Dizzying adventures, skill upgrades, and finding your place in the world.
This year, the long-awaited anime adaptation of the Korean webtoon Solo Leveling was released on all screens in Japan and around the world. The comic was released from 2018 to 2022 and is based on a novella that has been published since 2014.
We have collected anime that fans of the story about Sung Jin-woo might like.
1. The King's Avatar, 2017
The main character Ye Xiu is the captain of a popular eSports team in the game Glory. However, due to a series of unfortunate events, he is forced to leave his position as leader.
Not wanting to give up, Ye Xiu gets a job as a manager in an Internet cafe, and when a new server is launched, he begins his ascent to the cyber summit once again.
The King's Avatar is not a classic shonen, because the main character is the strongest player from the beginning. However, there is something to see in the work of Chinese animators: there are spectacular battles and classic character development with the search for new friends and his place in the world.
2. Bucchigiri?!, 2024-...
The plot of this anime is quite different from that of Solo Leveling. But they are united by the type of the main characters: both Sung Jin-woo and Arajin are typical characters of the shonen genre.
They are ordinary young men who seem to be no different from their peers. However, they find themselves in unique circumstances and become true heroes.
Arajin, like Jin-woo, "pumps up" his skills. He learns to fight and improves his compatibility with a mysterious ghost or spirit named Senya. All for the sake of winning the battle of the school gangs and winning the heart of his beloved girl.
3. Sword Art Online, 2012-2020
The action takes place in the near future. Technology has made it possible to develop a fully immersive video game: with the help of a special device, players are transported into the game world.
The day of the release of the first such game, Sword Art Online, becomes the event of the century, but for completely different reasons. The first ten thousand players who entered the server could not find the exit button.
It turned out that the creator of the full immersion technology had locked the players in. You can get out safely if you complete all the levels. And death in the game is real.
4. Demon Slayer, 2019-...
Young Tanjiro lives in the mountains with his mother, brothers and sisters. His father died when he was a child, and the care of the family fell on the young man's shoulders.
When he returns home one day, he finds a terrible scene: all his relatives have been torn to pieces, and his sister has been turned into a demon. Tanjiro decides to cure her at any cost.
On the boy's way there are many trials, spectacular battles and, of course, situations that make him doubt everything he believes in.
5. Hell's Paradise, 2023-...
Many people loved Solo Leveling for its amazingly animated battle scenes. In Hell's Paradise, which is being made by MAPPA, the battle scenes are also worth seeing.
According to the plot, the ninja Gabimaru ends up in prison, where he is destined to be executed. However, none of the executioners succeeds in beheading the criminal. Gabimaru is then sent, along with other prisoners, to a mysterious island where, according to legend, the elixir of immortality is hidden.
Those who manage to defeat all the monsters that inhabit this land and deliver the elixir to the Emperor will be pardoned and allowed to return to normal life.