The first season of the most anticipated anime series of 2024, Solo Leveling has finally ended. The series lived up to the expectations of Manhwa fans and delivered a great adaptation of Chugong’s masterpiece. And much to the surprise of fans, as soon as the series released its final episode, it announced the second season was already in production.
While the anime series adapted the manhwa to the core, there was one aspect of the series that the anime neglected. It was the comedy scenes from the series that added a humorous side to Solo Leveling and made it more entertaining for fans. Additionally, it toned down the dark fantasy element of the series.
Solo Leveling anime removing the comedic element resulted in a lot of fans questioning the authenticity of the anime and wondering to what extent the creators of the anime modified the original storyline. However, all these questions were answered by Solo Leveling’s anime director Shunsuke Nakashige.
Solo Leveling’s Director Reveals Why They Cut The Comedic Scenes From The Series
Solo Leveling’s anime director Nakashige recently answered some fans’ questions regarding the anime series and these discussions were shared by @chromat1cfire on X(Formerly Twitter). While answering these questions, Nakashige revealed why he decided to avoid the comedic elements of the series.
Nakashige revealed:
“I thought this work required the high-end visuals that are trending these days. Therefore, I tried to avoid cartoon-like expressions as much as possible and tried to use compositions, colors, and shooting processing similar to live-action footage”
According to Nakashige, he wanted the series to match the works that are trending these days which is why he decided to avoid cartoonistic elements from the story which essentially helped in adding comedy to the series. This has resulted in fans being disappointed by the anime series as the future arcs of Solo Leveling carry many more comedic elements.
Fans Are Not Happy With Solo Leveling Director’s Decisions
Nakashige’s reason for not including the comedic aspects to the story of Solo Leveling anime hit the internet, fans started expressing their opinions regarding the decision. Fans mostly shared their disappointment with the creators as the comedic aspects were one of the most important elements of the story.
Not only that, fans even questioned what they would do in the future as the future arcs have even more comedy than the arcs that were shown in the first season. One of the most important comedic aspects of Solo Leveling is Beru, the shadow of the ant king. He has multiple moments in the story where he adds a comedic flair to the story.
I am waging war if they cut this pic.twitter.com/vON4sXhpEd
— Tapaury (@TapasCh81416284) April 1, 2024
That cartoon type is needed so much in upcoming arc coz..they way cha hae in and jinwoo interact are fully cartoon style in manhwa….i guess they are making downfall of SL..
— Matilda ⭐ (@matildaxseiz) April 2, 2024
🗿they better not remove the beru stuff or I'll be mad
— Astaroth TUDK 🇭🇲🎮 The 5th Booty Warrior (@Thedemonking100) April 1, 2024
This is my only complain from anime. I was waiting for this moment 😔. Cartoon-like expressions somethings help you to connect with characters more in a anime like Solo Leveling, where there's hardly any interesting human characters. pic.twitter.com/YzNH7HlsTO
— alshiro90 (@alshiro230607) April 1, 2024
lmao i wish he changes his mind for cour 2
someone gotta tell him that the fans want it— ScrambledLlama (@ScrambledLlama) April 1, 2024
Dr Stone and JJK got it and did it perfectly. I just hope they don't remove every comedy moment in the future.
— Gasolini (@Godinho_MCFC) April 1, 2024
If the creators decide to remove the cartoonistic or chibi art from the series in the future too, they will write their own doom. The chibi art not only adds comedy to the story but also makes the character look more round than flat, especially for shadows like Beru. Additionally, it helps in the development of relationships between two characters.
You can watch the first season of Solo Leveling on Crunchyroll.
