Solo Leveling: Ragnarok · review
It was only about a year ago that my friend told me that a sequel to Solo Leveling featuring Jin Woo's kid was in the works. I was like "What the hell, that's gonna ruin the series". And well, here I am, reading this. The story is very similar to its predecessor in the holistic sense, blame it to the prequel's horrible ending of everyone forgetting about everything. Well let's not go to that aspect. This one expands in on the story left behind by the saga of Jin Woo. The story now focuses on our protagonist Sung Suho, the son of Jin Woo. He hasinnate powers of the Shadow Monarch so it makes him pretty busted and a bit less interesting to watch. The immediate evil here is now Itarim as opposed to the Monarchs. So you can witness a little tweak here and there in the story but the overall structure is still similar, you are the weakest player but only you have the power to level up. The story relies a bit too much on the plot armour and the survival aspect of the original being missing dissapoints me, as that was arguably the best part. So it is now purely action fantasy. But still it does not prevent it from being a fun little read. The action is top notch, art is still better than almost the entirety, the story is still fun to read, it has still got its humorous tones, the characters are also good, where seeing past characters genuinely puts me on a simle. So I see plenty good reasons for you to read this. Only time will tell if it will live up to its expectations.