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Solo Leveling (나 혼자만 레벨업, Na Honjaman Lebel-eob) known as I Level Up Alone in English is a Korean novel written by Chu-Gong, It was serialized in Papyrus and later in KakaoPage and concluded with 14 volumes and 270 chapters. In April 13, 2018, a webtoon serialization started in Korean mobile site KakaoPage drawn by artists Hyeon – Gun and Jang Sung-Rak.1
Solo Leveling (hangeul : 나 혼자만 레벨업, RR : Na honjaman lebel-eob) est une série de romans sud-coréens écrite par Chugong et publiée en ligne sur KakaoPage1 avant d’être éditée par D&C Media sous sa marque de publication Papyrus2. La série est composée de 14 volumes et de 270 chapitres.
Une adaptation en webtoon, illustrée par Dubu (Redice Studio), est publiée sur le site KakaoPage depuis le 4 mars 2018 en Corée du Sud3. La version française est éditée et publiée par Delcourt sur sa plateforme en ligne Verytoon depuis le 25 janvier 2021, et en volume physique depuis le 7 avril 2021 dans sa collection KBooks.4.
Solo Leveling (나 혼자만 레벨업, Na Honjaman Lebel-eob) known as I Level Up Alone in English is a Korean novel written by Chu-Gong, It was serialized in Papyrus and later in KakaoPage and concluded with 14 volumes and 270 chapters. In April 13, 2018, a webtoon serialization started in Korean mobile site KakaoPage drawn by artists Hyeon – Gun and Jang Sung-Rak.
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Solo Leveling (나 혼자만 레벨업, Na Honjaman Lebel-eob) known as I Level Up Alone in English is a Korean novel written by Chu-Gong, It was serialized in Papyrus and later in KakaoPage and concluded with 14 volumes and 270 chapters. In April 13, 2018, a webtoon serialization started in Korean mobile site KakaoPage drawn by artists Hyeon – Gun and Jang Sung-Rak.
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Solo LevelingFirst webtoon adaptation volume cover, featuring Sung Jin-wooAuthorChugongCountrySouth KoreaLanguageKoreanGenreAction, fantasyPublisherD&C Media (Korean)Webnovel (English)Yen Press (English)PublishedJuly 25, 2016 – October 10, 2018 (KakaoPage)November 4, 2016 – April 18, 2018 (D&C Media)December 21, 2018 – June 24, 2019 (Webnovel)December 29, 2021 (Final chapter)Media typeweb novelNo. of books14
Solo Leveling나 혼자만 레벨업Na Honjaman RebeleopAuthorChugongIllustratorDubu (Redice Studio)PublisherD&C MediaWebtoonserviceKakaoPage (South Korea)Piccoma (Japan)Tapas (English)Pocket Comics (English)Webnovel (English)Tappytoon (English)Yen Press (English)Original runMarch 4, 2018 – December 29, 2021Volumes9Anime television seriesDirected byShunsuke NakashigeWritten byNoboru KimuraMusic byHiroyuki SawanoStudioA-1 PicturesLicensed byCrunchyroll SEA: MedialinkOriginal networkTokyo MX, GYT, Gunma TV, BS11, CBC, ytvOriginal run January 7, 2024 – presentEpisodes9 (List of episodes)
Solo LevelingKorean nameHangul나 혼자만 레벨업TranscriptionsRevised RomanizationNa Honjaman RebeleopMcCune–ReischauerNa Honjaman ReberŏpJapanese nameKanji俺だけレベルアップな件KanaおれだけレベルアップなけんTranscriptionsRomanizationOre dake Reberuappu na Ken
Solo Leveling, also alternatively translated as Only I Level Up (Korean: 나 혼자만 레벨업; RR: Na Honjaman Rebeleop), is a South Korean web novel written by Chugong. It was serialized in Kakao's digital comic and fiction platform KakaoPage beginning on July 25, 2016, and was later published in by D&C Media under their Papyrus label since November 4, 2016. The novel has been licensed in English by Yen Press.[1]
A webtoon adaptation of Solo Leveling was first serialized in KakaoPage on March 4, 2018; it was illustrated by Jang Sung-rak (Dubu). The webtoon's first season concluded on March 19, 2020, and its second season was released from August 2020 to December 2021. Its individual chapters have been collected and published by D&C Media in nine volumes as of August 2023.[2] The webtoon has been licensed in English by Yen Press.[3]
An anime television series adaptation produced by A-1 Pictures premiered in January 2024. A Korean drama adaptation is in development and spin-off webtoon Solo Leveling: Ragnarok is set to premiere in 2024.[4] A role-playing video game is in development at Netmarble.[5]
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In a world where hunters — human warriors who possess supernatural abilities — must battle deadly monsters to protect mankind from certain annihilation, a notoriously weak hunter named Sung Jinwoo finds himself in a seemingly endless struggle for survival. One day, after narrowly surviving an overwhelmingly powerful double dungeon that nearly wipes out his entire party, a mysterious program called the System chooses him as its sole player and in turn, gives him the unique ability to level up in strength. This is something no other hunter is able to do, as a hunter's abilities are set once they awaken. He also unlocks a deeper ability to turn anyone he kills into a loyal minion called a Shadow. Jinwoo then sets out on a journey as he fights against all kinds of enemies, both man and monster, to discover the secrets of the dungeons and the true source of his powers.
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Sung Jin-woo
Voiced by: Taito Ban[6] (Japanese); Aleks Le[7] (English)
Japanese name: Shun Mizushino (水篠 旬, Mizushino Shun)
Sung Jin-woo (성진우; Seong Jin-u) is the main protagonist of the series. Originally an infamously weak E-Rank hunter, he gets the chance of a lifetime when he is selected as the Player of a magical program called the System and gains the unique ability to grow in strength without limit. By taking advantage of this new power offered to him by the System, Jinwoo eventually rises up to become humanity's greatest hunter, but also eventually finds himself to be a major player in a war that has been going on forever between the Rulers and the Monarchs, two groups of unbelievably powerful humanoids who have their own agendas with mankind.
Yoo Jin-ho
Voiced by: Genta Nakamura[6] (Japanese); Justin Briner[7] (English)
Japanese name: Kenta Morobishi (諸菱 賢太, Morobishi Kenta)
Yoo Jin-ho (유진호; Yu Jin-ho) is a Korean D-Rank Hunter and Jinwoo's best friend. He comes from a very wealthy family and eventually becomes the vice chairman of Jinwoo's guild after he impresses the latter with his sense of loyalty and commitment. Jinho also shares a brother-like relationship with Jinwoo, due to the fact that he is estranged from his biological brother and tends to dress up in very fancy and expensive armor that he usually buys from foreign manufacturers, which serves as a prominent running gag throughout the series.
Sung Jin-ah
Voiced by: Haruna Mikawa[8] (Japanese); Rebecca Wang[7] (English)
Japanese name: Aoi Mizushino (水篠 葵, Mizushino Aoi)
Sung Jinah (성진아; Seong Jin-a) is Jinwoo's younger sister. Unlike her brother, she is not a hunter and is a student in high school.
Park Kyung-hye
Japanese name: Satoko Mizushino (水篠 聡子, Mizushino Satoko)
Park Kyung-hye (박경혜; Bak Gyeong-hye) is Jinwoo and Jinah's mother. Four years before the events of the main storyline, she suddenly became ill with Eternal Slumber, an incurable and magically induced sleeping disorder, and fell into a coma soon after, forcing Jinwoo to take over as the breadwinner of the family in her place. However, about four years later, Jinwoo was able to cure her condition and wake her up by using a rare potion he crafted while training with the System.
Lee Joo-hee
Voiced by: Rina Honnizumi[9] (Japanese); Dani Chambers[7] (English)
Japanese name: Eri Mizuki (観月 絵里, Mizuki Eri)
Lee Joohee (이주희; I Ju-hui) is a Korean B-Rank hunter who specializes in healing magic and one of Jinwoo's old friends during his days as an E-Rank Hunter. Although she survives the double dungeon alongside Jinwoo, she is left shell-shocked by the experience and ultimately retires after failing to overcome the mental trauma she suffered from the incident.
Cha Hae-in
Voiced by: Reina Ueda[6] (Japanese); Michelle Rojas[7] (English)
Japanese name: Shizuku Kousaka (向坂 雫, Kōsaka Shizuku)
Cha Hae-In (차해인; Cha Hae-in) is a Korean S-Rank Hunter who specializes in swordsmanship and the only female S-Rank in the country. She has a rare condition that causes other hunters to smell foul to her and eventually develops romantic feelings for Jinwoo after witnessing him in action and discovering that he is the only hunter she has ever met who actually smells nice to her.
Sung Il-hwan
Japanese name: Junichro Mizushino (水篠 ジュンイチロー, Mizushino Junichiro)
Sung Il-Hwan (성일환; Seong Il-hwan) was a Korean S-Rank Hunter, Kyung-Hye's husband, and Jinwoo and Jinah's father. Ten years before the events of the main storyline, he suddenly disappeared inside a dungeon while on a raid, leaving his family to presume him dead. However, about a decade later, he returned to the human world to aid his son in the coming war against the Monarchs and was eventually revealed to be a Rulers' vessel, one of the seven humans chosen by the Rulers to serve them as their hosts. Although Il-Hwan ultimately succeeded in his mission, he ended up exerting far more power than his body could handle in his last battle with the Monarchs and consequently died afterwards in his son's arms, with Jinwoo unable to do anything to save him.
Go Gun-hee
Voiced by: Banjō Ginga[6] (Japanese); Kent Williams[7] (English)
Japanese name: Kyoomi Gotou (後藤 清臣, Gotō Kyoomi)
Go Gunhee (고건희; Gu Geon-hui) was a Korean S-Rank Hunter and the Chairman of the Korean Hunters' Association, the government agency responsible for overseeing all the hunters, gates, and guilds active within Korea. Although he was later revealed to be a Rulers' vessel, he suffered from a variety of health problems due to his old age, preventing him from using his powers to their maximum output, and was ultimately killed by the Monarchs in battle.
Thomas Andre
Thomas Andre (토마스 안드레; Tomaseu Andeure) is one of the strongest hunters in America and one of the five National Level Hunters, ranking 1st in the world. He is also a Rulers' vessel and is nicknamed the Goliath due to his large build and immense superhuman strength. He later befriends Jinwoo after the latter defeats him in a fight and give him Kamish's Wrath, the strongest magical weapon in the world, as a gift.
Liu Zhigang
Liu Zhigang (류즈캉; Ryu Jeu-kang) is the strongest hunter in China and one of the five National Level Hunters, ranking 2nd in the world. He is also a Rulers' vessel and was the strongest hunter in Asia until Jinwoo surpassed him in power. He later becomes on good terms with Jinwoo when they meet each other for the first time during the annual guild conference.
Christopher Reed
Christopher Reed (크리스토퍼 리드; Keuriseutopeo Rideu) was one of the strongest hunters in America and one of the five National Level Hunters, ranking 3rd in the world. He was also a Rulers' vessel and the first of the seven to be killed by the Monarchs.
Siddharth Bachchan
Siddharth Bachchan (싯다르트 밧찬; Sitdareuteu Batchan) is the strongest hunter in India and one of the five National Level Hunters, ranking 4th in the world. He is also a Rulers' vessel and the only one of the seven to never make a physical appearance in the webtoon.
Goto Ryuji
Goto Ryuji (고토 류지; Goto Ryuji) was the strongest hunter in Japan. Despite the fact that he was small fry compared to the National Level Hunters, Goto was very egotistical and had a callous disregard for human life. His hubris ultimately cost him his life when he was later killed in one hit by a powerful ant monster called the Ant King during a raid on the Jeju Island S-Rank Gate.
Hwang Dong-soo
Voiced by: Junichi Suwabe
Japanese name: Masato Ukyo (右京 将人, Ukyo Masato)
Hwang Dongsoo (황동수; Hwang Dong-su) was a Korean S-Rank Hunter based in America who attempted to kill Jinwoo after learning that the latter was responsible for the death of his older brother Dong-suk. He was eventually killed by Jinwoo himself after making the mistake of abducting and brutally torturing Jinho for information on the circumstances of his brother's murder. Following his death, he became one of Jinwoo's shadow soldiers.
Lennart Niermann
Lennart Niermann (레나트 니어만; Renateu Nieoman) is the strongest hunter in Germany, ranking 12th in the world. Despite being the best in his homeland, Lennart is not particularly arrogant and has a strong sense of duty towards the cause, as displayed when he was willing to use himself as bait to save Thomas from getting killed by the Monarchs.
Ashborn
Ashborn (아스본; Aseubon) is the King of the Dead and the Monarch of Shadows. He is also the strongest Ruler and the Greatest Fragment of Brilliant Light. After spending eons fighting in the ancient war between the Rulers and the Monarchs, Ashborn grew weary of the ceaseless violence, leading him to eventually chose Jinwoo as his host in hopes of ending the bloodshed once and for all. When Jinwoo is later killed by the Monarchs, Ashborn appears in the flesh to save him and gives Jinwoo a detailed explanation of his past. After transferring the rest of his powers to Jinwoo and bringing him back to life, Ashborn goes into eternal sleep and allows Jinwoo to take his place as the Shadow Monarch.
Antares
Antares (안타레스; Antareseu) was the King of Dragons and the Monarch of Destruction. He was also the strongest Monarch and the final antagonist of Solo Leveling. After Jinwoo killed three of the other Monarchs, Antares invaded the human world in order to draw him out and finish him off. However, despite his best efforts, he ultimately failed to achieve his ambitions and was killed by the Rulers.
Baek Yoon-ho
Voiced by: Hiroki Tōchi[6] (Japanese); Christopher Sabat[7] (English)
Japanese name: Taiga Shirakawa (白川 大虎, Shirakawa Taiga)
Baek Yoon-ho (백윤호; Baek Yun-ho) is a Korean S-Rank hunter who specializes in transformation magic and the Guild Master of the White Tiger Guild.
Choi Jong-in
Voiced by: Daisuke Hirakawa[6] (Japanese); Ian Sinclair[7] (English)
Japanese name: Shin Mogami (最上 真, Mogami Shin)
Choi Jong-In (최종인; Choe Jong-in) is a Korean S-Rank Hunter who specializes in fire magic and the Guild Master of the Hunters Guild.
Woo Jin-chul
Voiced by: Makoto Furukawa[6] (Japanese); SungWon Cho[7] (English)
Japanese name: Akira Inukai (犬飼 晃, Inukai Akira)
Woo Jin-chul (우진철; U Jin-cheol) is a Korean A-Rank Hunter and the Chairman of the Korean Hunters Association. Prior to the death to Go Gunhee, the previous Chairman, he was the Chief Inspector of the Korean Hunters Association's Surveillance Team.
Rulers
The Rulers (지배자들; Jibaejadeul), also called the Fragments of Brilliant Light, are an ancient race of winged humanoids who aim to protect the human race from being annihilated by the Monarchs. Although they have noble ambitions, they are willing to use morally questionable methods to achieve them and are indirectly responsible for the millions of human lives lost ever since monsters first began using gates to cross over to the human world. The Rulers also heavily resemble angels in appearance and are able to use a form of telekinesis unique to themselves called Ruler's Authority.
Monarchs
The Monarchs (군주; Gunju) are an ancient race of monsters who seek to wipe out the human race for their own ends, making them the primary antagonists of the series. As a result, they have a cruel disregard for life and are generally very arrogant towards those they find inferior to themselves, especially humans. The Monarchs also each govern a different race of monsters and take after the race that they rule over in appearance.
Media[edit]
Web novel[edit]
Solo Leveling was first serialized in Kakao's digital comic and fiction platform KakaoPage since July 25, 2016, and later published by D&C Media under their fantasy fiction label "Papyrus".[10] Since 2016, the novel has garnered 2.4 million readers in KakaoPage.[11] The novel was licensed in English by Webnovel under the title Only I Level Up and released from December 21, 2018, to June 24, 2019.[12]
The novel has been licensed and published in collected volumes by Yen Press since February 16, 2021.[1]
Volumes[edit]
No.
Original release date
Original ISBN
English release date
English ISBN
01 November 4, 2016[13]979-11-7033-666-2February 16, 2021[14]978-19-7531-927-4
02 November 4, 2016[15]979-11-7033-667-9June 22, 2021[16]978-19-7531-929-8
03 December 21, 2016[17]979-11-7033-755-3October 19, 2021[18]978-19-7531-931-1
04 January 25, 2017[19]979-11-7033-858-1April 5, 2022[20]978-19-7531-933-5
05 February 23, 2017[21]979-11-7033-911-3August 9, 2022[22]978-19-7531-935-9
06 March 30, 2017[23]979-11-7033-976-2December 13, 2022[24]978-19-7531-937-3
07 April 4, 2017[25]979-11-6140-318-2March 21, 2023[26]978-19-7531-939-7
08 May 24, 2017[27]979-11-6140-412-7July 18, 2023[28]978-19-7531-941-0
09 June 22, 2017[29]979-11-6140-467-7——
10 July 20, 2017[30]979-11-6140-549-0——
11 August 24, 2017[31]979-11-6140-626-8——
12 September 21, 2017[32]979-11-6140-693-0——
13 October 27, 2017[33]979-11-6140-827-9——
Side Story April 18, 2018[34]979-11-6268-337-8——
Webtoon[edit]
A webtoon adaptation launched in KakaoPage on March 4, 2018,[35] and concluded its first season on March 19, 2020; its second season began on August 1, 2020, concluding on December 29, 2021 with its 179th chapter. It was illustrated by Jang Sung-rak (aka Dubu), the CEO of Redice Studio, who died on July 23, 2022, after suffering from a cerebral hemorrhage.[36] Its first collected volume was released by D&C Media on September 26, 2019. In Japan, Solo Leveling launched in Kakao Japan's webtoon and fiction service Piccoma, and accumulated over 1 million cumulative readership.[37] It was also selected as the No. 1 webtoon in Piccoma's "Best of 2019".[38][39][40] The webtoon has been published digitally in English by Webnovel and Tappytoon since May 7 and June 4, 2020, respectively.[41][42] It is also published on Tapas in English.[43] The collected volumes have been licensed and published in North America by Yen Press since March 2, 2021.[3]
A side story was published between January and May 2023, with Chugong returning as writer and featuring a new art team following the death of Dubu.[36][44]
Volumes[edit]
No.
Original release date
Original ISBN
English release date
English ISBN
01 September 26, 2019[45]979-11-89320-29-4March 2, 2021[46]978-1-97-531943-4
02 January 30, 2020[47]979-11-89320-36-2July 20, 2021[48]978-1-97-531945-8
03 August 27, 2020[49]979-11-89320-69-0November 16, 2021[50]978-1-97-533651-6
04 April 29, 2021[51]979-11-91363-73-9May 10, 2022[52]978-1-97-533724-7
05 October 7, 2021[53]979-1-16-777002-8September 20, 2022[54]978-1-97-534438-2
06 July 25, 2022[55]979-1-16-777037-0March 21, 2023[56]979-8-40-090026-6
07 February 22, 2023[57]979-1-16-777070-7August 22, 2023[58]979-8-40-090048-8
08 May 25, 2023[59]979-1-16-777089-9January 23, 2024[60]979-8-40-090107-2
09 August 30, 2023[2]979-1-16-777113-1August 20, 2024[61]979-8-40-090193-5
Anime[edit]
Main article: List of Solo Leveling episodes
An anime television series adaptation was announced at Anime Expo 2022. It was produced by A-1 Pictures and directed by Shunsuke Nakashige, with Noboru Kimura writing the scripts, Tomoko Sudo designing the characters, and Hiroyuki Sawano composing the music.[62] It was originally scheduled for 2023,[62] but was later delayed,[8] and eventually premiered on January 7, 2024, on Tokyo MX and other networks.[a] Crunchyroll is streaming the series on January 6, 2024, in North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East, CIS,[64] and India.[65] The first episodes were screened from December 2023 in Tokyo, Seoul, Los Angeles, India, and Europe.[66]
The opening theme is "Level" by Sawano and Tomorrow X Together,[67] while the ending theme is "Request" by Krage.[63] Crunchyroll licensed the series outside China, Japan, and South Korea.[62] Medialink licensed the series in Southeast Asia and Oceania (except Australia and New Zealand).[68][69]
Korean television series[edit]
A live-action adaptation television series is in development.[4]
Game[edit]
In January 2022, Netmarble announced that they are developing a role-playing video game based on the series.[5]
Solo Leveling: Ragnarok[edit]
In April 2023, Kakao announced a sequel titled Solo Leveling: Ragnarok. The web novel began releasing through KakaoPage on April 10, 2023.[70][71] A webtoon adaptation is set to premiere in 2024.[4]
The story is set after the events of Solo Leveling; the side story acts as a prelude. Sung Su-ho, the son of Sung Jing-woo and Cha Hae-in, inherited his father's powers as the Shadow Monarch. However, his powers and memories were locked as a child, so he can have a normal life. But when Gates started to open up around Earth again during his third year of university, Su-ho is chosen as a Player by the System. Therefore, Su-ho must become a Hunter in order to face the new threat that is related to his parents' disappearance.[72]
The web novel is written by Daul, who replaced Chugong, the writer of the original Solo Leveling web novel. Chugong revealed he decided to support Daul, saying he still experienced the same emotions he felt when he first began serializing the original web novel.[73] The first 105 chapters debuted on KakaoPage on April 10, 2023.[71]
Notes[edit]
^ Tokyo MX lists the series premiere on January 6 at 24:00, which is effectively January 7 at midnight JST.[63]
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Add to FavoritesAlternative TitlesSynonyms: Na Honjaman Level Up, I Level Up AloneJapanese: 나 혼자만 레벨업English: Solo LevelingMore titlesInformationType: Manhwa
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EditSynopsisTen years ago, "the Gate" appeared and connected the real world with the realm of magic and monsters. To combat these vile beasts, ordinary people received superhuman powers and became known as "Hunters." Twenty-year-old Sung Jin-Woo is one such Hunter, but he is known as the "World's Weakest," owing to his pathetic power compared to even a measly E-Rank. Still, he hunts monsters tirelessly in low-rank Gates to pay for his mother's medical bills.
However, this miserable lifestyle changes when Jin-Woo—believing himself to be the only one left to die in a mission gone terribly wrong—awakens in a hospital three days later to find a mysterious screen floating in front of him. This "Quest Log" demands that Jin-Woo completes an unrealistic and intense training program, or face an appropriate penalty. Initially reluctant to comply because of the quest's rigor, Jin-Woo soon finds that it may just transform him into one of the world's most fearsome Hunters.
[Written by MAL Rewrite]EditBackgroundSolo Leveling is a webtoon series which has been officially published in book format by D&C Media (디앤씨미디어) since September 26, 2019. It originally ended with 179 chapters on December 29, 2021, and side stories began serialization on January 20, 2023. The side stories are drawn by Disciples after the death of original artist Sung-rak Jang.
The series has been published digitally in English by Tappytoon since June 4, 2020, and in print by Yen Press since March 2, 2021. It has also been published in French by Delcourt since April 7, 2021.
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(I strongly advise reading the entire review to understand everything about Solo Leveling. Or at the very least the TLDR review, thanks for reading in advance.)
This is the story of a man who levelled up all alone.
It's hard to write about Solo Leveling whilst accommodating to everyone, which is something I'd like to try to do since the series is both an obscured masterpiece whilst actually still being very good so much so that it doesn't deserve to be overshadowed by some of the hate it gets.
To understand why Solo Leveling is a good piece of work we first need to understand the community. It's
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crystal clear to me that two types of individuals exist. The ones who enjoy a bit of hype action regardless of internal plot/story content, and the ones who call out stories for being exactly that. As is Demon Slayer, and probably JJK (hell, might as well be every shounen for that matter), Solo Leveling is no expectation in this case. I wish to be on a point of which I understand where both sides are coming from since to me it is clear that stories like Solo Leveling is literally just trying to be a simple hype piece of work for action lovers, but there are some elements in which makes me believe that this story is just not there in masterpiece status, which I will get to more on later. In actual fact, it is why I can actually side with the latter callout group in this work rather than others simply because of some of the stuff that Solo Leveling does that makes me become unforgiving.
At its core, SL is a simple story. That story is levelling up, and levelling up my dude Sung Jin-woo is so damn good at. This "zero to hero" story takes its sweet time getting into the actual good parts that make everything about SL so enjoyable, that is, literally just levelling up I suppose. It's a slow game but the payoff is a pleasant one, and for the most part, it is the grind from nothing to god type power that is the core of SL, because that is where the levelling up actually happens. Of course, it isn't a flick of the switch like OPM for example, Sung Jin-woo goes through many experiences calling for a wide variety of tactics, strategies and strengths for him to be the true king of the playing field. Many times you may find yourself thinking as to what Jin-woo will do in X situation. With him being overpowered, it doesn't mean that he is liable to just battle alone, the story does exploit some real-life calamities that need well-thought decision making, a little bit like politics if you like but only specific to the hunters in this story. SL knows this all and plays with such elements in a way that would make you want to praise the story even more. Faults are present here, however, which I will come onto more later. Something else I'd like to touch on here is the themes of such a story. What we have here is not just plot specifics that are respectable and all, but past a transparent layer, you are met with some interesting themes about the absurdity and reality of having such immense strength in a real situation. Sometimes these themes drop off as easily as they come, but the existence of such only gives me a reason to praise the thought anyway, it is just a shame that it was not expanded on, as that would have been quite an interesting way to develop Jin-woo, which it does in a literal sense, but not enough so it has a lasting effect as an actually good and developed idea. The means of being so overpowered would have forcefully changed his life anyway, so to call it something of a developed theme in that sense is missing out on the specifics that actually carry the story to where it goes. Such is just my perspective on the matter, however. Take what you will from it.
Or in other words, being overpowered is no simple game. And I like SL's acknowledgement of that for sure. However, SL does fault a lot when getting into "serious" and "mature" territory as such. When something gets into said grounds, I'd expect it to take itself seriously enough so that the setting can become enjoyable. SL has nothing wrong in that matter, it is serious enough to understand everything and still not raise eyebrows. My issue with it is simple. It is boring. Really. Very. Boring. I know I've just praised the story a whole lot. It is something that makes sense to itself, but it can come across as something of a disorderly author trying to piece together two very different puzzle boards and hope that something good will come out. I am not here trying to say that "serious" + action is some inherently bad connection to make or write a story on, I quite liked *most* of Attack on Titan, and I would imagine maybe FMAB would probably fall under the same category (talk about a controversial duo). But SL was literal switch-ups to and from the "serious" side with the hype content. It isn't even a theme thing, this is a plot thing to need to get used to. When you are flying well with one side, you then get another almost irrelevant matter on the next. You could argue that in the nature of the webtoon, in order to move forward content, one would need to have this game of catch for it to just be stable. In my eyes at least, that is problematic. It ends up being a binary system only having to wait on when a foretold event comes over another. I'd be more willing to forgive if the—let's just call it SoL—side of things was actually interesting. It is mostly made up of "we need Jin-woo here!" or "who should we send to fight the beasts" or something trivial like that. I mean, it probably could have gone further and at least made such moments interesting. Unfortunately, I was not met with such whilst reading all unfolding. Oh well.
There's another bit of storytelling I need to touch on as well. That part is the lore of SL. Now, truth be told, I don't remember all of it. I don't believe it was interesting enough for me to care about and was something that came across as a copy-paste RPG type thing with all "monarchs", "rulers", "god" and all that rubbish that came out of my ears as fast as they came in. Though, I give respect for it to even include such. Sure, it was a certain and integral part of the story, but in the drawn-out chapters of this webtoon, at least it didn't just say "ah yeah, those guys existed and now they have beef". I respect that it is something of detailed lore that whilst not the most enjoyable or interesting there is to offer, was still something anyone could tell has some thinking behind it. Whether you will submerge yourself within the lore is a detail for another day. I won't go too much on the topic too, mainly because it had no real overarching themes plus such info gets given away way later on in the series so I have no real intention to discuss such.
Now. Characters. Or the character. This webtoon has a tendency to make everything about Sung Jin-woo. He really does level up alone. I don't exactly have a problem with everything being centred around the dude, and to be fair, that is what I quite like about the webtoon. It is just about him at the end of the day and his journey as the solo leveller. With his strong development from zero to hero, I can only really praise what goes on in the story in relation to him. At one point we are given a time in which we can actually see the change from zero to hero, like a literal side by side comparison. For such a long series, the flashback only makes for such a staggering effect on the mind to absorb into oneself. Seriously very good stuff around Sung Jin-woo. It's a little absurd though, I have no idea if this was intentional or not to in fact embrace the solitary nature of the story, but I will comment nonetheless, and that is the lack of importance of side characters. Everyone who isn't Jin-woo gets minimal treatment to the point in which they could actually be considered background characters, as fast as they come is the period in which they also depart. It is a little disappointing at times since many had the potential to become pivotal characters in the webtoon, but I supposed that such is to be expected from an egocentric story. That isn't to excuse the matter though, since bothering so much about some characters lead to a disappointing memory of their existence. Actual thought out characters like Yoo Jin-ho, Cha Hae-in, Go Gun-hee, members of Jin-woo's family, hell even Radiru Esil should have either been minimal matters, or people you could actually look back and think "wow, what a great character". Such of course is not present here, and whilst I do understand that, yes, it may have been a good call in a story of this kind, it still acknowledges that at the end of the day there were some very disappointing characters here.
Now, the selling point of SL. The entire reason (I believe) it is so highly praised.
That is simply due to the art in the webtoon. Now, I will point out that I don't read a ton of webtoons (as of this review's publication anyway), but I will point out that of all that I've seen in the medium, SL easily topples everything in terms of quality. The only thing coming close is "The Horizon" but that has an entirely different story so you need to take the art in a different manner than you would this action, actually "The Horizon" may even be better but that is not the point right now and is for another time. But anyway, this webtoon has some seriously good art. Whilst I'd like to believe that SL is just a product that is close to a reflection of the webtoon medium, I have yet to see something as good as itself, so I truly would go out of my way to say, yes, this is some kind of artistic masterpiece. This is like the Demon Slayer equivalent of webtoons. It is that good. What is consistently found is not just a heavily detailed sequence of action and battles, but detail to a point where it is made to become believable to an illusory point of actual motion. It's not just onomatopoeic, it is an edited work to suit such tones consequently enhancing the many clashes that arise in this webtoon. As you have moments of intense action, you are able to fly through them in a way that would make you the camera of the moment. You have your page turns from manga to create effects and such, SL took the webtoon's infinite scrolling as a means to guide the reader down an action-packed path suitable for their imagination, whilst also having enough moments to make for a quick and intense battle as everything is made out to be in the story. It's kinda genius really, but I am not sure whether to consider such as coincidental or intentional, but with panels literally being too large for a perfect fit length (unless you are on 50% zoom or something wild like that), you are met with a forceful scrolling down of actually moving yourself to see the entire picture unfold. You'd have one side and then go down a bit to see the other. You'd have characters at the top of the page in a wide shot, only to cross-hatch down to a close up of how intense the battle was going from up there. I may be making some obscure thoughts here, but I genuinely felt that way when I was reading the webtoon. It is a good way to exploit the endlessness of a webtoon in a way to forcefully make you drag yourself down for what lies ahead. Not that the action isn't enough though, being equally intense and immersive, I should refer back to how the effects here are no joke too. You have tilt shifts and blurs here that do a splendid job at conveying speed and movement relative to the characters and where they are. I should go on about the comic book type format too, which works really well in making for some action as you'd expect from something with the style. Coherent, bombastic enough to not care about meaning, fast enough to not end up lost, there's a long list of things to go on about, some of which I've just forgotten about after reading this for a long while now, but my point stands and even in the early chapters, considering how consistent in quality this is, there was no point in which I feel as if the artwork lacked in some kind of area associated. It's a magnificent action webtoon and something that has its well earned praise with apex level work being a permanent mark in its entirety.
Now, to end with, I will go over the enjoyment reasons for SL and give a fair judgement as to why it isn't as bad or good as made out to be. SL's reputation is an easy target for it to be obscured by both aforementioned sides, that is, the lover of visual spectacle, and the seekers of zenith literature. What I see in the community is the lack of acknowledgement from either side to understand the reasonings either side tries to present. Because it is probably the best example, I will use Demon Slayer. As SL, Demon Slayer is a manga that received an anime adaptation that whilst indeed was praised to some absurd (but reasonable) degree, is still something that should be understood as to why it is so loved. Take any "overrated" anime/manga, Your Name, Clannad AS, literally any top shounen. Titles which are praised when other *very* similar titles are not praised as such, called out as overrated for some trivial matter like "the art is the only reason it is good" or "it's just boring dramatic cry bait", to which I say "so?". Such takes are obviously very reductionist and don't take the whole criticism into account, but those are usually the foundations. Of course, whilst they are indeed valid opinions anyone could have, it's strange to be someone to disregard something as trivial, in a way that states that it is some kind of objective statement. Why can't clarity be a sophisticated reason as a means to enjoy something? I've seen many works with "nothing" to speak of that still manage to land some very high praise from me simply because it was an honest passionate piece of work that managed to understand its audience and simply delivered the highest quality piece of work you could imagine in such a genre. To say Demon Slayer and the likes are bad because there is no "detailed story" or "characters were flat" is the equivalent for me to take Monster and call that out for being "too philosophical" or "boring for being so serious". I am not saying to start getting your ideals checked out, you can enjoy what you want, I simply say to understand why it is people like the works as such. SL is a very enjoyable piece of work because of how it is a magnificent action-packed eye-candy full of tirelessly battles that only know how to give more than the last. It is very VERY reasonable as to why it is currently sitting at a score of ~8.8 as of this review.
Though, of course, this doesn't help out for people who are actually looking for a well thought out story. When we have one side not acknowledging why people will be quick to point out irrelevant plot issues. The same side lacks awareness for the legit reason of pleasure that comes with an elegant piece of literature. SL happens to be devoid of this. Completely. This is not a problem in a rational sense. Why does everything need to be deep? But, at the very least for SL, is something that I have to agree on, that yes, it becomes a fault—it needs to be considered too. At least with Demon Slayer, it doesn't have all that lore and pseudo politics, at least with Your Name it doesn't try to expand on a simple idea with a simple story. SL tries to go and play a safe game where it should have noticed that said the safe game was a very conflicting element in large in retrospect like I would have ignored this argument if it weren't for that, but the reality of the situation is that there more reasons become apparent whilst criticizing the story of SL in what it actually habitats. It's sad, but hey, that's what we have here.
In some collection of thoughts, SL becomes something of a great webtoon to enjoy. It's one with a ton of basic features like good art and hype that sustains it long enough as it has already done so albeit as with action anime/manga—ones with good production behind them. A distortion arises a wall between two very vocal sides who forget the simple needs of the other. With an entirely flashy and fierce presence comes a lackluster story that was indeed good, but faltered as time went on with the abundance of newly found monotonous discussions that seemed to linger for an eternity.
At the end of the day, I suppose SL is a game of patience for the fans of action, but seeing the high reception, even those fans seem to be fine with everything here. Otherwise, others who thought they were in for some kind of next FMAB have come to the wrong place, though, there's no harm in wanting a bit of fun here in my opinion. Take what you will from this webtoon, it's not every day something as SL comes, in its own culture of copy-paste RPG type manhwa as you have Japanese fantasy light novels flooding the place. Why not just have a bit of fun? Isn't that why you entered the medium?
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TLDR Review:
Story - 7: A simple story that expands itself a little too much to the point where it has to consider a lot, effectively making it boring at times due to a lack of interesting moments that consistently find themselves present here.
Art - 10: Undoubtedly amazing art. From crazy fights to insane detail that it almost looks like GFX. What is not to like with the additional scrolling mechanism that enhances the experience?
Characters - 7: It's all Jin-woo's world. Other characters are kinda disappointing to have a memory about. However, in Jin-woo's solo hold up of the story, his development is pretty cool and likeable.
Enjoyment - 8: Very enjoyable for its hype moments and only that. Otherwise, content which aims to show something more "sophisticated" is devoid. That's kinda not the point but given how seriously this webtoon takes itself, it can be understood why one would dislike it for such. Still very good tho.
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I somehow managed to write a lot on this which was kinda easier than I expected but also had a very low input than I would have imagined, but I consider this review a good write up of mine so I will publish what I have written without any major changes for the sake of haha long review I must be smort :))). But yeah, SL was in some grey area of what it was that made it good and bad that I haven't (explicitly) seen many comments on about. So I thought to give both sides of the argument and well, just say that it was fun, because it really is. To anyone who wants though, I've read a webtoon similar to SL which actually has a more profound and thought-provoking story to it. It goes by the name "Omniscient Reader" which is well worth the read if you weren't so much of a fan of this due to a dry story. But whatever. One thing is certain with SL though:
This extraordinary story of a man who went from nothing to the most powerful human on earth. That man's name is Sung Jin-woo, how he got to that position was truly a grand event to witness. How did he do it?
"I Level Up Alone"
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The manhwa community entitles Solo Leveling along the lines of "Not like the other manhwas" or "Not your typical power fantasy." And although I respect their awareness of the prevalent mediocrity in the medium, the aforementioned descriptions are still false. Solo Leveling is your typical power fantasy. And let's be honest, "not like the other manhwa" is not that much of a compliment.
It's mediocre, worse even, to be brutally frank. The narrative is brimming with formulas, has one of the worst character writing I've ever witnessed, and is overall a boring read. The protagonist's tale suffers no risk and receives all the rewards. No suspense
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is there to keep the reader on the edge of their seats or in any way to make it engaging. However, Solo Leveling's popularity proves otherwise, and it's understandable.
The author knows how to attract a specific audience; gamers. The manhwa is the closest thing I've seen to a game developer playing the video game he made, where he knows every exploit there is.
Solo Leveling is a superficial narrative. And that simplicity, that lack of depth to its characters, setting, and premise, helps the story in a way that would easily be understandable and doesn't create any frequent inconsistencies. However, it still has significant flaws erected from the beginning that was never fixed and became prominent over time.
Solo Leveling is very repetitive, and that coincides with its predictability. The beginning does a decent job of depicting the development of Jin-woo's power. His power grew steadily, and there was still tension in his fights due to Jin-woo's struggle. However, after Jin-woo fully comprehends his abilities and exploits the system, every battle he enters is an automatic win. The initial struggle for power made for great pacing; however, anything after the Igris fight was too easy for him. Every battle was always one-sided in favor of Jin-woo. No single match is present where you'd think he would lose. It would be more engaging if there's a difference between how he wins every time using his wit but he uses nothing but pure power. There is no risk and no suspense. The lack of tension and suspense undermines the narrative's engagement, ruining the average reader's experience.
Another flaw that you'll notice the further you read the manhwa is the characters, more specifically, the irrelevance of every character apart from Jin-woo. Not that Jin-woo is a well-written character in the first place. Every supporting character is just there to be in awe of Jin-woo's power, and every villain is there so Jin-woo can flex his power. Spoilers: This is prominent at the final battle, where everyone is useless, and only Jin-woo and his shadows are the only ones with the chance to fight. Everyone else is a liability, and even the most powerful hunter next to Jin-woo becomes a damsel in distress.
Even from an interpersonal relationship basis, none of the characters served a purpose, whether it was codependency or for his character development. Interaction with his family and friends that intended to create suspense never works. The slight tension and suspense it tries to portray is immediately undermined, knowing the plot is always in favor of Jin-woo.
The sad irony of these poor character development attempts only worsened Jin-woo's character. Before re-awakening, Jin-woo exhibited the most depth out of the other story parts. As his power increases, he becomes more blank, often confused with developing apathy - it isn't apathy. Jin-woo loses depth further into the story, making him more of a self-insert character than he already was.
I acknowledge the author's ability to attract the audience more than other trite cash grabs. They promised a power fantasy, and a power fantasy they gave. It doesn't pretend to be anything it is not and continues to satisfy the audience they meant to attract. And the artist's talent strongly contributed to the manhwa's success. Solo Leveling's most vital asset is its art. Each panel's vivid drawings and coloring coincide well with its portrayal of power. Things that don't make sense are present, like many anatomy issues and shadows emitting light, but that's not an issue since, like the story's typical writing, it's only there to look cool. The artist knows how to draw fight scenes and anything in general - making full use of techniques such as perspectives to their maximum effect.
Solo Leveling is just like any other manhwa out there, only that it grew more popular than others due to how it carried its mediocrity. There's nothing special or unique about Solo Leveling, but it knows precisely what it's doing. If you like power fantasy, you'll most likely enjoy this manhwa. If you hate these overused formulas, you'd be wasting your time if you tried to read this.
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This my first time writing review so go easy on me.
Solo leveling has great start we have MC that is weakest hunter but still explores dungeons in order to pay medical bills for his sick mother and to help his sister become doctor however after a incident he gains mysterious power that helps him level up his rank and become strongest.
So let's start with good points of solo leveling
(1).Good start
Start of Solo leveling is good like I said earlier story has relatable MC in the beginning but after that it's down hill
(2).Art
Solo leveling has great art it's fully colored and it's easy to read
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it's clean, plus characters are good looking.
Now for what's bad
(1).Story
After the good start of story solo leveling gets predictable and boring
Every time over mc enters dungeon we know that he will defeat the monster and than say his catchphrase "Arise" and add that monster to his shadow army this is same process over and over.
(2).characters
Worst thing about solo leveling is characters,characters of solo leveling are like NPC. They are here for only two reasons either admire the mc or to hate him no in between. Every time new character is introduced they either praise the mc or hate him. New character are disposed after mc's business is finished with them. No character are relevant they only exist to make us feel how great MC is.
(3). Main character
Main character of story is sung jin-woo, like I said earlier he is relatable in beginning but than after gaining his powers he becomes self insert,Overpowered,emotionless. If I have to describe sung jin-wooin one word that is Korean Kirito.
My prediction for this manhwa is that people will know how bad this is in my opinion this series is going age like milk.
I would not recommend this series to anyone with good taste in anime and manga.
If you like power fantasy than read One punch man. It's sad to see this manhwa is ranked higher than manga like OPM
Solo leveling is just a Good looking trash but trash is still trash.
Reviewer’s Rating: 4
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EditSynopsisE-rank hunter Jinwoo Sung has no money, no talent, and no prospects to speak of—and apparently, 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...
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Look, I didn’t like the webtoon Solo Leveling much. In fact, I thought that the art was the only good thing about it, so I expected that I would like the novel version much less. In a surprising turn of events, the novel version was considerably more enjoyable read. So let’s take a look at how that happened.
Of course, it’s not like Solo Leveling turned into a high brow literature. However, I believe that the most important aspect of media is theenjoyment. The enjoyment meter is there first, and from it you backtrack and figure out why you did or didn’t like the thing.
First,
...
to recap the faults that are present both in this novel and in the comic version, and how they could have been fixed.
Obviously, this is a wish fulfilment self-insert. So it’s not much surprising that it carries one of the most common flaws for such fiction, and that is the protagonist lacking flaws – or at least, the narration not being self-aware of those flaws. Jinwoo in the case of Solo Leveling is absurdly strong, hard-working, charismatic and popular – well liked not just in general but even respected by many antagonists, and the only people who don’t like him are the villains. This is made worse by the fact that a potential flaw is dangling by there, but the script looks to be quite unaware of it. You see, in first parts of the story, Jinwoo displays some near psychopathic tendencies. Despite the only reason he’s in the Hunter industry is his mom’s illness, the moment he gets actually strong he only cares about getting stronger and stronger. There is no mention of him having a thought about his mom at all until the system literally hands him an item that basically says “Hey this can probably cure your mom bro”. If this would have been acknowledged by the narration that Jinwoo was so poisoned by the visions of greater glory that he forgot about the reason he’s doing it in the first place, this would be amazing transformation from glaring fault to much needed character flaw, turning a minus into a plus. Alas, Jinwoo is framed by the story as always having been caring about his close ones.
Another problem that ties into the previously mentioned one is the lack of stakes. Excluding the intro in which the MC isn’t OP yet, up until the very finale there are only like two moments when it looks like Jinwoo might not easily win everything. And even those are fleeting, short moments that are quickly overcame, result in profit and have no consequences. In general Jinwoo “fails” only upwards, only when said failure would end up benefiting him. “Oh no I accidentally got myself in a situation that led to me acquiring another OP skill”, “Oh no the news of my heroism accidentally leaked to the general population” etc. At no point during the story you feel like there is even a chance the protagonist might actually lose, even in some small less-consequential manner. With the overpowerdness of this scale, I demand a long lasting injury at some point for the fights to have impacts. Yeah, it’s pretty hard when the protagonist is given regeneration and negative status immunity, but here are some of many possible solutions – a poison that works faster then the second or so it takes the system to register and remove it, or injury so severe that even with the high regeneration it takes the protagonist several days to recover (during which something important might happen which he wouldn’t be able to prevent). Hell, the regeneration is even a prime setup for getting captured and tortured. Just give me anything that makes the action fell less like a godmode.
The secondary cast is lacking. Most of them are completely useless for the plot other than being something for Jinwoo to defend. Any time someone is hinted to be able to even slightly rival Jinwhoo, they get quickly humiliated or even killed off just to show how Jinwoo is so much better. Please, just write in someone who is at least slightly useful even as an assist. Also, a message to any aspiring writers out there – unless you’re George R. R. Martin writing Elden Ring lore, please take care to not have cast with too similar names, because here like half of them have names starting with J and I frequently had to divine from the context which one of the character this one was again.
That said, characters are what gets us to the next section, which is what the novel did better. One of my biggest problems with the comic was how quickly it forewent the whole “Solo Leveling” aspect, which is to say that too quickly it became too focused on the shadow army, and too quickly it treated the shadows as separate characters. In comparison in the novel the shadows are for a long time treated very much as a mere ability that does something in a background while Jinwoo is still focus on the action and portrayed as the one doing the important work. It’s only later that some of the shadows display personalities and it is more earned at that point.
Action too is more entertaining in the novel, and this was very surprising to me. I’m still not completely sure what exactly caused the drawn action that one would expect to be better to feel sloggy and boring instead. It probably has something to do with more focus on the general strategy and mental process in the novel, and description that can inspire reader with more vivid imagination to imagine more interesting environment and action than the webtoon managed to portray. The overall vibe of the novel, action included, is just… less cheesy?
Lastly, some general observations regardless of novel/comic comparison.
I appreciate that the story took care to set up some conditions that caused Jinwoo to be unable to solve given problem *too* quickly. Meaning that even with teleportation, telekinesis, telepathic security system etc., the writer managed to not write himself in a corner that much and could still come up with some tension. Yes, I realize that this sounds like a contradiction to my point above about no stakes, so just to be sure I’ll clarify that it’s not Jinwoo himself who can find himself in danger – he’s still without a doubt going to win sooner or later.
That said, I wish the story foreshadowed the whole Monarch/Rulers stuff sooner, as it felt a bit shoehorned in and frankly quite confusing at first as to who is supposed to be who. Despite that, it’s still much better than having no real conclusion to the story (as many similar stories frequently end up doing) or simply handwaving the whole power system and leaving it without more then vague explanation on how it came to be (as even more stories of similar ilk unfortunately do). The finale of Solo Leveling is actualy quite nice, so much that I was really afraid it would get ruined when I noticed that what looks like a finely written final chapter is only in the first fourth of a volume, but luckily the rest of the final volume were short stories and the ending was not rewritten for a more sloppy one.
And regarding the writing, what I think contributed strongly to my enjoyment is that every scene moves the plot forward. There aren’t fillers, there aren’t unnecessary prolonged nothingburgers, the plot actually goes from start to end in pace. Yes, unfortunately at this point I’ve read so many mediocre or subpar novels that even something like this which should be the bare minimum for writing a story deserves to be specifically mentioned and highlighted, as many titles fail at this simple task.
So to summarize, as long as you expect young adult novel level of story complexity, you should have some fun reading this. It’s like a junk food of writing, and I like me some fine junk food once in a while.
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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