Great spin-off or a waste of time?
Minor Solo Leveling spoilers ahead.
Summary:
- Solo Leveling: Ragnarok is a spin-off and a sequel to the original series.
- It follows Jinwoo’s son, Sung Suho.
- It’s written even better than Solo Leveling.
Ragnarok is a spin-off and a sequel series to Solo Leveling. It started serialization in April 2023 and it’s written by Daul, who replaced Chugong, the writer of the original novel. It’s also going to be adapted into a webnovel, scheduled to release somewhere in 2024.
The spin-off novel follows the son of Sung Jinwoo and Cha Hae-In, Sung Suho, who tried to live his normal life. However, normal lives are not for Solo Leveling, that’s why Jinwoo’s son follows in his father’s footsteps and becomes a Player of the System, too.
Sequels and spin-offs are a complicated thing, so fans always want to know whether they stand the comparison to original series and if they’re even worth experiencing. And readers have the answer: Ragnarok is a great story and a must for you to read if you enjoyed Solo Leveling.
Definitely worth your attention
Fans consider Ragnarok a rare example of a sequel that was even better than the original. It provides more details on old characters and introduces new ones, who are just as entertaining to follow. And sometimes even more!
Despite it sounding completely the same, Suho’s story is very different from his father’s. His powers are on a different level and he’s even quicker to get them than Jinwoo, but he’s forced to work for them and prove his worth, he doesn’t just get everything on a silver platter.
Readers also praise the way the fights are done in Ragnarok. First of all, the series has great action, but this is not even the most important thing. In the original Solo Leveling series, a lot of Jinwoo fights were one-sided, he was too strong.
His son, however, often struggles with powerful opponents, which raises the stakes of such battles.
There’s also a lot of lore in Ragnarok: Monarchs, monsters and the ways they operate are explored better, with more attention to details.
Fans also say that side characters are paid much more attention to in Ragnarok, and readers really wanted to follow them due to how interesting they are.
Ragnarok is not perfect, of course, it also has its flaws, but fans seem to agree that the writing is even better than in Solo Leveling, so they highly recommend others to read this story. The only disadvantage is that Ragnarok is yet to be finished, so you’ll have to wait some more to learn how it’ll end.