Solo Leveling
We're getting a Solo Leveling anime adaptation coming from the Anime Expo.
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I've heard this is really popular so I guess I'm not surprised :eyespin:.
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I knew some day this was going to be animated.
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It was only a matter of time. Definitely one of the best "have a game prompt" story I've read.
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Aw yeah!
Story isn't novel or groundbreaking by any means, but it was extremely well executed. Hope the budget stands up to this. |
RIP the artist DUBU (real name Jang Sung-Rak)...just ouch. From the bits that have come out, it sounded like he had a very drawn out decline...
At least they lived to know it would be adapted... |
The art was amazing. The plot quickly became the typical overpowered protagonist though.
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A good number of reviews I've read of the source novel was that the story had an interesting premise and beginning, but with poor execution, flat characterisation, forgotten side characters etc. leading to a disappointing ending. Consensus is that the main reason the webtoon got that much acclaim to start with was due to Jang Sungrak's art. I assume a lesser artist would have led to Solo's webtoon being far less memorable (which is something I've noticed with Korea's webtoon industry; sometimes you get complaints that the original novel was amazing but that the webtoon art was ass, which really diminished readers' enjoyment.) |
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Looks like a strong cast and a solid adaption :).
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Solid animation and a Hiroyuki Sawano OP!
I wonder how/if they'll handle the potential controversy of a later arc. |
You can go far with good animation + Sawano music :nod:.
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Saw the first episode today.
Pretty good stuff at introducing some of the main characters although disks currently says it will just be 12 episodes (maybe it's a split cour or similar Tower of God case). Still, I think it was a solid start in terms of chereography, animation, and direction. Some of the scenes in the previous advertised promos were also in the first episode. Seeing Cha being animated was a wonderful sight. |
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So I watched the episode?
Is this really the most hyped anime of the season? Why? |
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I'll watch but I don't have big expectations just like tower of god. |
I guess. I can't even put into words what it is. But I have not been so thoroughly unimpressed with a first episode in quite a while. Like I can't even imagine what the manhwa would have that would impress people so much.
Maybe if I give it a few more episodes I can figure out what irks me so. Oh, one thing I really do not like in stories is characters explaining stuff to each other that they by all rights should already know. Or characters having internal monologues explaining their life story to the void. There's more organic ways to do these kinds of things. Other than that, for some reason I just felt... Nothing. Which is kind of the worst feeling to have when watching an anime. |
As a fan of the manwha, I thought it was pretty solid. There's not much to be done about the jumping around. Feels like a lot of manwhas do that; that is, try and introduce too much at the beginning. Even I knew that the setup would be a bit lukewarm at best. Other expectations like the animation and knowing what's to come, is what gets me excited, but I can see why someone who has 0 exp with the source might not be too taken with this 1st ep. Still I think this ep will be overall consistent with the rest of the series, so the elements you disliked will not go away.
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I'm surprised they didn't premier this hour-long over streaming like they did at conventions.
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Animation was impressive, actual content not so much. Well, we didn't even get "cheat" gimmick yet so it's too soon tell how good or bad this will be.
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This was the first Manwha I fell into and it's definitely in the top tier, if not the most anticipated series people were waiting for.
I have to say I am disappointed by the first ep. The pacing is all over the place, and the way the storyboard was layered out was incredibly hectic! Too much world exposition, especially characters and events we aren't really supposed to meet until way way later (maybe not even in the first cour), and badly sequenced too. It felt like they had a cameo checklist to go through. Animation was weird too. Some place it felt incredibly detailed and others it felt cheapened out (like the part where the blue flames lit in the final chamber, felt like a B or C-class generic series). The lack of consistency was glaring. Spoiler for Spoilery, maybe:
6/10 for the first ep. |
It feels like the first episode was done that way so they could end it where they did. To do that they added all that stuff to fill it up. It didn't work well for me being all mixed up like that. The first part felt rather meaningless to me. Action scenes and H-scenes at the very start of the story nearly always feel useless and meaningless to me because the story hasn't built up the settings and the characters yet. Stuff happens and I don't care. Let's move on to the actual beginning of the story is what I usually end up thinking.
The actual start of the story in the episode felt better (excluding all those added clips in between). Still looking forward to episode 2 because I enjoyed the manwha. |
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:heh: It's a LitRPG at its core. |
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This just doesn't move me in any way. I don't think I've ever experienced this before. |
The writing wasn't exceptional, but it was mostly very well executed. No real divergence from the core of the story and the pacing was decent. There was an arc that I found superfluous but that was it.
It's like a minimalistic cherished car: it did what it did well and felt polished. The execution, including the art, was the appeal of this series, to me at least. The anime fails on that part: it doesn't have Kusuriya/Fate/Demon Slayer quality and the plot was a weird mish-mash of scenes, including many of the extra side-exposition that weren't in the manwha at those points. I'm already encountering blogs and articles expressing their disappointment. This is not the series that will bring the manwha to animation ubiquity that many had hoped it would, especially after Tower of God and God of High School failed to do so. |
I mean, Fate and Demon Slayer actually had a good narrative. I really hope this is just the boring first episode that is somehow necessary to understand the rest of it. Even though at this point I don't really see anything worth remembering. Especially not the over the top sob story of whatever the kid's name is. Like what the hell? You have to pay for your mom's treatment AND your sister's college, and you do this by doing a highly dangerous job that earns you less than flipping burgers?
And then this plank of wood gets angry at him for not taking better care of himself because I guess she cares because... She's attracted to weak boys? |
Getting SAO vibes, but with a physically weaker MC.
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I... am genuinely surprised they didn't make this an hour long release just to get to the hook.
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Definitely a weird choice to drop just the first episode. Normally a show will want to hit the big setup moment in the first episode if possible. Seemed geared to be a double length first episode. And all the more strange since yeah if they had a premiere that was super long they should have kept that for the actual streaming release.
Anyways, not a terrible episode. I do wonder if the MC shouldn't try...other work. If he's basically not making money the way he's going then I'm not sure the point for him. I get that he's got expenses to cover, but is he actually covering them if all he can get is the rare lowest level of magical stone? Are even those things selling well enough for it to matter? Obviously good for him that he didn't quit. Clearly he's going to get...some powerup from this life or death situation that will send him on the path to being OP as heck. And he's got a cute healer girl that is totally into him. I get her freaking out. As someone who can heal she probably can tell even better than him how close he's been to dying out there. Although considering how weak he is...maybe she should be treating him on that date :heh:? |
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Otherwise, I agree that it's kind of non-sensical for him to be adventuring. Sure, the loot is going to help him, but I find it even more non-sensical for the party to accept him based on what he could contribute to the party, which is practically nothing? I've not sure I missed some information while multi-tasking and lacking a clear understanding on the reasoning behind that. |
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On the other hand...yeah it really is crazy for him to be adventuring. Admittedly I'm not sure on logistics. I guess if you technically qualify as E-rank then you can be sent out on jobs so long as you want to be there. I'm guessing they just are short on bodies. Otherwise any sensible organization would cut off the level to participate at least at D rank if not C. Of course a competent organization should be equipping these people at least to a certain degree. Let the really talented use their money to get themselves the best possible gear. But at least send the lower ranked people in with good equipment so they have a chance to accomplish something. I'm less sure on why he's actually doing it. He can't be making much if any money doing this considering he can barely survive much less kill anything! |
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I've played a few MMOs. Let me tell you, in a realistic scenario, nobody would ever have this guy in their raid.
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This kinda felt like the premiere of Goblin Slayer but without any Goblin Slayer to save them.
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