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bassgs435
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So I guess Sung Jin-Woo clones are a thing in korean stuff like japan has their Kirito clones?.
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Beatdigga
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| Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2026 9:50 am |
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Yeah, that name is going to need to be changed.
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malvarez1
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| Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2026 10:04 am |
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| bassgs435 wrote: | | So I guess Sung Jin-Woo clones are a thing in korean stuff like japan has their Kirito clones?. |
Oh, you have no idea. The Solo Leveling ripoffs were even more plentiful and obvious, believe it or not.
This thread is very telling: https://x.com/oddjob_sush/status/1748729401272066521?s=20
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InfiniteNothingness
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| Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2026 1:02 pm |
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Much as I have reservations about Sung Jin-Woo's later developments, and Kirito himself, this really gives me the same vibes as Kirito clones did: Not getting what did allow him to still be a compelling enough protagonist, and going for surface-level hack jobs of him in every way (also Jin-Woo's design is simply much more appreciable to me, this guy is so angular I already see the annoying Chad memes coming). At least Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint, of what I've read, only has the guy look similar while cutting its own path, and Revival Hunter is apparently kind of wacky with its premise/MC?
Rest of these though, man. I'm good. No fault in "Yeah, I would sooner return to [Thing]" when you invite the damn comparisons yourself.
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Wyvern
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| Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2026 2:07 pm |
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Lara Croft, I support your gender transition.
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TarsTarkas
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| Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2026 3:29 pm |
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Is this part of the Tomb Raider 'IP", or is it just a generic clone of Tomb Raiders?
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Seraph89
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| Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2026 7:46 pm |
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I think, and while this isn't true for Solo Leveling's source (the novel I Alone Level Up), the webtoon for Tomb Raider King actually predates the webtoon for Solo Leveling. So it's less of a rip off than you'd think.
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Ashen Phoenix
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| Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2026 1:41 am |
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Well, Gigguk called it. We're seeing the dawn of the Resurrection trashvalanche.
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TdFern 87
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| Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2026 10:46 pm |
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| InfiniteNothingness wrote: |
Much as I have reservations about Sung Jin-Woo's later developments, and Kirito himself, this really gives me the same vibes as Kirito clones did: Not getting what did allow him to still be a compelling enough protagonist, and going for surface-level hack jobs of him in every way (also Jin-Woo's design is simply much more appreciable to me, this guy is so angular I already see the annoying Chad memes coming). At least Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint, of what I've read, only has the guy look similar while cutting its own path, and Revival Hunter is apparently kind of wacky with its premise/MC?
Rest of these though, man. I'm good. No fault in "Yeah, I would sooner return to [Thing]" when you invite the damn comparisons yourself. |
Gotta check those titles out, must be pretty good.
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AsleepBySunset
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| Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2026 7:39 am |
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| TarsTarkas wrote: | | Is this part of the Tomb Raider 'IP", or is it just a generic clone of Tomb Raiders? |
I don't think it has anything to do with the tomb raider franchise... Just like how lots of stories have "treasure hunter" characters and treasure hunting as the core premise... If someone came along and wrote "Treasure Hunter" the video game that wouldn't mean noone could ever write another story about a treasure hunter.
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enurtsol
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| Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2026 9:50 am |
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Are they timing this with the new Lara Croft Tomb Raider coming up
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