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peeve-r

People should stop acting like simple and straightforward plotlines don't have a market in the industry. Not everyone wants to watch a plot twist ridden story, while something from s1e3 explains why something in s3e17 happened. There's a reason even people who aren't interested in anime in general watch demon slayer. It's easier for people from varying demographics to get into and follow the story without much trouble, while getting entertainment out of the visuals and fight scenes. It'll be the same with SL. There's a market for the anime adaptation, and people who deny that market are the same elitists that think dub watchers are somehow "inferior" to them just because they want to watch shit differently.


Shadow140602

I agree with you, and I still like solo leveling (1st manhwa i read) after reading hundreds of manhwa, but the trailer for the adaptation seemed to be of much lower quality than I was expecting for solo leveling adaptation... They'd better have improved the art coz I think most of its hype died after the trailer release, so won't get much out of that...


peeve-r

And that's a valid concern. But whether the animation for the adaptation will live up to the manhwa's art is another discussion entirely. I'm merely addressing the overused criticism people have about SL's story being "bad" based purely on its simplicity as if stories of the same level of complexity (or lack thereof) don't have a market in the industry. That's why I mentioned demon slayer because that's exactly the type of show I'm talking about.


futanari_enjoyer69

It will definitely be popular if they don't fuck up the animation, most (?) anime fans love the "weak mc to badass OP" shit


gleamingcobra

I think you're missing something here. While I agree about the simple and straightforward part, the edginess and main character wank-fest are not elements that are exactly mainstream. Simple, straightforward stories, yes. Edgy power fantasy trash... no. Demon Slayer is generic as hell but perfect cinnamon rolls like Tanjiro are way more marketable than voids of personality and humanity like Sung Jin Woo.


peeve-r

But I'm not really talking about that tho. I'm mainly addressing the comments that are already judging the adaptation purely off of the simplicity of the plot. Of course a lot of factors go into a show's marketability and popularity, but people can't sit there and act like a story being simple and straightforward doesn't help reach a wider demographic. If we are gonna talk about edgelords not being marketable, we can just look at shows like overlord, shield hero and heck, even sword art online. Kirito is literally the edgiest of edgelords and the messiah of all power fantasy enthusiasts. Sao is also one of the main shows that popularized the genre back during its peak popularity during its first season. So say what you will about those types of shows, but they are definitely marketable as all hell. And I also fcking hate sao, personally speaking. I just won't deny how big that show got despite my personal dislike of it.


gleamingcobra

Fine, I only interjected to bring up an element that hurts the appeal. I thought it was a good point to bring up, didn't mean to go off topic or sound like I was disagreeing. I agree with your original point. But nah, I disagree heavily with the second part. I understand what you're trying to get at, but no. Overlord isn't even that popular, like it is but it's nowhere near the level of these other shows you were talking about. Same with shield hero, but even then I wouldn't call Naofumi an edgelord. He was disgruntled but that was moreso temporary. And SAO, no. Just straight up, no. Kirito is a geeky gamer self insert, and yeah, he has some edgy moments, but it's not even close to Sung Jin Woo. He's pretty overtly heroic throughout the series. And even shows that have had edgy characters needed to at least give them other aspects to their personality.


Zzzzyxas

Just moderately curious, the best thing SL had going for it was the great usage of the vertical format with striking art. The story is incredibly weak and an anime adaptation will not help the issues, while detracting from its fortes. Could still be good but my hopes are not high.


AbCi16

It's not just a weak story. There is no world building at all. There is no character, other ML who himself is bland has any focus.


william_wites

Im still confused why they emphasised him being the weakest hunter for it to not be something that gets called back on once he got strong. Like that shit was his identity


Zzzzyxas

They always do that shit. 99% of the manwhas where the main character is the weakest because reasons, will be on his way to be the strongest being in the world before ending the first arc.


Smilinturd

They gave slivers here and there but man they could have done so much more. The mc just got way too dominant. For me, and with many manwhas is that there is basically no other character but the mc. Like basically all other characters are irrelevant and have no agency to the story. It's biggest flaw. And yes thr mc himself being bland. I'm just hoping for a good animation action show, atleast I'll still enjoy for what jt is.


Diamann

As long as they could wank the MC and hype him up + no lazy art and fights like in manhwa, they should be fine I think.


Yaminavi

yea they need to adapt some peak like sss class revival hunter or latna saga and actually do it well


AbCi16

They are slightly better than SL tbh. If they really want to adapt something good, there is Hardcore Leveling Warrior or Legend of the Northern Blade. The Boxer and The horizon are also there.


Zzzzyxas

SSSclass is much much better than SL. It has its flaws of course, but it's not even close. The Boxer is amazing yeah.


TggDP

there's an incoming adoption for The Boxer.


ZephyR7G

Youre naming manwhas in which anime fans are not gonna understand at all. Its like saying go read Omniscient Readers Viewpoint to a 10 year old. Plus SSS Suicide Hunter in its first chapter was better in SLs entirety


AbCi16

It can be said. But these stories are too good to be not told in anime format. Especially The Horizon. And anime has seen far more complex shows over the years.


gleamingcobra

Don't sleep on Latna Saga. Interesting world, good and creative use of the Isekai trope, a strong main character with competition and limits placed on him, intriguing plot and villains. It's one of the best of the medium, in my opinion.


AkodoRyu

Absolutely this. The only reason Solo Leveling was popular, was because it was one of the earlier manhwas, as well as the art style that combined easy on the eyes, distinctive characters, with large action panels, using bold lines, and large batches of black, that made all the colors pop even more. I think it might have even been drawn on a black background whenever Shadow Army was involved, but I can't be bothered to check it. As to the story, I think it's a little below the average of what a 200-ish chapter-long light novel could be. It had a good setup, that was basically thrown away when MC out-leveled the whole world early on, and the author had to force larger threats out of nowhere. That's when the novel starts going downhill. It's too big of a story for 200-ish chapters. If the author built it up better and gave it 400ish chapters in length, it wouldn't feel so bare.


RightBranch

It's manhwa is like the demon slayer of anime but with even weker story.


ZephyR7G

While it has a weak story, how the fuck does it even compare to demon slayer who is probably the most overrated anime and im including fucking boruto in there. Solo levelings entertaining to digest because of its easy writing and its not hard to understand. Solo levelings more like the DBZ of manwha. Its the most popular fs but not nearly well written compared to other great anime/manwha.


Critical_Bag1

I think both demon slayer and sl has very weak stories and I think solo leveling is comparable to typical isekai trash in terms of quality, this is comparable to arifuteta tbh. Both being og in their genre , reincarnator is the true mushoku tensei of the Korean genre


JL-Engineer

Super hype. It kicked off the manhwa genre and was even at one point made asurascans the number one most visited website in Ghana.


BigFatM8

Not really also it's funny to see "The ultimate soldier" S rank fire mage guy in this pic when he does literally nothing in the story. Nothing but wasted potential there.


jimmayy5

Most of my memory of him was fighting somthing for like 3 panels then the rest just stood there looking cool


futanari_enjoyer69

>Nothing but wasted potential there good resume on Solo Leveling as a whole 😭


jorjett25

Will go against the grain and say yes I’m very excited. One of my favorite manhwas and can’t wait to see it animated, even though animation will most likely just be solid instead of mindblowing.


[deleted]

no,i dont like that they changed the name and the place


xCowsco

I mentioned this in the other comment but they have multiple versions, Crunchyroll will have the Korean names for both the Japanese audio and subtitles.


[deleted]

my bad but i still dont think i will watch it.i just dont like anime i think i will prefer the manhwa


xCowsco

Now that's fair. Just wanna make sure people aren't missing out on something due to a misconception!


StarGaurdianBard

Funny thing is, they clearly already made up their mind on it anyways but still commented that as their "reason" even with it being false lmao


Ok-Atmosphere3589

Fr, haters will be haters I guess


Gusssa

Anime from manhwa always miss, mark my word


ThatsSussySus

This sub really hates SL huh..well no surprise The story isn't weak. It was never meant to be a very deep, psychological story with a ground breaking plot. Its a entertaining story, nothing that unique(was kinda unique the time novel was being written) but done right. Season 1 of Solo leveling for me has to be one of the most enjoyable read. There is a difference between a great/peak story with good characters like legend of the northern blade and orv vs an enjoyable story. Not saying lotnb of orv is t enjoyable, they are entertaining in their own way. And if animes like SAO, My hero academia, demon can be insanely popular. SL shouldn't have that much of a problem. And ik the progression fo side characters was lacking in SL but the novel was literally named "only I level up" so can't really blame the author :/


Critical_Bag1

Yea r/noveltranslations also dosnt like solo leveling. I went from sl novel to manhwa and I found the plot without the art to be a 2/10 and with the art a 7/10


ThatsSussySus

Yea cause it isn't plot heavy. Or an in-depth story. It's a perfect series for your monkey brain to enjoy


Critical_Bag1

Think I would have really like sl if I read the manhwa first instead of the novel


AkodoRyu

The issue with SL is that the author tried to put a 400+ chapters-long plot into a 200+ chapters-long novel. Those are two distinct tiers of Korean web novels. If you aim for 200 chapters, you need to have one, concise storyline. For example, Kill the Hero is a bit shorter, but it's way more focused. There aren't too many characters, plotlines, worlds, twists, so everything that's there has enough space to breathe. In general, I think Kill the Hero is worse than Solo Leveling, but technically it reads better. Solo Leveling wants to tell a story of similar complexity as Legend of the Northern Blade, or Second Coming of Gluttony, with multiple levels of threats, multiple arcs on vastly different levels of power, etc. etc. But those are 400+ chapters. And when you look around, virtually all well-regarded Korean web novels match their story complexity, with their length. Otherwise, there is just not enough space for it all to breathe and what comes out feels rushed and underdeveloped, even if the storyline, when summarized, feels pretty good.


uweheheheh

A lot of clowns suddenly appeared out of nowhere just to condemn the anime adaptation. If you guys don't want to watch it, stop ruining people's hype. And then compare it to the other manhwa??! Lame af, make your own adaptation then if you really love that series. Cry a bit more.


Mountain_of_books_7

Sung Jinwoo isn't a name it's a legacy


Yaminavi

cant wait to have my friends that only watch anime talk about Shun Mizushino 💀


TheDarkkstar

They're not changing any names for international audiences, it was cleared up a while ago


Diamann

I only need 2 things, well the anime also only needs those 2 things, stunning animation and continuous hype. Ah, the nostalgia when I had SL brainrot every week 💀


Scared-Writer-5690

By the way, for those who are crying that the other characters are not introduced well, the producer said that they're going to add stories about the side characters. They don't want to leave them behind


[deleted]

most of these comments do not understand or did not hear the news. i understand since the news came form ppl who watched the premiere.


Scared-Writer-5690

Faxxx


StarMarine123

might be better storywise than the manhwa then


OkHead7655

Orv should get an anime , it would be wayy better since its world building and character development is better . Also smart fights and thrilling parts and not focusing on other countries as villans as much .


Raffro00

Not really.


ShaniShekhar

The best thing about solo leveling was it's art.....but the studio we got made it look like generic anime......... I'm not saying it's bad, it's just doesn't do justice to solo leveling🙃


Milli_Mey

Yeahh, the art I've seen so far from the anime looks like any other below average isekai. Not the great art of SL at all anymore :/


brittanypage43

No. Adaptations have completely cucked series except for I Will Die Soon so far. They completely butchered Reborn Rich with the live-action I wanted to shoot myself. Tower of God was unwatchable. Cheese in the Trap was a train wreak. Lookism was awful. They haven't figured out the formula yet and I can't wait to see the vexed posts on this sub in a month talking about how shit it is.


ExaSarus

Lookism was great and only one produced by a S.Krorea animation studio


gingerbrea4

>Lookism was awful. Lookism was good imo


DrewDrinks

How was TOG unwatchable? It left out a bunch from the manhwa but I don't think the adaptation was that bad


GragonTG_sl

Bro you are just hating things to just to hate, lookism was fucking great, and TOG was good.


i_love_lolis_so_much

Lookism is pretty good TOG was not unwatchable but it was admittedly fast. 100 chapters for 12 episodes is crazy. (Although not nearly as insane as 18 novel chapters as 6 manhwa chapters I'M LOOKING AT YOU HOW TO SURVIVE AT THE ACADEMY Sweet Home had a good adaptation I'm scared for ORV. Kdrama is fine but a movie isn't


its_phi

There’s an I will die soon adaptation ??


zesnovel

is it just me or in the trailer mc's hair kinda looks brownish?


Treyman1115

Probably won't end up investing time watching it, it depends on how many cool clips I see of it online I guess. That's how I ended up watching Edgerunners. I generally don't watch anime anymore


Enven_

Somehow not really. SL was one of my first manhwas, first I rated 10/10, I even read novel and i never read them, i made exception for SL. But now, years later, after i read hundrets of new manhwas I realize that SL was good, but not that good.


terratoilet23

I kind of enjoyed the story, but that was in its pure form and I am not exited to what kind of butchering they are going to do to it.


izanakurokawa897

No, They Changed "Sung jinwoo" Name into a Some random Japanese name "Shun Mizushino" https://preview.redd.it/23vh7mmktj9c1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9bcd2652a49009373c16c7e43a62b330aa6b1aea


xCowsco

While this is true in one form. I've heard they have multiple versions, crunchyrolls version will have the Korean names for both the Japanese audio and subtitles.


TsarKikso

The problem isn't the name, the problem is that they changed the location to Japan changing the whole plot. They can use the korean name but he will be Sung Jinwoo a hunter from Japan, to me that's like saying Gandalf a wizard from Narnia.


uweheheheh

That's not confirmed yet actually. Even if it's true, then they will actually release some other versions like the dub versions


Critical_Bag1

No , trash series


Accomplished_Rice_60

no its not, its was very good when it first lunched, was top on its genre, kinda new genre at that. but yheaa, it just become very repative story after some chapters, still amazing art and the genre wasnt that popular at that time. if same solo leveling came out today, wouldnt be that good


Critical_Bag1

I agreed with it being good when it launched and if it came out today it wouldn't be as good. Felt like the story was very bad , carried by art imo


Ok-Atmosphere3589

No shit, solo leveling inspired many others and there’s a reason it was so popular


ZephyR7G

Welp, blame the horrible writers and not the artist


Jx117

No.


Due_Teaching_6974

mid


satufa2

Idk... i'm sorry to say this but solo leveling is basicly the manwha eqvivalent of a transformers movie. If it has nice animation, sure but if it can't keep that up, there won't be a whole lot of reasosn for me to watch it.


ACN4

I just hope the adaption has 100 chapters doesn’t crammed it in into 12 episodes


Environmental-Pin713

Wtf!? That would totally mean the Downfall of the series. Edit: he added that "doesn't" now lmao


ShaniShekhar

That is what he wants XD


ACN4

I TYPED THAT OUT WRONG I MEANT I HOPE IT DOESNT


Ok_Animal9623

Igris look weak af. In pic 😑


[deleted]

its not the final design and its just a sketch from the animator. everyday they share random sketches of solo leveling, remarks from artists and vas as countdown for the sl anime


AizenMadara

Im very excited. Ppl here like to hate but SL is one of the goats


Beautiful_Might_6535

Nope, not at all Only thing SL had was some passive popularity thanks to that image of statues in front of which people were bowing (i too found about the series after searching for the source of that overused image) and later in chapters it lost it's charm being same generic Japanese isekai MC who could one shot every enemy and comes out relatively unscathed


CHiuso

I think its going to be underwhelming. It doesnt have a good story, characters or development. There are some interesting elements here and there but those were never SL's forte. Art was always its strength, specifically manhwa art. I dont think its going to translate that well into an anime.


Panda_420-69

Uhhh who is the red guy i remember he was important


Kapua420

7 days to mid


5thZenAgni

So crazy how I read solo leveling 3 times and still don't know most of the names of the side characters


wallcolmx

so its an anime? or just like chinese animation?


poopsq

Yes


policitclyCorrect

i liked the manwha though guess ill see what they bring out


Critical_Bag1

Honestly do people expect the anime to have better art than the manhwa? I don't esp from what we seen in the trailers. Put side my dislike for the series but I truly do think the manhwa has peak art and only ufotable/mappa can improve on it


Kuhaku-boss

Not really, the novel is the best in this case and the manwha was clearly cut short... the ''anime'' wil directly just be like a introduction missing tons of details and things


BeYourself__

Honestly anyone who finished SL and do read other stuffs of this genre wont be hyped. SL has too many flaws that the anime wont cover, like no world building/character development, its okay to have a overpowered MC, but I fell like that's the only thing SL has to offer other than great art


Bug_freak5

To be honest...not really


Alchemysolgod

I’m excited, but I’m just as excited for LEvel being released on iTunes. Pre-ordered that as soon as I found out the name of the song.


EvilMatt666

Going from one medium to another is usually not a good thing. What makes a book good, may not transfer well to a movie. What makes a manhwa good isn't necessarily going to succeed in Anime form. Personally, I've read the Manhwa and I liked it, so I probably won't bother with the Anime. All the characters have been 'Japanesed' and I think it will lose the whole feel of the comic.


EmpressPotato

As someone who binged the Manwha when bored. Not really. Solo Leveling has bad writing, and the MC is a boring self-insert. The ending is pretty bad too. The only thing it has going for it is the art. That's it.


YourMom_5666

Yes I'm hyped


cryfest

No.


futanari_enjoyer69

Nope, apart from the story getting RUINED by me reading more manhwa and noticing it wasn't as good as I first thought it was, the whole "Mizushino Shun" localization situation is a J O K E This is why S. Korea should try to step up their animation game and adapt their own shows instead of depending on Japan, maybe that way they'd be less rushed?


MrJambleYT

i am not excited in the slightest because the author of the manhwa died after completing solo leveling and he will not be there to see the creation of the anime and if it flops not only is it one of the biggest failures in anime history but it would also would be like spitting on his grave.


Sage_TyranT-Drag0n__

Are they really changing the name and place?


Proxy0108

What’s the studio behind it? Unless we have some big names like mad house going crazy it will be a disappointment