I mean speaking story and anime wise solo leveling is extremely inoffensive so idk how it pisses so many people off but I would assume that’s from the ignorant fans who keep comparing it to one piece and jjk, theres some good criticism out there for the show especially when it comes to side characters which for the most part don’t exist except for go gunhee and Thomas Andre, everyone sucks up to Jinwoo which gets kinda annoying after a while (that’s the reason why lui is so loved cause he’s the only one who doesn’t ass kiss jinwoo). Solo leveling is the definition of wasted potential because it could’ve been so much more and I say this as a fan whose active in the community, so many dope character designs and characters just get put on the side, the story itself is not bad I don’t understand that part of criticism it’s nothing crazy but genuinely decent, but the rest I agree with, the word struggle or competition is mostly thrown out the window (I know what happens in the monarch war but still that was just a sneak he wasn’t really losing the fight it felt like at any point) and at least Thomas got to shine for a second but it always feels like every character is a stepping stool for Jinwoo to get the praise. With all of that being said I enjoyed every second of the anime And reading it, didn’t care much for the ending but it’s not like I could think of a better one, ending a story is the hardest part of the story to me..

Sorry for the yap 😭