I like it. It kinda feels like The Gamer but different at the same time. LOL His mom keeps asking when he's going to get married.. It's too early! Anyways, if you like The Gamer, and Legendary Moonlight Sculptor, I recommend this.

Story has an interesting premise, but I think it's pacing goes way to fast at some point. Basically puts it foot on the throttle and never lets up.
Ch 143 might be the end? It certainly feels like it. I hope not, because I would like a LOT more explanation, but with how quickly it jumps to that point of the story...it is probably not worth it.

This seemed pretty good early on, and it was almost well written throughout.

But the word almost is in that sentence for a reason. Almost well written. Well written characters, well written powers, well written fights, well written world building.

But the plot and pacing were utter trash. The author has literally 0 grasp of the concept of Chekhov's Gun nor foreshadowing of any type. He doesn't seem to have any idea that you need to both set-up and pay off things. The following bit will be spoilers:

The dragon that he promises to see again in the second chapter... never shows up. At all. Throughout the entire story, all the way until he pretty much becomes all powerful, it never makes an appearance. Literally, the biggest bit of foreshadowing, a two-life promise to fight again... never even is relevant.

His mom having an incurable disease? Solved within the first few chapters. The hunter he rescues who promises him a favor? He doesn't meet her for over 100 chapters, and she never even reacts to seeing him again beyond "he looks familiar". At one point, a person claims her family will do anything to harm the MC and it shows a picture of his mother... and then he fights the family and nothing happens to his mom.

This is just how the story is. Every time, you think they are setting up something for later, but the author is just like "nah, I found a new shiny thing to focus on." Over and over. The more I thought about it while writing this, the lower my score dropped. Almost nothing that I wanted to see happen happened in the end; the finale was anticlimactic and kinda boring; we barely hear anything about his prior world despite all the foreshadowing that things were crossing over from it.

But honestly, the dragon thing is the most frustrating for me. Like seriously, you couldn't be arsed to fulfill the promise your entire manhua was based on!?

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As other commenters have mentioned, it does have a similar feel to Solo Leveling, and imo, this reminds me of both Solo Leveling and The Gamer. However, I welcome plots like this since I like this genre.

This was better as a casual read for me, since the plot can be a bit slow imo. I also wouldn't say it does a great job of world building either; the setting is planet earth, but the logic of how powers work, what limitations there are to a hunter's ability, the structure of dungeons, etc. is a bit lacking. For the novel, I'm not sure if it's written better, but I've heard it's decently a nice read, so it might go into more detail about the setting - assuming you can read Korean.

We know the MC is reincarnated, and seems to be able to use magic beyond what the world's god is willing to provide, since he's pulling knowledge from his past life. So far, the manhwa seems to be 80% exploring the MC's past knowledge and bringing it (with innovation) into his new life, and 20% showing the world the power he's re-created from his past life to obtain independency/possible domination. Although we know why he's able to use such OP magic, it does a whole "1,2, skip a few" type of thing, where the MC mentions he wants to try re-creating xxxx power, and then suddenly he's already using it in the next battle without explaining how in the world it even works. Despite this, I wouldn't say the plot isn't there, since the MC does have an end motive, but it's just a bit unclear how he will get there.

On a more positive note, it can be entertaining if you don't think too much about things, and just want to see a person be OP and inspire others/making them worship him (it's a feels good manhwa if you see it this way). If you like this type of stuff, this is another series to throw into your read list to try out, especially if you're a sucker for SL/TG type stories (but with less heavy plot). If you aren't into slow paced plots, mark this as a casual read.

... Last updated on June 8th, 2020, 8:27am

Eh, I actually really liked this one. It’s pretty enjoyable, and the MC’s got his priorities straight and is likeable imo… really like his personality. Not psychopathic ruthless or chuunibuyo and also not a selfless hero. Though admittedly, yes it’s your typical op MC story, it ain’t half bad. Towards the end though it started feeling rushed and there were a bunch of loose ends…especially that last fight….like wtf?! It feels like we need a few more chapters to wrap things up, so I was surprised that that was the last chapter. Definitely a pity…

Luckily there isn’t a harem though, so there’s that at least.

... Last updated on October 4th, 2021, 10:54pm

To be frank all these isekai/reincarnation stories are starting to blend together with how similar they all are. Asexual lead character? Check. OP? Check. No character development? Check. I could go on for a while, too. I liked this one at the start, but now I'm tired of all the "I'm too cool to think about girls" MCs everywhere as if sex and relationships aren't pretty much a part of life everyone goes through. Character development has been traded for just making the MC get more and more OP. The MC has become so absurdly OP at this point he can just revive entire cities of people after they've died. Character interactions are non-existent beyond "MC UR SO STRONG PLS TRAIN ME. MC UR STRONG PLEASE HELP US."

Might seem like an interesting read when you're first starting and for a while into it, but if you stop and think about how barren the plot and characters are, you'll likely lose interest like I did.

... Last updated on April 16th, 2021, 9:05pm

[as of chapter 112]

“I am the Sorcerer King” tries to jungle so many balls and moves at such a pace that I suppose it is inevitable that some will be dropped by the wayside (the ability to close dungeons... hello?). But I can't really say it takes me out of the experience because I find the maximalism very entertaining, and it's pulled off well enough to not feel too "ass-pully". Obviously, some amount of suspension of disbelief is required for almost any fantasy/sci-fi story, and this one is no different. Yes, I could harp on about the protagonist's ability to effectively deux-ex machina any problem with knowledge from his previous life (like other reviewers), but to not recognise that this is an issue endemic to most stories of this type is silly. Obviously stories do not have to be entirely logical and autistically detailed in their technical analysis to be interesting.

Reviewers here also claim that the story became dull later, and I can do nothing but disagree. I think there has been a fantastic extrapolation on the ideas found earlier in the manhwa, making it far more original a story and considerably more entertaining. Higher tiers of dungeons appear to be morphing into self-contained fantasy stories, rather than just being a one sided slaughter that allows the reader to truly understand how OP the MC is (looking at you Solo Leveling...). The geopolitical implications of this huge power imbalance is also explored, and while the timescale this all is happening over is not elucidated, there is a profound sense that everything that the MC is involved in is drastically altering the situation on earth (and other planets/dimensions as well). The scope cannot be compared to something like Solo Leveling, which is distinctly pedestrian in it’s outlook, and considerably less imaginative in the concepts it explores. The larger entities, working behind the scenes, are already being revealed and expanded upon, which stands in stark contrast to Solo Leveling which has made very little progress in this regard despite having a similar amount of chapters out at this point.

In conclusion, “I am the Sorcerer King” is a whack-ass time: get a blender and add every known fantasy and sci-fi concept and trope and give them a right good evisceration to a gulpable consistency. Great fun.

... Last updated on October 21st, 2020, 3:58pm

This manhwa suffers from the typical problems of its genre. When authors bring fantasy to Earth, as opposed to sending their protagonist to a fantasy world, they often insert their political views into the story as they tell a tale with real nations. This can be alright, if it's done tastefully and in moderation, but as of Chapter 52 I am left with the feeling of marinating in it. The "bad guy" nations are the usual suspects, and the Korea #1 nationalism that plagues such manhwa is, as always, cringe to people outside of Korea.

If you can get past that, then strap yourself down for mediocrity. The story starts off interesting, but rapidly becomes a snoozefest.

... Last updated on February 28th, 2023, 5:37pm

MC faces very few actual obstacles throughout, and the ending is quite abrupt.

There are interesting threads and characters that are introduced early, but vanish completely from the story, never to be seen again. So there was potential there, but it went unexplored.

Still, if all you want is a simple uncomplicated power fantasy, this is that.

Many would compare to solo leveling and the similarities are there. Pacing of the sorry was astrocious near the ending but it’s a pretty standard op MC type story. Read for action and cool fight scenes 🙂