its an ok read....

solo leveling spoilers in my comment btw-

true. i still enjoy it, but it just... pales in comparison. i think it's also because he's not keeping any huge secrets, also we're pretty ignorant about the world. in solo leveling, once the groundwork was laid out, it wasn't all that hard to grasp how everything worked. so, when the main character (i don't want to spell it i think i'll do it wrong) in solo leveling constantly surpases what we believe to be the bar, we are impressed. we get shivers.

but in comparison i find that the groundwork for this story was confusing. us ourselves aren't tomb raiders and know nothing about tombs. we were just going along for the ride basically the entire time.

because in this story he could say "omg there's four relics in this tomb!" and i would think... okay. is that weird? haven't we seen that many already? why is that important? just because i don't know the limits to this world.

but in solo leveling, we see limits placed IMMEDIATELY. he's a low rank. he cannot grow stronger, he's obviously tried. he sees power in front of him, and comparatively, he is so weak he shakes. right there we see where he stands, where some of the greater power stands, and the distance between them (which is huge, and a gap we want to see him overcome). also, for example, when the red gate shows up, and i was almost screaming. I've seen so many gates now i understand it, but now a red gate?? what?? im intrigued. excited. i understand that red gates are not normal, because i understood the groundwork for the story in the first place.

sorry i just really love solo leveling and im constantly impressed by it, so i just also wanted to compare the two, because it's not just dialogue! it's really not that bad for tomb raider. solo leveling just overall is that much better

same here, an avid solo leveling fan. i tend to also read the novel if the manga is really good and yah, i get shivers reading it. true, its not just the dialogue but also when i'm this manga, i don't really feel any connection to it. prob due to the reasons you mentioned

i also haven't read the novel yet! i'm sticking with the visuals since that is what i started with first. I don't want to spoil it for myself, but once the entire thing is out i'll go back and read the novel for sure. and obviously, the art is relatively good for both of the stories (somehow solo leveling just manages to feel better, but i'm not qualified enough to say). so the difference isn't in the art but the story itself. anyways, can't wait to read it. cannot wait for season 2.