"courage". Courage of the weak. This is most important point of Jin-woo's character. He almost died multiple times during raids but he still had courage to go into the dungeon despite knowing he might die. As they said, courage is not the absence of fear, courage is acting in spite of fear. This point is the whole reason the story of solo leveling happened.

@viniciushenrique6672

6 ай бұрын

Exactly! Well Said!

@waskowcreationsart9639

6 ай бұрын

What's unfortunate is that there's even some on this mudball who would attempt such adventures if the opportunity came. Medical bills and many more are crazy these days

@vailingbow1068

6 ай бұрын

Jinwoo recieved everything he has because he wasn't part of the mold 🔥

@matthewpopow6647

4 ай бұрын

In a different world, Jinwoo would make a good Green Lantern.

Apparently Jin-Woo's Japanese VA went so hard for that ending scene that he was coughing blood.

@BenJaMindReacts

6 ай бұрын

That was once a sign of pride for some actors and vocalists, now it is pretty frowned upon. So bad for your health, and a liability. Don't injure your moneymaker.

@Kyle_116

6 ай бұрын

@@BenJaMindReacts Well it's frowned upon because much practice and study has gone into finding ways to do stuff like that without hurting yourself. Like screams and growling vocals in music, there are ways to make your voice sound like that without damaging your throat or vocal cords.

@Dekarowski25

5 ай бұрын

Holly fuck! No wonder it had so much pain/anger in it.

@keegansantoroski9042

2 ай бұрын

Taito Ban is his name and he really went hard. He does a phenomenal job. The English VA, Aleks Le, also coughed up blood while recording I think episode 11 and he also did a great job.

They did the smile justice. So majestic but terrifying at the same time😮

@In-The-Zone

6 ай бұрын

IDK I feel like they should have scrolled up and zoomed out so you could see the whole face with the smile

@CrimsonGold-pq8xy

6 ай бұрын

@@In-The-Zone Literally the only thing i have wrong with it, otherwise it's perfect

@bryanmolina1913

6 ай бұрын

I kinda agree with you but let me tell you another perspective it looks exactly as if you were reading the manhwa from your phone​, in the manhwa the face isn't shown completely, you have to scroll up the page to see it so that in my option is perfect@@In-The-Zone

@warbacca1017

6 ай бұрын

The one thing everyone was excited about; hell, I have that motherf*cker on my phone case

@shinjutsutruth5078

6 ай бұрын

​@@ceshmate1953Can't have it exactly. It's still an anime, not the webtoon. I'm just glad they gave this anime a darker theme to begin with, because animes usually don't do so, nor stick with the source material (in this case, the anime is going over Novel and Webtoon).

There's something ironic about that character who prides himself on the speed that only his feet are left

@BenJaMindReacts

6 ай бұрын

It's actually only his knees that got vaporized, most of him escaped

@Arashi257

6 ай бұрын

It's supposed to be horrifying, but it's just so funny how he just gets ended so fast by a one frame optic blast with only his feet remaining, it's pretty much one of the best "I'm about to die death flag" quotes so far in the available episodes.

I loved how they used the instrument puzzle as the soundtrack. That shit slapped!

@sirmcdust5572

6 ай бұрын

When the singer statue sings it gives Nier vibes so hard

@JohnCena-tp4gh

6 ай бұрын

@@sirmcdust5572 Nier...NieR!?!?!? NIER AUTOMATA!! i see nier i must scream a beautiful song

@sirmcdust5572

6 ай бұрын

@@JohnCena-tp4gh Yeah it was specifically giving a beautiful song because of the voice

So for the guy who gets cut in half, the one thing I REALLY wish they'd kept in, even though it's tiny, is his hands trying to hold his head together, like the final though his brain transmitted was to keep the two halves together. It was super fucking brutal.

NOT SPOILERS - Explanations of stuff in the manhwa/webcomic that are left out of the anime up to this point. 1) The poem that Jinwoo was using to "save" everyone with was actually what started the death puzzle in those rooms. When leader Song read the poem out loud, once he finished it, is when the statues started mechanisms activated. (there is more to this, but super spoilers) 2) The injuries Jinwoo received were actually much worse in the manhwa, he had to be carried to the altar. 3) There was a lot more angst & blame being thrown around when the surviving people made it to the altar area, and everyone had at that time started to rely on Jinwoo to solve everything since he figured out the part A & B of the poem. Thats also why Jinwoo felt incredibly betrayed when he figured out how to survive the altar & people screwed him over by running for the exit. (at which point he said "fuck it, save the girl" and sent out the healer girl who was nice to him while he stayed behind) (this matters for his future attitude towards "spoilers") 4) Just to be clear, no one in the world has a status screen, or is considered a player. For Jinwoo to be seeing these things is incredibly weird. (again, there is more, but to those who know, no spoilers)

@re_tomori549

6 ай бұрын

please spoil me more, i need it!

@seleternal3442

6 ай бұрын

@@re_tomori549 Trying not to ruin the fun for anyone new >.> I will say we are not even 20% into the 1st book atm though

@Mr_Sting

6 ай бұрын

Makes me lol while reading this 😂 Can't wait to see everyone unfamiliar with the story react to all the crazy stuff that goes down

@seleternal3442

6 ай бұрын

@@Mr_Sting and then the next book starts :)

That one woman that keept screaming everytime someone died had crazy lungs, like daaam miss calm those wind pipes

@ashendude3394

6 ай бұрын

Those truly are the lungs of a C-Rank hunter. (I have no idea what actual her rank is)

@elgoblinax8796

6 ай бұрын

@@ashendude3394 you are probably right. They are currently in a D rank dungeon so it would be normal for a D and C rank people to be there and asuming from what Mr Song said about Joohee B ranks are normaly at B and A rank Dungeons.

@princez.2648

5 ай бұрын

@@ashendude3394there is no way that dungeon is C.

The way they pitchforked my boy Jin woo like a kabob 😭

There's so many key moments and characters i can't wait to see animated especially after seeing that beautiful(terrifying) smile

They really went all out when animating this, I'm glad that for one of few Korean-Originals they actually went all out on animating it.

@hikarihakai1285

6 ай бұрын

still salty with how they treat Noblesse adapting 200 chapter into 13 eps with bad animation

@VagabondAdam

6 ай бұрын

Yeah that's what I mean. When you think of good Anime it probably is japanese due to their animation budget, when it comes to Korean or Chinese anime, they don't really have great animations. I think one of the few good animated ones for Chinese Anime was King's Avatar. But we need more of this because there's a lot of good Korean/Chinese stories that need proper animation studios to pull up their works to showcase why they are so good.

@hikarihakai1285

6 ай бұрын

@@VagabondAdam Noblesse is animated by IG Production a Japanese studio actually and the Korean OVA they make of Noblesse is more well animated the problem it have was actually being rushed and having an extremely bad and short schedule to animate usually a good anime eps take around 6-8 months to animate with other eps being animated alongside it ofc but in case of Noblesse it is most likely being made in 3-4 months at most animation budget is not really a deciding factor at all consider Jujutsu Kaisen, what decide a good adaptation is usually the staff, talents, director and animation schedule the budget is only ever high in a production when the investor is either very generous or want to extend the schedule for a project that take many years to make like in Ghibli case where Princess Kaguya take 8 years to make unlike the usual 2-3 years like other anime movie

@whitenobeard

6 ай бұрын

They really didn't have a choice, Solo Leveling is one of the biggest manhwa ever. It has a massive fan base even in Japan. So if they wanted any kind of profit they had to do it justice.

@joshjo9405

6 ай бұрын

How does this contrast with _A Returner's Magic Isn't Special_

I'm so happy the meme smile is as good in the anime as it was in the manwha lmao

@BenJaMindReacts

6 ай бұрын

Kinda woulda loved it as just a derpy grin, the community would be so entertaining

The MC did put it well tho, some people will say " oh that guy had a pregnant wife and a child " But so what? I also have a family, I also don't want to die, you having a pregnant wife, or a family doesn't make your life any more valuable than anybody else, it's just a selfish way of removing the guilt " well I had to let them die, because I have a family "

This is one of the most perfectly adapted episodes I've seen. While the art in the manwha is obviously more detailed and darker, there's no way the manwha could've made me feel this tense, despite me knowing what would happen. Not only is the animation, voice acting, pacing, and direction amazing, but there are so many amazing implementations, like the ost being plot relevant. Imo, this scene destroys it's manwha counterpart in effectiveness.

Sung jin-woo was actually the only one who proved his faith to god

These guys really went in for a regular hack and slash dungeon raid and got a gimmick dungeon instead. Skill issue

love how the music was designed in this episode, certain instruments only play once a person reached the statue, first the horn, then the violin, and the drums ,finally the vocals when jin woo reached his statue ,that was angelic

6:38, we got our smile

Fun fact, Solo Leveling isn't a Manhwa. Manhwa are horizontal black and white comics like manga but are read left to right like western comics. SL is a web comic(originally web novel) read vertically and is colored. They are formatted to be read primarily on a phone by scrolling. While Japan has many manga published primarily online which are structured as manga or 4koma, like the original OPM or Part 2 of CSM, Korea has a big distinction in the style of the two. The majority of Korean comics that have been popping off(internationally) have been web comics rather than manhwa.

@fajarnurul3904

6 ай бұрын

based on your description, give me example of manhwa. Cause I thought its just refering to "Korean" manga/comic, made by koreans. so technically SL is considered manhwa in web comic format.

@LunarValkyria

6 ай бұрын

@@fajarnurul3904 You are correct.

@In-The-Zone

6 ай бұрын

@@fajarnurul3904 Most likely one you can find scanned online would be The Breaker. Another would be Immortal Regis and its sequel Caviler of the Abyss. Also the format for SL is called long strip. A web comic doesn't have to be long strip, there is still a distinction. Likewise you can't just say its a manhwa because its Korean since that would mean Sun Ken Rock is a manhwa since it was made by a Korean Manhwa author, yet it isn't, its specifically a manga as it was formatted and released as one. Unless you are going to call all graphic novels "comics" just as Japan calls all cartoons from everyone "Anime", then you have to accept the distinction based on the style. The Breaker is a Korean Manhwa, SL is a Web Comic that happens to be produced by Koreans, Batman: Wyane Family Adventures is a Web comic that happens to be produced by Americans. Aside from art crispness there is no difference from the last two if you just saw them on their own. There are long strip colored web comics that are Japanese too, those aren't manga however and no one who makes a distinction between comics and manga would claim them to be. If you don't care its whatever, but in Korea a Manhwa, Manga, and Comic are recognized separately because of those differences not simply location.

@fajarnurul3904

6 ай бұрын

@@In-The-Zone that's cool to know thank you for the explanation! I read all of it

@In-The-Zone

6 ай бұрын

@@fajarnurul3904 No Prob

24:55 i like his sad puppy hairstyle, it's cute

@roses_are_rosies-g4h

6 ай бұрын

it is, I already miss his puppy haircut

The test of courage, the first 10 chapters of the Manhwa

As someone who has read the manwha I have NO FUCKING IDEA what is going on in the ED that shit was wild lol

@De_Vegi

6 ай бұрын

From what I gather, it’s symbolic. He lives in fear of the phone, of getting called in for a dungeon is the message, I think

Everybody gangsta until that statue smiles

This episode hit real hard seeing the beginning of sung jinwoo's adventure animated is hitting me in my soul

I like how he keeps his head better than anyone because every dungeon feels unreasonable and terrifying for him, while everyone else is just working a slightly dangerous job. D rank to S rank are all perfectly deadly.

@thedarkemissary

6 ай бұрын

I don't know bro. It's like video games never existed in this universe. Stone instructions, statue puzzle, flame timer, it's all pretty standard. I'm not saying I know how I would react to a life and death situation, but these people do literal video game stuff as work, you'd think they could wrap their heads around a video game situation.

@thisisabackupemail2264

6 ай бұрын

@@thedarkemissary I think it's more the case of even if video games exist, it's a different perspective. You're playing first-person in the dungeon, it's not like you're from a top-down or have a birds-eye view a la Baldur's Gate or any of those TTRPGs or tabletop games. It ain't D&D where you can ask the DM to roll for stuff and exposition either. Also keep in mind most of these people came into the dungeon under the assumption it'd be the same thing as the dungeon they cleared previously. While the Chairman says 'Please be afraid', there's fear and there's panic. Most of them have never had to work while panicked unlike the MC who's constantly worked near death due to his weakness. Everyone else is taking it all for granted and he's used to the stress of these situations as a result.

@thedarkemissary

6 ай бұрын

@@thisisabackupemail2264 Maybe it's just a mentality thing then. Cause even if I had superpowers. I would be taking dungeon crawls seriously. It'd be like being a firefighter and not think every fire is a potential death for me. Like bro, that's the job. Why are you panicing? Calm down. This is what you trained for. Case in point, the leader guy who stayed calm. Then again, maybe we just don't get to see the firefighters that freak out. And it's actually pretty commonplace. I don't know.

@JustinStrife

6 ай бұрын

@@thedarkemissary It's easy to say that, until you're actually in it. None of us really know how we'd react until we were there.

@thisisabackupemail2264

6 ай бұрын

@@thedarkemissary The first episode goes over how everyone was assuming the dungeon and its adjacent dungeon was going to be super easy since Sung came along. Basically he was the indicator that it was going to be a piece of cake. The Chairman's exposition cautioned against this when it was panning to the Hunter Introduction from the manhwa but people don't listen until it's too late. It happens in a lot of dangerous jobs, I imagine (I don't have a source, so take it as you will).

This is one of the best manwhas out there, so I'm happy they went all out with the animation

When you come in expecting SAO but you get Attack on Titan instead.

That statue would be completely UNSTOPPABLE if it left that dugneon.

How THIS is how you do a episode! The first episode was more like fan service fore the readers since it showed characters and some backstory that wont be relevant for a long while, it felt more like a trailer than a first episode, but now we can properly start the Solo Leveling journey… Arise!

@f0olk94

6 ай бұрын

The beggining of the first episode actually wasnt just for fanservice, it's the beggining of the novel, which the anime seems to be following instead of the manwha

@bartoseku79

6 ай бұрын

@@f0olk94 maybe, but my main upset was that it really doesnt do S class hunters justice because it portrays them as very weak compared to their powers in the manwhua, and i know its a flashback to years ago so the hunters are all weaker, but it still gives incorrect expectations for the power level

@whitenobeard

6 ай бұрын

​@@bartoseku79that doesn't really matter though, right now their strength isn't super important. But it does help flesh them out as characters. They had half as much characterization in those 5 minutes than they did in the entire Manwha.

@unknownsword9042

6 ай бұрын

S class hunters are weak. They get slapped around by like the halfway point.

@whitenobeard

6 ай бұрын

@@unknownsword9042 they get slapped around by the strongest people in the verse.

At 2:01, it is confirmed that Alicia would smash the terrifying god statue.

There's a lot of symbolism in the ED for those who are familiar with the light novel or manhwa.

Love how the statue's instruments build into the soundtrack.

I love how reactors are now liking the anime, but think they know how the story is going 😂

So it looks like they are doing about 5 chapters of the Manhwa per episode, so if you wanted to see some of the panels you would be safe up to chapter 10 at this point.

yeah, as a rank e, his power is mostly just being tougher than a normal human, i belive thats why he survived that long.

I can understand why people are saying there's spoilers in the opening, but a first time watcher probably won't understand them anyways.

@SuzuXIII

6 ай бұрын

First-time watcher here, I watched the opening when watching this episode yesterday and there is so fucking much you can extrapolate from that, it's insane how spoilery it is.

@TheAndermany

6 ай бұрын

I learned a new word today

@skyguyflyinghigh

6 ай бұрын

could get hints, bit like chainsaw man's endings HUGE amount of references if you know you know, just random shit you probably wouldn't think twice about and think they're being artsy. so at best you could get a hint, still more fun to get an unexpected *fun* surprise.

@EldenLord.

6 ай бұрын

One rule of thumb is to NEVER watch any anime opening ever unless you finished watching the season.

@SuzuXIII

6 ай бұрын

@skyguyflyinghigh I mean, with chainsawman, the endings are really psychedelic, there's references to future stuff, but it's mixed with stuff that *is* just them being artsy.

Sung was not saying staying was the trap, he was saying escaping the room is probably the trap.

Welcome to Solo Leveling, it has such a killer start.

"Im pretty confident of my speed." Oh really what are you fighting? "Light." ...Yea.

solo leveling it crazy wth the clif hangers

7:20 the bleach character youre thinking of is probably Mayuri

I somehow said, "We can sell those!" at the same time as Alicia lmao

I been waiting for the anime when i first read the manga back in few years ago and it wss thr only manga iv read. And it was random to i never thought it would be made into an anime i think i feel like i made it possible maybe it was needed for enought people to read to make it to an anime.

that OP is fire I probably didn't recognise the spoilers

Alice " people are into giants stepping on them " Me " welcome to a post- AOT world "

@lunarAureola

6 ай бұрын

AOT didnt invent giant (and i guess vore too) fetish though lol

Peak ep, this everything before arise is just the intro to what solo leveling rly bout

only Alicia can laugh while people die in anime xD

"Someone get his sneakers" 💀 PUT EM ON STOCKX!

Well, that was the most intense game of Grandma's Footsteps I've seen.

@ 3:37 Keep an eye out for that girl behind his sister she will be important later on in the series

I think Solo Leveling would've benefited greatly from a movie-sized first episode, like Oshi no Ko. Or at least, a 2x-sized one. Cuz the first 2 episode deserve a combined episode. Though I guess a Cliffhanger-blueball is good too.

person dies a horrible death Alicia: HAHAHHAHHAHA SQUISHY SOUND

@vdsora32

6 ай бұрын

She's seen worse deaths to the point that's comical

@kosta5571

6 ай бұрын

@@vdsora32 ik it's just funny, and pretty crazy out of context

Knowing what comes next... Yall are IN for it.

The voice actors are so talented. Jinwoo’s voice actor killed it especially, and it’s only the second episode.

My friend who likes to say things to bug me says "back pain is my kink"

I wouldn't say the opening has spoilers, it's more like a, "if you know, you know" sort of situation, you know?

3:45 If you recall, we saw that same girl (same distinctive clothes on a female at least) in the previous episode. The camera was following some brown-haired kid as he touched the big black ball, sat down at a bench, , walked past recruiters, and attended an orientation video; however, at the bench and during the video, that high schooler could be seen in the background.

So fun fact, the voice actor for sung Jin-woo actually destroyed his voice to the point he was coughing up blood just to make sure that he was making his screams as authentic as he could.

the show stopped at the YES being clicked the computers and stuff after has nm to with show i have no idea why they did a psych ward theme for the end credits.....its never in the light novel so idk why they did it

@JustinStrife

6 ай бұрын

It's not to be taken literally.

@ZEROX619XX

6 ай бұрын

@@JustinStrife i know but iv seen a few reactors think it means that the character is in some VR game world cause of it

@JustinStrife

6 ай бұрын

@@ZEROX619XX Mis-direction is a thing that directors/producers will sometimes do in stories. It's not a bad thing to have people thrown off with their speculations, and see how the real story develops.

The smile has been done justice

I don't know if they maybe just got snipped for copyright/monetization reasons and they're in the full version on patreon but wherever you're watching this seems to have cut parts out like them commenting on the fact that the boss room had a door (which is rare) in the first ep and Jin woo giving Joohee that crystal and telling her to treat herself in this ep.

@demikus

6 ай бұрын

The youtube uploads are always trimmed a little bit, usually seems to be when she has no reaction to what is happening.

The birth of Sung Drip Woo

8:38 i've been discovered

6:39 I WAS WAITING FOR THIS SCENE😂😂😂 #IREADTHEMANWHA!!!

6:40 Licia be like "K.. never like to know what nightmares ah'm gonna have.. but fuh real.. thanks for the heads up, dawg... see ya at lights out.... ya nasty MF'r..."

It’s been a long time, but I have seen all 200 chapters of Solo Leveling, and to be honest, I didn’t notice any spoilers in the opening apart from a small "spoiler." But the spoiler isn’t even that serious, and to the normal viewer who hasn’t seen the manhwa, you wouldn’t even realize that there is a spoiler and what is getting spoiled. I honestly think it’s fine to react to the opening. I’ve seen other channels do it as well, and they didn't realize there were any spoilers.

@zlaikqamvs8280

6 ай бұрын

@@-Offstar And what would “those major spoilers” be? The only spoilers I’m seeing are Igris and a split second spoiler, which will literally be noticed by no one if they have no context. I’ve also already seen multiple reactions from other channels, and none of them noticed what was spoiled. Judging by the pacing of the anime, we will expect around 5 chapters adapted for every episode. Episodes 5-7 should cover the Dungeon & Prisoners arc, and I have no idea why you think the opening somehow contains spoilers for that arc, especially since Kang Taeshik is a very important character in that arc and I don’t see him mentioned anywhere in the opening. As for the reawakening arc, nothing is spoiled since we already know of it from episode 2. As for the Instant Dungeon Arc and Dungeon & Lizards Arc, what are the “very obvious front line and centre” spoilers in the opening for those arcs?

GODDDD DAMN I missed that damn smile

LET'S GOOOOO AAAHHHHH SOLO LEVELING HYPE

Pretty sure the opening isnt going to spoil anything you don't already know/expect.

@demikus

6 ай бұрын

naw the op does have spoilers for some characters and 2 (maybe 3) different events that take place in the story (though one seems drastically changed from what actually happens) either way better safe than sorry especially since Alicia tends to be very observant.

This is the start of *_SUNG DRIP WOO!!_*

4:40 Can I have his shoes? Oh, nevermind, Alicia called them first. 7:00 Why so serious?

Hate how i have to wait a whole week just to watch another masterpiece

ARISE SUNG DRIP WOO

Let the fun begin!

HYPE!

Subarashii~~😁 6:33

Nah, Kim actually is a jerk though, a lot of his jerk behaviour was cut out, kinda like how they changed that Jinwoo had been fighting bare-handed until now, not using a dagger

After solo leveling finish in anime I will read in manhwa I will search it like I search pleanitary human in manhwa

@demikus

6 ай бұрын

It's an amazingly addictive read so have some time set aside. When I read through it the first time the comic was only up to chapter 110 and I made the mistake of "just one more chapter won't hurt" binged all the available chapters in one night from 5PM-ish until the next thing I knew it was 3 in the morning. (There are 200 chapters total and it's a complete story now btw) I'm a bit of a slower reader because I like to observe the art on display so it would be quicker depending on how much time you spend on observing details.

Alicia knows squirt sound hmmmm UwU

2:03 do what to God now😭😭😭😭😭😭😭lmfao Alicia

its a little annoying that they straight up removed the fact the guy was a Christian but oh well

@demikus

6 ай бұрын

Yea, that was an unfortunate change 'No, that's... That's praising the wrong god...!' was just so much more effective imo. Might have just been adjusted as to not antagonize some of the overly devout Christians.

@kumala5763

6 ай бұрын

@@demikus i can definitely see how squashing a Christian can make people mad lol. but yeah the line change was awful

Good Show

Pausing the episode just to make a stupid ass joke is wild. 💀

Welp.... you think theres a chance of artist doing "those" art now, now that shes mentioned it? Maybe... idk

Honestly there's barely any spoilers. Like you need context for the opening to actually spoil you, lol. Also, it's not excuse how Kim reacted. He's just shifting the blame all to 1 person so he can feel better about himself. And when he ran, it's just like Jinwoo said. It's all just lip service. He isn't the only one doing it for family.

Subarashii!

Now I’m no kink shamer, and I like me a tall queen, but being crushed to death under a giants foot doesn’t sound fun… in fact it sounds pretty bad.

@7:15 Grimjow?

I'm pretty confident in my speed... The only thing left were his FEET, that's just major disrespect

😁

treadmill in back round?

You should watch another new anime its called The Witch and The Beast

@lunarAureola

6 ай бұрын

yesss i watched the first episode of Majo to Yajuu (the Witch and the Beast) and its a banger!

Nice

W

Looking back after I watch "the new gate". I got new appreciation forA1 and everyone involved in Solo's production/animation. A1 did the source justice and above. "The New gate" animation took a nose dive jsut after few episode - it started mid but now animation is a vomit

ehe

@Slushy.o0

6 ай бұрын

Te nandayo

@Sub_to_Bubbli_Ch.

6 ай бұрын

!?

9:22 i dont think this is the time to be laughing

ARISE

Did you pray today?

Day 151 of asking Alicia to play Nier:Automata!!