What Happened to Solo Leveling?

How Solo Leveling went from insane hype to "brainless trash."
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[@ShonenOuji]

Sorry about the cut about 6 minutes in. That was a small mistake on my part. Oops.

[@SHADOWMONARXH]

Bro, I don't know what you're talking about. It was neither a flop nor did it fall off. Did you research it? Solo Leveling ranked as the 5th most popular series of all time on Crunchyroll, with 357k votes. It only needs around 5k more to reach 4th place. Its IMDb rating is 8.3, proving how popular it is. It's also one of the most anticipated anime of 2025. Just a few days ago, it won the Best Anime Series Award of 2024 at the Astra TV Awards. Additionally, Solo Leveling is the most searched series of 2024, including this month. "And if you don't know, this season was like a setup for Season 2. The producers of Solo Leveling mentioned in an interview that Season 2 will focus on world-building and exploring more characters and their stories. Even the voice actors of Sung Jinwoo and Cha Hae-In discussed this in an interview this week. They will also add anime original scene for some character and a story about a hunter who will be close to jinwoo in future.

[@Megumi-dz1mm]

I saw the Solo Leveling movie on Saturday. I was in one of those tiny theaters and it was packed. I was beyond shocked at how many people kept pouring in just as the movie was about to start. So much for expecting a relatively empty theater. Made me glad I bought the tickets in advance. Lol. The movie itself was good. The first hour is a cut together recap of the first season that leaves out most of the side characters and just shows Jinwoo's major fights in season 1. Then the last half is the first two episodes on season 2. Okay, so I read the manwha, it was such a compelling read, I could not put it down. I can not describe to you how fucking hype it was to finally see this content animated. And it was gorgeous, movie quality animation the whole way through. I could tell from the audience reactions that everyone was enjoying themselves. Not one person got up to leave early. Everyone stayed to the end. I actually had to leave as soon as the credits rolled so I didn't get a chance to listen to the new opening song by Lisa. But, from what I heard as I was leaving the theater, the song is pretty fire. I can say with confidence that season 2 is going to be so much better than season 1. It's barely even "solo" leveling anymore because Jinwoo's shadows level up, too. Lol. Can I just say that the pacing in Solo Leveling is crazy? Like when they're adapting straight canon, the average episode can eat up 5-6 chapters of the manwha. There are only 200 chapters in total. The series is short. You could adapt it in 3 single cours, easy. That being said, the pacing of the manwha is insane as well. That's why it's so compelling, every chapter leaves you wanting more. To your point, Solo Leveling is as pure of a power fantasy as you can get. It's one dude, getting stronger while no one else can. Oh and it's edgy as fuck and I love that shit. But, I can totally see how the edgy-ness can come off as super cringe and turn people off to it. I get it. That's what makes it a bit more niche in that regard. But my god, if your are into this type of bullshit, it is one of the most satisfying series you will ever consume.

[@OctupleEntedre]

This is layered af

[@pipercharms7374]

Hell yes!

[@garry_the_larry5118]

Solo levelling to me has always been peak mid, it doesn’t do anything extremely unique but it dose those troupes very well The 1st season of the manhwa is very much more focused on sungs constant growth and grinding levels and is full of the “B-BUT ISNT HE A E-RANK HUNTER” style stuff when sungs in a dungeon other than the ones the system makes. So I can see that many people will have this conception that it’s “just like any power fantasy show” or something like that after season 1 and probably season 2 as well depending on if season 2 adapts the rest of the first season of the manhwa But season 2 of the manhwa in my opinion is much more focused on the characters and lore of solo levellings world and if probably where those complaints about the side cast and story will quiet down. The only fear is that all Gojo simps will now transcend into sung jin woo simps.

[@Yoshihiro788]

No one cares anymore? Brother the trailer of season 2 that dropped a week ago has over 2 million views, and just the trailer of the opening has over 1.2 million views, not the opening itself just it’s trailer.

[@limitedun2438]

dont forget the teaser trailer of season 2 which has 7m views rn lmao, crunhyroll just isnt releasing any trailers for it but this dummass thinks it fell off

[@nicoleajobo3415]

I mean I was confused too like what do you mean no one cares anymore? In what universe?

[@Zero-ve1ey]

The official trailer just dropped 17 hrs ago and has 1.5 million views. Clearly a lot of us care

[@Animefan-lq3ui]

That doesn't mean solo leveling is good

[@Yoshihiro788]

@@Animefan-lq3ui if you’re judging is solely on the 1st season then you are on for a ride, cause the first season was just an introduction to the story, characters, the system and the world, the main think the whole manhwa of solo leveling revolves around are his “shadows” and his class “shadow monarch” which he just got on the last episode of season 1. Meaning the story has just begun, you haven’t seen anything yet.

[@visionary4787]

I mostly agree but imo the way it “fell off” isn’t so much about the quality of its content as it is about the context in which it debuted. Anime thrives on a delicate ecosystem of hype, timing, and community discourse, and *Solo Leveling* might’ve been a victim of circumstances rather than its own shortcomings. Let’s start with the obvious: *Solo Leveling* was never designed to be an introspective, nuanced tale. It’s a power fantasy through and through, unapologetically so. The criticisms about its side characters and lack of depth seem almost beside the point. Sun Jin-Woo is *the* draw... his unstoppable rise from underdog to demigod is the kind of wish-fulfillment that speaks directly to why many people turn to action-heavy series in the first place. It’s popcorn entertainment, and it excels at delivering jaw-dropping moments that remind you why you love the genre. So why didn’t it stick? TIMING!!! It launched in a season dominated by *Frieren* and *Dungeon Meshi*, both of which had completely different appeals-grounded storytelling, emotional depth, and sweet casts! That said, I believe Season 2 has potential. With less direct competition and an established fanbase, it could reassert itself as the action juggernaut it was meant to be. Sure, it may not win over critics who demand “more,” but for those of us who revel in its chaotic, over-the-top brilliance? There’s no question... it’s worth watching.

[@ExcuseMyWeebRudeness]

I honestly still see a lot of people excited for it to continue. A lot of people I talk to are excited to see it animated and curious about what else could be added into the anime that wasn’t in the manhwa. But with literally anything remotely popular, people will call it overrated. It’s fine. I’m still very interested to see the rest.

[@matthewharrington420]

“The Breakers” and “The Breakers: New Wave” needs to get animated.

[@madhukarg8052]

hell yeah 🔥

[@thepeanutter9972]

This show is peak in the same way the fast and furious films are

[@fishnutz5196]

Fast and furious are slop bro 😂 unless thats what your going for?

[@Erasus-Phantasia4136]

​@@fishnutz5196 Only in the later sequels of it. Solo Leveling was doomed to be harshly criticised ever since the protag suddenly got buff in the beginning.

[@Tacit_helmet]

@@fishnutz5196 Dont trash Fast and Furious 1-7, anything after that is not what it used to be

[@fishnutz5196]

@@Tacit_helmet i liked up to Tokyo Drift. After that for me it was pretty meh

[@Tacit_helmet]

@@fishnutz5196 that’s pretty valid. For me the quality dropped after Paul Walker died

[@wargun09876]

Remember when people say "Solo leveling anime will fail" " It will be flop" But at the end it's wins astra awards by beating frieren and Still most anticipated anime of 2025 after OPM. Also it's still 5th most popular anime of Crunchyroll after chainsaw man and jjk. For me season 1 is easily 9/10 Also whoever say "it doesn't have any story" probably just hate nothing more Even some people say frieren is overrated and generic Which is simply hate from jealous It's called "Solo" leveling You can expect story but for me it's did it better than any power fantasy you can get Also people don't talk about solo leveling is because solo leveling fans are not toxic as dandadan They're not jobless they only care about enjoyment that's why they watch solo leveling Season 1 is not even 1% of it's full potential. I'm giving everyone bet it's gonna be one of most popular anime of all time. Jeju arc Second time double doungeon Hunter conference Monarch war These arc will be most talked arc in future Also it's sequence Ragnarok has started with better story, worldbuilding and characters Simply solo leveling will never goes down

[@VENG-k1d]

"Solo Leveling fans aren't as toxic as Dandadan fans" uh yeah, giving Death threats to the dub voice actor over not changing one word which was never rumored was going to be changed at all sure isn't more toxic than constant glaze

[@yagyanjyotinaik4985]

​@@VENG-k1d atleast we didn't gave death threats to our voice actor for only having slightly different opinion and changing pfp on twitter

[@VENG-k1d]

@@yagyanjyotinaik4985 Did Dandadan fans do that? Well that'll just make SL fans slightly better better or just the same

[@yagyanjyotinaik4985]

@@VENG-k1d yeah there was controversy regarding a fanart within dandadan community 🫠

[@Animefan-lq3ui]

The animation carried. That's all

[@bringmethepizza9943]

I have haven't watched the vid yet but i would like to throw out this idea first. I think its reached its natural life scycle of hype it provides and that is not a bad thing. If the quality stays up it will reach the same hights or higher and would probably linger longer because there would be more character moments and character dynamics with one another. If you have read jjk there was a significant drop in content after it finished and that is supposed to happen

[@georgearthur6417]

I think if solo leveling had a proper story and good character development it could've been on the level of Jujutsu Kaisen

[@Redkalulu-sama]

it's just that SL came at the wrong time where others already copied its formula and even improved it

[@locky1180]

we dont even have a real s2 trailer jet

[@adam_drip_woo]

Definitely didn’t fall off, have you not seen the thousands of reaction channels posting about it? And episode 11 and 12 were highly rated. Not to mention how many people are geared up for season 2.. People want to hate on it sooo bad 😆 jeez stop reaching for hate, enjoy life! Be positive lol. I’m sure you’ll be watching all of next season as well.

[@mr5n]

what are y'all saying solo leveling has good plot and good pwr system and those who saying there is no side characters just read manhwa you'll see bunch of them and about the plot like bro beats the hell out of monarchs then gets to rewind time than beats the monarch to save the ppl they died and make himself a family and start working as a cop now the manhwa contunies to his son the newst chapter like jinwoo is so badass fr )he arised the rulers) , to talk about the video indeed solo leveling had an extreme downfall but cmon the last episodes were so good like bro is a monarch and gets to summon the dead beats igris so far me myself i would rate solo leveling s1 9/10 ,s2 will be so good just wait we saw 2 episodes at the film and they were so badass don't forget the jeju raid and battle of monarchs gets a new shadow army the recarnation the family i am waiting so bad for s2 (hope it doesn't turn out look blue lock s2 fr)

[@ThatAnimeSnob]

Solo Leveling came out too late. Whoever was reading it years ago went on to read or watch a ton of similar stories, many of which were more than just a power fantasy. Whatever novelty it had died out a long time ago and got replaced by Demon Slayer and Jujutsu Kaisen.

[@Nebulous8091]

Honestly, it's kinda generic it makes sense why people kinda fell off

[@ShonenOuji]

What would you say makes it generic?

[@Nebulous8091]

@ShonenOuji it's very similar to series like omniscient reader and tower of God, it's artstyle could be confused for omniscient reader. However, I still like it, my problem is it is at a disadvantage because of its look and genre, it can't stand out as much. Also I like the badges moments I just want more characters who do that in solo leveling.

[@rand12389]

@Nebulous8091 Except its like the God father of like 1000 other manhwa's that ripped it off. Calling SL generic is like calling Dragon ball or one of the big 3 generic . Most anime only's doesn't even know of Omniscient reader. We are like 5% into the story lol. just give it time. We just started getting shadow soldiers. the power fantasy hasn't even really kicked in yet.

[@Nebulous8091]

@@rand12389 I mostly mean design wise, when I was getting in to manwha, I confused omniscient reader and solo lev leveling

[@GraveEnd]

Uhhh omniscient reader is a completely different type of story that story is literally character driven it’s got well written characters it’s not like solo leveling only surface level similarities

[@azreal_re]

It's pretty interesting how most of the talk around series nowadays is from perspectives that fail to understand others perspectives. Solo Leveling, let's take the name of the series into consideration, those who have basic verbal comprehension should understand what solo means, now if we watch the first episode and understand who is the individual leveling, it's Sung Jin Woo. Now we understand the series is quite literally named after the main character. As for how the story progresses, Sung Jin Woo is desperate to never die again, he goes against his PTSD derived from getting slaughtered as a sacrificial pawn. The truth of how the world operates and the reasoning why he levels up is revealed later into the story, which I will not spoil. It's unfortunate that those who hate on fictional stories that are successful, will never be able to achieve anything as great, as impacting as that achievement itself.

[@samuelkolawole-u9d]

That true people nowadays fail to understand verbal comprehension , i agree with you.

[@LukeNineK]

So am I just crazy or something? I thought the characters were great even though only a few got a little more than build up and even felt some emotional connection to a few. And knowing the broad idea of the story from minor spoilers, I think it is awesome. Easily one of my top 5 favorite anime

[@chromafire]

Season 1 was just a prologue. And Solo Leveling community isn't as active as it's used to be. So the hype on the internet can't be seen when the anime isn't airing. Another thing is that many people read SL for its amazing art, if you ask a lot of “fans” about the story or the lore of SL, they might start blanking because all they remember is drip and aura. Theu never bothered to explore the world and characters of the story. When you barely have anyone that reads a story properly, yoy won't have ongoing hype without the series airing. But as a manhwa and novel reader of SL, I can assure you that s2 will get people back to talking a lot about the series since the actual story starts to spread its wings from here. This season will give people a lot of talking points in terms of Jinwoo's character development and the worldbuilding. Season 1 was like a obligatory tutorial phase we have in most games. And with anime original additions, the side characters promise to be much better than the source material in the anime. So we'll have a lot to be excited about in s2. And according to the MAL charts, SL is still one if the most anticipated anime if 2025. The movie us doing great too. The thing is SL community is more active on Facebook and Reddit and they're almost nonexistent on Twitter, which is ejy you may not have seen that many people talking about it.

[@Elias-qp7cz]

The movie was fire

[@horisadiafyama]

I read Solo Leveling just to keep my eyes open till 4 AM... No other manga and manhwa can do that to me! Watching the anime is like a revelation for me... Anime greats like Frieren, Vinland Saga, JJK, AoT, OP, Chainsaw Man, Demon Slayer, all have their sleepy moment, but this sh*t doing something to me just like the manhwa... This is a "Power Fantasy" witchcraft...

[@SuPeRtOaSt-x6m]

Expecting the majority of Solo Leveling to be anything but a power fantasy is the equivalent of watching Attack on Titan and expecting a happy ending

[@guesswho98637]

One thing great about solo leveling was the art style. They change the fking art

[@zachsoriano8087]

Solo leveling is good, and based on the name of the anime, don't ask for sub characters. They really said it was SOLO

[@aliboobas]

Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint >

[@brandonsalls4523]

I thought Solo Leveling was great. Watched it a few times but I love shows with an overpowered main character

[@robertsteadman5660]

I’m off work with the flu I started watching it this morning, just finished the last episode and I loved it. Looking forward to season 2

[@justsomeguywithamustache2901]

To be honest, I'd make a strong argument that up until jeju island it was fantastic and it's the best depiction of a zero to hero storyline, but season 2 of the manhwa is definitely garbage, it's became extremely generic Yes we all know solo leveling is the most popular webtoon and yes it's the only successful webtoon/manhwa anime adaptation, but once jeju island arc is finished, the anime community will definitely criticise the rest of the story afterwards😂

[@relife3348]

Solo Leveling is bad. Sung Jin-Woo is just another overpowered character. This wouldn't be an issue if it went the One Punch Man route and had good side characters, but it doesn't. I think it is a waste of time because you already know what will happen.

[@samuelkolawole-u9d]

Bro solo leveling means : only I can level up you must've know that before watching or read the manwha.

[@Bowerrrrrmong]

​@@samuelkolawole-u9d One Punch Man means: a man one punching things. Surely you can get that by reading the name. But anyway, just because a series is centered around a singular character doesn't mean there can't be side characters, let alone good side characters. It also doesn't help that the star of the show: Sung Jin Woo is a generic and edgy character that is carried by the fact that he's "cool." And asides from his "coolness" there's not really anything there, he just feels like he's meant to be cool and powerful just for the sake of being so.

[@jaredtheastralartist2510]

I also think that shangrila frontier, another show that’s similar to solo but with a different tone it’s far better than solo leveling and does it a lot better in my opinion. Like why would I wanna watch a show with no personality and I watch a show with 100% personality?

[@radierad2932]

Only being a single cour did hurt it if it was a 2 cour series it would have feared better cause the first part is basically a prologue

[@kennethchase8655]

I’ve read the whole light novel series. And so far they have followed it to the T. I was pleasantly surprised. But this season does not have all the characters that are going to impact the story line. A lot of them will be introduced in the 2 season. I’m ready for season 2 just wish they were longer than 12 episodes. 😂

[@TheWildCard2k]

I think people enjoyed it "for what it is" which is just a fun watch about fighting and grinding to get stronger its your stereotypical power fantasy with good animation thats really it

[@LLGTMT]

I mean people accurate called the series mid. If back when the webtoon first launched (in 2016) it had been animated it would have been extremely well reviewed and felt revolutionary. But in 2024 is far outclassed by series like Reincarnated as a Slime which feels like Solo Leveling, but with FAR better character writing, dynamics and narrative. We also got similar, but better written from SAO as well prior to SL in 2012... I am not saying it is bad, but it is certainly mediocre by today's standards with the exception of music, VA and animation... The narrative is entire meaningless because it's just Jin Woo becoming drunk on power, for the majority of season 1 there isn't enough focus on a continuous narrative and rather just felt like beating rinse and repeat video game levels. You mention Solo Leveling in the same breath as series like AOT and Berserk, but you clearly failed to understand those have extremely well written characterizations, dynamics, monologues, dialogues, worldbuilding, foreshadowing, character developments and so much more to offer that Solo Level never comes close to touching in comparison.

[@chrisaishman1224]

I loved it can't wait for s2

[@mppoison6516]

Nobody care about Solo leveling? my my feed is always full about solo leveling, saying that they cant wait for solo leveling season2

[@zachsoriano8087]

I like this anime, the action is good. I tried reading the manhwa although the ending was not im expecting and no little romance to hae in. Its still good

[@MarcosSantos-dj6lk]

In my opinion I don't see as people didn't finished I've saw on Crunchyroll that with 2-4 million likes is a lot actually. But Manwha in general lose against shonen in general specially from Jump still the beginning of adaptations. I think Omniscient Reader anime will be bigger than Solo

[@limitedun2438]

spouting nonsense bruh, tell me how the 5th most popular anime on crunhyroll doesnt compare to popularity of shonen animes lmao? its about to pass csm in crunhyroll to become 4th most popular and orv being more popular than solo leveling lmao that was actually funny

[@MarcosSantos-dj6lk]

@limitedun2438 is not nonsense is the true, Bleach, Boku no Hero, JJK, Kimetsu still way more popular. A lot of people doens't know Solo yet. They are shounen, so my comparison is valid CSM is a flop and everybody knows that

[@limitedun2438]

@ lol if u actually think csm is a flop then let’s end this convo here since u don’t know anything about this topic

[@TheArcSet]

Thanks for this. I read the web version years back, with one of it's different titles, but never got around to the anime, despite the plan to. In generally, my experience with those stories has been that they can seem very novel and interesting on a 1st read, especially if the tropes are fresh to you, but things start to look a lot more shakey on a 2nd pass.

[@TryxNot]

what pisses me off is the side character thing.. LIKE BRO IF YOU READ TO COMIC THERE ARE SOOMANY CHARACTERS oh my days bruh like bro its just the first season

[@ZQuago]

While I understand the appeal of Solo Leveling I'm on the side that thinks it's overrated and I don't fully agree with the "knowing what you were singing up for" I knew what the manhwa was going to be about but that didn't mean it had to be void of more interesting side characters just because of the summary. Gintama is known by most for it's comedy but I wasn't expecting such exceptional character writing.

[@PhantomUma2]

I saw people talk about it more as it went on and I stopped at ep 3. I didn't see any of this

[@EmperorMarcus-Aurelius]

What do you mean I felt like season 1 had quite a lot of popularity

[@madhukarg8052]

the Anime was for the fans, did not enjoy the Anime, go read the Manhwa and watch the Anime

[@TheWildCard2k]

You example isn't that accurate its more like walking in a mall and seeing a huge line outside a new store you ask someone what the hyped about and they tell you that its got world class chefs in there and that no one is ready for there cooking so you're now hooked you wait in line only to get served a handburger the handburger wasn't bad but you expectations weren't prepairing you for something so average so you leave disappointed

[@manwharinooo]

Well there is More Webtoons better than solo leveling now, i read it all and the biggest appeal was the art, and that art weren't in the anime.

[@manwharinooo]

6:08 That's why fell off, You said it all 👀

[@Aishindesu]

I'm seeing so many people talking about season 2 and the movie that's screening in theaters???

[@waifuhunter2302]

Solo Leveling's originally a web novel.

[@DeadwattZombieKing]

Best Manwha ever read. I was personally hype for this. I personally don't give a shit if anybody likes it or whatever because sometimes hype makes people go "Everyone is talking about this. I hate it now and will talk shit about it" so that's the new stigma in society. You're cool if you hate things "everyone else" likes

[@CrimsonTemplar2]

I read the webtoon & enjoyed it. The anime was a good adaptation & I plan to watch season 2. Hopefully it’ll get through the Jeju Island arc since it sounds like S3 is a faint hope.

[@mqurx]

S3 will also come out its most likely getting announced right after s2 lol

[@Coldhunterarmy]

people thought it would be the anime like danmachi with more character development

[@blazinglions9554]

danmachi is sick

[@ryanmcgurk1750]

i enjoy solo leveling and id like to see more, but it is not a naruto, one piece or bleach, i think a couple more seasons and the story can be summed up nice, the lore behind the solo leveling world gets pretty interesting when you read wiki articles or obviously lore dive vids on youtube

[@Lightagogo]

Honestly as soon as he got that design change I checked out, he looks way to cookie cutter to me

[@nilevinsmoke5880]

Have you seen shangri-la frontier

[@Kilonzo8811]

This feels like a reach for a video idea😂😂😂Dude my timeline was flooded with solo leveling😂I think you’re kinda being disingenuous about this

[@Stardrop-luck]

This is just my opinion but i think ORV is much better than solo levelling and i hate that the hype around solo levelling didn't allow it to get the amount of attention it deserves😢

[@wargun09876]

Bruh solo leveling fans doesn't even care about ORV it's only ORV fans who always compare it with SL It's also ORVs fault it can't make hype as solo leveling

[@athar3752]

The fact that you have to beg for attention to your favourite manhwa through hating on a popular title doesn't make your point across

[@Stardrop-luck]

@athar3752 tf is wrong with you, did you even read my comment, at what point did I say I hated solo leveling?, and where tf did you get the idea that ORV is my favorite comic? I'm just expressing my opinion on a piece of media that I enjoy like I said in my comment or are people not allowed to do that anymore?, it's either you can't comprehend simple english, ur a toxic solo leveling stan who can't stand any criticism towards it or ur just some immature person seeking attention. I'm actually one of those people who were very hyped about solo leveling and I even got my friends to start reading it, I even went as far as reading in illegal sites when I couldn't wait for the official release, I only learned about ORV through solo leveling and started reading when I was half way through solo leveling, I just realized realised after reading for a while that ORV is a lot better plot wise, has better character development, MC doesn't overshadow other characters with everyone getting their moments to shine even the children and a lot of other things that I'm too tired to mention, it's over all in "MY OPINION" a better story than solo leveling in and if you don't agree that's fine too, art is subjective and we love what we love regardless so you shouldn't be pressed whenever someone gives some critic about something you love even if you don't agree with them as long as they aren't being disrespectful😒

[@Stardrop-luck]

@wargun09876 you seem to be misunderstanding me so let me explain: I'm actually a huge fan of both and I only got into ORV because of SL and I was also one of those fans who were obsessed with SL, all I'm saying is that after a while of reading both I realized in "MY OPINION" that ORV is better plot wise than SL. SL I definitely amazing and it kept me coming back every week for updates but it's not really a story I would go back to after finishing it (although I'm reading SL RAGNAROK right now). The action and animation is amazing since they are it's selling points (not saying that's a bad thing since that's the point of the story, weak guy suddenly becomes strong and overpowers every one and everything In the story and even if they met an enemy that seems to be much stronger than them they suddenly unlock a new ability that act's as a Deus ex Machina allowing them to overpower said enemy suddenly becoming even more op) all I'm saying is that ORV made me feel emotions that I never felt from SL, characters have depth the MC is also an overpowered character done right cuz he is written in a way where he doesn't outshine other characters while still keeping his identity as the main character of the story, he's obviously not the strongest but we actually get to see him use his knowledge of the story to overcome obstacles in a way that makes sense, he actually has a personality and is not just the strong handsome guy that is always rescuing everyone, he helps his team grow so they can actually be useful even when he is not around and many other things that would take a really long time to list.

[@allenantony4844]

idk about the fell off cause jinwoo vs igris went viral and so did the arise scene and about the "overrated" is too vague of a term can be used for literally everything

[@patrickwhipple3097]

Unholy blood needs an anime

[@yashsingh5101]

I franktly disagree cause even tho i don’t like the anime that much (it’s descent for me) it’s too popular to say that no one cares about it lol.

[@Bricks44]

decent means you like it a fair bit

[@SamTheGumMan117]

Honestly, I have no clue since I didn't like the manhwa and didn't bother with the anime xD

[@ShonenOuji]

What didn’t you like about the manhwa?

[@SamTheGumMan117]

​@@ShonenOujiBesides the art being amazing I'd say it seemed too repetitive how fights would go and a lot of characters don't seem important or worth knowing besides Sung Jin Woo.

[@kwas1226]

U might not know this but solo leveling didn't end. It has a sequel web novel called SL: Ragnarok with 200+ chapters and we get to know a lot about the old and new side characters and their backstories.i feel like SL is tryna do like dragonball then we got dragonball Z

[@Comments_opinions]

4:16 true true

[@OLegacy69]

I have read the manhwa and if season two is only the arc that was shown in the trailer, then pple r gonna be rather uninterested cus that arc was one of the weaker arcs in the story

[@Young_Wrath]

This video aged horribly 😂

[@samankucher5117]

isnt it just a (into another world) anime ?

[@blazinglions9554]

you mean isekai? no its very different

[@bepispeeps5959]

ur the trassshhh lmao, esp ur channel, made a story urself that could achieve at least 50% of SOL popularity then talk

[@dardafire2557]

Wait For season 2 than said it was mid and trash 😂

[@NeutralSide-y69t]

Never bother watching or reading solo leveling and it is the best choice I made

[@ShonenOuji]

What makes you say that?

[@NeutralSide-y69t]

@ I heard it put a bunch of politic inside like “Japanese people bad Korea good” and the same art style I see in every single manhwa it is just the same art trace back and forth nothing new or unique like manga and comic also the plot most manhwa either have pretty boring or repetitive, solo leveling plot is just like “oh this background character got defeated and let our main character Sun ji something go in and one shot it” or maybe I am dumb but the only Korean media I enjoyed is Itawon class I have try seeing penthouse but only the beginning is good the rest sucks and also crash landing on you which I don’t enjoy too much But most of the time I heard a lot of bad things said about manhwa like op main character with no development but who knows…I am just a frog living inside a well maybe if it rains and I crawl out maybe I can find more “peak” Korean media

[@Kaybee29523]

​@@NeutralSide-y69t solo leveling is the series that spawned the mawha u talk about. Both in art and power system. The Japan people bad Korea people bad is just simple cope. Don't let outside forced dictate if u hate or like a series without trying it out

[@MarcosSantos-dj6lk]

@@Kaybee29523 you're wrong the power system with the screen like game came from others manwha before Solo Leveling. But Solo was the one that become big outside Korea

[@doodnh]

@@NeutralSide-y69t solo leveling literally pioneered that art style smh

[@AniVerZe]

I think solo leveling is not weebtoon but its on webnovel

[@mqurx]

Its webnovel adapted to webtoon

[@MHR-REX]

Lol😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Thundernoob98]

I never understood the hype for it. Was excited because of the hype when it first released but stopped around episode 5 because of how generic it was

[@Young_Wrath]

Actually watch the rest of the season its far from generic s1 was basically the prologue to the story he doesn’t even get his main power till the end of s1 💀

[@Comments_opinions]

Dandadan is generational tbh

[@Bre_animate]

Idl how random it is. Does the story eventually lead to a bigger plot or will they just keep fighting random ghost and alien episode after episode?

[@Comments_opinions]

@sabrinaduncan526 well idk but i dont really think it matters because its so good. The story and because of its random ness it makes the anime more suspenseful. I read little bit of manga out of impatience trust me season 2 ep 1&2 maybe even 3 will be goated this arc is good af. The thing about this anime is it is unique you dont know what will happen thus making it fresh and obv the animators are goated they are doing better than the manga atleast for me.

[@Comments_opinions]

I would like to suggest a video "the hidden meaning behind dandadan" by Vernier

[@Ash-ep1nz]

Lmao no one cares ABOUT Dandadan. Lame asf.

[@Comments_opinions]

@@Ash-ep1nz why? I would like to listen your thoughts

[@limitedun2438]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/hZW0o5-maNqMh68si=XL0In4ur3Gb1_TM3 if this is a flop then give more of my favs this treatment, btw we still didnt get the official trailer of it so do your research before talking about the subject u dont know anything about

[@limitedun2438]

oh yuh give me animes other than jjk, opm, csm and ds who got above 7m views on their trailers btw

[@TheWildCard2k]

​@limitedun2438views on trailers don't constitute for anything if that's your only metric to measure success I've got news for you bruh

[@kennethchase8655]

I’ve read the whole light novel series. And so far they have followed it to the T. I was pleasantly surprised. But this season does not have all the characters that are going to impact the story line. A lot of them will be introduced in the 2 season. I’m ready for season 2 just wish they were longer than 12 episodes. 😂