Solo Leveling Iron, the dim but sweet shadow, had not fought alongside Jin-Woo during the 27 years he had fought against the Monarch.
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A loyal shadow from Sung Jinwoo’s army in Solo Leveling was noticeably missing and there’s a rather sad reason for that.
Solo Leveling recently returned to side stories, and fan-favorite shadows like Ber and Igris triumphantly returned to the human world after fighting alongside the Shadow King Jin-Woo for 27 years. However, a Shadow has returned to the human world and is absent from the war. According to an article in Comic Book Resources, Iron, the shadow removed from the body of A-Rank Hunter Kim Chul was not cut when Jinwoo used the Reincarnation Cup to turn back time.
Use the cup of reincarnation
The Reincarnation Cup allows the user to go back in time 10 years, but what’s interesting is that the effect diminishes with each use. When Jin-Woo used the Goblet in Chapter 179, the final chapter of Solo Leveling’s main story, the Rulers informed him that this would be the Cup’s final act – it would break after he activated it. active. Those he turns into darkness, such as Iron, will not exist in the second timeline.
Special episode 5, released on February 13, reveals that Iron is back in some way: Kim Chul, the high school track and field athlete. As Iron, Kim Chul was constantly hunted “to prove his worth to Jinwoo”, and instead of being the cocky, belligerent Hunter back then, Iron exuded the aura of “a giant” lovely”. However, the episode did not reveal how much of Iron’s personality has changed to the current Kim Chul.
Solo Leveling continues without Dubu
Chugong released the webnovel Solo Leveling on KakaoPage in July 2016 and a webcomic adaptation was released in March 2018 with Dubu as the artist. The story revolves around Sung Jinwoo, the notoriously weakest Hunter in the world, who receives the opportunity of a lifetime by becoming a Player of a System that allows him to level up unlimitedly through completing quests and defeating enemies. defeat the monster. After the webcomic ended in December 2021, an anime adaptation with A-1 Pictures as production studio was given the green light. Dubu expressed excitement to see his work come to life, but the artist didn’t get a chance to see the fruits of his efforts before dying from a brain hemorrhage due to a chronic illness. . REDICE Studio has revealed plans to launch a set of side stories honoring Dubu’s legacy with a team of artists who worked with him to complete the artwork.
