Highlights
- Korean manhwa, or comics, have gained popularity for their incredible artwork and captivating stories, with some protagonists standing out for their immense strength and determination.
- Characters like Kim Kibong, Lee Geon, Lucas Traumen, and Zhuo Yifan possess extraordinary abilities and skills, making them formidable forces in their respective worlds.
- From Jaehwan and Cha Yeon-woo to Lee Ja-in and Sung Jinwoo, these protagonists showcase exceptional power, fighting abilities, and unique backgrounds that make them memorable and thrilling to follow in their manhwa series.
Korean comics, popularly known as manhwa, have gained much popularity owing to their artistic brilliance and captivating stories. This has helped it rise to the forefront, captivating readers with its treasure trove of outstanding characters. In this vast world of manhwa, some protagonists have stood out, not only for their mind-bending strength but also for their unwavering determination and indomitable spirit.
If you are looking for the strongest manhwa protagonists, each wielding their weapons in their battle against formidable foes and leaving an indelible mark in their respective worlds, here are some characters that perfectly fit the description.
10 Kim Kibong – Limit Breaker
20-year-old Kim Kibong was a university student working as a part-timer who was fed up with his monotonic life until monsters invaded his world. His body was transferred to an awakening test area, and in this area, he was forced to continuously take an awakening test due to a bug in the system. After training continuously for 3,000 years, he eventually became a max-leveled player; and with this strength, he forced his way out of the awakening test area.
Since the rate of time in the test area was 300 times faster than on Earth, only 10 years had passed in the real world when he got out, and he was the strongest player in the world. Equipped with his Body Enhancement skill, he shows unparalleled strength as he easily defeats the strongest monsters.
9 Lee Geon – The Return Of The Disaster Class Hero
In a world where humanity is threatened by hideous monsters known as Calamities, the Divine Gods, called Zodiacs, blessed 12 humans to fight back and were known as Saints. Lee Geon was considered an anomaly because he was not gifted by any supernatural being but possessed unequaled strength at a high cost - his body deteriorating over time.
Lee Geon was betrayed when he and the Saints raided the Demon Tower. After his death, he was reborn as the 13th Zodiac, the Ophiuchus. Blessed with the power of a god, Lee Geon shows strength that surpasses human comprehension as he exacts his revenge on the Saints who betrayed him. With his companion's help, he raises his status as a god and battles other gods from other realms.
8 Lucas Traumen – The Great Mage Returns After 4000 Years
Lucas Traumen is a 9-star mage who was imprisoned in the abyss for 4,000 years by the lord of the demigods. His soul manages to escape into the body of Frey Blake, and he finds himself in a world where magic has stagnated. Lucas is a master of all forms of magic, being able to calculate the most complex calculations needed to form spells in seconds.
Being a comrade of the past heroes, he learned swordsmanship from Lucid and magic warrior techniques from Kassajin. After killing a demigod, Lucas absorbs their crystals, steadily accumulating divine power in addition to his magic power. He eventually merges the two powers and acquires a unique form of power known as Source Power, which is only known to have been used by god.
7 Zhuo Yifan – Magic Emperor
Magic Emperor follows the story of Zhuo Yifan, who was once a formidable Demon Emperor in the Sacred Realm. He gains extraordinary power through an ancient emperor's book - the Nine Serenities Secret Records; however, as the book was coveted by many, he was targeted by the other emperors and betrayed by his student, Zhao Chen.
After self-detonating in order to take down everyone, his soul drifts into the mortal domain, possessing the body of Zhuo Fan, a clan servant of the Luo Clan. Zhuo Yifan uses his knowledge and experience as a previous emperor to take down everyone in his path, using his Blood, Infant, and inhuman strength to mow down his enemies like a true demon archon. If you are looking for a ruthless character who does everything and anything to achieve his goal, Magic Emperor is the manhwa for you.
6 Jaehwan – The World After The Fall
Jaehwan is a young man who is thrust into a world of chaos when a multistoried tower appears out of nowhere. Jaewan and other humans accepted the call to clear the tower and were called Tower Walkers. The tower is filled with monsters and other dangers, with the difficulty increasing exponentially with each story of the tower.
Through Jaehwan’s dedication to clearing the tower, he managed to acquire immense strength, bulldozing his way through the floors with his trademark stabbing technique. With his newfound power, he was able to defeat the tower's administrator and bring the tower crashing down. This caused his soul to be transported to the world of the dead, Chaos. Because of his impressive display of strength, he was appointed as the Gorgon Fortress master, overseeing one of the fortresses in Chaos.
5 Cha Yeon-woo – Second Life Ranker
Cha Yeon-woo is the main protagonist of the Second Life Ranker manhwa series. He was a seasoned army official before he entered the Obelisk when he heard about his twin brother's death. Determined to find the reason behind his brother's death, Yeon-woo took the only thing left of his brother, his pocket watch, and entered the Obelisk.
Upon entering the Obelisk, he becomes a player blessed by the dragon bloodline and gains information like hidden pieces, stages, and items left behind by his brother through the pocket watch. Yeon-woo uses the information gained to speed-level up, making him a formidable force. After discovering the truth surrounding the Obelisk and his family, he decides to be a transcendent who destroys the Obelisk.
4 Lee Ja-in – Existence
Lee Ja-in is an entity that was reincarnated as a human after living through countless reincarnations and lives of different insects and animals. Now a human, he realized he was reincarnated along with the power of all the animals he had previously been born as.
He could utilize the strength of an Argentinosaurus and the speed of a Cheetah, to name a few, and could also communicate with all animal species. Using his inhuman abilities, Lee Ja-in decides to eradicate mankind after the death of his birth mother.
3 Sung Jinwoo – Solo Leveling
In a world where S-rank hunters were kings, and C-rank hunters were considered average at best, Sung Jinwoo was an infamous E-rank hunter trying to earn enough money to pay his mother's hospital bills.
This was the case until he was chosen by the System to become a Player. After clearing the quests set up by the System, Jinwoo transcended the realms of humanity and became the Shadow Monarch. His powers allow him to turn monsters killed into loyal subjects who fight for him. He could be called a One Man Army, as he has beings like dragons, orcs, goblins, and insects all stored up in his shadow.
2 Jin Mori/Sun Wukong – The God Of High School
Jin Mori is the main protagonist in The God Of High School manhwa series, whose true identity is Sun Wukong, the Monkey King and brother to the Seven Demon Kings.
After getting his memories back, Jin Mori becomes a true force to reckon with as he battles gods in order to rescue his grandfather and save humanity. Using the three relics - the staff Yeoui, the sentient cloud Geundoowun, and the mystical armor in the form of a garment Yongpyo, Jin Mori is an overpowered god with fighting abilities like no other.
1 Yan Sen – Cultivator Against Hero Society
Yan Sen is a cultivator from the Xuan continent who was transported to Earth from the Xuan continent after he was ambushed and all his sect members were killed.
On getting to Earth, he finds out that he is the only cultivator in a world filled with superheroes. Yan Sen is so strong that the limits of his strength are unknown. With a simple hand movement, he annihilated half of the heavens, and it took the lives of thousands of people and some trickery to seal him in a dimensional crack which he easily got out of.