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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: 8.581 (scored by 365779365,779 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #1212
2 based on the top manga page. Please note that 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #5
Members: 612,591
Favorites: 47,317

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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]
BackgroundSolo 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
Radir, Esil
Supporting
Beru
Supporting
Sung, Jin-Ah
Supporting
Go, Gun-Hee
Supporting
Lee, Joo-Hee
Supporting
Yoo, Jin-Ho
Supporting
Sung, Il-Hwan
Supporting

Reviews

Mar 25, 2026
A cliché? Yes, but an extremely well-executed one.

Solo Leveling is the kind of work that takes a familiar formula—the weak protagonist who becomes absurdly strong—but transforms it into something addictive to follow. There's no denying that this concept existed before, but here it gains a much more engaging form thanks to the use of a game-inspired progression system, with levels, skills, missions, and rewards. It may not have been the first to do this, but it was certainly one of the games responsible for popularizing this style.

The story itself is simple, and that's not a flaw. We follow Sung Jin-Woo, a low-ranking hunter in a ...
Mar 13, 2026
Mixed Feelings
Solo Leveling is honestly really fun to read. Watching Sung Jin-Woo get stronger and stronger is satisfying, and the fights are hype almost the entire time. It’s one of those series that’s just very easy to binge. The action moments are really cool and some of the hype scenes hit hard.

The characters themselves are actually interesting too, at least the ones we get to see more of. But that’s also where one of my biggest problems with the series comes in. The story focuses so heavily on Jin-Woo getting stronger that there are barely any real conversations or character moments. Most of the time the ...
Jun 16, 2025
Solo Leveling is a masterclass in how to take an interesting premise and grind it into oblivion with repetitive storytelling and zero character development. The protagonist, Sung Jin-Woo, transforms from a weakling to an unstoppable god with the emotional depth of dry toast. Every fight plays out like clockwork: enemies show up, everyone else gets obliterated, and then—like a bad habit—Jin-Woo shows up at the last second to clean up with minimal effort. It’s not suspenseful, it’s just lazy writing dressed in black smoke and glowing eyes.

The world itself is paper-thin, populated by NPC-like side characters who exist solely to be saved or to worship ...

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