Manhwa characters can be a little bit particular. Some of them are quirky, others have dark and complex backgrounds, and others have one or two things they’re obsessed with. In the latter case, money is the thing that many characters yearn for the most. They demonstrate it every time they can, leading to a lot of comical misunderstandings and satirical situations.
But why is it that these characters are so obsessed with money? Let’s find out by taking a look at each of them, from a wannabe hero who needs to pay college tuition, to a Demon lord addicted to horse races. Here is a list of the worst money-crazed characters in Manhwa.
Seojoon (Transcension Academy)
- Genre: Martial Arts, Adventure, Action, Shounen, Dystopian
- Author: Dupacitapa, Eojjeoda
- Artist: KyuJeanne
- Number of chapters: 119
- Status: Ongoing
When Seojoon got access to the Transcension Academy app, his life changed forever. Prior to this, he wasn’t as obsessed with money as he currently is. However, every lesson from the Academy’s instructors costs money, and to become more powerful as an Awakener, he needs loads of it.
Seojoon has come to a point where every single Wong he can gain from missions or tournaments counts towards his goals, and he gets overly excited about earning more and more money. His friends have started to see this side of his as problematic and call him “money crazed” every time he shows interest in earning cash. They have gone as far as to use Euro bills to wake him up from a coma, since they thought the “smell” of money would be enough to bring him back from the dead.
Grid (Overgeared) 
- Genre: VR-Gaming, Shonen, Action, Comedy
- Author: Park Saenal
- Artist: Monohumbug
- Number of chapters: 243
- Status: Ongoing
Speaking about money-obsessed people, Grid (Greed) from Overgeared is the very representation of the word. Ever since he got his Legendary Blacksmith class, he has been obsessed with creating the strongest items with the most powerful enchantments. And this, of course, requires a lot of in-game money, which basically translates to real-life cash. Some might even say he’s not in his right mind.
Grid doesn’t miss a single chance to sell his items for a high price. He knows all too well how hard it is to get good quality items in Satisfaction, and even more so, overpowered pieces of gear like the ones he can craft. However, he is usually flexible enough to help his guild members. He crafts the best gear for them, not for free, but at a reasonable price, or in exchange for good materials he can use to experiment with.
Mo Fan (Versatile Mage)
- Genre: Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Isekai, Martial Arts, Sword & Sorcery, Wuxia
- Author: Chaos
- Artist: Chaos
- Number of chapters: 1181
- Status: Ongoing
Mo Fan is a driven and centered person, with a clear objective in mind: to find every last member of the Black Vatican and eradicate them from the face of Aqua (the alternate version of Earth). For that, he needs to constantly improve his magic abilities through training, battling, cultivation, and spending hundreds of Yuans on magic consumables.
But ever since he got his Summoning Element, he has been obsessed with money for a different reason: he has a cute summoned Fairy called Flamme-Belle, whom he cares for like a doting father. And Flame Belle needs lots of Fire Element stones to use as nourishment, and to grow her powers. Thus, Mo Fan has been hell-bent on acquiring more money and magical items he can sell for cash, and exchange for magical stones to feed to his beloved adoptive daughter.