After six episodes, Solo Leveling has firmly established itself as a groundbreaking anime thanks to its clever premise and some eye-catching visuals. In the show, Sung Jinwoo, an E-rank hero, miraculously survived a horrifying dungeon, giving him the unique ability to level up, capable of challenging the strongest Solo Leveling characters. .
He is guided by a strange AI that appears tied to mysterious portals and strange powers that have occurred over the past few years. Although the adaptation anime by A-1 Pictures did get the story right but the tone wasn’t quite the same as Chugong’s manhwa (the Korean equivalent of manga).
Solo Leveling fans are not satisfied with the anime
Although Solo Leveling has many violent scenes, Chugong has many humorous elements. You get funny reactions and some funny characters that help relieve all the despair and bloodshed. So far, the show has had very little of this content, and fans who know the source material will be concerned.
“It’s good that they made the series seem more serious but I hope they include some humorous scenes later, such as Iron and the other shadows joking around,” a Reddit comment on a thread said. topic of changes.
They are referring to Kim Chul’s shadow, Iron, who can sometimes be playful despite dedicating himself to destroying his target. “The disappearing shadows are part of their charm,” another user added. “They even all have personalities thanks to those quirks. They remove those and what are we left with? Heartless minions.”
Manwha often uses humorous forms such as chibi faces, which is never appropriate for a story that contains so much darkness, both literally and figuratively. “That’s definitely a good thing. In manhwa, it feels funny and strange considering the situation,” one commenter said. “In my opinion, SL works better as a complete serious show without the goofy anime facial expressions. You can have comedy, you don’t have to exaggerate it.”
I was happy about removing some of the visual gags because they really didn’t fit the world and storytelling. That said, if the characters were rewritten more severely it would be a shame to lose some of their charm. Solo Leveling episode 7 will be available on Crunchyroll on February 17.
