Solo Leveling (Novel)

Description

E-rank hunter Jinwoo Sung has no money, no talent, no prospects to speak and no luck either! When he enters a hidden double dungeon one fateful day, he’s abandoned by his party and left to die at the hands of some of the most horrific monsters he’s ever encountered. But just before the last, fatal blow, PING! Congratulations on becoming a Player.

Source: Yen On

Original Novel:
Joara, KakaoPage, Naver Series, Ridibooks

Official Translations:
English (Tapas, Webnovel), Japanese, Chinese

Type

Novel

Solo Leveling (Spin-Off)

Associated Names

Only I Level Up (Novel)

Ore Dake Level Up na Ken (Novel)

俺だけレベルアップな件（ノベル）

나 혼자만 레벨업 (Novel)

Groups Scanlating

Webnovel

Latest Release(s)

c.1-40 by Webnovel 5 years ago

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Status in Country of Origin

243 WN Chapters + 27 SS Chapters (Complete)
13 Tankōbon Volumes + 1 SS Volume (Complete)
8 Kanzenban Volumes (Complete)

Completely Scanlated?

Yes

Anime Start/End Chapter

Starts at Vol 1, Chap 1 (S1) / Vol 2, Chap 4 (S2)

Ends at Vol 2, Chap 3 (S1) / Vol 3, Chap 6 (S2)

User Reviews

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User Rating

Average: 7.7 / 10.0 (79 votes)

Bayesian Average: 7.31 / 10.0

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13%

Last Updated

December 29th, 2025 11:02pm PST - 2 days ago

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Genre

Action Adventure Drama Fantasy Shounen
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Recommendations

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Author(s)

Chugong

Artist(s)

N/A

Year

2016

Original Publisher

DNC Media

Kadokawa (Japan)

Kakaopage

Serialized In (magazine)

KakaoPage (Kakao)

Licensed (in English)

Yes

English Publisher

Tapas

Webnovel (Complete)

Yen On (8 Volumes - Complete)

Activity Stats (vs. other series)

Weekly Pos #786

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Monthly Pos #1712

(-252)

3 Month Pos #2705

(-686)

6 Month Pos #4145

(-183)

Year Pos #4734

(+113)

List Stats

On 123 reading lists

On 78 wish lists

On 187 completed lists

On 7 unfinished lists

On 77 custom lists

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1,000,000+ Words of Wasted Time

by LazyReviewer
1 year ago

Rating: 3.5 / 10.0

Honestly, the beginning and middle of the story were really interesting. Then it became a slog. Then it became about mindless power ups. And none of the threads I was truly interested in seemed to develop in any satisfactory manner. And I loathed how the main character was the only one who could do anything of value when the fights came around. Then I lost my suspension of disbelief as events happened on the human end that just didn't make sense.

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I loved it until towards the end

by chaechaeboi
2 years ago

Rating: N/A

This seres started great. I read back and forth between an online fan translation and the official English books. The online translation was much better and more charming. The last page of the English book had grammar issues and a plot incongruent statement. It is as though the translator got lazy at the end. I reread the fan translation and that made more sense. My favorite was volume 6 of the English book then it went downhill from there for me. I also disliked the out of order perspectives in the last book. It would have been much more of a pleasant read if it were more chronological. If you take the last book out, it is a 7.5 or 8 to me.

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Don't understand the hype.

by Yousuke
3 years ago

Rating: 6.0 / 10.0

It's a very basic power fantasy. But not a good one.

The premise was good enough at first. But then it immediately turns into a story about sb who gets handed down a ridiculous power and proceeds to do everything on his own. At that point the fictional world as well as characters and antagonists become an afterthought.

I think the Second Coming of Gluttony was similar as a power fantasy, yet more fun to read as side characters mattered and the mc actually interacts with the world instead of steamrolling it.

Or even Novel's Extra if you prefer the mc go solo a lot.

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Really overrated

by MatrixM
4 years ago

Rating: 2.0 / 10.0

The wider story doesn't even make sense.
I can't remember everything that was wrong with this cos it was years ago but I do remember it has horrible characterisations for the most part and arc after arc consists of "oh no big threat" followed by the MC coming in to clean up and everyone reacting to it. It's like a power fantasy circle jerk but it's just the authors doing the jerking on behalf of the MC.

I suspect that this got popular because the webtoon adaptation has art good enough that you don't end up caring about the writing, but i've not read the webtoon.

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Best One Novel

by NationsFather
5 years ago

Rating: N/A

Solo leveling is in reality considered one of my favoured manga. one of the things that I adore approximately is the art, no longer simply that however it’s also coloured. I’m used to reading manga that is in black and white however I’m beginning to get used to studying coloured webcomics and dubai girls like ankita here and the god of high school. the motion elements also are captured very well and I really like how the main person, sung Jin-woo was an e-ranked hunter then worked his ass off to grow to be a robust and badass hunter. the complete plot is pretty interesting and I’m truly no longer disappointed after reading one hundred chapters, it’s a 10/10 for me.

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what this need to have waaayy more votes

by tency23
5 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

the best

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Just read the manhwa

by trololel
6 years ago

Rating: N/A

Good novel except for the ending

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Omg

by lilsmally
6 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

Totally and completely loved this novel, one hundred percent recommend

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"Solo Amazing"

by VaizardPlayer
6 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

A great tale and journey, is hard to say more than that without spoilers.

The author don't leave much plot holes and later explain why only the protagonist gets stronger and the truth about the system, so if you hated " why only him gets stronger" or stopped before that, give it another chance.

And don't forget the side stories, they are like a epilogue and bonus for the fans , all mixed together.

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