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Solo Leveling

Alternative Titles

Synonyms: Na Honjaman Level Up, I Level Up Alone
Japanese: 나 혼자만 레벨업
English: Solo Leveling
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Information

Type: Manhwa
Volumes: Unknown
Chapters: 201
Status: Finished
Published: Mar 4, 2018 to May 31, 2023
Genres: Action Action, Adventure Adventure, Fantasy Fantasy
Themes: Adult Cast Adult Cast, Urban Fantasy Urban Fantasy
Serialization: KakaoPage
Authors: Chugong (Story), Jang, Sung-rak (Art), Disciples (Art)

Statistics

Score: 8.641 (scored by 345834345,834 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #762
2 based on the top manga page. Please note that 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #5
Members: 580,111
Favorites: 47,451

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Synopsis

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 Jin-Woo 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.

[Written by MAL Rewrite]

Background

Solo Leveling is a webtoon series which has been officially published in book format by D&C Media (디앤씨미디어) since September 26, 2019. It originally ended with 179 chapters on December 29, 2021, and side stories began serialization on January 20, 2023. The side stories are drawn by Disciples after the death of original artist Sung-rak Jang.

The series has been published digitally in English by Tappytoon since June 4, 2020, and in print by Yen Press since March 2, 2021. It has also been published in French by Delcourt since April 7, 2021; and in Italian by Edizioni Star Comics since April 21, 2021.

Characters

Sung, Jin-Woo
Main
Cha, Hae-In
Supporting
Igris
Supporting
Radiru, Esil
Supporting
Beru
Supporting
Sung, Jin-Ah
Supporting
Go, Gun-Hee
Supporting
Lee, Joo-Hee
Supporting
Sung, Il-Hwan
Supporting
Yoo, Jin-Ho
Supporting

Reviews

May 31, 2025
It’s rare to find stories where the main character does everything alone—so when I first watched the anime adaptation of Solo Leveling, I was immediately hooked. The idea that Sung Jin-Woo didn’t need a party to fight monsters felt surprisingly inspiring. That independence, both in his battles and growth, really stood out. When I went to read the manhwa, I was even more impressed by the striking artwork, character designs, and the way the story was presented.

Normally, I’m not a fan of overpowered protagonists or power fantasies—often they make stories feel redundant and devoid of tension. But Solo Leveling manages to handle Sung Jin-Woo’s rise ...
Feb 8, 2025
Mixed Feelings
The most action packed manhwa you'll find is Solo Leveling in a nutshell. While it may be extremely entertaining and if that's what you're looking for this manhwa is perfect but aside from that it lacks in every category and is extremely poorly written.

I'll start with the pros, Solo Leveling was one of the first manhwas to do dungeons, necromancer and system this well and it also had good entertaining fights against the many many generic antagonists. The artwork is extremely well done and only adds more to the insane fight scenes.

Now for the cons, first Sung Jin-woo is one of the worst protagonists I've ...
May 19, 2025
This Manhwa and story by far do not deserve the praise it manages to acclaim.

Solo leveling started out amazing, with an incredible introductory few chapters. The next following arcs aren't perfect, but begin to show potential for an interesting internal conflict, and by chapter 50 everything has fallen apart, and has been disregarded, to be turned into a mind numbing, wish fulfilment power fantasy with nothing else.

I have heard the main selling point for this manhwa (and anime) is how fun it is, and how a simple story is still good.
NO
it fails at both

first let me address the "fun" part.
Turning my brain off ...

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Recent Forum Discussion

Poll: Solo Leveling Chapter 201 Discussion ( 1 2 )
Eoussama - Jul 9, 2023
77 repliesby Failly »»
Jun 7, 10:12 PM
Poll: Solo Leveling Chapter 20 Discussion
BTDarklings - Sep 26, 2019
13 repliesby mushunodalbbies »»
Apr 29, 11:21 PM
Conclusion for this series
Kevinjtc - Apr 5
13 repliesby Whatever19 »»
Apr 26, 1:55 AM
It’s time Solo leveling fans, ANIME AWARD
iibrahmii - Apr 3
19 repliesby uorian26 »»
Apr 23, 1:53 AM
Poll: Solo Leveling Chapter 167 Discussion
Abyhape - Sep 15, 2021
19 repliesby FiddlePie »»
Apr 13, 2:09 PM