Ore dake Level Up na Ken Episode 4 Discussion

Ore Dake Level Up na Ken Episode 4 Discussion. Read my thoughts about episode 4 of Solo Leveling.  I have given my own thoughts and you can choose to respond in the comments or add anything you want to about the topic in the comments.

World Building 

We got some terrific world-building in the form of the army As we know dungeon creatures cannot be hurt by regular weapons and you cannot record what happens in a dungeon. The soldier was standing away from the portal not towards it, why? He is not there to protect the public from what may come out of the portal because he cannot he is there to control the public. People who guns actually work on. You have to consider what Hunters mean to a country's military might and their ability to contain dungeons. If the dungeons suddenly disappeared hunters would be a coveted military weapon. 

To the general public seeing hunters fight against monsters is a novelty, dungeon breaks are the only time they see these things so their excitement is understandable. If this happened in our world it would be quite a spectacle with the press swarming around any chance they get.

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Inexperience 

Sung is not just growing in terms of stats he is growing as a hunter. There are some scenes that do a great job highlighting that. When Sung Jinwoo delivers a finishing blow to a Lycan he gets the sword stuck in the ground. This indicated some things, number one he is not accustomed to his new strength and two he is inexperienced. If anyone is familiar with the series Goblin Slayer the very first episode or episodes an inexperienced adventurer takes a long sword into a confined space and hits it on a ceiling when he tries to slay a goblin. Thirdly he wielded never had this type of weapon before. He was used to taking out enemies with his bare hands because he could not afford a weapon that would not break. If you were a hunter like in the Solo Leveling anime what weapon would you choose?

Sung Jinwoo Developing A Solo Leveling Mentality

Taking on this dungeon has been crucial to Sung Jinwoo developing a mentality towards taking on dungeon solo. Sung repeatedly goes back to the party mentality while the system gives him every reason not to need one. In his bag are food and water remember he almost starved to death in a dungeon once until someone undoubtedly rescued him. He also worries about a healer even though he now recovers when he levels up. I think the irony of him beating a level C boss was intentional considering the strongest fighter he would venture with as a level C Mr Song. He doesn't need others anymore and no one is coming to save him. I think this is the beginning of Sung favouring Solo Leveling where as before he was so weak he depended on a party. 

Perception 

We got a great explanation as to the strength levels of Sung's enemies in comparison to him. For every other hunter, their strength is limited so there is no benefit in taking on enemies stronger than themselves. The first enemies he faced were goblins who were all orange, so about as strong as him then the Steel-fanged Lycan who was red so stronger.

He defeats the Lycan who is stronger than him with a weapon and the snake or Blue Venom fanged Kasaka who was orange with his strength stat. Orange means equal footing, stronger than his weapon but not him. Sung is a hunter who can perceive his enemy's strength and choose to fight them anyway to level up. From the very beginning, the system is teaching Sung to take on enemies stronger than himself. At the end of the episode, Sung played a pivotal role in the fight the hunters were struggling with. He could have taken the boss down himself. He does not acknowledge his own strength he thinks the other hunters weakened the golem. I think the reason is that he still sees himself as needing other hunters. 

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