Top 7 Best and Most Exciting Reincarnation Manhwa

Otaku, you've probably heard of Reincarnation Manhwa in the comic world, right? This genre is currently trending among Manhwa (Korean Comic) fans because it tells the story of being reborn into a new world or living again and moving on.

Most manhwa tell about the main character who has a second chance to change his fate and you can see the character using his past memories to make big changes in his new life.

Manhwa with this genre is quite hyped on several platforms because it combines fantasy and action, and even has romantic elements that make the story even more exciting. 

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The story can make you emotional, thoughtful, and tense as the characters enter their new world filled with magic, politics, and superpowers. For those of you looking for reincarnation manhwa recommendations, you can read this article to the end!

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Reincarnation Manhwa

Reincarnation Manhwa is a story genre comic Korean (Manhwa) which tells about being resurrected to live in a new world using memories or recollections of a previous life.

So, the main character not only moves worlds but he is aware of his past life and can use past memories to change his new life.

Reincarnation in Manhwa, is often combined with Isekai stories that take the main character to another world.

This genre emerged since the hype era of Digital Webtoon, where Manhwa readers are increasingly fond of Fantasy and Isekai genre stories so that there are many works about Reincarnation, especially those telling about the second chance of the main character.

The exciting thing about this reincarnation Manhwa is its fantasy elements and you can feel the sensation of living a second life with past memories.

Its characteristic is that the main character usually dies, then is reborn or moves to another world, he is aware of past events and uses these memories to change his life.

There are also other versions such as Regression (returning to one's own past) or Transmigration (using someone else's body in another world), but the essence is the same: getting a second chance to live in another world.

What makes this genre quite unique is that it combines the Fantasy, Adventure and even Romantic genres.

The main character remembers his past life and lives a new life to take revenge, save people or make his life better.

Apart from that, this reincarnation manhwa can provide entertainment for readers, giving the sensation of a second chance and seeing characters facing conflicts in another world.

List of Best Reincarnation Manhwa

Below is a list of some of the best reincarnation Manhwa that you can read later, including the following:

Solo Leveling

The first best reincarnation manhwa is Solo Leveling, which is a Korean web novel by Chungong published on KakaoPage on July 25, 2016.

Then, this web novel was adapted into a Manhwa or Webtoon by Jang Sung-Rak (Dubu) from Redice Studi which was serialized on March 4, 2018 – December 29, 2021 on KakaoPage with a total of 179 chapters and printed by D&C Media.

Solo Leveling is published on several platforms globally such as KakaoPage (Korea), Kakao Webtoon (Korea, Indonesia, Thailand, China), Piccoma (Japan), Pocket Comics (UK and Germany), Webnovel (UK), Tappytoon (UK), Tapas (UK), Kuaikan Manhua (China), Moykomics (Russia) and Verytoon (France).

After being adapted into a Manhwa, it was then adapted into an Anime produced by A-1 Pictures, directed by Shunsuke Nakashige, written by Noboru Kimura and the music arranged by Hiroyuki Sawano.

Solo Leveling Season 1 aired on January 7 – March 31, 2024 on Tokyo MX and Solo Leveling Season 2: Arise from the Shadow on January 5 – March 30, 2025 with a total of 25 episodes. 

In the Webtoon or Manhwa story, it is divided into many arcs. The initial part tells about Sun Jin-woo who is still weak, then he starts to get his new system until his adventure against the threat of evil monsters.

In Solo Leveling: Ragnarok which was released on August 1, 2024, it tells the story of Sung Jin-Woo and Sung Suho (his son) receiving the Legacy.

The Manhwa story tells of gates to the monster dimension and the emergence of humans with superpowers called Hunters to fight them.

Sung Jin-woo was an E-rated Hunter who was weak and underestimated by people.

However, after nearly dying while trying to save his team in a dangerous Dungeon, he was chosen by the mysterious System to grant unlimited skill level ups.

With this skill, Sung Jin-woo begins to level up to become the strongest Hunter who can defeat monsters and uncover the dark side behind the system.

What makes Solo Leveling interesting to follow is that the main character uses RPG systems such as Locket, Quest, Dungeon, EXP and Leveling, the action is stunning and Sung Jin-woo's progress is significant.

The reincarnation element, not living again in a new life but telling about the main character who was once weak but now becomes the strongest which is often associated with isekai or reincarnation.

Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint

The second best reincarnation manhwa is 'Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint', a Korean web novel by Sing N Song published on Munpia on January 6, 2018 – February 2, 2020.

Then, this novel was collected into 20 e-book/physical book volumes which have been published in Korea, Thailand, Taiwan and the United Kingdom.

For the Webtoon (Manhwa) it was released on Naver Webtoon on May 26, 2020 by Redice Studio and illustrated by Sleepy-C and on LINE Webtoon on August 18, 2020 which is still ongoing until now.

In addition, Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint is published on several platforms globally such as Munpia (Korea), Naver Webtoon (Korea), LINE Manga (Japan) and LINE Webtoon (Global).

Interestingly, Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint won an award at the 2024 World Webtoon Awards.

The story is exciting because it combines the Action, Fantasy, Survival, Supernatural and Reincarnation/Regression genres.

Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint has many Arcs throughout its Novels and Manhwa, where it introduces new world systems, good vs evil duels and major conflicts between mythological creatures.

At the beginning of the story, Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint tells about Kim Dokja, an ordinary man whose life is monotonous and a reader of the Web Novel entitled 'Three Ways to Survive the Apocalypse' which he has read for years.

Something unexpected happened to him, suddenly the real world turned into the setting of the novel he was reading.

Because he was the only person who had read it all the way through, Kim Dokja already understood everything that had happened and knew what would happen next.

Then, he gets a special gift from a mysterious writer and must fight with other characters to determine the ending of the story.

Kim Dokja often encounters scientists, fighters, and other powerful characters who possess extraordinary skills and feels the world changing, so the vibe is like the concept of a second chance in the reincarnation genre.

The Beginning After the End

The third best reincarnation manhwa is The Beginning After the End, a web novel by Brandon Lee or TurtleMe which was released on October 28, 2015 – August 24, 2025 with a total of 529 chapters.

Then, The Beginning After the End was adapted again into a Manhwa illustrated by Fuyuki23, an illustrator from Indonesia, and released on Tapas since July 7, 2018 with 6 seasons of around 225 chapters.

The Beginning After the End is published on several platforms globally such as Tapas in various languages and a print version is available through the publisher Yen Press.

Meanwhile, the anime version was produced by Studio A-Cat, directed by Keitaro Motonaga, written by Takamitsu Kōno and the music was arranged by Keiji Inai.

The anime aired on April 2 – June 18, 2025 on Crunchyroll and Japanese TV station Fuji TV with a total of 12 episodes.

The genre of The Beginning After the End is a combination of Fantasy, Action, Drama and Reincarnation.

Overall, it tells the story of a King who died and was reborn into a new world with many things that needed to be fixed.

Arthur Leywin is a Gray King and a strong ruler whose life is empty and full of regrets.

After dying, he was reincarnated in a new world called Dicathe as a baby from a kind family and grew into a strong and emotional figure to rebuild his life in the past.

The story itself is divided into several arcs, starting from the early life of learning magic, new cultures, opening up conflicts between Kingdoms and Races to the origins of Arthur Leywin and his magical world.

Arthur Leywin carries memories and experiences from his previous life as Raya Grey so he has a second chance to use his knowledge and powers in a new world to make his life better.

This manhwa is about adventure, life struggles, love, conflicts of power and responsibility that make him a different person from his past life.

Who Made Me a Princess

The fourth best reincarnation manhwa is 'Who Made Me a Princess', a web novel by Plutus released on June 23, 2016 with a total of 219 chapters and 3 volumes.

The Manhwa adaptation or Webtoon was released on December 20, 2017 with 3 Seasons, for Season 1 ended on February 10, 2019, the second Season was released on July 10, 2019 and the third Season ended on April 30, 2022 with a total of 125 chapters combined into 9 volumes.

Who Made Me a Princess is published on several platforms globally such as TappyToon, Tapas, RidiBooks, KakaoPage, NAVER Series and licensed by Seven Seas Entertainment in North America.

In addition, Who Made Me a Princess has achieved hundreds of millions of views on LINE Webtoon with a rating of 9.88 and the Donghua anime version was produced by Colored Pencil Animation which aired on September 28 – December 28, 2025 on iQIYI and Crunchyroll.

This series has also been ranked on AnimeJapan for the category 'Rank #2: Manga to be Animated (2022)' and Rank #7: Manga to be Animated (2023).

Who Made Me a Princess tells the story of Athanasia, a Korean woman who wakes up in the body of a baby in the world of The Lovely Princess.

He had known the story from the novel, his tragic fate was to be killed by his father, Emperor Claude.

Athanasia made a plan to survive the tragic tragedy by approaching and calming her cruel and cold father's heart.

This Manhwa also features palace conflicts, power politics and drama between nobles.

The reincarnation element lies in Athanasia, who comes from a previous life to a magical world with a Kingdom system. She brings her past memories and strategies to change her destiny there.

Viewers will see Athanasia reincarnated as a princess, building a good relationship with her cruel father, fighting for her life and romantic drama in the Kingdom.

Trash of the Count's Family

The fifth best reincarnation manhwa is 'Trash of the Count's Family', a Korean web novel by Yoo Ryeo Han published by Munpia since April 9, 2018.

The Manhwa adaptation has been serialized since August 31, 2020 on KakaoPage and illustrated by PAN4.

Trash of the Count's Family Manhwa is still being updated on Webtoon with 150+ chapters.

What's interesting about this Manhwa is that it shows more of the exploration of the main character who already understands his fate because he comes from a previous life.

The genre itself is a combination of Fantasy, Isekai, Magic, Action, Comedy and Adventure which matches the setting, namely a fantasy world full of Magic and Monsters.

This manhwa will tell the story of Kim Roksu who wakes up from the world of the novel 'Birth of a Hero' as Cale Henituse, a supporting character as a drunken nobleman.

Kim Roksu immediately realized that he had woken up in the body of Cale Henituse who immediately understood that there was danger.

With his knowledge, he has known the storyline, who will win, who will lose and the strategies used to avoid a tragic ending.

This action will change the storyline and make him involved in the big conflict in the world.

Return of the Mount Hua Sect (Return of the Blossoming Blade)

The sixth best reincarnation manhwa is 'Return of the Mount Hua Sect (Return of the Blossoming Blade)', is a Korean web novel by Biga published on Naver Webtoon and Naver Series on April 25, 2019.

Then, the Manhwa version was published on Webtoon on March 23, 2021. Season 1 was released on March 23, 2021 – August 16, 2022, while Season 2 was released on June 23, 2021.

This manhwa has won the 2022 Presidential Awards in the 2022 Korea Content Awards category.

Apart from that, there are also spin-offs that are still related to this Manhwa such as OST, PV Short-Animation and Games.

The story is set in the ancient-modern Murim world filled with powerful sword sects, conspiracies and major conflicts between disciples, uncles, martial arts lovers and supernatural powers.

This Manhwa genre is a combination of Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Martial Arts, Comedy, Drama and Reincarnation packaged in one story.

Overall, it tells the story of Cheongmyeong, a legendary swordsman in Mount Hua Sect who is known as the Plum Blossom Sword Saint.

He was one of the strongest warriors in the world of murim legend and he died due to injuries while fighting Cheonma on the mountaintop.

However, he was reincarnated 100 years later in the body of a child. He then began searching for a way to restore Mount Hua's glory.

You will see physical combat, conflicts between students and teachers, politics between sects and sword training.

He truly remembers his previous life and his sword skills, he uses them to change the conditions of the crumbling murim world.

Reincarnation of the Suicidal Battle God (Doom Breaker)

The last best reincarnation manhwa is 'Reincarnation of the Suicidal Battle God (Doom Breaker)', is a Manhwa by Blue Deep in the Action-Fantasy genre which appeared in 2021 and was published on Webtoon or Naver Webtoon with 100+ chapters.

Doom Breaker combines the Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Supernatural and Reincarnation genres.

This manhwa tells the story of Zephyr, the strongest human being from the remaining human civilization.

This Manhwa will also show inter-tribal politics, national conflicts and the threat of large monsters.

He fought Tartarus, the God of Destruction, who killed him. However, the gods gave him a second chance to witness humanity's struggles.

Throughout the story, it will follow Zephyr's struggle after he lost the last war, then he rose again with stronger skills.

In his current life, he uses all his knowledge to change his fate, take revenge on Tartarus and save humanity.

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So, that's a list of reincarnation manhwa you can read during your upcoming vacation. So, which one are you interested in reading?