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| loved it. I like the art, it feels and looks similar to old art style. had goosebumps when the statues eyes moved. truly fantastic already |
Reply to LKvido
Looks amazing but why do we get to see characters from later on in 1st episode
LKvido said: Looks amazing but why do we get to see characters from later on in 1st episode They used them to introduce the viewers to the story and do world building. Following only the MC we wouldn't get much info this early on on what's going on. So I think this was a good change to get people hooked on the series in the first episode. |
Reply to AnimeIs4Kidz
Just Meh.
Giving it 3 more eps to get interesting.
Giving it 3 more eps to get interesting.
| @AnimeIs4Kidz They chose to do a bunch of introduction which made the first episode a bit slow. That was a mistake because "bullets don't work" "dungeons just appear" is a lazy and bad idea and it was bad writing to explain it. If you didn't like the first episode, you're not going to like the series. It would be a solidly mid-tier isekai style show but the author foolishly waters it down by investing time explaining things like guild politics that just demonstrate his world makes no sense and is inconsistent. Humans wouldn't act the way he has them act etc. It has the same rabid fanbase any manga can get. If someone has never read anything before, it's literally the best thing they've ever read. 10 years from now when they have a bit of experience they'll read it again and wonder what the heck they were thinking when they liked it. |
Reply to -_Dread_-
When a cancerous anime studio adapts a cancerous overhyped fanfiction level garbage tier webtoon you know that you will get a dreadful abomination like the Solo Leveling anime. Don't watch this pile of trash.
| @DreadfulControl And yet you plan to waste your time watching this "pile of trash?" Why... |
| People on MAL refuse to actually enjoy watching anime. Your taste in anime isn't a personality trait. MAL is literally just anime Twitter as its own website lol. |
| I was really worried how this adaptation would go but so far I think episode 1 was solid. I'm bummed out it's only 12 episodes instead of 24 because I don't think the anime will get to the most hype parts depending on how many chapters per episode. |
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| Great first episode with great animation. looking forward to the next episode, shit is gonna be amazing. Sung drip woo is boutta go crazy |
| cool fighting scenes, don't have too much to say about it because not a lot was presented, but it's obviously going to get better from here as far as i can tell |
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| Already amazing! Adaptation of one of the best and popular manhwa. And a top tier studio A-1 Pictures. We also have Hiroyuki Sawano and TOMORROW X TOGETHER. ❤️ Also I love Cha Hae-In |
| Oppai check! 111 cm: Hancock 110 cm: Zoro 100 cm: Robin |
| After several delays, Solo Leveling, one of the most popular manhwas, has finally arrived, brought to life by A-1 Pictures studios. Decades ago, portals appeared connecting to other dimensions, bringing with them monsters that couldn't be killed by normal weapons. The only ones capable of facing them were the 'Hunters,' classified by their magical power levels. However, no matter how hard they try, their attributes won't improve. Sung Jin-Woo is our protagonist, a Rank E 'Hunter' considered the weakest among the weak. One day, he and his companions join an expedition into a dungeon. Although the dungeon seems easy for his companions, Sung, being quite weak, gets injured but decides to continue as he's the sole financial support for his family. Thus begins their journey through another dungeon, which turns out to be a moral trap... Will Jin-Woo and his companions make it out alive? I'm quite intrigued by this anime as I haven't read the manhwa. There are other interesting characters like Cha Hae-In or the Rank S 'Hunters' who seem to be involved in dealings with the government. In my opinion, it's a good start. The OP didn't quite win me over, but it might grow on me over time. The animation is decent, and the story leaves viewers wanting more. |
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| was not as bad as i was expecting. probably the first time the show looks better than the trailer. cha hae-in fanservice was a surprise. the manhwa was disappointing but so far i don't hate this. |
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| I didnt expect a good adaptation and i got it! so thankful for this, and it will get better! They even say the korean names, thats a plus. Pretty clean animation. The VA for Lee Joohee sounded american for a second there lol. I wonder if the is an indicator that we will get the animated! |
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| Well i've never read the source at all, but consider all the hype i decide to ride the train as well. This is decent surprisingly, and Cha Hae-in already fillin up my heart already with her short cool introduction. The fact that they still keep the korean name, not a certain webtoon adaptation, makes me think, this have a potential to be more enjoyable. In short, really looking forward to see the next. |
 Hide and seek is the best offline games on this fatamorgana-called-world-thing. Please comment nicely. I am newbie here. I'm level  on mal-badges. View my badges  |
| Welp, i had low expectation for this given the premise/ title, but this is as generic as expected. Semi good animation with boring special protag-kun that'd turn from wimpy annoying kid to gigached, the usual. Was expecting some actual stake for the setting when they mention the monsters have open the portal to the world, but turns out is more like a one way thing for hunter to loot instead of an actual threat. Also the world setting make no sense at all. So you tell me there're those portal that lead to isekai monsters that're known by the whole world, but instead of letting the military / national force to control them, you say they let random citizens who awaken power to loot as they please to make a living/ risk their lives? Like seriously? And you cant get more powerful from the point you awaken power, meaning going inside the dungeon is only for the loot. But ofc Protag-kun gonna be the special chosen one who's the only one who can level up and becomes op amirite? The usual generic stuffs. Also for a system that has developed for 10 years, the party system makes zero sense too. So you tell me ppl of a B rank~D rank will just take the publicly known weakest hunter on earth to a higher rank dungeon and let him just leech the pt? There's no restriction/ regulation of which rank can access which level of dungeon? People take low ass rank people out of pure charity for no reason? I dont even see the mc do the chore like backup work/ loot managing. They just let him leech back there taking loot. Overall it's as mid as I expected, but ofc decent animation sprinkling with some gore, Mal users gonna hype this generic shit you've seen it a million times up to 8.55 score. Man, idk why when KR make the same shit JP does a million times, their popularity usually get skyrocketed compare to the JP variant. It's like those Chinese/ KR tags give bonus point out of thin air because the western audience find it refreshing? |
Ventus_SJan 6, 5:27 PM
| I knew nothing about this anime or MAWHA before starting this and I'm so far impressed. Both Sung and Joohee are cute. Sucks that you are stuck with your shitty powers if you don't get luck with as S rank. The first episode was actually really good and I'm excited to see more. I can't imagine how Sung is going to survive this S tier boss room considering he almost died from a small green monster that was also E rank. I wish I could binge this. I want more already!! |
As a wise man once said, "No one hates anime more than anime fans"  |
| Pretty decent first episode. It could have benefitted from a longer first episode or maybe 2 or 3 episodes to not end in a cliffhanger like it did. I like the art of Manhwa, and I have hopes that the anime will do it justice. I'll be around weekly. |
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| I’ve been wanting to read the Manhwa for Solo leveling but I was waiting for it to end so I could read it then they announced an adaptation after the Manhwa ended so than I was like i guess I’ll wait for the adaptation and now it’s here really cool first episode . |
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| so glad to see this manwha finally animated, and that first episode was incredible. A1 Pictures is cooking with this one |
| I could agree with you, but then we'd both be wrong. |
| Been a long time coming. A lot of characters are being introduced way too early I think. But aside from that, I'm very optimistic about this adaptation, going from this first episode. |
| Sure! Let the dude who dies to Rank E goblins be the decisive vote. What could go wrong? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Somewhat "decent" start despite the initial premise being so incredibly generic. Action sequences remind me a lot of SAO's latest entries and OST sure carried hard during most scenes, I must say. |
| I hope they won't mess up the pacing since it only has 12 episodes. Great start to the show. |
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Reply to Eclipsestorm4
The episode was pretty good, but one thing stood out to me. He says that he needs this job because his mom is in the hospital (?) and he wants his sister to go to college. But also, he's so weak that he's regularly ending up in the hospital for weeks at a time. I hope they explain that, because it doesn't really make sense. As an E-rank hunter who can barely afford a bad weapon, I can't imagine he's making enough money where another job isn't vastly more economical. Not only would he have to pay extra hospital bills, but he also wouldn't be able to work in that time.
| @Eclipsestorm4 why did you have to point out this lol i now can't stop thinking about how dumb that is even more so now with people that can just cast healing magic and cure life threating wounds surely someone would be kind enough to heal her also how is this boy getting out of the hospital if hes broke as fuck ,also i know all these gates are opening as the main way to have this series treat it like a mmo raiding game but what about folks that just have super powers in the real world i feel like that would become a major problem if you just have 1000s of magic users with powerful gear that are far better than Conventional Weapons no clue if that becomes a issue later on but i feel like you got 2 big problems now no shot none of these people just wanna be big crimers and not care about this "raiding" shit over all it was fine could've used a 48min premiere get it was just 1 episode but this thing is insanely overhype it's hard to not block that out of my mind for what seems like a Gate real life MMO it's at least intense with danger but who knows how long that will last with what it seems to be a power fantasy from what ive heard |
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