Now that Sung Jin-woo has finally cured his mother from Eternal Slumber with the Elixir of Life in last week's emotional episode of Solo Leveling Season 2 -Arise from the Shadow-, fans are looking forward to the beginning of the highly-anticipated Jeju Island Raid Arc, but before the raid happens, it looks like the next episode will see the Korean and Japanese S-Rank hunters battle it out while training to prepare for the major threats they're about to face.
The official website of Solo Leveling has released preview stills, official synopsis, and staff information for the tenth episode of Season 2 (Episode 22 overall), which is titled We Need a Hero. The next episode, which was released on Crunchyroll this Saturday, March 8. In the addition to the upcoming episode's preview, a main trailer has also been released for Jeju Island Raid Arc.
The new trailer teases what appears to be the biggest threat for the S-Rank hunters yet, giving characters other than Jin-woo their chance to shine, and it looks like there's a reason for that as the official synopsis for the episode reveals that Jin-woo will decline to participate in the raid. While the mission will go smoothly without Jin-woo at first, it looks like the powerful protagonist will eventually have to join the raid to save the day.
Check out the preview stills for Solo Leveling Season 2 Episode 10 in the image gallery below:
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Solo Leveling Animation Partners
The official synopsis of Solo Leveling Season 2 Episode 10 reads:
Jin-woo intervenes in the friendly match between the DFN and the S-Rank hunters, where he demonstrates undeniable strength in his battle against Liu Zhigang. However, he ultimately decides to decline participation in the Jeju Island Raid in order to stay by his recently awakened mother’s side. The Fourth Jeju Island Raid begins without Jin-woo, and at first, it seems to be progressing smoothly thanks to the efforts of the top hunters. However…
The staff of Solo Leveling Season 2 Episode 10 includes:
Episode Director: Hirotaka Tokuda
Chief Animation Director: Hirotaka Tokuda
Script: Fuka Ishii
Storyboard: Hirotaka Tokuda
Animation Directors: Hirotaka Tokuda, Yusuke Kawabe, Seiji Kuboyama, Huang Huting, Tomomi Igarashi, Yuzuki Sekine, Noriaki Nihei, Yoshito Narimatsu, Norimasa Kanitani, Tomoyuki Kameda, Kenta Hashimoto, Ayu Tanaka, ノ・スンウ (LO Studio), ジャン・ハンビョル (LO Studio)
Animation Director Assitance: Hikari no Sono Animation
Solo Leveling Season 2 Japanese Cast and English Dub Cast
All the main Japanese and English voice cast members returned for Solo Leveling Season 2, and here's a list of them:
Japanese Voice Actor | English Voice Actor | Character |
Taito Ban | Aleks Le | Sung Jin-woo |
Genta Nakamura | Justin Brine | Yoo Jin-ho |
Reina Ueda | Michelle Rojas | Cha Hae-in |
Daisuke Hirakawa | Ian Sinclair | Choi Jong-in |
Hiroki Touchi | Christopher R. Sabat | Baek Yoon-ho |
Banjo Ginga | Kent Williams | Go Gun-hee |
Makoto Furukawa | SungWon Cho | Woo Jin-chul |
Haruna Mikawa | Rebecca Wang | Sung Jin-ah |
Rina Honizumi | Dani Chambers |
The first season of Solo Leveling premiered in Japan on January 6, 2024, and Crunchyroll started streaming the English dub version of the anime on January 20. Studio A-1 Pictures, which produced the first season, returned to produce the animation of the Season 2, with Shunsuke Nakashige as director, and Noboru Kimura as series composer. Tomoko Sudo is in charge of the character designs while Hiroyuki Sawano in composing the sequel's music.
What is Solo Leveling Season 2 about?
Solo Leveling is based on the South Korean portal fantasy web novel series written by Chugong and illustrated by DUBU, which launched on Webtoon services in March 2018 and ended in December 2021. The manhwa and original novel series is being published by Yen Press in English, and the Japanese version is published by Kadokawa under the title Ore Dake Level-Up na Ken (I'm the Only One Who Has Leveled Up).
Crunchyroll shared a description for Solo Leveling Season 2:
It's been over ten years since gates that lead to another dimension have begun appearing across the world. The battles between the magic beasts inhabiting the dungeons through the gates and the human hunters who have awakened the abilities to fight them show no signs of ending. Ordinarily, a hunter's abilities do not change upon awakening, with their rank never increasing. However, the low-ranked Sung Jin-woo, known as 'The Weakest Hunter of All Mankind,' gained the ability to level up through battle during a raid on a double dungeon. Having completed a job-change quest that earned him the job 'Shadow Monarch' and command over an army of shadows, Jin-woo heads into battle seeking the ingredients for the Elixir of Life to save his sick mother.
For the latest information about Solo Leveling Season 2, check out the official website of the anime.
