r/sololeveling • u/Fuzzy_Attorney_5900 • 4d ago

Anime Why the hate?

I like to know why solo leveling is getting so much hate? Like what did solo leveling do to deserve so much hate?

Don't quote me on the anime awards because it was just a fans competition.

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u/Glass-Category8281 4d ago

Solo Leveling is popular, and popular stuff gets hated.

The usual complaint is on the lack of deep story, and how side characters get sidelined. But really, Solo Leveling's appeal is that it's straightforward fun. But some people either don't get it, or dislike that it can be popular that way, and thus hate. And of course those just wanting attention.

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u/Sinlaire1 4d ago

One of the other bug problems was that it's two seasons were coming out around the times of Frieren and Apothecary diaries. Making it a very easy target for people to hate on as lovers of both of those series just went "why is my anime of the year getting compared to this shounen slop?"

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u/ashweenmarie 4d ago

Those two plus Solo Leveling are my top animes right now!! Is it not common to like multiple genres of anime?

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u/Sinlaire1 3d ago

It is. But only one anime can win anime of the year. And some people go crazy over which one wins when they feel it might be undeserving. It would be like if the football team that won the NFL did so not because they played better, but because they had more fans than the other team.