misunderstanding the mc to be better than they are

doesn’t matter if mc is strong or weak, but people misunderstand/overthink their actions and words to the point they think they’re always 3 steps ahead, while mc is blissfully unaware (and typically nervous). i also included “sickly” mcs who aren’t actually sick in here.

will not be rating with numbers but will give general summary and opinion. THERE MAY BE SPOILERS. i tried to move the better ones at the front but it’s not in a particular order!

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You Turned Off the Pain Setting?

 9.1(174 voted)
Ongoing
Author(s): Yoo eunwoo
Genre(s): Webtoons / Shoujo /

- fmc, stoic, virtual game, cool world building

mc plays a virtual game where she is the sacrificial hero, except her pain setting is turned to 0, meaning she does crazy stunts and says things that make everyone think she’s enduring the pain yet still so strong. she’s the first to get 100 routes and in this new route, it seems like the characters remember so it’s even more angsty bc she still keeps sacrificing herself. mc is aware of everything though so it’s very silly and sad. super good!!

30 06,2024

The Monster Duke Mistook Me for His Wife

 9.1(119 voted)
Ongoing
Author(s):
Genre(s): webtoons / Drama / Fantasy / Webtoons / Romance /

- fmc, comedy, accidentally acquired husband

this is new but mc is an extra in a novel who has extremely high divine power and has the holy animal (?) by her side because she escaped from the temple. she stumbles upon the villain of the story who is hurt and injured, gives him amnesia, then proceeds to accidentally woo the villain ML into believing they were a married couple with tricky circumstances. SO funny so far and a good dynamic!!

17 09,2024

I Became the Daughter-In-Law of the Villain Because I'm Terminally Ill!

 9.3(139 voted)
Ongoing
Author(s): 유나진
Genre(s): Webtoons / Shoujo / Fantasy

- fmc, terminal illness (not), comedy, cunning cute mc

i know novel spoilers but will give the gist: mc is in novel and she’s destined to die. she gets taken in by the villain to be his son’s wife (they are both kids btw). mc knows that the villain has some plan and she’s trying to disappear before he kills her so she acts cute and kind but very smart and cunning. along the way she heals literally everybody in the novel. everyone thinks she’s still sick from her illness but she got it cured LOL

17 09,2024

a terminally ill villainess refuses to be adopted

 9.1(303 voted)
Ongoing
Author(s):
Genre(s): Webtoons / Shoujo / Fantasy /

- kind fmc, commoner, terminally ill

mc isekai’d as the brief villain who sells ML off to save herself. of course, this time she saves ML and takes good care of him. she has an illness but she knows how to heal it, but because it requires her to cough blood up and also lose her voice, people misunderstand that she’s going to die and is super self sacrificing

28 09,2024

I’m In Trouble Because The Emperor Thinks I’m Terminally Ill

 8.7(172 voted)
Ongoing
Author(s):
Genre(s): webtoons / Drama / Fantasy / Historical / Webtoons / Romance /

- knight fmc, comedy, dragons, fake illness

mc is a knight and made a deal with a dragon to find its body in exchange for a wish. the consequences of this is her spitting up blood bc it’s “proof” of the deal. now everyone thinks she’s terminally ill and they found a perfect illness that matches her “symptoms” LOL. ml is the emperor she’s in love with and he is an (assumed) regressor who’s lost everything once before? pretty chill read so far

14 10,2024

The Delusional Hunter in Another

 9.4(187 voted)
Ongoing
Author(s):
Genre(s): Webtoons / Action / Adventure / Fantasy

- alien mc, weak body, stoic face

lmfao this is super new and sort of unique. mc is an alien who hates his job. he sends his soul to another planet (earth) and it’s super abundant in mana or smth. issue is the body he went into sucks and is super weak, but because he’s an alien and doesn’t understand human customs he keeps appearing like some cold, ex-S rank hunter who is a fake F-hunter LOL. need more chapters to fully assess

22 10,2024

She’s Not Our Daughter!

 8.7(549 voted)
Ongoing
Author(s):
Genre(s): Webtoons / Fantasy / Historical / Romance

- fmc, reluctant, single mother

mc has a one night stand with heir of the dukedom. she felt bad and dated him bc she didn’t mean to take his virginity. ran away after + paid to leave by the mother bc she is a commoner. mc coincidentally started raising her sister’s daughter bc her sister has a lot of enemies. the daughter looks identical to mc so when the duke comes to find her he thinks that’s their kid LOL. everyone thinks she is a hurt single mother who got abandoned and suffering

12 11,2024

What can a LIST do?

You may feel your favorite manga should be gathered together into distinct categories for your own reference and, now, you can do this with a LIST. After you've created your list or lists, you can proudly recommend them to other manga fans to showcase and share your taste in manga.

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Just saying but.... January 17, 2025 5:31 am

Hey nice list. Can I recommend Transfer Student Storm Bringer to the list though? I liked it a lot :))

Sinrai :) January 17, 2025 7:32 am

thanks! its already on the list haha on the first page or something

Just saying but.... January 17, 2025 2:10 pm
thanks! its already on the list haha on the first page or something Sinrai :)

(≧∀≦) must've missed it my bad

Ylda_not_found November 19, 2024 10:46 pm

This is literally my favorite trope! I’m so happy someone made a list and it’s so long as well
Thank you so much ヾ(☆▽☆)

Sinrai :) November 20, 2024 6:18 am

yay! i’m glad you’re enjoying it. it’s so hard finding this sort of trope so lmk if you have any suggestions as well ヾ(❀╹◡╹)ノ~

Ylda_not_found November 20, 2024 11:03 am
yay! i’m glad you’re enjoying it. it’s so hard finding this sort of trope so lmk if you have any suggestions as well ヾ(❀╹◡╹)ノ~ Sinrai :)

Technically Overlord, it’s really famous but it does fall into this trope. He’s OP but his actual personality is weak-minded and human-like.
There all these eleborate plans but he doesn’t really understand them but always manages to make everything work as if he planned them from the start.

Sinrai :) November 20, 2024 11:58 am
Technically Overlord, it’s really famous but it does fall into this trope. He’s OP but his actual personality is weak-minded and human-like. There all these eleborate plans but he doesn’t really understan... Ylda_not_found

hahahaha overlord is already on here, somewhere around page 3 or something like that. still, thanks for the suggestion though!

Ylda_not_found November 22, 2024 11:39 am
hahahaha overlord is already on here, somewhere around page 3 or something like that. still, thanks for the suggestion though! Sinrai :)

Then you really do have everything I know! Σ(  ̄□ ̄||) really good job on cataloging of them, thanks to you people like me can enjoy their misunderstandings haha ヾ(❀╹◡╹)ノ~

Bleh September 27, 2024 6:45 pm

I dunno if this is on here but i think "I Was Mistaken As a Monstrous Genius" also fits pretty well. It's a system kinda thing and what he's thinking is the complete opposite of how he looks/how people see him (づ ̄ ³ ̄)づ

Sinrai :) September 27, 2024 9:03 pm

hahaha it’s on here, pretty sure on the first or second page

mhm May 5, 2024 5:40 am

I think "Binbou Reijou no Kanchigai Seijo Den" would fit this list, everyone thinks the fl is a saint but most of her actions are out of self-interest (e.g. she gives the villagers healing medicine bc if they stay healthy, they can continue paying taxes)

ivory1008 April 18, 2024 6:56 am

you don’t have weak hero on here, right? i think gray is a good contender! he’s great at winning fights because he’s really crafty/intelligent, but physically super weak and delicate-looking so people (especially in the beginning, when he hadn’t built up a reputation yet) would doubt his capabilities and keep challenging him.

ivory1008 April 18, 2024 6:57 am

he 100% warrants his reputation of being ruthless and scary, but i really love the sheer disparity between that intimidating reputation vs. how small and effeminate he is <3

FunnyHoney February 17, 2024 1:21 am

Idk if it counts but I like "handa-kun" everyone thinks he is amazing and he thinks everyone hates him

Sinrai :) February 28, 2024 11:12 pm

oh this is a classic. i read and watched it a while ago but forgot to add since it was before this list was made. i’ll add it, thanks!

LA TEA☕ December 29, 2023 3:30 pm

Dunno if you already read but "Clever Cleaning life of a returned genius hunter" also follows this trope (●'◡'●)ノ

Sinrai :) December 30, 2023 9:18 am

FOR REAL? I WILL READ IT RN

Wolflov3r_30 September 3, 2023 12:33 pm

Add this one to the list please!
Just Because My Apprentice Is the Strongest, Doesn’t Mean I’m Strong Too!
The title basically explains it ╮( ̄▽ ̄)╭

Sinrai :) September 11, 2023 9:27 pm

ooh, let me check it out! thanks for the recommendation ヾ(☆▽☆)

Hmmmmm July 10, 2023 1:46 pm

yoo the comments back

Sinrai :) July 13, 2023 9:59 am

finally lol it’s been 2 years or so

Hmmmmm July 14, 2023 1:39 pm
finally lol it’s been 2 years or so Sinrai :)

lol

Hmmmmm June 17, 2023 12:24 pm

keep it up bro(⌒▽⌒)

Sinrai :) June 24, 2023 9:47 am

thank you!! trying to remember to add stuff in when i remember it lol

Hmmmmm June 11, 2023 5:36 pm

you should ad Yowai 5000-nen no Soshoku Doragon Iware Naki Yokoshima Ryou Nintei - Yada Kono Ikenie Hito no Hanashi o Kiite Kurenai

Sinrai :) June 11, 2023 6:53 pm

haha the vegetarian dragon one right? wasn’t super into it but i’ll add it in!