Second Life Ranker

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One of my favorites in the 'op revenge-driven mc' genre of manhwa.

Story: 9/10
The story has a clear goal that the mc starts to follow from the 1st chapter. The lore is nicely developed and so is the worldbuilding. The premise is different from others in the same realm by choosing not to go the 'being reborn' route.

Art: 9/10
Art is absolutely phenomenal with the various vibrant and detailed backgrounds/monsters/weapons/items, etc. The action paneling flows very well and is very easy to process. Character designs are my only small complaint because some major characters have very bland designs.

Character: 10/10
All the characters are very well written including ... our MC and the side characters. A lot of them fall under the various cliches they are known for but it is handled really well and keeps the reader very entertained. The goblin is a character that is handled very differently from cliches and is a breath of fresh air.

Enjoyment: 10/10
I've reread this manhwa 2 times and show no signs of stopping any time soon. I highly recommend this to anyone who wants to read something after solo leveling. Read this, you will not be disappointed.

Second Life Ranker is a great action fantasy alternative to popular manhwa Solo Leveling or other manga/manhwa/manhuas similar to it.

Story 9/10
Although sometimes not very well told, the plot twists and the journey the main character is really interesting to me and I enjoy the ride.

Art 10/10
The art is really good, pleasant to look at, and really nice. It's one of the better arts in the genre.

Character 8/10
The characters are portrayed decently but there seems to be an excess amount of characters to the point that sometimes you may forget some or confuse some for others. There are also some characters that are introduced that become ... completely irrelevant to the series, but I still really love them.

Enjoyment 10/10
When first starting this manhwa, I was instantly hooked because the art looked really good and the story was promising. I wasn't wrong, this manhwa is one of my personal favorites and I can't wait to continue reading.

Overall 9/10

A Huge Disappointment

It's bad. And sadly, really bad.

I started reading this because many people were saying it's a fantastic manhwa — bullshit. It's one of the worst manhwas I’ve ever read.

The story is absolutely boring — bland, repetitive, and incredibly predictable.

The art is terrible, it honestly looks like the author is drawing for the first time.

... The characters aren’t completely awful, but they’re far from good. Most of them — including the MC — are just tired clichés we’ve seen countless times. A few of them have decent backstories, though.

The first chapters were extremely hard to get through. Between the bad art and the generic story, it was painful to read. At some point, it almost became interesting with the introduction of various entities and organizations, but it quickly fell apart. It turned into the usual manhwa with an overpowered MC who’s either insanely lucky or just randomly gifted absurd powers by the system — no real challenge, no real tension, just constant power-ups out of nowhere.

I’m seriously thinking about dropping it, but I’ll probably finish the available chapters — I’m currently at chapter 132. Still, it’s tough to push through. This is the inevitable downfall of any story centered entirely around an OP main character. If you’ve read similar manhwas, you’ll understand my disappointment.

What makes it even sadder is that the mix of mythology and fantasy had real potential. I wanted to like it. But the author just throws in random elements to keep boosting the protagonist with no real narrative consistency.

If the story improves in the future — and to be fair, the art is getting better — I’ll update this review. At least, I hope I will.