Solo Leveling Season 2 -Arise From the Shadow- is surely one of the most-watched new anime shows airing in the Winter 2025 anime season, and with four episodes already streaming on Crunchyroll, fans are looking forward to see what's next for Sung Jin-woo in the fifth episode. In the previous episode, the story was focused on Jin-woo retaking the Hunter Exam to increase his rank, so the following day, during the reexamination, he learned that he might be the next S-rank Hunter of his nation. On the other hand, Jin-woo also tried to get the fund he needs to obtain an artifact so that he'll be able to conquer the Demon's Castle.
The official website of Solo Leveling has released preview stills, official synopsis, and staff information for the fifth episode of Season 2 (Episode 17 overall), which is titled This is What We’re Trained to Do, which is scheduled to premiere on Crunchyroll this Saturday, February 1. Based on the synopsis, it looks like Jin-woo and his team are about to encounter a group of high orcs in a high level dungeon, and it looks like escaping will not be an option as they will find out that there's a barrier preventing them from getting out. The next episode will likely feature the first face-to-face interaction between Jin-woo and Cha Hae-in, who saw him entering a deep part of the dungeon.
Check out the preview stills for Solo Leveling Season 2 Episode 5 in the image gallery below:
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Solo Leveling Animation Partners
The official synopsis of Solo Leveling Season 2 Episode 5 reads:
Suddenly enlisted as a porter for the Hunters’ Second Assault Team, Jinwoo feels an ominous sense of foreboding the moment he sets foot inside the dungeon. His premonition proves true when a group of high orcs launches a ferocious attack on the assault team. Despite being battered and bloodied, the team struggles to retreat back to the entrance gate, only to find a barrier sealing their way out.
The staff Solo Leveling Season 2 Episode 5 includes:
Direction: Kento Toya
Script: Shigeru Murakoshi
Storyboard: Kento Toya
Chief Animation Director: Tomoko Sudo
Animation Directors: Yu Saito, Akane Hirose, Tanoshi Watami, Hisashi Higashijima, Tomoko Katasho, Atsushi Usui, Mitsuaki Hori, Takaaki Tanabe, Hirotaka Tokuda
Layout Director: Kento Toya
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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 |
Solo Leveling Season 1 premiered in Japan on January 6, 2024, and Crunchyroll started streaming the English dub version of the anime on January 20, and there are currently two episodes released for the English dub. 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.
Watch the main trailer for Solo Leveling Season 2 below:
For the latest information about Solo Leveling Season 2, visit the official website of the anime.
