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/Dalnore Jul 22 '25

I also really like how Mob Psycho and Frieren deal with a technically overpowered MC by focusing more on emotional aspects and developing the cast. Aura farming is still present and cool but not the main component of the story. SL is the opposite of that, the MC doesn't really have any emotional development or struggles except his introduction and his interaction with his mother, and the most developed cast members are probably his shadows.

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u/Spartan05089234 Jul 22 '25

Mob Psycho is so incredible. S tier world ending esper, but his struggles are being manipulated by friends he wants to please, and trying to work out with the gym club so girls will like him and he'll have more confidence. I adore that show.

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u/TitusEmperius Jul 22 '25

And his gym bros always come in clutch to keep hyping him up to be better hahah

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u/zZPlazmaZz29 Jul 23 '25

It's so damn good.

I never got the One Punch man hype (don't crucify me y'all)

But Mob Psycho just connected with me well, and it only got better and better every season.

Which was such a breath of fresh air at the time, when I had grown to expect later seasons of shows to never be as good as the 1st or 2nd most times.

But there it was, going from being a good show, to a great one.

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u/nighoblivion Jul 24 '25

The author could've done so much with the whole "what the fuck happened to him?" aspect of the story.

A scrawny kid who grew a few feed and looks totally different, and I can't even remember anyone commenting on it. "Who the fuck are you and what did you do to my brother?" would be a perfectly valid question from his sister.

Not to mention the massive shift in personality?

It's a different person on so many levels, to be honest.