maybe since u liked 'see you, my king'
you can try
(s1)
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/king_s_maker/
(s2)
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/king_s_maker_triple_crown/
and
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/the_snake_that_swallowed_the_pomegranate/
also, since you've read Iruma kun, you can try this one↓ It's not the same as Iruma kun but it's also intresting at some extent
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/i_m_not_that_kind_of_talent/
and this is good too(imo)
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/taiyou_to_tsuki_no_hagane/
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/the_broken_ring_this_marriage_will_fail_anyway/
though I'm not very sure if you'd like them cause it really does depend on a person. as for me I enjoyed those and think that they're really intresting but it might be a different hit for u.
but anw, when looking for something that piques my interest, I usually go to a specific story that I really like and check the lists they've been put at, cause you can find interesting stories on other people's list or you can just ask for recommendations cause a lot of people here also have great tastes and recommends rlly nice stories.
I find recs on TikTok if you often look for manhwas you’ll get manhwa recs on ur fyp
But here are I hope interesting manhwa’s for you:
Bl/gl
The most ordinary relationship
Love for sale
Pixiu’s eatery, no way out
Love of cloud and rain
Turning
Global examination
After the curtain call
I love Amy
#Gyaru to gyaru no yuri
Akumade amai watashi no kanojo
Goodbye my rose garden (one of my favorites)
The moon on a rainy night
Straight/no romance
Perks of being a s class heroine
SSS class revival hunter
To be an actor
Another typical fantasy romance
Illusion hunter from another world
Act like a boss monster, Mr swallow! (I find this one very interesting to read I hope u agree)
Rookie but one in a million actor
Eternally regressing knight
Absolute regression
I Wish my husband were dead
What a bountiful harvest demon lord!
I was immediately mistaken for a monster genius actor
The returned c rank tank won’t die (fmc, action, fl is crazy)
A village girl as a fish becomes the knight’s lover
Anyone can beat the original
Happy kanako’s killer life
From acting genius to top idol
I'd recommend you check older titles, there are some classics that really hold their place years after being published. Once you get past the art style boundary (bcs some people limits themselves only reading works with trendy artstyle) you'll get exposed to more stories that don't necessarily get recommended enough. Check more tags like Drama/Mystery/Adult for heavier plot. Also seinen/josei stories offer depth that shounen/shoujo don't, so you can explore that too.
Based on the titles you mentioned:
- https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/dungeon_meshi/
- https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/the_beginning_after_the_end/
- https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/20th_century_boys/
- https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/eternal_sabbath/
- https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/welcome_to_the_rose_manor/
- https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/7_seeds/
- https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/silver_diamond/
Thank you for the recs! Some of these I already tried but I'm excited to try out the rest ^^
And since I'm fairly new to this site, I haven't really given reading lists much attention. Time to give it a go!
Thank you for the recs! Added them to my list and can't wait to read them all
Thank you for the recs! I'll check them out!
What's often stopping me from reading older stories or manga especially is the format. Since I'm reading on my phone, it's easier to scroll webtoons because those are created with the phone as the medium in mind for ease of access. Manga on the other hand are still often a print medium so page layout is considered first and foremost. Reading manga on my phone often forces me to zoom into pages to see or read stuff and unless I really enjoy the story, the effort to stop and zoom in on every second or so page is rarely worth it. Which is why I normally prefer to read manga in print (but those sadly have gotten really expensive lately, aside from the lack of licensed stories that are only made available by scanlation groups for a greater audience online)
I understand. I also read them on my phone but really, good stories will make up for it. The thing with webtoon is their chapters are much shorter than manga (there are less things happened in a chapter). And with how the webtoon industry works there is more incentive to just follow the trends instead of inventing something new story wise. This happens in manga too but I feel like manhwa/manhuas are more forgiving to the "romance/fantasy isekai slops". Of course there are still very good ones but they are maybe 1 out of every 5 or 10 mangas.
Since you mentioned you're new another way to get new stories is to go to genre page, select the genres you like, and then sort by either Popularity, Views or Update (if you want something new). It's an easy way to see which works are popular and generally highly rated.
https://www.mangago.me/genre/
Good points, and I agree! I have used the search option you described but what I believe is a flaw in this way of sorting is that popularity is set to all time popularity (so older works are always at the top because they have more ratings/notes), and views and updates have a similar issue as to how there's still a necessity to search through stories to find a "good" one. Views does not guarantee good quality and updates are everything that has been uploaded/updated recently. What I find oddest though is how stories that are below a 9. Rating often aren't good either from what I've seen so far, so the scale is basically 1-8.9 (bad) and 9.0-10 (good). And what's even weirder is how there are stories that are rated at 9. and higher that are the most generic things you can find out there (quote your point about "Manhwa/Manhua being more forgiving to the 'romance/fantasy isekai slops'"). The first one is a sorting issue (which could be solved by allowing popularity/views/updates to be selected simultaneously) and the other is just a confusing rating system (why have a 10. Scale when you can do a thumbs up or thumbs down like that?)
But I've been rambling at this point.
Someone else recommended checking out stories I like and the reading lists of other people they're sorted into, and so far I appreciate how there tend to be comments by the creators of the lists to most of the works sorted into those lists (as I like reading reviews or at least get a synopsis).
Thank you for your time, I appreciate your replies!
You're welcome! Yeah it does have the limitation as you said before. Would be nice if we can do more advanced search or filter with multiple tags but as you said checking similar list is very helpful. I also randomly check people's profiles just to see what they're reading lol
The good thing abt this website is the community is very active and helpful so I'm sure can always find something to read. Happy reading
I think I'm in a slump right now, or something along those lines. Searching for and finding interesting/good stories on here feels draining and I often find myself scrolling for hours on end only to cancel my search because nothing good came out of it.
That's about the whiny part of this post. Now to the actual question:
I am searching (mainly for Manhwa/Manhua/Webtoons) that do something interesting/intriguing with their concept. Can be any genre, I read pretty much everything. But since "good/interesting" is a very subjective term, let me try to be more clear by giving some examples (which also count as recommendations on my end):
"Welcome to demon school, Iruma-kun!"
"A secretly capable child is seeking for her dad"
"See you, my king"
"On the way to meet mom"
"The male leads trapped in my house"
"Once upon a time"
"Murderer Llewellyn's enchanting dinner invitation"
"Full Volume"
"I stole the number one rankers soul"
"Raising Villains the right way"
"The greatest estate developer"
"The skeleton becomes a cat dad"
"Surviving Romance"
"Your eternal lies".
All of these series either do something interesting/entertaining with their concept (or within their genre), or they attempt something unique in my opinion. Maybe I'm just tired from an over-reliance on tropes and interchangable storylines/characters, but I keep chasing that high that all of these series made me feel after reading/completion.