Episode 1 was so disappointing to me, just layers of bad decision-making and awful pacing, made me really doubt A1 despite the production values. But with episode 4 I feel like they're finally really making up for that. I'm finally excited about this series again.
@@crazykim as a LN/Manwha reader, i'm a bit confused on your gripes with the pacing? It's pretty much as good as it gets, what more could you wish for?
@@averymacneil3822 Technically it's more than serviceable. It's just minor gripes, but minor gripes so obvious from a directing stance they add up to major gripes. There was no need for Jeju Island in the first episode, there was no need for any scene with Cha Hae-In in the first episode. Anyone with any sense of directing would have know that there was only one correct answer on what point to end the first episode, and that would have been on the smile.
Like, episode 1 was such a pathetic blunder from the studio I'd have been ashamed even being remotely related to the studio. Don't get me wrong, it was still an above average anime episode, it's just that it shouldn't have been merely that. Episode one should by any measure have sent the anime community and the Solo Leveling fandom into a collective frenzy. The best we got was "Hey this seems kinda good-ish?"
the real reason why I believe the adaptation is op as heck is because of saber effects that make eyes look bright and lighting and atmosphere.... I am so hyped despite reading the manhwa
11:08 Jin-Woo: "I've ... gotta get stronger!" This hasn't been explained for the Anime-only crowd, so I'll put in a spoiler warning. Jin-Woo's passive ability, [Willpower], which he picked up in the Penalty Quest, has activated due to his HP dropping below 30%. This increases his stats by a percentage equal to the HP he's lost, so he's getting at least a 70% boost to his stats, which bumps his STR from 63 (due to the title, [Wolf Assassin]) to 94! In addition, his other stats are boosted from 33 to 50, which explains all the bouncing around he's about to do.
A1 proved me wrong. Let em cook indeed. Ngl, you could see the same people here in real world who just taking pictures or video for Instagram/Tiktok during disasters. 😂
THIS EPISODE IS FIRE! 🔥👌🏻😌 If before there was any doubt for 'anime watchers only ' that Solo Leveling wasn't gold, this episode completely dispelled those kind of doubts. Jinwoo's VA is just amazing! I'm so shocked by his performance! 😱
as a manhwa reader i completely agree. before i was of the opinion that i probably would have stopped if i was anime only, but this episode is just absolutely amazing. A1 went all out with the animation on the blue venom rasaka fight. if they keep going at this rate, this is gonna go from just an ok hype train anime to the greatest show of the year
@@zakichan_drawsI think they are cutting budget of non important or less hyped scenes, fights with dogs and some other didn't have 7/10 animation for me, but Rasaka 10/10.... especially the way they are not shying from eye effects that manhwa used literally so much... I love those eye saber effects fkin bring them A1
This is my fav snake fight ep so far, second being Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic. Woo freaking squeezed that bish to death lol. Oh and his eyes glowing when he said he needs to get stronger. So badass. That ending was badass. I love that he thought that the group of hunters probably wore it down when they did zero damage lol.
@@cuzidodgebullets6797 lol the dreaded cliffhanger. The ending was pretty great. I like that his stats actually affect how he looks. That forearm was jacked.
the posion can permantly incress his def by reducing damage he takes by 20% but the side effect is that it lowers his str by 35% total normally. level ups do the body good ;)
I love watching your reactions. I've never really paid much attention to reaction videos but when solo leveling came out I just couldn't wait to get more episodes so I started watching reactions to hold me over for a week. lol I've been waiting years for it like you. From the moment there was a hint it might get an anime I was hype. This series is so good and I'm happy and appreciative that they have done such a pheromonal job of making the anime as epic as the manhwa. I remember recommending the manhwa to manga/anime fans I know and they never got into it. But now that they are watching the anime they are like "OMG THIS IS SO GOOD!" I'm just over here like: "Yep. Tried to tell you that." Now that the anime is out, I'm happy I can share my excitement over the awesomeness of Jinwoo and this manhwa.
The color of the name in games is usually just based on their level compared to yours, which means it doesn’t necessarily indicate how hard the fight will be. So like a lvl 15 enemy may have a red name while a lvl 13 boss might have an orange name in a game, but the boss is obviously going to be much harder to fight simply because bosses have higher stats.
Now im not saying this animation is mappa/ufotable tier but this series shows A1 can go ham with animation if they wanna. Now imagine if they did that with ALL of their shows 🙃
1:38 "Hey, yo! What the f___!" Jin-Woo hasn't increased his Agility stat, so I'm guessing he came by this agility naturally, along with this keen dodge reflex, the strength just makes it more impressive. 8:09 "Oh! He's level 15! D___!" Not only has he gained 14 points to his stats from leveling up, the title [Wolf Assassin] gives him +40% to all his stats while fighting animal-type enemies. That jumps his STR up to 63!
He had natural Survivability before even he got the System. And that agility and reflexes was from his Daily training alone. What more if he increase those even more. Also his passive skill for sure will be explained next episode cuz those are broken.
"Hio "i told you he shoud switch the sword" but he coudn´t he had no other weapon in his inventory and he didn´t check the shop if he coud acsess it. ... Ok i have to correct myselve he DOES have some daggers ion his inventory (just saw it in an other reaction ^^) but i doubt they woud be mutch more efective,
Jinwoo said the monster was weakened before he got there, and considering we never saw him get anything from the fight (at least in this episode), does that mean he did not help enough, even though he broke the monster's defenses?
He gained EXP from killing it. He basically OHKO the golem but he assumed it's HP was already less than half since he OHKOed it. IIRC he has a passive ability that increases the damage he deals due to his STR reaching a certain threshold. This is different to the Title he got which gives him the passive skill that lets him deal 40% more damage to Beast Type Monsters.
@@aoihitoriIn a game setting? those are just your standard passives you get for achievements and special events. In his world where only he gets to Grow and is able to allocate how he grows by allocating Stat points? Yeah, UBER broken.
@@aoihitori considering he died due to a G-tier monster and was somehow resurrected, I can forgive him being granted abilities no one else in the world has. 😊
A1 can't keep up with the voice actor. The animation is lacking on His facial expresion. It's kinda flat compared to the emotion in the actors voice. Specially when his delivering the lines. You can clearly see the mouth is failing to catch up.
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A1 was born to do this , ep4 made me feel like i did not read the manhwa i was experiencing it the first time.
Episode 1 was so disappointing to me, just layers of bad decision-making and awful pacing, made me really doubt A1 despite the production values. But with episode 4 I feel like they're finally really making up for that. I'm finally excited about this series again.
@@crazykim as a LN/Manwha reader, i'm a bit confused on your gripes with the pacing? It's pretty much as good as it gets, what more could you wish for?
@@averymacneil3822 Technically it's more than serviceable. It's just minor gripes, but minor gripes so obvious from a directing stance they add up to major gripes. There was no need for Jeju Island in the first episode, there was no need for any scene with Cha Hae-In in the first episode. Anyone with any sense of directing would have know that there was only one correct answer on what point to end the first episode, and that would have been on the smile.
Like, episode 1 was such a pathetic blunder from the studio I'd have been ashamed even being remotely related to the studio. Don't get me wrong, it was still an above average anime episode, it's just that it shouldn't have been merely that. Episode one should by any measure have sent the anime community and the Solo Leveling fandom into a collective frenzy. The best we got was "Hey this seems kinda good-ish?"
True af
Baby woo is finally growing up, this could bring tears to my eyes 🥺
we'll miss _this_ side of him when he finally becomes SO op :(
Time for Babywoo comes close. Next time we meet Chadwoo.
The wolf monster really called his homies😭
They were gonna jump him.
the real reason why I believe the adaptation is op as heck is because of saber effects that make eyes look bright and lighting and atmosphere.... I am so hyped despite reading the manhwa
turning sexy soon LMFAO 🤣🤣🤣
"certain moments arise"
IYKYK
11:08 Jin-Woo: "I've ... gotta get stronger!"
This hasn't been explained for the Anime-only crowd, so I'll put in a spoiler warning.
Jin-Woo's passive ability, [Willpower], which he picked up in the Penalty Quest, has activated due to his HP dropping below 30%. This increases his stats by a percentage equal to the HP he's lost, so he's getting at least a 70% boost to his stats, which bumps his STR from 63 (due to the title, [Wolf Assassin]) to 94! In addition, his other stats are boosted from 33 to 50, which explains all the bouncing around he's about to do.
I'd like to think of him tapping into the Fragment of Brilliant Light. In the Manhwa he was crackling with energy when this happened.
Yep, his Passive skills and Title are broken. 😂
A1 proved me wrong. Let em cook indeed.
Ngl, you could see the same people here in real world who just taking pictures or video for Instagram/Tiktok during disasters. 😂
THIS EPISODE IS FIRE! 🔥👌🏻😌
If before there was any doubt for 'anime watchers only ' that Solo Leveling wasn't gold, this episode completely dispelled those kind of doubts.
Jinwoo's VA is just amazing! I'm so shocked by his performance! 😱
Yeah the VA is so good
as a manhwa reader i completely agree. before i was of the opinion that i probably would have stopped if i was anime only, but this episode is just absolutely amazing. A1 went all out with the animation on the blue venom rasaka fight. if they keep going at this rate, this is gonna go from just an ok hype train anime to the greatest show of the year
@@zakichan_drawsI think they are cutting budget of non important or less hyped scenes, fights with dogs and some other didn't have 7/10 animation for me, but Rasaka 10/10.... especially the way they are not shying from eye effects that manhwa used literally so much... I love those eye saber effects fkin bring them A1
This is my fav snake fight ep so far, second being Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic. Woo freaking squeezed that bish to death lol. Oh and his eyes glowing when he said he needs to get stronger. So badass.
That ending was badass. I love that he thought that the group of hunters probably wore it down when they did zero damage lol.
I liked the snake fight in mushoku tensei as well.
@@cuzidodgebullets6797 Yeah I forgot to put "this season" lol :s I did like that fight as well.
@Timmycoo ahh. I see. This was a great fight, though. And I'm glad they finally ended an episode without some damn cliffhanger like last couple.
@@cuzidodgebullets6797 lol the dreaded cliffhanger. The ending was pretty great. I like that his stats actually affect how he looks. That forearm was jacked.
2:16
That's the best voice I've ever heard, thanks to you my ears are bleeding 😅😂😂😂
4:55
Who let him cook?!!!😭
2:15 epic moment, and peak moment
First time someone hugged a boss to death. That became a bloody RomCom. :D
“When certain moments arise” 👀👀👀👀👀
the posion can permantly incress his def by reducing damage he takes by 20% but the side effect is that it lowers his str by 35% total normally.
level ups do the body good ;)
10:50 the animation is just smooth
You should say that the animation is reaching another level that the voice actor isn't even touching
I love watching your reactions. I've never really paid much attention to reaction videos but when solo leveling came out I just couldn't wait to get more episodes so I started watching reactions to hold me over for a week. lol
I've been waiting years for it like you. From the moment there was a hint it might get an anime I was hype. This series is so good and I'm happy and appreciative that they have done such a pheromonal job of making the anime as epic as the manhwa.
I remember recommending the manhwa to manga/anime fans I know and they never got into it. But now that they are watching the anime they are like "OMG THIS IS SO GOOD!" I'm just over here like: "Yep. Tried to tell you that." Now that the anime is out, I'm happy I can share my excitement over the awesomeness of Jinwoo and this manhwa.
Saucy woo 🔥
Cant wait for the glow up next episode.
I want to see the nurse and abs 😭
Maybe next eps
Same 😭🤝
@@alims9997Wdym 'maybe'?
It's literally gonna be on the next episode.
The extra chapters are good too. Specially some scenes did make me cry since it takes place after the end
its basically the full ending, its content from the light novel so its canon idk he said he shouldnt read it.
@@jeqse4166 why not? He's finished reading it all except the shorts, so he def should read them
2:00 left, right, good night
Lmao love that he yeeted that broken sword 😂 and yes that snake death was brutal
He tried sneaking that arise in
That snake kill gave me chills.
I had so many goosebumps this episode, feels like this is the episode that everyones gonna understand why this series gets hyped up.
heh ... "untill certain moments arise." heh good one
i like how we get just a tad bit of his menacing auro in each episode ...building up to his final form
The color of the name in games is usually just based on their level compared to yours, which means it doesn’t necessarily indicate how hard the fight will be. So like a lvl 15 enemy may have a red name while a lvl 13 boss might have an orange name in a game, but the boss is obviously going to be much harder to fight simply because bosses have higher stats.
that animation shift
Now im not saying this animation is mappa/ufotable tier but this series shows A1 can go ham with animation if they wanna. Now imagine if they did that with ALL of their shows 🙃
"Michael Vick on 'em... shit!" hahahahahaha
He almost one hit kill the boss. 😂
Jinwoo finna make me a ARISE with his upcoming glow-up transformation into a daddy MC.
The rise of Sung "Drip" Woo
"He went all Michael Vick on him!" Really? Lol. I'd say too soon, but it's been years, so all I'll say is, good one.
Just so people know , the voice actor vomited blood while giving voice for ep 4 ( the fight against snake)
1:38 "Hey, yo! What the f___!"
Jin-Woo hasn't increased his Agility stat, so I'm guessing he came by this agility naturally, along with this keen dodge reflex, the strength just makes it more impressive.
8:09 "Oh! He's level 15! D___!"
Not only has he gained 14 points to his stats from leveling up, the title [Wolf Assassin] gives him +40% to all his stats while fighting animal-type enemies. That jumps his STR up to 63!
yea, the base stats increases every lvl up
He had natural Survivability before even he got the System. And that agility and reflexes was from his Daily training alone. What more if he increase those even more. Also his passive skill for sure will be explained next episode cuz those are broken.
lets go spider lore
Open up the pack goes hard af.
Just waiting for igris
Sung Drip Woo 😂😂😂
I hope he gets rewarded for helping kill the stone boss. He broke down it's defense.
He doesn't, BUT........
@@MysticalArceus But what
@@Righteous1ist What? You want a spoiler?
@@MysticalArceus Yes
Sexy? The nurse gonna answer you😂
It's nice seeing manhwas getting an animated adaptation...
But man ! They did Noblesse dirty.
istg I can still vaguely remember reading this back then, AND IT WAS NOT THIS EPIC, LETS GOOO JUSTICE IS SERVED
Next episode he will turned hot op mc 😂
"Hio "i told you he shoud switch the sword" but he coudn´t he had no other weapon in his inventory and he didn´t check the shop if he coud acsess it.
... Ok i have to correct myselve he DOES have some daggers ion his inventory (just saw it in an other reaction ^^) but i doubt they woud be mutch more efective,
the daggers he got fro mthe wolves would have done exactly nothing, since they were non-magical.
I am at chapter 90 now with the web toon that stuff was hyped
Reminds me of when Gabimaru ripped out that convicts throat with his teeth.
is it only me or is joe starting to like the old hemidall cut
Jinwoo said the monster was weakened before he got there, and considering we never saw him get anything from the fight (at least in this episode), does that mean he did not help enough, even though he broke the monster's defenses?
He gained EXP from killing it. He basically OHKO the golem but he assumed it's HP was already less than half since he OHKOed it. IIRC he has a passive ability that increases the damage he deals due to his STR reaching a certain threshold. This is different to the Title he got which gives him the passive skill that lets him deal 40% more damage to Beast Type Monsters.
@@jled787yeah his Passives and Titles are broken.
@@aoihitoriIn a game setting? those are just your standard passives you get for achievements and special events.
In his world where only he gets to Grow and is able to allocate how he grows by allocating Stat points? Yeah, UBER broken.
@@aoihitori considering he died due to a G-tier monster and was somehow resurrected, I can forgive him being granted abilities no one else in the world has. 😊
My guy fully committed to the average redditor look 💀
Sexy Jin should be next episode I think… I hope the op changes his character design into sexy Jin lol
Yeah no cliff hanger most likely next episode ending on sensing murderous intent...
Why you pause mannn at 11:59 😢, i love your reaction but maybe next time during hype moment don't pause it yk, anyway thus episode is peakkkk
Early episodes seems mid to some but let our boy cook. HE's just getting started
El es un berserker
11:13 oh noo he is hot xD
definitely next episode GigaWoo will appear lol
@0:58 until certain moments ARISE.....I see what you did there
A1 can't keep up with the voice actor. The animation is lacking on His facial expresion. It's kinda flat compared to the emotion in the actors voice. Specially when his delivering the lines. You can clearly see the mouth is failing to catch up.