Solo Leveling Season 2 -Arise from the Shadow- Ep. 25 "On to the Next Target" marks the finale of the second season of this anime. Alas, it's a finale that begins and ends with curbstomp after curbstomp. Such things might be entertaining as an opening act, but by this point, it feels more boring
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Kaiju No. 8: Mission Recon is exactly what it says on the tin. It's literally just an anime film recapping most of the first season. Not even entirely the first season either. Oh well, at least we get a fun OVA starring Soshiro Hoshina tacked on at the end as a treat. Now if only the entire cast
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Solo Leveling Season 2 -Arise from the Shadow- Ep. 24 "Are You the King of Humans" sets itself up as an epic clash between champions. However, it soon becomes apparent that the fight isn't even remotely a fair one. Spoilers: it's not Jin-woo. As a result, despite the setup and how good-looking the
Solo Leveling Season 2 -Arise from the Shadow- Ep. 23 "It's Going to Get Even More Intense" is basically a chance for the side cast to get their moment of awesomeness. Alas, they get exactly one episode to be awesome, and it's not even the entire episode either. Near the end, they encounter the
Solo Leveling Season 2 -Arise from the Shadow- Ep. 22 "We Need a Hero" tries to make up for the terrible plot of the previous episodes with action. As well as an attempt at story. It kind of succeeds in the latter, but at least there's enough of the former that you can switch your brain off and
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Solo Leveling Season 2 -Arise from the Shadow- Ep. 21 "It was All Worth It" is very peculiar in that it treats Jin-woo's actions throughout the episode as heroic or even comedic. However, even a cursory examination of what he actually does makes you gape at him in shock. From abandoning a key ally
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Solo Leveling Season 2 -Arise from the Shadow- Ep. 20 "Looking Up Was Tiring Me Out" has a new female character be the focus of this episode. Alas, she's not really the focus of the story. Rather, her entire character seems built up to be a new satellite love interest character for Jin-woo. Which
Solo Leveling Season 2 -Arise from the Shadow- Ep. 19 "The 10th S-Rank Hunter" gives Jin-woo three things in his life. The first is fame for his actions. The second is fortune from the random stuff he collected in his rise to power. The third is a boat-load of fear. Both from his enemies, and from
Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia both kicks up the action and ramps up the stakes with a very poisonous plotline in Ep. 9 "Tengri". In fact, this is the most amount of bloody action we've seen in this anime in a while. However, in terms of story, it still takes second fiddle to the very sudden
Daemons of the Shadow Realm reveals the depths a certain hunter named Ivan has in Ep. 20 "The Hunted and the Hunter". It's very bloody and dark depths, but it does show that Ivan will likely be a major recurring villain in the story, and will play a major role in that story somehow. As well as
Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia has Sitara / Fatima play a very dangerous game of power and intrigue in Ep. 8 "Great Khatun Boraqchin". All surrounding the most recent addition to the growing cast: the Empress Boraqchin. She's elderly and quite enigmatic, but is also as sharp as a rapier. Playing
