Manhwa’s best selling point is arguably its capacity to appeal to a broad audience like any other form of entertainment. The capacity to satisfy a broad audience implies a wide range of project types from every trope possible. However, this piece’s particular trope of focus is manhwa, which has main characters who possess summoning abilities.
In these manhwa, these leading characters often are capable of calling upon mythical and powerful allies during their life-threatening quests. In most cases, these characters are typically able to summon and control armies of a considerable number, depending on how strong the character is while being powerful magical individuals themselves. So, for this piece, here is the best manhwa whose protagonists fit the summoning criteria.
8 Monster Pet Evolution
Anime-Planet Rating: 3.7 / 5
- Creator(s): Yuewen Manhua, Wine Pool Inebriation
- Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
- No of Chapters: 319 (Ongoing)
Monster Pet Evolution presents the aftermath of a world suddenly overrun by the appearance of mysterious monsters. Due to the sheer number of monsters, a new profession is created: tame, raise, and train the monsters. The series revolves around the protagonist, Gao Peng, who wishes also to become a monster trainer.
With a higher level of talent and knowledge about monsters, Gao Peng is determined to become the best monster trainer ever seen. However, there is just one problem: he must pass the qualification exam first.
7 Seoul Station’s Necromancer
Anime-Planet Rating: 4.0 / 5
- Creator(s): Jin Seolwoo, Ji Sung Woong
- Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
- No of Chapters: 149 (Ongoing)
Seoul Station’s Necromancer focuses on the central character, Kang Woojin, who is suddenly transported to the planet Alpen after a mysterious event occurred on Earth. For over a thousand years, Kang Woojin spent all his time surviving and hunting other monsters on Alpen. After the first thousand years, he had already become an extremely powerful necromancer and territory ruler.
However, luckily, he also finds a way to return to Earth. After his return, Woojin quickly draws attention to himself due to the apparent power gap. At the same time, the enemies he made on Alpen are on the verge of invading the Earth, and Woojin is the only thing standing between humanity and its destruction.
6 Boundless Ascension
Anime-Planet Rating: 4.0 / 5
- Creator(s): Seonun, 2 Sarang
- Genre: Action, Fantasy
- No of Chapters: 102 (Ongoing)
Boundless Ascension features a world disrupted by a sudden Dungeon Break that saw monsters spawn out of nowhere and almost overrun humanity. The series revolves around the central character, Seong-yun, a boy whose parents were also killed by the monsters unleashed by the dungeon break.
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Even after several years of extreme experiences and efforts at grinding, Seong-yun is beyond frustrated at his inability to become a Hunter who can haunt and destroy the monsters. In a life-or-death situation, Seong-yun accepts an invitation to join the Tower of Trials. In this tower, Seong-yun starts on a path to overcome his life’s biggest obstacle.
5 Solo Necromancy
Anime-Planet Rating: 4.0 / 5
- Creator(s): Jijeomjang, Kim Dong-Jun
- Genre: Adventure, Action, Fantasy, Supernatural
- No of Chapters: 149 (Ongoing)
Solo Necromancy narrates a thrilling story wrapped around the central character, Seongwu, a former special forces agent who returns to college after completing his national service. What is supposed to be an ordinary college life becomes something out of a horror movie when he and all the other students are suddenly faced with a mysterious prompt requiring them to pick a class.
With no time to think and fear of the unknown that may come after, Seongwu chooses the necromancer class, becoming a necromancer that can summon and control the dead. Partly out of his guilt and feeling of responsibility, Seongwu decides to use his new abilities to survive and grow strong enough to protect his allies.
4 Taming Master
Anime-Planet Rating: 4. 0 / 5
- Creator(s): Park Taeseok, Bingbinggo
- Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
- No of Chapters: 161 (Ongoing)
The Taming Master series takes place in the extremely harsh lands of the virtual reality world of Kaillan. The story’s protagonist, Jinsung, appears to be a regular college student; at least, that is when he is not in the world of Kaillan, where he is the renowned level 93 Ian of the Archer class.
Unsurprisingly, when he suddenly decides to reset his character back to default, everyone thinks he has gone insane. Even worse, he chooses the most useless class in all of Kaillan: the Summoner class. In a weird twist of events, Jinsung must now win a bet against his professor to level up his skill level to level 100 in the next two months as a summoner or risk getting an F in college.
3 Second Life Ranker
Anime-Planet Rating: 4.3 / 5
- Creator(s): Sadoyeon, Nongong
- Genre: Adventure, Action, Fantasy
- No of Chapters: 183 (Ongoing)
Second Life Ranker details the journey of revenge that its central character embarks on after learning of the death of his twin brother. The series’ protagonist, Yeon Woo, is devastated after discovering that his brother has died.
Still mourning his loss, Yeon Woo receives a mysterious pocket watch left to him by his brother and learns that his brother was betrayed and killed in the mysterious Tower of the Sun God. Filled with rage and the desire for revenge, Yeon Woo enters the Tower searching for his brother’s enemies with a single goal: death.
2 Solo Leveling
Anime-Planet Rating: 4.7 / 5
- Creator(s): Chugong, Jang Sung-Rak, Disciples
- Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
- No of Chapters: 200
Solo Leveling presents a tale of strength and power like no other. The series takes in a world corrupted by the impact of the appearance of the mysterious ‘Gates’ that brought with it the realm of magic and monsters. As a result of this strange phenomenon, humans also began to develop superhuman abilities to fight against these monsters, ultimately creating the Hunter profession.
The story revolves around the protagonist, Sung Jin-Woo, the world’s weakest hunter and the infamous E-Rank. After becoming the sole survivor of an accidental raid, Jin-Woo gains the powers and help of a mysterious system. Jin-Woo can level up through the system, something that most hunters cannot. Thus, he begins his journey to becoming the world’s greatest hope.
1 The Player Who Can’t Level Up
Anime-Planet Rating: 4.0 / 5
- Creator(s): GaVinGe, Park Jeongjae
- Genre: Action, Fantasy, Adventure, Mystery
- No of Chapters: 164 (Ongoing)
The Player Who Can’t Level Up presents a story in a world where the supernatural and the magical exist side by side. The series follows the protagonist’s life, Kim Gigyu, who thought his life’s struggles were over once he was invited to become a player who can climb the mysterious Tower. His thoughts soon dissipate when he cannot go past the first level, regardless of how hard he tries.
Unable to level up, he is only capable of working as a guide on the lower floors of the Tower. After five years of working as a guide, Kim Gigyu finally unlocks a mysterious ability that lets him link with sentient Egos and level up. With the potential to unlock even better abilities, Kim Gigyu begins on a journey to tilt the power balance of the Tower.
