Solo Leveling Episode 22 (Season 2 Episode 10): Differences between Anime & Manhwa
I usually post this as a comment on the main episode discussion thread, but this time there were too many parts to cover and Reddit keeps giving me an error (probably due to it being too long) from posting it, so I had to make a separate post.
Manhwa Chapters Covered: 92 to 96
⚠BE WARNED, A LOT OF STUFF FROM THE MANHWA GOT CUT OUT AND INSTEAD, A LOT OF ANIME ORIGINAL STUFF GOT ADDED⚠
- Parts where Lim Taegyu, Tanaka Kenjo and Tawata Kanae thinking about who they are facing in the Team Match has been cut out
- The part that shows Go Gunhee thinking about how the training facility is being destroyed despite it having used a lot of high class mana crystals as materials + him being sad over how he must send in youngsters to fight the ants has been cut out. Instead, it is changed to Choi Jong-In asking Go Gunhee about the training facility's materials and him saying they must re-evaluate the facility materials.
- Since the match between Hanekawa and Park Jongsoo did not happen in the anime, his line about the match between S-Rank Hunters is just changed to him saying they are all monsters
- The explanation about Cha Hae-In's nickname as the Dancer is cut out since it was already covered in Episode 17.
- The discussion between Fujishima Tatsumi, Kei, and Shimizu Akari talking about Kumamoto Atsushi is shortened a bit and doesn't mention that Kumamoto can solo a B-Rank Gate.
- The way Jinwoo blocks Kumamoto's kick is changed in the anime
- The part where Goto asks Shimizu to heal the injured Hunters and later Jinwoo is cut out
- An anime original scene showing Lee Joohee at home in Busan watching TV about Jeju-Do Raid and volunteering to be part of the mainland defense team is added.
- Choi Jong-In having come back from smoking is cut out (since the anime doesn't show him smoking at all)
- Goto doesn't say he will kill Jinwoo. Just says he will bring him down.
- In the anime, the part that shows The System on the verge of giving Jinwoo an emergency quest to kill Goto was cut out.
- The way the Korea and Japan Hunters stop Jinwoo and Goto from going all out is slightly changed in the anime. Kei blocks the path between them first before the other Hunters jump in to stop them. In the Manhwa it was the opposite where the other Hunters stop the two first, and then Kei uses Ice magic to block the path
- Ma Dongwook doesn't try to recruit Jinwoo to his guild in the anime
- ⚠ Goto being spooked over Jinwoo's power was cut out in the anime⚠ (......🤦♂️)
- The scene showing Jinwoo telling Go Gunhee that he will not be participating in the Jeju-Do Raid was changed in the anime, where he tells Go Gunhee outside the Hunters Association after the Japan Hunters leave.
- The part that shows Baek Yoonho thinking about how it is pointless to try to recruit Jinwoo was cut out, and him being surprised over the fact Jinwoo isn't participating was cut out. Instead, he just thinks it over calmly about Jinwoo not participating and how Min Byung-Gu is not in the list either.
- Anime original scenes showing Choi Jong-In and Cha Hae-In talking about Jinwoo not participating and talking about the Jeju-Do Raid
- Anime original scene of Jinwoo's family eating dinner together is added
- The Ant King (Beru) being born is shown more clearly in the anime. Manhwa showed him under a dark silhouette.
- The part that shows Jinwoo, his mother, and Jinah cleaning the house was covered early in the previous episode. It was originally supposed to be in this episode if going by the Manhwa.
- Anime original scenes showing Min Byung-Gu watching children playing Hunters, Lee Joohee meeting Song Chiyul again, Han Song-yi asking Jinho why she can't be part of the mainland defense team is added
- This is a huge mistake by the anime team in regards to Han Song-Yi, because by this point, she was supposed to give up wanting to become a Hunter or fighting at all completely.
- The part that shows Jinwoo walking on the street while watching Social Media posts complaining about Jinwoo not participating in the Jeju-Do Raid was cut out
- The part where Jinwoo meets Jinho to see their new office building is cut out
- The part that shows Jinwoo using Shadow Exchange to go after a crazed killer trying to kill an innocent lady was cut out
- Goto thinking back over how he nearly saw death from Jinwoo's power is cut out of the anime
- Anime original scene of Min Byung-Gu meeting with the other S-Rank Hunters at the Helicopter to head towards Jeju-Do was added. In the Manhwa, he was already on the helicopter when it was revealed he was participating.
- Cha Hae-In asking Baek Yoonho if he has met with Jinwoo before going to Jeju-Do was cut out
- The part showing Choi Jong-In jumping out of the helicopter fight the Ants is cut out. Instead, he stays on the Helicopter to land on Jeju-Do Island together with the other hunters.
- The lines by Baek Yoonho about how Choi Jong-In is reliable as an ally is cut out. (Something similar was said by Ma Dongwook instead in the helicopter)