Hello @theanimerealm community, I'm back with manhwa review after a long break. I have been searching for a manhwa like "Solo Leveling" and I finally found one. The genre is fantasy & action, I hope everyone will enjoy reading this who are interested in those genre. I have recently started to read this manhwa called "Tomb Raider King" so you can already tell what's the manhwa about as I have already given the hint. I'm still reading it and hopefully will finish it within two days, but only if my schedule is that not that busy. I have enjoyed the story so far and I wanted to share it with all of you. It's a brand new manhwa so I will share my personal opinion about it then you guys can decide if it's actually good or not.
Details
Art by: Yuns(REDICE STUDIO)
Adapted by: 3B2S
Original work by: SANG.G
Genre: action, regression, dungeon adventure
Chapters: 25
Status: on-going
Year of release: 2026
Plot Summary
The story follows Jooheon Suh, on earth suddenly mysterious tombs began to appear all over the world one day, and each one of them has a relic which provides the owner supernatural abilities. Our protagonist is a tomb raider the company he worked with for a long time they betrayed him. While he was taking his last breathe a powerful relic appeared and granted him a new chance to g back in the past 15 years back and live his life from the start. He was sent back in time where no relics or tombs made their debut. Jooheon's main goal is to take revenge and become the king of tomb raider. The qestion is will Jooheon be able to change his past and avoid his death in the future?
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Review
I feel the protagonist looks almost like the main character of "Solo Leveling." To be honest that is the reason I clicked this manhwa to read. In my opinion the art style could be better and I did not like it that much, according to 2026 the art could be better. But I think this is the art style of the artist so no hate for it, I just don't like it. Let's talk about the protagonist, he is very bold and cruel. So far I have not seen any humaity in him. Maybe it's because of the surroundings he has been with. He must have faced some difficult times which made him selfish. Most the time his expressions looked evil.
I do like strong savage characters, but I don't see any empathy in him. All I can see is that he is determined to ruin everything for his revenge. Jooheon is not a protagonist that people should look up to. He depicts the true nature of a human being and for that reason I disliked the character more. But I also liked it because we are truly tired of seeing the protagonist who are naive and weak. Jooheon feels like a tough man who knows how to take his things and he's sure about what he wants in his life. I'm still looking forward for some character development, I would like it more if he is not an arrogant protagonist.
I do understand that they are doing something unique with the characters and I appreciate that. I am just saying that a protagonist should be a positive character not someone who won't care to do a wrong thing. The story is good has good plots, I didn't feel anything was rushed. It was smooth and I was not bored at all. There are some comedy scenes which enlightened my mood a bit.
Anyway, I would rate this manhwa for the story seven out of ten and for art six out of ten.
Credits:
Pictures are the screenshots of the chapters 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 from the manhwa, you can read it on webtoon.
Pictures are edited with Canva