I Woke Up as the Villain

Description

Yuseong’s an ordinary office worker, reincarnated as a web novel’s foolish side character of the same name. Born into the wealthy Haesung Group conglomerate, hated by his family, and prone to violent tantrums, the character’s fated to be manipulated and killed. To escape his doom, the new Yuseong finds a way to become one of the Awakened, those gifted with supernatural powers. He’ll try to level up and climb the ranks, defeating monsters in different dimensions… and his enemies at the same time.

Original Webtoon:
KakaoPage, Daum

Official Translations:
English, Russian, Japanese, T.Chinese, Thai

Type

Manhwa

Related Series

I Woke Up as the Villain (Novel) (Adapted From)

Associated Names

Biến Thành Phế Vật Trong Tiểu Thuyết Giả Tưởng

I'm Alone in a Novel

Ma Nouvelle vie de voyou

Na Honja Soseol Sok Mangnani

Reborn as the Villain in a Webnovel

The Trash of a Fantasy Novel

Trapped in a Novel as a Troublemaker

Trapped in a Webnovel as a Good for Nothing

Trapped in a Webnovel as a Good-for-Nothing

Trapped in a Webnovel as a Trash

Я стал главным негодяем в этой новелле

Я стал главным ублюдком в этой новелле

เมื่อผมเป็นอันธพาลลุยเดี่ยวในนิยาย

俺だけノベルの中で暴れん坊

我在小說裡覺醒了

我在小说里当无赖

나 혼자 소설 속 망나니

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Latest Release(s)

c.154 by Cosmic Scans 2 years ago

c.153 by Cosmic Scans 2 years ago

c.152 by Cosmic Scans 2 years ago

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Status in Country of Origin

175 Chapters (Discontinued)

Completely Scanlated?

Yes

Anime Start/End Chapter

N/A

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User Rating

Average: 7.1 / 10.0 (140 votes)

Bayesian Average: 6.95 / 10.0

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Last Updated

September 19th, 2025 8:44am PDT - 1 month ago

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Genre

Action Adventure Drama Fantasy Shounen
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Recommendations

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Author(s)

So Yu Hyun

Artist(s)

ARLG

Year

2020

Original Publisher

Daum

Golem Factory

Kakao

Serialized In (magazine)

Kakaopage (Kakao)

Kakao Webtoon (Daum)

Licensed (in English)

Yes

English Publisher

Tapas

Activity Stats (vs. other series)

Weekly Pos #645

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Monthly Pos #1265

(-550)

3 Month Pos #3023

(-257)

6 Month Pos #3898

(+1534)

Year Pos #2408

(+1109)

List Stats

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On 154 wish lists

On 87 completed lists

On 47 unfinished lists

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Quite good

by PZcolo
5 years ago

Rating: 7.0 / 10.0

For those that might be put off by it, contrary to what the cover and first few pages of the 1st chapter suggest, this is not BL or yaoi, so far at least, it does have some.. ambiguity to it thou, I wish it could be more clear cut about it so those who like or dislike can judge if they want to read it beforehand (I read somewhere that the MC ends up with a woman, but I can't know if it's true or not, but, the novel has 260+ ch and doesn't have the shounen ai tag so there's that). Also, the MC in no villain, not in the slightest (so far), he just takes over the body of a pampered rich punk who acted like an a**.
I found this one quite good so far, MC is decent and well rounded, the world so far is ok, thou we've seen very little of it so there is no telling on how consistent or well/badly built it is. At least thou, the author is taking some time to explain the powers and important characters and their backgrounds, this slows a bit the pace but is a good payoff imo. Also, as I've come to expect from moderm manhwa, the art and flow of battles is good.

Overall, it's similar to "Omniscient reader's point of view" in many aspects, of course, this one has a setting more reminiscent of "Global Martial Arts", "Auto-hunting", even "Solo leveling" or similar manhwas, with people gaining skills when dungeons/portals appear in the world.

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Great

by Kylawea
1 year ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

Even though it has been discontinued, it is well worth reading. I also read the novel, and the development is exciting and satisfying, it's a shame the manhwa wasn't finished.

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Not worth it.

by DaeWell
1 year ago

Rating: N/A

One of the strongest aspects of a webtoon is the ability to "show and tell," as opposed to the more popular phrase "show, don't tell." With visual storytelling, you can convey your story through both words and art, unlike a traditional novel where words alone spark the reader's imagination. This unique medium offers a balance between narrative and illustration, creating an engaging series if the creators know how to use both effectively. Unfortunately, this series failed to achieve that balance in more ways than one.

The writing style is particularly problematic. There are countless instances of phrases like "Not only this, but also this..." and "There are two things that..." This repetitive and uninspired approach became tedious and unexciting, leading me to stop reading after 93 chapters. Complex terms and concepts could've been explained more effectively without resorting to lengthy monologues by the main character. Successful stories like "Solo Leveling" demonstrate how to use panels to communicate the protagonist's ideas while showcasing stunning illustrations.

It’s also clear that the artist struggled. There was excessive reuse of illustrations and panels, likely due to the author’s constant explanations and repetitive storytelling.

The plot is your typical reincarnation story, where the main character strives for a better life than they had in the novel, but faces constant obstacles. It's a trope we've seen many times before. However, in this series, the main character starts off wealthy, unlike in "Descent of the Demon Master".

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Story is mostly decent but art is subpar

by qoh0707
2 years ago

Rating: 4.0 / 10.0

The story is mostly enjoyable but the art stays subpar throughout the whole series. The artist doesn't know how to draw emotion and it is either comical or they use the same shadow effects over and over for emphasis.

The characters can be insanely dumb sometimes too in really annoying ways. I'll change the subjects to avoid spoilers but it went like this

comes out of house, sees newly dead person being nibbled on by blue rats
looks at person standing in front of them holding blue rats
"Is this your doing?"
No man its definitely just a coincedence they are holding all those blue rats...

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Not bad but could be a better adaptation

by TribesX
2 years ago

Rating: N/A

When in 2 consecutive panels, the translation is different for the same thing, it's time to stop.

The pace is ok, and about the art, it's strange to have yaoi-like art, but not deranging.

I think there are a lot of information which are either missing, or badly translated.

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my queer baiting standards are high

by TiredandDeadInside
2 years ago

Rating: 3.5 / 10.0

And this queer baiting is half-assed, at best. Whoever said the art reminds them of yaoi needs to take a good hard look at their choice of yaoi because the art for this is ugly af.

My God, if this was BL I'd have dumped it at chapter 10. I thought, as a mid level manhwa with game mechanics created for the under 18 crowd it might be okay but I can't do it anymore. Art keeps getting uglier and uglier, and the 3D assets are NOT helping the storytelling any.

3.5 but that's just me being generous.

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Bland

by PotatoHunter
4 years ago

Rating: 4.0 / 10.0

The story is interesting, but the art does not. It's like reading a third rate webtoon, and to make it worse the character models looks like BL characters even though it's not.

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Not bad

by hoBRO
5 years ago

Rating: 8.0 / 10.0

But I wish MC would improve a bit more than E class a bit faster.

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