Funniest Isekai Manhwa

The isekai genre of manhwa – where characters are transported to different worlds – has become a rather beloved genre recently, offering readers a good mix of fantasy, adventure and sometimes ridiculously absurd scenarios. While most isekai stories focus on high-stakes combat or dramatic quests, a growing number of isekai manhwa only explore the lighter side of world-hopping.

These stories have their protagonists navigating strange customs and unfamiliar terrain with strange companions and infuse humor into their actions. As a result, this article ranks the funniest isekai stories in manhwa, highlighting series that bring humor front and center. From laugh-out-loud mishaps and misadventures to characters who, through wit, make these otherworldly adventures a comedic journey.

10 The villain flips the script

Alternative Titles: It's Time for a Genre Change

• Creator(s): Garin, Ken, Garin
• Chapter Number: 115 (ongoing)
• Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Historical, Romance

The villain flips the script The book presents a humorous tale of sudden rebirth, as it details the shift in reality of the story's protagonist, a fan of a novel where the male lead goes on a bloody revenge mission to rid himself of his enemies.

Things are shaken up when the fan is mysteriously reincarnated in the novel as the story's first minor villain, Judith Maiboom, the abusive step-aunt of the supposed protagonist Luca Winterwald. Intent on rewriting the history already set, Judith resolves to use her knowledge of the future to ensure her nephew's happiness.

9 Becoming the Dark Hero's daughter

Alternate Titles: How to Become a Dark Hero's Daughter

• Creator(s): Lisabell, Pina
• Chapter Number: 40
• Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance

Becoming the Dark Hero's Daughter A nine-year-old peasant girl, La, presents the rather amusing story of an orphan who mysteriously manages to retain memories of her past life as a sickly bedridden child and memories of a novel she read – The Life of a Duke. Lewellton. Now reincarnated as Lee in the novel, the peasant girl finds herself in a position to help the hero of the world, Duke Cullen de Llewellon, a notorious criminal torturer.

The two come to a deal where Lee helps Duke catch a criminal, partly out of self-interest and fear. Grateful for the little girl's well-timed inputs, the Duke proposes to Lee; One the little girl couldn't imagine – becoming her adopted daughter.

8 Archmage's Restaurant

Alternate Titles: Wizard's Diner

• Creator(s): Bad boys, Chasey
• Chapter Number: 56 (ongoing)
• Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Slice of Life

Archmage's Restaurant Presents a very funny but unusual retirement story of a man who is reincarnated in another world. The series follows the life of the central character, Archmage Alison, who previously lived as an ordinary person who was reincarnated in another world as a 9th-grade wizard.

After saving the continent he was summoned by a dragon, he retires and decides to open a restaurant. However, Alison's restaurant routine is unlike any other. With a black dragon on the second floor, Alison tries her best to lead a warm life.

7 Touch my little brother, and you are dead

Alternate Title: If You Touch My Little Brother, You're All Dead

• Creator(s): Cheolmuzangmi, Morpho, Tunga
• Chapter Number: 74 (ongoing)
• Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Historical, Romance

Touch my little brother and you're dead This funny isekai series presents an extreme but humorous case of sisterly love. The story focuses on the central character Rosalet, an initially unknown person who reincarnates in the Twilight novel Asterion.

Reincarnated as a hero, life doesn't seem so bad until Asterion's sister, Rosalette, dies first at age 20, and Rosalette mysteriously returns to her sixteen-year-old self and begins her life again. After seeing Asterion die in many lives, Roselette decides to do whatever it takes to protect her little brother. However, how many lives will it take to finally achieve his goal?

6 Baby Dictator

Alternate Title: A Princess Born

• Creator(s): Lee Huynh, Avon
• Chapter Number: 85 (ongoing)
• Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance

Baby Dictator Gyeul Eun's tragic end to her miserable life after living an unfortunate life thanks to her alcoholic father. Relieved at the thought of finally dying despite being in her father's arms, Gyul Eun's grip on life has yet to let go as she finds herself in the body of a newborn, Mabel, princess of the Ermaneu Empire.

Given a second chance as a child princess of another world's empire, Gyeul Eun, now Princess Mabel, is determined not to let her newfound peace slip from her grasp. However, after learning of her involvement with a prophecy involving the salvation of the world, her new life may not be free of tragedy after all.

5 Murim login

Alternate titles: N/A

• Creator(s): Zero-BIG, Jang Cheolbyeok
• Chapter Number: 202 (ongoing)
• Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy

More of a work chain; In all fairness, Murim login The series scores well enough to be the best in the comedy department. The series takes place in a time when superpowered humans called hunters thrive on hunting down supernatural monsters that came from mysterious gates that appeared a few years ago. The story focuses on the central character and low-level hunter Jin Tae-kyung, as he decides to give up hunting for a while and picks up a VR machine instead.

Accidentally logging into a game set in the world of martial arts, Jin soon discovers that he is able to communicate with supposed NPC characters and even level up his skills. After many misadventures and growing stronger, Jin eventually returns to the real world to continue living as a hunter. However, Jin does something even more surprising – he returns to the Murim world only to be cared for by his NPC friends.

4 A villain in love

Alternate Titles: Hero of the Evil Lady

• Creator(s): Lee Haron, R. Su ipsium
• Chapter Number: 110 (running)
• Genre: Fantasy, Romance

Reincarnation meets humor and romance A villain in love The series, as it follows the unnamed protagonist, is reincarnated as Unifer Magnolia. Originally a villain jealous of the handsome Duke Ishid Lorenze, who only has eyes for Unifer's friend, Rayle, the villain eventually dies after tormenting his friend, Rayle, for most of his life.

However, with the hero now reincarnated a year ago as Unifer Magnolia, there seems to be enough time to prevent the villain's tragic death and ensure the perfect love story for Duke and Rael.

3 Dungeon reset

Alternate titles: N/A

• Creator(s): Ant Studio, Doul
• Chapter Number: 223 (ongoing)
• Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Comedy

Dungeon reset Follows the comical yet life-threatening adventures of the central character Down, whose life is turned upside down when he is called into a dungeon to play a deadly and extreme game of survival. If that's not enough, Dawun is summoned with only a craftsman's skills and no real offensive abilities.

However, it's not all doom and gloom for Down when he mysteriously survives a trap due to a glitched reset, an ability unique to him. Now able to bug the dungeon, Down slowly builds his skills along with his bloodthirsty assistant so he can fully explore the dungeon and its near endless possibilities.

2 Trash of the Count's family

Alternate Titles: The Robbery of the Count's Family

• Creator(s): Elegant Yo Ryo Han
• Chapter Number: 134 (ongoing)
• Genre: Action, Comedy, Adventure, Fantasy

It's especially hard not to get a few laughs from readers when the protagonist of the story is Cal Haniteuse, and that's exactly what it is. Trash of the Count's family series. The series follows the lazy life of the protagonist, Kim Roxue, who is reincarnated in the novel, The Birth of a Hero, which he falls asleep while reading.

Unfortunately for him, he's reincarnated in this new world as a minor villain of the story, Cale Henituse of the Henituse Dukedom. Worse still, Kael is the first villain to die at the hands of original protagonists Choi Han and Kim Roksu; Now, Cale is determined to avoid this future. With knowledge of only the beginning parts of the story, Cale decides to become stronger in order to escape his fate, but his actions will have unintended consequences.

1 Largest property developer

Alternate titles: World's Best Engineer

• Creator(s): BK_Moon, Lee Hyun-Min
• Chapter Number: 167 (ongoing)
• Genre: Comedy, Action, Fantasy, Adventure

Largest property developer Along with its reputation for illustrative comic relief, Reincarnation features its rather thrilling misadventures. At the center of attention is the central character, Suho Kim, an engineering student who falls asleep while reading a novel and mysteriously wakes up as a character in the book.

Not just any character, he is now Lloyd Frontera of the Noble Frontera Household, a lazy noble alcoholic whose family is in decline due to a mountain of debt. Retaining his knowledge of the novel, Lloyd is aware of the doom that awaits his family. However, using his knowledge of engineering, Lloyd begins designing inventions, hoping to raise enough to pay off his family's huge debt. However, it remains to be seen whether this is enough to prevent a stone-walled future.