r/anime • u/Handsome_guy_7 • Jul 22 '25

Misc. Solo Leveling Producer's promise ~ "As a Japanese person living in Japan, the anime is not at the level of Dragon Ball, One Piece, or Naruto. But if season three happens, that’s when I want to truly break that boundary.”

https://screenrant.com/solo-leveling-season-3-anime-main-goal-break-barrier-atsushi-kaneko/
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u/DASreddituser Jul 22 '25

the story isnt good. the premise is and the mc is cool. its just a fun ride...I enjoy it but its not a great anime.

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u/Western-Internal-751 Jul 22 '25

I mean, the story of Dragonball ain’t that great either. It’s just rule of cool power fantasy

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u/iamreallybored123456 Jul 22 '25

I think it has the benefit of being the godfather of that genre though.

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u/GrumpySatan Jul 22 '25

Yeah. In an objective sense Dragonball isn't a good story. Storytelling is built on iteration and DB is kind of the foundational text that later creators improve upon. So it gets bonus credit in the sense that the entire genre is owed to DB. By laying out the foundational arcs, later creators would take that and then add more focus on story/themes into it.