I just realized that I went a bit hard on Dongsuk, because he didn't know about Jonho until AFTER they left them with the boss, hence why Dongsuk offered him to kill Jinwoo and join them. However, it doesn't excuse him from not showing any concern about our dudes killing the boss.
Ngl, My favorite part about the anime is Choi Jong-In's glasses. In three scenes that are narratively back to back, he fixes them in a hallway walking outside, then again walking to a helicopter, and then AGAIN inside the helicopter. I legit started cheering "come on, do the thing" every scene he was in cause its like 50% of his personality.
@@mahistv sepensing on the next season episodes, we “might” see it on the next season If its only a 12 episode season it will end with (spoiler alert) him getting his rank re-evaluated and becomes an s rank If its 24, its probably gonna have jeju island arc or st least start it
Without spoiling anything, the ants will be the big thing on season 2. Seasons 3 and 4 will be more about the origins of his power and why the world changed so much. You can say seasons 1 and 2 are about sung coming from weakest to strongest, while seasons 3 and 4 are about how is he gonna use his power.
Purple hair is a b-rank, his status is so high to point that he could get away with stuff like that less than 5% of awaked are higher than E, hes in a very priviledged position
Without spoiling anything the fact that his personality shifted so much at the start is explained, way at the end and is pretty consistent. But I do think you're right about them not making more of a fuss about it being a deliberate decision by the writers making it feel cheap.
@@mahistvit’s not really stated but implied deeply due to his power origin but that’s all I’m going to say, unfortunately it’s very close to the end so it’ll be a while before we get to it.
My only issue witb Solo leveling (although i still very much so enjoy the series) is that there is seemingly nothing that stops him from grinding out the daily quests for a year or more, and getting 300+ in each stat.
Spoilers I thought that at first too, but considering the series probably takes place within a few months, the likely outcome would be once the ants break free onto Japan, he just dies. It's kinda shown throughout the series, but since gates are a time limited thing, he'd be missing out on unique skills, summons and or gear that were extremely useful to him than just flat base stat increases. The leveling system was made in a specific way for him to get as strong as possible as quickly as possible as well, meaning grinding out dungeons is better than doing dailies a day and calling it. Especially because at the end if he fought the dragon god with no weapons, summons or any skills he'd just get bodied.
10:17, I’m guessing your anime only, so don’t worry jeju island will be very important for the story later and a good stepping stone for what comes after. After that the jeju island scenes we saw were anime original and we don’t actually get to see what happened in the original manwha (though it may be in the lns I haven’t read them)
I don’t know what the first manga or manhwa was that had this concept with portals, hunters and the system, but there’s at least a lot of them now. There’s also a bunch with specifically necromancers, like here in Solo leveling. I would not be surprised if we at some point got an era of these kinds of anime, like we did with isekai.
Jinwoo's changes are mostly superficial, but the anime doesn't really show it well. In terms of character, he stays consistent with his initial personality. It's just hard to show this when the medium is not a novel. That said, Solo Leveling isn't peak fiction, but it's good. It's that archetypical 7/10 thing that gets you into a genre (e.g. Naruto).
I like how you predict the plot will be like Hero ac when most of us already know the whole story it make me kinda feel good that you think it like that.
I just found your channel and was going through you content and want to comment on this by saying that a lot of parts where cut so save time the comic book shows you in detail the parts that needed to be explained and expanded on in my opinion
@@mahistv Glad to hear it! I was sick just recently too with a non-stop cough, so I know how hard it would be to talk as much as you need to for these videos. Keep getting better!
Mahis didnt fully watch the vid yet but solo leveling is a great balance between op and not op and if you can read the manwha since its already complete i wont spoil you so you can enjoy reading it if you have time and what i like about the anime is that they nailed it perfectly from the art style animation voice acting and many more
Solo Leveling is more a reverse isekai with the fantasy world coming into our world and Spoilers: The overpowered character reincarnates from the isekai world into our world as the MC
thanks for this the only thing I am sure about is the Joohee as she seemed to have PTSD or mentally broken. not sure if combat medics break in similar ways
@@mahistv it was made like she signed up to a quest to keep the MC alive multiple times. new level of dense MC she used 90% or more of her magic on him and never though maybe she likes me
@@mahistvfor me she was written as a character to represent Jinwoo’s old life but once Jinwoo had fully moved on from his old life, her usefulness to the story was over so the author just removed her. I don’t really see it the show going, hey, Jinwoo’s a dxck because he didn’t contact her but the author going, your character is no longer useful goodbye. Not only does she represent Jinwoo’s old life but I think she represented the fact even with great power, B ranks are still very sort after, she couldn’t get anywhere due to her weak mentality and we were meant to contrast that with Jinwoo’s stronger mentality and his determination despite his weakness in the beginning but yeah once she had done her part, the author just chucked her character away, it wasn’t meant point out that Jinwoo was being a ass like other people seemed to think
I think it’s just the fight or flight response to meeting something that powerful and terrifying in the double dungeon. We were also already told the girl just didn’t have the mentality to handle the level of dungeons her power would allow. Whereas Jin woo was shown to fight no matter what even if he was the weakest. So when he got powers, he just went off. The sister grounds him in way, by not reacting much to his change. Even though he’s going through all of that stuff and literally died, then in her eyes he’s still just her older brother.
Whenever I see people watch Solo levelling I just say "read the webnovel or manwha bro" cuz they're just so much better. Even though the story is the same, the manwha has so much more detail about abilities and worlbuilding and such, as well as crackcore animation, I just wish everyone would read the manwha. Also it's not an isekai it's a power fantasy
How does that disprove the isekai label? In most isekai, going to a different world is practically married to the concept of the main character getting some unnatural powerup not available to people.
@@Pangora2spoilers like a lot So yes there is another world that people can go to to get things but the main premise isn't going to another world its instead taking control of your own life. Which sung does by just killing all the pseudo-gods and getting stronger. I would call it a power fantasy as the new world does 't really have any meaning. It's a place you go that eventually Sung is the god of to get money. The world just kinda stores monsters and minerals without any meaningful characters other than that one from sung's journey up the tartarus looking for thingy
Just because their often paired together doesn't mean they're the same thing. A power fantasy is a completely different concept than an isekai @@Pangora2
@@valbroderick8156 If it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, you need a really good reason to not call it a duck. I understand the genre is tainted, but that doesn't qualify as an argument. Most things people say to justify SL being its own brand new genre are things other anime that are Isekai also do.
3:57 they can use cameras in dungeon, youll see that in s2 , though. i don’t know if it was explained why they aren't used in the earlier parts of the story
@@AVRGWIBWTHACN the body of the the s rank healer I don’t remember his name was left in the cave where he died in the cave and was retrieved about a week later please note that dungeons close after an hour
You know what you're doing, but I'll fall for the bait for the algo. It may use many isekai tropes, which are just power fantasy tropes that were co-opted by the isekai genre. Isekai however specifically requirez traversal to another world which you could guess or theorize dungeons are, but so far we have no actual evidence otherwise. In the anime.
Also, as someone who's read the Manhua, most of your questions or concerns will be answered except I think some of the exploitation possibilities near the end.
In some isekai movement between the worlds is free and natural. In some isekai its just a shorthand for a game UI on top of a fantasy setting. Requiring a wall between this world and the Different world is not required. Sometimes the Different world is merely a Time Period.
@@mahistv I kinda figured, it was either just a joke or genuinely poking fun for the sake of baiting a comment like mine, either way I like to comment on stuff so the algorithm gods know I like em xD Thanks for the video!
yo, great video, do u recommend me jump into the manga once i’ve finished the anime to continue the story or should i wait to season 2? cause i really like how the fights are animated in the series , are also great in the manga ?
I mean, a B rank did biff a C rank, so it could be seen as a duo. The crazy B rank official can argue it was a double dungeon or that one of the prisoners purposely ranked themselves lower since it is something possibly in the verse.
Just imagine my anger, just when i finished the manga the anime was announced 😅. Jeju island will probably be in early s3. There still need of build up and world building.
I started reading that back then and i thought owh this is pretty good. Then i have a sliver of a doubt that says, its power fantasy good, not the masterpiece good, but got swept up by other people opinion that is a masterpiece. just realized how its just fine around chapter 100 where the troupe is MC is the "strongest"
Jeju Island is just the first half of the show and s2 is not gonna be it bc s2 will be hell tower arc (I hope with the morachs Arc they're gonna have aot way of showing how scary it was)
You hit all these on the head pretty well. I really thought the first part was pretty interesting but it became so edgy later. The main character became impossible to root for. Great vid as always
Thank you! I just like it for what it is. We all know he is going to win, just like every other MC, the difference is that Solo Leveling is aware of that
"interesting but turned edgy." Honestly couldn't have said it better lol. I thought the world building and everything was interesting too, but with how the story took shape and the development of the MC happened, it just became a typical cliche power fantasy and I personally got really bored really quickly. I was bored after the first episode, but I gave it a chance because my older brother and sister loved it, but I just couldn't enjoy it.
woow it is always amazing to hear a bit of defferent point of veiw to the same programme IT IS TRULLY ENJOYABLE THANK YOU yet I didn't watch the anime but the hole manga and I don't remembre it being boring like it seems to be here .. I will reread it and then watch the anime
Its an isekai not because he nearly died and his world changed but because enemies from abother world are coming through portals. Isrksi does not necessitate reincarnation just "another world" (thats what isekai means btw)
to the last point with the interface... i get what you want to say but due to me having thousands of hours in vr... i can use my interface for quiet alot without anyone noticing and yes i have eyetracking so people see what im actually looking at...
.The thing about their power, not increasing is talking about the magical energy that they all get when they awaken. The measurement machines don't measure a level of strength.They measure the amount of magical energy in the person's body when they awaken.Aside from a second awakening that cannot change. Yes, they can increase their physical strength through training or increase their general strength through gear and buffs. That's not what the rule is referring to.
HAHA, okay level with me here, have you read the LN or web? Some of the stuff you are "guessing" at later on is so spot on it's funny if it really is a guess xD
I'm an anime only. What you said puts a smile on my face, thank you. I wonder what you would have said if you were in Discord when I was live reacting, cause I would pause, say something and it will happen immediately.
Decent video but considering Kang's rank and affiliation with the hunter organization it is believable that he could get away with everything and his story doesn't even too crazy. We can't really even say it is negligence since Kang could just explain the boss was powerful. As for Jin Woo completely changing I would disagree we your interpretation. We see Jin Woo still has the same goals and was shown to be quick on his feet when it comes to thinking. His colder side seems to be a product of the system as explained when he tries to drink his worries away and can't get drunk
I can see that with Kang, but remember the father. Even if the gov wouldn't have noticed anything before, they would have had to investigate after that kind of claim and something would have came up. I thought of that, cause in a way, he reminds me of Ainz-sama, but we don't have the emotional suppression here, so it's a bit of a sharp change of character for me. Not saying it's impossible or it's not would should happen, it's the speed. If it was a bit more gradual, over 2-3 episodes maybe, i'd have had no complaints
@@mahistv Hmm yeah but when you think about it in terms of time you get in a grey area. For example stuff like movies. Peter going from a nerd to fighting in cage fights happen pretty fast. Iron Man changing from a selfish billionaire to a guy that cares sbout weapons happens all in the beginning of the movie I think what matters is the instrument for change and how drastic or serious that situation is for that character. For Jin Woo, we have three things that influence his change. The first being left alone while saving everyone in the double dungeon. The second, the system influencing his change. The third, him actually getting stronger as shown by him beating the snake and monsters. But good video even though I disagree with some parts!
Will .. as someone who read the LN, what I got is that the MC/ author are very narcissist and self-centered. It's a trend in many LNs but this one got me to the point of being very disgusted and I had to stop.. So many plot holes and script armor. Half the story about the MC being edgy, and the other half about people around him can't live without him and talking about him. Manga was better. They edited a bit and filtered a bit. Still..I think it is very overrated because of some hype moments. And Lets be honest, What carried the manga at first was the new at the time art style. Anime, generic random anime of the season.
I am somewhat amused that the MC is that way, when its normally a problem. Probably still is a problem. But then so many other MCs are angelic and self-sacrificing to a fault. "Finally, a jerk! Just like in real life!"
Doesn’t pretend like something it’s not, is definitely why I like solo Leveling. It’s a simple fun action fantasy, nothing more and doesn’t try to be anything more. If you just watch it, expecting a fun fantasy action show, you’ll have a good time! I think the problem is when people expect more from it, then they get disappointed when nothing else comes. But it’s enjoyable if you don’t try and look for loads of depth and just enjoy it for what it is. For me Jinwoo’s character change makes sense, trauma but also something else to do with his power origin that has not been revealed yet. Spoiler for whoever wants to read down below . I do honestly believe that Jinwoo acquired some of Ashborns personality, while the NL doesn’t strictly say this but we do know that Jinwoo’s personality can slowly affect his own shadows mentality. So Ashborns, slowly giving his power to Jinwoo and essentially merging with Jinwoo would affect Jinwoo’s personality. They do say “I am you” something similar near the end Because Ashborn is a superior being, it makes sense to me that parts of his personality would leak into Jinwoo, making Jinwoo colder and less empathetic.
It makes sense that his change was so rapid. All of his base stats were increasing every time he leveled up in addition to the points that he could accrue himself. So he was actually getting smarter with every level.
juju is such a small part of this series.. sure it might be the focus of season 2, and i mean season 2 but that wont happen till 2026/2027 not the part 2 we are getting in 2025.
@@mahistv yes but S rank gates are super uncommon. but most other major nations have both more s rank hunters as well as National lvl Hunters ( people who can take high A and even S rank gates alone).
It was an okay anime but i can see it being a lot better on a manwa than animated since pacing is an issue here which would not have been the same when read. I'm glad you highlighted various aspects of the show that showcase how it's world building is note worthy as those aspects i didn't really notice before. Altogether, it's a good power fantasy anime but not great.
From what I know, the system is "fake". For example, no matter how good he was in the quest to upgrade/get a class, I believe he would always have got the same class no matter the result. So there isn't a lot to exploit in the system (besides a few minor things which won't really matter in the end).
Most isekai are modeled after dungeon crawlers, so dungeon crawling elements can't intercept the isekai label. The 'i' in isekai means another, different, or strange world. Fundamentally, but the measurements of the label, its correct.
@@mahistv similarities ok sure but its a fundamentally diferent genera just because some isekai have dungeons and {most} have an rpg like leveling system dosnt mean they are the same genera
these new age shows really gotta stop splitting their season into parts. if they arent ready to tell a whole seasons worth of content ( especially with how long this will go on) then delay the show. until you can have a season worth (25-30 episodes) of content to give to the fans. this is beyond lazy, the have the money and the investment already. if they are gonna keep up this parts bs we wont get very far in the series and they will lose both fans and money due to it. just look at Tog as an example....
@@mahistv but they did cut corners and have added in content where it wasnt needed. example the opening scene w 1/3 failed raid on Juju Island. btw japan has failed to concur that gate 3 times, they also have less s rank hunters (also weaker s rank) than other major nations. as well being nation w no NLH (national Lvl Hunter)
People say its not isekai, and they want to be adamant about that, but take this spin: What if he died and he's now on the other side of his world invading and he got those OP powers still. "Oh its obviously an isekai!" Because the world he respawns into was ours it suddenly loses everything else? Nah, its isekai.
@@mahistv I get the same feeling when people describe Metal music. Each band seems to have its own unique genre. When people describe Solo Leveling as "system" I get that feeling. We have a genre it goes in already. It's like they're afraid of it just being an okay isekai.
Look... this anime has some nice fighting and good animation. But the characters personalities are as deep as a saucer, and the plot is just so obvious that it takes away any investment on the story. The villains are just plain dumb, and any other character other than the protagonist seens like a total disaster on trying to manage any kind of fight. So... Yeah... lots of people I know where talking about it and high on the hype train. Me? I just found it very boring. Only to watch if nothing else is on the menu.
@@mahistv Look, watch it. I watched all season 1. Did I disliked it. Yes, but at least I found the fight scenes somewhat nice on the animation. But it's like fast food. May taste nice, but will make your trip to the toilet somewhat a bad one
I just realized that I went a bit hard on Dongsuk, because he didn't know about Jonho until AFTER they left them with the boss, hence why Dongsuk offered him to kill Jinwoo and join them.
However, it doesn't excuse him from not showing any concern about our dudes killing the boss.
Especially when they did it seemingly without injury and neither of them are healers. Like, what does it take to tell them these guys are trouble?
lmao
Ngl, My favorite part about the anime is Choi Jong-In's glasses. In three scenes that are narratively back to back, he fixes them in a hallway walking outside, then again walking to a helicopter, and then AGAIN inside the helicopter. I legit started cheering "come on, do the thing" every scene he was in cause its like 50% of his personality.
I worked in a glasses store for years. Now this thing annoys me because it means whoever sold him these glasses didn't adjust them properly.
"It has to be someone akin to an architect."
Architect, you say?
Just a thought)
@@mahistvOr is it 😏
in the manhwa, we don’t get to see jeju island until 1 or 2 arcs later
Very interesting, wonder why they showed it off rip in the anime
@@mahistv because if they hadn’t, there would have been less episodes, therefore less money
@@mahistv sepensing on the next season episodes, we “might” see it on the next season
If its only a 12 episode season it will end with (spoiler alert) him getting his rank re-evaluated and becomes an s rank
If its 24, its probably gonna have jeju island arc or st least start it
Without spoiling anything, the ants will be the big thing on season 2. Seasons 3 and 4 will be more about the origins of his power and why the world changed so much. You can say seasons 1 and 2 are about sung coming from weakest to strongest, while seasons 3 and 4 are about how is he gonna use his power.
Can't wait!
Jeju is more likely to be season 3 because of both the first castle and the ice place taking place before that
I personally really really enjoy the origins of his power. So even though it’ll take a while I am excited for it
3:56 no they actually can't use phones or any form of advance technology in the dungeon and am pretty sure they stated that in the manhwa
That was my thought too, cause jackhammers would be better than picks
now whenever i grab a beverage ur intro comes to mind and i can wait to see ur reaction when sung jinwoo goes back to the double gate
lol! Yeah, it'd be interesting to see what happens.
Purple hair is a b-rank, his status is so high to point that he could get away with stuff like that less than 5% of awaked are higher than E, hes in a very priviledged position
This anime is the definition of "Let it cook." Once we get the later chapters of the manga animated, it'll get crazy.
We wait impatiently
he wasnt reincarnated in a different universe, he just didnt die in his original universe
I'm just having fun with the idea
Actually he did die and got revived
@@SAKAMOTOoo....o no
@@SAKAMOTOoo....ono he didn’t die, Jinwoo lived with an inch of his life. Literally
Without spoiling anything the fact that his personality shifted so much at the start is explained, way at the end and is pretty consistent.
But I do think you're right about them not making more of a fuss about it being a deliberate decision by the writers making it feel cheap.
I think it's alright if there will be a decent justification
@@mahistvit’s not really stated but implied deeply due to his power origin but that’s all I’m going to say, unfortunately it’s very close to the end so it’ll be a while before we get to it.
My only issue witb Solo leveling (although i still very much so enjoy the series) is that there is seemingly nothing that stops him from grinding out the daily quests for a year or more, and getting 300+ in each stat.
No, but I also see how his ego grows proportionally and how he want's to "showcase" his abilities, even if it's just to himself.
Spoilers
I thought that at first too, but considering the series probably takes place within a few months, the likely outcome would be once the ants break free onto Japan, he just dies. It's kinda shown throughout the series, but since gates are a time limited thing, he'd be missing out on unique skills, summons and or gear that were extremely useful to him than just flat base stat increases. The leveling system was made in a specific way for him to get as strong as possible as quickly as possible as well, meaning grinding out dungeons is better than doing dailies a day and calling it. Especially because at the end if he fought the dragon god with no weapons, summons or any skills he'd just get bodied.
Phones cannot be used in dungeons since Mana interferes with electronic devices
Figured as much
If you go watch with the mentality "it is the korean sword art online", a lot of stuff makes more sense.
I'd say it's more of a "have fun and don't think too much about it"
this guy is most underrated
Thank you! We are trying to get there.
10:17, I’m guessing your anime only, so don’t worry jeju island will be very important for the story later and a good stepping stone for what comes after. After that the jeju island scenes we saw were anime original and we don’t actually get to see what happened in the original manwha (though it may be in the lns I haven’t read them)
I'm anime only indeed. I hope we get more
Happy late birthday Mahis (8 days late but better late then never)
Wow, thank you! Have no idea how you know)
I don’t know what the first manga or manhwa was that had this concept with portals, hunters and the system, but there’s at least a lot of them now. There’s also a bunch with specifically necromancers, like here in Solo leveling. I would not be surprised if we at some point got an era of these kinds of anime, like we did with isekai.
Jinwoo's changes are mostly superficial, but the anime doesn't really show it well. In terms of character, he stays consistent with his initial personality. It's just hard to show this when the medium is not a novel.
That said, Solo Leveling isn't peak fiction, but it's good. It's that archetypical 7/10 thing that gets you into a genre (e.g. Naruto).
I like how you predict the plot will be like Hero ac when most of us already know the whole story it make me kinda feel good that you think it like that.
Thank you, I love thinking about what might happen
I just found your channel and was going through you content and want to comment on this by saying that a lot of parts where cut so save time the comic book shows you in detail the parts that needed to be explained and expanded on in my opinion
Glad to see a new vid from Mahis and glad youre feeling a bit better. Hope all's well!
Haha, thank you. I'm way better, the cough is almost gone!
@@mahistv Glad to hear it! I was sick just recently too with a non-stop cough, so I know how hard it would be to talk as much as you need to for these videos. Keep getting better!
Mahis didnt fully watch the vid yet but solo leveling is a great balance between op and not op and if you can read the manwha since its already complete i wont spoil you so you can enjoy reading it if you have time and what i like about the anime is that they nailed it perfectly from the art style animation voice acting and many more
Dude, English VA absolutely killed the role and his vocal cords.
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@@mahistv Aleks Le is awesome
Today is a good day. Mahis uploaded a new vid :D
Only took me 1.5 month lol
@@mahistvno worries bro, you make quality videos. Just happy that you are still making these :)
Just found your channel recently and I gotta say I’m loving it so far, keep up the good work
Welcome and thank you for kind words. I'll do my best!
Solo Leveling is more a reverse isekai with the fantasy world coming into our world and
Spoilers:
The overpowered character reincarnates from the isekai world into our world as the MC
I can accept that
thanks for this
the only thing I am sure about is the Joohee as she seemed to have PTSD or mentally broken. not sure if combat medics break in similar ways
She was definitely messed up after the incident, shame Jin-woo didn't even reach out given how many times she saved his ass hospital bills
@@mahistv it was made like she signed up to a quest to keep the MC alive multiple times. new level of dense MC she used 90% or more of her magic on him and never though maybe she likes me
@@mahistvfor me she was written as a character to represent Jinwoo’s old life but once Jinwoo had fully moved on from his old life, her usefulness to the story was over so the author just removed her.
I don’t really see it the show going, hey, Jinwoo’s a dxck because he didn’t contact her but the author going, your character is no longer useful goodbye.
Not only does she represent Jinwoo’s old life but I think she represented the fact even with great power, B ranks are still very sort after, she couldn’t get anywhere due to her weak mentality and we were meant to contrast that with Jinwoo’s stronger mentality and his determination despite his weakness in the beginning but yeah once she had done her part, the author just chucked her character away, it wasn’t meant point out that Jinwoo was being a ass like other people seemed to think
I think it’s just the fight or flight response to meeting something that powerful and terrifying in the double dungeon. We were also already told the girl just didn’t have the mentality to handle the level of dungeons her power would allow. Whereas Jin woo was shown to fight no matter what even if he was the weakest. So when he got powers, he just went off. The sister grounds him in way, by not reacting much to his change. Even though he’s going through all of that stuff and literally died, then in her eyes he’s still just her older brother.
Whenever I see people watch Solo levelling I just say "read the webnovel or manwha bro" cuz they're just so much better. Even though the story is the same, the manwha has so much more detail about abilities and worlbuilding and such, as well as crackcore animation, I just wish everyone would read the manwha. Also it's not an isekai it's a power fantasy
How does that disprove the isekai label? In most isekai, going to a different world is practically married to the concept of the main character getting some unnatural powerup not available to people.
@@Pangora2spoilers like a lot
So yes there is another world that people can go to to get things but the main premise isn't going to another world its instead taking control of your own life. Which sung does by just killing all the pseudo-gods and getting stronger. I would call it a power fantasy as the new world does 't really have any meaning. It's a place you go that eventually Sung is the god of to get money. The world just kinda stores monsters and minerals without any meaningful characters other than that one from sung's journey up the tartarus looking for thingy
I like the world building and elaborate explanations, so maybe I should check it out. As for Isekai, I'm just having fun calling it such
Just because their often paired together doesn't mean they're the same thing. A power fantasy is a completely different concept than an isekai @@Pangora2
@@valbroderick8156 If it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, you need a really good reason to not call it a duck. I understand the genre is tainted, but that doesn't qualify as an argument.
Most things people say to justify SL being its own brand new genre are things other anime that are Isekai also do.
3:57 they can use cameras in dungeon, youll see that in s2 , though. i don’t know if it was explained why they aren't used in the earlier parts of the story
That'd be interesting to see
They were in a cave not a dungeon
@STRGL11d it was a cave inside a dungeon, what are you even arguing about.
@@AVRGWIBWTHACN the body of the the s rank healer I don’t remember his name was left in the cave where he died in the cave and was retrieved about a week later please note that dungeons close after an hour
@STRGL11d OK but my comment had nothing to do with that but was about the use of cameras in dungeons.
Always good to see your content my friend.
Thank you, always good to hear you enjoy it!
The pace of the story is normal seeing as everytime he gets stronger he looses and emotion
I think that's the case. I swear there is a similar narrative somewhere in anime and it's not One Punch Man.
You know what you're doing, but I'll fall for the bait for the algo. It may use many isekai tropes, which are just power fantasy tropes that were co-opted by the isekai genre. Isekai however specifically requirez traversal to another world which you could guess or theorize dungeons are, but so far we have no actual evidence otherwise. In the anime.
Also, as someone who's read the Manhua, most of your questions or concerns will be answered except I think some of the exploitation possibilities near the end.
In some isekai movement between the worlds is free and natural. In some isekai its just a shorthand for a game UI on top of a fantasy setting. Requiring a wall between this world and the Different world is not required. Sometimes the Different world is merely a Time Period.
I'm just messing around calling it an isekai, cause it does have some general similarities.
@@mahistv I kinda figured, it was either just a joke or genuinely poking fun for the sake of baiting a comment like mine, either way I like to comment on stuff so the algorithm gods know I like em xD
Thanks for the video!
God I loved your black plagiarism clover video
Genuinely cooled my heart because you spoke EXACTLY on what I had in mind all along
Thank you, glad to hear we share some thoughts
Think the too fast growt is a bit at fault to the faster pace of the anime. Love your vids bwt
Thank you, this might be the case, that's why I didn't put that much attention on it
Excellent ending as always 'it was I, Mahis"
Thank you! Glad you still like it
If you're super curious about system and all of that i suggest to read the manwha, as i don't think we'll get there in the next season.
Interesting, from what I gathered, there should be about 48 episodes total, so maybe we will see it later?
@@mahistv i dont want to spoil it to you like my friend did it for me. I know certain things but not the exact order.
Good video enjoyed your thoughts about the future of the anime i read the manwha so i know but no spoilers
Thank you, it'd be interesting to see what I got right/wrong, even though I didn't predict as much
This is more of a reverse issekai. I wont go into manga spoilers but the world was brought to him.
I was mostly making fun of it)
yo, great video, do u recommend me jump into the manga once i’ve finished the anime to continue the story or should i wait to season 2? cause i really like how the fights are animated in the series , are also great in the manga ?
The manga is finished already, or that's what I think, and if you like it, definitely go read. Otherwise it will take years for this thing to come out
@@mahistv yeah, y’ve read it to chapter 110 in this 3 days and it’s awesome, so u think that chapter 200 is the end ?
I mean, a B rank did biff a C rank, so it could be seen as a duo.
The crazy B rank official can argue it was a double dungeon or that one of the prisoners purposely ranked themselves lower since it is something possibly in the verse.
Just imagine my anger, just when i finished the manga the anime was announced 😅. Jeju island will probably be in early s3. There still need of build up and world building.
Precisely, we need more build up to it
I started reading that back then and i thought owh this is pretty good. Then i have a sliver of a doubt that says, its power fantasy good, not the masterpiece good, but got swept up by other people opinion that is a masterpiece. just realized how its just fine around chapter 100 where the troupe is MC is the "strongest"
Well, I wouldn't call it a masterpiece yet, but it's pretty enjoyable
@@mahistv yeah i think its pretty enjoyable too but it wont be a masterpiece until the end
Jeju Island is just the first half of the show and s2 is not gonna be it bc s2 will be hell tower arc
(I hope with the morachs Arc they're gonna have aot way of showing how scary it was)
I hope we get some attack on titan vibes in here!
mahis relax and keep watching you'll see everything you want
It's not Black Clover, so I'm relaxed and I will watch it)
You hit all these on the head pretty well. I really thought the first part was pretty interesting but it became so edgy later. The main character became impossible to root for. Great vid as always
Thank you! I just like it for what it is. We all know he is going to win, just like every other MC, the difference is that Solo Leveling is aware of that
"interesting but turned edgy." Honestly couldn't have said it better lol. I thought the world building and everything was interesting too, but with how the story took shape and the development of the MC happened, it just became a typical cliche power fantasy and I personally got really bored really quickly. I was bored after the first episode, but I gave it a chance because my older brother and sister loved it, but I just couldn't enjoy it.
woow it is always amazing to hear a bit of defferent point of veiw to the same programme IT IS TRULLY ENJOYABLE THANK YOU yet I didn't watch the anime but the hole manga and I don't remembre it being boring like it seems to be here .. I will reread it and then watch the anime
Thank you. I wouldn't call it boring though)
Its an isekai not because he nearly died and his world changed but because enemies from abother world are coming through portals. Isrksi does not necessitate reincarnation just "another world" (thats what isekai means btw)
to the last point with the interface... i get what you want to say but due to me having thousands of hours in vr... i can use my interface for quiet alot without anyone noticing and yes i have eyetracking so people see what im actually looking at...
.The thing about their power, not increasing is talking about the magical energy that they all get when they awaken. The measurement machines don't measure a level of strength.They measure the amount of magical energy in the person's body when they awaken.Aside from a second awakening that cannot change. Yes, they can increase their physical strength through training or increase their general strength through gear and buffs.
That's not what the rule is referring to.
HAHA, okay level with me here, have you read the LN or web? Some of the stuff you are "guessing" at later on is so spot on it's funny if it really is a guess xD
I'm an anime only. What you said puts a smile on my face, thank you. I wonder what you would have said if you were in Discord when I was live reacting, cause I would pause, say something and it will happen immediately.
Decent video but considering Kang's rank and affiliation with the hunter organization it is believable that he could get away with everything and his story doesn't even too crazy. We can't really even say it is negligence since Kang could just explain the boss was powerful.
As for Jin Woo completely changing I would disagree we your interpretation. We see Jin Woo still has the same goals and was shown to be quick on his feet when it comes to thinking. His colder side seems to be a product of the system as explained when he tries to drink his worries away and can't get drunk
I can see that with Kang, but remember the father. Even if the gov wouldn't have noticed anything before, they would have had to investigate after that kind of claim and something would have came up.
I thought of that, cause in a way, he reminds me of Ainz-sama, but we don't have the emotional suppression here, so it's a bit of a sharp change of character for me. Not saying it's impossible or it's not would should happen, it's the speed. If it was a bit more gradual, over 2-3 episodes maybe, i'd have had no complaints
@@mahistv Hmm yeah but when you think about it in terms of time you get in a grey area. For example stuff like movies. Peter going from a nerd to fighting in cage fights happen pretty fast. Iron Man changing from a selfish billionaire to a guy that cares sbout weapons happens all in the beginning of the movie
I think what matters is the instrument for change and how drastic or serious that situation is for that character. For Jin Woo, we have three things that influence his change. The first being left alone while saving everyone in the double dungeon. The second, the system influencing his change. The third, him actually getting stronger as shown by him beating the snake and monsters.
But good video even though I disagree with some parts!
The system is actually fucking with his head, which is why his change is a bit ofd
Wait its your birthday? I saw from one of the comments hey man happy late birthday day to you sorry for the late greeting
Thank you, it was a week ago and definitely no need to apologize!
ahh the architect wont happen till the end of the show and that wont be till 2030 at the earliest
So I was kinda right
@@mahistv yeah but that will be season 5 or 6 if i did my math right for content coverage. thsi show should end on at least 8 seasons.
imagine if he reviewed Attack on Titan....That would make my day
Coming, but I just don't know when)
i think most if not all the jeju island stuff at the moment is anime original
Hello mahis, will you please make a video about viral hit manhwa. Its a manhwa I enjoyed soooooo much and would love to hear your opinion
Hello, I haven't been reading much lately, so I don't think I will yet. Thank you for the suggestion though
Will you make a vdeo on viral hit?
Sorry, I'm not even sure what it is
Will .. as someone who read the LN, what I got is that the MC/ author are very narcissist and self-centered. It's a trend in many LNs but this one got me to the point of being very disgusted and I had to stop.. So many plot holes and script armor. Half the story about the MC being edgy, and the other half about people around him can't live without him and talking about him.
Manga was better. They edited a bit and filtered a bit. Still..I think it is very overrated because of some hype moments. And Lets be honest, What carried the manga at first was the new at the time art style. Anime, generic random anime of the season.
I am somewhat amused that the MC is that way, when its normally a problem. Probably still is a problem. But then so many other MCs are angelic and self-sacrificing to a fault. "Finally, a jerk! Just like in real life!"
I think that's the whole point and the fact that the show doesn't try to hide it, makes it stand out in a good way.
One sentence in this video I thought was very funny in insight.
I'm curious what it is, but I think there are some spoilers in it)
@@mahistv that’s correct
Doesn’t pretend like something it’s not, is definitely why I like solo Leveling. It’s a simple fun action fantasy, nothing more and doesn’t try to be anything more.
If you just watch it, expecting a fun fantasy action show, you’ll have a good time!
I think the problem is when people expect more from it, then they get disappointed when nothing else comes.
But it’s enjoyable if you don’t try and look for loads of depth and just enjoy it for what it is.
For me Jinwoo’s character change makes sense, trauma but also something else to do with his power origin that has not been revealed yet.
Spoiler for whoever wants to read down below .
I do honestly believe that Jinwoo acquired some of Ashborns personality, while the NL doesn’t strictly say this but we do know that Jinwoo’s personality can slowly affect his own shadows mentality.
So Ashborns, slowly giving his power to Jinwoo and essentially merging with Jinwoo would affect Jinwoo’s personality. They do say “I am you” something similar near the end
Because Ashborn is a superior being, it makes sense to me that parts of his personality would leak into Jinwoo, making Jinwoo colder and less empathetic.
Good video.
Thank you, Glad you liked it
It makes sense that his change was so rapid. All of his base stats were increasing every time he leveled up in addition to the points that he could accrue himself. So he was actually getting smarter with every level.
juju is such a small part of this series.. sure it might be the focus of season 2, and i mean season 2 but that wont happen till 2026/2027 not the part 2 we are getting in 2025.
We shall see, I'm also interested in how other countries handle their gates. Surely there are Jeju Island equivalents
@@mahistv yes but S rank gates are super uncommon. but most other major nations have both more s rank hunters as well as National lvl Hunters ( people who can take high A and even S rank gates alone).
It's so strange to see tgis after reading manhwa
10:44 prinny
Dude!
It was an okay anime but i can see it being a lot better on a manwa than animated since pacing is an issue here which would not have been the same when read. I'm glad you highlighted various aspects of the show that showcase how it's world building is note worthy as those aspects i didn't really notice before.
Altogether, it's a good power fantasy anime but not great.
From what I know, the system is "fake".
For example, no matter how good he was in the quest to upgrade/get a class, I believe he would always have got the same class no matter the result.
So there isn't a lot to exploit in the system (besides a few minor things which won't really matter in the end).
no its not an isekai
its a dungeon crawler its a popular genre of manhwa "korean comics"
calling it an isekai is fundamentaly wrong
Most isekai are modeled after dungeon crawlers, so dungeon crawling elements can't intercept the isekai label. The 'i' in isekai means another, different, or strange world. Fundamentally, but the measurements of the label, its correct.
Dude, I'm pulling your leg, but it has some similarities with most Isekai
@@mahistv similarities ok sure but its a fundamentally diferent genera
just because some isekai have dungeons and {most} have an rpg like leveling system dosnt mean they are the same genera
I've read the manhwa and your spot on with somthing and others you are like super far off
My bad NGL I thought it was going to be about to be a glazing sessions, I disliked preemptively
Well, I'm glad you ended up liking the video
Have you watched Attack on Titan yet?
Not fully, just 2 seasons. Planning on binging it soon, just need to get a few videos out of the way first
I already read the manwha, it was good but I never thought about it after I finished it. It was cool and edgy, not exactly a thinker.
Ain't nothing wrong with that. Sometimes that's what you need
Oh my goodness, it is very clear that you have not read the novel or the manga
these new age shows really gotta stop splitting their season into parts. if they arent ready to tell a whole seasons worth of content ( especially with how long this will go on) then delay the show. until you can have a season worth (25-30 episodes) of content to give to the fans.
this is beyond lazy, the have the money and the investment already. if they are gonna keep up this parts bs we wont get very far in the series and they will lose both fans and money due to it. just look at Tog as an example....
It is what it is. At least they do a good job looking decent and not cutting corners
@@mahistv but they did cut corners and have added in content where it wasnt needed. example the opening scene w 1/3 failed raid on Juju Island. btw japan has failed to concur that gate 3 times, they also have less s rank hunters (also weaker s rank) than other major nations. as well being nation w no NLH (national Lvl Hunter)
People say its not isekai, and they want to be adamant about that, but take this spin: What if he died and he's now on the other side of his world invading and he got those OP powers still. "Oh its obviously an isekai!" Because the world he respawns into was ours it suddenly loses everything else? Nah, its isekai.
I'm having fun with calling it an isekai, but it does have a lot of tropes like being weak, sacrificing himself and being reborn
@@mahistv I get the same feeling when people describe Metal music. Each band seems to have its own unique genre. When people describe Solo Leveling as "system" I get that feeling. We have a genre it goes in already. It's like they're afraid of it just being an okay isekai.
at last
Finally!
Look... this anime has some nice fighting and good animation. But the characters personalities are as deep as a saucer, and the plot is just so obvious that it takes away any investment on the story. The villains are just plain dumb, and any other character other than the protagonist seens like a total disaster on trying to manage any kind of fight. So... Yeah... lots of people I know where talking about it and high on the hype train. Me? I just found it very boring. Only to watch if nothing else is on the menu.
That's the reason I said "Can't say more about the cast yet". I need to see more of that, or at least I want to
@@mahistv Look, watch it. I watched all season 1. Did I disliked it. Yes, but at least I found the fight scenes somewhat nice on the animation. But it's like fast food. May taste nice, but will make your trip to the toilet somewhat a bad one
Bro doesnt know what's comming up
I really don't)
First
You are indeed!
It's an interesting concept. With that being said, the execution is very mid