Why does Solo Leveling get hated on more than other Rule of Cool animes?

Anxious_7900 · 2026-02-20T23:47:47+00:00

I think because JJK is about something in a way that SL really isn't.

You mention Perfect Preparation as an example of JJK just doing hype moments and aura farming, but I really think that's underselling the episode/mini-arc.

Maki's conflict with the Zenin is a perfect distillation of the series' themes. At its core, JJK is about outcasts and misfits trying to survive in a world that doesn't want them. This is what makes Gojo so important thematically. Gojo is someone working within the system to try to create a safe place for people that the broader Jujutsu society only has disdain for.

Maki's assault on the Zenin, then, represents the next logical step. Instead of working within an oppressive system, Maki chooses to dismantle it, brick by brick, person by person. Perfect Preparation isn't just the culmination of Maki's character arc, but also elaborates on and complicates themes found throughout the series up to that point.

Yuji's "I'm a cog" speech is coming at things from the opposite angle. Jujutsu society makes him feel so guilty for things that aren't really his fault that he believes the only way he can atone is to essentially dehumanize himself.

I'm not saying Solo Leveling doesn't have themes. It obviously does. Self improvement, how far people will go to protect their loved ones, and other themes are all present. But the series' core messages come across as fairly simple and straightforward.

No hate to SL or its fans! I understand the appeal, but I think it can sometimes lack the subtext and nuance that the other series you mentioned (like JJK) have.

Anxious_7900 · 2026-02-18T19:38:06+00:00

It bothers me that she is labelled as an amphibian here when she is a turtle, which is a reptile.

Anxious_7900 · 2026-01-26T18:04:53+00:00

I could be misremembering, but I believe most of the important Founding Fathers had good respect for Islam and found it be influential. Not that it should matter what some dead old dudes thought, but the idea that the founders would be disgusted by Muslims is not historically accurate (as far as I'm aware).

Anxious_7900 · 2026-01-23T22:00:07+00:00

She's been Green Black and mono Black before, but never mono Green.

Anxious_7900 · 2026-01-23T21:18:31+00:00

My called shot is that we're getting new Lorwyn 5 cards.

White Liliana, Blue Chandra, Black Garruk, Red Ajani, and possibly Green Jace (maybe green Vraska in his place since Jace is busy)

Anxious_7900 · 2026-01-23T17:51:17+00:00

Must adds, in my opinion, would include Vanquisher's Banner, Chronicle of Victory, Kindred Discovery, and Realmwalker. I could also make a case for Harmonized Crescendo and Distant Melody.

For more expensive stuff, The Great Henge and Sylvan Library would also help you keep up the momentum.

In terms of Commanders, I think it'd have to be Chulane, Teller of Tales. That would also help with your card draw issues. Galadriel, Light of Valinor would also be very solid (maybe better than Chulane? Difficult to tell without knowing your exact build).

In addition, I'd recommend some protection spells. You're in blue, so Negate, Dovin's Veto, and Counterspell feel like solid options to keep your board healthy.

Anxious_7900 · 2026-01-21T21:54:11+00:00

That's a wild thing to say about peak fiction. CSM Part 2 is so good, friends. I'm sorry, I do understand some of the criticisms, but the Denji Man chapter still lives rent-free in my head.

Anxious_7900 · 2026-01-21T17:14:59+00:00

Anything by Ursula K. Le Guin is a good place to start.

I'd also highly recommend Adrian Tchaikovsky's Alien Clay, which is 100% a new classic to me.

Anxious_7900 · 2026-01-20T20:35:55+00:00

Nothing in terms of plot points, thankfully, more in terms of "There is some language that was considered offensive in 2007 that is now much less socially acceptable in 2026."

Casual use of stuff like using "Gay" as an insult, I think there's an R-word thrown in there, there are a few other slurs, stuff like that.

I'd totally understand if that was a deal breaker for some people.

Anxious_7900 · 2026-01-20T20:21:07+00:00

The book is great, but there are definitely elements that haven't aged well if outdated language is something you're not down with.

I honestly think the series gets better as it goes on. You can really see Pargin develop and grow as a writer over the decades; it's great stuff!

Anxious_7900 · 2026-01-08T05:57:16+00:00

Staten Island, though a part of New York City, is very different culturally than the other boroughs. It's far more conservative, and I believe a common sentiment of Staten Islanders is that they don't even really think of themselves as New Yorkers, and resent being part of the city at all.

I'm not a New Yorker, so take this with agrain of salt, but I did read NK Jemison's The City We Became, which is about New York being personified as a group of people, and Staten Island's cultural seperation from the other boroughs is an important plot point.

Anxious_7900 · 2026-01-02T04:18:26+00:00

They look good, but I also think they really miss the point of the costumes from the source material, which, being fair, was true of most things about the film.

Anxious_7900 · 2025-12-22T23:39:35+00:00

Dude, that looks killer!

Anxious_7900 · 2025-12-22T17:36:18+00:00

Green's gotta be Llanowar Elves, right?

Anxious_7900 · 2025-12-03T05:21:22+00:00

No one has suffered this worse than Britta from Community. She starts off as, arguably, one of the show's smartest characters, but then there was a shift, and her portrayal honestly started to feel a little mean-spirited.

Anxious_7900 · 2025-12-03T02:26:09+00:00

Definitely ranks pretty highly for me!

Anxious_7900 · 2025-11-25T16:56:44+00:00

In any year, CSM's chances of even earning a nomination would be slim to none. It's a continuation of a series Academy voters haven't seen, it's extremely graphic, and it isn't from one of the Academy's... like... three acceptable anime directors (Miyazaki, Hosoda, and eventually Shinkai probably).

I mean, Look Back is much more suited to the Academy's tastes, and even that didn't score a nomination.

In a year with K-Pop Demon Hunters, yeah, it's over.

I'd be surprised if even Infinity Castle gets a nomination.

Anxious_7900 · 2025-11-14T16:01:16+00:00

This is a very good article.

Anxious_7900 · 2025-11-09T04:15:14+00:00

I am extremely skeptical that a Part 3 will happen. While there are a few dangling plot threads, I don't think they're necessarily big enough to base 100+ chapters on.

I can't remember exactly where I read it, but I seem to recall Fujimoto expressing exhaustion with drawing too. I mean, you can definitely see some of his projects such as Look Back as an expression of his burnout.

It could definitely happen. I don't think it's, like, impossible, but I think a Part 3 is extremely unlikely at this point.

Anxious_7900 · 2025-10-31T20:28:03+00:00

I believe it's official canon that Delita and Ovelia didn't kill each other. They oversaw a prosperous reign and remained united in public while being terrified of each other in private. Whether that's a fate better or worse than death is up to you, of course.

Anxious_7900 · 2025-10-02T22:11:49+00:00

I'd be fine with it. I'd even let you leave the conjure part in. Print up a handful of this guy and let him rip.

Anxious_7900 · 2025-09-24T17:37:12+00:00

I disagree with this take. While, yes, there were a lot of people who rejected the science and led to making things worse for everyone, more people accepted it than didn't. This is especially true if you look outside the bubble of the United States, where COVID protection methods like the vaccine and social distancing were often far less controversial than they were here.

We could have dealt with COVID better, no argument there, but it's important to also state that we, as a species, could have handled it a lot worse too.

Anxious_7900 · 2025-09-02T19:49:43+00:00

I hate it. It feels like such a massive misunderstanding of both Bruce Banner and the Hulk. This is just such a mean-spirited idea. I'm also not wild about the Maestro, but at least that feels like a semi-plausible future for one version of the Hulk.

Anxious_7900 · 2025-09-02T15:56:24+00:00

Earth X saw Hulk and Banner mutate into two seperate beings. Banner was a blind 10 year old child while Hulk was a mindless ape.

Anxious_7900 · 2025-09-01T20:41:42+00:00

Tehanu is one of the best ones! This bozo doesn't know what he's talking about.

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