sleepyhead

Absolutely loved first season and I was one of the OGs for this manhwa. I was there when there were only ~20 chapters and was ongoing, so this manhwa has a special place in my heart.

I can list a lot of good things about this manhwa: battles, art style, perfectly placed comedy, magic and abilities, Sung Jinwo himself, and etc.

But second season was kind of disappointing…

I didn’t like romance, because it felt half-assed and put there just to be there. Especially when the FL had such a great potential as a character and a hunter/fighter, but was just reduced to a ‘powerful woman that is really in love with MC’ and it became her whole personality. Give her more screen time and character development or just not include romance at all.

Then when Sung Jinwo got rid of the system and fused with the OG monarch, it ruined the whole point of Solo Leveling. Before, he had to work through blood, sweat and tears to become stronger. That’s why the character wasn’t cringe or annoying like some other OP characters in similar manhwas. But then he fuses with the OG Shadow Monarch and everything goes out of the window. Now he becomes super OP and HUNDRED times stronger (not just a few levels like he usually does it after overcoming and obstacle), which begs the question: what the fuck was it all for. It just showed that all of Sung Jinwo effort to become strong was just useless in the end, because it took him a few minutes to just become a god basically.

And, finally, the ending was just ass. Going back in time is the same as ‘and then I woke up’ ending. Everything a reader went through emotionally and getting attached to other characters just went straight to a trash bin. All the character development got wiped. Then, after all that sacrifice from him, Sung Jinwo comes back and decides to STAY, knowing that it will have negative effects on Earth and everyone else.

DIDN’T YOU SACRIFICE EVERYTHING TO PROTECT EARTH??? YOUR FAMILY??? WHAT??? LITERALLY WHAT WAS THE POINT???

Readers were literally getting slapped left and right in the last chapters.

Manhwa is still amazing, but I’m sad that second season kinda fumbled.

I had to take a lot of breaks reading this, because the second half was so stressful and sometimes I just couldn’t stomach the villains.

Villains in this one are just vile. It’s been a while since I’ve been this disgusted and praying for these bitches to have worst possible end. Sad that most of them just died without much suffering and the doctor is still walking freely.

The main couple was amazing and I loved them. Wish they had more chapters where they just happy and all domestic with each other (especially after all the shit they’ve been through), so I hope for extras. I want to see Max and Chris happy :(

I also loved the police husbands with all my heart. I was screaming when Nathan got stabbed and almost died. I definitely gained a few white hairs after that one. I want more of their story and them be together/in touch with the main couple (they literally treated Chris as their son please )