Manga Review on Solo Leveling

Synopsis of the Series

10 years ago, after “The Gate” that connected the real world with the monster world opened, some of the ordinary, everyday people received the power to hunt monsters within the Gate. They are known as “Hunters”. However, not all hunters are powerful. Sung Jin-Woo, an E-rank hunter, is someone who has to risk his life in the lowliest of dungeons, the “World’s Weakest hunter”.

Having no skills whatsoever to display, he barely earns enough money by fighting in low-leveled dungeons… at least until he found a hidden dungeon with the hardest difficulty portion of a D-rank dungeon! In the end, as he was accepting death, he suddenly received a strange power, a quest log that only Jin-Woo could see. A secret to leveling up that only he knows about! If Jin-Woo trained in accordance with his quests and hunted monsters, his level would rise. Changing from the weakest hunter to the strongest S-rank hunter around!

My Review of the Series

If you like isekai genres with a level up system and a progressive storyline then boy do I have something for you! This isn’t a real isekai, but more like a fantasy action story with isekai elements. The start of the story is pretty straight forward describing how the world works and who the main character is (E-Ranked, Sung Jin-Woo).

And just from that you can probably guess what this series is about. That this is about a bottom of the totem guy jumping to the top echelon of the society. It goes from 0 to 100 in a matter of a few chapters and you get hooked immediately. Within the first 3 chapters, you’re plunged straight into action and character development that’s way better than some of the other action series out there.

What makes this series stand out is how flushed out the colored artwork and the storyline is! There aren’t any typical tropes. Harems, giants breasts, and filler junk material don’t exist here. If you’re into action and adventure style genres like Deadman Wonderland and Full Metal Alchemist, then this is right up your alley. That said, this is a pretty dark and violent series as well. This is a relatively new series with only 72 chapters right now and is updated frequently! In addition, I’ve given manhuas another chance in my life because of Solo Leveling!

For this Manga Review of Solo Leveling:
My score for this series: 9.25/10
Fullmetal Alchemist as a comparison: 9.0/10