2 reasons The Manwha is Better 1 Redeemed And 1 Left Wanting
Episode 1 of the second season has covered chapters 46 to chapter 51 of the manhwa for anyone who wants a refresh in some ways the manhwa is better and in other ways, the anime has surpassed the manhwa once again. I already posted content on why the anime is better so I will not add a link to that page if you are interested.
3 Ways The Anime Surpassed The Manhwa
This post is about the two things I think the manhwa did better, the first point I think the anime mostly makes up for in the second episode of the season the second point in my opinion is more crucial to understanding Jinwoo's motivations for the future there are minor spoilers for anime only viewers.
S rank Hunter Speed
One of those removals was the car ride with Hwang Dongsoo. Hwang Dongsoo Notes that at the pace of nearly 100 hundred miles an hour that they were going it would have been faster for him to run there himself. The fact that an S rank hunter can run more than 100 miles an hour gives context to why the hunters are banned from competitive athletics and how their battles are. For example, although they are all classed as S ranks mage would have no chance against a combatant type because the combatant type could kill them before they could cast anything.
The conversation between Choi Jong-In and the Hunter Association chairman effectively used the time that could have gone into the car ride which I think was a worthy replacement.
Episode 2 showed us just how fast a Sung Jinwoo is in real time so we see how S ranks can move when compared to other hunters and in battle. This car ride was redeemed in episode 2 of Solo Leveling's second season in my opinion.
Crucial Information About Sung Jinwoos Motivations
They removed the bank scene where Sung Jinwoo set up a bank account. I think this was crucial information. Sung Jinwoo became a hunter to provide for his sister his motivation to get stronger is because he could not do that very well as an E rank hunter. The bank teller assumes he is a high rank hunter in the Manhwa because she knows they can make significant money. Sung Jinwoo had a little over 1.4 billion won all earned from Solo C rank gate clearing with Yoo Jinho. To give some dollar figures in today's market that would be about $947.916.8 Sung Jinwoo is almost a millionaire.
His only motivation to take risks is saving his mother from her illness. He nearly died several times going into dungeons as an E rank barely scraping by, he nearly died trying to get stronger so he could get over the ridicule of his weakness and provide for himself and his sister. And now after all of that once he gets his mum back, has more than enough money is recognized as an S rank and finally has his family as close to being together as he believed possible he is supposed to risk all of that on an S rank mission that has already claimed an S ranks life.
I think it was a big mistake to get rid of that scene it helps us understand why he is not so quick to join the Jeju island raid after saving his mother and being set for life financially. I believe his words were he wanted to be strong enough to lift his mum's burdens. He has years' worth of money at this point and can make more than a living with gates that pose a minimum threat to his life.
Anyway, do you think the cut content should have been kept or are there any other ways you think the Manhwa I better?
