i did expect the adaptation to be as un-unique as the webtoon carried by above average animation (and i was right), but i did not expect them to fuck up the premiere this badly.
half of the episode is just dialog and lore dumps presented in a boring way. we got unnecessary character introductions that are clearly fan service because there is no anime-only will give a shit about them.
AND THEN it just ended out of nowhere. like, why? i'm willing to bet 99% of people read Solo leveling because they got hooked by the intro, and we only got half of the intro in the anime for some reason.
is this what the anime adaptation is? just fan service for existing fans? how are anime-onlys supposed to be hooked by that mediocre premiere?