Summary
- Leon in Overpowered Sword is so oblivious to Karen's feelings that fans are screaming for him to take a hint!
- Vera in Aire only wants to escape love, while Lady Elda tries to win his affection, leading to a slow progress.
- Chen Yuan in I Have A Billion Liquid Gold has the perfect partner in Xu Lele, but he remains a scumbag and oblivious to her affection.
One of the tropes that seems to repeat itself in an endless pattern throughout all types of manhwa is that some characters are so clueless that it hurts the plot. In stories where romance is an important part of the plot, and where readers tend to ship two characters, it often happens that one character is seemingly oblivious to the other's advances.
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In the worst cases, we have power couples, perfect for each other, but both of them are so clueless that the relationship stagnates and goes nowhere throughout several arcs. This list has some of the most clueless manhwa characters that will make fans scream, "Take a hint, for crying out loud!"
5 Leon (Overpowered Sword)
Has His Perfect Other Half Right In Front Of Him, But Ignores Her Advances
- Genre: Action, Fantasy, Drama, Shounen, Romance
- Author: ELDO
- Artist: ELDO
- Status: Ongoing
In every action story where there's a male hero (if fate permits), he will find a romantic interest throughout his adventures. What happens when the fated lover of the main character is gorgeous, wholesome, caring, good-natured, and totally outshines the protagonist? Worse, what happens if said protagonist is absolutely oblivious to her advances? In Overpowered Sword, Leon has taken way too long to notice that Karen is totally smitten by him.
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It gets even worse. A point of no return approaches in the plot, and two new love rivals are lurking around Leon, which has caused distress for Karen, who is slowly pushed aside while she and the MC have made zero progress in the last 20 chapters. This slow-boiled romance could totally break the nerves of fans who have been shipping them since Karen appeared during the City Devourer Arc. We will have to wait and see if Leon gets a clue, or keeps being a fool.
4 Vera (Aire)
Only Wants To Run Away From Love
- Genre: Fantasy, Sword & Sorcery, Action, Drama
- Author: Seoli
- Artist: Seoli
- Status: Hiatus (S1 pause)
Since the beginning of the story, we see that former princess Lady Elda is totally nuts for Vera, the slave gladiator and her fated companion. Sadly, not only is Vera totally oblivious to her flirting and all the good things she's done for him, but he only wishes for one thing: To escape his service and gather with his slave friends, who, by the way, were liberated by Elda at his request.
Then there's Lady Elda herself, who is not absolutely true to her feelings either, and has a strange way to prove her love: by oppressing Vera and trying to assert dominance on him every chance she gets. Since she is the rebellious princess type and was raised in a patriarchal family that seemingly didn't care about her, she has some attachment issues, and has zero experience of how to demonstrate affection. Therefore, we can understand that she doesn't know the best approach to conquer Vera's heart. On the other hand, Vera is tremendously oblivious and only thinks about himself; though, lately he's been warming up to Lady Elda and has recognized her as a companion. Slight progress is still progress.
3 Chen Yuan (I Have A Billion Liquid Gold)
Has His Happily Ever After Right In Front Of Him
- Genre: Drama, Comedy, Satire, Romance, Power-Fantasy
- Author: Fanqie
- Artist: Fanqie
- Status: Ongoing
The scummy money-obsessed MC of I Have A Billion Liquid Gold wasn't always "a winner," one of the most powerful tycoons in the City with millions in assets. In fact, he was a total loser who spent the little money he had chasing after a woman who didn't appreciate him at all. As such, he has developed a sort of vengeful nature against the opposite sex, which has led to him breaking several hearts in a row. Money cannot buy common sense it seems, since Chen Yuan has had the perfect and most suitable companion alongside him for almost 300 chapters.
This, of course, is Xu Lele, an Arts Major one year older than Chen Yuan who originally took him for granted and was cast aside by the MC, but quickly regained her senses and did everything in the good girl manual to prove that she is the best possible partner for him. She is the only one who invested back in Chen Yuan, both in terms of money and trust, and she even went as far as to help him settle down in a new apartment when his flamboyant attitude almost left him sleeping in the streets. So, yes, Chen Yuan is not only a scumbag, but also the most oblivious manhwa character who has a cheating ability to gain money.
2 Airen (The Reformation Of The Deadbeat Noble)
Even The Cat Knows She Loves Him, But He's Clueless
- Genre: Fantasy, Reincarnation, Sword & Sorcery, Comedy, Drama
- Author: Doip
- Artist: Lee Deung Byeol
- Status: Ongoing
Next on the list of clueless manhwa characters, we have Airen Parreira, from Reformation of the Deadbeat Noble, and of all the obnoxious things he has ever done, the worst is to reject his perfect partner, Illya. At some point, Illya becomes interested romantically in Airen, and basically confesses to him, but Airen is so clueless that he takes that confession as an invitation to "spar" with her and her father.
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The worst part is that even Illya's father, Lord Lindsay, who barely knows Airen, has noticed that his daughter is interested in the young swordsman. Even her two older siblings know it, and all Airen friends know it. Even Ruru (Lulu) the party's pet knows about this, and she has the mind of a 5-year-old child. So, basically, a talking baby cat is more observant than Airen. Will he ever notice Illya's affection? Or will he remain a sword-obsessed fool forever? Time will tell.
1 Han Hari (The Knight King Who Returned With A God)
Couldn't Take A Hint Even If Her Life Depended On It
- Genres: Dark Fantasy, Action, Comedy, Reverse Isekai
- Author: Salam Sallyeo (Story)
- Artist: Jeoncheon Huma Geomsa (Art)
- Status: Ongoing
The Knight King Who Returned With A God is a story about a vicious and powerful paladin, chosen by the gods to cleanse corruption from the many worlds that are under their protection. The next designated target in this endless quest is none other than Earth. Remember that scene in Lilo and Stitch where Lilo prays for God to "send her an angel" and she gets a 6-armed mutant from space that wants to destroy the Earth? Well, this story goes more or less like that, but changes Lilo for Han Hari, an awakened from Korea, and Stitch for Leon Dragonia Leonhart, the most powerful Knight of the Grail who has ever donned the mantle of Sacred King.
What Han Hari is most oblivious and clueless about is that this godlike royalty from another world is actually acting in her best interest. Despite all the horrible and harsh training that Leon enforces on Han Hari and the rest of the recruits from the Pantheon guild, she continues to not notice his gallant and old-fashioned advances throughout the plot. At some point, he grows so impatient and anxious about Han Hari's clueless nature, that he basically ties her up as a ship figurehead, to force her to awaken her nature as a Saint, which he detected long ago. Leon always tells Han Hari about her potential, but she simply doesn't believe in herself, and this has made the King exhaust every possible method to allow her to become stronger. Luckily for both, this last method worked, and Han Hari awakened as the Saint of not only one, but two Gods, which greatly empowered her. The latest developments seem to point towards Leon taking Han Hari as his consort, but will she ever take a hint, or will she remain clueless? It seems like option B is what is going to happen from here on out.
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