Solo Leveling Season 2 -Arise From the Shadow- kicked off last month, and since then, it has become one of the most-watched new anime shows of the Winter 2025 season. In the previous episode, Sung Jin-woo continued his job as a miner in the dungeon, and everyone around him found his work ethic impressive. The leader even tried to recruit him full-time, but he declined his offer.
One of the memorable highlights of last Saturday's episode was the interaction between Jin-woo and the S-rank Hunter, Cha Hae-in. He remained inside the dungeon in hope of testing the power of dungeon boss, but Cha Hae-in found him outside the door during her routine check. She noticed that Jin-woo didn't have a stinking smell, and that piqued her interest.
The previous episode also showed the strike team being attacked by dungeon jackals and High Orcs, and despite the presence of many A-rank Hunters, the High Orcs were easily able to give them a hard time. The entire squad would've been wiped out if Jin-woo hadn't used his stealth to attack the High Orcs and throw them off balance.
Things got worse when the team found out that the gate was blocked by a barrier. Three of the magic users tried to dispel it, but they failed terribly. Then the situation became more desperate when another group of High Orcs appeared behind them. Son Kihoon went to the front to confront the High Orc. The dungeon boss Kargalgan took over the body of the High Orc, and he gave them an ultimatum: go with the High Orcs to meet him or get killed by the High Orcs. Son Kihoon made the rational choice and went to meet Kargalgan.
The official website of Solo Leveling has released preview stills, official synopsis, and staff information for the sixth episode of Season 2 (Episode 18 overall), which is titled Don't Look Down on My Guys, which is scheduled to premiere on Crunchyroll this Saturday, February 8. The highly-anticipated battle between Sung Jin-woo and Kargalgan will finally happen in this episode, and it looks like the hunters will struggle to survive Kargalgan's army. The synopsis reveals that Jin-woo will summon his shadow soldiers to battle the High Orcs.
Check out the preview stills for Solo Leveling Season 2 Episode 6 in the image gallery below:
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Solo Leveling Animation Partners
The official synopsis of Solo Leveling Season 2 Episode 6 reads:
The Orc Grand Shaman Kargalgan, who had been waiting for Jin-woo and his group, toys with the attack squad leader, Son Kihoon, while calling it a mere “diversion.” As despair spreads across the hunters’ faces, a badly wounded Kihoon is suddenly rescued by Jin-woo. When Jin-woo utters the words, “Arise,” shadow soldiers radiating a pale blue light rise from his own shadow, surging forward to confront the High Orc army.
The staff Solo Leveling Season 2 Episode 6 includes:
Director: Takayuki Kikuchi
Script: Fuka Ishii
Storyboard: Takayuki Kikuchi
Chief Animation Director: Hirotaka Tokuda
Animation Directors: Yu Saito, Yukiko Busa, Hiroshi Imaoka, Kotetsu Sotosaki, Masataka Mori, Kaito Hashimoto, 黄鹤亭, ノ・スンウ
Assistant Animation Directors: Takumi Nitta, Liu Quan, 今野彩華
Action Director: Takafumi Torii
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.
