken by chaos. Not so long a group of awakened humans who were able to hunt monsters called “Hunters” emerged. With the help of the hunter association and guild, the peace returned but not for long. Soon the second cataclysm happened. A great war between the Heavenly Realm Elysium and Demon Realm began and the battlefield was the Earth. The battle between the two factions turned Earth into a living Hell. But a Legendary Hero who was blessed by the Holy sword appeared. He took down the Demon Lord Deimos ending the war but died in the process.

23 Years later the Hero’s sword is revealed to the public for the first time. Just when Hyuang enters the room the sword starts floating and stabs Hyuang, An unknown memory starts flooding his mind and he sees himself being stabbed by the Hero. Hyuang releases he is no ordinary human but the reincarnation of Demon Lord Deimos himself.

2. I used to be a Boss

• Author and Artist: Lucks
• Status: Ongoing

Synopsis:

Baphomet is the Evil Demon Lord who resides on the highest floor of the Tower of Abyss as its ruler. But he is bored from being trapped in the room and desires to see the world of hunters he kills every day and explore the outside world. Every time a new hunter appears, he first beats them to pulp and then asks them about various possessions they are carrying such as how a mobile phone works, how selfies are taken, music, books and diaries.

Finally one day a Hero with unmatched strength appears before him. The two have an intense battle but the Hero outmatches him and almost kills him. At his final breath, he renounces his death wish to become a human and the tower gives him the quest “Kill the Hero and you will reborn as a Human”. He collects his last strength and manages to deal a deathly blow to the Hero killing him.

Reborn as a human after becoming envious of the hunters who are always trying to kill him, Baphomet is now free to seek new forms of entertainment in the outside world.

3. Descent of the Demonic Master

Synopsis:

Now, this is a perfect recommendation since both series are written by the same person AZI and you will find many things similar between the two stories.

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.’

4. SSS-Class Suicide Hunter

• Author and Artist: Shin Noah, Neida and Bill K
• Status: Ongoing

Synopsis:

The story takes place in a mysterious tower where our main character Gong-ja lives a mundane existence, envying all the top star hunters. Suddenly, he is granted a unique skill that lets him copy others’ abilities at the cost of his life.

Before he understands it well, he is killed by the No. 1 Hunter, The Flame Emperor. When he wakes up he finds himself in his room 24 hours back in time. Gong-ja uses his new ability to travel back in time by continuously killing himself when Flame Emperor was a rookie to take his revenge.

5. 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.

6. Hoarding in Hell

• Author and Artist: Coby
• Status: Ongoing

Synopsis:

30 years Mysterious gates appeared around the world along with awakened humans with magical powers who raids and fights the monsters inhabiting insides the dungeons. Our protagonist Kang Hyunmoo is a dirt-poor man who dreams of becoming a hunter but has no mana. One day he receives a mysterious necklace from his father’s will which suddenly transfers him to an unknown yet looks familiar to earth and a message appears:

[Difficulty: Hell. You are entering the Star of Apocalypse.] “ “[You are Last survivor]”

This is Kang Hyunmoo’s journey as the last human on the planet to survive in Hellish future Earth overrun with monsters by collecting skills and items.

7. The Archmage Returns After 4000 years

• Author and Artist: Nakhsan, Barnicle, KD-Dragon
• Status: Ongoing

Synopsis:

This manhwa follows the story of a guy named Lucas Trowman. Lucas was the greatest Archmage of all time. He was the strongest. However, he was betrayed by a demigod and was left to spend his life all alone without any power. 

After 4000 years, he was reincarnated in the body of a student named Frei Blake. Frei was considered the weakest at the academy he studied. Why was he reincarnated again? Is this the work of the same Demigod? What do you guys think? 

8. Overpowered Sword/ Leveling Up with the Sword

• Author and Artist: MKR, ELDO, BOL×BAE
• Status: Ongoing

Synopsis:

Now, this is a proper traditional fantasy! A growth-type hero series that fills your heart as you read, for the webtoon readers who are fed up with obviously overpowered protagonist series.

Our Main character Leon decides that he will overcome his rival Leon (yes his rival’s name is the same and has an important thing to do with the story), who stood at the top of the Royal Academy, with only hard work and sheer willpower. He hits a wall that cannot be overcome with training alone and fell into despair, only to get chosen by the Holy Sword Elcid that was fated to go to his rival, Leon.

With the Holy Sword Elcid that fell and chose MC Leon as the Hero candidate because of his righteousness, Leon receives harsh training and finally clutches victory from the seemingly impossible duel with his rival! Having attained the qualification to be the owner of the Holy Sword, Leon begins his adventure to leave the Royal Academy and become the hero who saves the world.

9. Doom Breaker/ Reincarnation of the Suicidal Battle God

• Author and Artist: Blue-Deep
• Status: Ongoing

Synopsis:

The final human, the greatest warrior on Earth, is defeated in his last stand against the Demon Lord, yet is given a second chance by the gods to go back ten years before the world’s end.

“I’ll pummel them all; the Demon Lord who took everything from me, and the gods who observed it all as entertainment!”

Zephyr is the last human fighting evil in a world abandoned by the gods. When he is killed in battle by Tartarus, the god of destruction, all hope for humanity seems lost. But Zephyr’s fate is not sealed — the gods who find his battles entertaining have gifted him a second chance at life, as he is sent ten years into the past, back to when he was a slave instead of the most powerful human alive. This is Zephyr’s journey against the world’s end and save the woman he loves.

10. The Devil Is a Part-Timer!

• Author and Artist: Satoshi Wagahara, Akia Hiragi
• Status: Ongoing

Synopsis:

The Demon Lord Satan seeks to conquer the world of Ente Isla by annexing its four continents with the help of his demon generals Alciel, Lucifer, Malacoda, and Adramelech. After being confronted by the hero Emilia and her companions, after they had killed Malacoda and Adramelech, Satan and Alciel escape the world of Ente Isla through a gate to modern Tokyo, Japan. However, due to the lack of magic in the modern contemporary world, both Satan and Alciel change into forms representing what they would look like if they were human.

In order to survive, Satan takes a part-time job in a fast food restaurant named MgRonald’s, while Alciel serves as his houseman. One day, Satan, who now goes by Sadao Maō, meets a girl who is actually Emilia in the form of Emi Yusa working at a call centre.

Bonus, the series also has inspired an anime adaptation spanning 2 seasons.

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, Player Who Returned 10,000 Years Later manhwa has been an entertaining read for most of us.

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