Best Isekai Manhwa Where The MC Is Betrayed

Summary

• Betrayal is a common theme in Isekai Manhwa.

• “The Beginning After The End” and “The Legendary Mechanic” show the main characters facing betrayal.

• Stories include political intrigue, intense battles, and survival in unique fantasy worlds.

Betrayal is one of the classic tropes of fiction, which happens a lot when heroes of fantasy and sci-fi stories are at the peak of their careers, and often when they least expect it. IN Isekai Manhwa, readers will often see the main characters betrayed, perhaps even more than once.

If fans are looking for specific titles where the main characters overcome these tricky situations where allies become enemies, or where society turns against them, then they've come to the right place. This ranked list will highlight various titles with great storytelling quality and stunning artwork that revolve around the betrayal of the main character as the primary conflict of the series.

7

The beginning after the end

Betrayed on his homeworld, betrayed again on the other side

• Genre: Isekai, Action, Drama, Fantasy, Sword & Sorcery
• Author: TurtleMe
• Artist: Fuyuki23

The beginning after the end is the story of a betrayed monarch who climbed to the top and was then killed by his own allies when they saw how powerful he had become. As he was about to die, a mysterious force pulled his soul into a fantasy world where magic exists. Using his knowledge of warfare and martial arts, he began a path of self-training at a young age, becoming a prodigy in both magic and swordsmanship.

A great series that mixes tons of great tropes, including double-crossing, political intrigue, and a powerful protagonist who can't get a second of peace, even after dying once. The best part is that it will have an anime series soon, so if fans start reading it now, they might be able to get in on the real thing before it's released.

6

The legendary mechanic

Treated as a test subject since his arrival, then betrayed countless times

• Genre: Isekai, Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Space Western
• Author: Qi Peijia (original author)
• Artist: Atlas Studios (Manhwa Adaptation)

This Manhwa adaptation of the original Sci-Fi novel written by Qi Peijia is an intense series of betrayals, where the main character is transported to the VR game world he used to enjoy as a gamer and put into the body of an experimental test subject from a shady organization .

After countless intense battles, he finally manages to become a powerful mechanic (his favorite class in the game) and develops a battle suit. He takes the moniker Black Phantom and starts acting as an NPC when he notices other players starting to join his galaxy. A cool story, with great art and memorable characters.

5

Primal Hunter

He was left to die, but he will be the last man standing

• Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Isekai, Seinen, Grimdark
• Author: Zogarth
• Artist: UnoDay Studio

One of the most pleasant surprises among all the new manhwa series gaining traction with stunning visuals and a powerful story of survival, betrayal and friendship. This series is about a group of normal people who find themselves in a kind of Battle Royale scenario in a strange world filled with monsters. Among them is Jake, a regular guy who is often seen as weird and bullied by his “friends”.

Jake is a loner who prefers to do things alone, and even after his former colleagues let him down more than once, he proves that no matter what comes his way, he can become the Apex Predator in this sick game the gods have thrown them into .

4

To hell with being a saint, I'm a doctor

Betrayed by the Pope and by the goddess who summoned him

• Genres: Isekai, Action, Drama, High Fantasy, Martial Arts, Shounen
• Author: Goriff, Lorenzo
• Artist: Hammy

In this tale of political conspiracies, gods and scheming monarchs, Saint Ray is a young and carefree “Chosen One”, brought from Korea to become the goddess Gaia's emissary in a fantasy world. But Ray was a former surgeon and a renowned doctor known as the “Hands of God”, because of his ability to save people who were pronounced dead when no one else could do anything to help them.

As a saint, he gained great power, but he had to give up his freedom to roam the world to provide medical aid to anyone who needed it. And he initiated a reform of the church to allow himself to help those who were too poor to have access to the miracle of healing. So he made a lot of enemies, among them: the Pope himself, who betrays him, causing one of the most important twists in the series. An excellent read, filled with funny moments and some fierce antagonists.

Betrayed by his own family — can't get any worse than that, right?

• Genre: Adventure, Drama, Dark Fantasy, School Life, Reincarnation, Isekai
• Author: Corita
• Artist: GREEN KYRIEN

In this intense Manhwa about being transported to a game world, Ed Rothaylor proves to be tough as nails. Sure, it might be because he's being controlled by a pro RPG player reincarnated in his body, but still, he's one heck of a survivor.

Conspiracies, dark sorcery, summoned monsters and more add to the intense and dizzying action that keeps getting better and better. There are some harem elements walking around, so fair warning to those avoiding them. But if fans enjoy the comic relief of romantic entanglements, they will surely enjoy this series.

2

I woke up like the villain

One betrayal after another

• Genres: Action, Urban Fantasy, Drama, Comedy, Isekai
• Author: Yu Hyun So
• Artist: ARLG

This story begins with the typical office slave dying of overwork and transported to the fictional world of a novel where he becomes the trash character: a second-rate villain about to be destroyed by a twisted family power struggle. To survive the attack, he must use his knowledge of what's happening in the series to become a powerful Awakened (humans with superpowers).

The story is pretty decent, full of unexpected twists, romantic entanglements and some comic relief here and there. If fans like other urban fantasy series like Eleceedthen maybe they love I woke up like the villain.

1

Become a magical school mage

It's amazing how quickly survival instincts can kick in when they're double-crossed

• Genres: School Life, Fantasy, Drama, Comedy, Isekai
• Author: Guellseuneun
• Artist: Gigye

The story follows Lee Han, a student who is about to finish his grueling final exams and realize his fierce dream of living a lazy life – only that truck gun had other plans, and he was transported to a fantasy world as Ethan Wardenaz. As part of an elitist and ruthless family of magicians, Ethan will have to use all his wits to survive as a magical academy student, even more so since this institution is ruled by an evil demi-lich who uses his students as toys.

The story is fantastic, filled with comedy and action scenes. The world building is also pretty decent and heavily inspired by Dungeons & Dragons culture, as there are many spells, creatures, and tropes drawn from its lore.