Fun Fact: Jin Woo is potentially stronger in the Anime then in the Manhwa because here he defeated the B-Rank Kang Tae Shik with just a Full Recovery and his own abilities but in the Manhwa he needed Joo Hee to give him a Haste and Burn Boost Enhancement in order to initially keep up and then slowly as he became more experienced with fighting another human and understanding how to read Killing Intent, he was able to defeat the B Rank but again the enhancements from Joo Hee was an important part to his victory (further evidence of her help being important comes from Jin Woo claiming that his speed was equal to the B Rank AFTER he got the enhancements and before he used "Skill: Dash")
@@refertopfp9627 i mean yeah... but it would've been nice to see that struggle while fighting the "top 1 rank B". It felt like a hard but necessary fight in the manhwa and that's kinda what made it shine.
My understanding is they are mostly pulling from the LN and getting the art direction from the manhwa. Honestly he has kind of been nerfed in this fight from the LN where he was in control the entire time.
I didn't notice this before but he also has a higher Intelligence Stat in the anime then the Manhwa as well as his level being lesser then his Manhwa counterpart. Although the stats don't usually make too big of a difference unless it's atleast 5 points of a difference and intelligence has nothing to do with his combat power, maybe skill use duration but I can't imagine that 4 point difference being all that big Minor Spoilers for Solo Leveling's Continuation series Solo Leveling: Ragnorok: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (if you use Solo Leveling Ragnarok then a point is a 10% increase because a 10 Points increase doubled Suho's Mana and because Jin Woo uses almost the same system and power scaling difference between the two isn't too big, although Suho is weaker in terms of pure stats and combat ability due to not having as convenient a Daily Quest as Jin Woo and not having the Daily Quest for as long as Jin Woo) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
What you called that corny line is actually a quote from philosopher Frederich Nietzsche, and I think it’s very representative of the show. In the manhwa it was not said by Kang but by the narrator. However, I think it was important that Kang says it for he also ended up becoming the thing he fought: "He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." Nietzsche
@@andrewlynch4126 No, that means its become overused, not corny, two pretty different things. yall really just be throwin words around you don't know the meaning of at this point lol
@@lewd2851 no, I meant it has become corny through overuse like how media tropes become corny the more they are used. Not sure how that is hard to understand
@@andrewlynch4126 Something doesn't become corny when its overused (not that i've seen the abyss quote used THAT often anyway), its either corny from the start or it isn't. No idea where that idea of yours came from lol
It's a bit of a shame that they removed a scene from the manhwa, after Sung Jin Woo kills the dude from the association, one of the prisoners was still alive and pretending to be dead, he had his vocal chords cut so after the girl and old dude leave the dungueon, Jin Woo takes that prisoners and throws him into the boss room that had hundreds of goblins.
My thoughts exactly. I wanted Jin Woo to make the prisoner suffer to show how brutal he has become that made him even more awesome. But the episode as it is now isn't too bad
very glad they got rid of this scene! It unhumanised jin-woo and was so random and dark. Also makes no sense why kang taeshik, a professional B rank assassin couldn’t kill a mere c rank hunter. Very happy the anime is fixing the issues the novel and manwha had.
well, wasnt it a point of manwha ?also he could kill them.. he just wanted to play with them hence in manwha that prisoner got perfectly cutted throat so he cant scream... @@KiIZero
The fraud of Summoning Beasts Megumi shrunk back in fear as the God of Leveling Sung Jin Woo opened his Domain “Infinite Leveling”…..Then Sung Jin Woo said….”Stand proud Megumi your are strong!”
The anime deviates from the original manga in a few ways, but I can still say I am enjoying both greatly. Mostly just overjoyed that they are actually taking their time to tell this fantastic story
ye in the LN he solo's kang kinda easy but in the manwha he needs to be buffed by joo hee so there using the visual art from manwha but following the LN story wise
@mixednarwhal the main comment wrote what Joohee said "Remember this? This crystal that you said you would use to buy me dinner? Time to pay up. " So then I replied "Yeah with them walls tho" 😂😂
In the translation I first saw, he said "I wanted to bow my head and apologize properly to you." and that final moment where he bows it in death just... hit harder.
I wonder, will they use they use "Shadow Monarch" or "Shadow Lord" as his title. I saw someone said before that translation wise Shadow lord is much closer and Shadow Monarch is probably a stylistic choice of the translator. I personally want them to use shadow monarch as his title tho..
Crazy to think these are still the early episodes with world-building and character introductions, i cant wait for the certain power up that sets the series in motion
Thing is though, Kang didn't have to kill any of the other hunters. He made it clear before they entered, if the prisoners acted up, he'd take care of em. He could've easily lied and say they jumped him and claim self defense. But as you saw, he was just having fun at that point
For those following through the manwha, this episode adapts all the way up to the end of ch 34. Here’s to all fore-Shadowing definitely paying off as the anime gets closer to “That” moment and the preluding action that leads up to it.
"I've trained S ranked hunters before" "Then I'd say your shadow stretches into some really nasty places and you'll probably get as strong as those places are dark." Please remember these quotes.
Ah yes, the duality of men- in this case, women. On one side, AliciaxlifeVT, girlfailure, red flag-lover, with a side of gremlin. On the other side, Alicaxflesh, girlboss, chad Rich-papa, 100% wholesome.
Want to hear something fun, Alicia? In the Manwha, one of the rapists lived, but with a cut throat, so he could not scream, he pretended to be dead, hoping to be able to escape... Jinwoo could sense he was alive, so he dragged him to the boss chamber and fed him to the goblins, before killing them all and beating the dungeon.
I feel like the blood-thirstiness of Sung is rubbing off on Alicia XD. It was a cold cold take when she saw that the Assassin took out witness brutally and went, "Ye I can understand you have to take out witnesses". Damn.. Dude took out an innocent soul because he got in the way. I suppose, that is the point of this genre.. So long as it is a game, it is just pixel for points. Kill something, get better stuff. Which is why I find fascinating when Anime does the genre of Video Game, because suddenly these pixels are no longer just pixels. It is harder to look at it from a pure "Do X, Get Y" perspective 😂
The anime seems to removed the part we're one of the prisoners is still alive, he noticed due to his high perception, grab by his collar, and toss him in the den of goblins and got mauled to death
What he says about "the stronger i get, the more i feel something inside of me fallnig apart" that's the true sad thing about his power. We never got to see again some sides of him that were shown before he gets the "system" power. Which is kinda expected given he doesnt have a limiter like Saitama. But stil kinda sad that's the price to pay.
I don't really like the way they translated Kim's apology in this particular sub, if I'm honest. He says more specifically that he wants to "apologise while bowing his head," and the missing part from the Manhwa is that if he's worried he'll die before saying what he wants to say if he lowers his head for an apology. In the end, he manages to keep his head held up until he says his apology and bows his head while dying.
I highly recommend reading the Manwah in your own time along side the anime because the the anime is going based off the LN but the manwah has just as good art and has some cold scenes too
I loved the episode, but I hate that they changed the death of the last prisoner. One was still alive, and after Jinwoo killed Kang, he noticed he was still alive, sent the others ahead, and literally fed him to a pack of goblins. I guess the anime team thought that was too dark of an act for the main character to commit. I think it's the difference between Korean, Western and Japanese sensibilities at play (as the original story is Korean, but the anime is Japanese). Japan has always been more lax on punishing sex criminals, and I guess they don't realise that Western and Korean viewers would have no problem with Jinwoo murdering a sex criminal in such a brutal way.
It was probably the time restraints imo, the episode would excess the time limit if they added that scene, the fight was way longer in the manhwa as well
@@EduardoOliveira-qy1km I think that played a part, but it's a big step in Jinwoo's character. It's the first time he really murdered someone, as the dudes in the spider dungeon and Kang were actually trying to kill him. So, IMO, it must have been cut for more than just time. I still think it was due to the studio fearing that having Jinwoo kill someone defenceless in such a brutal way would alienate the viewers. At least, I think the Japanese viewers. I don't think any Western or Korean viewer would have a problem with it. It's a fact that Japan has a higher number of sexual crimes, and their punishments are a lot less severe than the West. So I think it was cut as Jinwoo murdering someone begging for their life who can't fight back is too much for them as they (Average Japanese viewers) just don't think he deserved it. And I say defenceless as Kang already seriously wounded the guy. If a heavy-weight boxing champ is hit by a car and breaks both legs, he is helpless, regardless of his fitness and boxing skills.
@@Twiska He didn't even kill the guy though, he just let him die trying to fight the boss, that doesn't count as murder in my opinion, and the guy wasn't actually defenseless, he was a fighter-type hunter, he was just too weak compared to the horde of monsters in the boss chamber
@@EduardoOliveira-qy1km I never read the manhwa, just the original light novel, so maybe they change it for the Manhwa adaption, too, but in the LN, he drags the guy and throws him to a pack of goblins while he begs for his life.
@@Twiska In the manhwa it's almost the same, the difference being that the criminal couldn't beg or scream because his tongue was cut off before Jinwoo found him, and he's not exactly thrown at the goblins, just dragged inside the boss chamber, he could try to run away but he wouldn't be able to escape anyways
"Corny" line was very important, keep it in the back of your head, some very good writing this episode. Also on god, Dripwoo in certain shading sometimes really reminds me of the smiling statue from the first episode (like in the thumbnail), just without the smile. Big hmm's all around
That line waa not in the webtoon lol....also jin woo line Is double down when one of the prisoniers was actually alive and jin woo feeds him to goblins because jin woo was told about what he did.
@@JustinStrife maybe maybe not I think it exemplification the point even more because we see one more expample of sung's darkness with sung turning someone into a shadow soldier....(pity) messed up but then we dont see too much more afterwards.....petty. I believe feeding a rapist we will say goblins is less worst than setting up a man to be killed and made into a shadow soldier to serve sung for all eternity Lol!!
@@rubenarmstrong262 We're only in the first season, and he doesn't even have his class yet. It's a slow descent, and he's even acknowledging he's losing a bit of himself everytime he gets stronger. He's not just going to become the kind of guy that tortures people overnight. It takes time to fundamentally change who a person is. Especially when you're doing it right. That scene was done to be edgy and brutal. But it doesn't fit the flow at all.
@@JustinStrife I hear what your saying but I respectfully disagree. Sung is literally going to get the job quest this season, and literally the next arc it goes into the one I referenced whether its in the next season or a cliff hanger ending to season 1 it is going to happen and it is a worst look for jinwoo. Here it is not edgey what jinwoo dislikes is the strong Take an advantage of the weak which is what that prisoner did, he didnt Torture him he gave he to the golbins and they killed him, some might agrue that was to good for him when something like that is done to your kids...so with that it fits the narrative far better, what it probably was was a time issue where they rework that whole scene.
In the LN, one of the prisoners survived Kang Taeshik’s assault by playing dead… Jinwoo used him as bait to draw off the boss’s henchmen to see how long he’d last.
Glad Alicia is enjoying this anime. It's super entertaining but whenever I watch it I feel like it was made to be the ultimate video game nerd power fantasy that keep getting more self indulgent and edgy. Not shitting on the show since a lot of great storys are made for the reader to wish they were the protagonist but it's silly how any nerd would love to be Sung Jin Woo while he is so edgy about becoming a badass that girls fall over themselves for.
That’s kinda why it’s awesome. It’s just totally feeding into something that is a fun ass idea. I’ve hit a point in my life where I don’t really cringe at something that just makes me happy. Kinda like how I like stuff with vampires in it. Sure a lot is repetitive and edgy but that doesn’t make it any less fun.
@@aliciaxlife I assumed watching the last episode that the prisoners were going to assault red hair girl and the association guy was going to let it happen in order to force our boy to show his real powers. Little did I know what was going to happen was edgier than I could have predicted which is actually pretty refreshing in an awesome way.
@@nerose274 Why do you feel the need to spoil things, I really don't get why you had to explain that it isn't a harem anime. There was a scene with a group of nurses which were all gushing over him which fits what I said.
@@byrondejong9872 it's not a spoiler when there's no context (i have not said WHO, or Why) , and in the novel, it's explained (in the same episode) that nurses usually go for hunters because of their wealth, basically for mere interest, it wasnt a thing exclusive for jin woo
19:57 This is just my head cannon and I haven't seen or read the source material but I think everytime he is feeling an overwhelming emotion, it is converted as his strength and then the emotion just disappears.
Yup pretty sure everyone watching is aware of that. It's literally a warning from a dying character to the main character. I love that line but the use of it here was pretty corny.
That line was written before it was a cliche. Other stores steal from stories that use it properly and make it overdone. So basically ur complaining about one of the early adopters of a cliche line because it took decades for the story to get adapted.
I hope you’re not talking about solo leveling because the web novel came out in late 2016 so it definitely hasn’t been decades and positive solo leveling wasn’t one of the first pieces of media to use that line
ahh yes, alecia going on and complaining about a famous nietzsche quote is corny before saying an extremely corny line herself about hands... which was so corny of a dad joke youd think wed be in a cornfield or something...
@@Xeno_Solarus Except it isn't. It constantly ignored plot points and jumped around timeline wise. The Abridged actually showed how events could still scar a person in the first season, like how he lost his guild due to one mistake, instead of basically it not being a thing that was mentioned again(except maybe once?). Remember, I'm not talking about later seasons, but the very first one.
Kang: "How?! How are you this strong?!"
Jinwoo: "I trained *all* day yesterday."
Kang: OH YOU THINK YOURE CUTE?!
Jinwoo: "Baka, I'm adorable."
you see, you arent dealing with the average hunter here
@@Liesmith424 replace the baka with bitch & it makes it perfect
@@Liesmith424 if you're gonna quote at least say the correct quote
Fun Fact: Jin Woo is potentially stronger in the Anime then in the Manhwa because here he defeated the B-Rank Kang Tae Shik with just a Full Recovery and his own abilities but in the Manhwa he needed Joo Hee to give him a Haste and Burn Boost Enhancement in order to initially keep up and then slowly as he became more experienced with fighting another human and understanding how to read Killing Intent, he was able to defeat the B Rank but again the enhancements from Joo Hee was an important part to his victory (further evidence of her help being important comes from Jin Woo claiming that his speed was equal to the B Rank AFTER he got the enhancements and before he used "Skill: Dash")
@@refertopfp9627 i mean yeah... but it would've been nice to see that struggle while fighting the "top 1 rank B". It felt like a hard but necessary fight in the manhwa and that's kinda what made it shine.
My understanding is they are mostly pulling from the LN and getting the art direction from the manhwa. Honestly he has kind of been nerfed in this fight from the LN where he was in control the entire time.
They didn't have time to extend the fight, so he looks stronger, while the fight with that gatekeeper was longer and he looked weaker.
In the novel he defeated Kang without Joo-hee's help and anime is being adapted from the novel.
I didn't notice this before but he also has a higher Intelligence Stat in the anime then the Manhwa as well as his level being lesser then his Manhwa counterpart. Although the stats don't usually make too big of a difference unless it's atleast 5 points of a difference and intelligence has nothing to do with his combat power, maybe skill use duration but I can't imagine that 4 point difference being all that big
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What you called that corny line is actually a quote from philosopher Frederich Nietzsche, and I think it’s very representative of the show. In the manhwa it was not said by Kang but by the narrator. However, I think it was important that Kang says it for he also ended up becoming the thing he fought:
"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." Nietzsche
Well it has become corny due to overuse in pop culture
Nietzsche was a corny ass dude
@@andrewlynch4126 No, that means its become overused, not corny, two pretty different things. yall really just be throwin words around you don't know the meaning of at this point lol
@@lewd2851 no, I meant it has become corny through overuse like how media tropes become corny the more they are used. Not sure how that is hard to understand
@@andrewlynch4126 Something doesn't become corny when its overused (not that i've seen the abyss quote used THAT often anyway), its either corny from the start or it isn't. No idea where that idea of yours came from lol
It's a bit of a shame that they removed a scene from the manhwa, after Sung Jin Woo kills the dude from the association, one of the prisoners was still alive and pretending to be dead, he had his vocal chords cut so after the girl and old dude leave the dungueon, Jin Woo takes that prisoners and throws him into the boss room that had hundreds of goblins.
My thoughts exactly. I wanted Jin Woo to make the prisoner suffer to show how brutal he has become that made him even more awesome. But the episode as it is now isn't too bad
YESSIRRR such a shame
very glad they got rid of this scene! It unhumanised jin-woo and was so random and dark. Also makes no sense why kang taeshik, a professional B rank assassin couldn’t kill a mere c rank hunter. Very happy the anime is fixing the issues the novel and manwha had.
nah its good that they removed that scene
well, wasnt it a point of manwha ?also he could kill them.. he just wanted to play with them hence in manwha that prisoner got perfectly cutted throat so he cant scream...
@@KiIZero
That “corny line” is a classic quote from famous philosopher lol
The abyss line is a popular quote in a lot of media, the rest goes as “those who fight monsters must be sure not to become one”.
The fraud of Summoning Beasts Megumi shrunk back in fear as the God of Leveling Sung Jin Woo opened his Domain “Infinite Leveling”…..Then Sung Jin Woo said….”Stand proud Megumi your are strong!”
The anime deviates from the original manga in a few ways, but I can still say I am enjoying both greatly. Mostly just overjoyed that they are actually taking their time to tell this fantastic story
It's not following the manwha, it's following the novel
Ah! You’re probably right, I haven’t read it myself.
@@tobiasmaximus2790 I read it a long time ago. I just remember that the manwha adds and cuts a few scenes
ye in the LN he solo's kang kinda easy but in the manwha he needs to be buffed by joo hee so there using the visual art from manwha but following the LN story wise
Joohee said, "Remember this? This crystal that you said you would use to buy me dinner? Time to pay up."
Yeah nwit them walls tho 😂😂
@@HeavenlyDemonicEmperor "nwit"? Is that a misspelling or have I not seen this abbreviation before?
@@mixednarwhal misspell... my bad 😂 "with" was what I was going for 😅
@@HeavenlyDemonicEmperor Alright, where is your comment replying at? I don’t see where it would fit as a response to anything.
@mixednarwhal the main comment wrote what Joohee said "Remember this? This crystal that you said you would use to buy me dinner? Time to pay up. " So then I replied "Yeah with them walls tho" 😂😂
In the translation I first saw, he said "I wanted to bow my head and apologize properly to you." and that final moment where he bows it in death just... hit harder.
This ep had some forSHADOWing
Eyyyy 👉👉
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I see what you did there...
I wonder, will they use they use "Shadow Monarch" or "Shadow Lord" as his title. I saw someone said before that translation wise Shadow lord is much closer and Shadow Monarch is probably a stylistic choice of the translator. I personally want them to use shadow monarch as his title tho..
@@barbatos9441Ye Monarch has a certain ring to it. I like it more
I love the little tribute A1 sneaked in, that is gokus routine that he dose before a fight starts.
RIP Akira Toriyama
Crazy to think these are still the early episodes with world-building and character introductions, i cant wait for the certain power up that sets the series in motion
18:47 The Goku Jump🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
13:14 "Turning your back on an armed opponent?!"
"I dunno, you seem pretty unarmed to me."
"I still have one left!"
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Thing is though, Kang didn't have to kill any of the other hunters. He made it clear before they entered, if the prisoners acted up, he'd take care of em. He could've easily lied and say they jumped him and claim self defense. But as you saw, he was just having fun at that point
20:55 lil megumi got put in a domain expansion :(
That "corny line" actually unveil the greatest secret of this anime, you'll get what we mean by that way later 😩👌
For those following through the manwha, this episode adapts all the way up to the end of ch 34. Here’s to all fore-Shadowing definitely paying off as the anime gets closer to “That” moment and the preluding action that leads up to it.
the hand jokes lmaoooo
"When this raid is over, I'm gonna apologize to Sung."
Welp, you are dying now. Was fun knowing ya.
Kang with the slightest inconvenience:
"WITH THIS TREASURE I SUMMON PSYCHOTIC TENDENCIES!"
Alicia falling in love with the wrong people always says ooh he nasty i love him turns out Megumis doppelganger is a psychopath 😅❤❤😂😅
"I've trained S ranked hunters before"
"Then I'd say your shadow stretches into some really nasty places and you'll probably get as strong as those places are dark."
Please remember these quotes.
Ah yes, the duality of men- in this case, women.
On one side, AliciaxlifeVT, girlfailure, red flag-lover, with a side of gremlin.
On the other side, Alicaxflesh, girlboss, chad Rich-papa, 100% wholesome.
Want to hear something fun, Alicia? In the Manwha, one of the rapists lived, but with a cut throat, so he could not scream, he pretended to be dead, hoping to be able to escape... Jinwoo could sense he was alive, so he dragged him to the boss chamber and fed him to the goblins, before killing them all and beating the dungeon.
I feel like the blood-thirstiness of Sung is rubbing off on Alicia XD. It was a cold cold take when she saw that the Assassin took out witness brutally and went, "Ye I can understand you have to take out witnesses". Damn.. Dude took out an innocent soul because he got in the way. I suppose, that is the point of this genre.. So long as it is a game, it is just pixel for points. Kill something, get better stuff. Which is why I find fascinating when Anime does the genre of Video Game, because suddenly these pixels are no longer just pixels. It is harder to look at it from a pure "Do X, Get Y" perspective 😂
Jinwoo legit opened his donain expansion and killed the guy with his garenteed hit
17:32 I am never forgetting this just so you know
13:16 okay, now that's just a foul Alicia, lol
Get jumpscared by a Goblin.
The anime seems to removed the part we're one of the prisoners is still alive, he noticed due to his high perception, grab by his collar, and toss him in the den of goblins and got mauled to death
What he says about "the stronger i get, the more i feel something inside of me fallnig apart" that's the true sad thing about his power. We never got to see again some sides of him that were shown before he gets the "system" power. Which is kinda expected given he doesnt have a limiter like Saitama. But stil kinda sad that's the price to pay.
The line of gaze into the abyss, they are really foreshadowing something
it's the crystal he gave her to buy her dinner because he thought he wouldn't be able to take her out himself.
22:06 tbh that line was so good in manhwa
You foul for that arm joke
Not the shanks meme😂😂
17:35 I think this part should have belong to patreon only lmao no hesitation no interruption even you went with the full line
For those who don’t have the Patreon: the song literally fit perfectly with the opening
"Sung Dripwoo sEx-rank"
(S)Ex e-rank
Sexy rank
18:46 I was like *WOW! THAT'S GOKU'S WARMUP!* and then it hit me...
There is a difference between you and me. We both looked into the abyss, but when it looked back at us, you blinked - Batman
I don't really like the way they translated Kim's apology in this particular sub, if I'm honest. He says more specifically that he wants to "apologise while bowing his head," and the missing part from the Manhwa is that if he's worried he'll die before saying what he wants to say if he lowers his head for an apology. In the end, he manages to keep his head held up until he says his apology and bows his head while dying.
that was not a corny last line, that was fore-"shadowing".
That corny line is such a huge foeshadow tho lol
"The money crystal" No lol, he owes her a date :3
I am once again recommending “Call of the night” for a potential reaction series! They just got confirmed for a 2nd season
Plot twist jin woo is the abyss
Kinda
poor guy tought . dude an epic swordman and got gaven mage class . If he had a fighter build he probably could have take the assasin .
Foreshadowing~~ literally xD
I highly recommend reading the Manwah in your own time along side the anime because the the anime is going based off the LN but the manwah has just as good art and has some cold scenes too
Lmao 😂 I had to watch all the episodes... omg remid me of chuck's bride😂
My favourite scene is when Jin Woo's KNIFE penetrates Taeshik's HEART with his murderous intent...
Nah jinwoo deadass caught him in his domain expansion
1:52 LMAO bro the brainrot
I loved the episode, but I hate that they changed the death of the last prisoner. One was still alive, and after Jinwoo killed Kang, he noticed he was still alive, sent the others ahead, and literally fed him to a pack of goblins. I guess the anime team thought that was too dark of an act for the main character to commit. I think it's the difference between Korean, Western and Japanese sensibilities at play (as the original story is Korean, but the anime is Japanese). Japan has always been more lax on punishing sex criminals, and I guess they don't realise that Western and Korean viewers would have no problem with Jinwoo murdering a sex criminal in such a brutal way.
It was probably the time restraints imo, the episode would excess the time limit if they added that scene, the fight was way longer in the manhwa as well
@@EduardoOliveira-qy1km I think that played a part, but it's a big step in Jinwoo's character. It's the first time he really murdered someone, as the dudes in the spider dungeon and Kang were actually trying to kill him. So, IMO, it must have been cut for more than just time. I still think it was due to the studio fearing that having Jinwoo kill someone defenceless in such a brutal way would alienate the viewers. At least, I think the Japanese viewers. I don't think any Western or Korean viewer would have a problem with it. It's a fact that Japan has a higher number of sexual crimes, and their punishments are a lot less severe than the West. So I think it was cut as Jinwoo murdering someone begging for their life who can't fight back is too much for them as they (Average Japanese viewers) just don't think he deserved it.
And I say defenceless as Kang already seriously wounded the guy. If a heavy-weight boxing champ is hit by a car and breaks both legs, he is helpless, regardless of his fitness and boxing skills.
@@Twiska He didn't even kill the guy though, he just let him die trying to fight the boss, that doesn't count as murder in my opinion, and the guy wasn't actually defenseless, he was a fighter-type hunter, he was just too weak compared to the horde of monsters in the boss chamber
@@EduardoOliveira-qy1km I never read the manhwa, just the original light novel, so maybe they change it for the Manhwa adaption, too, but in the LN, he drags the guy and throws him to a pack of goblins while he begs for his life.
@@Twiska In the manhwa it's almost the same, the difference being that the criminal couldn't beg or scream because his tongue was cut off before Jinwoo found him, and he's not exactly thrown at the goblins, just dragged inside the boss chamber, he could try to run away but he wouldn't be able to escape anyways
"Corny" line was very important, keep it in the back of your head, some very good writing this episode. Also on god, Dripwoo in certain shading sometimes really reminds me of the smiling statue from the first episode (like in the thumbnail), just without the smile. Big hmm's all around
0:58 What? It's just chat, you not used to us yet? 😈🤣
food for the gods as they have freed the rat queen
Idk what to comment...
But if you're reading this ello :)
Hey Alicia, I’m not sure if you’re aware but this episode isn’t on the Patreon
It’s still uploading. Can’t do much since I was still streaming when this video was uploaded
That line waa not in the webtoon lol....also jin woo line Is double down when one of the prisoniers was actually alive and jin woo feeds him to goblins because jin woo was told about what he did.
I'm glad they took that out. It was there for edge, but didn't match up with the flow of his character progression.
@@JustinStrife maybe maybe not I think it exemplification the point even more because we see one more expample of sung's darkness with sung turning someone into a shadow soldier....(pity) messed up but then we dont see too much more afterwards.....petty. I believe feeding a rapist we will say goblins is less worst than setting up a man to be killed and made into a shadow soldier to serve sung for all eternity Lol!!
@@rubenarmstrong262 We're only in the first season, and he doesn't even have his class yet. It's a slow descent, and he's even acknowledging he's losing a bit of himself everytime he gets stronger. He's not just going to become the kind of guy that tortures people overnight. It takes time to fundamentally change who a person is. Especially when you're doing it right.
That scene was done to be edgy and brutal. But it doesn't fit the flow at all.
@@JustinStrife I hear what your saying but I respectfully disagree. Sung is literally going to get the job quest this season, and literally the next arc it goes into the one I referenced whether its in the next season or a cliff hanger ending to season 1 it is going to happen and it is a worst look for jinwoo. Here it is not edgey what jinwoo dislikes is the strong Take an advantage of the weak which is what that prisoner did, he didnt Torture him he gave he to the golbins and they killed him, some might agrue that was to good for him when something like that is done to your kids...so with that it fits the narrative far better, what it probably was was a time issue where they rework that whole scene.
It was on the webtoon, but he said it first just after jin woo stabbed him in the heart
This reaction isn't on Patreon atm, will it be released soon?
SOLO LEVELING IS SOO FIRE
Hey @Aliciaxlife , the video title (on YT) say episode 8 instead of episode 9 .
for me it says 9
If you like this anime you need to check out, the wrong way to use healing Magic as well.
Why is this not on Patreon?
There is so much eye candy in this show, why the hell are you glazing Kang lol
Should’ve summoned big raga
Theres so much death flag hahahaah
Alicia! all life is valuable!! they can still be used as live bait and we can enjoy watching them getting eaten alive!
should get a red flag/bull emote
Thx for the reaction
Song slander will not be tolerated!
In the LN, one of the prisoners survived Kang Taeshik’s assault by playing dead…
Jinwoo used him as bait to draw off the boss’s henchmen to see how long he’d last.
17:25 you just went full degen, you should never go full degen.
However, it is hilarious so forget i said anything.
That corny line is a foreshadowing.. the foreshadowing is hard on this ep
Glad Alicia is enjoying this anime. It's super entertaining but whenever I watch it I feel like it was made to be the ultimate video game nerd power fantasy that keep getting more self indulgent and edgy. Not shitting on the show since a lot of great storys are made for the reader to wish they were the protagonist but it's silly how any nerd would love to be Sung Jin Woo while he is so edgy about becoming a badass that girls fall over themselves for.
That’s kinda why it’s awesome. It’s just totally feeding into something that is a fun ass idea. I’ve hit a point in my life where I don’t really cringe at something that just makes me happy. Kinda like how I like stuff with vampires in it. Sure a lot is repetitive and edgy but that doesn’t make it any less fun.
@@aliciaxlife I assumed watching the last episode that the prisoners were going to assault red hair girl and the association guy was going to let it happen in order to force our boy to show his real powers. Little did I know what was going to happen was edgier than I could have predicted which is actually pretty refreshing in an awesome way.
"Girls falls for him"
No, this story is not a Harem. And he only has one girl in the entire story that romances LOOOOONG by the end of the series.
@@nerose274 Why do you feel the need to spoil things, I really don't get why you had to explain that it isn't a harem anime. There was a scene with a group of nurses which were all gushing over him which fits what I said.
@@byrondejong9872 it's not a spoiler when there's no context (i have not said WHO, or Why) , and in the novel, it's explained (in the same episode) that nurses usually go for hunters because of their wealth, basically for mere interest, it wasnt a thing exclusive for jin woo
19:57 This is just my head cannon and I haven't seen or read the source material but I think everytime he is feeling an overwhelming emotion, it is converted as his strength and then the emotion just disappears.
11:36 Alicia about to get cancelled for Ableism😂😂
the line the abyss is looking back at him is foreshadowing.
Or forSHADOWing....iykyk
Yup pretty sure everyone watching is aware of that. It's literally a warning from a dying character to the main character. I love that line but the use of it here was pretty corny.
people like you are why lots of creators aren't reading the comment-sections anymore
chill out dude, dont need implicative spoilers
The only acceptable spoiler is the fact that the one piece isn't fake.
That line was written before it was a cliche. Other stores steal from stories that use it properly and make it overdone. So basically ur complaining about one of the early adopters of a cliche line because it took decades for the story to get adapted.
I hope you’re not talking about solo leveling because the web novel came out in late 2016 so it definitely hasn’t been decades and positive solo leveling wasn’t one of the first pieces of media to use that line
Ik this is off-topic, but why does the episode mute sometimes?
To avoid copyright
@gogogadgetrectalpunch7436 oh ok, ig shes js playing it safe bcuz other reactors plays the whole thing with volume and doesn't get copyrighted
So you curse the three prisoners but then simp for a much more twisted psychopath. Kinda f up.
0:53 you're a little '🐱'
8 days of asking for Moriarty the patriot
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Day 206 of asking Alicia to play Nier:Automata!!
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Please React To Record Of Ragnarok Or Hellsing Ultimate Please
ahh yes, alecia going on and complaining about a famous nietzsche quote is corny before saying an extremely corny line herself about hands... which was so corny of a dad joke youd think wed be in a cornfield or something...
There’s a discrepancy in your thumbnail and title
it says 9 in both for me
@@aliciaxlife weird my bad
the anime is good? try the novel..its way better..
"Give him a hand"
*unsub*
1 one of asking for konosuba
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I love your videos and such, but im sorry. You fucked up for those unarmed jokes! 🤣
First
SAO is still better by far
Not even close. SAO was trash with it's pacing and jumping around in the first season. Hell Abridged was better than the actual show.
@@JustinStrife that's an awful take
@@Xeno_Solarus Except it isn't. It constantly ignored plot points and jumped around timeline wise. The Abridged actually showed how events could still scar a person in the first season, like how he lost his guild due to one mistake, instead of basically it not being a thing that was mentioned again(except maybe once?).
Remember, I'm not talking about later seasons, but the very first one.