The Dark Swordsman Returns

The Dark Swordsman Who Returned, Reigns Supreme at the Academy

The Dark Swordsman Returns

The Dark Swordsman Returns

The Dark Swordsman Who Returned, Reigns Supreme at the Academy

Kaiki shita Ankoku Kenshi, Academy de Musou suru • 回帰した暗黒剣士2周日は無双する • Возвращающиеся темные мечники 2 раунда в день не вооружены. • Возвращение тёмного мечника

Origination: Manga
Demographic: Shounen
Published: 2025
Status: 📖 Ongoing
Translation: 📖 Ongoing
Ranked: #471
Followed by 31,279 users
(273 ratings)

On a battlefield at the brink of annihilation, unknown soldier Gray Lee had his chest pierced through—and he awaited death.

Only humanity's strongest heroes—the Sword Saint, the Divine Archer, the Great Sage, and the Ultimate Shield—stood a chance against the "Liquidator," a deadly enemy capable of burning down an entire continent in a single day.

Yet even those heroes fell, one by one, until all hope was lost...

...At least, that's what it should've been.

"I got pierced through the heart, but I'm still alive?"

Gray did not die. Instead, he was guided by Chronos, the Master of Time. He was bestowed an unknown power, and with it he delivered a powerful blow to the Liquidator, shaking the threads of fate itself.

But just as a chance of victory appeared, another beam of light struck, Gray's body reducing to nothing...

...and Chronos's voice thundered, "I shall send you to the past. Save this world."

The next thing Gray knew, he woke up in his hometown, which should long have been destroyed. It was the place he started his life of a loser—and was now the stage for his second chance.

"This time, I will survive!"

With the power to transcend time and his memories of the future, Gray sets out to become a warrior even stronger than the heroes.

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Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Format: Long Strip

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  • Academy
  • Weak to Strong
  • Underestimated Protagonist
  • Sword and Sorcery/Magic
  • Swordsman Protagonist
  • Black-Haired Male Lead
  • Black-Haired Protagonist
  • Careful Male Lead
  • Careful Protagonist
  • European Ambience
  • Full Color
  • Greek Mythology
  • Hero/es
  • Male Protagonist
  • Red-Eyed Male Lead
  • Red-Eyed Protagonist
  • Regression
  • Regressor Protagonist
  • Special Ability/Power
  • Swordswoman
  • Training
  • Underestimated Male Lead
  • Orc/s
  • Swordsman

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eMike avatar

eMike

27 reviews247 follows

Posted 2:38 AM · Sep 7, 2026

Recommended
7/10
Reviewed through Ch. 63 · 95%

Great art, bit of a let down of a story.

The artists did a great job with the action and, in general, with the character designs. The characters look great, but the story itself is very meh at times and decent at others. It feels like the story is somewhat directionless at the beginning, as if the author hadn't quite decided where to take it yet. As it progresses, it seems like the author finally starts making some decisions about where the story is going, but this also makes some of the earlier events feel shaky at best. On top of that, the villains ar...

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Highorse avatar

Highorse

15 reviews248 follows

Posted 1:00 PM · Jul 12, 2026

Not Recommended
3/10
Reviewed through Ch. 57 · 86%

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This is pretty cheeks. At the time of writing (~ch. 57) this is probably one of the more annoying reads. The protagonist and his professor are both kinda stupid and illogical (alongside this whole "ohhhh nobles are superior!" thing that's been done to death. It's not even an interesting depiction.) and most villains are the sorta "Yeah I'm a villain so I've got no brain whatsoever" type. The fact that the main villain is hinted to be in some way related to the academy makes this world feel SO much smaller that it a...

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TheronHunter

13 reviews215 follows

Posted 4:25 PM · Jun 11, 2026

Recommended
8/10
Reviewed through Ch. 53 · 80%

OK OK HOLD ON

ok this might not be accurate because I don't remember much but from what I remember this had a repeatable cycle of shit to mid to peak till the 20s chapters because mc had this shitty mentality that you usually find on shounen japanese mangas but the good thing is that author don't drag the shit for long hence the cycle of shit to mid to peak! then let's say It plateaus at an above-average level. I don't remember till when all I remember about the 20s and 30s and 40s is that they were decent and not bad BUT the la...

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