The Best 30 Genius MC Manhwa Where Scheming is Their Nature
Explore the best genius main characters Manhwa whose intellect is unparalleled when compared to the others. Their scheme and manipulative behavior were often overlooked and their enemies will fall into the traps laid by these manipulative bastards.
1. Margrave’s Bastard Son was The Emperor
Ian Verocian, who is the only mage to become the kingdom’s emperor but unfortunately he was betrayed by his niece. Expecting his death, he was sent back 98 years to the past by his follower using fobidden magic. He woke up as the son of a noble family who is a crybaby and was looked down on by his own family.
2. Star-Embracing Swordmaster
Vlad was abandoned in the slum when he was a baby. He was raised by kind-hearted people and worked in a brothel to repay them. One day, his home was raided by thugs, and he was forced to flee as his guardian was killed by them. He then ends up at the House of Vayezid and becomes a knight to avenge those thugs who killed his guardian.
3. The Nebula’s Civilization
Choi Sungwoon is the No 1 Player in a game called “Perished World” and he completed all the achievement. He then got invited into the game via email to be a God in the real world of Perished World with the other players and compete with each other with their lives on the line.
4. Talent Swallowing Magician
Elric Melvinger is the sole heir of the most powerful Magicians family. However, the family lost almost every member in a war with the Demon King, leaving only Elric and his older sister. Elric is unable to use magic due to a disease. He wishes to cure the disease in order to restore his family honor.
5. Reaper of the Drifting Moon
Pyo Wol was an orphan and later he got kidnaped and wakes up in confined space with only one iron door for an exit. He must fight and kill the other 300 children to survive in that place. He was raised 7 years in the dark for a single disastrous assassination mission.
6. The Undefeatable Swordsman
Song Wumoon always want to learn martial arts but he lacked resourses and he has a very delicate body compared to his brother. One day, he gained insight about martial arts by just looking at a painting left by a mysterious man which make him able to surpass his peers.
7. Infinite Mage
Sirone was adopted by a commoner family after he was abandoned in a stable. He then learned how to use spirit zone from a mage and he was determined to become a full pledge mage. Unexpectedly, his spirit zone was bigger and more refined than that of his peers.
8. Mookhyang The Origin
Mookhyang is a young member of the Demonic Sect. He spends decades learning the way of the sword and cultivating his inner qi in hopes of one day reaching a state no warrior of the Demonic Sect has ever reached before.
9. Mercenary Enrollment
Yu Ijin was forced to become a mercenary in his childhood years to stay alive after he survived a plane crash that killed both his parents. Later, he was brought back to Korea to live as a normal teenager, but he had to face many challenges due to political wars of the rich people.
10. Magic Academy’s Genius Blinker
Baek Yuseol woke up as a trash game character with the highest difficulty to play because he can’t use magic and he can only use only one spell which is “Blink”. However, he already reached the peak using the same character in the real world and determined to complete the game and reach the true ending.
11. I Became The Youngest Prince in The Novel
The First Emperor who had conquered the world was reading the novel about his empire 400 years into the future and thought that the novel was nonsense because of the bad ending. Suddenly, he woke up as the Youngest Prince of the empire that is struggling with throne succession because of demons invasion.
12. Myst, Might, Mayhem
In the Nano Machine Verse, Jeong impersonate as the third son of the martial arts family after he killed him in order to survive. Discover the story of The First Heavenly Demon Cheon Ma, 800 years before the birth of the protagonist of Nano Machine.
13. The Genius Assassin Who Takes it All
Shin Ganghu woke up as the character in a novel that he wrote himself. Luckily, since he is the author of the world, he knows all of the upcoming events and all of the resources that he needs in order to survive in another world and kill the real villain of the story.
14. Insanely Talented Player
Kang Yoosung is the strongest player since the game that he loved to play has become reality. Humanity regards him as the hero but unfortunately he just bored and clearing the quests for money and fame.
15. Genius Corpse-Collecting Warrior
Dalen woke up as a character in a game that he used to play and he determined to return to earth at all cost. In order to achieve that, he need to survive until the end and reach the true ending in the game that is very difficult to play and very few chose to play that game.
16. Genius Archer’s Streaming
Yoo Sanghyun was once a genius acher but he can’t even held a bow after he was involved in an accident. In order to survive in this harsh world, he decide to become a streamer and use bow as his main weapon to make money. Surprisingly, his talent did not go to waste even in the virtual reality game.
17. Drug-Eating Genius Mage
The main character who was dying woke up as a game character that was sick and constantly need drugs to stay alive. Given the body similar to that of his past life, he didn’t take a long time to adjust to his new body and consume a lot of drug to gained power and stay alive.
18. Academy’s Genius Swordmaster
Ronan was hopeless when his world was invade by an unknown creatures. He was given a second opportunity to travelled back in time to when he was ten years old after he was killed by them. He determined to change the outcome by getting stronger in order to kill all of the invaders.
19. The Mysterious World’s Greatest Martial Artist Little Prince
Jin Murin has a Yin body which is suitable for learning strong martial arts. Following his mother death wish, he returned to his mother’s home and became the prince to succeed the family. However, he pretend to be weak while completing all the works to achieve his goals.
20. Pick Me Up, Infinite Gacha
‘Loki’ who is ranked 5th in the world of mobile gacha game was transported into the game as a playable character named Han Yslat. In order to go back to the real world, he has to clear all 100 floor in the game and he must guide the Game Master and all the players inside the game to victory.
21. Regressor Instruction Manual
Main character was suddenly thrown into a game of life and death. Not only that but he’s also the player with the lowest stats but with one legendary skill “The ability to read other players’ status”. In order to survive, he collects subordinates that will protect him and use them as meat shield.
22. The Lord’s Coins Aren’t Decreasing?!
Aaron Steelegard found a book that allowed him to trade across dimensions, his fortune was essentially certain until his enemies took both his life and his wealth. He then regressed back to his younger self with his past knowledge and ready to take revenge.
23. Terminally-Ill Genius Dark Knight
Main Character has been playing a fantasy RPG known for its extraordinary difficulty. Later, he was reincarnated as Nox von Reinharber, the most awful villain in the game’s opening act who also had a deadly disease same as in his previous life.
24. Ranker's Return
The world’s top ranker Meleegod decide to delete his character after setting every possible record in the game. But when his family has financial problem, he decide to return and conquer the game again using a new character and gain fame and fortune to help his family.
25. World’s Strongest Troll
Dex is a legendary gamer which has a nature of chaos in him. As he was playing the game Arcadia, he was given a class that cannot level up but with special power called Plausibility which is an unknown power that can control everything in the game.
26. Trash of the Count’s Family
Cale who lived in modern world was transported into a novel world that he just started reading. He woke up as the son of a noble family who is the antagonist of the story. Cale just read the first 5 chapter of the novel and doesn’t know the ending that will happen in the future.
27. The Greatest Estate Developer
Kim Suho who is a civil engineering student woke up as Lloyd Frontera, a lazy noble who enjoys drinking and his family is deeply in debt. Suho used his engineering knowledge to create modern inventions in order to avoid the terrible future that awaits him and help his family.
28. I Am the Fated Villain
The main character woke up as a man that has the body of demonic nature. He than found out there is a system that always assist him with his new life in the new world. He is a scheming and a sadistic man who takes pleasure in the misfortune, pain and despair of his enemies.
29. Genius of the Unique Lineage
Yu Gwangik is the first hybrid human who was born with the powers of immortals and transformers. His parents hide the secret of their bloodline from each other which led to the birth of Yu Gwangik, as marrying a different bloodline is strictly prohibited. Only Gwangik knows of his parents secret which makes him unsure of which path to take in the future.
30. Black Corporation Joseon
The main character who is a genius when it comes to invention was reincarnated as the son of the king in the Joseon era. He was killed by the product of his own invention and woke up as the son of King Sejong who was known as the king of invention in Korea. Knowing that he was sent back to the past, he can invent anything he desires without any worries.
