- Updated on: July 21, 2022
- by Ernie
It’s weird how exciting it is when the Main Character of a story is extremely rich but hides his wealth. It’s satisfying to see all the characters looking down on him and then BAM, they are suddenly kneeling asking for forgiveness.
What’s even better is that they almost always come overpowered as well. However, those kinds of Manhwas are rare and the good ones even more so. So this is a list of the best Manhwa where the MC is secretly rich.
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Korean Webtoons with a Secretly Rich MC
12. Medical Return
| Rich MC |
Character Writing |
Plot | Art | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
10/20 |
5/10 |
5/10 |
5/10 |
25/50 |
Genres: Action / Drama / Reincarnation / Romance
This is the story of a reincarnation of a surgeon who lived an infamous life. However, he gets a chance to live his life again when he reincarnates back in time. With a single goal in his mind, he decides to study super hard since he wanted to become a dermatologist. Therefore, he decides to change his fate and make tons of money. If you’re curious to find out whether he got rich or not, read “Medical Return”.
11. Past Life Regressor
| Rich MC |
Character Writing |
Plot | Art | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
10/20 |
5/10 |
5/10 |
5/10 |
25/50 |
Genres: Action / Adventure / Drama / Webtoons
If you could choose to reverse time and go back to the past, what would you do with that second chance?
The MC of this Manhwa chose to seize all the money in the world. But when it’s one against 7 billion, it has to be the most epic surprise attack the world has ever seen.
He went back in time, and started working on his plan as stealthily and secretly as humanly possible. In a battle of wits, will one man outsmart all of his peers?
10. Global Martial Arts
| Rich MC |
Character Writing |
Plot | Art | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
11/20 |
6/10 |
6/10 |
6/10 |
29/50 |
Genres: Action / Adventure / Comedy / Martial Arts / Action
If you want to reach the peak of martial arts, talent and hard work aren’t enough, you need money and a LOT of it.
However, when the world knows how filthy rich you are, you have to watch your back 24/7. The MC played it smart and chose to hide his fortune till he reached the point of no return
9. Reverse Villain
| Rich MC |
Character Writing |
Plot | Art | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
12/20 |
6/10 |
6/10 |
8/10 |
32/50 |
Genres: Action / Martial Arts / Webtoons
Jung-woo is stuck in a reincarnation loop which he loves. His life’s purpose is to conquer the Murim world and he would have done so many times over if his arch-enemy wasn’t reincarnating with him every single time.
He lived more than eight lifetimes and well, experience accumulates. He was already pretty smart, now he’s excessively smart, cunning and wit as well.
Now in the modern world, he decided he wanted a normal life, but I don’t think he knows what normal means.
By “accidentally” reaching unexpected heights in the martial arts world and on the social level, he gains influence as well as tons of riches.
However, in order to keep this part of himself from his family and friends, he hides his strength as well as all the money he made on the way.
8. The Descent of the Demonic Master
| Rich MC |
Character Writing |
Plot | Art | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
13/20 |
7/10 |
8/10 |
8/10 |
36/50 |
Genres: Action / Adventure / Webtoons
During his first life, he lost his entire family as well as his legs and ended up committing suicide.
During his second life, he was born in the Murim world and thanks to his martial arts exploits, he was given the title of “Red Demonic Master”.
Now on to the third life, he decided he wanted to try having a peaceful one. But the bad habits die hard and the habits of the Red Demonic Master are even worse.
Impossible for him to hide his extraordinary strength, he ends up making tons of money. However, he is still hell-bent on living a mediocre life.
Ignoring the fortune he has, he lives as a humble human. I’m sure anyone who will find out what he possesses will faint from the shock.
7. The World is Money and Power
| Rich MC |
Character Writing |
Plot | Art | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
14/20 |
8/10 |
8/10 |
8/10 |
38/50 |
Genres: School Life, Shounen, Webtoons
The school in this Korean Webtoon abides by special rules. They have their own currency which is trafficked on-premises through gambling.
A group of students monopolizes over the coins and thus, have all the power over the students as well as the professors. That was true until a certain transfer student appeared.
Extremely smart and determined to reform the system, after winning games after games, he is now the wealthiest of them all but no one knows that he is already at the top of the school’s hierarchy.
6. The Beginning After the End
| Rich MC |
Character Writing |
Plot | Art | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
16/20 |
8/10 |
8/10 |
9/10 |
41/50 |
Genres: School Life, Shounen, Webtoons
King Grey had everything and nothing at the same time. The strongest man on Earth stayed unrivaled for years thus was literally dying of boredom. His happiest moment came with the day of his death.
Yet, instead of eternal slumber he was reincarnated in a world where magic is part of your everyday life. He was overjoyed to start from scratch in an unfamiliar environment filled with overpowered enemies . Good thing that he is a force of nature himself.
In an archaic world, he had knowledge of modern technology. In the body of a child, resided the brain of a strategist who fought countless battles. Everybody would take him lightly and he used all that to his advantage.
However, he had a family to protect, even if he wanted to become the strongest man in this new world, he couldn’t do so while protecting them, so he hid his identity as well as all the exploits he accomplished.
Not just extremely rich, he also has an enormous amount of influence, an influence that reaches even the eyes of the Gods.
5. God Of Blackfield
| Rich MC |
Character Writing |
Plot | Art | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
17/20 |
8/10 |
8/10 |
9/10 |
42/50 |
Genres: Action / Drama / School Life / Supernatural / Webtoons
Kang Chan is a war veteran known as the “God of Blackfield”. He was betrayed by one of his comrades and died along with his men during a mission.
He opened his eyes once more in the body of a student who committed suicide due to intensive bullying.
He wanted revenge for him and his soldiers. He got acquainted with important figure after important figure. But he was just a student and had to hide all his accomplishments not just to avoid suspicion, but also for the parents of his vessel.
CEO of a company, shares in the most prestigious conglomerates, plus some well remunerated shady work here and there, I think he forgot about his retaliation plans while drowning in gold.
4. Solo Leveling
| Rich MC |
Character Writing |
Plot | Art | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
18/20 |
8/10 |
9/10 |
9/10 |
44/50 |
Genres: Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Webtoons
Sung Jin-Woo was the weakest of all hunters, an E-Rank hunter. Struggling just to get by, things got even worse when a C-Rank dungeon turned out to be a trap of the highest level.
Using his brain to solve the dungeon’s mysteries and sacrificing himself to save the members of the party, he was sure to die.
However, instead of death, he was granted an opportunity. He became a “Player” and acquired the black heart of the shadow monarch. He became the only hunter in this world with the ability to level up.
From E-rank to God level in a flash, he hid his power and his ability to raid dungeons on his own in order to monopolize the best drops and all the riches.
3. Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint
| Rich MC |
Character Writing |
Plot | Art | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
19/20 |
9/10 |
9/10 |
9/10 |
46/50 |
Genres: Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Webtoons
The world turned into the most gruesome novel ever written and only one person read it. That person now holds the answers for all the scenarios, the location of the best artifacts and exactly how to please the constellations who are acting as viewers.
The constellation donates coins to the player they like and those coins are the new currency of Earth. The MC of this Manhwa had been collecting them secretly, patiently waiting for the decisive scenario to start.
2. Kill the Hero
| Rich MC |
Character Writing |
Plot | Art | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
20/20 |
10/10 |
9/10 |
9/10 |
48/50 |
Genres: Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Webtoons
Betrayed by the leader of his guild and the so-called Hero of our world, the MC of this Webtoon dies after learning that the traitor is planning on taking over the world.
He was granted a second chance and went back to the past. Armed with the knowledge of the future, he is planning to take the Hero’s place.
He hid his identity and disguised himself as a Russian player while using his real self to gather information.
The first identity became filthy rich clearing dungeon after dungeon while the other was working on increasing the influence of the first by manipulating the guilds leaders in his favor.
1. Return of the Frozen Player
| Rich MC |
Character Writing |
Plot | Art | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
20/20 |
10/10 |
9/10 |
9/10 |
48/50 |
Genres: Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Webtoons
The world was plunged into chaos when gates started appearing all around the world. All humans turned into players but some of them were just more talented than the others and that was the case of Specter.
He and his group were the only hope of humanity and they managed to defeat the Frost Queen who has terrorizing the world. But in consequence, they were turned into ice sculptures.
25 years later, Specter woke up from his cryogenic sleep thinking he would find the peaceful world his friends wished for. That was when life punched back and he learned that the Frost Queen was just the first boss out of 10.
No one knows what Specter looks like as he always wore a mask, he removed that mask for the first time and chose to start again from scratch. At least he still possesses all the wealth he accumulated and all the first-class artifacts he had acquired before.
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Rich and overpowered, really it’s the best combination. Exciting and entertaining, I specifically enjoy imagining how the truth is going to come out and the reaction of the side characters, specifically those I dislike.
Hope you liked the list and found what you were looking for, see you in the next one!
What about mr kang?
Medical Return also should be added
OMG YES! And I added! You’re right, it’s a good recommendation when it comes to money hahaha
Hey i wanna know a mahwa or manga where the mc regrets his life and somehow with the help of gods he goes back into time and becomes badass and uses the stock market to get rich plz someone heelllppp i forgot the name and wanna read it so bad.
THAT IS REALLY SPECIFIIIIC XD but I think I know that one. Is it Return of the Legend?
Yeah, thats the one.
Return of the Legend”