Ten years ago, 'the Gate' appeared and connected the real world with the realm of magic and monsters. It is animated by Studio A-1 Pictures and premiered on 2024. Solo Leveling (俺だけレベルアップな件, Ore dake Reberu Appu na Ken) is the anime adaptation of Chu-Gong's Solo Leveling. International Guild Conference Arc (Chapters 140-149).Return to Demon Castle Arc (Chapters 76-89).Hunters Guild Gate Arc (Chapters 65-75).Yoo Jin-Ho Raid Party Arc (Chapters 35-37).Dungeon & Prisoners Arc (Chapters 25-34).Follow Jinwoo's journey as he fights against all kinds of enemies, both man and monster, to discover the secrets of the dungeons and the true source of his powers.

One day, after narrowly surviving an overwhelmingly powerful dungeon that nearly wipes out his entire party, a mysterious program called the System chooses him as its sole player and in turn, gives him the extremely rare ability to level up in strength, possibly beyond any known limits. In a world where hunters, human warriors who possess magical abilities, must battle deadly monsters to protect mankind from certain annihilation, a notoriously weak hunter named Sung Jinwoo finds himself in a seemingly endless struggle for survival. It follows the adventures of Sung Jinwoo, a young and infamously incompetent Korean hunter, in his quest to become the strongest hunter of them all. Someone put a terrifying amount of work into that and it absolutely needs to be called out just how consistently good whoever did this much work really is.Solo Leveling (나 혼자만 레벨업, Na Honjaman Lebel-eob) is a Korean webtoon series written by Chu-Gong and illustrated by Jang Su-Rak and Gi Si-Ryeong. Thats not the case here and even the humour is still landing. Similarly, normally in any translation the quality drops off significantly after book 2 if it even makes it that long. I know I read too many JLNs when thats a plus, but damn is it refreshing that at worst we have a very quiet drawn out singular crush that neither character has the time to meaningful address. Its rare in these overarching plot threads that the mystery of the world can be delivered this consistently without contempt towards the reader, but its refreshing when it happens.īonus points. We get some extra lore that really lays the groundwork for things to come and emphasizes how much we dont know, but without making it seem like the author is pulling a sherlock and holding most of the information out of reach while chiding us for not being smarter. This hits the ground running and then cruises on from there. Its nice having a LN being willing to jump right into an action beat with some expectation that it doesnt have to explain everything.

Full disclosure, I read books 3-5 in the same day and so my thoughts on specific story beats may be a little muddled.

Solo leveling light novel vol 5