Returning With Absolutely Nothing

Description

In Aeria, a place where people from various worlds are summoned, the weak are destined to die. Lee Sungmin, a talentless mercenary, was no exception. Fortunately for him, a mysterious item he finds before his untimely death sends him back to the past. Now a 13-year-old with a second chance at life, Sungmin begins his desperate journey to become Aeria's strongest with no money or talent. The question is... will effort alone be enough to make a hero of a boy with absolutely nothing?

Original Webtoon:
Daum, KakaoPage

Official Translations:
English, Japanese, French

Type

Manhwa

Related Series

Possessing Nothing (Novel) (Adapted From)

Associated Names

Possessing Nothing

Un Misérable Retour

Worthless Regression

Бесполезная Регрессия

Владея Ничем

とんでもない回帰

这一世，看我称霸天下

쥐뿔도 없는 회귀

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Asura

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Latest Release(s)

c.94 by Asura 3 weeks ago

c.93 by Asura 1 month ago

c.92 by Asura 1 month ago

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Status in Country of Origin

75 Chapters (Ongoing)

S1: Chapters 1-62

S2: Chapters 63- (Ongoing)

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User Rating

Average: 7.4 / 10.0 (169 votes)

Bayesian Average: 7.23 / 10.0

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Last Updated

June 17th, 2025 6:53pm PDT - 2 months ago

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Genre

Action Adventure Drama Fantasy Harem Shounen
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Author(s)

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Original Publisher

Daum

KakaoPage

Kidari Studio

Serialized In (magazine)

KakaoPage (KakaoPage)

Kakao Webtoon (Daum)

Licensed (in English)

Yes

English Publisher

Tapas

Activity Stats (vs. other series)

Weekly Pos #496

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Monthly Pos #1201

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3 Month Pos #1443

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6 Month Pos #1425

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Year Pos #1228

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List Stats

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On 164 wish lists

On 10 completed lists

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It's Alright

by Mutilätion
5 months ago

Rating: 7.5 / 10.0

Agree with Y_Sasuke, I like that the MC isn't super overpowered and there's actual danger but they really overdid it with the hardworking and talentless part. Even after the absolute insane training he went through it really feels like no progress has been made, for the training he did it really doesn't feel like he had any growth as he's still getting thrashed by just about everyone he meets. Hopefully noticeable growth is made in the near future because I don't really want to stick around for a literal decade for the manhwa to maybe end to feel like he's the main character.

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There's actually conflict in this manhwa. It's not just an OP MC. He can lose, and things don't always go his way.

by Devilmonk
1 year ago

Rating: N/A

It's nice, much more in-line with the kind of manhwa I've been looking for.

When I read the synopsis, I thought this was going to be another one of those boring OP MC's, who basically has little to no obsticles pretty soon after his regression, following the whole "I know where all the OP items and strategies are". And within 15-20 chapters, you end up with a MC that's essentially unrivaled and never struggles.

But it's definitely nothing at all like that. In fact, throughout the whole first season, he'd barely won any fights. Most of the time he loses, or gets bailed out. He doesn't have the talent to catch up to others in terms of skills. He isn't really strong enough to make use of a lot of his memories like stealing a boss/dungeon before its discovered. He constantly falls into various mental issues like depression, or an inferiority complex, which SLOWLY get better as the character develops.

To clarify, he obviously gets stronger. But everyone else doesn't just stay at a standstill. His allies, friends, and enemies all get stronger as well, and they so much faster with much less effort.

You might think it'll be like some of those manhwa where the MC gets stronger than people with talent by "putting in more effort" to the point of breaking his body, but even that's not enough to close the gap. It's not some idealistic world like that.

And what's nice about all that compared to other manhwa with this kinda synopsis is there's ACTUALLY conflict. You don't know if the MC is going to win a fight or not. You don't know if the MC is going to catch up to his allies/friends or not. You don't know how he's going to get himself out of X situation. The MC doesn't have some kinda "hidden plan/strategy" for every fight.

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It is quite alright

by Y_Sasuke
1 year ago

Rating: 7.2 / 10.0

It started different, but ended with the MC being pretty generic. It is a bit like Naruto and Sasuke, but Sasuke is a chick and the love interest and much stronger. Not a bad structure for an action fantasy adventure. The key aspect of the is that is talentless and really hard working, but I think they went a bit too far with how "hard working" and "talentless" the MC is. I don't think a person can do the things he did and be as unchanged as he was afterwards.

Not amazing, but fine.

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It Aight

by じょりかわ
2 years ago

Rating: N/A

It's Aight, long hiatus

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A protagonist in a fantasy world I can relate to.

by Seraphim69
3 years ago

Rating: 9.0 / 10.0

The usual regression stories always write the MC the same, but NOT this one. Instead of being OP this protagonist is beaten physically and emotionally by others (especially himself). Despite having some issues with himself, he is very devoted to gaining strength. Just like anyone else in his position he is trying to find his self worth in a strong world. It's a very different read and I really recommend giving this and the male lead a chance.

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