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Solo Leveling Anime

**Genre** | Action, Fantasy

***Solo Leveling*** (俺だけレベルアップな件, *Ore dake Reberu Appu na Ken*) is the anime adaptation of Chu-Gong's *Solo Leveling*. It is animated by Studio A-1 Pictures and premiered on 2024.

## Plot

Ten 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 Jinwoo 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.

List of Episodes

## Cast

* Taito Ban as Sung Jinwoo
* Hiroki Touchi as Baek Yoonho
* Reina Ueda as Cha Hae-In
* Daisuke Hirawaka as Choi Jong-In

## Staff

* **Studio**: A-1 Pictures
* **Director**: Shunsuke Nakashige
* **Script Writer**: Noburo Kimura
* **Character Designs**: Tomoko Sudo
* **Music**: Hiroyuki Sawano
* **Streaming**: Crunchyroll

## Promotional Videos

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## External links

* Official website
* Official twitter
Cerberus

**Cerberus** was the first boss of the Demon Castle and the gatekeeper of the castle itself.

## Appearance

Much like the original Cerberus in the Greek myths, Cerberus was a huge black dog with three heads and glowing red eyes. The two left heads had fiery orange hair and brown horns. The right head wore a gray mask that left only its eyes, ears, and mouth exposed. A mane of brown fur. All three has razor sharp fangs and four pronounced fangs.

## Abilities

As a S-Rank magic beasts, Cerberus was capable of great strength, durability, and speed. He was also completely immune to the effects of Kasaka's Venom Fang due to his superior strength and was able to easily overpower Jinwoo in their fight.

* **Rage:** Cerberus was able to buff his strength by twofold for three minutes at a time.
Knight Killer

**Knight Killer** is a dagger that Jinwoo bought from the System Shop during his time in the Job Change Quest Dungeon. It is also the only dagger he ever bought and he would go on to use it as his main weapon until he obtained Baruka's Dagger from Baruka.

## Overview

Knight Killer is a small black and orange dagger with a gray hilt. It grants its user an attack power boost of +75 and an additional boost of +25 against armored enemies. In spite of it's lower grade, it has proven itself to be a powerful weapon as he wasl able to fought on equal grounds against Baran with the Knight Killer.
Dungeon & Lizards Arc

**Dungeon & Lizards Arc** is the 4th story arc of the series.

## Premise

Jinwoo joins a strike squad for a C-Rank dungeon to make some fast cash and hopefully gain experience points. However, the friendly hunters he meets up with for the raid are not at all who they appear to be...

## Webtoon/Novel Differences

* Jinwoo's phone call with Hwang Dongsuk is left out in the webtoon.
* In the novel, Jinwoo defeated Giant Arachnid Buryura without using Status Recovery.
Courage of the Weak

**Courage of the Weak** was a secret quest that Jinwoo unintentionally completed in his first trip to the Double Dungeon.

## Overview

During his first trip to the Double Dungeon, Jinwoo winded up losing his right leg when he was too slow to avoid a statue that tried to kill him. When he eventually realized that one person had to stay behind for the rest of the party to escape safely, Jinwoo volunteered to be the sacrifice and prepared for death.

As the statues skewered him with their weapons and threw him around like a rag doll, a strange message suddenly popped up in front of Jinwoo's face, telling him that he completed the requirements for a secret quest called *"Courage Of The Weak"* and asked him whether he wanted to accept or reject his status as a Player. With no time or options left, Jinwoo accepted, making him the Player of the System and allowing him to survive the Double Dungeon.

**Quest Reward:**

* **Secret Quest: Courage Of The Weak**

**Great Spellcaster Kandiaru's Blessing:** The Great Spellcaster Kandiaru has **Gifted** a special Spell to you. Kandiaru's Blessing Will ensure that you will be always Strong and Healthy during your Life Time.

**Quest Reward:**

* Temporary Effect **Will To Rehabilitate**:

Any Dismembered Body Parts Are **Restored**.

* Permanent Effect **Longevity**:

You will be immune to All **Diseases**, **Poisonous Substances** any other **Abnormalities** will be Healed, **Regeneration Abilities** Will Explosively Increase while asleep.
Demon Castle

The **Demon Castle** was a S-Rank instant Dungeon created by the Architect and inhabited by Demons.

## Overview

The Demon Castle appeared as a destroyed version of Seoul littered with ruined buildings and set on fire. It had a total of 100 floors and four bosses. As later revealed by the Shadow Monarch Ashborn, the Demon Castle's appearance is actually based off a version of Seoul from an alternate timeline in which the war between the Rulers and the Monarchs devastated the human world and wiped out the human race.

## Bosses

* Cerberus (1st Floor)
* Vulcan (50th Floor)
* Metus (75th Floor)
* Baran (100th Floor)
Kaisel

**Kaisel** (카이셀) is the shadow of Kaisellin, a wyvern that Baran used as his battle mount.

## Appearance

Kaisel is a large wyvern with black scales, sharp teeth, a glowing purple neck and underbelly, glowing purple wings, glowing purple horns, and a long black tail.

## History

After he killed Baran, Jinwoo extracted the shadow from Kaisellin's corpse and named it **Kaisel,** as he didn't remember the wyvern's original name. Unfortunately, due to the fact that Kaisel was only good for flying and not fighting, Jinwoo rarely ever used him as the story progressed and only ever summoned the wyvern whenever he needed to travel somewhere by air and couldn't use Shadow Exchange.
Solo Leveling:Manual of Style

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## Articles Formatting

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Hunters Guild

The **Hunters Guild** (헌터스 길드) is the strongest and largest guild amongst the top five Korean guilds. It is active in the Seoul Metropolitan Area and is the only guild in Korea to have two S-Rank Hunters.

Due to being the largest guild in Korea, the guild has two strike squads instead of just one. The first squad is led by Choi Jong-In and Cha Hae-In, and aside from them, consists of entirely A-Rank Hunters. The second squad is led by Son Kihoon and consists of both A-Rank and B-Rank Hunters.
Kang Taeshik

**Kang Taeshik** (강태식) was a hitman and an inspector under the Korean Hunters Association's Surveillance Team.

## Appearance

Taeshik was a young man with spiky purple hair and matching purple eyes. As an employee of the Korean Hunters Association, he wore formal business attire. While using his abilities or agitated, his eyes glowed blood-red.

## Personality

Taeshik was a cocky and psychopathic individual who lived to kill and found murdering other humans to be more fun than killing monsters. Ironically, despite the fact that he was a serial killer, he looked down on other criminals and used them as outlets for his murderous tendencies. He was also prideful in his status as a hunter and had the ideology of a hunter supremacist, believing that hunters were not obligated to follow human laws due to being superior to normal humans altogether.

In spite of his ego, however, Taeshik was a fair fighter and respected the natural order of things, as demonstrated by how he accepted his loss after Jinwoo fatally stabbed him.

## History

### Dungeon & Prisoners Arc

Taeshik was called on duty to help clear a C-Rank dungeon and was tasked with monitoring a group of prisoners that were being allowed to participate in the raid in exchange for reducing their sentences. Unknown to anyone in the raid party and his superiors back at the Association, however, Taeshik had been paid 3 billion won (about 2.6 million USD) the night before to kill the prisoners by the father of one of their victims.

After the monsters inside the dungeon had been killed, Taeshik got to work and killed two of the prisoners on the spot. Before he could kill the third prisoner, he was interrupted by Kim Sangshik, who had happened to stumble into the room at that specific moment. As he couldn't let bystanders live, Taeshik swiftly killed Kim and attempted to kill Joohee as well, but was blocked and attacked by Jinwoo in retaliation.

Realizing that Jinwoo had been hiding his true skill, Taeshik decided to kill him first but was countered again and again by Jinwoo's arsenal of abilities as the fight dragged on. Seeking to end the battle and do what he was paid to do, Taeshik unleashed his full power and charged Jinwoo with his **Stealth** skill activated, but fell prey to Jinwoo's **Bloodlust** skill, leaving him wide open long enough for Jinwoo to fatally stab him in the chest.

## Abilities

As a B-Rank assassin-type hunter, Taeshik was inhumanly fast, to the point that he was able to easily defeat Song Chi-Yul even though the latter had received a strength buff from Joohee. He was also strong enough to clash evenly with Jinwoo at the time and resist the toxic effects of Kasaka's Venom Fang.

* **Stealth:** Taeshik was able to camouflage with his surroundings and hide all traces of his presence, essentially turning himself both physically and magically invisible.

## Gallery

Taeshik in the new timeline created by the Cup of Reincarnation
Penalty Zone

Penalty from failing Daily Quest. 'Player' must survive for 4 hours; Desert with no wind, no sun, moon or even stars. Plagued with 'Poison-fanged Giant Sand Centipedes. Zone's difficult readjusted if 'Player' hunts in Penalty Zone.

## Characteristics

The Penalty Zone is a vast desert where endless fields of sand stretch to the horizon. The zone has no wind, sun, moon, or stars. An empty sky like black ink spilled across a canvas. Despite a lack of light source, you can clearly see your surroundings.
Red Gate Arc

**Red Gate Arc** is the 8th story arc of the series.

## Premise

In an attempt to expose Han Song-Yi, a newbie E-Rank and one of his sister's friends, to the dangers of hunting, Jinwoo reaches out to Ahn and gets them both spots in one of the White Tiger Guild's training exercises for new recruits. However, things go horribly wrong when they find themselves trapped inside a Red Gate.
Jung Yerim

**Jung Yerim** (정예림) is a Korean A-Rank healer under the Knights Guild.

## Appearance

Yerim is a young woman with a tomboy haircut and large gray eyes. On raids, she wears poofy peach robes with white gloves and a large peach crest on the right side of her head.

## Personality

Yerim is a friendly individual who takes a noticeable amount of pride in her powers, as displayed when she was shocked by how Beru was more skilled at healing than she was. She is also quite brave, as she was willing to wrestle with a shadow ant to keep it from eating a valuable monster corpse.

## History

When a top-tier A-Rank Gate spawned on her guild's turf in Busan, Yerim suggested to her guild master Jongsoo that they could ask Jinwoo for his help. Jong-Soo agreed, as he didn't want to give up the gate to the Fame Guild, and the two of them alongside Yoontae went to go meet Jinwoo in-person. To their delight, Jinwoo immediately agreed to participate on the condition that they would pay him half of their profits.

When Jinwoo arrived in Busan the next day for the raid, he was almost immediately swarmed by the rest of the strike squad, who bombarded him with questions over his powers and his performance during the Jeju Island Raid. Seeing this, Yerim ran up in front of them and told them to stop pestering Jinwoo, before introducing herself to him as the Knights Guild's main healer.

## Abilities

As an A-Rank healer, Yerim is one of the top hunters in her guild.

* **Healing Magic:** Yerim is a very skilled healer. However, Beru is still much more skilled at healing than she is.
* **Sacred Shield:** Yerim is able to create a large golden magical shield to block off enemies. The shield is quite sturdy, to the point that it was able to hold off an army of undead A-Rank monsters for a few minutes.
Magicians

Hollow Magicians equipped with a full set of armor. They create the Knights which are actually mobs. It is not known how powerful they are but it is assumed they are at most B-rank if not at least A-rank Magic Beast given how they were arised at the Elite-grade Shadow Soldier.

They appear in the form of robes-wearing creatures with no face whatsoever and also holds a staff and a tome holstered to the hip. In addition to those, they have a winged pendant with blue gems pinned on the chest.
Statue of God (Anime)

**Statue of God** is a powerful Rank S creature and one of the statues guarding the dungeon.

## Appearance

The Statue of God was a gigantic stone with glowing red eyes, black sclera, and a cruel smile.

## History

### D-Rank Dungeon Arc

The Statue of God first appeared when Jinwoo and the rest of his raid party entered the Double Dungeon. When several members of the raid party attempted to escape upon realizing that the dungeon was a trap, the Statue of God effortlessly disintegrated them with its heat vision and only stopped when Jinwoo had everybody kneel to the statue.

With the first phase of the test complete, the Statue of God smiled and stood up from its throne. It started walking through the humans, killing those who were either too slow to get out of its way or failed to realize that it wouldn't attack them if they ran towards a statue with an instrument.
Iron

* Knight Grade
* Elite Knight Grade

**Iron** (아이언) was the shadow of Kim Chul.

## Appearance

Iron takes after his appearance in life, wearing the same armor and wielding the same weapons. As a shadow, he also has a light purple glow. When he evolved to Elite Knight Grade, his axe became larger and gained a smoky quality to it.

## Personality

Iron is a loose cannon and has a tendency to go overboard in battle, usually causing excessive destruction with his antics. He also takes pride in his kills and gets easily frustrated when his opponents prove to be immune to his **Taunt** skill. Although Jinwoo regards Iron as a dunce, he still keeps him around, as the latter always gets the job done well in battle.

## History

During Jinwoo's fight with Baruka, a crazed Kim Chul attempted to kill Jinwoo only to be killed himself by Igris. Knowing that he would have a hard time defeating Baruka only with Igris' help, Jinwoo quickly extracted Kim Chul's shadow from his corpse and named him **Iron**. Now a loyal shadow to Jinwoo, Iron helped his master in his fight against Baruka and ultimately killed the ice elf by smashing him into the ground with his battle axe.

Despite the fact that he was the second major shadow that Jinwoo ever extracted, Iron only played a minor role as the story progressed. However, he never lost his dim-witted attitude and he eventually ranked up to Elite Knight Grade shortly after the second Double Dungeon Incident.

### Epilogue

Due to the revision of history caused by the Cup of Reincarnation, Iron was erased from his existence and his human self, Kim Chul, was reborn in the new timeline with no memory of his death in the previous timeline.

## Abilities

As an Elite Knight Grade Shadow, Iron is on the level of a S-Rank Hunter. However, he is not as strong as Igris.

* **Enhanced Strength:** Iron was able to kill a giant with a single well-placed strike to its head. In addition, he was able to effortlessly drag the head of a lifeless Vulcan with one hand.
* **Shout of Provocation:** Iron is able to taunt his enemies, prompting them to attack him without thinking. It should be noted that this skill does not work against enemies who are stronger than him.
* **Regeneration**
Blue Venom-Fanged Kasaka

**Blue Venom-Fanged Kasaka** was the boss of the Hapjeong Subway Dungeon.

## Overview

Kasaka was a large cobra about the size of a house, with glowing amber eyes, blue scales, and a long black forked tongue. As a C-Rank boss, it was able to easily overpower Jinwoo at the time, even shattering his sword in one strike, and was only defeated because Jinwoo narrowly managed to strangle it to death with the help of his strength stats.
Kanae Tawata

**Kanae Tawata** (타와타 카나에) is a Japanese S-Rank Hunter under the Draw Sword Guild.

## Appearance

Kanae is a young woman with long black hair, blood-red eyes, purple lipstick, and black fingernails. She also has a very toned physique along with numerous black tattoos that cover her arms and the upper left half of her chest. When using her powers, her eyes glow red.

During her first appearance, she wore a dark purple hat, a pink jacket, and black pants. During the Japan Crisis Arc, she wore her hair in pigtails and was dressed in a loose dark pink jacket that showed her midriff, black armored boots, and black baggy pants, with two katanas hanging from the left side of her waist.

## Personality

Kanae is a serious person who cares about the well-being of her teammates, as displayed when she yelled at Kumamoto to stop panicking so that he wouldn't get himself killed. She is also hotheaded, as she lost her temper at Hoshino when he wouldn't quit rambling about how they were doomed against the Ant King and angrily complained about how she was essentially being left behind to clean up the corpses of the giants killed by Jinwoo's shadow army during the events of the Tokyo Crisis.

## History

### Jeju Island Arc

Four days before the 4th Jeju Island Raid was slated to take place, Kanae met up with the rest of the Jeju Island Raid Party inside the Korean Hunters' Gym. She participated in the 4v4 match between the two teams and faced off against Cha Hae-In, ultimately losing to Cha's superior speed.

During the 4th Jeju Island Raid, Kanae was a member of Team Bravo alongside Kumamoto. After Teams Alpha, Charlie, and Delta were almost entirely annihilated by the Ant King, Kanae went to go search for survivors on Reiji's orders and eventually located Hoshino, the only surviving member from Team Alpha, propped up against the side of the building. When she asked him what happened, he started to babble about how they were screwed against the Ant King, angering Kanae and causing her to shove him aside.

### Japan Crisis Arc

When a S-Rank Gate suddenly spawned in the heart of Tokyo, Kanae was brought in to help with the situation. Following the dungeon break and Yuri Orloff's death, she and Hoshino attempted to attack a giant, but the monster easily knocked them aside with its sword.

After Jinwoo arrived in Japan and his shadow army made short work of the giants, Kanae and Hoshino were left behind in the wreckage as the shadows headed towards Tokyo. Exhausted, Kanae plopped down onto the head of a dead giant and grumbled to Hoshino about how they were practically useless in the raid due to how weak they were.

## Abilities

As a hunter whose abilities were recognized by Goto Ryuji, Kanae is obviously competent for a S-Rank.

## Etymology

* The name **Kanae** is written in hiragana (かなえ), which has no special meaning. However, when written in kanji, it could possibly mean a variety of different things.
* Kanae's surname **Tawata** means "many" (多) (**ta**), "harmony, peace" (和) (**wa**) and "field, rice paddy" (田) (**ta**).

## References

1. ↑ Solo Leveling Webtoon: Chapter 131
2. ↑ Solo Leveling Webtoon: Chapter 92
Quests

**Quests** are a set of tasks that were given to Sung Jinwoo by the System when he first became its Player. Completing the said quests would give him various rewards, including weapons and a type of currency only used by the System, and significantly buff his powers.

## List of Quests

### D

* The Preparation To Become Powerful (Ch.11)
Mari Ishida

**Mari Ishida** (이시다 마리) was a Japanese S-Rank Hunter under the Draw Sword Guild.

## Appearance

Ishida was a short young woman with brown eyes and orange hair in a bob cut.

In her first appearance, she wore a black hoodie over a gray undershirt.  During the Jeju Island Raid, she wore her guild's standard black battle uniform.

## Personality

Ishida was implied to be very talkative, with Kei going out of his way to tell her to stop chatting with him out of fear that he'd throw up from the strong mana stench in the room. She also cared about the lives of her guildmates and was horrified upon discovering their headless corpses.

## History

Four days before the 4th Jeju Island Raid was slated to take place, Ishida met with the rest of the Jeju Island Raid Party in the Korean Hunters Gym. Despite being a damage dealer, she did not participate in any of the sparring matches and only watched from the sidelines.

During the 4th Jeju Island Raid, Ishida was grouped with Goto and Hoshino in Team Alpha. When Teams Charlie and Delta suddenly stopped answering their coms, the three of them went looking and ultimately discovered their headless corpses on the other side of the island. Matsumoto, callously unbothered by the deaths, ordered them to leave the island and abandon the Korean raid team to die, but before they could, the Ant King suddenly ambushed them, beheading Ishida in a single strike.

## Etymology

* The name **Mari** means "hemp, flax" (麻) (**ma**) and "village" (里) (**ri**).
* Mari's surname **Ishida** means "stone, volume measure" (石) (**ishi**) and "field, rice paddy" (田) (**ta**/**da**).

## References

1. ↑ Solo Leveling Webtoon: Chapter 90
2. ↑ Solo Leveling Webtoon: Chapter 96
Instant Dungeon Arc

**Instant Dungeon Arc** is the 3rd story arc of the series.

## Premise

Jinwoo receives a key to an E-Rank instant dungeon and goes hunting solo for the 1st time.

## Webtoon/Novel Differences

* In the novel, Jinwoo was displayed pulling a pen out of his inventory when Choi Yoora gave him a notepad to sign.
* Blue Venom-Fanged Kasaka is called Casaka in the novel.
* In the novel, Joohee is not shown fighting against the Stone Golem.
* Lee Hansoo, the tank-type hunter who fought against the Stone Golem, is only named in the novel.
Baruka's Dagger

**Baruka's Dagger** is a dagger originally used by Baruka. Following his death, Jinwoo recovered it as one of his drop items and went on to use it as one of his main weapons until he obtained the Demon King's Daggers from Baran.

## Overview

Baruka's dagger is a small bright silver blade with a white glow, a curved edge, and a grey handle. It grants its user an attack power boost of +110 and an agility boost of +10, making it the fourth strongest weapon in Jinwoo's arsenal. Its cutting power is strong enough to the point that Jinwoo was able to use it effectively during his time on the Demon Castle's upper floors, especially in his battle with Baran.
Jonas

**Jonas** (조나스) was the strongest hunter in Brazil, ranking 6th in the world.

## Appearance

Jonas was a young man with tan skin, long black dreadlocks, and a black tattoo on the upper right side of his chest. In his photo on the news, he was pictured wearing a purple and yellow jacket over a simple white shirt.

## History

Jonas was originally lined up to attend the International Guild Conference as his country's representative, but mysteriously disappeared shortly before the event was scheduled to take place. After searching for him in secret for several days, the Brazilian government somberly confirmed his death when searchers found his corpse floating in a river, having been killed by the Monarchs earlier.

## Abilities

As the vessel of a Ruler, Jonas was one of the strongest hunters in the world. Unfortunately, the full scale of his powers was never put on display, as he was killed in an off-screen fight.

* **Ruler's Authority:** Jonas was able to control and move objects via telekinesis.
* **Spiritual Body Manifestation**

## References

1. ↑ Solo Leveling Webtoon: Chapter 149
2. ↑ Solo Leveling Webtoon: Chapter 151
Hunters

**Hunters** (헌터) are humans who possess magical powers and use them to fight Magic Beasts and clear Dungeons.

They first appeared around the same time humanity was exposed to the existence of magic. As Hunters turned out to be the only ones who could kill Magic Beasts and close Gates, a global billion-dollar industry eventually developed around them as a result. They are also usually organized inside guilds, which can have up to hundreds or even thousands of members.

Hunters are ranked by an international S-E system to show how strong they are, with E being the weakest and S being the strongest, and can possess a wide range of abilities. A Hunter's rank and stats are determined at the time they receive their powers and cannot be increased. However, there are rare cases of Hunters receiving a "second awakening" and climbing up in rank.

There are also two general categories of Hunters, combat and non-combat, and six different specific types of Hunters: Fighters, Mages, Assassins, Tankers, Rangers, and Healers.

It should be noted that Hunters and humans with powers are not always the same thing, as humans only become Hunters when they obtain hunting licenses and participate in Dungeon raids. As such, there are plenty of humans with powers who chose not to become Hunters and pursue normal civilian livelihoods instead. Good examples include Yoo Soohyun, who became a famous model, and Han Song-Yi, who chose to stay in school and get her high school diploma.
Magic Beasts

**Types** | * Undead
* Demon
* Beast
* Snow Folk
* Giant
* Insect
* Humanoid

**Magic Beasts** (마수), also called the **Denizens of Chaos**, are magical monsters that reside inside Dungeons. Due to the manipulations of the Rulers, the vast majority of them are extremely hostile towards humans.

Much like the Hunters who fight them, their power levels vary from individual to individual and thus their threat levels are categorized by the same S-E ranking system.

Although they generally appear to be mindless monsters, Magic Beasts are able to forge their own gear and can be as intelligent as humans, with some of them even able to speak human languages. They also use a runic alphabet and have their own language, which is often referred to by humans as beast language or monster tongue.

Given the presence of Mana in them, Magic Beasts cannot be fought with conventional weapons, so only those awakened with Mana, the Hunters, are able to kill them.

The beasts are killed by the Hunters in order to prevent their spread to the human world through the Gates. Also, the Essence Stones they contain are a valuable source of energy, so Hunters can take advantage of them to earn money.

## References

1. ↑ Word play: Magic (마법) Mabeob + Beast (야수) Su
Busan Gate

The **Busan Gate** was a top-tier A-Rank Gate that spawned in Busan, Korea.

## Overview

The gate spawned in Busan several weeks after the events of the Jeju Island Raid. Although the Knights Guild was responsible for clearing all the gates that spawned in Busan, they were initially hesitant to take it due to how high-level it was. The Korean Hunters Association was also reluctant to give them the gate's entry permit out of the fear that the entire guild could wind up dying in the ensuing raid. With little options, Park Jongsoo, the Guild Master of the Knights Guild, was convinced by Jung Yerim, his guild's main healer, to reach out to Sung Jinwoo in the hopes that he would help them. Much to their delight, Jinwoo unhesistantly agreed to participate in their raid on the condition that they split the profit with him 50-50.

Only a few minutes after they had entered the dungeon, however, Jinwoo sensed that his sister Jinah was in danger. Knowing that he couldn't leave the Knights Guild without some help, Jinwoo summoned Beru, his strongest shadow soldier, in his place before taking off towards his sister's school. With Jongsoo too frightened by Beru's presence to continue leading the raid, Beru took charge from there and easily slaughtered all the monsters inside the dungeon, including its boss, which he killed in one hit.
Demons

**Demons** are a race of vicious, animalistic magic beasts that hail from the Demon Castle. They were ruled by Baran, the Demon King and one of the nine Monarchs, and the vast majority of them were wiped out under his command during the first war with the Rulers.

## Overview

Depending on how strong they are, demons come in various sizes and shapes. Demon nobles are about as small as humans and look a lot like them as well, while average demons can be as big as small buildings and look like animals. Although not always consistent, especially with nobles, demons generally have horns and red eyes.

A demon's strength determines its level of intelligence. Average demons have animalistic levels of intelligence and thus behave like mindless beasts, while demon nobles have human levels of intelligence and are both dangerous and calculating fighters, with some even able to speak human languages. As explained by Esil, this can be a bad thing for demons themselves, as demons without intelligence are incapable of recognizing demons with intelligence as one of their own.
Stone Golem

The **Stone Golem** was the boss of an unnamed D-Rank dungeon that spawned near the Hapjeong Subway Station. It was a hulking beast about the size of a small building, with a body made completely out of rock and glowing blue veins all over its body.

## Overview

Around the same time Jinwoo was clearing his first instant dungeon, the Stone Golem emerged from a D-Rank Gate that had spawned nearby. Although a small party of hunters showed up to fight it, only one of them was strong enough to hold up against it, as the rest were E-Ranks. However, as he was a tank-type hunter, he could do nothing but defend while the others went on the offensive.

By the time Jinwoo arrived on the scene, the hunters who had been fighting the golem were on the verge of running out of mana and were trying their best to stall for time until the higher-ranking hunters showed up. Seeing this as an excellent opportunity to test himself, Jinwoo threw his sword at the golem, blasting a big hole through the left side of its face and disorienting it enough that the other hunters were finally able to take it down.
Lee Sung-Gu

**Lee Sung-Gu** (이성구) is a miner under the Hunters Guild. Although he appears in the webtoon, he is only named in the novel.

## Appearance

Sung-Gu is a stocky young man with shaggy black hair, a squarish face, and pronounced lips. He wears the standard gray mining uniform.

## Personality

Sung-Gu is a cocky individual who does not behave respectfully towards hunters who rank lower than him. However, he is sensible enough to back off when faced with someone stronger than him, as demonstrated by his interactions with Jinwoo.

## History

After learning that the team leader had hired an E-Rank as a miner, Sung-Gu decided to screw with Jinwoo and deliberately bumped into him while walking down the dungeon. He then told Jinwoo to stop blocking the path and to move out of the way (when in reality the whole situation was his fault), but backed off when Jinwoo glared at him. From that, Sung-Gu correctly deduced that something was off with Jinwoo, although he could not figure out why and eventually assumed that Jinwoo had murdered somebody before.
Ruler's Authority

**Ruler's Authority** (지배자의 권능), also called **Capture**, is a telekinetic skill exclusive to the **Rulers** and their human vessels.

## Overview

Ruler's Authority is a form of telekinesis unique to the Rulers and the humans that they choose to bestow their powers to. Given how strong the Rulers are, at full power this skill is almost like a black hole in potency. It can also be applied over a large radius, as displayed when Jinwoo used it to incapacitate the Architect's statues all at once, and does not consume mana to use.

Despite how powerful and versatile this skill is, however, it has no effect in a battle against a superior opponent.
Solo Leveling Novel

* 2018 Cover
 **Date of Publication** | * February 14, 2014
 **Chapters** | 270

***Solo Leveling* *(나 혼자만 레벨업, Na Honjaman Lebel-eob)*** 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 full by D&C Media under their Papyrus label on November 4, 2016.

A spin-off entitled *Solo Leveling: Ragnarok* began to be serialized in 2023, telling the events after the end of the novel.

## Background

The series started as an unpublished novel in February 14, 2014 which ended originally with 14 volumes and 270 chapters. It was later published in 2015 and the novel was serialized with the 270 chapters in October 10, 2018. In KAKAOPAGE, a new chapters is unlocked every after 12 hours.

Crunchyroll announced Solo Leveling will be adapted to an anime series by A-1 Pictures at Anime Expo 2022. The series will be simulcast worldwide on the Crunchyroll streaming service (outside of Asia). Further, After Solo Leveling Manga's outstanding sales, Crunchyroll and A1-Pictures collaborated to adapt it into an anime. Crunchyroll simulcasted the anime in multiple languages, including Hindi, English and more

## Introduction

From the author of "I saw the King."

This time it shows the essence of the raid!

"Solo Leveling"

A weak E-Rank hunter, Sung Jin Woo. He almost meet his end at a dungeon but there was a silver lining in the direst moment!

## Notes

* Only the webtoon has a Prologue. The novel starts at chapter 1.

## Volumes

* Volume 1: 1 ~ 22
* Volume 2: 22 ~ 45
* Volume 3: 46 ~ 64
* Volume 4: 65 ~ 82
* Volume 5: 83 ~ 101
* Volume 6: 102 ~ 119
* Volume 7: 120 ~ 138
* Volume 8: 139 ~ 155
* Volume 9: 156 ~ 174
* Volume 10: 175 ~ 192
* Volume 11: 193 ~ 211
* Volume 12: 211 ~ 228
* Volume 13: 229 ~ 248
* Volume 14: 249 ~ 270

## Links

* **Solo Leveling Novel Ridibooks**
* **Solo Leveling Novel Best of Light Novels**
* **Solo Leveling Novel KAKAO PAGE**

## References

1. ↑ Namu Wiki: Solo Leveling
2. ↑ Solo Leveling to simulcast on Crunchyroll: English dub trailer
3. ↑ Subject to translation differences: **Only I Levels Up, I Only Level Up, Solo Level Up**
Japan

**Japan** (日本) is an island country located in East Asia. Although it originally had twenty-one S-Rank Hunters, including Goto Ryuji, seven of them were killed in the 4th Jeju Island Raid, drastically diminishing the country's military power and leaving the country virtually defenseless when a S-Rank Gate suddenly spawned in Tokyo several months later.

As a result, the handling of the dungeon break was a complete disaster, leading to the deaths of millions of people (including three S-Ranks), and would have resulted in an international crisis had it not been for Sung Jinwoo, who arrived in Japan several days after the dungeon break occurred and easily cleared the gate all on his own within a week. Shortly afterwards, Matsumoto Shigeo, the Chairman of the Japanese Hunters Association, gave himself up to the Japanese authorities for his responsibility in causing the disaster.

## Organizations

* **Japanese Hunters Association**
* **Draw Sword Guild**
David Brennon

**David Brennon** (데이비드 브레넌) is the Director of the Federal Bureau of Hunters.

## Appearance

David is a stocky middle-aged man with light brown hair that he wears in a small ponytail, blue eyes, and a neatly trimmed beard. In his first appearance, he wore a simple white collared shirt and a pair of gray beige pants.

## Personality

David is a sly and patriotic man who is willing to employ various tactics to recruit particularly powerful S-Rank Hunters for his country.

## History

### Jeju Island Arc

In the immediate aftermath of the 4th Jeju Island Raid, Michael Connor, the FBH's Deputy Director, met up with David at his home and showed him the footage of Jinwoo's fight with the Ant King. Seeing that Jinwoo was not only immensely powerful but also one-of-a-kind, the two of them agreed that his talent would be a waste in a country as small as Korea and Michael promised David that he would try his best to recruit him for America. Despite Adam and Norma's best efforts, however, they failed and returned back to the States in defeat, prompting David to devise another plan to recruit Jinwoo instead.

### International Guild Conference Arc

When Jinwoo arrived in America to represent Korea at the International Guild Conference, David put his plan in motion and had Adam attempt to recruit him again by offering him Kamish's runestone. Much to his surprise, however, Adam came back to the Bureau and informed David that Jinwoo had no interest in the runestone and only wanted to see the dragon's preserved corpse. Although he was initially confused by Jinwoo's request, David eventually realized that he wanted to make Kamish one of his shadow soldiers and reluctantly gave Jinwoo permission after much thought.

## References

1. ↑ Solo Leveling Webtoon: Chapter 105
2. ↑ Solo Leveling Webtoon: Chapter 115
3. ↑ Solo Leveling Webtoon: Chapter 142
Metus

**Metus** (메투스) was the third boss of the Demon Castle.

## Appearance

Metus was a demon of hulking size, about two times larger than the average male human, with glowing red eyes, black horns, and a skull-like mask over his face. He wore a brown shawl over a tattered black cloak, a large bone necklace, and a dark green tassel over his groin area.

## Abilities

Although he wasn't strong enough to fight Jinwoo, Metus was able to summon hundreds of undead soldiers at his command. According to Jinwoo, he also had powerful magical abilities as well.
Monarchs War Arc

**Monarchs War Arc** is the 19th story arc of the series.

## Premise

The Monarchs continue their hunt for the Rulers' vessels in the human world, murdering one in Brazil and another in Korea, and seemingly kill Jinwoo too after he unintentionally makes himself a target. However, their arrogance costs them their lives when they underestimate his powers and failed to destroy his corpse in time.
Jung Yoontae

**Jung Yoontae** (정윤탷) is a Korean A-Rank Hunter under the Knights Guild.

## Appearance

Yoontae is a plain-looking young man with spiky black hair. In most of his appearances, he is seen wearing a three-piece black suit. On raids, he wears a suit of gray armor with a short red cape and wields a sword along with a small gray shield.

## Personality

Yoontae is fiercely loyal to his boss Jongsoo and tends to suck up to him, as displayed when he repeatedly praised Jongsoo during the latter's squabble with Hanekawa. At the same time, he looks after his boss and keeps him out of trouble, as displayed when he restrained Jongsoo when the latter lost the temper with Ma Dongwook. He is also greedy, as displayed when he tried to steal some of the essence stones on Jeju Island for his guild, and is heavily implied to have a bad habit of drinking before raids.

As a running gag to his character, Yoontae is somehow able to sense whenever Jinwoo's shadow soldiers are on the move, causing Jongsoo to believe that he's drunk.

## Abilities

As an A-Rank, Yoontae is one of the top hunters in his guild.

* **Master Swordsman:** As he wields a sword in battle, Yoontae is obviously proficient at swordsmanship.
* **Enhanced Strength:** Yoontae was able to blind a twin-headed ogre with one swing.
* **Enhanced Speed:** Yoontae was able to land an attack a twin-headed ogre before it could even react in time.
Korea

**Korea** (한국) is a country that covers the Korean peninsula, the main setting of Solo Leveling, and the homeland of Sung Jinwoo, the main protagonist of the series and the strongest hunter in the world.

Although Korea originally had ten S-Rank Hunters, only six are still alive; The other four were all killed in action. Korea is also known for having some of the weakest S-Rank Hunters in the world and for being the only country to have ever lost their land (Jeju Island) to a S-Rank Gate. As a result, the country had a poor international image of its hunters for years until Jinwoo single-handedly reclaimed Jeju four years after it was lost.

## Organizations

* **Korean Hunters Association**
* **Ahjin Guild**
* **White Tiger Guild**
* **Hunters Guild**
* **Fiend Guild**
* **Fame Guild**
* **Knights Guild**
Job Change Quest Dungeon

A **Job Change Quest Dungeon** is a special Dungeon created by the 'System' for Sung Jinwoo.

## Overview

This Dungeon was unlocked after Sung Jin-Woo met the requirements to further his ability. Inside the Dungeon, there are Knights, Magicians, Archers, and Assassins, all of which are Knight type Magic Beasts. The Dungeon is similar to the inside of a Medieval Castle, filled with Medieval-themed Magic Beasts. It is here that Jinwoo defeats Blood-Red Commander Igris. It was made to give Sung Jinwoo an glimpse to what a shadow sovereign can do and to give him his first shadows, especially Igris.

## Rules

Unlike any other normal Dungeons that Jinwoo has been to before, this unique Dungeon has rules :

* Cannot leave the Dungeon until cleared (unless using a Hearthstone or Penalty Quest is activated)
* Cannot access Player Shop
* Cannot use Potions
* Status Healing does not happen when/if Player levels up

## Clearance

Jinwoo gains **Shadow Lord** class and title 'One who Overcame Adversity'.
Demon King's Longsword

The **Demon King's Longsword** is a sword originally used by the Demon King Baran. Following his death, Jinwoo recovered the sword as one of his drop items and gave it to Igris to use as his main weapon.

## Overview

The Demon King's Longsword is a long light-colored sword with a thick black line running through the center of the blade and an arched blade guard that curves downward. When Baran used it, the sword's blade was light blue, its guard was yellow, and its hilt was gray. When Jinwoo used it, both the sword's guard and hilt became black and when he later received the Black Heart from Ashborn, the sword's blade changed in color from light blue to light purple.

The sword is a powerful melee weapon that grants an attack power boost of +350 to its user, making it the second strongest weapon in Jinwoo's arsenal after Kamish's Wrath. It also has a second effect called **Storm of White Flames**, which summons a miniature lightning storm within a certain area and activates automatically whenever the sword is swung.
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First S-Rank Gate

The **First S-Rank Gate**, as noted by its name, was the first S-Rank Gate to ever open and one of the most catastrophic dungeon breaks in history.

## Overview

The gate spawned on the west coast of America about eight years before the events of the main storyline. As a S-Rank Gate had never been seen before, the American government prepared for the worst and offered a huge reward to any S-Rank hunter who was willing to tackle the gate. Despite the fact that over 100 S-Rank Hunters answered their call, none of them were prepared for what came next; the dungeon boss, a ferocious dragon named Kamish, emerged from the gate and laid waste to the entire west coast area, slaughtering scores of S-Ranks Hunters along with millions of civilians in his wake. His rampage only stopped when the last five surviving S-Ranks banded together and successfully killed him, finally putting an end to the mass destruction and death he had caused.

## Legacy

As recognition for their accomplishment of bringing down Kamish, the five surviving S-Rank Hunters were each given the authority equal to that of a nation's and became known as the National Level Hunters. Kamish was also given the epithet of humanity's greatest calamity and the amount of devastation and death he had caused served as a warning to the rest of the world as to how deadly a S-Rank Gate could be.
Hapjeong Subway Station

**Hapjeong Subway Station** is an Instant Dungeon accessible with *Dungeon Key* that Sung Jin-Woo obtained from *Random Box*.The Dungeon uses the 3rd entrance of the Hapjeong Subway Station. It was inhabited by **Steel-Fanged Lycan**, **Razor-Clawed Briga**, and **Black-Shadow Razan**. The dungeon's boss was **Swamp Ruler's, Blue Poison-Fangs Rasaka**.