What is Swordplay manga?

The act or art of using a sword or similar weapon skillfully.

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Plunderer

7.33

Description:

It's the year 305 of the Alcian calendar, and the world is currently entirely controlled by "numbers." Every human born is branded with a "Count." This Count can be anything; the amount of kilometers walked, or the amount of people who have said your food is tasty. If your Count drops to 0, you will be sent into the Abyss. After Hina's mother's Count dropped to 0, her last request was for Hina to look for the Legendary Red Baron. (Note: one extra final bonus chapter was included into the chapter count) (Source: MU)
Type

manga

Volumes

21

Chapters

83

Status

finished

Started

2014-12-26

Cheolhyeolgeomga Sanyanggaeui Hoegwi

(Revenge of the Baskerville Bloodhound)

8.06

Description:

The hunting hound of the Baskerville Clan, 'Bichir van Baskerville' followed the path of assassination and espionage he was set on to get his clan the title of greatest. The reward for his loyalty to his clan, however, was a false accusation of treachery, followed by the cold blade of the guillotine. "Never again will I live the life of a dog that's killed after the rabbit hunt is over." But when met with death, an unexpected opportunity had come for him. Bichir's eyes glowed while he sharpened his fangs in the dark. "Wait for me, Hugo. This time, it will be you I tear apart with these jaws." And so, the bloody revenge of the hound commences! (Source: KakaoPage, translated)
Type

manhwa

Rating

13 teens or odler

Status

current

Started

2023-04-14

Shuumatsu Nani Shitemasu ka? Isogashii desu ka? Sukutte Moratte Ii desu ka?

(WorldEnd: What do you do at the end of the world? Are you busy? Will you save us?)

8.16

Description:

Five hundred years have passed since humanity went extinct at the hands of the fearsome "Beasts." Even up in the sky, where the surviving races dwell on floating islands, these monstrosities constantly threaten to bring death and destruction. Only a small group of young girls, the Leprechauns, can wield the ancient weapons needed to defeat these creatures. Into the girls' unstable and fleeting lives, where a call to certain death could come at any moment, enters an unlikely character: a young man who lost everything five hundred years ago, the last living human awakened from a long, icy slumber.
Type

novel

Volumes

5

Chapters

25

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

finished

Started

2014-11-01

As a Reincarnated Aristocrat, I'll Use My Appraisal Skill to Rise in the World

(As a Reincarnated Aristocrat, I'll Use My Appraisal Skill to Rise in the World)

6.91

Description:

After being reincarnated, Ars Louvent is supposed to live in a different world as a weak aristocrat. Both his physical strength and intelligence were mediocre in both worlds, but here he naturally possessed a skill called "Appraisal" that allowed him to see the potential of any person. By gathering talented people by his side, Ars uses this "Appraisal" skill to transform his weak territory into the strongest one! But the road ahead of him won't be so simple.(Source: Mangadex)
Type

manga

Status

current

Started

2020-06-26

Muhanui Mabeopsa

(The infinite Mage)

7.99

Description:

A human’s dream of infinity is like a supernova explosion that spreads at the speed of light! This is the story of child named Shirone who was abandoned in a stable, wrapped in swaddling clothes. While growing up, he showed unbridled interest in everything related to books and strove to learn even on his own. Although Shirone was the foster son of a hunter, one of the lowest-class people, he was a genius in everything! One day, as a reward for mastering a legendary skill to knock down trees with a couple swings of an axe, his foster father takes him along on his trip to the city. And in that city, Shirone chances upon magic!
Type

manhwa

Status

current

Started

2022-12-30

Pick Me Up!

8.25

Description:

The mobile gacha game ‘Pick Me Up!’ is known for being brutally difficult, and no one has been able to clear a dungeon. Loki, the fifth among all the world’s masters, loses consciousness while trying to clear the dungeon. Upon waking up, Loki finds himself turned into a 1-star level 1 hero, ‘Islat Han’. In order to return to Earth, he must lead novice masters and heroes and break through the 100th floor of the dungeon! This is the story of master Loki who is forced to carry everyone to victory and cannot afford a single defeat.
Type

manhwa

Status

current

Started

2022-12-28

Hiraheishi wa Kako wo Yumemiru

6.9

Description:

It details the life of a mid-rank soldier who died at the very end of the war against the Demon Race. Fortunately for him, he wakes up to find that he's a baby again, in the embrace of his real mother, years in the past. Determined to avoid the chain of tragedies that took his beloved ones away from him, he takes advantage of the advancements in swordsmanship and magic that developed during the war (as we all know, wars are when many scientific breakthroughs tend to happen), and tries his best to prepare for the demon invasion as well as strengthen himself with maximum efficiency. (Source: Hot Chocolate Scans)
Type

manga

Volumes

7

Chapters

62

Status

finished

Started

2016-05-12

Hagsajaesaeng

(Reborn as a Scholar)

7.62

Description:

I used to be a ruthless warrior, hated by many and feared by all. My bloodthirsty rampage comes to a life-shattering halt during a fierce battle with a monk, and now I’ve been reincarnated as Junwoo Hwang, the eldest son of the revered Lord of Suzhou. My new dad wants me to become a great scholar but no amount of studying can take away my love of martial arts and my itch for danger. Will I get to be the powerful warrior I was born to be or will my studies change me from callous to noble? (Source: Tapas)
Type

manhwa

Chapters

214

Status

finished

Started

2016-10-09

Sword Art Online: Progressive

()

7.65

Description:

"This game is impossible to clear. It's just a matter of when, where and how you die." Kayaba Akihiko's death game has been up for one month. This incredibly difficult VRMMO has already claimed 2000 victims. It's the day of the 1st floor boss strategy meeting. The solo player Kirito, who's decided to only strengthen himself, meets a rare female player on the current front lines, while heading to the meeting around noon. Fighting alone against the strong monsters, she was like a meteor cutting the night sky. A compilation of Aria in the Starless Night, where Kirito becomes known as the Black Swordsman, the events concerning the 2nd floor boss clearing, and Rondo of the Transient Blade, the sad tale of a young male blacksmith. (Source: Novel volume 1 description)
Type

manga

Volumes

0

Chapters

47

Status

finished

Started

2013-06-29

Sinhwageup Gwisok Item-eul Sone Neoeotda

(I Obtained a Mythic Item)

7.7

Description:

Yggdrasil, the World Tree of Norse Mythology, suddenly appeared on Earth. And with it came demonic creatures that ravaged entire cities. Although not all hope is lost, due to the System that a few special humans had gained. In this new world where only the strong survived, Jae-Hyun Min scrapes by regretting the wrong choices he’d made in the past… when one day, he gains the only Mythic item in the world. How will this item help him? And can he change his wretched fate?
Type

manhwa

Status

current

Started

2022-06-12

Hwansaengui Jeongseok

7.28

Description:

The greatest martial family, Samion. Daven, a member of the Samion family, is a one-armed martial soldier without a right arm. Despite the ridicule and contempt he got for only having a left arm, he surpassed the direct line of the Samion family like a genius. However, he got betrayed by his family and parents in the end, thus meeting a poor end. But, he was reincarnated. “I have a right arm?” He had a new family tradition. A naturally gifted body. Experience from his past life. And the god Yulion with him as well. After his reincarnation, everything changed, and a new adventure started.
Type

manhwa

Status

current

Started

2022-08-10

Kouritsuchuu Madoushi, Daini no Jinsei de Madou wo Kiwameru

(The Mage Will Master Magic Efficiently In His Second Life)

6.86

Description:

Zeff Einstein spent his whole life mastering red magic and was finally recognized for it, yet a new spell that was soon created revealed that his talent for red magic was his lowest. Bitter at the thought of all his wasted effort, he creates a spell to send his old self back in time to his younger body and together with the determined "genius" mage Milly and the handsome swordswoman Claude, he intends to master magic more efficiently this time. (Source: /ak/ scans)
Type

manga

Volumes

11

Chapters

60

Status

finished

Started

2015-11-27

Kagurabachi

(Kagurabachi)

7.62

Description:

Young Chihiro spends his days training under his famous swordsmith father. One day he hopes to become a great sword-maker himself. The goofy father and the serious son--they thought these days would last forever. But suddenly, tragedy strikes. A dark day soaked in blood. Chihiro and his blade now live only for revenge. (Source: Manga PLUS)
Type

manga

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

current

Started

2023-09-18

Ragna Crimson

7.68

Description:

Ragna is a dragon hunter along with his partner, the strongest dragon hunter Leo. He didn't have much talent at hunting dragons but he had decided to entrust his whole life for her. However he was shown the feel of true despair by his future self on what would happen if he stays weak as he is now. With that, it seems that the reaper of the dragons had now appeared earlier than the original history, but will it be enough to change future? (Source: MU)
Type

manga

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

current

Started

2017-03-22

Rakudai Kishi no Cavalry

(Chivalry of a Failed Knight)

7.87

Description:

In a time and place where one's soul can be morphed into a weapon, there are modern-day magicians called Mage-Knights. Although Kurogane Ikki is a student at an institution that trains Mage-Knights, he has no particular talent in magic and is labeled the "Failure Knight" or "Worst One." Getting way less than average marks in the scorings, he was forced to repeat a year. But with the arrival of a new head of the institution, a new rule was created: knights whose abilities are compatible, as decided by the board, must share rooms and attend practice and training together throughout their school years to bring up their abilities to the max. It is a rule to implement the absolute verdict of ability. Ikki's roommate, Stella Vermillion, turns out to be a princess of another foreign country. Stella is a Rank A knight: the type of genius in magic who only appears once a decade. When Ikki walked in on her while she was changing her clothes, it caused a huge misunderstanding, which eventually ended up in a duel between the two of them. The punishment for the losing side is Eternal Submission to the winning side. Forced to live the same room and practice magic together throughout all their school years, how will Stella and Ikki's relationship evolve? (Source: Baka-Tsuki)
Type

novel

Volumes

19

Status

finished

Started

2013-07-13

Boukensha ni Naritai to Miyako ni Deteitta Musume ga S Rank ni Natteta

(My Daughter Left the Nest and Returned an S-Rank Adventurer)

7.52

Description:

The life of an adventurer isn’t always a glamorous one. Belgrieve finds this out the hard way when a deadly encounter robs him of his leg and the ability to pursue his dreams not long after setting off for fame and fortune. But fate isn’t finished with this retired adventurer! While gathering herbs in the wilderness, he discovers an abandoned baby girl and names her Angeline after deciding to raise her as his own. Angeline grows up to become a top-tier adventurer in her own right, yet after venturing out into the world and making a name for herself, fame, fortune, and power hold no allure for the accomplished S-rank adventurer: her heartfelt wish is for nothing more than to see her father again. (Source: J-Novel Club)
Type

manga

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

current

Started

2018-05-08

Busou Shoujo Machiavellianism

(Armed Girl's Machiavellism)

7.11

Description:

The Private Aichi Symbiosis Academy was originally a high school for high-class girls, when it became co-ed, the girls, out of fear, asked to be permitted to bring weapons to school. When that was enforced, a five-member vigilante corps-like organization called the "Supreme Five Swords" was also formed. After many generations, the five swords eventually became a group which corrected problematic students and such the academy started proactively accepting such students in order to correct them. Nomura Fudou was sent to that school after being part of a huge brawl, what will he do when the only options he has after enrolling are being expelled from that school too or being corrected the way the rest of the male students there were...by being forced to dress and act like girls! (Source: Batoto)
Type

manga

Volumes

13

Chapters

86

Status

finished

Started

2014-03-25

Academy Cheonjaekaljabi

(Academy's Genius Swordmaster)

7.62

Description:

Ronan lived a wasteful life filled with regrets. A second chance befalls him at the end of his futile life. Ronan's quest for a new life begins. (Source: Naver, translated)
Type

manhwa

Status

current

Started

2023-07-29

Infinite Leveling: Murim

(Infinite Leveling: Murim)

7.76

Description:

Killed on the battlefield without glory to his name, Yuseong Dan receives an opportunity to grow stronger with a strange quest and level system. But each quest he’s forced to fight only seems to be getting harder and harder. Can he level up enough to avoid the same miserable ending and become the powerful hero he wishes to be? Source: Webtoons
Type

manhwa

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

current

Started

2020-04-21

Cheonmayukseong

(Murim RPG Simulation)

7.59

Description:

A scout in the infamous Demon Cult, Seolhwi is on a routine patrol when his squad unexpectedly encounters a fearsome master of the Mount Hua Sect, the sworn enemies of the Demon Cult. Without warning, the Mount Hua Cult master slaughters the entire squad. As Seolhwi lies dying, lamenting years of service to the cult with nothing to show for it, he is suddenly faced with a video game prompt, asking if he would like to start again. Given the opportunity to start over and make different choices, Seolhwi vows to survive and become stronger so he can rise to the top of the Demon Cult. Source: Webtoon
Type

manhwa

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

current

Started

2021-10-06

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