Top E-Sports Manga Recommendations

Temppal

Also known as Overgeared.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy

Sin Yeong-U (a.k.a. Grid), an unlucky man in life and a low-level player in the popular VR game “Satisfy,” finds a powerful item that earns him a rare legendary class title: “Pagma’s Successor.” He’s now a skilled blacksmith who can forge unique weapons and equip the game’s most powerful gear. Grid resolves to use his new abilities to achieve fame and fortune, but as his very existence begins to stir up trouble in Satisfy, he realizes that life as a legend may be more than he bargained for….



Tags: Video Games , Virtual World , Full Color , Male Protagonist , Magic , Swordplay , Female Harem , Primarily Adult Cast , Dragons , Kingdom Management , Politics , E-Sports , Angels

Yamada-kun to Lv999 no Koi wo Suru

Also known as My Love Story with Yamada-kun at Lv999.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance

Recently dumped, Akane is just about to quit the game she used to play with her boyfriend, when she meets Yamada in the same RPG. Yamada in real life turns out to be somewhat of a legend. The only problem is - he is ONLY interested in the game. As Akane's feelings grow, will Yamada's focus stay on the game?



Note: Ninth place of Tsugimanga 2020 Award in the Web Manga Category

Tags: Video Games , Heterosexual , Shoujo , Female Protagonist , Otaku Culture , Age Gap , Virtual World , College , Primarily Adult Cast , Urban , E-Sports

Dalko Dareun Newbie

Also known as The Worn and Torn Newbie.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Adventure , Fantasy

After learning 15 miserable years of his life as a failed gamer was one long nightmare, Lee Eojin is glad to be a newbie again. Vowing not to repeat the same mistakes, Eojin starts anew as the hotshot, Old-timer. He’s conquering monsters, getting sweet gear, and making enough dough to set himself up for life. Loved by fans and hated by foes, both old and new, will Eojin break the game and triumph, or will the game break him once again?



Tags: Virtual World , Video Games , Age Regression , Male Protagonist , Full Color , Time Manipulation , Anti-Hero , E-Sports

Choinui Game

Also known as The Esper's Game.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Fantasy , Sports

Seventeen years ago, the world was saved from destruction by the Seven Heroes. But it came with the sacrifice of the strongest one among them, Seomun Yeop. Now that there is peace, beings like the Seven Heroes known as “espers” no longer have use for their supernatural powers. That’s where Battle Field comes in, an action VR game specifically created to allow espers to showcase their skills. Unfortunately, Korea hasn’t been doing so well in the recent tournaments, making it hard to believe that it was once home to the greatest esper in history. But just when all hope seems lost, Seomun Yeop miraculously returns! Will the legendary hero be able to save his people yet again?



Tags: Virtual World , Super Power , Full Color , Male Protagonist , Time Manipulation , Magic , Dungeon , E-Sports

Tai-Ari deshita.: Ojou-sama wa Kakutou Game Nante Shinai

Also known as Young Ladies Don’t Play Fighting Games.

Status: Releasing
Genres:

Kuromi Girls’ Academy is a refined, elegant school that expects the very best in deportment from its young ladies. Aya got into this peerless rich-girls’ institution on a scholarship, and hopes to grow as lovely as her fellow student and idol Shirayui. But Shirayui hides a terrible secret: she’s a trash-talking, combo-chaining, newbie-stomping, ruthless hardcore gamer! Could a mutual indulgence in no-holds-barred video game combat grow into a deeper rapport between these two girls?



Tags: Female Protagonist , Video Games , Primarily Female Cast , School , E-Sports , Ojou-sama , Otaku Culture , Yuri , Seinen , Boarding School

1/2 Prince

Also known as 1/2 Prince.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy , Romance

When Feng Lan's brother encouraged her to play the virtual reality game Second Life, he told her that as a girl, she'd be doted upon. To prove that she could be a better player than him even without a handicap, she was granted her special request for a male avatar. Her adventures in this online RPG begin, as she discovers both the game and what it's like to be thought of as a boy.

Tags: Gender Bending , Virtual World , Bisexual , College , Love Triangle , Primarily Adult Cast , Parody , Female Protagonist , Video Games , Elf , Meta , Twins , Band , Battle Royale , Necromancy , E-Sports , Artificial Intelligence

Quanzhi Gaoshou

Also known as The King's Avatar.

Status: Cancelled
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy

In the multiplayer online game Glory, Ye Xiu, is well known as the Textbook level expert and a top-tier player. Due to a series of circumstances, he was forcefully expelled out of his professional team. After leaving the pro gaming scene, he resides at an Internet Café employed as one of the managers. When Glory launches the tenth server, he throws himself into the game once more, equipped with ten years of gaming experience, memories of the past and an incomplete self-made weapon. His journey back to the top begins.
After plotting and scheming, who took away my glory? Under the influence of the storm, my hopes will never be shattered. In its magnificence, the path will not be lost, for I, will return!
The manhua is based on the popular Quan Zhi Gao Shou novel by Butterfly Blue. The manhua is currently serialized digitally in Da Jiao Chong’s mobile application and is released on a weekly basis.

Tags: Video Games , Male Protagonist , Virtual World , Magic , E-Sports

Hard Carry

Also known as No Scope.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Sci-Fi , Sports

Friend versus friend. Grand Master pitted against noob. Self-confident alpha high schooler meets loner who may or may not be a gaming savant capable of defeating everyone he plays. All this and more comes together on the battlefield of PSI BOND – the hottest online game in the world played by the coolest kids in Korea. High speed connections and high school will never be the same again.



Tags: Video Games , E-Sports , Male Protagonist , Full Color , Bullying

Chongsheng Da Wanjia

Also known as The Reborn Super Player.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Fantasy

Wan Jia was betrayed by one of his own teammates in the virtual reality game, "King of Gamers" (KOG) and lost his qualification. However, In his final moments before being removed from the game, he was transported back one year earlier to the day that "King of Gamers" launched. Already a master of the game and possessing in-depth knowledge of the content of the game, Wan Jia orchestrates his return to the "King of Gamers" to not only to punish the traitorous teammate, but also achieve victory!

Tags: Video Games , Parody , Male Protagonist , Virtual World , Full Color , Female Harem , E-Sports

Double Click

Also known as Double Click.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Sports

What happens when you lose the one thing that you were the best in the world at? Ji-Ho Seong was once a top-ranked player in the online action game, One Sword. When the game eventually shuts down due to a lack of players, he loses all interest in competitive gaming. That is, until he finds out that his school has an e-sports club and discovers a popular team-based game called Sword Rush, which seems to be an exact copy of One Sword. With new teammates now by his side, Ji-Ho takes another shot at rising to the top of the game!



Tags: E-Sports , Male Protagonist , Full Color , School Club

Hard Carry Supporter

Also known as Star Player Supporter.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Adventure , Fantasy

Lee Seohyun is the #1-ranked player in the long-forgotten game "Asura Online." As he wonders why no one plays anymore, he stumbles upon the hottest new game, "Asrian Online." Based on the world of Asura, with similar maps and characters, becoming the best in Asrian should be a piece of cake. But after he picks his hidden class, he learns he has become a puny supporting character. Though Seohyun has his sights set on becoming a star again, the only way to the top this time will be as a supporter!



Tags: Video Games , Virtual World , Male Protagonist , Full Color , Artificial Intelligence , Angels , E-Sports

Quanzhi Gaoshou

Also known as The King's Avatar.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy

No one could ever come close to “Battle God” Ye Qiu’s skills in Glory, a popular game that took the world by storm. His professional team, however, replaced him with another captain, and even seized his account. He was left to start anew at an internet cafe as a manager. When a new District 10 opened up in Glory, he dives back, armed with a decade of experience and an unfinished custom weapon. His path to redemption, filled with strategy and memories, marks his thrilling return to the summit.

Tags: Video Games , Male Protagonist , Full Color , E-Sports , Virtual World , Magic , Primarily Adult Cast

Candy Man

Also known as Candy Man.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance

Kyuyeon has an alternative persona in the online game, he pretends to be a female player with a character named “Yorong” only to rip off items from other clueless users. One of “Her” diehard fan named “Yeommin” showers Kyuyeon with gifts day and night. He’s happy but at the same time, Kyuyeon feels a bit pressured about Yeommin because he’s always asking “Yorong” for a date. To top it all, Kyuyeon finds out that Yeommin is his handsome classmate Kimin Yeom. How is he going to get out of this trouble?



Tags: Boys' Love , Male Protagonist , Yandere , Full Color , School , Video Games , E-Sports , Crossdressing , Primarily Teen Cast

Guomin Xiao Cao Shi Nüsheng

Also known as National School Prince Is A Girl.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance

Fu Jiu appears to be a normal lad in high school on the surface. But in fact, she (Yes! She!) is the hacker, Z, a villain-terminator in the online world of an alternate world. Having reincarnated into the body of a woman and being forced to disguise herself as a young man, she reigns over the game world, fights for justice, and puts a spell on all the girls around with her innate charm. However, her flirting comes across as gay to the rich Almighty Qin and his inner circle. Over time, the Almighty Qin falls for him… her. Has he turned gay for him… her? Now, that's confusing!



Tags: Gender Bending , E-Sports , Full Color , Female Protagonist , Video Games , Crossdressing , Reincarnation

Sheng Tang Zhi Cheng

Also known as City Of Sanctuary.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Adventure , Fantasy

Adapted from a novel of the same name by Bear, “City of Sanctuary”! “Fantasy”-a popular VR game that sweeps the world. Some people found out that they can enter the game through another way, which makes it possible for them to bring the items and skills they obtained in the game back to reality. But at the same time, dying in the game would mean actually dying in real life. Fang Tian has been in the game world for more than ten years. When he returned to reality, The world he knew has completely changed.

Tags: Virtual World , Video Games , Full Color , E-Sports , Female Harem

Cheng Ye Xiao He

Also known as Win like Xiao He.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Romance , Slice of Life

Xiao He, a famous player in an online game, once defeated a female thief in the game. Surprisingly, the female thief is a former top-class e-sports player! What makes her end up like this? The two strangers always come across each other without knowing it. What will happen to them in the digital life?

Note: Originally considered complete with "final chapter" published in 2021-05-12. An epilogue was published in 2022 and a third season was announced for continuation starting Jan. 2023.

Tags: E-Sports , Full Color , Video Games , Virtual World , Heterosexual

Matagi Gunner

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Drama

Former matagi (a winter hunter in Tohoku) Hitonari Yamano lives a lonely life in the countryside. He had put down his gun, but now he has picked up an "FPS battle royale" game instead. A unique sniper has joined the game, combining high-tech e-sports with the traditional skills of the matagi. The legend of an unprecedented sniper begins in rural Japan!

Tags: E-Sports , Rural , Guns , Video Games , Male Protagonist , Seinen

Weilai Chongqi

Also known as Legend Reboot.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Fantasy , Sci-Fi

His goal is only one, the world champion!



Tags: Video Games , Male Protagonist , E-Sports , Time Manipulation , Age Regression

AWM Juedi Qiusheng

Also known as AWM: PUBG.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance , Sports

When a superstar and a newbie gamer team up, sparks will fly and a legendary gaming duo's story will be forged! The flames of old will never die, will the young will continue to carry the torch! This is a story of how a superstar gamer helps an amateur rise in ranks and how they spark a story of drama and emotion. Despite some friction between the two, they will eventually become the most well known names in the gaming industry!



Tags: Boys' Love , Video Games , E-Sports , Full Color , Female Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast , Primarily Adult Cast

FOG[Dianjing]

Status: Hiatus
Genres: Romance , Sports

Two years ago, Yu Sui sold out, and had himself criticized by the public. He didn’t care about any of it. The only thing he cared about was the kid on his team, Shi Luo. After coming back to China, the two meet again. Yu Sui is starting a new team — will Shi Luo give himself once again to the one who hurt him before? Can there be a new path for their relationship?

I met you when we were young, and then I lost and found you again. My regrets vanished long ago.



Tags: E-Sports , Boys' Love , Full Color