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The Best Episodes of Solo Leveling Season 1

Every episode of Solo Leveling Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Solo Leveling Season 1!

They say whatever doesn’t kill you makes you stronger, but that’s not the case for the world’s weakest hunter Sung Jinwoo. After being brutally slaughtered by monsters in a high-ranking dungeon, Jinwoo came back with the System, a program only he could see, that’s leveling him up in every way. Now, he’s inspired to discover the secrets behind his powers and the dungeon that spawned them.

Genres:Action & AdventureSci-Fi & FantasyAnimation

Season 1 Ratings Summary

The best episode of "Solo Leveling" season 1 is "I'm Used to It", rated 8.2/10 from 4314 user votes. It was directed by Shunsuke Nakashige and written by Noboru Kimura. "I'm Used to It" aired on 1/7/2024 and is rated 1.0 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "If I Had One More Chance".

  • I'm Used to It
    8.2/10 4,314 votes

    #1 - I'm Used to It

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/7/2024

    Around ten years ago, gates that connected our world to another dimension began to appear, leading to the rise of hunters who would traverse these gates to fight the magic beasts within. Sung Jinwoo, E-Rank hunter, is the weakest of them all.

    Director: Shunsuke Nakashige

    Writer: Noboru Kimura

  • If I Had One More Chance
    9.2/10 4,788 votes

    #2 - If I Had One More Chance

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 1/14/2024

    Jinwoo and his party appear to have cleared a low-level dungeon, when a hidden path to an unfamiliar temple is revealed. There they encounter a set of commandments and a group of monsters that cause them absolute despair.

    Director: Yuya Horiuchi

    Writer: Fuka Ishii

  • It's Like a Game
    8.0/10 2,908 votes

    #3 - It's Like a Game

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 1/21/2024

    Jinwoo remains behind in the temple dungeon to save his few surviving party members, and with a swing from the god statue's blade, his life comes to an end—or so it seems, before he wakes up in a hospital bed.

    Director: Takayuki Kikuchi

    Writer: Shingo Irie

  • I've Gotta Get Stronger
    8.7/10 3,081 votes

    #4 - I've Gotta Get Stronger

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 1/28/2024

    Having entered the instance dungeon located inside the subway, Jinwoo levels up time and time again by fighting waves of magic beasts. As he gradually makes his way forward, he finds a long stairway leading deeper underground.

    Director: Toru Hamasaki

    Writer: Shingo Irie

  • A Pretty Good Deal
    8.0/10 2,549 votes

    #5 - A Pretty Good Deal

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 2/4/2024

    Jinwoo joins a party led by Hwang Dongsuk to meet the headcount necessary for a C-Rank dungeon. Joined by another temporary hire, Yoo Jinho, the party defeats beasts without much trouble, but Jinwoo has suspicions about the group's lack of a healer.

    Director: Makiko Hayase

    Writer: Norimitsu Kaiho

  • The Real Hunt Begins
    9.2/10 4,382 votes

    #6 - The Real Hunt Begins

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 2/11/2024

    While the C-Rank dungeon raid by Jinwoo and the others seems to be progressing well, the moment they step into an area covered in mana stones with a sleeping dungeon boss, things take a wrong turn.

    Director: Takashi Sakuma

    Writer: Norimitsu Kaiho

  • Let's See How Far I Can Go
    8.5/10 2,312 votes

    #7 - Let's See How Far I Can Go

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 2/18/2024

    As Jinwoo continues his training, he completes a daily quest one day by doing more than the quest requires, and a key that leads to a certain item appears in front of him.

    Director: Yuya Horiuchi

    Writer: Shigeru Murakoshi

  • This Is Frustrating
    5.2/10 1,428 votes

    #8 - This Is Frustrating

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 3/3/2024

    Jinwoo answers a Hunter's Association request to take part in the raid of a D-Rank dungeon, where he encounters a few familiar faces.

    Director: Hiromu Oshiro

    Writer: Shunsuke Nakashige

  • You've Been Hiding Your Skills
    7.5/10 1,369 votes

    #9 - You've Been Hiding Your Skills

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 3/10/2024

    At the D-Rank raid, Jinwoo is reunited with four of the Cartenon Temple survivors. Together, they explore the dungeon with Kang Taeshik and his men. After splitting up, they hear a scream, and then...

    Director: Hirotaka Tokuda

    Writer: Shingo Irie

  • What Is This, a Picnic?
    7.8/10 1,962 votes

    #10 - What Is This, a Picnic?

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 3/17/2024

    Jinwoo survives tragedy once again, but Woo Jinchul warns him that Hwang Dongsoo, an S-Rank hunter, may be after his life. Determined to grow stronger, Jinwoo teams up with Jinho to raid a succession of C-Rank dungeons, but they attract attention...

    Director: Takashi Sakuma, Yuya Horiuchi

    Writer: Yoshikazu Tominaga

  • A Knight Who Defends an Empty Throne
    8.8/10 2,416 votes

    #11 - A Knight Who Defends an Empty Throne

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 3/24/2024

    Out of the blue, a "job-change quest" pops up in Jinwoo's window. Feeling that it may help him get stronger, he enters the gate. Inside, he fights wave after wave of enemies, culminating in a knight who brings back memories of the Cartenon Temple.

    Director: Takayuki Kikuchi

    Writer: Noboru Kimura

  • Arise
    8.8/10 2,247 votes

    #12 - Arise

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 3/30/2024

    Drained from endless battle, Jinwoo sees a phantom of his past self. To overcome his own past as the Weakest Hunter of All Mankind, he struggles to find a way to clear the job-change quest.

    Director: Shunsuke Nakashige

    Writer: Noboru Kimura