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Mar 24, 1:02 PM
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so ye that solo leveling is trash thread have no poll but i see that a lot of the replies there agrees with the op of it so lets make a proper poll here for even lurkers to vote on

no i watch it for the rule of cool - my vote
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Mar 24, 1:16 PM
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Of course not, I watch it because the fights are well executed, with good choreography.
Mar 24, 1:17 PM
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Solo Leveling is about the rule of cool, and it's a pretty damn good one at that IMHO.

And the animation is pretty damn good as well and hard carries this anime so for me, it gets more points because of this. I'm watching an anime here and animation matters.
Mar 24, 1:18 PM
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not me LOL just the action and fights r cool. that's all I'm here for
Mar 24, 2:56 PM
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i watch it in both ways. but obviously the fight scenes and animation are better than the story itself
Mar 24, 3:06 PM
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solo leveling has a story?
Mar 24, 3:07 PM
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Well since Solo Leveling isn't a parody/comedy series I watch this for everything....visual, plot, fight scenes, characters, BGM etc etc as those are parts of the show.

The plot/story is shallow and quite repetitive yes, but that doesn't stop me from enjoying it :)



(っ◔◡◔)っ 𝓘 𝔀𝓲𝓼𝓱 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓪𝓵𝓵 𝓱𝓪𝓿𝓮 𝓪 𝔀𝓸𝓷𝓭𝓮𝓻𝓯𝓾𝓵 𝓭𝓪𝔂 ♥
Mar 24, 3:18 PM
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the story is just meh..i watch it because of the cool fighting scenes
Mar 24, 3:37 PM
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All anime is a “shut mind off and have fun”, meaning, that I have not seen an anime that is engaging enough to be so involved that I need to use my mind to think about the story
ejleonMar 24, 9:35 PM
Note: I don’t lazily watch 3-5 episodes, biasedly compare to other anime, or unfairly judge by surface level similarities. With every anime I start, I watch the entire series, both Japanese Sub & English Dub, then judge each anime based on what they present, to give an honest and fair rating.

Mar 24, 3:46 PM

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Cool fights were the primary reason I watch Solo Leveling, but I do feel like the story & character writing are better & less shallow than people give it credit for
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Mar 24, 4:16 PM

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Nobody actually watches it for the story, because there really is none. It’s just about a weak guy becoming strong and the fights are the main focus for that narrative.
Mar 24, 4:46 PM

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Well, as expected, but I'm in the minority here.
Mar 24, 6:15 PM
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Plot!? What's that !? 😭😭😭 /hj

I'm just watching for the good animation and "woah this guy got stronger and surprised everyone again!"... It's pretty much just something to watch while I wait for my other anime to release a new episode 💀
Mar 24, 6:31 PM
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I watch it for the story and animation
Mar 24, 6:43 PM
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I find it fun to watch
nothing else
doesn't matter if there's action or not
Mar 24, 7:48 PM

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If you are bored watch solo leveling it’s a good time pass anime that’s all I can say.
Mar 24, 10:10 PM
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it's like watching hentai for the plot, sure they try to make a plot but let's be real I'm watching for a different reason while acknowledging there is a plot
Mar 24, 10:53 PM
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I only watch it for animation. Already know the story.
Mar 24, 11:16 PM
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Solo Leveling has very little substance, Im just here for the fights
Mar 24, 11:27 PM
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read it for the fights. will watch beru src for the fight as well
Mar 24, 11:45 PM
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i wouldve loved to participate in even just one of your polls, but unfortunately youre not giving enough options/ too specific options
Mar 24, 11:51 PM
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it has a pretty good story,not peak but yeah has a good strory, anime is not there yet, season 3 and 4 will have both story and cool scenes
Mar 24, 11:53 PM
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All anime is a “shut mind off and have fun”, meaning, that I have not seen an anime that is engaging enough to be so involved that I need to use my mind to think about the story
@ejleon Attack on Titan, Steins Gate, Death Note
Mar 25, 12:25 AM

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no one, the story is shit.
Mar 25, 12:30 AM

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@ejleon Attack on Titan, Steins Gate, Death Note
@Leon888

These are my honest and sincere opinions, take it or leave it.

Attack on Titan: They were knowingly killing their own people to gain a power to kill the humans that enslaved them and kept sending mutated people to attack their people. And that main Titan knew he was killing his own people, but didn’t care at all that his own people were dying. This is one of the worst anime stories I have ever seen.

Steins Gate: I enjoyed this anime’s story until the claim that no matter what he did in the past or future, a person would die, that literary destroyed the logic of this anime.

Death Note: I watched like 5 episodes and thought “This is such a stupid premise”, I put it on hold and haven’t returned to it.
ejleonMar 25, 1:08 AM
Note: I don’t lazily watch 3-5 episodes, biasedly compare to other anime, or unfairly judge by surface level similarities. With every anime I start, I watch the entire series, both Japanese Sub & English Dub, then judge each anime based on what they present, to give an honest and fair rating.

Mar 25, 12:38 AM

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no one, the story is shit.
@AwokenStroken Ok give me an anime that you think the story is not “shit”?
Note: I don’t lazily watch 3-5 episodes, biasedly compare to other anime, or unfairly judge by surface level similarities. With every anime I start, I watch the entire series, both Japanese Sub & English Dub, then judge each anime based on what they present, to give an honest and fair rating.

Mar 25, 12:46 AM
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I watch this anime for Yoon Ki Joong
Mar 25, 3:03 AM

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missing options. can't just watch it for rule of cool alone because it's a show, not a youtube compilation.
Mar 25, 5:58 AM
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the fights are really good but I'm also interested to see where the story goes with the conflict between japan/ Korea, the system, that man who I think is sungs father (they had the same last time pretty sure?) and just the guilds and dungeons in general
Mar 25, 6:12 AM

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Of course not, I watch it because the fights are well executed, with good choreography.
Zarutaku said:
Of course not, I watch it because the fights are well executed, with good choreography.


So, "no i watch it for the rule of cool" it is.
“𝖨𝖿 𝗅𝗂𝖿𝖾 𝗐𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝗉𝗋𝖾𝖽𝗂𝖼𝗍𝖺𝖻𝗅𝖾, 𝗂𝗍 𝗐𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽 𝖼𝖾𝖺𝗌𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝖻𝖾 𝗅𝗂𝖿𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖻𝖾 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝖿𝗅𝖺𝗏𝗈𝗋.” – 𝖤𝗅𝖾𝖺𝗇𝗈𝗋 𝖱𝗈𝗈𝗌𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗅𝗍
Mar 25, 6:13 AM

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I watch this anime for Yoon Ki Joong
UpToNoGood said:
I watch this anime for Yoon Ki Joong



LMAO, who is that?


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“𝖨𝖿 𝗅𝗂𝖿𝖾 𝗐𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝗉𝗋𝖾𝖽𝗂𝖼𝗍𝖺𝖻𝗅𝖾, 𝗂𝗍 𝗐𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽 𝖼𝖾𝖺𝗌𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝖻𝖾 𝗅𝗂𝖿𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖻𝖾 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝖿𝗅𝖺𝗏𝗈𝗋.” – 𝖤𝗅𝖾𝖺𝗇𝗈𝗋 𝖱𝗈𝗈𝗌𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗅𝗍
Mar 25, 6:21 AM

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Zarutaku said:
Of course not, I watch it because the fights are well executed, with good choreography.


So, "no i watch it for the rule of cool" it is.
@aurora_yuuki Rule of cool seems too vague, people could find anything cool, even the plot/story.
Mar 25, 6:30 AM
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@aurora_yuuki Rule of cool seems too vague, people could find anything cool, even the plot/story.
@Zarutaku its just a synonym to "style over substance" so prioritizing whats cool in visuals or appearance
Mar 25, 6:33 AM

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@Zarutaku its just a synonym to "style over substance" so prioritizing whats cool in visuals or appearance
@deg Yea, I know it's meant that way, and voted for that option.
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All anime is a “shut mind off and have fun”, meaning, that I have not seen an anime that is engaging enough to be so involved that I need to use my mind to think about the story
@ejleon Monster? Snk? Death Note? Berserk,Legend of the Galactic Heroes, Pluto ? and lots of other anime? I don't know, maybe you watch only light anime, but don't make all series into mindless fights like Solo

Mar 25, 7:22 AM
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I watch for fights and animation. Simple as that.
Mar 25, 12:16 PM
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We got the plot and story in the manwha, I’m just here to see the amazing fights animated 😍 haven’t been disappointed so far
Mar 25, 2:11 PM

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@ejleon Monster? Snk? Death Note? Berserk,Legend of the Galactic Heroes, Pluto ? and lots of other anime? I don't know, maybe you watch only light anime, but don't make all series into mindless fights like Solo


I’m Sorry, could you clearly spell out the anime that you are mentioning so I can watch them ?
Note: I don’t lazily watch 3-5 episodes, biasedly compare to other anime, or unfairly judge by surface level similarities. With every anime I start, I watch the entire series, both Japanese Sub & English Dub, then judge each anime based on what they present, to give an honest and fair rating.

Mar 25, 6:24 PM

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This show is rancid shit and the people praising it are hired shills living in India.
Mar 25, 8:17 PM
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Here for the story, stayed for the fights
Mar 26, 12:51 AM
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I watch it for the fights but I enjoy the story... The actual lore of the story is pretty interesting for me...
Mar 26, 1:28 AM

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both of them go together, the beginning of the series were more heavily plot-mystery based, later more action based but there is still some progression
Mar 26, 11:32 AM
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I like the story a bit; I’m invested in Jinwoo at the very least.

But mostly for the hype for sure. The action scenes are pretty amazing
Mar 26, 12:21 PM
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@Leon888

These are my honest and sincere opinions, take it or leave it.

Attack on Titan: They were knowingly killing their own people to gain a power to kill the humans that enslaved them and kept sending mutated people to attack their people. And that main Titan knew he was killing his own people, but didn’t care at all that his own people were dying. This is one of the worst anime stories I have ever seen.

Steins Gate: I enjoyed this anime’s story until the claim that no matter what he did in the past or future, a person would die, that literary destroyed the logic of this anime.

Death Note: I watched like 5 episodes and thought “This is such a stupid premise”, I put it on hold and haven’t returned to it.
@ejleon I love how your signature contradicts what you said about Death Note. You must be trolling. Try Serial Experiments Lain if you're being even slightly serious.
Mar 26, 3:45 PM

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@ejleon I love how your signature contradicts what you said about Death Note. You must be trolling. Try Serial Experiments Lain if you're being even slightly serious.
@SaltyShipper

I did not contradict my signature at all, neither am I trolling.

I did not drop the anime "Death Note", I am still going to finish watching the entire anime, since I already started it.

I do have thoughts about anime as I am watching them, it is not like I am completely devoid of all thoughts until I finish all the episodes.

I just got frustrated at that time with that anime and put the anime on "Hold", which means that I am going to re-watch the entire anime from the beginning, but I waited for a while, so I could have a fresh start when I watch it again.

Serial Experiments Lain

Thank you for the suggestion, I appreciate it.

I also have this anime in my "plant to watch" list.

EDIT: I took a look at you profile, it is a nice design, but I noticed that the paragraph on the right side is cut off on the bottom.
ejleonMar 26, 3:51 PM
Note: I don’t lazily watch 3-5 episodes, biasedly compare to other anime, or unfairly judge by surface level similarities. With every anime I start, I watch the entire series, both Japanese Sub & English Dub, then judge each anime based on what they present, to give an honest and fair rating.

Mar 26, 4:07 PM

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I watch it for the plot.
Mar 27, 8:37 AM
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I don't know why all the "fans" just watch it for the fights and stuff, it's like, bruh, you're such a fake fan
Mar 27, 10:52 PM

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The local stupid steinsgate elitist does apparently.
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@Leon888

These are my honest and sincere opinions, take it or leave it.

Attack on Titan: They were knowingly killing their own people to gain a power to kill the humans that enslaved them and kept sending mutated people to attack their people. And that main Titan knew he was killing his own people, but didn’t care at all that his own people were dying. This is one of the worst anime stories I have ever seen.

Steins Gate: I enjoyed this anime’s story until the claim that no matter what he did in the past or future, a person would die, that literary destroyed the logic of this anime.

Death Note: I watched like 5 episodes and thought “This is such a stupid premise”, I put it on hold and haven’t returned to it.
@ejleon Yes, mindless shows where you don't even have to make an effort to connect two neurons are just right for you: Solo leveling, demon slayer and jujutsu kaisen will be your daily bread.
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@ejleon Yes, mindless shows where you don't even have to make an effort to connect two neurons are just right for you: Solo leveling, demon slayer and jujutsu kaisen will be your daily bread.
@Leon888 This is really your best attempt to mock me?! Hahahahaha! How pathetically lame and lazy you are, that you can't even respond to me properly.

I would have respected you more if you could actually defended these three anime with honest and sincere arguments, using logic and evidence, presenting valid points and clear explanations of why I was wrong to not like these anime.

But all you did was desperately attack another person for no reason, which only makes you look bad, and also makes these shows look even worse.

Because if you need to be a mindless jerk zealot who attacks people, to like them, then they are not worth anyones' time.

One more thing, none of these three anime required much thinking to understand their story, so if they were so difficult for you to understand, then maybe it just proves that you have the lower intelligence.
Note: I don’t lazily watch 3-5 episodes, biasedly compare to other anime, or unfairly judge by surface level similarities. With every anime I start, I watch the entire series, both Japanese Sub & English Dub, then judge each anime based on what they present, to give an honest and fair rating.

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