The term “Overpowered” is used excessively in anime, manga and manhwa. We see a lot of main characters who are overpowered from the start. However, there are a few characters that are not overpowered from the start. They work hard for that and in the end, surprise everyone. So today, we’ll be talking about some such manga where the main character is overpowered and surprises everyone. Are you ready? Let’s go!
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12. Dr. Stone
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Overpowered MC |
Plot | Art | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
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5/10 |
5/10 |
5/10 |
15/30 |
Senku from Dr. Stone is one such character that doesn’t need physical powers to be above everyone else. His brain is enough for him to be on the top. Senku’s intelligence automatically makes him better than the rest of the characters. He’s overpowered because of his brain.
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Dr. Stone tells us the story of how the whole world turned into stone one day. Senku, our intelligent MC, wakes up to a world with no civilization and decides to turn it back to how it was. Taiju Oki is Senku’s friend who wakes up with him and both of them decide to rebuild civilization.
11. Saga of Tanya The Evil
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Overpowered MC |
Plot | Art | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
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5/10 |
6/10 |
5/10 |
16/30 |
Do you know about Tanya? She’s the main character of this manga and is literally a little girl. Now, there’s a long story behind it but one can’t really imagine a little girl being so overpowered. However, she’s strong enough to be in a battlefield!
Tanya was actually a salaryman in her previous life. He was murdered and got reincarnated as Tanya in a different World. In the new world, Tanya must survive in the battlefield and for that, she had to train hard. However, she was successful in climbing the ranks of the army and became too overpowered.
10. Sword Art Online
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Overpowered MC |
Plot | Art | Total |
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6/10 |
6/10 |
5/10 |
17/30 |
Kirito’s strength lies in his vast knowledge about the game he is transported into. He liked working alone and soon became better than the rest of the people who were transported into the same game.
Sword Art Online tells us the story of Kirito who was an average high school boy and loved playing video games. One day, he got a chance to be the beta tester of a new game and he was really excited about it. He soon finds out that he had been transported inside that game along with thousands of other people. Now, all of them must complete all the levels of the game to be able to get out of it.
9. Hellsing Ultimate
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Overpowered MC |
Plot | Art | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
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6/10 |
6/10 |
6/10 |
18/30 |
Alucard is our overpowered main character from the manga, Hellsing. Now, we all know how vampires tend to vanish when the sun comes up. But Alucard is the kind of vampire who has no such weakness. Nobody can hurt him!
Hellsing is about an organization named Hellsing that works under the Queen. Their job is to protect the Queen of the country at all costs. Alucard is one of the members of Hellsing and is a vampire. He must work with the rest of the members to fight off deadly vampires in order to save the Queen and the country.
8. Hunter x Hunter
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Overpowered MC |
Plot | Art | Total |
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7/10 |
6/10 |
6/10 |
19/30 |
Gon was a weakling at first but he became quite overpowered afterwards and truly surprised everyone around him. That’s because of all the hard training he had to go through.
Hunter x Hunter tells us the story of Gon Freecs, who sets out on a journey to find his father along with three companions. He wanted to take an exam in order to become a Hunter. This manga is full of amazing action and gets depressing sometimes. You really need to read it!
7. The Time I Got Reincarnated As a Slime
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Overpowered MC |
Plot | Art | Total |
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8/10 |
7/10 |
6/10 |
21/30 |
Rimuru Tempest is our MC in this manga. He started off from a slime and then eventually became super overpowered. The story starts when Satoru Mikami dies and gets reincarnated into a fantasy world in the form of a slime. He comes across a very powerful dragon named Veldora Tempest and forms a pact with him. After that, he became too overpowered and kept surprising the inhabitants of that new world.
6. How NOT To Summon a Demon Lord
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Overpowered MC |
Plot | Art | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
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7/10 |
8/10 |
6/10 |
21/30 |
Demon Lords are pretty strong, aren’t they? That’s the case with Diablo who got transported into his favorite game as a Demon Lord. He used to live by the name of Takuma in the real world. The way he got summoned into the game is quite interesting.
Two girls named Rem and Shera summoned Takuma in order to make him their servant but the spell they casted was wrong. Now, both Rem and Shera are the servants of Takuma and he’s having fun.
5. Rising of the Shield Hero
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Overpowered MC |
Plot | Art | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
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7/10 |
8/10 |
7/10 |
22/30 |
Naofumi truly got the glow-up he deserved and surprised everyone. Accused wrongly of harassing the princess of the Empire, Naofumi was stranded without any money. He decided to clear out his name by becoming extremely strong. He set out on a journey with two adorable yet strong companions named Raphtalia and Filo.
It’s interesting how somewhere in the middle, Naofumi abandones the idea of clearing out his name and becomes very mean. But his companions are there to guide him to the right path!
4. My Hero Academia
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Overpowered MC |
Plot | Art | Total |
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8/10 |
9/10 |
8/10 |
25/30 |
My Hero Academia is extremely popular amongst the masses. Midoriya is our MC who started off as a weakling with no “quirk”. He was born into a world where everybody has these superpowers named “quirks”. He greatly admired All Might who was considered the No.1 Hero. One day, he came across All Might and upon knowing that Midoriya had no quirk, All Might transferred his quirk inside him. Now, Midoriya is all ready to start his journey to become the No. 1 Hero!
3. Black Clover
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Overpowered MC |
Plot | Art | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
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9/10 |
8/10 |
9/10 |
27/30 |
Everybody knows the struggle of Asta. He had no magic from the start and wanted to become the Wizard King. For someone like Asta, this was impossible to achieve. But his greatest strength was that he never gave up. He got his Grimoire and joined the Magical Knights in order to fight off evil. This was only his first step towards becoming the Wizard King.
2. Overlord
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Overpowered MC |
Plot | Art | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
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9/10 |
9/10 |
9/10 |
28/30 |
Ainz Ooal Gown is our extremely overpowered and invincible MC from Overlord. He used to be a normal gamer boy in his real world by the name of Momonga. He was mysteriously stuck inside his favorite game and as an overpowered mage. Now, he can explore the game without any stress because there’s no one better than him in the game.
1. One Punch Man
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Overpowered MC |
Plot | Art | Total |
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10/10 |
10/10 |
10/10 |
30/30 |
Saitama deserves the top spot because he just makes everyone’s jaws drop because of how overpowered he is. He doesn’t look like it at all but he can knockout any opponent with only a punch. Nobody recognizes him at all and it’s amusing how he stays in the shadows all the time. This manga’s artwork is phenomenal and the storyline is incredible too!
Conclusion
Mangas have a lot of diversity with overpowered characters. The ones where the main character is not recognized at first are the best kinds! If you love reading manga with overpowered main characters that surprise everyone with their strengths, then this list will surely help you. We’ll see you in the next blog!
