Solo Leveling Season 2 -Arise From the Shadow- is clearly one of the most-watched new anime shows airing in the Winter 2025 anime season, and with two episodes already streaming on Crunchyroll, fans are looking forward to see what's next for Sung Jin-woo in the third episode. Sung JIn-woo already cleared the Red Gate, but it looks like the next challenge for him will be tougher than what he's faced before.
Today, the official website of Solo Leveling has released preview stills, official synopsis, and staff information for the third episode of Season 2 (Episode 15 overall), which is titled Still a Long Way to Go, which is scheduled to premiere this Saturday, January 18. The episode will feature content not shown in the Solo Leveling: ReAwakening compilation film that was released in November. The official synopsis for Episode 3 reveals what Jin-woo needs to do in order to brew the “Divine Elixir of Life,” which could be the cure to his mother's illness.
Check out the preview stills for Solo Leveling Season 2 Episode 3 in the image gallery below:
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The official synopsis of Solo Leveling Season 2 Episode 3 reads:
Having fulfilled his promise to conquer 19 dungeons with Jinho and having leveled up compared to when he once fought Cerberus, Sung once again challenges the S-rank dungeon Demon Castle in order to gather materials for the “Divine Elixir of Life,” which has the potential to cure his mother’s illness. There, the condition imposed on Jinwoo to clear the quest is to collect 10,000 demon souls.
Here's the list of staff members who worked on the third episode of Solo Leveling Season 2:
Screenplay: Nobuo Kimura
Storyboard: Hiroki Hirano
Direction: Koji Kokuwa
Chief Animation Director: Daiki Tokuda
Animation Directors: Naoaki Hojo, Sora Ishizuka, Emi Yamazaki, Yusuke Kawabe, Haruka Hinata, and Masaki Mori
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 two episodes of Solo Leveling Season 2 already premiered in the Solo Leveling: ReAwakening compilation film. Crunchyroll confirmed that it will exclusively stream Solo Leveling Season 2 in in English, Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu dubs.
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 Season 1, returned to produce the animation of the new season, 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.
Here's the main key visual for Solo Leveling Season 2 -Arise from the Shadow-:
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 Jinwoo, 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, Jinwoo heads into battle seeking the ingredients for the Elixir of Life to save his sick mother.
Watch the trailer for Solo Leveling Season 2 -Arise from the Shadows- below:
For the latest information about Solo Leveling Season 2, visit the official website of the anime.
