
For me, it's more when the female character is USELESS. Damn, how much I resent (and most of the time drop stories) because I hate the useless female lead... (╬ ̄皿 ̄)凸 So irritating and even disgusting.... :(((
I tend to forget them though, because I hate them, but one character I still remember is the female from anime Zankyou no Terror.......... She's so fucking useless imo.
Anyways I just hate female characters who have no quality whatsoever and somehow still "casted" to be an important character. Like, damn, fictional stories, you can cast ME instead of those females and I can do sooo much better!!! Yet here I am living such a miserable life compared to those useless females who live a great, exciting life with the ML....
Btw one manhwa I found with female character who's actually sort of beyond the male lead in term of action skills, is True Education http://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/true_education/
I guess it's kinda dropped here, but I personally read it on line webtoon because they have more continuing episodes and they're free. :)
Also personal favorite with damn badass women: Omniscient Reader.
You can also read them on line webtoon to support the amazing authors, heheh. (๑•ㅂ•)و✧

Oh, plus, I forgot to say this:
Action stories with male leads tend to turn that way, whether it's asian or western.
You know... how most men want to be heroes and therefore the women are weak so he can protect her. A lot of stories with male MC treat women as trophies for the men instead of an actual living being. Always someone weak and useless BUT pretty, or hot, or rich... anything that can be translated as "reward" for their "heroic" ego boost. (=__=*)
I watched a video about this on youtube but I forgot the title because it was long ago... but if I'm not mistaken, it's mentioned in an essay video that talked about Wizard of Oz being the most chill movie without evil character and with no war and therefore no men-to-be-the-heroes nor women-as-their-trophy tropes.
.... IF I'm not mistaken.

I'M SORRY I GUESS I FORGOT TO SAY THAT IT'S ON INDONESIAN WEBTOON
https://m.webtoons.com/id/action/the-real-lesson/list?title_no=2423&page=1&webtoon-platform-redirect=true

I didn't want to comment because I would go on a tangent, BUT when you cited the female "lead" from Zankyou no Terror, I couldn't stay silent because YOU'RE FUCKING RIGHT. That annoying ass character should have burned in hell for her uselessness. I understand not being brave or even being scared, that's pretty normal tbh, but being dumb and self sacrificing when you have the power of a noodle is just too much for me, like gurl, you know you're practically useless, stay at home and use your freaking survival instincts, don't get mixed up in shit you can't escape from and will get the mc in trouble. SRAY AT HOME, we don't need you to be the heroine when you don't have the ability or personality for it, you can help your heroes from home. Anyway sorry for the long rant, but I absolutely despise that girlie and nine should have just eliminated her from the get go (▰˘◡˘▰)

I didn't want to comment because I would go on a tangent, BUT when you cited the female "lead" from Zankyou no Terror, I couldn't stay silent because YOU'RE FUCKING RIGHT. That annoying ass character should have burned in hell for her uselessness. I understand not being brave or even being scared, that's pretty normal tbh, but being dumb and self sacrificing when you have the power of a noodle is just too much for me, like gurl, you know you're practically useless, stay at home and use your freaking survival instincts, don't get mixed up in shit you can't escape from and will get the mc in trouble. SRAY AT HOME, we don't need you to be the heroine when you don't have the ability or personality for it, you can help your heroes from home. Anyway sorry for the long rant, but I absolutely despise that girlie and nine should have just eliminated her from the get go (▰˘◡˘▰).
JUST MY OPINION HOMESICLES.
i don’t dislike girls, and no, i don’t dislike girls in action comics either. i’m not a misogynist and i’m completely fine with women. some comics even portray an awesome, badass female lead and yes, i just live for that. but OH MY FUCKING LORD. females have been portrayed as these annoying bitches who just suddenly appear out of nowhere in a an action comic and just stick themselves onto the side of the mc. THAT’S NOT ALL, but most girls in comics like these are portrayed as one of these; clingy, annoying, stupid, OR ALL OF THE ABOVE. it’s never something like being as overpowered as the male lead, or being extremely intelligent, or even just having a certain talent in something as simple as BEING BRAVE. and even if they were one of these, the author still adds an annoying trait like being a bitch. and i’m not blaming the author, it’s their type of story and they can make it however they want, BUT IT’S STARTING TO BECOME A CLICHE NOW. people dislike the females in comics like these because THEY DO NOT FIT. this is an action plot, not a romance plot. listen, i like yuna and stuff. but it’s just something about her being clingy or just something, that irritates the hell out of me. authors make the women weak, fragile, and damsels in distress. OR they make them annoying and bitchy. even when the author is female themselves, they still do this. UGH JUST PLEASE YUNA AND HER SISTER, IF YOU WANT TO HANG OUT WITH IJIN, JUST SAY IT BLUNTLY, STOP USING THE BODYGUARD EXCUSE, ACTUALLY, PLEASE STOP BEING ANNOYING OVERALL.