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“Humanity's last savior, Hyeonuk Lee, reincarnates as a corporal to seek revenge through steel-eating growth.”
Steel-Eating Player
강철을 먹는 플레이어
6.61
16,245 rank · 4,662 readers · 5 favorites
Action
Fantasy
Adult Cast
Military
Time Travel
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Synopsis
Humanity's last savior, Hyeonuk Lee, reincarnates as a corporal to seek revenge through steel-eating growth.
Steel Emperor Hyeonuk Lee, the last savior of humanity, has died. The place he returned to in order to change the future is... the military?!! Why here of all places?! Corporal Hyeonuk Lee's steel eating show begins as he rapidly grows to get revenge! (Source: Webtoon Entertainment)
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Community consensus
Derived from 3 sampled reviews
8.3
/10
What 3 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 9
mode 9
σ 0.94
Agreement
Strong agreement
σ 0.94 · scores cluster tight
The polarity gap
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↑ 1.33
Running avg · Mar 2024 → Feb 2025
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 9 “I remember binging the Entire series in the middle of last year. I was expecting mid but stumbled upon treasure randomly. Yes the MC is the usual "Last Survivor Doom bro," but he carries a hardcore...”
- 7 “Starts slow, but gets better as it goes on. It's your typical dungeons/hunters manhwa, with the gimmick that the protagonist gets stronger by eating metals. He's also a regressor because of course...”
- 9 “The premise of the story is pretty straightforward, and similar to other regression manhwa. Our protagonist, a formidable fighter in his timeline, has gone through decades of war with monsters and...”
Verbosity
Short · 67%
Medium · 0%
Long · 33%
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A Manhwa Publication
- Published Aug 2023 – ongoing
- Source Manhwa media type
- Ref. BS-M71391 catalog