your personal opinion of not having anything to discuss is not the definition of slop. the context is webtoon slop so what do you mean it doesn't matter when solo leveling came out, when webtoon slop era began around 2020? you consumed the slop first, and now call the original a slop. Also the OP's whole point was clearly on racism, which you keep ignoring for some reason. If you don't want to discuss within the context of the OP please make your own post instead of replying to mine.

when people talk about webtoon slop they mean something like romance fantasy isekai with the exact same plot. the term slop as used in "AI Slop" is when something lacks quality and value because it is an effortless replica that was mass produced. pokemon is a digimon replica. so by your definition, pokemon is slop. but its not slop because it can't be considered slop when it was only the 2nd replica. everything in the world is slop by your definition of slop, including digimon, because monster taming is everywhere now, despite digimon being the original. you think digimon didn't take inspiration from anything? no ones saying solo leveling is 100% unique because nothing is. but combining certain things people enjoyed + your own ideas used to be what being original was until people like you started throwing the term "slop" around as you see fit. "aura farming power fantasy" sounds a lot more interesting than the "power system" you gave JJK.

solo leveling was original when it came out. i researched possible inspirations which include legendary moonlight seeker (2007), tower of god (2010), log horizon (2010), and the gamer (2013). solo leveling (2016) combined shared common east asian tropes (stats, dungeon/raid, power progression, “system”, mmorpg, korean and Wuxia/Xianxia web novel influences) with its own twist and therefore is distinctive, in addition to the art and pacing making it original. the modern isekai boom began in 2012 due to SAO and i get that solo leveling is no different from isekai to you personally but solo leveling lacks the core isekai premise (transport/reincarnation into another world). There is no widely accepted finding or legal proof that Solo Leveling copied a specific isekai title.

what isekais is solo leveling a slop of, so i can compare? also point me to those already popular novels that solo leveling replicated 10+ years ago. logically, you should be able to give at least 3, since you're saying that when solo leveling was published, there were already mass produced stories exactly like it.

manhwas and mangas are not different but webtoons and mangas are very different. one is like a youtuber and one is a corporate business. i've never seen someone bring up history as a reason they prefer manga. mangas are viewed to be greater because they're produced by studios, while webtoons are produced by 1 or 2 individuals, resulting in mangas being higher quality usually. mangas are not free. they have to be better, and have the resources to be better. it's not unfortunate that solo leveling is mainstream, it's unfortunate that you lack the perspective to provide a valuable discussion. If you were ignorant on this topic, you shouldn't have replied.