why would the king have healing/regen to use on someone else? that shouldn't be part of his power-set.
there's the body of the dead S-rank healer lying around somewhere, so shadowing him for the healing magic might be the only way to save her, but will definitly cause drama.
Forgot about that S-rank healer. I don't know if Jinwoo knows about him or can sense from his remains he was a healer.
However, by fighting the ant king, he saw how much regeneration capabilities it had.
The hybrid idea was that Jinwoo uses that power (after some stealing/combining spell) on Cha, with consequences down the line.
I don't know if he can shadow the ant king, would work too. Would cause some drama too as Jinwoo instantly becomes the defacto most powerfull being and most dangerous too.
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Jinwoo using the antking somehow to save Cha was my first thought, too, but I don't see how, so him shadowing the dead healer makes more sense AND would cause drama with furry-guy. So I think it's gonna be that, unless they do an asspull and somehow the antking's regeneration ability can heal others, bleh.
As for the fight, I actually found it underwhelming. Don't get me wrong, it was nice to watch, but after all the build up, I expected ... more. I was especially disappointed that Jinwoo never made the effort to ask the antking "why are you attacking us?" to get some long needed information about the whole concept of gates appearing and stuff.
Anyway, now we know what Gon vs Meruem would have been like. Although Gon wouldn't have taken this long ;D
Oh, DUMBEST scene: The Japanese military apparently has NOBODY who watches South Korean television. How tf could all of them miss that the fight inside the ant nest is being live-broadcast to the public?! Ugh.
Jinna will be extremely horny for her brother now, though. /sisterleveling
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Yeah, seems Jinwoo is easily the most powerful Hunter in the world now. Not sure how much this premise is going to be able to be able to hold interest, because the hero has already reached the "so OP it's boring" point.
I'm not exactly sure WHY the Elixir wouldn't have worked.
Hard to think of a reason with so little information.
Maybe the elixir heals conditions like viruses, bacteria, cancer, or magical ones, but since she got hit hard it does not fall in those categories? Feels too weak, the explanation and the elixir...
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Jinwoo should have been watching the TV broadcast as long as it was online. He would have seen the healer. The dude ought to be an extremely high level healer (to qualify for this group), so most experienced hunters might be aware of him, including Jinwoo.Originally Posted by David75
I don't really like lines of light fights, but I suppose there are only so many ways to depict extreme speed. Fortunately this fight did have plenty of elements, so it was nice. Funnily enough those watching the broadcast would see even less because the broadcast would have, what, 60Hz? Maybe even less, considering there's no powerful radio equipment sending the signal, just a handheld device.
Humm, so the potion cured everyone else but not Cha because her condition was too severe and the potion not potent enough...
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I wonder if they introduce leveling up for everyone. Otherwise, all those S-rank hunters will be literally useless going forward, since I assume Jinwoo will continue to encounter stronger enemies.
Heck, the author might copy more HXH and actually do the Dark Continent before Togashi got to it, lol.
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Exactly.
The S-Ranks are what made this show interesting.
Them being outclassed and basically declassed to E-Ranks in this fight, and nothing short of that just happened, ruined the whole show.
I'd argue the same for one-punch-man btw. It's necessary that they are able to do stuff.
At the very least OnePunch's premise is the joke behind all of it, this show however tries to be serious and edgy about it.
Exactly.I wonder if they introduce leveling up for everyone. Otherwise, all those S-rank hunters will be literally useless going forward, since I assume Jinwoo will continue to encounter stronger enemies.
He shouldn't (from before this raid). But from the broadcast, perhaps. He has obviously watched it and the big panorama shot had him as a healer shown in the team.Forgot about that S-rank healer. I don't know if Jinwoo knows about him or can sense from his remains he was a healer.
Btw. the Black Ant absorbed the power of all his kills.
Meaning he is basically 8 S-Ranks strong. On top of that, he ate the queen. MC defeated him anyway.
Any S rank holding his own against MC must be an absolute canon, making every Korean/Japanese S rank look like an A rank at best.
That means, during the S-Rank training fight bit, MC was just toying with them already (after all, not a single level up has happened from there to now) and any talk about "how good they are" is just pointless pampering trying to make people fawn over him and how "humble" he is or whatever.
This show had a really good MC, really good "NPCs" that have made good decisions and have shown intelligent behaviour (like during the High Orc fight etc). This whole arc ruined it all imho, because no matter what happens now, either everyone becomes MC and levels up and thus it becomes boring, or everyone will remain useless and uninteressing and it will become "Monologue: The Anime"
But guess what, the show is called SOLO LEVELING.
But to be fair, MCs father made it clear that the S-Ranks are pretty useless like 8 episodes ago.
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Well it IS called "Solo Leveling".
Lol, yes.
What if the others are able to unlock a second awakening instead? That's not leveling.
Peace.
Thing is, let's assume other characters get to level up, too: Will this anime find a solution to the very real dilemma in MMORPGs that NOBODY is special, because being powerful is simply a matter of "who invests the most time"? At that point, Jinwoo and everyone else would just be racing towards who can grind the most. It'd be absolutely meaningless. Similar to powerlevels in Dragon Ball when Vegeta actively used the saiyans' special ability of exponentially raising their power by getting near-death and told Kuririn to shoot him, then get restored by Dende. Zero effort involved. That's what Solo Leveling would turn into.
The only way of staying interesting is if the story completely ditches old characters, minus demon elf girl, and really goes "Dark Continent" where Jinwoo meets others who are like him and he finds out that there's either a level cap or gaining levels requires a lot more EXP, so he stops getting stronger quickly. And then we can have a cool adventure in "Not-Dark Continent Fantasy World". Although then the question becomes how Jinwoo will stay relevant, because being OP is literally the only thing he has going for him.
Feels like the series has written itselt into a corner.
"She's the only non-loli girl in the show, your honor!" will be my defense in court
But time isn't even a big factor here because there is no respawning or retries. It's not even like hardcore mode for some games because you can always create a new character there. Here, one big mistake means perma-death.
Skill, effort, talent, fortitude, courage, and luck all play a factor, and these are what will separate the strong from the weak. It's similar to sports in the real world. We all have the same amount of time, but not everyone can be Lebron or Lionel.
Peace.
It's exactly NOT the same as the real world. Jinwoo wants to spend time with his family. Meanwhile some antisocial freak might just keep grinding and grinding. And Jinwoo would never catch up to him. That's how MMORPGs are and that's what it'd be here. Skill and talent play a roll in skill-based games, but Solo Leveling is EXP-based. Jinwoo's speed, reaction and strength all come from the grind, not from himself.
"She's the only non-loli girl in the show, your honor!" will be my defense in court
I'm assuming his dad already does.
Not true. The premise here is that Jinwoo always had the courage, grit, and talent but was born as a low rank hunter, which is essentially a fixed stat. He did grow exponentially stronger due to the level ups, but just because he survived all his ordeals does not mean anyone else would. He had encountered many situations where he almost died if not for skill, smarts, luck, or a combination of all three. Luck here is mainly due to being the protagonist. Other "players" won't have the same advantage.
Just because someone can level up and starts devoting their time grinding does not mean they can get as strong without risking their lives against stronger enemies, which Jinwoo has done many times to get to this point. He also had motivation to face danger because he needed to save his mother. Hunters generally don't fight against enemies stronger than they are so they don't die, so they will level much slower and gain weaker skills due to not being pushed to the limit.
A good example of this is how Jinwoo's mutilate skill maxed out in this battle because he almost died.
I'm not saying he is the ONLY person who can get this strong, but it's not something just anyone can do.
Peace.
Even if he somehow had "talent", he'd still be in a permanent race against other people, being forced to get stronger in order to stay ahead of the curve.
"She's the only non-loli girl in the show, your honor!" will be my defense in court
Maybe the anime will get more seasons so that you will see the whole story. Because this isn't the end of it. It's pretty pointless to declare the show ruined when you have only seen half of it. Right now, even the detail explaining why Jinwoo is the solo leveler is still unexplained, after all. It's a foregone conclusion he would get stronger than the S-rankers because he's growing stonger all the time, not to mention he's not stuck to a single skillset like the regular hunters. He's not strictly a mage with no physical combat skills. He's not a pure fighter, nor a pure assassin. He's a master of many trades, which is something hunters find shocking.
Rewatched the end of the episode. Now I'm leaning towards Jinwoo will shadow the ant king again. His facial expression gives me more of a "I'll have to make this monster my ally and I'm not sure it will work" vibes.And if the ant king has absorbed regeneration skills from the healer, he probably has healing skills, too.
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