Solo Leveling

Solo Leveling
First webtoon adaptation volume cover, featuring Sung Jin-woo
AuthorChugong
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean
GenreAction, portal fantasy
Publisher
  • D&C Media (Korean)
  • Webnovel (English)
  • Yen Press (English)
Published
  • July 25, 2016 – October 10, 2018 (KakaoPage)
  • November 4, 2016 – April 18, 2018 (D&C Media)
  • December 21, 2018 – June 24, 2019 (Webnovel)
  • December 29, 2021 (Final chapter)
Media typeWeb novel
No. of books14
Solo Leveling
나 혼자만 레벨업
Na Honjaman Rebeleop
AuthorChugong
IllustratorDubu (Redice Studio)
PublisherD&C Media
Webtoon
service
Original runMarch 4, 2018 – December 29, 2021
Volumes11
Anime television series
Directed byShunsuke Nakashige
Written byNoboru Kimura
Music byHiroyuki Sawano
StudioA-1 Pictures
Licensed by
Original networkTokyo MX, GYT, Gunma TV, BS11, CBC, ytv
Original run January 7, 2024 – present
Episodes12 (List of episodes)
Solo Leveling
Korean name
Hangul나 혼자만 레벨업
Transcriptions
Revised RomanizationNa Honjaman Rebeleop
McCune–ReischauerNa Honjaman Reberŏp
Japanese name
Kanji俺だけレベルアップな件
Kanaおれだけレベルアップなけん
Transcriptions
RomanizationOre dake Reberuappu na Ken

Solo Leveling, also alternatively translated as Only I Level Up (Korean: 나 혼자만 레벨업; RR: Na Honjaman Rebeleop), is a South Korean portal fantasy[1] web novel written by Chugong. It was serialized in Kakao's digital comic and fiction platform KakaoPage beginning on July 25, 2016, and was later published by D&C Media under their Papyrus label since November 4, 2016. The novel has been licensed in English by Yen Press.[2]

A webtoon adaptation of Solo Leveling was first serialized in KakaoPage on March 4, 2018; it was illustrated by Jang Sung-rak (Dubu) and the webtoon's first season concluded on March 19, 2020, followed by its second season, which was released from August 2020 to December 2021.[3] The webtoon has been licensed in English by Yen Press. Its individual chapters have been collected and published in eleven volumes by D&C Media, as of June 2024.[4]

An anime television series adaptation produced by A-1 Pictures aired from January to March 2024. A second season, entitled Arise from the Shadow, is set to premiere in January 2025.

A Korean drama adaptation is in development, and spin-off webtoon Solo Leveling: Ragnarok premiered in August 2024.

A role-playing video game titled Solo Leveling: Arise has been released by Netmarble.[5]

  1. ^ Gramuglia, Anthony (May 18, 2020). "How Webtoon's Biggest Isekai Series Succeeds Where Sword Art Online Fails". CBR. Retrieved September 1, 2024.
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  5. ^ "Korea's webtoon Solo Leveling on path to be adapted to game, drama, film". Pulse by Maeil Business News. April 14, 2021. Archived from the original on January 1, 2022. Retrieved January 1, 2022.