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English Dub Review: Solo Leveling “Arise”

By Ben Schmidt

April 15, 2024

 

Overview:

Drained from endless battles, Jinwoo sees a phantom of his past self. To overcome his past as the Weakest Hunter of All Mankind, he struggles to find a way to clear the job-change quest.

Our Take:

That punishment by the system sure came in handy huh? Not only did it get Jinwoo away from the knights who were ganging up on him so that he could use some items and refresh. But it also gave him a chance to try his skills against the monsters in the punishment zone to get some levels thus healing all his wounds.

Refreshed and leveled up, Jinwoo was ready to beat some knight ass. After he did he had completed the job change request, only the new job didn’t make sense. Jinwoo is built like an assassin type so when he got the notification that his job change would be that of a “necromancer” he was confused. He planned on declining the job change but the system told him it was a hidden class which intrigued him. Now Jinwoo has an army of knights with Igris the Red as their leader which will help him in future battles.

Speaking of future battles, a second season has already been confirmed which is great because as a Manhwa reader, it’s only going to get better from here. For those wondering, yes, Aleks Le nailed the arise scene, he threatened to say “Wakey Wakey” or something else silly if he kept getting threats but I think we knew he wouldn’t do that. This show and everyone who worked on it was great from the first episode to the last and I can’t wait to talk more about it in the season review.