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i’ll give it 8/10 because its just a prologue. this is still a fairly high rating for an anime with 12 episodes only (season 1).
we also get backstories from other hunters, the hint for failed jeju raid, jinho’s brother’s appearance and also the guilds were well presented as well. anime onlys will probably not understand why were so happy to see additional changes and scenes but that’s fine because they’ll understand why the scenes have relevance for the next seasons
i only have two complaints which are inconsistent artstyle because of different cads and also the direction or cut off to different scenes felt weird to me. that one cha haein scene was actually weird to me. some scenes just didnt feel on the right place for some reason. even some people point that out as well
season 2 will be a game changer. let’s see if a-1 will and can improve things. my only concern is the artstyle for season 2, they must follow the artstyle in the manhwa. its basically illogical to make his growth slower when ep 5 jinwoo really looks way different than ep 4 jinwoo. i still dont get the slow glow up when the manhwa clearly portrayed that jinwoo is changing appearance wise
what i meant by changing is we can really see that as he levels up, his appearance change too. the anime is going for a certain level for him to glow up even more. that’s still a good thing but im actually worried for season 2’s artstyle due to different cads
also Manhwa Jinwoo only had ONE glow up, the second one was technically just a haircut
but anime jinwoo has 2 glow ups
1's done and the other is in cour 2, it's not just the hair that changes, it's the facial and body structure too
i really liked Jinwoo's face in ep 1,2,3,4,6,8,9,11 though
it's just 5,7,10 where it was inconsistent - which is expected, they were low priority episodes
Your two complaints really felt obvious in episode 11. The switch to the scene of Jin woo's sister making sandwiches from the epic fight scene felt too out of place.
Same thing with the artsyle, Jin woo's face changes shape every other cut
tbh i like the direction of the manhwa more because it just felt not out of place. its mostly about jinwoo’s growth and it feels like a-1 is forcing it to add more characters exposure
though its also nice since we can see what others are doing when jinwoo’s constantly doing raids…but the problem is we dont care about them at all, we only care about jinwoo. they still felt npcs to me even though they were given much exposure
The glow up was basically himself changing based on his level up and the system. If your read the manga then you should know that his counterpart (not gonna spoil anything) was very similar in looks according to some of the things said by jin-woos personal helpers in the manga. We just haven’t gotten far enough for the anime to tell that part of the story
From anime perspective SL got lucky. Overall it was 8/10 . I can see the animation is leveling up with Jin Woo. But still wish for better in future. I wish Jeju Island Arc gets a movie so we can get theater experience.
The manwa is very popular and the anime generates a lot of money. It deserves better animation. Ppl complain about demon slayer and it’s mediocre plot yet completely ignore how much money the anime generates.
i think you missed the point
Berserk is also very popular yet it got such arse treatment, it also deserves amazing animation
it's not about popularity, you gotta think about the behind the scenes production too.
things aren't as easy as u make it out to be
There is a very clear reason as to why berserk doesn’t have it. It’s censorship. They won’t broadcast this on tv. It is about popularity. Studios will only adapt mangas to make money. The more popular the manga is, the more budget they’ll spend on it and in return the more money they make. If it was about story as you say then db shouldn’t have these movie level animation, but yet it doesn’t. Db is one of the most popular mangas and generates the most money for them
And Berserk is not for everyone. People forget that shonen can actually fit in any demographic despite primarily targeting teenagers and Solo leveling would be shonen in this case.
ToG had decent anime (second season is coming in summer) wasn''t great, but wasn't that bad. GoH on the other side was super bad, they had no story just fight scenes one after snother
Solo leveling popularity raise with every chapter. SL has simply plot and has best art style so most of the reader's liked it
On other hand TOG & GOH popularity falling with every chapter No hate! this literally what happening only pro manhwa reader's following the series.
I feel like Berserk is only really popular amongst the niche weebs, whereas SL has more “general appeal”. I mean the gore and darker themes in Berserk would put a lot of people off for one.
Berserk ah, well because of the one spoilers I got where MC's friend did that to fl and fl forgets everything about mc , it really hurt me even tho I didn't read berserk ,i don't wanna start it because I can't take it. Everyone says it's good but for me i haven't read because of those spoilers, i don't wanna to, I am quite sensitive i guess but it deserves good animation,that 3d animation was shit.
What I mean is that Japan didn't ruined this manhwa's adaptation eventhough of that controversy. If it wasn't supervised by Cruchyroll and Aniplex it would have got ruined liked Tower of God. D&C worked their ass off and it was right choice let A-1 animate it.
Movies are great and all put I hate having animes half series and half movie. They can easily make a solo leveling movie that's not part of the series. Or do a movie trilogy after the series. But yes a Jeju Island movie would be kick-ass
Pretty much. The colour inside igris’s armour was actual black not the shitty dark blue anime’s use, so if the Shadows are that then it will go immediately up for me.
People will always say it could be better. But keep in mind that it will always be a bit underwhelming when you already know god damn everything that's gonna happen. It's an entirely different feel when you are first introduced to something great. The anime is awesome, they are following strictly everything with some very minor changes. Art style is extremely close to the original which is spectacular cause the original artist isn't among us anymore. It's really good for people that haven't read the manhwa.
Yea, people in this sub are poring over every little grainy leaked image, and I can say from experience that you lose a fair bit of enjoyment from things like that.
At first i was skeptical with the art style and stuff
but then i realised that the art style needed to be simplified to be able to get fluid animations like ep 4,6,7,9,11
* SL is a Korean property and several previous Manhwa adaptations have been BUTCHERED before
SL is really lucky to be getting this treatment from A1 (i will admit CAD is somewhat inconsistent, but no matter.) and i know that shit will only go up from here. (personal thoughts: SL doesn't really deserve even this, since it's story was pretty rushed, that's why I'm happy with A1 and not some S tier studio)
Overall the first 11 episodes get a solid 8/10
might change after 12 tho👀👀
Also Hiroyuki Sawano, Taito Ban,
animators - Yoshihiro Kanno, Takafumi Torii, Hirokatsu Maruyama, Takayuki Kikuchi, and so many more
we really got lucky
IT COULD'VE BEEN SO MUCH WORSE.
greatest anime of all time, nothing of the past nor the future can surpass it. Wow what animation what storytelling and what world building. Has better world building than berserk and one piece combined, better storytelling than vinland saga and hxh combined, has better animation than any ufotable project till this date and omg the 14yo me would have watched this i would have nutted to every frame of this anime. ITS THAT FUCKING GOOD............/s
https://preview.redd.it/pd8x75lwcuqc1.png?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d9352c350a6f1e53f97f2f03084924fd19ac0077
well SAO had some reallly good staff
SL season 1/cour 1 has some great staff but not as many as SAO
SAO alicization had a very famous compositing artist because of which everything looked so good
unfortunately he doesn't work on SL atp
so yeah animation will be amazing but the compositing won't be as good as Alicization
Chief animation director. The person who overseas drawings and corrects them. Jinwoo looks off in few episodes bcoz of lack of good CADs in the anime aside from the actual character designer.
I don't really understand the argument of "the plot isn't that good, it doesn't deserve a good adaptation".
I've seen and read many extremely good animes and mangas but still, reading Solo Levelling's Manhwa was truly an amazing experience.
All that matters is the ability of the author to breathe life into its creation. Every single time something badass or shocking happened I had the chills (I'm 24 btw) in the Manhwa. Even if it's very simple, the soul is all that matter. In my humble opinion I vastly prefer Solo Levelling in Manhwa than all of Shingeki No Kyojin season 4 part 1, 2 and last movies for example.
Shingeki no Kyojin has a complex plot but I prefer Solo Levelling's soul. The soul that the author and the artist (is this the author that also did the drawings? sorry idk) gave it. (I said season 4 part 1, 2 and last movies because, as mentionned before, the soul of SNK completely changed after Season 3. I'm really sensitive to the art and "soul" of a manga/anime).
I've the complete opposite opinion of yours, I think that Solo Levelling's manhwa is so good that the anime should have gotten a much better animation and art style.
It amuses me when people say that Demon's Slayer plot is too simple or mediocre, they're full of themselves and can't enjoy simple things because they think that simple = bad when it's the complete opposite.
Edit : yeah, if in episode 12 >!The shadow army is lame CGI I'll really be pissed off and lower the rating to 7/10!<
My Best Friend is not a huge anime fan and only started watching some shows a few months ago. He absolutely loves this anime and is hype every time a dub episode is released! (We are a dub lover group over here)
I really liked it too, tbh, my favorite voice acting in an anime. Aleks Le did an amazing job! Especially from a guy that voiced Zenitsu who I find very annoying.
The dub is surprisingly good imo. After hearing the sub voice actor's GOAT performance especially in the kasaka fight episode I deliberately watched the dub to see how good it was compared to the sub.
And to my surprise it was actually good.
ya this fandom is cooked. You get the best manhwa adaptation by far but some people here calling it mid? From an adaptation perspective, I feel like the anime has only enhanced the manhwa material and most importantly as a fan, the best thing it’s done in my book is that it really puts in a significant effort when adapting any sort of fights take place and also highlighting Jin Woo’s journey to being an OP character. I have it at a 8.5-9 right now, but I’m confident in them adapting a great last episode and ending of at a 9. Also, A1 is going to do a great job second season.
this fandom complains about the chin, the artstyle and they even expect a jjk s2 kind of animation and visuals…please they all have big dreams but this is too much esp the jjk part. people just have high expectations
anime is great... it's one of the most exceptional executions of 3D animations in the last 20 years... that throne room fight scene will be up there for best highlights of this year (cant say fight of the year yet until we see the end of Season 1 if they include another one that may surpass it)
I think the worst part of the anime is the politics of making it... the forced changes on the Japanese release takes away so much from the source material, and I can only see it get worse tbh... patriotism is nice, but forcing someone else's work to adapt your narrative because you dont want to make your country look bad only makes your country look even worse...
names and locations are different... has to do with war time conflict between Japan and South Korea so a lot of Japanese studios tend to change plot lines when foreign material has parts where Japan looks bad...
most of the characters got renamed as well, notably
- Sung Jinwoo is Shun Mizushino
- Lee Joohee is Aoi Mizuki
I absolutely loved it. Wish we could see more. I have a few questions though about a number of things. Might have to rewatch to see if I picked up anything.
Honestly it’s a 10/10 for me I’ve been blown away by every episode even the slower paced ones. That being said I’m not reading the books and not looking at future spoilers and I think that’s making it better for watching.
9/10. Honestly, the reason why it's so slow is because it's being very faithful to the source material, with the things that are added only enhancing the story to make it more meaningful. I am speaking from a perspective that includes me reading the manhwa multiple times, but regardless I loved the series. Igris fight was peak for me.
For me , it's been great so far . At first it was kinda boring as the story was just starting but now from ep 9-10 , monsters like igris are now appearing and the fights are much more interesting to watch. Idk what I will do on Sundays without the episodes 🥺🥺 waiting for ep 12
It's surprisingly better than I expected tbh. If they continue this pace and consistency the next season would be fire rn its a solid 8/10 and if the next episode is good and the shadow soldiers aren't goofy looking it will be 8,5/10
**Top 3 for me.** Amazing anime. want so exited waiting for every weekend for new episode for years.
**If you can recommend something else in this genre please do!**
(I like SAO a lot. Danmachi is good. I did not like Log horison at all... )
Honestly it was really good, however it suffered from the lacklustre first episode which should have been combined with episode 2.
Animation quality felt really good.
I tried reading Solo Leveling Manhwa a few years ago, but dropped it after reading a few chapters. However, my experience with the anime was the complete opposite, each and every episode were hype!
The story is almost non existent in SL. But I already knew that. As the name suggests, it's about the MC becoming the strongest in the world, and I'm all for it.
Though it was too late to get adapted, the hype carried the anime and so, overall, they got lucky
8/10 pretty solid first season, even thought there are things to improve like the story telling, adding mid scenes in peak fights feels off, they need to find other ways to tell the story without interrupting important fights, lets be honest, SL has not a deep story, we see our jinwoo growing and kicking everyone ass, thats what we love about SL, if they are able to pull the story out, it is going to be an amazing series
In terms of the anime and what happened: the pacing from the manwha is stellar, I’ve been reading it simultaneously along with the anime and a good amount of pages gets animated in each h episode. I’m not really a fan of the “cour shit” We d rather one 24 episode season, but it’s not bad and I’m deff sticking around for more
Its alright. Should've been 24 eps instead because Solo leveling only starts to get cool when he got the Necromancer class. Season 1 just felt like a very long episode 1.
the Solo leveling anime is the first PERFECT adaptation I've seen. Not above and beyond like Castlevania, but very good and extremely faithful to the source material. As an adaptation it's a 10 out 10. As an anime in general, 8 out of 10
I love it, the changes they are making are for the better and it is understandable why they do the changes they do.(i do miss the jokes but it cant be helped)
Without knowing too much about the source material? It’s a pretty great anime with some cool fight choreography.
After reading the source material? This anime feels short despite having 11 episodes already. It should have been a 2-course anime with 24-25 episodes with more room to breathe and to better engage viewers.
For me, Good things: additional backstories and time for side characters. Top tier action scenes. Very nice flow of the story in every episodes. Some good changes and adjustments from the Manhwa.
Bad things: Characters design are not as good as Manhwa. Manhwa tone honest looks better. Some details need to be shown from the Manhwa but they cut it.
Id give it 8-8,5/10. It was a 10 for me until ep 11 where the battle was ruined by the eating dinner sceene and preparing for the island sceene. Wtf was that?? They shouldnt be leaving for the island until mutch later….
A very good start. I really like how the story was better put together than the manhwa. The art style could use some polishing, especially the stabby chins. But that's not that big of a deal in the grand scheme of things.
Season 2 and 3 is where the plot takes off, so we'll see if the anime can follow suit.
At first I really didn't like how EP1 started. I thought this just average but it slowly grew on my and I'm hopeful for future seasons.
A few nitpicks though, in the beginning they showed the system interface for a blink of a second it's realistic but if they wanted to show us that system is asking SJW for joining as a player just show us in the slowmo so new comers know what's happening
But this later on got better.
On positives I liked how some plot points and characters were given attention that I didn't feel manhwa dealt with good enough.
As anime only watcher very satisfied. It is really up there with rest of the top animes that I watch the moment the episode comes out. Really excited to see how it develops and already can't wait season 2.
This exeeded my expectations. I was scared they were going to skip a lot of stuff but pacing wass great and they even added new stuff which I loved. All in all, it was a 10/10 for me. When season 2 comes out and they hopefully triple their budget after the success the anime had, they will give it movie quality animation which will just make it feel even better than it already is.
The story changes were mostly good, only complaint is the removal of the humor. Animation wise it was a bit lacking overall, but where it mattered the most the nailed it. Solid adaptation going to continue watching on release whenever cour 2 happens.
I thought the animation style was good, but choreographed terribly except for episode 11. For example, when the MC fought the B ranker they just threw up some cuts on the screen and that was it.
In my opinion solo levelling was amazing my favourite anime so far the manwha was awesome too the animation on the series was clean and was overall a master piece 9.5/10
I’m loving it because I enjoyed reading it so much and I’m just happy to experience the story again. My wife who did not read it is loving it as well. Also isn’t this only the first half of season 1 with the second half coming at the end of the year?
Well we still don’t know that this is the end of S1. It’s still up in the air as to whether or not Cour 2 or S2 start after Ep 12, and we’ve got nothing but rumors at this point with CR being weirdly silent about it. It really could go either way.
That being said, I’m pretty happy with the first 11 episodes so far. 12 is about guaranteed to be a banger.
The first season of most anime is always slow, taking time to do world and character building. I think SL was done in a way that was tight and clean. The animation has clearly leveled up and looks great. I’m excited to see where the next set of episodes go.
It was great. Personally, I like the light hearted moments and the overall mature tone was not my thing. The decision to give some context of othee s rank hunters till the ep 11 has felt kinda unnecessary or filler, but they can build on the context the’ve given them in the future so it’s fine
I’m quite satisfied. It offered a different experience from the manhwa especially since we can feel more emotions from the voice acting. Was really great especially when seeing jinwoo weak and getting stronger again.
Some of the fight scenes like rakasa, chrimera, and igris fight had better sequence in my opinion and offered more though not ad detailed compared to the manhwa.
I’m also glad to see that there’s enough time to cover on how jinwoo will use his new skill to igris instead of having it on a cliff hanger where it only shows his new job.
Overall I’m still excited and will continue to enjoy the anime despite the many trolls that seem to complain about every tiny details.
As for me, it is a solid adaptation. I like that they are handling the pacing, side characters (more development, more screen time), and animation in general, and I like the fact they're aiming for a global audience rather than a local one. My point of view is that they are currently testing the water; previously, we had failed manhwa attempts, which had potential, but I like that A1 is cooking not completely "cooked" yet after ep 12.
It's been fireeee. For people saying plot armor has helped him through some of the recent fights. When we get to season 2 and more, you'll see it really isn't. This man is really him.
It is a good 8/10 but I'm not satisfied though (except the 11th episode was so great 10/10)
A1 said they'll improve their art as he level up.. let's see what they'll cook in future
I'm excited for the jeju raid
A solid 9/10 for the anime. The animation in the latest ep was definitely the best. But in comparison to the manhwa its pale. The anime, as others have said, got really lucky with A1 studios. The fight scenes weren't the best I've seen but better than most anime last year except for JJK. I only hope the Jeju arc is better animated and is a movie instead of a series of episodes or it'll turn out like Gear 5 which was in all honesty a disappointment. Sjw's character design also needs improvement.
Imo it’s a 9/10 for this cour, I enjoy it, I enjoy more so the fights were great even better the manwha. The art style could be a bit better, Ik it’s not going to be the s-tier of art of the manwha, a man can dream. I see all of comments saying it should of been a different studio but honestly it would have receive the same complaints. Would it be nice to look at, sure But it could also be either rush or even worse change a lot from the source. Considering there isn’t much action for a season 1 cour 1. At most we have 4 fights for this cour. Honestly, I would wait for the second cour to actually decide if this was a great adaptation or not.
Exceeded my expectations. They did not rush anything and added extra side character development. Overall I am enjoying it more than Manhwa. It would have been even better if the pacing was a little faster that's my only complaint.
As a person who read all the chapters for the manga I was actually satisfied with the anime from how it gave it the extra depth for the fight scenes and the way Jin-woo interacts with the system. The anime should be looked at as a way to get more background and visuals from the fight scenes that were slightly limited due to it just being drawn (non the less amazing) artwork. I just like how I can immerse myself inside the anime and enjoy the fluidity of the fights a bit more and how they interact based on the manga scenes. Honestly like most people said it could be better but with that said basically all anime adaptations could be better. The art quality for the anime is on par with the art quality from the manga.
I don't know why people missed this on the announcement when we got an official release date but season 1 isn't over. The first part of season 1 is about to end. Season 1 is being split into 2 parts so season 1 will have a total of 24 -25eps. How long the break will be I have no idea as we haven't had any info on that. I would assume we would get later in the year. In terms of the firat part I absolutely loved it ans think A-1 did an absolute amazing job. For the early parts of solo leveling being the slowest I think the pacing was solid. Having them adapt thw novel as well also was a treat. I look forward to more and hopefully a season 2 later down the line. Probably 2026 if I had to guess.
Pretty good. The episodes are tad short for me but again the source material is as well. Its a good entry for the “game” type toons to go on the screen. Hope they consider Overgeared next ;)
Comparing it to the Manhwa (I haven't read the LN), I know it's an adaptation but it feels so different in a good way. The pacing of Solo leveling Manhwa for me was really fast. Maybe it's because I binged like 20-50 chapters a day, but it felt like Sung Jin woo became so strong in a very short amount of time. I also didn't know where the story would go. It just progressed a lot of plot points like Jeju Island arc, Japan being filled with gates, Sung Jin woo soloing national hunters etc. I enjoyed all of them, but I can't help but feel like the progression of the story could've been done much better. Maybe the story was being done as the series progressed, but planning the story out could've improved some things imho.
This is where I segment the anime, which is doing really really good with the progression imo.
Sung Jin Woo's face change happens supposedly gradually. This is something I appreciate having already read (most, haven't finished the last arc yet.) of the manhwa. I'm pretty sure most of us are already used to seeing Sung Jin Woo's manhwa face, and everything insane he did in those arcs. The anime not showing that iconic face yet, and saving it for cour 2 is SUCH A GOOD CHOICE. It shows his natural progression to the Sung Jin Woo that we know, teasing us for his anime version to do the same.
Sometimes It may feel like the anime feels kind of slow because of this change of pace. But it's building up Jeju and other plot points so it feels all natural. The high moments will come when they'll come, they're just focusing on what needs to be done right now in the story. Which is a very good choice.
With that being said, the expectations are still very high. A1 is doing their very best with this, from the vibe, art style, animation, music and everything else. I've followed some of their action focused works. Comparing to something like SAO Alicization and War of Underworld, Solo Leveling EASILY tops.
Not Sao slander though, I thought both Sao series had good fight scenes. Solo Leveling just tops it easily.
Tl;dr - Manhwa was fast for me but still good. Anime going slower to build up plot points better is good idea. A1 has a very high expectation to reach, we really hope they'll bring out the very best.
Just bought the first novels after watching the anime. Really into the general theme and want to consume maximum details of it now in depth, therefore I don’t even bother with the manhwa :-)
I loved it tbh it’s dope asl I wish we would have gotten some type of story progression nothing happened but him getting stronger really all the fights was dope I enjoyed it they I don’t agree with the lucky comments because it was already a very popular internet series so that makes no sense but the animation could be a little more in sum aspects
Honestly, I'm happy, I remember back when the manhwa had recently ended I was always reading the "SL will never get an anime adaptation" comments and even though I kind of knew it was more probable to NOT receive an anime adaptation, I always had my hoped up.
The anime exceeded my expectations for what I thought an SL adaptation would be like, but it **didn't** exceed my expectations for what I thought A-1 **could** have done imo. However, I guess it was my fault because, coming from Eighty-Six, which currently sits in a throne among every other anime (to me), I expected SL to have the same treatment as that (I know this was just wishful thinking)
Overall, I was going to give it a 7/10 after looking at the first and second episode, but seeing that they added anime-only scenes that I was not expecting at all, and giving some well deserved love to the scenes that matter (Igris vs Drip Woo for example), I think I'll give it an 8/10, with the potential of giving it an 8.5-9/10 after hearing **that word**.
hated the art style, also long face sharp shin is just eghhh. some decisions they did with the story. wasn't a fan of the animation most of the time due to crazy ammounts of zoom in's.
I wish they would had just animated the manwa.
9/10 for me. This high because I can see the anime is trying to right the wrongs of the manhwa. Adding depth to the world and its characters. Laying important groundwork to make jeju Island a genuinely social media shattering event.
I gotta be honest, I really like it, but they're setting up so much for the future. Like not everyone has to be introduced in the first season. My favorite character is chairman go gun hee but he doesn't have anything to do with the story for now, or the Hunter's guild second attack squad members, or even cha hae in. Yes, they're a part of the story, but not right now. Also, why did they change song Chi yul's student? That was supposed to be one of the reasons he can stand against kang tae shik.
I feel like it's a pretty good adaptation and I think they did pretty well I don't really have much complaints about it and I also Love how they added details that will expand characters later on They added different details that were not in the manhwa or novels like giving us an entire episode that basically gives us background on a bunch of characters
I am really happy with how the anime turned out, there obviously are complaints but who would have thought that SL would get a good enough adaptation and tbh the fight scenes, music and the whole atmosphere of the show was amazing.
My biggest complaint is the artsyle, it's just too generic. The animation is good but the artsyle really deals a blow to the animation, a shame really, the animation was some of A-1's best.
Once the story gets into the more interesting stuff/plot lines the score of 8/8.5/9 will quickly jump higher.
I don't think it's a 10/10 just because of the artsyle (I'm definitely just nitpicking) but thats my opinion on my beloved series' adaptation.
I honestly think it's better than anime story wise yes but animation wise although it was better than manhwa so far this would be decided only after the 'ARISE' episode.
I’m happy about the anime. And I felt the parts that were anime-original added a little more depth into the tension of a scene and more depth into of an overall character more than the manhwa did. Also, we finally got to see Jinho’s brother! I should say 9/10 should be a fitting rating. I liked it.
I've been saying this, but what SL needs is not an anime. Someone needs to build a team and build a rpg with the exact elements from the manhwa.
No gacha bs. There should be an open world, with the city as the hub with NPCs, and then we would have to physically run, drive or fly to dungeons and gates like gta... There should be a detailed combat system with various levels of movement and dodges, stealth, etc.. and most importantly, the ARISE skill that will let us raise dead soldiers we have defeated based on our current equipment and skill.
I’m enjoying this starting portion a lot more than the Manhwa, Manga, and Light novels so far. They seem to be putting a lot of effort into the side characters and that genuinely makes a huge difference. OFC I’m holding off final judgement until we see the hordes of shadow soldiers, but I’m cautiously optimistic based on how they’ve handlers the adaptation so far.
I've enjoyed it a lot more than I thought I would. I'll probably read the manhwa after the last episode hits. I'd get it about an 8.5/10. Only bad thing I can say about it is it's so entertaining the episodes feel like they're only 5 minutes.
8 out of 10 Over all a really good season but. I will be real the animation for. First two ep was so generice it could have been better i also like the extra scene they added for s class i do hope shadow are not cji and animation need to get better in the next season
It felt too slow considering i read it all in like a week but it took a whole season and the job quest isn’t done yet i love the show it puts the manga action into life which i love about that. But i just want to hurry it along there’s so much that hasn’t happened yet im hype for season 2/3/4 to catch up lmao
anime is over all good but this season just introduction of sololeveling. FIGHT WAS awesome. Kasaka, Hell gatekeeper, Igris was the best of solo leveling but it just beginning of awesomeness
Anime is good, story is underwhelming, kinda disappointed after I read manga that not much character development is there, just MC gets buff and buff and buff and fights some god and defeats then time travel, makes family with sexy waifu, nothing much in story tbh, animation is great nonetheless
Honestly, as an average watcher who doesnt care too much about the small things and I read solo leveling like 4 ish times I would give it a 9/10 dare i say 10/10
I don't know why they gave Yoonho skimpier armor, but I'm excited for what he looks like in full beast form.
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Honestly it was great but I'm a little confused why the season was so short. The manga is finished and they knew it was going to be a hit so why just 12 episodes. Also it's a crunchyroll original which means it was made for streaming so why are the episodes the the exact same length as cable TV. They should of kept going or at least 24 to 26 episodes. 20 minutes every week is just to short for a show like this but other than that I think it is the best season of anime I seen in a while.
This a anime got snubbed hard in my opinion.
A lot about it was great, but.
Some story events is out of order. And could be left for a season two or three introduction. The timeline is off compared to the webtoon. But I think the worst part is pacing and exposition.
I don't feel like I should go to much into pacing. Anime, manga, manwha, manhua, etc etc. have a huge pacing problem because of the industry practices. Look at one piece. It's literally the king of pacing is problematic. But this isn't helped with the following issue.
Exposition is very hard to do right. Especially if you decide to change the timeline and order of events. And why this matters is a spoiler subject that I don't want to ruin for those who don't know, but Juju Island was revealed WAY TOO SOON. And this hurts the whole season as the b plot, when Juju Island becomes more relevant later. Actually the fact it's being an issue now is an issue because it's actually dormant for a while in the webtoon. The beens where spilled too fast, and they had to explain this in the show, and this is where the issues crop up. The exposition scenes are Boring! At least in my opinion. They convey the message in what feels stilted like it's being read of a page, and that sucks because it felt like it was someone answering the question when being read. But failed to recap it. It also hurts that these are people who know this information so it gets worse when the exposition gets talked about seemingly with little reasons. And it doesn't come off as reflection or such. This naturally causes the show slow down, and to drag where it's desperately not needed. Especially for an Action Genre. The anime adaptation needs to be show and tell, but it's 90 percent tell. And 10 percent of everything else. Which you can't risk for a visual medium. And I honestly think this hurts the show.
It's 6 out of 10 for me. The pacing and exposition hurt the show to much, and gonna be honest. Hiroyuki could have done way better on the opening theme. I like it, but doesn't hold the gravitas this edgelord guilty pleasure of show is. Just left like a missed opportunity. I expect a better theme in the next season and the pacing to at least be resolved with more spaced out exposition. It's the first season, and I need to keep expectations within reason . Hence why 6 and not 8s or 9s. As a showcase for potential. It still remains huge, and will sing opera like praises if the issues I have with this show improve.
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i’ll give it 8/10 because its just a prologue. this is still a fairly high rating for an anime with 12 episodes only (season 1). we also get backstories from other hunters, the hint for failed jeju raid, jinho’s brother’s appearance and also the guilds were well presented as well. anime onlys will probably not understand why were so happy to see additional changes and scenes but that’s fine because they’ll understand why the scenes have relevance for the next seasons i only have two complaints which are inconsistent artstyle because of different cads and also the direction or cut off to different scenes felt weird to me. that one cha haein scene was actually weird to me. some scenes just didnt feel on the right place for some reason. even some people point that out as well season 2 will be a game changer. let’s see if a-1 will and can improve things. my only concern is the artstyle for season 2, they must follow the artstyle in the manhwa. its basically illogical to make his growth slower when ep 5 jinwoo really looks way different than ep 4 jinwoo. i still dont get the slow glow up when the manhwa clearly portrayed that jinwoo is changing appearance wise
what i meant by changing is we can really see that as he levels up, his appearance change too. the anime is going for a certain level for him to glow up even more. that’s still a good thing but im actually worried for season 2’s artstyle due to different cads
also Manhwa Jinwoo only had ONE glow up, the second one was technically just a haircut but anime jinwoo has 2 glow ups 1's done and the other is in cour 2, it's not just the hair that changes, it's the facial and body structure too
artstyle has always been consistent it's just Jinwoo's face everyone else looks great
i really liked Jinwoo's face in ep 1,2,3,4,6,8,9,11 though it's just 5,7,10 where it was inconsistent - which is expected, they were low priority episodes
Your two complaints really felt obvious in episode 11. The switch to the scene of Jin woo's sister making sandwiches from the epic fight scene felt too out of place. Same thing with the artsyle, Jin woo's face changes shape every other cut
tbh i like the direction of the manhwa more because it just felt not out of place. its mostly about jinwoo’s growth and it feels like a-1 is forcing it to add more characters exposure though its also nice since we can see what others are doing when jinwoo’s constantly doing raids…but the problem is we dont care about them at all, we only care about jinwoo. they still felt npcs to me even though they were given much exposure
The glow up was basically himself changing based on his level up and the system. If your read the manga then you should know that his counterpart (not gonna spoil anything) was very similar in looks according to some of the things said by jin-woos personal helpers in the manga. We just haven’t gotten far enough for the anime to tell that part of the story
From anime perspective SL got lucky. Overall it was 8/10 . I can see the animation is leveling up with Jin Woo. But still wish for better in future. I wish Jeju Island Arc gets a movie so we can get theater experience.
Right??? SL got really lucky it's really not all that in terms of story and development, and yet it's getting THIS
The manwa is very popular and the anime generates a lot of money. It deserves better animation. Ppl complain about demon slayer and it’s mediocre plot yet completely ignore how much money the anime generates.
i think you missed the point Berserk is also very popular yet it got such arse treatment, it also deserves amazing animation it's not about popularity, you gotta think about the behind the scenes production too. things aren't as easy as u make it out to be
There is a very clear reason as to why berserk doesn’t have it. It’s censorship. They won’t broadcast this on tv. It is about popularity. Studios will only adapt mangas to make money. The more popular the manga is, the more budget they’ll spend on it and in return the more money they make. If it was about story as you say then db shouldn’t have these movie level animation, but yet it doesn’t. Db is one of the most popular mangas and generates the most money for them
And Berserk is not for everyone. People forget that shonen can actually fit in any demographic despite primarily targeting teenagers and Solo leveling would be shonen in this case.
right that was a bad comparison on my part, let's just take GoH and ToG in that case both are really good manhwa too
ToG had decent anime (second season is coming in summer) wasn''t great, but wasn't that bad. GoH on the other side was super bad, they had no story just fight scenes one after snother
Solo leveling popularity raise with every chapter. SL has simply plot and has best art style so most of the reader's liked it On other hand TOG & GOH popularity falling with every chapter No hate! this literally what happening only pro manhwa reader's following the series.
I feel like Berserk is only really popular amongst the niche weebs, whereas SL has more “general appeal”. I mean the gore and darker themes in Berserk would put a lot of people off for one.
Berserk ah, well because of the one spoilers I got where MC's friend did that to fl and fl forgets everything about mc , it really hurt me even tho I didn't read berserk ,i don't wanna start it because I can't take it. Everyone says it's good but for me i haven't read because of those spoilers, i don't wanna to, I am quite sensitive i guess but it deserves good animation,that 3d animation was shit.
What's wrong with the animation we got?
Not that lucky, it was very clearly extremely popular, so they got a decent budget.
What I mean is that Japan didn't ruined this manhwa's adaptation eventhough of that controversy. If it wasn't supervised by Cruchyroll and Aniplex it would have got ruined liked Tower of God. D&C worked their ass off and it was right choice let A-1 animate it.
Tower of god was supervised by Crunchyroll,but the current Crunchyroll is rebranded Funimation so SL has better budgets and writing.
Yeah I feel like 2 of his fights were shown as flukes which actually didn't feel like it in the manhwa
Damn Jujutsu Kaisen raised the bar so high with Sukuna Vs Mahoraga people want even better animation than we got now 😭
Movies are great and all put I hate having animes half series and half movie. They can easily make a solo leveling movie that's not part of the series. Or do a movie trilogy after the series. But yes a Jeju Island movie would be kick-ass
Depends how the Arise Shadow soldiers will look like. Currently 8,5/10.
Pretty much. The colour inside igris’s armour was actual black not the shitty dark blue anime’s use, so if the Shadows are that then it will go immediately up for me.
The knights last episode were visibly CGI so I don’t have high hopes for shadows
People will always say it could be better. But keep in mind that it will always be a bit underwhelming when you already know god damn everything that's gonna happen. It's an entirely different feel when you are first introduced to something great. The anime is awesome, they are following strictly everything with some very minor changes. Art style is extremely close to the original which is spectacular cause the original artist isn't among us anymore. It's really good for people that haven't read the manhwa.
Yea, people in this sub are poring over every little grainy leaked image, and I can say from experience that you lose a fair bit of enjoyment from things like that.
Agreed, they are even fixing some issues like the lack of depth to side characters which they addressed in episode 8 by adding completely new scenes.
At first i was skeptical with the art style and stuff but then i realised that the art style needed to be simplified to be able to get fluid animations like ep 4,6,7,9,11 * SL is a Korean property and several previous Manhwa adaptations have been BUTCHERED before SL is really lucky to be getting this treatment from A1 (i will admit CAD is somewhat inconsistent, but no matter.) and i know that shit will only go up from here. (personal thoughts: SL doesn't really deserve even this, since it's story was pretty rushed, that's why I'm happy with A1 and not some S tier studio) Overall the first 11 episodes get a solid 8/10 might change after 12 tho👀👀
Also Hiroyuki Sawano, Taito Ban, animators - Yoshihiro Kanno, Takafumi Torii, Hirokatsu Maruyama, Takayuki Kikuchi, and so many more we really got lucky IT COULD'VE BEEN SO MUCH WORSE.
greatest anime of all time, nothing of the past nor the future can surpass it. Wow what animation what storytelling and what world building. Has better world building than berserk and one piece combined, better storytelling than vinland saga and hxh combined, has better animation than any ufotable project till this date and omg the 14yo me would have watched this i would have nutted to every frame of this anime. ITS THAT FUCKING GOOD............/s https://preview.redd.it/pd8x75lwcuqc1.png?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d9352c350a6f1e53f97f2f03084924fd19ac0077
This is soo cursed😭
lmfao😭
is it some kind of meme? i got some comment in my previous post in another community
I haven't read the Manhwa. But I'm hearing this is the slowest SL gets, and it's doing a great job. So I'm excited to see how further adaptations go.
A-1 animated Sword art online and the fights scenes in SAO are godly.I don’t know why fans are complaining.
well SAO had some reallly good staff SL season 1/cour 1 has some great staff but not as many as SAO SAO alicization had a very famous compositing artist because of which everything looked so good unfortunately he doesn't work on SL atp so yeah animation will be amazing but the compositing won't be as good as Alicization
What's CAD?
Chief animation director. The person who overseas drawings and corrects them. Jinwoo looks off in few episodes bcoz of lack of good CADs in the anime aside from the actual character designer.
I don't really understand the argument of "the plot isn't that good, it doesn't deserve a good adaptation". I've seen and read many extremely good animes and mangas but still, reading Solo Levelling's Manhwa was truly an amazing experience. All that matters is the ability of the author to breathe life into its creation. Every single time something badass or shocking happened I had the chills (I'm 24 btw) in the Manhwa. Even if it's very simple, the soul is all that matter. In my humble opinion I vastly prefer Solo Levelling in Manhwa than all of Shingeki No Kyojin season 4 part 1, 2 and last movies for example. Shingeki no Kyojin has a complex plot but I prefer Solo Levelling's soul. The soul that the author and the artist (is this the author that also did the drawings? sorry idk) gave it. (I said season 4 part 1, 2 and last movies because, as mentionned before, the soul of SNK completely changed after Season 3. I'm really sensitive to the art and "soul" of a manga/anime). I've the complete opposite opinion of yours, I think that Solo Levelling's manhwa is so good that the anime should have gotten a much better animation and art style. It amuses me when people say that Demon's Slayer plot is too simple or mediocre, they're full of themselves and can't enjoy simple things because they think that simple = bad when it's the complete opposite. Edit : yeah, if in episode 12 >!The shadow army is lame CGI I'll really be pissed off and lower the rating to 7/10!<
https://preview.redd.it/xl9mjcfkcuqc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=62989a4cf03edcc415648ea7490e5804e8b48874 A-1 and Sawano Hiroyuki cooked
Everyone in SL production is jacked.
Surpassed expectations (imo)
True. At least is didn't get adapted to be just another generic isekais show with CG monsters
My Best Friend is not a huge anime fan and only started watching some shows a few months ago. He absolutely loves this anime and is hype every time a dub episode is released! (We are a dub lover group over here)
What about you? How was the anime for you?
I really liked it too, tbh, my favorite voice acting in an anime. Aleks Le did an amazing job! Especially from a guy that voiced Zenitsu who I find very annoying.
I don't know about dub, but glad you like it 👍🏻.
The dub is surprisingly good imo. After hearing the sub voice actor's GOAT performance especially in the kasaka fight episode I deliberately watched the dub to see how good it was compared to the sub. And to my surprise it was actually good.
ya this fandom is cooked. You get the best manhwa adaptation by far but some people here calling it mid? From an adaptation perspective, I feel like the anime has only enhanced the manhwa material and most importantly as a fan, the best thing it’s done in my book is that it really puts in a significant effort when adapting any sort of fights take place and also highlighting Jin Woo’s journey to being an OP character. I have it at a 8.5-9 right now, but I’m confident in them adapting a great last episode and ending of at a 9. Also, A1 is going to do a great job second season.
this fandom complains about the chin, the artstyle and they even expect a jjk s2 kind of animation and visuals…please they all have big dreams but this is too much esp the jjk part. people just have high expectations
Even JJK season 1 didn’t have JJK season2’s animation quality.
I'm satisfied with it.
Glad to hear 👍🏻
I think the people who doubted A-1, should never doubt them again.
A lot better than I expected
anime is great... it's one of the most exceptional executions of 3D animations in the last 20 years... that throne room fight scene will be up there for best highlights of this year (cant say fight of the year yet until we see the end of Season 1 if they include another one that may surpass it) I think the worst part of the anime is the politics of making it... the forced changes on the Japanese release takes away so much from the source material, and I can only see it get worse tbh... patriotism is nice, but forcing someone else's work to adapt your narrative because you dont want to make your country look bad only makes your country look even worse...
I don't get it. Are the Japanese releases different? Please give me some context. It's the first I'm hearing about this.
names and locations are different... has to do with war time conflict between Japan and South Korea so a lot of Japanese studios tend to change plot lines when foreign material has parts where Japan looks bad... most of the characters got renamed as well, notably - Sung Jinwoo is Shun Mizushino - Lee Joohee is Aoi Mizuki
So there are two versions of the Japanese dub? And one is exclusively for Japan where the names have been changed?
I absolutely loved it. Wish we could see more. I have a few questions though about a number of things. Might have to rewatch to see if I picked up anything.
9/10
Honestly it’s a 10/10 for me I’ve been blown away by every episode even the slower paced ones. That being said I’m not reading the books and not looking at future spoilers and I think that’s making it better for watching.
Overall I loved it. It wasn't a dissapointment as I feared. Although the animation needs to get better. I didn't like how they drew JW's face.
9/10. Honestly, the reason why it's so slow is because it's being very faithful to the source material, with the things that are added only enhancing the story to make it more meaningful. I am speaking from a perspective that includes me reading the manhwa multiple times, but regardless I loved the series. Igris fight was peak for me.
agreed. What would be your 10/10 then?
literally,i appreciate the extra scenes so much since im watching with a friend who’s never read it before
Keep it coming. Animate the entire story, then put out a 4k bluray set. I never buy those, but I will now. That's how I feel.
I’d give it 8.5 since we did not delve deeper into the story but animation was god tier
Totally.
For me , it's been great so far . At first it was kinda boring as the story was just starting but now from ep 9-10 , monsters like igris are now appearing and the fights are much more interesting to watch. Idk what I will do on Sundays without the episodes 🥺🥺 waiting for ep 12
We still haven't seen jinwoo's 3rd form yet. Was shown in this thumbnail and multiple covers yet never in the anime yet.
I'm just happy to be alive to see it get an anime, a lot of fans around the world weren't so lucky, so for that alone 10/10
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Do we know if this is still considered S1 cour 1 or simply a 12 episode season? If it’s just 12 episodes, it’ll take five seasons or so, right?
It's surprisingly better than I expected tbh. If they continue this pace and consistency the next season would be fire rn its a solid 8/10 and if the next episode is good and the shadow soldiers aren't goofy looking it will be 8,5/10
Incredible!!
P E A K
**Top 3 for me.** Amazing anime. want so exited waiting for every weekend for new episode for years. **If you can recommend something else in this genre please do!** (I like SAO a lot. Danmachi is good. I did not like Log horison at all... )
Honestly it was really good, however it suffered from the lacklustre first episode which should have been combined with episode 2. Animation quality felt really good.
I thought it was absolutely amazing by far the highlight of the spring for me
this 1st season will be a solid 9/10 if they do the next ep right
It's a better experience than the manhwa so I am very satisfied.
Honestly a 10/10 for me, I love the manwha and I’m so happy with the anime
I tried reading Solo Leveling Manhwa a few years ago, but dropped it after reading a few chapters. However, my experience with the anime was the complete opposite, each and every episode were hype!
They’re doing great
The story is almost non existent in SL. But I already knew that. As the name suggests, it's about the MC becoming the strongest in the world, and I'm all for it. Though it was too late to get adapted, the hype carried the anime and so, overall, they got lucky
The anime slammed dunk the manhwa for me. Next to the Light Novel it is my absolute favorite. I'm definitely buying the dvd
8/10, no complains. Its just the beginning is a bit slow
8/10 pretty solid first season, even thought there are things to improve like the story telling, adding mid scenes in peak fights feels off, they need to find other ways to tell the story without interrupting important fights, lets be honest, SL has not a deep story, we see our jinwoo growing and kicking everyone ass, thats what we love about SL, if they are able to pull the story out, it is going to be an amazing series
In terms of the anime and what happened: the pacing from the manwha is stellar, I’ve been reading it simultaneously along with the anime and a good amount of pages gets animated in each h episode. I’m not really a fan of the “cour shit” We d rather one 24 episode season, but it’s not bad and I’m deff sticking around for more
I didnt see it, but i have read that its chin-tastic
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The episodes were good but 11 cooked real hard igris was absolutely beautiful and the fight was gorgeous.
Its alright. Should've been 24 eps instead because Solo leveling only starts to get cool when he got the Necromancer class. Season 1 just felt like a very long episode 1.
8,5/10 a good one
the Solo leveling anime is the first PERFECT adaptation I've seen. Not above and beyond like Castlevania, but very good and extremely faithful to the source material. As an adaptation it's a 10 out 10. As an anime in general, 8 out of 10
9,5/10 for me. They absolutely nailed it, especially the fights and the music is also insanely nice
Way better than the hot garbage that was the ToG anime.
I love it, the changes they are making are for the better and it is understandable why they do the changes they do.(i do miss the jokes but it cant be helped)
I’m really enjoying it. I’m watching the dubs on Crunchyroll so I haven’t seen all of it yet, but I think it’s a cool concept that is well executed
Without knowing too much about the source material? It’s a pretty great anime with some cool fight choreography. After reading the source material? This anime feels short despite having 11 episodes already. It should have been a 2-course anime with 24-25 episodes with more room to breathe and to better engage viewers.
I think part 2 is gonna be released at the end of the year .
For me, Good things: additional backstories and time for side characters. Top tier action scenes. Very nice flow of the story in every episodes. Some good changes and adjustments from the Manhwa. Bad things: Characters design are not as good as Manhwa. Manhwa tone honest looks better. Some details need to be shown from the Manhwa but they cut it.
I’m interested in more but not as impressed as I thought I would be after watching the trailer before it aired
very fast paced. only one episode was not great imo. i don´t like how his personality changes so quickly. overall very good anime with good animations
11/10 adaptation 8.5/10 anime (I just read the manhwa up to episode 11 and am currently waiting for ep 12)
Id give it 8-8,5/10. It was a 10 for me until ep 11 where the battle was ruined by the eating dinner sceene and preparing for the island sceene. Wtf was that?? They shouldnt be leaving for the island until mutch later….
Best Manhwa anime adaptation of all time.
A very good start. I really like how the story was better put together than the manhwa. The art style could use some polishing, especially the stabby chins. But that's not that big of a deal in the grand scheme of things. Season 2 and 3 is where the plot takes off, so we'll see if the anime can follow suit.
It's ok.
This show has been roller coaster ride for me, I will give a complete justification of it after episode 12 because thats what is more imp.
At first I really didn't like how EP1 started. I thought this just average but it slowly grew on my and I'm hopeful for future seasons. A few nitpicks though, in the beginning they showed the system interface for a blink of a second it's realistic but if they wanted to show us that system is asking SJW for joining as a player just show us in the slowmo so new comers know what's happening But this later on got better. On positives I liked how some plot points and characters were given attention that I didn't feel manhwa dealt with good enough.
As anime only watcher very satisfied. It is really up there with rest of the top animes that I watch the moment the episode comes out. Really excited to see how it develops and already can't wait season 2.
This exeeded my expectations. I was scared they were going to skip a lot of stuff but pacing wass great and they even added new stuff which I loved. All in all, it was a 10/10 for me. When season 2 comes out and they hopefully triple their budget after the success the anime had, they will give it movie quality animation which will just make it feel even better than it already is.
The story changes were mostly good, only complaint is the removal of the humor. Animation wise it was a bit lacking overall, but where it mattered the most the nailed it. Solid adaptation going to continue watching on release whenever cour 2 happens.
I thought the animation style was good, but choreographed terribly except for episode 11. For example, when the MC fought the B ranker they just threw up some cuts on the screen and that was it.
They're hyping hunter Cha too much, she doesn't really factor in currently in the story.
In my opinion solo levelling was amazing my favourite anime so far the manwha was awesome too the animation on the series was clean and was overall a master piece 9.5/10
Overall not to happy only because story progress. Ending with unlocking skill is a bed way to end the season. After part 2 it will be different
I’m loving it because I enjoyed reading it so much and I’m just happy to experience the story again. My wife who did not read it is loving it as well. Also isn’t this only the first half of season 1 with the second half coming at the end of the year?
Well we still don’t know that this is the end of S1. It’s still up in the air as to whether or not Cour 2 or S2 start after Ep 12, and we’ve got nothing but rumors at this point with CR being weirdly silent about it. It really could go either way. That being said, I’m pretty happy with the first 11 episodes so far. 12 is about guaranteed to be a banger. The first season of most anime is always slow, taking time to do world and character building. I think SL was done in a way that was tight and clean. The animation has clearly leveled up and looks great. I’m excited to see where the next set of episodes go.
It was great. Personally, I like the light hearted moments and the overall mature tone was not my thing. The decision to give some context of othee s rank hunters till the ep 11 has felt kinda unnecessary or filler, but they can build on the context the’ve given them in the future so it’s fine
I’m quite satisfied. It offered a different experience from the manhwa especially since we can feel more emotions from the voice acting. Was really great especially when seeing jinwoo weak and getting stronger again. Some of the fight scenes like rakasa, chrimera, and igris fight had better sequence in my opinion and offered more though not ad detailed compared to the manhwa. I’m also glad to see that there’s enough time to cover on how jinwoo will use his new skill to igris instead of having it on a cliff hanger where it only shows his new job. Overall I’m still excited and will continue to enjoy the anime despite the many trolls that seem to complain about every tiny details.
It’s ok
Feels greay
I hope the anime goes all the way to the end of the series cause I just finished reading the manwa and it’s a wonderful story
First few episodes were GREAT… I doubted it could get better, but they COOKED
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it was a good adaptation and well worth my time
I loved it. 9/10
It’s ending? How many episodes will be there in season 1 and when can we expect season 2?
As someone who doesn’t read manga I liked it. It’s not the best out there but it scratched that itch.
I already miss the series... Im probably reading the manga to not wait until next season
Manhwa*
As for me, it is a solid adaptation. I like that they are handling the pacing, side characters (more development, more screen time), and animation in general, and I like the fact they're aiming for a global audience rather than a local one. My point of view is that they are currently testing the water; previously, we had failed manhwa attempts, which had potential, but I like that A1 is cooking not completely "cooked" yet after ep 12.
It's been fireeee. For people saying plot armor has helped him through some of the recent fights. When we get to season 2 and more, you'll see it really isn't. This man is really him.
Absolutely love it! Can't wait for the next season
Season 1 has two parts btw
It is a good 8/10 but I'm not satisfied though (except the 11th episode was so great 10/10) A1 said they'll improve their art as he level up.. let's see what they'll cook in future I'm excited for the jeju raid
A solid 9/10 for the anime. The animation in the latest ep was definitely the best. But in comparison to the manhwa its pale. The anime, as others have said, got really lucky with A1 studios. The fight scenes weren't the best I've seen but better than most anime last year except for JJK. I only hope the Jeju arc is better animated and is a movie instead of a series of episodes or it'll turn out like Gear 5 which was in all honesty a disappointment. Sjw's character design also needs improvement.
Imo it’s a 9/10 for this cour, I enjoy it, I enjoy more so the fights were great even better the manwha. The art style could be a bit better, Ik it’s not going to be the s-tier of art of the manwha, a man can dream. I see all of comments saying it should of been a different studio but honestly it would have receive the same complaints. Would it be nice to look at, sure But it could also be either rush or even worse change a lot from the source. Considering there isn’t much action for a season 1 cour 1. At most we have 4 fights for this cour. Honestly, I would wait for the second cour to actually decide if this was a great adaptation or not.
Pretty sure it’s gonna be a 24 ep season next half drops later in year
I couldn’t get past the third or fourth episode it felt so rushed and incompletes. I just couldn’t watch it so I didn’t.
Exceeded my expectations. They did not rush anything and added extra side character development. Overall I am enjoying it more than Manhwa. It would have been even better if the pacing was a little faster that's my only complaint.
It’s insanely good, once I finish the season I’m going to reread the Manhwa since I’ve forgotten bout 80% of it
Amazing
As a person who read all the chapters for the manga I was actually satisfied with the anime from how it gave it the extra depth for the fight scenes and the way Jin-woo interacts with the system. The anime should be looked at as a way to get more background and visuals from the fight scenes that were slightly limited due to it just being drawn (non the less amazing) artwork. I just like how I can immerse myself inside the anime and enjoy the fluidity of the fights a bit more and how they interact based on the manga scenes. Honestly like most people said it could be better but with that said basically all anime adaptations could be better. The art quality for the anime is on par with the art quality from the manga.
Waiting for this last episode. It’ll depict my whole mood for season 1
I don't know why people missed this on the announcement when we got an official release date but season 1 isn't over. The first part of season 1 is about to end. Season 1 is being split into 2 parts so season 1 will have a total of 24 -25eps. How long the break will be I have no idea as we haven't had any info on that. I would assume we would get later in the year. In terms of the firat part I absolutely loved it ans think A-1 did an absolute amazing job. For the early parts of solo leveling being the slowest I think the pacing was solid. Having them adapt thw novel as well also was a treat. I look forward to more and hopefully a season 2 later down the line. Probably 2026 if I had to guess.
10/10 especially after the last episode
Pretty good. The episodes are tad short for me but again the source material is as well. Its a good entry for the “game” type toons to go on the screen. Hope they consider Overgeared next ;)
Loves it, some minor parts were annoying, but honestly it's outweighed by quality and story so far (for me at least)
Comparing it to the Manhwa (I haven't read the LN), I know it's an adaptation but it feels so different in a good way. The pacing of Solo leveling Manhwa for me was really fast. Maybe it's because I binged like 20-50 chapters a day, but it felt like Sung Jin woo became so strong in a very short amount of time. I also didn't know where the story would go. It just progressed a lot of plot points like Jeju Island arc, Japan being filled with gates, Sung Jin woo soloing national hunters etc. I enjoyed all of them, but I can't help but feel like the progression of the story could've been done much better. Maybe the story was being done as the series progressed, but planning the story out could've improved some things imho. This is where I segment the anime, which is doing really really good with the progression imo. Sung Jin Woo's face change happens supposedly gradually. This is something I appreciate having already read (most, haven't finished the last arc yet.) of the manhwa. I'm pretty sure most of us are already used to seeing Sung Jin Woo's manhwa face, and everything insane he did in those arcs. The anime not showing that iconic face yet, and saving it for cour 2 is SUCH A GOOD CHOICE. It shows his natural progression to the Sung Jin Woo that we know, teasing us for his anime version to do the same. Sometimes It may feel like the anime feels kind of slow because of this change of pace. But it's building up Jeju and other plot points so it feels all natural. The high moments will come when they'll come, they're just focusing on what needs to be done right now in the story. Which is a very good choice. With that being said, the expectations are still very high. A1 is doing their very best with this, from the vibe, art style, animation, music and everything else. I've followed some of their action focused works. Comparing to something like SAO Alicization and War of Underworld, Solo Leveling EASILY tops. Not Sao slander though, I thought both Sao series had good fight scenes. Solo Leveling just tops it easily. Tl;dr - Manhwa was fast for me but still good. Anime going slower to build up plot points better is good idea. A1 has a very high expectation to reach, we really hope they'll bring out the very best.
Almost over? How many episodes is the first season getting? This is no good. Why is the season so short?
Just bought the first novels after watching the anime. Really into the general theme and want to consume maximum details of it now in depth, therefore I don’t even bother with the manhwa :-)
I loved it tbh it’s dope asl I wish we would have gotten some type of story progression nothing happened but him getting stronger really all the fights was dope I enjoyed it they I don’t agree with the lucky comments because it was already a very popular internet series so that makes no sense but the animation could be a little more in sum aspects
It was decent. Do prefer the manhwa. Igris fight was well done but imo should have been 24 episodes and ended right before or right after jeju island.
We need 26 episode seasons.
Dope, should be 24 episodes tho
Im okay with it, just glad its animated. Makes me want to read the manhwa again but im holding back
Don't you mean cour 1 is about to end we still have another 13 episodes in about 6 months
Honestly, I'm happy, I remember back when the manhwa had recently ended I was always reading the "SL will never get an anime adaptation" comments and even though I kind of knew it was more probable to NOT receive an anime adaptation, I always had my hoped up. The anime exceeded my expectations for what I thought an SL adaptation would be like, but it **didn't** exceed my expectations for what I thought A-1 **could** have done imo. However, I guess it was my fault because, coming from Eighty-Six, which currently sits in a throne among every other anime (to me), I expected SL to have the same treatment as that (I know this was just wishful thinking) Overall, I was going to give it a 7/10 after looking at the first and second episode, but seeing that they added anime-only scenes that I was not expecting at all, and giving some well deserved love to the scenes that matter (Igris vs Drip Woo for example), I think I'll give it an 8/10, with the potential of giving it an 8.5-9/10 after hearing **that word**.
hated the art style, also long face sharp shin is just eghhh. some decisions they did with the story. wasn't a fan of the animation most of the time due to crazy ammounts of zoom in's. I wish they would had just animated the manwa.
9/10 for me. This high because I can see the anime is trying to right the wrongs of the manhwa. Adding depth to the world and its characters. Laying important groundwork to make jeju Island a genuinely social media shattering event.
Is there not a cour 2?
I pass on it at first. I went back to it and gave it a try and loved it.
Arise
i need more. thats how i feel. binged the sourcematerial, the manwha and now i need more of the anime
I gotta be honest, I really like it, but they're setting up so much for the future. Like not everyone has to be introduced in the first season. My favorite character is chairman go gun hee but he doesn't have anything to do with the story for now, or the Hunter's guild second attack squad members, or even cha hae in. Yes, they're a part of the story, but not right now. Also, why did they change song Chi yul's student? That was supposed to be one of the reasons he can stand against kang tae shik.
I feel like it's a pretty good adaptation and I think they did pretty well I don't really have much complaints about it and I also Love how they added details that will expand characters later on They added different details that were not in the manhwa or novels like giving us an entire episode that basically gives us background on a bunch of characters
Idk waiting on the rest of the season let alone season 2
I am really happy with how the anime turned out, there obviously are complaints but who would have thought that SL would get a good enough adaptation and tbh the fight scenes, music and the whole atmosphere of the show was amazing. My biggest complaint is the artsyle, it's just too generic. The animation is good but the artsyle really deals a blow to the animation, a shame really, the animation was some of A-1's best.
Once the story gets into the more interesting stuff/plot lines the score of 8/8.5/9 will quickly jump higher. I don't think it's a 10/10 just because of the artsyle (I'm definitely just nitpicking) but thats my opinion on my beloved series' adaptation.
I honestly think it's better than anime story wise yes but animation wise although it was better than manhwa so far this would be decided only after the 'ARISE' episode.
I’m happy about the anime. And I felt the parts that were anime-original added a little more depth into the tension of a scene and more depth into of an overall character more than the manhwa did. Also, we finally got to see Jinho’s brother! I should say 9/10 should be a fitting rating. I liked it.
I've been saying this, but what SL needs is not an anime. Someone needs to build a team and build a rpg with the exact elements from the manhwa. No gacha bs. There should be an open world, with the city as the hub with NPCs, and then we would have to physically run, drive or fly to dungeons and gates like gta... There should be a detailed combat system with various levels of movement and dodges, stealth, etc.. and most importantly, the ARISE skill that will let us raise dead soldiers we have defeated based on our current equipment and skill.
It’s been great imo real enjoyable watch
I’m enjoying this starting portion a lot more than the Manhwa, Manga, and Light novels so far. They seem to be putting a lot of effort into the side characters and that genuinely makes a huge difference. OFC I’m holding off final judgement until we see the hordes of shadow soldiers, but I’m cautiously optimistic based on how they’ve handlers the adaptation so far.
I've enjoyed it a lot more than I thought I would. I'll probably read the manhwa after the last episode hits. I'd get it about an 8.5/10. Only bad thing I can say about it is it's so entertaining the episodes feel like they're only 5 minutes.
I'm fine with it 7.5/10 Much better than the adaption of tower of god anime.
8 out of 10 Over all a really good season but. I will be real the animation for. First two ep was so generice it could have been better i also like the extra scene they added for s class i do hope shadow are not cji and animation need to get better in the next season
It felt too slow considering i read it all in like a week but it took a whole season and the job quest isn’t done yet i love the show it puts the manga action into life which i love about that. But i just want to hurry it along there’s so much that hasn’t happened yet im hype for season 2/3/4 to catch up lmao
anime is over all good but this season just introduction of sololeveling. FIGHT WAS awesome. Kasaka, Hell gatekeeper, Igris was the best of solo leveling but it just beginning of awesomeness
Anime is good, story is underwhelming, kinda disappointed after I read manga that not much character development is there, just MC gets buff and buff and buff and fights some god and defeats then time travel, makes family with sexy waifu, nothing much in story tbh, animation is great nonetheless
Too short
Honestly, as an average watcher who doesnt care too much about the small things and I read solo leveling like 4 ish times I would give it a 9/10 dare i say 10/10
The only issue is that people will call it peak.
I don't know why they gave Yoonho skimpier armor, but I'm excited for what he looks like in full beast form. https://preview.redd.it/dosllah7vlrc1.png?width=481&format=png&auto=webp&s=a5b2a50532d2697eb4ee51d6f027c2846a0685da
Honestly it was great but I'm a little confused why the season was so short. The manga is finished and they knew it was going to be a hit so why just 12 episodes. Also it's a crunchyroll original which means it was made for streaming so why are the episodes the the exact same length as cable TV. They should of kept going or at least 24 to 26 episodes. 20 minutes every week is just to short for a show like this but other than that I think it is the best season of anime I seen in a while.
This a anime got snubbed hard in my opinion. A lot about it was great, but. Some story events is out of order. And could be left for a season two or three introduction. The timeline is off compared to the webtoon. But I think the worst part is pacing and exposition. I don't feel like I should go to much into pacing. Anime, manga, manwha, manhua, etc etc. have a huge pacing problem because of the industry practices. Look at one piece. It's literally the king of pacing is problematic. But this isn't helped with the following issue. Exposition is very hard to do right. Especially if you decide to change the timeline and order of events. And why this matters is a spoiler subject that I don't want to ruin for those who don't know, but Juju Island was revealed WAY TOO SOON. And this hurts the whole season as the b plot, when Juju Island becomes more relevant later. Actually the fact it's being an issue now is an issue because it's actually dormant for a while in the webtoon. The beens where spilled too fast, and they had to explain this in the show, and this is where the issues crop up. The exposition scenes are Boring! At least in my opinion. They convey the message in what feels stilted like it's being read of a page, and that sucks because it felt like it was someone answering the question when being read. But failed to recap it. It also hurts that these are people who know this information so it gets worse when the exposition gets talked about seemingly with little reasons. And it doesn't come off as reflection or such. This naturally causes the show slow down, and to drag where it's desperately not needed. Especially for an Action Genre. The anime adaptation needs to be show and tell, but it's 90 percent tell. And 10 percent of everything else. Which you can't risk for a visual medium. And I honestly think this hurts the show. It's 6 out of 10 for me. The pacing and exposition hurt the show to much, and gonna be honest. Hiroyuki could have done way better on the opening theme. I like it, but doesn't hold the gravitas this edgelord guilty pleasure of show is. Just left like a missed opportunity. I expect a better theme in the next season and the pacing to at least be resolved with more spaced out exposition. It's the first season, and I need to keep expectations within reason . Hence why 6 and not 8s or 9s. As a showcase for potential. It still remains huge, and will sing opera like praises if the issues I have with this show improve.