Arguably Manhwa's best selling point is its ability to appeal to a wide audience like any other form of entertainment. The ability to satisfy a wide audience requires a wide range of project types from all possible areas. However, the particular focus of this piece is on manhwa whose main characters have summoning abilities.
In these manhwa, these main characters are often able to call upon mythical and powerful allies in their life-threatening tasks. In most cases, these characters are typically able to summon and control a significant number of armies depending on how strong the character is, while being powerful magical individuals themselves. So for this piece, here you will find the best manhwa whose protagonists meet the summoning criteria.
8 Monster pet evolution
Anime Planet Rating: 3.7/5
- Creator: Yuewen Manhua, Wine Pool Inebriation
- Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
- Number of chapters: 319 (ongoing)
Monster pet evolution presents the consequences of a world suddenly overrun by the appearance of mysterious monsters. Due to the sheer number of monsters, a new profession is created: taming, raising and training the monsters. The series revolves around the protagonist Gao Peng, who also wants to become a monster trainer.
With a higher level of talent and knowledge of monsters, Gao Peng is determined to become the best monster trainer of all time. However, there is only one problem: he must first pass the aptitude test.
7 Seoul Station Necromancer
Anime Planet Rating: 4.0 / 5
- Creator: Jin Seolwoo, Ji Sung Woong
- Genre: Action, adventure, fantasy
- Number of chapters: 149 (ongoing)
Seoul Station Necromancer focuses on the main character, Kang Woojin, who is suddenly transported to the planet Alps after a mysterious event on Earth. For over a thousand years, Kang Woojin spent all his time surviving and hunting other monsters on Alpine. After the first thousand years, he had already become an extremely powerful necromancer and territorial ruler.
Fortunately, he also finds a way to return to Earth. After his return, Woojin quickly draws attention to himself due to the apparent power imbalance. At the same time, the enemies he made on Alpen are about to invade Earth, and Woojin is the only thing standing between humanity and its destruction.
6 Unlimited advancement
Anime Planet Rating: 4.0 / 5
- Creator: Seonun, 2 Sarang
- Genre: action, fantasy
- Number of chapters: 102 (ongoing)
Unlimited advancement depicts a world disrupted by a sudden dungeon break where monsters appeared out of nowhere and nearly overran humanity. The series revolves around the main character Seong-yun, a boy whose parents were also killed by the monsters released by the dungeon breach.
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Even after several years of extreme grinding experience and effort, Seong-yun is beyond frustrated that he cannot become a hunter who can track down and destroy the monsters. In a life-and-death situation, Seong-yun accepts an invitation to join the Tower of Trials. In this tower, Seong-yun sets out to overcome the biggest obstacle of his life.
5 Solo Necromancy
Anime Planet Rating: 4.0 / 5
- Creator: Jijeomjang, Kim Dong-Jun
- Genre: Adventure, action, fantasy, supernatural
- Number of chapters: 149 (ongoing)
Solo Necromancy tells an exciting story about the main character Seongwu, a former special forces agent who returns to college after completing his military service. What should be an ordinary college life turns into something out of a horror movie when he and all the other students are suddenly confronted with a mysterious request to choose a course.
Seongwu has no time to think and is afraid of the unknown that might come after. He chooses the Necromancer class and becomes a necromancer who can summon and control the dead. Partly out of guilt and a sense of responsibility, Seongwu decides to use his new abilities to survive and become strong enough to protect his allies.
4 Taming Master
Anime Planet Rating: 4.0/5
- Creator: Taeseok Park, Bingbinggo
- Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
- Number of chapters: 161 (ongoing)
The Taming Master The series takes place in the extremely harsh lands of the virtual reality world Kaillan. The story's protagonist, Jinsung, appears to be an ordinary student; At least when he is not in the world of Kaillan, where he is the famous level 93 Ian of the archer class.
Unsurprisingly, everyone thinks he's gone crazy when he suddenly decides to reset his character to default settings. Worse, he chooses the most useless class in all of Kaillan: the summoner class. In a strange turn of events, Jinsung must now win a bet against his professor to improve his summoning skills to level 100 in the next two months or risk getting an A in college.
3 Second Life Ranker
Anime Planet Rating: 4.3 / 5
- Creator: Sadoyeon, Nongong
- Genre: Adventure, action, fantasy
- Number of chapters: 183 (ongoing)
Second Life Ranker details the journey of revenge that its main character embarks on after learning of the death of his twin brother. The series' protagonist, Yeon Woo, is devastated when he learns that his brother has died.
Still grieving his loss, Yeon Woo receives a mysterious pocket watch left to him by his brother. He learns that his brother was betrayed and killed in the mysterious tower of the sun god. Full of anger and a desire for revenge, Yeon Woo enters the tower in search of his brother's enemies with a single goal: death.
2 Solo leveling
Anime Planet Rating: 4.7/5
- Creator: Chugong, Jang Sung-Rak, student
- Genre: Action, adventure, fantasy
- Number of chapters: 200
Solo leveling presents a story of strength and power like no other. The series follows a world corrupted by the effects of the appearance of the mysterious “Gates” that brought with them the realm of magic and monsters. As a result of this strange phenomenon, people also developed superhuman abilities to fight these monsters and eventually created the profession of hunter.
The story revolves around the protagonist Sung Jin-Woo, the weakest hunter in the world and the infamous E-Rank. When Jin-Woo becomes the sole survivor of an accidental attack, he gains the powers and help of a mysterious system. Jin-Woo can advance through the system, something most hunters cannot. With this he begins his journey to the greatest hope in the world.
1 The player who cannot advance
Anime Planet Rating: 4.0 / 5
- Creator: GaVinGe, Park Jeongjae
- Genre: Action, fantasy, adventure, mystery
- Number of chapters: 164 (ongoing)
The player who cannot advance presents a story set in a world where the supernatural and the magical exist side by side. The series follows the life of protagonist Kim Gigyu, who thought his life struggles were over when he was invited to become a player who can climb the mysterious tower. His thoughts soon become scattered when, despite his best efforts, he can't get past the first level.
Since he cannot level up, he can only act as a guide on the lower floors of the tower. After five years as a leader, Kim Gigyu finally unlocks a mysterious ability that allows him to connect with sentient egos and reach a higher level. With the potential to unlock even greater abilities, Kim Gigyu embarks on a journey to improve the Tower's balance of power.