After six years of weekly release, Webtoon’s Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint finally wrapped up its first season with chapter 311 in May 2026. During that time, the series grew into one of the biggest fantasy manhwa around, thanks to its rich world-building, memorable characters, and consistently stunning artwork. Now, with the creators taking a well-deserved extended break before season 2 begins, many readers suddenly have a large gap in their weekly reading routine.
Fortunately, the webtoon space has plenty of series that capture some of the same appeal. While some focus on clever protagonists who survive through planning and strategy rather than overwhelming power, others throw their characters into deadly survival games packed with constant tension and unpredictable twists. Although nothing can fully replace Kim Dokja’s journey, these series offer plenty of familiar elements and should make the wait for season 2 a lot easier.
The World After the Fall
For readers looking for something that captures the same feeling as Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint, The World After the Fall is probably the closest match out there. That should not come as much of a surprise, considering both stories were written by singNsong. In fact, the two series are connected through the same multiverse, making The World After the Fall an especially fun read for fans who want to explore more of the authors’ world.
The story begins when mysterious towers suddenly appear across Earth, throwing humanity into a brutal apocalyptic survival game. Tower Walkers are given magical regression stones, allowing them to reset their timeline and escape death by jumping to the past. Jaehwan, however, makes a completely different choice. Rather than starting over again and again, he decides to remain in his original timeline and fight to the very end. That decision slowly pulls him into a much larger mystery involving the world and the deceptive gods running the entire system.
The World After the Fall is not as plot-heavy as Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint, but it shines in other ways. The action is fast-paced, the world-building gets increasingly strange in a good way, and Jaehwan is the kind of stubborn protagonist who keeps things entertaining no matter how crazy the situation becomes.
Regressor Instruction Manual (How to Use a Returner)
When Lee Kiyoung is suddenly thrown into a deadly fantasy world, he quickly realizes his base stats are absolute garbage, and surviving through brute force is simply not an option. Fortunately, he possesses one unusual skill: the ability to see the hidden status windows and potential of everyone around him. The moment he discovers a powerful regressor among the survivors, Kiyoung immediately decides to stick close to him, even if it means using a little manipulation to secure his own future.
That setup is exactly why the Regressor Instruction Manual feels so familiar to singNsong’s fantasy series. Much like Kim Dokja, Kiyoung is not the strongest person in the room. Instead, he survives by reading people, planning ahead, and taking advantage of information others do not have. The biggest difference is that Kiyoung is far more selfish and willing to cross lines if it helps him come out on top. Watching him scheme his way through dangerous situations is honestly half the fun.
A Transmigrator’s Privilege
After dying unexpectedly, Ailette wakes up inside an S-Class survival novel she already knows inside out. The good news for her is that she had purchased an afterlife insurance package before reincarnating, giving her access to overpowered skills and a group of surprisingly supportive gods watching over her. The bad news is that the novel’s main character is trapped in an endless cycle of tragedy and regression. Determined to change his fate, Ailette decides to throw the original story completely off track.
That setup is a big reason why A Transmigrator’s Privilege feels so familiar to Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint. Just like Kim Dokja, Ailette enters a world whose story she already knows and uses that knowledge to stay ahead of everyone else. She understands the dangers, knows where things are supposed to go wrong, and refuses to sit back and watch the protagonist suffer the same fate over and over again.
The biggest difference is the tone. While Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint often leans into darker themes, this series takes a much lighter and more comedic approach. Ailette is an endlessly entertaining lead, and watching her casually break the world’s rules while trying to save a broken regressor makes for a genuinely fun read from start to finish.
The Player Hides His Past
When the virtual reality game Chronicles of Arcana suddenly becomes reality, ordinary office worker Lee Hoyeol finds himself thrown into a world filled with monsters, dungeons, and players with supernatural abilities. But his biggest problem is not the apocalypse itself. Instead, he is forced to live as Grandfell, the overly dramatic Demon Hunter character he created years ago during his middle school chuunibyou phase. While everyone around him sees a cool and mysterious hero, Hoyeol is constantly panicking on the inside as his character’s personality takes over at the worst possible moments.
That strange mix of comedy and action is what makes The Player Hides His Past so entertaining. Much like Kim Dokja, Hoyeol has access to information nobody else knows and uses that advantage to survive a dangerous new world. The difference is that his greatest weapon is also his biggest embarrassment, forcing him to deal with the ridiculous lore and personality traits he once thought were cool.
The Second Coming of Gluttony
Seol Jihu had already destroyed his life long before he entered Lost Paradise. His gambling addiction cost him his family, ruined his relationships, and left him with nothing. Things only get worse after he is dragged into the brutal fantasy world, where he eventually dies filled with regret. But just before his death, those regrets are sent back to his past self in the form of a dream, giving him one last chance to start over and avoid the mistakes that led him there in the first place.
What makes The Second Coming of Gluttony a familiar read is that, much like Kim Dokja, Jihu enters a deadly world with knowledge others do not have. However, unlike Dokja, he is not trying to save the world from the beginning. At first, he is simply trying to become a better person and make up for the life he wasted. The story shows him slowly grow stronger while struggling with his past mistakes.
While the web novel is still regarded as one of the best stories in the genre, the manhwa adaptation leaves out a lot of important moments and rushes through several major arcs. Anyone interested in experiencing Seol Jihu’s story at its best is far better off picking up the original novel.
Doom Breaker
For readers who loved the twisted dynamic of Constellations watching humanity struggle for their own entertainment, Doom Breaker captures a very similar feeling. The story follows Zephyr, the last surviving human in a brutal war against the Demon Lord Tartarus. After falling in battle, he is unexpectedly given another chance. The gods, who have been treating the apocalypse like a spectator sport, send him ten years into the past, back to his days as a lowly temple slave, simply to see if he can produce a different ending this time around.
Much like Kim Dokja, Zephyr refuses to play by the rules of the system forced upon him. Armed with knowledge of the future, he slowly changes the timeline, gathers powerful allies, and begins plotting his revenge against the gods who toyed with humanity for their own amusement. While Doom Breaker leans more heavily into fantasy action, that same feeling of fighting back against an unfair world is what makes it such a must-read for ORV fans.
Kim Hajin’s situation is about as unlucky as it gets. After suddenly finding himself inside the world of his own unfinished web novel, he discovers that he is not the hero, the villain, or even an important supporting character. Instead, he ends up as a forgettable extra with almost no presence in the story at all. The only thing keeping him alive is a special system that allows him to make small changes to the world around him, slowly rewriting parts of the story while trying not to completely derail it.
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That premise is exactly why The Novel’s Extra feels so familiar to Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint. Much like Kim Dokja, Hajin survives because he already knows how the world is supposed to work. He uses that knowledge to stay one step ahead, quietly influencing major events from the sidelines while avoiding unnecessary attention. Watching him navigate a story he once created is where much of the fun comes from.
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Shing Shong
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