Solo Leveling Season 2 -Arise From The Shadows- Episode 5 Review - Sniff, Sniff
Cha Hae-in after smelling Jinwoo:
I just found that sniffing scene hilarious because she legit is one of the few people to catch Jinwoo off guard and get him perplexed. Other than that, this was an episode that introduces Hae-in into the story as well as a lot of others. I feel like this was basically a character dumping episode. It’s amazing how this story has so many characters and they serve some kind of purpose. I feel like Jinwoo is in his part-time job era as he goes from part-time miner to part-time porter. Is he going to have like seven different jobs by the time the season ends?
Jinwoo becomes a part-time porter for an A-rank raid dungeon led by Son Kihoon and his group. By the way, if you’re not familiar with Korean, you might see surnames like Sung, Song and Son, and they may look and sound similar, but they’re completely different surnames as a whole. They’re not the same, as they’re written like 성, 송, and 손. While I do wish that the names of these guild members are at mentioned, I do like that they’re essentially a lot different from Kim Chul’s group and felt more like Jinwoo’s first group back in the beginning, a sentiment that Jinwoo thinks about. At least, Kihoon doesn’t seem to look like someone who’d blame their members’ death on others and try to blame them on their deaths. Jinwoo mainly takes a backseat in this episode as he doesn’t want to show off his power. Though, he does help by using his stealth to help weaken the enemies, but it’s nice to see the squad actually show off their abilities.
The enemies in this dungeon are pretty intelligent in that they raise jackals to distract their enemies, but they also can speak to humans and bring them to their leader, Kargalgan. I do find this an interesting contest from the blue and white color schemes of the ice elves to the mainly red high orcs. I honestly can’t wait to see what his abilities are.
The voice cast is interesting in that they mainly mix a bunch of new faces and experienced voice actors for this episode. Like, a lot of the guild members are voiced by rookies like Son Kihoon, voiced by Takaaki Torashima, Lee Bora, voiced by Nogizaka46 idol Riria Ito, Lee Geonguk, voiced by Motoki Sakuma, and Seo Jiwoo, voiced by Mayuko Kazama, and we also have characters voiced by those with some known role in their repertoire like Han Semi voiced by Sayaka Senbongi of Delicious in Dungeon fame, Gina, voiced by Kotomi Aihara of Uma Musume fame, Myung-chul, voiced by Masaya Fukunishi of Kaiju No.8 fame, and Shin Seokjin, voiced by Shoya Ishige of My Dress-up Darling fame. The most known voice actor in the episode is Kargalgan, voiced by Kenta Miyake. I just find this an interesting assortment. Too bad there are way too many for me to know who is who.
Other than that, this episode is pretty much buildup to this little mini-arc. I wonder what Jinwoo will do in this situation, Will all of these squad members die and he is the last one remaining or will there be a 0 death for once? Let me know your thoughts on this episode?
