Some of you might remember that I was not a fan of Solo Leveling season 1 and might be wondering why I even bothered with season 2. Well, it’s because several people couldn’t shut up about how good they thought the show was and I felt the need to prove them wrong. As part of this I took several steps to make sure I wouldn’t have a great time watching it. I watched only the dub for season 2, I exclusively watched it as side content while playing a game, I even recorded some cringy quotes to make fun of for this review. But you know what really sucks? The second season was actually decently better than the first.
It felt more focused on delivering fun, fast-paced action scenes and pretty flashing lights, highlighting the shows only redeeming qualities. And the dub was actually pretty decent too. And uh… yeah… that’s all I can stomach for praise. Despite being better than the first season it was still anchored by a plot that was just edgy nonsense and some of the stupidest shit I’ve seen in a while. So, behold my hall of stupid notes that I took while watching. I’m giving them straight to you cause I can’t be bothered to spend any more time here.
- Some of the things he says are pretty normal when you write them out alone but the way things are said and the circumstances are just gut churning. Though the line “These elves aren’t like the ones in fairy tales” in unsalvageable no matter how you say it.
- OK, they really pushed hard on the high school girl romance angle. Like I swear it was barely hinted at in the source material.
- I just watched a scene where a number representing his kill count in a dungeon went up while it cut repeatedly to close up shots of him eating meat. It was just kind of odd.
- OK, legit, there is a plot point where the strong lady hunter likes our main dude just because he doesn’t smell. I know there’s a more complicated reason but it’s still just so stupid.
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