Solo Leveling

Honestly, I saw solo leveling a bunch of times on Instagram but ignored it but soon I was bored and looking for something to read and I started reading it. At first, I thought that it would be a typical cliche but it is so different. I loved this masterpiece so much. Especially the main character he's even my Instagram profile pic. I loved how the main character unlike in one punch man got found out and how he became the strongest hero. (I read the novel) It is honestly so thrilling even the novels good. I loved this so much, he has to face so many trials and you might not know what I'm talking about unless you read ahead in the novel. I can't wait for the manga to update again in the novel it showed just how much he cared for his family and he had to deal with so many deaths from his precious loved ones. He even went to America this comic is a 10/10 R.IP Go Gun Hei.

The first couple of chapters start ordinary, nothing special. We saw normal MC who was at that point really weak trying to survive by being a hunter who was making money killing monsters in the dungeon. Of course, this kind of pitiable MC soon got amazing and for me personally one of the best main characters in Manhwa. After an incident in the dungeon, he got a special kind of power and he started to use it to became stronger.

This MC really adapted well to the situation and started using his power to the maximum. He wasn’t weak anymore. He developed after experiencing a situation which forced him to be strong. It might seem the typical overpowered MC that you saw in a lot of other Manga but nobody is as epic as this guy.

This kind of plot you can see in the countless Korean Manhwas and Novels but for me, the MC is the main reason why I like this so much.

As for the other characters, I must say they blended well with the story. We met some funny ones, some arrogant and then we also saw cute and strong girls and that’s a plus. The one problem I have is that the author has tendencies to forget some characters. For me, that wasn’t something that bothered me that much but still, it would be good to sometimes know what are they doing.

The one thing other than MC that brought Solo Leveling to other dimension is Art. The art in this Manhwa is just AMAZING, it isn't just epic, is cool, beautiful... Like I said the MC was awesome but the art brought this story to the highest level.

in my opinion this is one of the best Manhwa out there because the experience is enjoyable and it's not even closer to ending yet.

This manhwa is a absolute masterpiece. The art style and character development is what that makes this manhwa so cool. the story is fantastic and hyping. This is the first manhwa that made me just read it continuously. It's just that good. I also don't read or watch something that I have already finished but this manhwa is so good that no matter how many times you read it, you will enjoy the art and find some clues you missed in the previous reading.
10/10 recommendations from me.
Trust me, you will love it in the first read. On the outside it may seem like just like other mangas/manhwa. and that's what I thought when I first looked it up.
once you drive into the solo leveling world, You will forget everything and will just want to read more

It's so freaking awesome!
It's the very first time I've seen some well-written overpowered character.
Solo leveling tells the story of Sung Jin Woo, the most weaker Hunter of Korean, at least. The first 11-12 chapters introduce us to how the world around works, which class do what and the whole thing. It really annoying in some way, because it don't show you the very potential of the story itself. It hard to swallow, but after that comes the best part till the end. In introducing chapters we see a weaker, boring and cliche protagonist that we all have seen in most other series, but take it from me, after these chapters the thing changes to a whole new level. We see the start of his evolution, all the way through, and the character development through that. There's the thing that makes it cool. The way that show us the fights, the skills that he acquired through time, the whole thing is magical. One thing really awesome about this manhwa it's the pages format. It seems made to read on a mobile device, cuz the way the scenario moves, the way the characters does too, dope af, I think it's the most positive point about this series. So colorful and well made.

If I had to stands out something besides the pages format, it's, of course, the dungeons and the bosses. It's so dope and astonishing at the same time. A variety of scenarios, every boss has something to add in some way, no matter what. And that's really beautiful to see.

I hope we get the second season as soon as possible, I can't contain myself!

It's my very first review, sorry for any grammatical error or something else. Wish y'all enjoy this series, see ya.

this manhwa is my reason of life, no cap.
10/10 manhwa
i stayed up all night to read it
I was so preoccupied i forgot I even existed
this manhwa is so addictive
i cant stop thinking about it
everything about solo leveling is so good

the characters are great, ESPECIALLY the mc
ON GOD
I love this mc
who cares if he's op
that's the point
he's sooooo cool
and hot ;)
but lordy lord lord he's just so amazing even tho he's supposed to be so engrossed in becoming a hunter that he doesn't realise other ppls feelings for him n stuff but that's interesting to read too

the art !!!!
goddddd!!!!!!!!!
the art is so good
that smile that the stone statue makes IS SO CREEPY
the art is perfect

the story is so great idk what else I need to say to emphasise it.

there's this one arc where ants mutate and stuff and it reminds me a lot of hxh chimera ant arc and I'm ngl the hxh arc is better but its also more important in hxh, in here it was kinda shortish but I thought it was done well.
My friend got mad at me though for saying hxh chimera ant arc did the whole mutant ant thing better.

[Spoiler free]
Let's start with some basic about solo leveling.
Solo leveling is our typical MC becomes strong type of manhwa. MC suddenly gains a power, trains hard then becomes better than everybody.But why does it stands out?It has reached the no.1 spot in MyAnimeList's top manhwa tier.I recently found out that it has reached about 120M+ view in an illegal manga reading website which is 2x more than the next popular manga on that specific site.
The main reason for all this hype and popularity is Solo leveling's fantastic story telling,Character development, Goal setting and flamboyant art-style.The character design is next level.Artist Hyoen-Gun & Jang-Sung-Rak used digital painting and gradient which provided a 3D feeling to the characters.They used the web-comic feature as their advantage and utilized it fully.Each fight scene feels dynamic and spellbound.
Solo leveling is an adaption of the Light Novel 'I alone level up/Solo leveling' by the author chu-gong.His story telling is so fulfilling that from very beginning it's more than enough to hold the reader to complete the remaining chapter as soon as possible.'Solo leveling' is like 'One punch man' but here we get to see him getting stronger and gain the recognition our MC deserves.
If you are one of the person who sweats about small stuff and can't wait for a mystery to be revealed then continuing this manhwa will be difficult for you.
'The name of the main character is Jin-Woo who survived a difficult situation and was granted a option to become a player(Nope it's not isekai). He was the sole person to get the opportunity and was awarded with a function called system.What is this system?Why is this system?Who runs this system?This 3 question is shrouded with mystery and will be revealed at the halfway of the manhwa.In order to enjoy the story you will need to stop asking this 3 question to yourself again and again'.
Did you succeed?Good.Now you are ready to read the manhwa.Trust my words you won't regret it.

Solo leveling (season 1) is a pretty good power fantasy but the story falls flat for me in many aspects. These is well compensated enough by the great art and reasonably fast pacing to make up for this.

When I think of power fantasy anime/manga/manhwa the first thing that comes to mind is one punch man. A world where the protagonist hopelessly outclasses everyone else but still has a solid, unique character to him along with a world brimming with interesting characters who all have their own struggles and goals. Now comparing that to solo leveling. Well 'solo' leveling is really what you get because while this story has a slew of interesting looking side characters, almost none of them get the screen time to be given any character after the first 30 ish chapters.

So then what about the main character? Jin-woo is probably the most bland character you could ever write. He reacts like a piece of card board to everything. It really is a shame cause when you first are introduced to him, you get a sense of relatability and hope for this underdog family man, who even though he is 'the world's weakest hunter' still goes out every day to try to provide for his school age sister and comatose mother. But as soon as he gets power, all of that goes away. At times it becomes hard to even remember that his original goal was to help his mother and sister as they are thrown to the side as if they don't exist for some 80 chapters while MC just goes off and beats up monster after monster, with little to any thoughts in his head about well anything aside from killing more monster. This is especially exemplified when at one point somewhat early on, Jin-woo's sister asks to join him on a jog as she notices he's been working out. So what does Jin-woo do? Totally abandons his sister and sprints as fast as he can with no care for where she is or care for connecting with her as she is trying to do with him right now. Scenes like these are so frustrating because as a reader I WANT to feel a connection with these side characters, but all Jin-woo cares about is getting more power at the expense of any connection to those around him.

At the end of the day this is a really fun read but it woefully lacks the charming characters of something like one punch man or even Reincarnated as a Slime, that really makes the story feel whole. It especially is sad because there are some fun characters in here that I yearned to know more about, but just as quickly as they show up so quickly are they gone. Reading this story, you might as well be playing a RPG with a silent protagonist where all the characters you meet get as little emotional development as your character does.

Solo Leveling is the new popular Manhwa which has taken the community by storm. It even made it into the top 5 of myanimelist, which was really suprising to me so I was intrigued to check it out. I finally got around to reading it & caught up with it in two days, as of now I have read 110 chps of the Manhwa which also marks the end of the first season & it prolly will go on short hiatus

Story
The Story of Solo Leveling starts off quite simple & feels another one of those "zero to hero" kinda stories (and let's Just say I am not a fan of those), but Solo Leveling adds a interesting twist to it i.e The World is actually supposed to be a game & all the characters act in accordance. This factor helps the differentiate itself frm it's many counterparts but in the process also manages to feel unique. Our main who is supposedly the (main character" of the game & is slowly leveling & soon becomes really op.. There r still a lot of mysteries which r yet to be solved, though I presume the final obstacle would be the system. One thing I didn't liked was Jeju Island arc which straight felt like they straight up copied the Chimera Ant Arc, though they didn't took the core themes of it, I think they could've done some changes instead of opting such a subtle way

Characters
The characters r quite good & have a depth to them. I essentially really like the slow transformation of Sung Jin Woo's character as he slowly progressive, with him become more inhuman as he levels up.. Besides him there isn't really stand out but all of them r quite likable though I presume we will go more in depth about some characters in Season 2 like Chae Hae In.

Art
Easily the best part about the series, the art is really good & well polished. I was actually quite surprised as I don't normally expect this level of art from s Manhwa. It really helps to encapsulate the impact of what is happening & sometimes I just stare at the panels for few seconds Just to properly appreciate it.

Overall Enjoyment
Overall I really enjoyed this & had good time with it, though this is only my impression of the first season & it might/might not change in future.

Some people may say this is your typical Shonen that becomes op and undefeatable, in fact i think that is the opposite. The main character faces challenges that could get him killed deep into the Manhwa. Overall this Manhwa is pretty good I rated it a 9 because the fight scenes and art is outstanding, but the characters start to get bland the more they fawn over the main character, sometimes it gets even tiring. (except Beru, he's an exception) Also the Manhwa is pretty anti-Japanese for like 2 arcs which were definitely the best arcs. I overall think this is good as a Manhwa AND only a Manhwa, I personally think no Korean/Japanese studio would touch Solo Leveling with a 10 foot pole, but even if they do I don't think they would go past season 1 into The Raid on Jeju Island I don't want to spoil but what I'm trying to say is that it might be a pr disaster plus the way Manhwa is built is too linear its hard to explain if you never read one before but its like the interactions are only there to push the story forward i cant find any extreme example of this but id of definitely of given a 10 if this Manhwa had more back story to side characters and more side talk, I think this will become more prevalent if it got a adaptation. but I hope I'm proven wrong I'd love to see a Solo Leveling Warrior adapted to an anime.

To keep the review spoiler free as possible from both webtoon and light novel.

Story wise: its nothing new and it's not as good as to warrant a masterpiece, this is the classic zero to hero, although the mixture of fantasy and game-like system does work pretty well, which is why I really enjoyed it.

The art is extremely well done, kudos to the team who brought out the potential of action which is honestly the best quality of the serie.

Overall action is good and world building is decent, however character design is dumpster tier, so don't really get attached to characters since every single one but the MC is completely irrelevant and the story would work the exact same way without em. Also the character development is pretty much only reserved to the protagonist, which isn't bad per se, especially considering the title of the Manhwa but still makes it pretty dull.

TBH though it is a good read, the summoned shadows and the overall lore of the world makes it pretty darn easy to enjoy (once again kudos to the art). overall I would give it a 6/10