r/sololeveling

Here are some of the photos I took during my time at the Solo Exhibition in Shibuya. Ngl, the exhibition itself was a blast. I really liked the visual effects, and the statues are accurate..for the most part at least.

They REALLY need to fix the eyes on those Jin-woo statues XD.

Otherwise, it's really fun to see.

By the way, it's really sad and kind of hilarious that Tae-gyu and Ma did not get any figures in the exhibition.

For novel readers, does this feel like a missed opportunity in the manhwa adaptation?
I feel like the novel did a much better job with their characters. In the manhwa, Reed is pretty boring, bland, arrogant, prideful, says he can’t die, shows little fear when things go south, and then gets offscreen.
He ends up being the typical bland arrogant powerhouse whose only purpose is being hype tool for the new threat.

The novel, though, makes him a little more interesting. Reed initially hears about Jinwoo through Norma and dismisses him as an “overestimated boy,” but after seeing Jinwoo’s Japan dungeon break feats, he genuinely acknowledges his strength. He even tries to contact Jinwoo for help, which you don’t really see written when associating with an overwhelming arrogant mob character who’d rather eat shit than accept help.

Instead of refusing to acknowledge the MC due to pride or humiliation, he’s like “Yeah, this guy is the real deal.”
I also liked how the novel showed small hints of Reed being afraid during the encounter, rather than making him completely fearless. That little bit of fear made him feel more human and less like the stereotypical arrogant side character.

Honestly, thought “Finally, a character who isn’t stupid and actually respects the MC’s strength.”

I just wish the manhwa had kept more of that characterisation, so that the characters don’t feel too boring, would have made the National characters feel human as well.

Episode 14:

Story- you've gotten ready to check what this monarchs castle holds, as you enter there's a giant tower each floor the size of a city in itself, as you stand in front of the gate before you is a 50 foot tall 3 headed bog with flames bellowing from its back.

Options- Cerberus (hp- 40, damage 1d10+5)

Rewards- Cerberus fang (dagger +3 attack), monster materials. Level up

Note- sorry for no recent episodes my week has been busy and I needed to get the weapon done. We should be back one daily uploads from here

Link to the Art: https://x.com/ullReader_/status/2089794501296439604

Though esil is a very close 2nd

How far can our Ruler Vessels go, how many Monarchs can they clear from weakest to strongest?. How would you categorise the difficulty for each Monarch?
Also including GoGunhee because I forgot to edit him into the frame

Quick note just to make it a tad bit fair for our Ruler vessels. For their battles, the Ruler vessels who have access to Spiritual Body Manifesation can use it and do not suffer the draw back of death when using the technique, so they can freely use it without worrying about turning to dust.
Which I guess are only Sung Il-Hwan and Christopher Reed correct me if I’m wrong.
How far do they get?.

Fanart by me

so if kim fires all of his nukes and missiles to jinwoo then can jinwoo survive them not using any skills or dodging but simply getting hit by them? mods plz dont delete this

I mean, A State where No one can touch him directly, Can he??

Hello I just went to this exhibition nust wanted to share my opnions.

Honestly a pretty good exhibition what i was kind of suprised was being in japan the majority of the exhibition was not anime solo leveling it was comprised of manhwa panels, they also had a huge irl sized igris and beru which looked so awesome in person their craftsmanship was amazing, I also loved the merch.

As for the thing I didnt like, why are you using the manhwa panels and why did you base the entire merch when you are using Japanese names? I didnt like that one bit one of the exhibition rooms covered jin woo going into that station with the wolfs at the very start of the manhwa and instead of the starion in the manhwa they said shibuya station which I guess is cool because techinally in that direction the real shibuya station was there but I would have preferred originality. Secondly in another exhibition room they had pretty big character figures and quotes beside their manhwa panel why were using Japanese names and not the orginal like it wasnt that the Japanese names were written in Japanese they were Japanese names written in English.

And the thing i didnt like the most was that there was a hella cool thing you could do you could have had your own hunter license not a paper but an acrylic stands it didnt look like the license from manhwa but looked cool nonetheless you could have had your pic in that license with your rank but the thing was instead of saying Korea Hunter Association it said Japan hunter associated which was a huge turnoff for me so I didnt get it sadly. I know i am in japan and all but still just personal preference.

Also that was just thing I didnt like overall this was a really good and worthwhile exhibition and was 100% a must go if you are a manhwa fan because they also had tons of Seoul limited stuff. BTW this was 100% alot better than that one solo leveling exhibition at AX 2023.

Note: I didn’t see any explicit signage or instructions prohibiting photography or sharing photos, but if these images aren’t allowed to be taken or posted publicly, please let me know and I’ll remove them.

Ragnarok Novel
In the Solo Leveling Ragnarok Novel we get a mention of some sort of Element Spirit named “Ifrit” and the figure who explicitly names and notes the Spirit of the fire/flame is the GOAT Antares, Dragon King, Monarch of pure bliss and destruction.

Antares finding it amusing that Suho attack backfired on him, he treats Ifrit flames as a legitimate worthy final trial challenge for Suho succession to becoming his successor.
Showing that Antares, the first Monarch to ever be born and said to be capable of 1v7 all the original Monarchs and still confirm to still win that shit, fucking hell…
But for some reason Antares acknowledges and can instantly recognise the flame/fire from this random Ifrit dude.
Not saying Ifrit random ass is Monarch level but Antares noting the fella by name and by its fire abilities is somewhat interesting.

But who the hell is Ifrit? And what are Spirits in Solo Leveling Ragnarok.
All these times I treated Spirits as non sentient beings that chill around doing nothing, but then suddenly we are introduced to a explicit named elemental fire spirit named Ifrit who I have to believe is sentient in some way considering it has a name for some reason, and Antares does note and seem to recall Ifrit as some sort of individual from the past or maybe Antares recalls Ifrit as like some sort of artifact power boost, not some random sentient dude Spirit, but honestly that seems lame and dumb, I want to imagine Ifrit as some bum ass.

Like this addition and mention of a Named Spirit seem so out of nowhere, like have we really see or heard of any other named elemental spirit after or before Ifrit? Cause I can’t recall, I’m definitely forgetting an elemental named spirit… (Emphasis on “Elemental” Spirit).

Anyways I wonder if Ifrit is just some weird ass Spirit that is clingy and possessively obsessed with the Hunter Christopher Reed, as for reason fucking unknown cause Ofc, Christopher possesses the cunt in both timelines and we get no explanation typical.

Also just Searched some stuff up on the net and apparently Ifrit is from traditional folk lore?, did not know that.
It’s Some kinda class of Jinn associated with fire, not to be treated as one individual but a class.
Well in some instances Ifrit Jinn traits are usually associated with being extremely, EXTREMELY Pround and arrogant which I mean, I can now see why Christopher arrogant ass possesses the power of Ifrit, they are literally made for each other. Both being bums Inflated in their own ego I guess 😭*.*

Also off topic but I do remember Ifrit from the reincarnated as a Slime Anime after doing 5min research on Ifrit lore in actually mythology.
More you know I guess.

Episode 12: 

Story- with the overseer dead and the really living criminals thinking their safe you ###### so/after which you go to the boss and fight it.

Options- what to do with the criminals, boss (damage 1d6+2)

Rewards- monster materials, 70 gold, monarch Castle keys, 1 raid point 

Episode 13: 

Story- with the money from that dungeon you decide it might be good to go see what's new at the hunter shop.

Options- orb of avarice (cost- 100 gold, power +6 atk), armor (cost 30 gold, damage taken -1), bag of monster materials (cost 10 gold, crafting), crafter (10 gold per usage)

Any other thing you want to craft just ask and I'll give the recipe

Source: https://www.instagram.com/p/Db0VAEdk7F1/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==
Not really excited for the live action adaptation since we all know how they usually end up but I am cautiously optimistic considering the budget they’ve put into it. I also wonder if they’ll get the costumes and weapons right.