Many manhwa and manga have received anime adaptations, and there are manhua that deserve the same treatment. Manhua are comics created in China. Like manhwa and manga, they cover genres such as isekai, but provide their own unique cultural interpretation of what a different world would look like as well as how people grow stronger. Typically, the protagonists go through cultivation, which is used to grant supernatural powers and extend a person's lifespan. This involves practicing martial arts and meditation.
There are also series in which the protagonists let their strength and brains do the talking, and the characters are often incredible at outwitting others. In addition to interesting stories, the art is beautiful as well, and would translate well into an anime.
10 1/2 Prince: A Comedic Take On VR Isekai
In a futuristic world, Feng Lan is challenged by her brother to play a virtual reality game called Second Life. Infuriated by his claims that females only have to worry about supporting stronger characters, she creates a male avatar. Unfortunately, the avatar is so handsome that it is constantly attracting too much attention. She recruits a group of people in order to effectively level up, but she acts as the main carry of the team in order to prove her brother wrong.
9 Gu Daoist Master: The Story Follows The Rise Of A Villain
Fang Yuan is a villain who was cornered by a mob of angry people. He decides to go back in time to when he was a child, and use his powers to become a demon once again. Once in the past, he is a young boy with little potential, but he uses his knowledge of the future and quick wit to his advantage.
It is slowly revealed how Fang Yuan's environment shaped him into a demon, as everyone turned against him after concluding that his younger brother had more potential than him.
8 Forced To Become The Villain's Son-In-Law: A Novelist Is Sent Into His Own Novel Because The King Of Hell Didn't Like The Ending
Liu Mang was a novelist who died in his original world and was sent to hell because the King of Hell did not like the ending of his last novel. Liu's novel followed a protagonist going through a difficult journey, but thanks to the hate letters he'd received, he decided to throw in the towel, making the protagonist overpowered. At the end of the novel, Liu decided to destroy the world the protagonist lived in, rather than allow him to marry the love interest. The King of Hell is so furious with the ending that he sends Liu into the novel to fix it.
7 The Legendary Mechanic: An Account Booster Is Sent Into A Game
A gamer who uses his talents to level up newbie accounts for money, Han Xiao somehow dies while boosting another account. He finds himself in the game ten years prior to the major events. Even worse, he is reborn as a test subject in the villain's base. They attempt to brainwash him and make him into a disposable soldier, but he manages to train himself in secret. Under their noses, he acquires and trains his skills as a mechanic, which he uses to escape.
6 I'm An Evil God: The MC Gets Stronger By Making People Angry
When reincarnated, Xie Yan finds himself in the body of someone who looks exactly like him. Unfortunately, this world's version of him is completely powerless and at the mercy of a woman who wants to drain his life force. He is thankfully given a cheat system, which allows him to travel to other worlds to gain techniques. The best part of the system is that it requires points to level up skills, and the only way that he can earn them is by evoking strong emotions in other people. This means he goes out of his way to make as many people angry as possible.
5 I Shall Become The Queen: The MC Gets Sent Back In Time As A Girl
Lu Dong Xi had a miserable high school life in which he was bullied and unable to fight back. He thought that part of his life was long gone, but one day he woke up and found that he and his parents were sent ten years into the past. He's a high schooler again, but this time, everyone's gender is reversed. Lu Dong Xi refuses to go through the same hardships again and decides to utilize the years he spent training in college to stand up for himself.
4 When The Villainess Loves: The MC Gets Isekai'd Into The Body Of Her Favorite Character
After being reborn into the body of her favorite character, Princess Libertia, the main lead is overjoyed. However, she quickly realizes that she is doomed if she does nothing. Her brother, the male lead, is a massive yandere who will kill anyone who gets anywhere near the female lead.
She focuses her efforts on saving the secondary male leads from their doom, as well as finding a way to escape from the castle.
3 Cheating Men Must Die: A Perfect Story For Those Who Like Seeing Karma Kick In
In many stories, secondary characters often meet a tragic fate in order to make the main leads look better. Su Luxia steps in to take the place of good-hearted characters who were tossed aside. Su Luxia's primary goal is to get revenge for these characters, making the terrible main leads pay for their actions tenfold. The readers get to see a variety of worlds in which Su Luxia and the main leads play a game of wits.
2 Prince Charming's Lovely Gaze: A Comedic Reverse Harem With Multiple Personalities
Su Aixin is a university student who happens to come across a magical bracelet. After putting on the bracelet, she discovers that not only can she not remove it, but it gives her four different personalities, which activate depending on the situation that she is in. The personalities actually help her in sticky situations, helping her land a job and do things that she normally wouldn't be able to do on her own. Each personality even attracts a different man, which completely baffles her. It's a romantic comedy that would translate well into an anime.
1 Scream Queen: The MC Outwits Ghosts In A Comedic Horror
After discovering that she was cursed to die at the hands of a ghost in seven days, Zhuyang doesn't cower at all. Instead, she finds ways to counter each of the ghost's attempts to frighten her. She is smart, bold, and fearless, earning her title as a queen. Mocking the ghost as being a ripoff of The Ring, she decides to torment the ghost who was trying to torment her, even going so far as to pay people online to turn images of the ghost into memes. The story is vastly entertaining and hilarious.