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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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. 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
Solo Leveling Season 2 -Arise from the Shadow- Ep. 18 "Don’t Look Down on My Guys" marks a return to the classic story formula for the anime. It's a return so classic that it's a bit of a downgrade from the previous episode. Here, the band of potentially interesting side characters is now reduced
Solo Leveling Season 2 -Arise from the Shadow- Ep. 17 "This Is What We're Trained to Do" is a prime example of why Sung Jin-woo is cursed. No matter which dungeon he goes into, it practically assures that something will go horribly, horribly wrong. I suppose this is why he's as overpowered as he is
Have you ever considered the similarities between the landmark 1978 slasher Halloween and 1982’s First Blood? In both films, a man of few words arrives in a small town that treats him like the bogeyman, and when circumstances escalate to the point of murder, a specialist who’s highly familiar
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
For better or for worse, the Cold War action-comedy lives! 35 years after the fall of the Soviet Union, John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein have meshed the longstanding Odd Couple road trip with Iron Curtain hijinks and modern action sensibilities for a surprisingly solid but conceptually
