Solo Leveling is a POWER FANTASY!

AiraKT said:
Tbh the extended focus of the anime on side characters or subplots is kinda annoying to me. I'd prefer it if they'd stayed true to the manhwa and kept all the focus on Jinwoo and him becoming an abosulte boss.

So yeah, absolutely agreed, Solo Leveling (or we as fans) never claimed that it has the best story or amazing characters (although I love them)



But it's just so freaking cool and fun. That's it, that's what we are here for and that's what we'll get.

Vedrun said:
I'm so damn fed up with people jumping on the hype train without even knowing why it's hyped in the first place and then go crying how much of a disappointment it is.

I'm saying it the for the millionth and last time:

Solo Leveling. Is. A. Power Fantasy. Story.

It's liked for its power fantasy. Not the story. Not the side characters. And also not for the art of the manhwa (tho it did certainly have a huge impact).

That being said, People who jumped on this hype expecting some big complex amazing deep story with an MC that's constantly struggling infinitely like a protagonist from the shounen genre, just leave. Stop complaining and stop watching, because that aspect of the anime won't change.

And if you don't like power fantasy to begin with, you definitely won't enjoy the anime.

We love the manwha because

I'm not saying it was perfect in every sense. They could've fleshed out some characters in the manhwa for example, which is what the anime is trying to do.

But Solo Leveling is perfect in what it tries to be... a power fantasy.

Amen

Loayza said:
Since when is being a power fantasy an excuse for not having a good story or characters? lol

Vedrun said:
I'm so damn fed up with people jumping on the hype train without even knowing why it's hyped in the first place and then go crying how much of a disappointment it is.

I'm saying it the for the millionth and last time:

Solo Leveling. Is. A. Power Fantasy. Story.

It's liked for its power fantasy. Not the story. Not the side characters. And also not for the art of the manhwa (tho it did certainly have a huge impact).

That being said, People who jumped on this hype expecting some big complex amazing deep story with an MC that's constantly struggling infinitely like a protagonist from the shounen genre, just leave. Stop complaining and stop watching, because that aspect of the anime won't change.

And if you don't like power fantasy to begin with, you definitely won't enjoy the anime.

We love the manwha because

I'm not saying it was perfect in every sense. They could've fleshed out some characters in the manhwa for example, which is what the anime is trying to do.

But Solo Leveling is perfect in what it tries to be... a power fantasy.

Amen

whitebagelxyz said:
Meh. It’s SAO if MC is the only one who is actually playing and can level up; everyone else are literal NPC with one or two tricks up their sleeves but they are in a completely different world from MC.

I mean, even for a power fantasy it’s very very mid. At least people in SAO are all playing in SAO, just that MC plays it better than others.

From what I know, it doesn’t get any better. The S rank hunters are a joke later on and it really is Solo Leveling and Playing all the way through.

(Which is a shame. The quality of animation and BGM
is definitely peak af. But man this is one edgy af show with terrible story and development)

_otaku_man00 said:

first I want to say, solo leveling concept never happened before , i didn't mean about power fantasy or anything but LEVELING, I mean in every manhwa, manhua , and anime , we know that everyone has or can level up, but in those animes mc becomes strong in a efficient way , we saw that in all the anime, mc getting stronger because he is talented, and has full luck lol, this anime don't do that, it says , mc is the only one who levels up, that's the point, it's like you can say it's a they added a new element in power fantasy,
i have a question ⁉️ can anyone say that in any anime have you encountered a scenario where mc is the one who levels up and others don't?? no,
in my view other anime doesn't make sense?? because even tho villains has level up skills and side characters has level up skills,why doesn't no one becomes strong, ?? except some few selected characters?? it feels like they are ment to be side characters , that's why they doesn't become strong, in whole world is mc is the only guy with talent in other anime ??hell no, if yes then that anime is bullshit, because no one is smater then other or every one is smater then others, it's just how world is.
in solo leveling, mc doesn't need those bullshit because his whole world doesn't have leveling up skill, only mc has that, so that's why he is mc.thats why he is leaving up, i like this concept, i think every is misunderstanding this concept, they are comparing this anime to other power fantasy , I want to say it's power fantasy but with leveling up restriction,
why are s rank hunters are joke because compared to mc they are really joke 🤣, when you compare with others they are strongest,and that's a fact, if you felt that s rank are joke then you understood that this manhwa really did make you feel that others are joke , just imagine mc with leveling but other don't have that, that's why mc is strongest and others are joke in this manhwa. author didn't neglect any characters because he knows that any guy with leveling up skill will be that strongest, just like Saitama, he is strongest and in that world everyone has level up skills but they grow slower or that depends on their hard work, Saitama only worked for 3 years and became limitless then after he can kill everyone with one punch because his growth rate is infinite,that's what solo leveling is trying to show but with leveling restriction.
For example Goku , DBZ,
Everyone knows that saiyans can grow stronger and much faster than others , they can grow with every fight, so wtf did a single friza killed them?? anime never mentioned about frizas growth rate, but friza suddenly becomes golden friza in 6 months and over powers blue super Saiyan,who actually worked hard and fought god of distruction and gained power , this is what I call a joke 🤣🤣, does this even make sense?? all anime are the same , brhh ,
for example take orv , which everyone says has the best storylines and has big world building, is that manhwa perfect??no, it also has problems, I can say some problems if you want.
, I am not saying this anime is perfect, but this anime shows perfectly about leveling up, this anime only talks and goes around leveling up, and that's it's concept, if you don't like it then that's your problem,
just don't consider this anime as others , mc is ment to be strongest and powerful from the beginning, and the name itself is solo leveling means mc is overpowered. and you are complaining about other , if A rank hunters beats an S rank in this manhwa then it's a flaw ,but if mc beats a shit of any character then it's not it's because he has leveling skill. it's simple but no one understands it.
just remember this manhwa is very popular not just because of art either. because of mc too, this anime shows what really happens when you have a godly level up power while everyone don't.it also has some flaws in other aspects like side characters, doesn't show romance properly,rushed, but it perfectly show about level up system.

GTRaijin said:

I think I lost some braincells reading that.

Radical_Orion said:
So, this show is basically telling you that, if you're too weak and fail at life, just die, so you'll be resurrected and granted some power from minimal effort + instant results.
Unlike characters/people who work hard to become better and see the growth, this show tells you that if you were born a Rank E, you'll fail no matter what, don't even bother trying. Your only chance to overcome it, is to be resurrected into something else and granted some easily acquired power that you magically deserve.

What a great lesson for all of us. Kids, take notes! This is exactly how life works!

deg said:
yep its a simple power fantasy story and lots of rule of cool for the overpowered main character

deg said:
@_otaku_man00 there are less obvious and more obvious shows like that its just so happens that solo leveling is more obvious

Loayza said:
Since when is being a power fantasy an excuse for not having a good story or characters? lol

Cyanide86 said:
I mean yeah, of course it's liked because it's a power fantasy. What's wrong with that?

Z1250 said:
So if the Story isn't peak then why is everyone saying it is peak?

Moppit said:
What did you think Solo Leveling was? A slice of life anime, and you got disappointed when it wasn't? Okay, I got upset when we didn't see Jing stop for a quart of milk at the convenience store on the way home from the gate.

whitebagelxyz said:
Meh. It’s SAO if MC is the only one who is actually playing and can level up; everyone else are literal NPC with one or two tricks up their sleeves but they are in a completely different world from MC.

I mean, even for a power fantasy it’s very very mid. At least people in SAO are all playing in SAO, just that MC plays it better than others.

From what I know, it doesn’t get any better. The S rank hunters are a joke later on and it really is Solo Leveling and Playing all the way through.

Radical_Orion said:
So, this show is basically telling you that, if you're too weak and fail at life, just die, so you'll be resurrected and granted some power from minimal effort + instant results.
Unlike characters/people who work hard to become better and see the growth, this show tells you that if you were born a Rank E, you'll fail no matter what, don't even bother trying. Your only chance to overcome it, is to be resurrected into something else and granted some easily acquired power that you magically deserve.

What a great lesson for all of us. Kids, take notes! This is exactly how life works!

Archdruidman said:
Yea, exactly. Being a power fantasy isn’t an excuse to lazily write characters that make no sense, a plot that is entirely based on contrived bullshit, and direction that is akin to Rian Johnson levels of horrid

I definitely liked it because of the story and art. I didn't like it solely because it's a power fantasy. I liked it because it's the most well done power fantasy that I've seen.

deg said:
@_otaku_man00 there are less obvious and more obvious shows like that its just so happens that solo leveling is more obvious

deg said:
@_otaku_man00 err how old are you? its fine if you enjoy shows like this heck i rated the manwha a 9/10 anyway so i enjoyed it for what it is too

deg said:
@_otaku_man00 ok i guess youre indian

anyway solo leveling is high or pure power fantasy since in other power fantasy shows like any battle shonen the main characters has help from their friends or they cannot defeat the villains with their power alone which is not the case for solo leveling

deg said:
@_otaku_man00 ok i guess youre indian

anyway solo leveling is high or pure power fantasy since in other power fantasy shows like any battle shonen the main characters has help from their friends or they cannot defeat the villains with their power alone which is not the case for solo leveling

deg said:
@_otaku_man00 that is no excuse for it being pure or high power fantasy at all in fact youre explaining it further why its a more obvious power fantasy

deg said:
@_otaku_man00 they got different wants on what they want to consume on a story thats all you got to respect that too

dont treat solo leveling as some sacred book that should not be criticize please let the criticism flow too as long as its constructive criticisms

but anyway we both agree that solo leveling is a power fantasy show so lets leave it at that since i do not understand anymore why we are arguing in the first place when we both enjoy the manwha too

Vedrun said:
I'm so damn fed up with people jumping on the hype train without even knowing why it's hyped in the first place and then go crying how much of a disappointment it is.

I'm saying it the for the millionth and last time:

Solo Leveling. Is. A. Power Fantasy. Story.

It's liked for its power fantasy. Not the story. Not the side characters. And also not for the art of the manhwa (tho it did certainly have a huge impact).

That being said, People who jumped on this hype expecting some big complex amazing deep story with an MC that's constantly struggling infinitely like a protagonist from the shounen genre, just leave. Stop complaining and stop watching, because that aspect of the anime won't change.

And if you don't like power fantasy to begin with, you definitely won't enjoy the anime.

We love the manwha because

I'm not saying it was perfect in every sense. They could've fleshed out some characters in the manhwa for example, which is what the anime is trying to do.

But Solo Leveling is perfect in what it tries to be... a power fantasy.

Amen

deg said:
@_otaku_man00 you do not want any criticism for this show that is bad