RIP Dubu

This one is "MY GATEWAY TO MANHWA REALM".

I personally think this is ONE OF THE BEST. The plot was pretty common but the storytelling and pacing was great, plus amazing artstyle; character design, background, colouring, effects, everything is done perfectly.

The side characters are not that much involved here. Everything revolves around just the main character. This tale would have got better with some side characters' involvement. Nevertheless, it is still great.

If you have not read this, you should definitely check this out ASAP. You might skip your heartbeat. The excitement this gives is otherworldly. It can get you hooked.

...and now this is getting an anime adaptation. I hope the studio will not let us down.

Everything about this was perfect. There wasn't a single boring moment. Even when the MC went to do some grinding and leveling up. That is a very rare statement for me to make because when it comes to stories about dungeons, there have always been a few times where things get dull. But from beginning to end, I read every single chapter carefully. And the beautiful and intricate art completed the story. In the end, this is definitely a manhwa you can read multiple times and not get tired of. I hope the anime comes out soon as I'm looking forward to it!

Why they tried to turn this franchise into a boruto? Everything is already good, then they decide to write a story that a child has to be exact copy like his father. Same leveling system, same everything, except his son doing it 100x easier. They could write anything else, but they decided not to, probably thinking that when a formula works it would always works.

... Last updated on May 3rd, 2023, 9:50pm

I was under impression that solo leveling is usual online game setting where people can get into an online server such as SAO to play some game. Well, there is that element here, but not quite what SAO was. In fact, the background is our lving world with addition of gates where monster dwells and hunters ('awakened' people) can go to kill mobs and get drops.

I think the first few chapters of Solo Leveling is kind of deceptively dragging me into reading the whole thing. There is certain attractiveness in how Jinwoo gained his infinite growth early on, there was a dungeon with tricky puzzle that was quite fascinating to see. But following that, he just sort of hack and slash pretty much everything that come his way, it gets kind of monotonous. That being said, with such story of monster vs human, Solo Leveling has something that can rival Gantz for me: sort of endless carnage with few intrigue into hunter community, though at some point he start to come and win just like that. Also unlike with Gantz, there's close to no fan-service here, which may or may not be a plus point for some.

Anyway, the story wraps up nicely in 179 chapters and while I may not be a very big fan, it's nice story and art is fine. It definitely won't hurt to read, especially if you like monster vs human themed story.

this is the golden standard of shounen manwhas, with such a short number of chapters, they managed to pace it really well, though there are pros and cons to short chaptered manwhas. well done on the art, storyline, and characters, especially the world building

I think it was a perfect story for what it was. I was worried it would deviate to things off-brand but it never did. Looking forward to the time when I can re-read it again from the beginning.

The artist Jang Seong-rak (Dubu) sadly passed away. T.T

Mediocre, quickly became a monster-of-the-week show, characters couldn't be more bland and forgettable.
I didn't have high expectations and yet it didn't manage to exceed them.
This manhwa has a severe case of DemonSlayerbetes, and there's no cure for it.
Plot?What is that?Is it tasty?

Like a previous review said, the beginning was interesting and there's something I'm waiting for, just good plot building. Maybe even characters I'm going to get to know and be fond of! NOPE

MC keeps leveling up which make sense, no stakes the moment he reach certain level which make sense, BUT instead of focusing on something else like side characters development or building up plot, they focus on MORE mc action AGAIN which gets boring the more I see it (cannot even imagine if I read the novel). It's basically like auto playing a mmorpg games at this point lol.
MC also gets lesser and lesser 'humane' the more he levels up, even with the 'love interest' and his families. His snarks and personality weren't the same as his old weak self, it's like he has nothing but a max leveling person for a (I wouldn't even call) personality.

The 5 points are for the art style and some actions scenes I liked, anything else is just for his shadows and the likeable character which seems livelier than MC

... Last updated on July 4th, 2022, 12:47am