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[@AnimeWins]

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[@Sw44nK]

I stand corrected.... See solo leveling community post for community post for context

[@massiveman87]

You the man! I'll keep the aniplex thing in mind with future votes.

[@kodytiffany5686]

You kept not bringing it up so at win 55 where it is extremely notable... almost pixel by pixel; But this animes art so reminds me of Gantz that it blows my mind. I do not know animator names or anything but seriously 90% identical at least I swear. Those statues smiling is what clued me in and after seeing it I could not unsee it. By the By if you never saw that anime... Gantz is a level of its own in brutality and it will gut punch you for the practice of it... But let me tell you I am like 80% sure it single handle started the survivors game genre in anime. It certainly changed how I see the use "Good Morning" as something dreadful almost. Watch its 26 episodes and be prepared to hurt a lot. I love the story but feel horrible for both humans and non humans in it.

[@kodytiffany5686]

Solo leveling remains among the few that was hyped out the dying yang yet never disappointed me. I mean MCwoo is next level action hero and he just keeps finding foes that are either worthy or that get under my my skin and MCwoo thrashes their ass for me. Wish Girlfriend lady was more of a badass and less of a damsel... but that is just a minor issue to me.

[@techscull4091]

Love the videos but about the music you have reviewed so many anime's that had the composer work on and still have not called him by name kinda saddens me. Composer is Hiroyuki Sawano.

[@leviosdraekion6993]

Joohee bleeding from her eyes was less so from struggling to heal Jinwoo and more because she was out of mana. Also, with the spider boss, that was acid, not poison, as said in the episode. Huge difference. And he didn't break through the armor. He instead went for one of the eyes were as the first time he attacked the head he didn't.

[@datboi_is_ded3754]

Song at 13:14 is called SymphonicSuite-Lv.8 by Hiroyuki Sawano

[@AnimeWins]

Brilliant thanks so much!

[@Saw1o1VT]

@@AnimeWins i mean, it is hiroyuki sawano. he is a legend afterall.

[@kevinalston5441]

I don't know if you noticed or not, but the exercise to get skill point is a one punch man reference

[@DonotmesswithStormfeoUA]

Ya don't... say... 😂😂😂

[@staris3712]

I'm pretty sure the web novel for Solo Leveling came out before one punch, even the original from ONE, so not exactly.

[@ScrayaZ]

@@staris3712 one punch man is from 2009, so no, solo leveling is not older.

[@staris3712]

@@ScrayaZ I swear I was reading translations to the novel before One Punch came out but wiki says the earliest anything came of Solo level is 2016 so must have that incorrect.

[@Phae576]

@@staris3712no ur just wrong

[@raylf3141]

I feel like everyone misses the little easter egg of the daily strength training. 100 push ups. 100 sit ups. 100 squats. And a 10k run. Every single day.

[@tedweird]

yeah, but SJW gets to have AC

[@megaboy767]

​@@tedweird Armor Class?

[@tedweird]

@@megaboy767 air conditioning

[@tobiasreinhold7642]

Very happy this is finally here. Hope it does well enough, considering how popular the series was.

[@DonotmesswithStormfeoUA]

Loved this anime, but the source material will always be goated. All thanks to DuBu (RIP) and the team)

[@ridewild1956]

the production staff mentioned that they were working with the original author in order to add scenes that help to flesh out side characters since he said that he didn't do a good job of that when he was originally publishing the novels/manhua

[@mr.whocares8787]

really cool that he recognized and admits that there were lacking aspects and wants to make up for it. i hope we get some of the comedy moments from the manwha because so far theybe been kinda left out.

[@better_is_good]

I honestly dont like how they did that though, i understand having side fluff to flesh out characters, but they kept randomly putting it in the episodes, inbetween high stakes fight scenes etc. It honestly was really immersion breaking a lot of the time, instead of having an insanely cool fight that keeps you on your toes like in the OG manwha you just randomly in the midst of it get cut to a 5 minute segment of characters talking and having fun about stuff that has nothing to do with the scenes before and after. I did really like the pace the setttled on in the last few episodes, but some of the stuff they added was just really weird overall idk (also i hated how early they brought up jeju island, it felt really unnatural to the pace to randomly put out info on that throughout everything)

[@better_is_good]

Also really hated how little they showed the system/let the messages from the system be on screen to be read like the system is a HUGE part of the story for a long time, and we just barely get to read what it says. I know its hard because of screentime and all but its slightly frustrating having to pause and read everything just so you can get important info from it

[@ridewild1956]

the reason the music felt similar to kill la kill is because it's the same composer

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

The music on episode 6 made that scene PERFECT! My favorite of the series so far 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@danteJcross]

The sadness of it to fit with the death of his humanity rather than exciting upbeat music for a cool scene was just *chefs kiss*

[@ZsoltCsere]

@@danteJcross yeah the lyrics "Death is gonna come for me, be the change I couldn't be" really emphasize the fact he now probably feels like his humanity died and it changed him forever in a way he could've never change before the system's appearance. also the whole song just fells like Jin Woo is crying on the inside, having to throw away his humanity just to survive. it's really just one of the most beautiful songs you'll ever hear and Hiroyuki Sawano just deserves a prize for it and all his previous works

[@jdoggivjc]

The voice acting, especially from Jinwoo's VA. So good, in fact, that he actually damaged his vocal chords and was coughing up blood after voicing the early episodes.

[@brianahanson6449]

To clarify, the Jinwoo VA actor who coughed up blood-as far as I know-is the English VA for Jinwoo.

[@brianahanson6449]

But both the Japanese and English VAs for Jinwoo nailed it!

[@brihyperion8991]

​@@brianahanson6449 I believe the Japanese va that coughed up blood in the earlier eps and the English va that coughed up blood in the fight against ignis

[@brianahanson6449]

@@brihyperion8991 thank you for the clarification. Bothe VAs coughed up blood, huh…the two could definitely meet and share those stories with each other

[@MichaelHylands]

Definitely one of those shows that I probably would have skipped had it not been for everyone on the internet hyping it up ahead of its airing. Definitely a top anime in its genre and such a joy to watch. Thank you again for doing another great Wins video on a great anime!

[@EXoDuZ302]

since you like this kaiju no 8 is so right up your alley it can go to your house then had back and pave the road to your house

[@AnimeWins]

You should vote it in, would be cool

[@EXoDuZ302]

@@AnimeWins i cant afford any kind of patreon sry

[@AnimeWins]

@@EXoDuZ302 Ah well, maybe 1 day

[@thesevendeadlysins578]

Both the sub and dub of Solo Leveling are utterly amazing. There are so many things I love about this anime. Having read the manhwa and the novel, I love how they did this.

[@Sgt_SealCluber]

Sweet, I just binged Solo Leveling the other day. Great timing.😁

[@isaelcaldera4395]

Its such a great anime and story with a lot of badassery. I glad you can enjoy this along with the greatness thats to come.

[@mixednarwhal]

15:22 Wikipedia says Sung Jin Woo is played by Taito Ban. Copy and pasted from Wikipedia below Among his notable roles are as Sung Jin-Woo in Solo Leveling, Ayumu Tachibana in Vazzrock the Animation, Suzaku Ban in Shinobi no Ittoki, and Amane Fujimiya in The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten.

[@BenJaMindReacts]

Always a fan of the effort you put into these.

[@Sky_Liang0104_..__..]

On a more serious note, this series is quite satisfying to watch, and so is your video (which is expected atp❤)

[@cobiemackey3907]

So glad you are covering this! Can’t wait to see more

[@mitsurugie3849]

Thank you KZbin for not showing me that a channel I'm subscribed to has uploaded a new video and instead letting me find the video 4 days later as a recomended video. Anime Wins great work as always with the editing in your videos

[@aronassketchbook4707]

I remember seeing this anime pop up quite a lot but I never got around to watching it. Thanks for covering this mate cause this show is so awesome!

[@vertyisprobablydead]

Thank you for your amazing hard work yet again! Very entertaining!

[@clouds666]

I was pleasently supprised and happy with the additions they added for the story then what was in the manwha. Cant wait to see part 2.

[@d3monition]

The jumping warmup he does during the last fight is tribute DBZ creator Akira Toriyama passing away

[@tomashby3281]

engagement comment: great video, always love listening to you speak :)

[@codywhite6337]

Loved the video!

[@pikeyMcBarkin]

I've watched this first season 4 times at this point. Thank you for enjoying it as much as I did.

[@delmattia96]

The thing that carried this middle of the pack manwha to success was its Art Style. I have not seen the anime on my own: let me experience it through you to see if its strong suit carried over.

[@franespejo5302]

27:25 The anime didn't say anything about it, but in the manhwa it was shown that Jinwoo was using his daily reward to heal his wounds and recover his stamina.

[@testinghightlimit7379]

as someone who loves the manga i was so afraid of an anime and the chance that might mess it up so I didn't watch it I'm glad u are covering it so I can watch the first part and see if I want to watch the rest on my own :D

[@ArchangelNashan]

Taito Ban is the JP Voice Actor and the thing that's crazy to me is he went from voicing a quiet low spoken character like Amane Fujimiya from "The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten" to this character where he's constantly changing the voice on what seems a Per-Episode basis. I pray he has a long tenature within the VA profession for years to come!!!

[@ErisianRomantic]

26:45 Oh yesh!!! I am imposed and stoked every time he is monologuing whilst scresming or whatever. Very damn nice!

[@GlennRamadhan]

Love the Anime and Your Channel too

[@DonotmesswithStormfeoUA]

Here's another unique obligatory view, like aaaaand commentodah))) Thank you for your hard work 💜 P.S. OST by Hiroyuki Sawano - max wins anytime anywhere)))

[@wingzero7X]

Never had I clicked so hard, I seriously love this story, having read the WEBTOON, I look forward to the rest, but they’re doing it justice!

[@kurohaizaki8951]

This is the ONE anime where I was confused on what language to watch it in. Japanese - cause anime Korean - the country the anime is set in. English - kick ass voice progression and VA all around.

[@leonielson7138]

The song in Episode 6 is called "Dark Aria LV 2".

[@Darkswe]

WOOO I LOVE SOLO LEVELING!!!!! Also quick notes, the soundtrack is made by Hiroyuki Sawano, who also made the AOT soundtrack. And also I think every single monster is hand animated, while they use cgi backgrounds in certain scenes to allow for cool camera work and stuff

[@IBW_3000]

Sung reminds me a lot of Osamu from World Trigger. Both are weak, but extremely intelligent, and both use their intelligence to tear through any hurdle that comes at them.

[@ImVeryWholesome]

This anime has done a freaking incredible job adapting this with the amount of subtleties that needed to be added, a good blend of Manhwa and LN

[@weebsenpa1134]

I love this soo much :D and I felt the song and action animation in episode 6 is almost worth changing the rules to give a max 3 win and not 2 ( I know thats not how it works )

[@livingreverie5951]

Honestly for win 165 Im gonna go with the ClassicManD response “You didn’t want me at my worst but you want me at my Best”

[@staris3712]

As a long time fan I have been looking forward to this series getting an anime adaptation, so glad to see it being done soo well. Sure some of the comedy had to be removed for the adaption but to me that actually helped the adaptation have a more realistic darker feel, though do hope some gets inserted back in season 2. I do like how the anime starts with the first Jiru island assault as it helps to tease top tier hunters, which helps to show early on the difference between hunters of different tiers. One final note the show is totally worth a rewatch in dub as Aleks Le's performance is top notch along with a great cast beyond that.

[@WhatIsAmadillo]

Oh hell yeah! I just got around to watching this recently too

[@Bigbadredg14nt]

This was my favorite anime of the season. The music, the voice acting sub and dub, and the action scenes are all top notch! I was super happy to vote it in and cant wait for part 2 and season 2!

[@AnimeWins]

If this is who I think it is, you can watch it on Patreon now mate :D

[@Bigbadredg14nt]

@@AnimeWins guess where i went lol.

[@samhank]

Great video

[@ErisianRomantic]

31:51 I just adore his sister throughout the entire series. She is so cute and so loving.

[@pikeyMcBarkin]

been bloody waiting on this one. Thanks Bud.

[@colt1903]

My favorite thing about Solo Leveling is how it handles Jinwoo's... "Dehumanization" I guess you can call it? The gradual ascent, or descent depending on how you look at it, of him slowly becoming something more or other than human. Not just in the sense of him becoming so physically powerful it almost feels wrong to call him that, but also the slow shifting of his mental state, alongside his "humanity" slowly fading away as the system puts him through more and more adversity. A lot of stories that have the protagonist have a Gamer System or something similar tend to show how the MCs become more or less unfathomable to the other characters for one reason or another. Solo Leveling is the only one that I've seen do so over time instead of having the MC basically be like that more or less as soon as they get the System and all the characters more so just notice at different moments throughout the story.

[@Sky_Liang0104_..__..]

OMG IT'S HERE😮😮😮😮

[@puglove]

I swear not to spoil anything as an avid manhwa and web novel reader, but this is just the beginning. There is a reason this anime is called the ultimate power fantasy by many. I find it funny how you mentioned AOT towards the end of the video there, because actually the person who composed this soundtrack is Sawano Hiroyuki, who made the soundtrack for Attack on Titan. The OST for the Statue that you were wondering about is called Symphonic Suite lv 8, like gaming levels. And then the song played during episode 6 as he is absolutely destroying Hwang Dongsuk and his team is called Dark Aria. There is even an official music performance video for it on Sawano's youtube channel. He released it on youtube minutes after the episode finished airing on crunchyroll

[@matthewskittles8003]

I haven't seen the anime in Jp dub and instead in KR dub but, the JP dub delivers! The VA is absolutely incredible.

[@dragonova279]

Honestly this show is the SHIT. I have read the Manwha 3 times and it always makes me shocked with the amazing twists.

[@puglove]

I still find it funny, how some people call the story mid. They're just jealous that they didn't write this first

[@darknesswave100]

I watched 3 episodes and got impatient and then read the manwha in less than a week. Definitely worth it 😂

[@dragonova279]

@@darknesswave100 Accurate. after the first 4 chapters you cannot stop. It took me half a year to finish it because it was still being released. But god it was worth it. It wraps itself up in the best and most fucked up way.

[@johannesbowers7467]

Always do your dailies 😁👌 Here's the trick: Start with 1k to warm up, Then break up the sets 10 pushup + 300m 10 situps + 300m 10 squats + 300m Across the next 9k Then 10/10/10 to finish. The first awakening is the normal system that locks you at a rank. The extremely rare second awakening reassigns you to a higher rank.... Possibly, but you are still fixed. What is happening here to Jin Woo is entirely different. It is dealing with a Player, not a Hunter. The "Hunter rank sensor" probably doesn't detect "player" features. Leeet's GOOOOOO! System: "Do Your Dailies!" Sung: "Naaaahhh" System: "Alright sucka... bet... Time to Git Gud." Either a simple OPM Workout [Every Day] Or.... 😱💀4 HOURS of SPRINTING in SAND 💀😱 JooHee should be freaking out that he has a leg at all... even a prosthetic would not be "Run Ready" by now. Don't tell me how to build my build!! Jin Woo stacks STR like: Kazuma stacks LUC. Sunraku stacks DEX. Maple stacks DEF.

[@jonasholm-mw5bn]

The artstyle is really accurate to the manhwa. The second season is when it’s really going to get good. Take it from someone who has completed the manga.

[@jordangoertz9743]

One of my favorite animes of this year

[@pawots6448]

This Series is so good

[@timgooding9464]

I'm surprised you didn't win this, but his first task was literally Saitama's workout that 'made' him One Punch Man.

[@SythDracous]

A clarification Jinho wasn't being brave trying to defend Jinwoo from that group of hunters, he was just trying to avoid making any enemy of the guy he just watch solo a boss 2 ranks higher than himself. Also why he started to act so reverential to Jinwoo, Jinho figured if he acted like a minion he wouldn't get killed for knowing Jinwoo's secret, eventually this misunderstanding is cleared up but it'll be a bit.

[@Yuki_Ika7]

this is by far the best anime adaptation of a Manwha and Korean LN!

[@tenebraequeene]

Love this anime! I read the manhwa ages ago and love it! The anime adaptation is top tier! ❤😊

[@AmaiarAiramand]

It's no wonder the music reminds you of AoT. The same composer did several (not sure if all) the tracks for both anime! Hiroyuki Sawano is the name and they've done the OST for several other great series like Re:Creators btw

[@NuttyEmby]

This series got me into korean media so good

[@kumfroik]

100 Wins in episode 3, that might be a new record

[@Sw44nK]

Dont mind me, just boosting the video in the algorithm by commenting.

[@venomouswyverns8819]

i was wondering why it was taking so long to make an everything great for this im sorry the copyright gods be cursing you like this man its looking great dispite the issues

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

SL?! An Absolute win from the get go! Thanks For covering this! Have you read the manhaw? I highly reccomend it🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@lewismcdonaldvgm]

all of the music for this is by hiroyuki sowano, same guy who did attack on titan 1 2 and i think 3, did some gundam too, stupid talented

[@zainredding3476]

Right on.

[@atomicbetrayal1]

I heard that the VA coughed blood in the studio while recording some of the lines in the snake fight. That is some serious dedication.

[@darknesswave100]

Both the English and Japanese ones did. I know Aleks Le did in the English version during the fight with Igris

[@srensen9948sander]

Niiiice

[@keiai984]

Great

[@leonielson7138]

I'm really hoping that the others who have experienced a Second Awakening will be featured in Season 2, because in all the other mediums none of them show up ... unless ... SPOILER ... ... the Second Awakenings occur when the other Monarchs possess their hosts. What I'd like to see is either the Monarchs trying to playact being human, or a human succumbing to the possession.

[@nate1daniels745]

And there it is! There's the trails series reference! Here's your like and comment good sir!

[@MuteRaidius]

I hope he atleast mentions aleks le god level performance

[@tcp98]

a win for anime win senpai because he said manhwa and not manga. THING! And I'm not writing this just so I could write a comment :)

[@AnimeWins]

I've learned over the years to not just assume everything is a Manga and actually spend the time checking xD

[@darkshado124]

E R E C T !

[@nuvagown6209]

Wait... is this a re-upload

[@HellDuke-]

Too bad the system is properly explained so far into the Manwha that I'd expect it to have to be season 4 or 5 before we get to know anything. If not later than that. Who knows if they go all the way. That said, the manwha kind of got silly by the end, I heard it's common for Korean stuff to be a little lost when it comes to power scaling as the story progresses, but then again Goku had the power to destroy entire planets, so classical stuff isn't exactly guiltless in that... But yeah, this anime is stupidly well done.

[@SeanTFlynn]

Bump

[@GamerLudwig]

Healer girl is still best girl imo

[@fishescu]

I love Solo Leveling. I really do. And the fact it go an anime adaptation is super awesome. However.....after watching the anime adaptation I feel like many of the feelings and sensations you get out of the manga were lost. Don't get me wrong its fine as is. But the manga was amazing as far as I am concerned. In short it's a very good anime but it's just not as good as the manga. Anyone else feel that way?

[@scottlewis2202]

I can see where you're coming from. I have a brother that also says it's amazing but some scenes weren't quite what he wanted. I believe this is a very faithful version and considering the hype around this anime, and the effort that is shown to put in, this is a faithful adaptation that is also taking inspiration from the light novel. This to me was an amazing idea to just build up the world which was my biggest complaint with the manwha. Long story short I see where you're coming from, but I see this as a new slightly reimagined version that is still faithful to the original.

[@51cents.]

do reincarnated as a slime season 3 next!!!!

[@AnimeWins]

Do Patreon next!!!!!

[@51cents.]

ok!!!!!

[@sidhartarodriguez8447]

Wait its all a jojo reference Always has been

[@kaidenseyoum5115]

If you think the voice actor’s performance was good hear just listen to tue English dub. You’d probably give that two max wins

[@MatijaMedved]

i think that the anime is below mid, compare it to like god of high school (they are similar, fast paced and fighting oriented), all you had to do is make us care about the main character...