How To Hide Your Power Fantasy

Are you Sung Jin Woo because you're the strongest, or are you the strongest because you're Sung Jin Woo?
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Solo Leveling, also alternatively translated as Only I Level Up (Korean: 나 혼자만 레벨업; RR: Na Honjaman Rebeleop), 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 by D&C Media under their Papyrus label since November 4, 2016. The novel has been licensed in English by Yen Press.
In a world where hunters - human warriors who possess supernatural abilities - must battle deadly monsters to protect mankind from certain annihilation, a notoriously weak hunter named Sung Jinwoo finds himself in a seemingly endless struggle for survival. One day, after narrowly surviving an overwhelmingly powerful double dungeon that nearly wipes out his entire party, a mysterious program called the System chooses him as its sole player and in turn, gives him the unique ability to level up in strength. This is something no other hunter is able to do, as a hunter's abilities are set once they awaken. Jinwoo then sets out on a journey as he fights against all kinds of enemies, both man and monster, to discover the secrets of the dungeons and the true source of his powers.

[@JesseGolo]

This comment section is gonna be full of spoilers, I just know it.

[@lmae8337]

The trope of powerful characters under estimating the main character makes a little more sense in chinese power fantasies. Characters who reach a high enough level can hide their power level and reconstruction their bodies to look ageless. So, an old master assuming the mc is weak because he is giving out low power readings and looks younger is understandable. In context of the world and to the old master it is more likely the mc is a noob and less likely he is a protege or another old master who achieved the neigh impossible task of gaining a perfect body through years of training.
However, I like grinding in jrpg. Starting as a weak character who dies a lot and later becoming someone powerful enough to screen clear an entire room of monsters in less than 2 turns is satisfying to me. That is the best type of power fantasy.

[@DangericeDreams]

I haven’t seen Solo Leveling, but I don’t have a Crunchyroll subscription, so I might as well spoil it for myself.

[@digolgolo3446]

Weldone Jesse
Great review.

[@blackblaze4830]

I'm standing in the side saying This show is all hype it's your basic power fanatasy show and the fights show it he might show some emotions on the side but dude became you cool talk less powerful guy heck anos have more personality than this MF and his peak power fantasy MC