Culture news The sequel to Solo Leveling risks making the same mistake as Naruto: the worst is to be feared

Culture news The sequel to Solo Leveling risks making the same mistake as Naruto: the worst is to be feared

The duality of fans

Since the release of the light novel in November 2016 and the manhwa in 2018, Solo leveling continues to make waves thanks to its breathtaking design and its growing community. This year, after 8 years of waiting, the animated adaptation is finally released! A blessing for some, because the wait was really long. For others who know the whole story, it’s more complicated. In just 3 months, several fans have some doubts about how the rest of the story will unfold. This could take a turn, certainly original, but which has not yet been able to prove itself to the community.

The end of a legend

It’s always complicated for a writer to finish a story. It’s even more complicated for fans, who will no longer be able to enjoy the stories of their favorite heroes. To overcome this inevitability, a few different concepts have emerged. For example, remakes, or even aging the characters, were good ways to keep track of the heroes, while modifying the story without distorting it. In addition, one of these concepts in particular is slowly trying to modernize itself: passing the torch to the children of the heroes of the original work. However, it is an idea that divides fans like rarely before. True redemption, or shameful reuse, it is not intended to go with kid gloves when we want to qualify the offspring of the protagonists we love so much. Either it’s about Bleach or Dragon Ball, several works have tried, are still trying, or will try to pass the torch to the children of the main characters. The next on the list, as you will have understood, is Solo leveling. Indeed, the manhwa is finished, but the light novel continued. We will talk about its content again after a little contextualization.

The best known example is none other than Boruto: Naruto Next Generations. Many fans liked this work, but even more fans criticized it. Not even mentioning the fact that the most watched episode of the series isn’t even an episode in which Boruto appears, this anime shows how risky and difficult the idea is to pull off. The following Solo leveling: Ragnarok was announced as taking place 5 years after the main story. This news has created doubts among fans regarding which characters from the original work could take a back seat. Perhaps we shouldn’t repeat what fans consider to be mistakes in the sequel to Masashi Kishimoto’s cult manga.

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The story repeats itself ?

To talk a little more about this famous sequel, the light novel already offers us some important information about the story. We will follow a new hero, Sung Suho, the son of Sung Jinwoo, who often gets scolded by his father because he needs to learn how to use and control his powers. Until then, the father-son relationship seems to be at the heart of the plot. But in the worst case, what is accused of Boruto by several fans will come true again: Sung Jinwoo will be a neglected, poorly exploited character, even though he is the character who introduced the whole story at the start.

All is obviously not lost! Apart from these sometimes optimistic, sometimes pessimistic speculations, it is obviously impossible to know what the future has in store for us. We must be patient, and give the rest of history a chance!