It is very sad to see that this is such highly rated because of how shit this webtoon is. Webtoons, in general, are very low quality compared to manga. From the art, the story, and the characters, webtoons are just the worse younger brother of manga. This webtoon is no different. Solo leveling is a webtoon for all the losers who desire to become a badass.

The progression in this webtoon is probably the worst I have ever seen. He goes from one of the weakest hunters to the strongest in the span of 10 chapters. He is like Goku on steroids. While Goku continuously gets stronger, so does his villains. In Solo Leveling, He continues to become the strongest character while his villains are nowhere near his level. He is easily able to progress and just become God without any real struggle or effort. The main character gains this reawakening and instantly becomes super strong with very little effort. He eventually gains this bullshit class called necromancer and makes him even more overpowered. Some of his ghosts are even compared to being S-rank level hunters. The story gets so boring and uninteresting simply because of how overpowered the main character becomes. There are no struggles or obstacles he has to overcome. He literally just "solo levels" his way to the top. People who have trained and work their lives off to become strong hunters are beaten by a guy who killed like 100 wolves. He has no personality and nothing unique. Why would I care what happens to him when he is so uninteresting and lacks personality? You see glimpses of struggles like him getting flashbacks of his previous weak self, yet those issues are resolved so fast that they can't even be considered real struggles.

The story itself is also bad. It is inherently boring and uninteresting as the main character just defeats all his enemies with ease. There is nothing that gets you hooked into the story. The whole story is just a circlejerk of the main character being a badass and killing every enemy in sight. Not to mention the ant arc is just a copy of the Chimera ant arc. The story lack anything meaningful. There is nothing that makes you think or has any real significance that leaves the reader with something they will remember. There are no good characters as all supporting or antagonists lack any sort of personality or real purpose to the story besides being pawns that the main character helps/destroys. The scenery and world are alright though.

The art itself is very average and mediocre but is the best part of the show simply because everything else is so shit. It is nowhere near the level of manga drawings, but it is good enough.

Overall, the show summed up is a battle shonen with an op main character, no meaningful purpose or significance, and lackluster fight scenes. It is the definition of a pointless webtoon with nothing for the reader to care about or resonant with.