Elqueeness

Description

Kang Ji-hoon, an ordinary high school student who died in a painful accident, finds out in the underworld that he is actually a ‘Water Spirit King mistakenly born as a human’. “Making water spirits? How do you do that?” The adventures of Elqueeness, the Water Spirit King who was mistakenly born as a human!

Original Webtoon:
KakaoPage, Daum

Official Translations:
Japanese, S.Chinese, T.Chinese

Type

Manhwa

Related Series

Spirit King Elqueeness (Novel) (Adapted From)

Associated Names

Elemental King Elqueeness

Elquiness

Seireiou no Erukinesu

Spirit King Elqueeness

水之精灵王

精霊王エルキネス

精靈王埃奎納斯

싶어서

정령왕 엘퀴네스

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DarkNari

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Latest Release(s)

c.299 by Tritinia Scans 1 month ago

c.298 by Tritinia Scans 2 months ago

c.297 by Tritinia Scans 2 months ago

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Status in Country of Origin

300 Chapters + Prologue (ongoing)

S1: 50 Chapters (1~50)
S2: 50 Chapters (51~100)
S3: 50 Chapters (101~150)
S4: 50 Chapters (151~200)
S5: 50 Chapters (201~250)
S6: 50 Chapters (251~300)
S7: 50 Chapters (301~314)

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User Rating

Average: 6.8 / 10.0 (43 votes)

Bayesian Average: 6.59 / 10.0

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Last Updated

May 21st, 2025 2:45am PDT - 4 days ago

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Genre

Adventure Fantasy Gender Bender Slice of Life
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Recommendations

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Author(s)

LEE Hwan

Artist(s)

Nya-Reu

Year

2017

Original Publisher

Dreamtoon

kakao

Serialized In (magazine)

kakaopage (kakao)

Licensed (in English)

English Publisher

N/A

Activity Stats (vs. other series)

Weekly Pos #713

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Monthly Pos #1723 (No change)

3 Month Pos #2542

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6 Month Pos #3136

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Year Pos #4241

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List Stats

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On 102 wish lists

On 8 completed lists

On 28 unfinished lists

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Good worldbuilding ruined by the author drooling over pretty boys

by Shindu
5 months ago

Rating: 5.0 / 10.0

It would be 6/10 if the author actually bothered to include female characters. I've read until the 103th chapter and the only female characters that traveled with the protagonist for more than 5 chapters were Iril and Sherry, and they were still more like background characters. Every single other companion was a male "pretty boy," including both of the protagonist's contractors.

The rating would also be higher if the protagonist wasn't such an insufferable, foolish pushover. Anyone can come up to him and if they're persistent enough, he WILL allow them to travel with him. Regardless if he wants to or not, he will just do so. His naivety is also infuriating, this dude can see obvious villains who turn into monsters and still be too much of a whiny baby to actually kill them, pushing this duty onto others.

I've managed to read 103 chapters of this slop and I can say that yes, the world building is quite interesting, but all of it feels like it's just an excuse to introduce more pretty boys for the author to drool over. I kept telling myself that it would get better after more characters were introduced, but literally every single one of them was just another damn "pretty boy." I just couldn't take it and had to drop despite having read countless male harem stories in the past without feeling like that.

... Last updated 5 months ago

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Sort of nice but has run it's course

by Speyrae
1 year ago

Rating: 5.0 / 10.0

Read the manhwa to its current chapter and with mtl the novel. I'm just going to say it's a BL-like story where the MC is pretty much a woman. Most stories will never get to the nsfw stuff so it doesn't matter that they say he's a guy. Interactions are pretty much about having the MC, El bounce off one another while shippers jot things down. The ending is kind of disappointing and the cast is pretty mid since we know what they are. Stock characters in the commedia dell'arte who wear their roles on their sleeve so blatantly that even the most ignorant readers know who's who. Even after reading the ending, it feels too "airy". As if none of this really mattered and the reader is just so person playing this in the background like a podcast.

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Start with the right mindset

by JapanRocks
3 years ago

Rating: 9.0 / 10.0

This one suits my tastes, but whether or not others will enjoy it depends on their mindset. The best way to determine whether or not you will enjoy this is to read the first 7 chapters. That's really all you need to get a firm grasp on the mc's personality. Then pause and ask yourself, do I want to read 200 more chapters of adventures with this mc? If no, then drop the story and forget you ever read it, cause the mc keeps the EXACT SAME personality throughout the series. For those disappointed, the mc becomes an immortal, god-like, powerful being with no natural enimes. With those kinds of specs, wouldn't the most likely plot be about how their strong personality and uncompromising values influences those around them? The adventure is just dressing, the meat and potatoes is the characters interactions.

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factcheck

by shizuku301
4 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

The demon god was a woman in her past life as the previous Elqueeness
I love the series.

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Contrived

by panda360
5 years ago

Rating: 1.0 / 10.0

Other comments give a good overview but miss out problems with the story.

The plot and premise is great, however it is MC is a poor fit for it.

The MC begins as an immature child - which is fine, but then fails to grow or mature at a good pace as the story develops.

The MC has the power to heal or destroy the world at will but fails to grasp the significance and act prudently.

Overcoming one’s past does not give you the excuse to abuse your position of power (through negligence). The world has gods and magic but doesn’t have a mechanic to mature a personality that becomes the water spirit king? Typical contrived story telling.

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Not about fighting, more about exploring a fantasy world and dealing with one's past and identity

by bobIV123
5 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

This is a work that focuses on how the MC deals with being thrust into a fantasy world where they have to reconcile their past with their new identity and circumstances. I recommend reading this if you want to explore a fairly unique fantasy world with a fairly lighthearted tone in a story more about character development than fighting and you don't mind reading 5 chapters before you judge it.

A major focus is the MC trying to overcome an abusive past, trying to attain a sense of belonging and family, and dealing with the fact that, because of their new incarnation, people see them very differently (i.e. they were a frumpy guy before and now they are a very beautiful genderless person). That being said, this isn't some super serious introspective work, the humor and adventure give it a very lighthearted tone.

In terms of action, it mostly consists of the MC exploring the fantasy world they're in and going on adventures. There are some fights, but they are a very, very minor part of the work as a whole.

A large element of this is comedy, in the form of the characters interacting with each other in humorous ways.

This work, like the novel it's based on, has a bit of a slow start, chapter 5 is where you start to get into the meat and potatoes of it.

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