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The Worst Episodes of Solo Leveling

Every episode of Solo Leveling ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of Solo Leveling!

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...
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  • You Aren't E-Rank, Are You
    5.3/10(2,099)
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    #1 - You Aren't E-Rank, Are You

    Season 1 Episode 13

    Aired 1/5/2025

    After a scheduled meeting with Jinah's teachers, Jinwoo is asked to talk to one of her classmates, Han Song-yi, who is working as a hunter. In an effort to show her the harsh reality of the job, Jinwoo takes her to a raid designated for new hunters of the White Tiger guild.

    Director: Yuya Horiuchi

    Writer: Shigeru Murakoshi

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  • This Is Frustrating
    7.5/10(2,365)
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    #2 - 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

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  • You've Been Hiding Your Skills
    7.9/10(2,979)
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    #3 - 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

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  • It's Like a Game
    8.0/10(3,891)
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    #4 - 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

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  • A Pretty Good Deal
    8.0/10(3,539)
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    #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

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  • I Need to Stop Faking
    8.0/10(4)
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    #6 - I Need to Stop Faking

    Season 1 Episode 16

    Aired 1/26/2025

    Jinwoo realizes that he'll need to become even stronger in order to clear the Demon's Castle and decides to have his hunter rank reassessed.

    Director: Makiko Hayase

    Writer: Noboru Kimura

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  • This Is What We're Trained to Do
    8.0/10(3)
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    #7 - This Is What We're Trained to Do

    Season 1 Episode 17

    Aired 2/2/2025

    Before attempting to finish the Demon's Castle, Jinwoo decides to earn some money to help prepare.

    Director: Kento Toya

    Writer: Shigeru Murakoshi

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  • I'm Used to It
    8.2/10(5,393)
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    #8 - 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

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  • Let's See How Far I Can Go
    8.5/10(3,322)
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    #9 - 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

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  • Still a Long Way to Go
    8.5/10(4)
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    #10 - Still a Long Way to Go

    Season 1 Episode 15

    Aired 1/19/2025

    Having completed his promise to Jinho to clear 19 dungeons, Jinwoo is stronger than he was when he fought the Cerberus. In order to gather the ingredients for the Elixir of Life and save his mother, he once again enters the S-Rank Demon's Castle dungeon.

    Director: Koji Furukawa

    Writer: Noboru Kimura

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  • I Suppose You Aren't Aware
    8.6/10(5)
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    #11 - I Suppose You Aren't Aware

    Season 1 Episode 14

    Aired 1/12/2025

    After being trapped inside of a red gate, Jinwoo has to contend with a bloodthirsty pack of ice elves who question his humanity.

    Director: Tatsuya Sasaki

    Writer: Fuka Ishii

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  • I've Gotta Get Stronger
    8.7/10(4,113)
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    #12 - 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

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  • What Is This, a Picnic?
    8.8/10(3,499)
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    #13 - 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

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  • A Knight Who Defends an Empty Throne
    8.8/10(3,379)
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    #14 - 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

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  • Arise
    9.1/10(3,418)
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    #15 - 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

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  • If I Had One More Chance
    9.2/10(6,318)
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    #16 - 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

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  • The Real Hunt Begins
    9.2/10(5,698)
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    #17 - 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

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Worst Episodes Summary

"You Aren't E-Rank, Are You" is the worst rated episode of "Solo Leveling". It scored 5.3/10 based on 2099 votes. Directed by Yuya Horiuchi and written by Shigeru Murakoshi, it aired on 1/5/2025. This episode scored 2.2 points lower than the second lowest rated, "This Is Frustrating".