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EP. REVIEW: Solo Leveling Season 2 -Arise from the Shadow-

Maybe Im missing something here but Im a bit confused why Jinwoo is still masquerading as an E-rank hunter even though he's alrdy been reassessed as an S-rank & pretty much all the bigshots know him as one. How is he able to join the mining team while keeping a low profile? Surely they would've recognized that this guy is doing something shady by doing this, right?

also, there is another thing the reviewer forgot as well, or probably doesnt know!

while the manwha aka solo leveling's source materials takes place in korea, the anime does not.

both the city and the country are actually generic due to the backlash from the beginning of the show where its production committee were originally planing to have the anime take place in shibuya, japan and even have jinwoo's name japanese, but changed their minds after getting massive pushback from manwha fans on social media and opted to have the city and country as generic!

also, there is another thing the reviewer forgot as well, or probably doesnt know!

while the manwha aka solo leveling's source materials takes place in korea, the anime does not.

both the city and the country are actually generic due to the backlash from the beginning of the show where its production committee were originally planing to have the anime take place in shibuya, japan and even have jinwoo's name japanese, but changed their minds after getting massive pushback from manwha fans on social media and opted to have the city and country as generic!

jr240483 wrote:

also, there is another thing the reviewer forgot as well, or probably doesnt know! while the manwha aka solo leveling's source materials takes place in korea, the anime does not. both the city and the country are actually generic due to the backlash from the beginning of the show where its production committee were originally planing to have the anime take place in shibuya, japan and even have jinwoo's name japanese, but changed their minds after getting massive pushback from manwha fans on social media and opted to have the city and country as generic!

So this is only partly accurate from what I understand. There's actually two different versions of the Japanese dub, one of which I believe is a TV broadcast version and the other is the online version that almost everyone is watching. While the streaming version has generally kept things vague, it still gives the game away that it's Korea. And that's important considering two arcs from now spoiler[the Japanese Hunters show up and man is that going to be awkward in that broadcast version unless they make the foreign Hunters the Koreans.] But the broadcast version does change the characters names to Japanese names, the location from Seoul to Tokyo, etc. Having read the entire Manhwa this is not something that is sustainable for much longer and was a dumb move. But who am I kidding, the Korean dub is where it's at anyway and the English cast, at least Aleks Lee, appears to be a fan and has even altered dialogue to be closer to the Manhwa at times. So honestly the JP dub ends up being this weird thing for once where it's good, but they've taken liberties with it that kind of do the story a disservice.

As an example, as noted in the review, Bora caught Jinwoo in the act, but chose not to out him out of respect and thanks. In the manhwa spoiler[she actually does call him out on it, which he denies and it gets brushed off because he's an E-Rank. THEN she drops it and decides he has his reasons for wanting his skill to remain secret, and he did save them so she's not going to push it.] In the first arc as well spoiler[in the anime Kim coming after Jinwoo just when he needs a new shadow appears like a coincidence that Jinwoo uses to his advantage. In the manhwa however Jinwoo set everything up so that Kim would think to kill him, like having purposefully left the sword by Kim, and he could then use that as justification for self-defense to kill Kim and make him a shadow. It's a lot less morally grey. The English dub actually works this back in.]

Nyren wrote:

jr240483 wrote: also, there is another thing the reviewer forgot as well, or probably doesnt know! while the manwha aka solo leveling's source materials takes place in korea, the anime does not. both the city and the country are actually generic due to the backlash from the beginning of the show where its production committee were originally planing to have the anime take place in shibuya, japan and even have jinwoo's name japanese, but changed their minds after getting massive pushback from manwha fans on social media and opted to have the city and country as generic! So this is only partly accurate from what I understand. There's actually two different versions of the Japanese dub, one of which I believe is a TV broadcast version and the other is the online version that almost everyone is watching. While the streaming version has generally kept things vague, it still gives the game away that it's Korea. And that's important considering two arcs from now spoiler[the Japanese Hunters show up and man is that going to be awkward in that broadcast version unless they make the foreign Hunters the Koreans.] But the broadcast version does change the characters names to Japanese names, the location from Seoul to Tokyo, etc. Having read the entire Manhwa this is not something that is sustainable for much longer and was a dumb move. But who am I kidding, the Korean dub is where it's at anyway and the English cast, at least Aleks Lee, appears to be a fan and has even altered dialogue to be closer to the Manhwa at times. So honestly the JP dub ends up being this weird thing for once where it's good, but they've taken liberties with it that kind of do the story a disservice. As an example, as noted in the review, Bora caught Jinwoo in the act, but chose not to out him out of respect and thanks. In the manhwa spoiler[she actually does call him out on it, which he denies and it gets brushed off because he's an E-Rank. THEN she drops it and decides he has his reasons for wanting his skill to remain secret, and he did save them so she's not going to push it.] In the first arc as well spoiler[in the anime Kim coming after Jinwoo just when he needs a new shadow appears like a coincidence that Jinwoo uses to his advantage. In the manhwa however Jinwoo set everything up so that Kim would think to kill him, like having purposefully left the sword by Kim, and he could then use that as justification for self-defense to kill Kim and make him a shadow. It's a lot less morally grey. The English dub actually works this back in.]

well i recently spoke to a former discord mod for the taimanin rpg extasy game who is living in japan, and from what he said, there is little changes regarding the jp tv broadcast versions in japan and the streaming versions that we watch on crunchyroll (though i for one personally had hope that it would have taken the place of SAO/Demon Slayer and have its dub shown on toonami as well)

the one thing that is certain is that unlike the manwha, the anime (both on TV & online) never once stated what country is solo leveling taking place, confirming those news reports from news outlets like ign and kotaku that the controversy on social media did took place & the production committee's decision to make the location in the anime generic!


also, bora and gina knowing kim is new to me. if that was the case, you'd think kim would have told those two about the double dungeon let alone the other survivors like jinwoo

More of this, please. Fewer boardrooms.

NeverConvex wrote:

More of this, please. Fewer boardrooms.

And here I am thinking all the political stuff has really elevated the show this season. End of first season I was barely interested, but with all the developments this season it's really brought up my opinion of the first season, to have more of the context around the various people they showed