Sung Jinwoo’s rise to power in Solo Leveling has captivated anime fans worldwide. He is one of the most overpowered anime characters of all time, renowned for his Shadow Extraction skill that can turn former enemies into loyal servants. Aside from his Shadow Army, Sung Jinwoo is capable of confronting even Gods of Creation across space and other dimensions, at least in Solo Leveling: Ragnarok.
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As a result, Sung Jinwoo stands as a strong contender to even the most powerful villains in shonen anime. If he could simply transfer from one anime universe to another, it would be easy for Sung Jinwoo to rewrite the balance of power itself. After all, Jinwoo evolves so quickly that even top-tier shonen anime villains would struggle to keep pace.
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Muzan Kibutsuji Can’t Hide From Sung Jinwoo
Demon Slayer’s Demon King
Demon Slayer‘s progenitor of flesh-eating demons, Muzan Kibutsuji is highly exceptional in avoiding battles that he knows would not be in his favor. He is excellent at hiding, but that doesn’t mean he’s a weakling that can be easily taken down in combat, unless the sun is out and there’s no shade for him to retreat into. Instead of fighting directly, he prefers to summon his lower and upper moon demons while he stays safely out of reach.
Unfortunately, Sung Jinwoo is an exceptional tracker, capable of hunting down his opponents even across different dimensions, making escape impossible once he locks onto a target, such as Muzan. Once Muzan’s location is revealed, Sung Jinwoo would waste no time mutilating him into pieces until the sun comes out.
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Ryomen Sukuna Is Outscaled By Sung Jinwoo
Jujutsu Kaisen’s King of Curses
When cursed spirits and curse users hear the name Ryomen Sukuna in Jujutsu Kaisen, they either tremble in fear or refuse to speak of him at all. With lethal cursed techniques at his disposal – on top of a powerful domain expansion – Sukuna has mutilated countless victims, including the one and only Gojo Satoru, for the sake of spreading chaos and destruction.
Sukuna scales way below Sung Jinwoo in many crossover match ups, as the Shadow Monarch’s broader range of win conditions, from his sustained regeneration, overwhelming numbers through his Shadow Army, and large-scale battlefield control, grants him more consistent ways to secure victory compared to the King of Curses.
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Meruem Can’t Match Jinwoo’s Evolution
Hunter x Hunter’s Chimera Ant King
Before Solo Leveling introduced Jeju Island’s Ant King, there was Meruem, the Chimera Ant King of Hunter x Hunter. He has powers and abilities quite similar to Jeju Island’s Ant King, as both grow stronger over time. The more victims Meruem consumes, and the more he adapts to his opponents through his exceptional combat IQ, the stronger he becomes, evolving rapidly in both power and battle efficiency.
Sung Jinwoo probably wouldn’t mind facing the original Ant King directly, but sending Beru in his place could already be enough to secure a decisive victory over Meruem. If Sung Jinwoo engages personally, he could potentially overpower Meruem through superior scaling, shadow abilities, and sustained battlefield control. Not to mention, Jinwoo’s evolution doesn’t even require him to consume his opponents, as it happens in mid-battle.
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Dio Brando’s Time Stop Is Useless Against Jinwoo
The World’s Master in Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure
When it comes to villainy, Dio Brando stands as one of the standards in the bizarre world of JoJo. He is infamous for his vampiric powers, on top of his iconic Stand, The World, which can literally stop time with a maximum limit of 9 seconds. With his time manipulation abilities, Dio proved to be a difficult adversary, turning what should have been losing situations into decisive victories through carefully timed attacks.
Yet still, Sung Jinwoo scales higher than Dio Brando. While his time manipulation abilities would be instrumental in overwhelming Sung Jinwoo, the Shadow Monarch’s body automatically recovers at an accelerated rate, making even a 9-second time-stop window not enough to guarantee a finishing blow.
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Shigaraki Tomura Can’t Fully Suppress Jinwoo’s Shadows
All For One’s Successor in My Hero Academia
It only takes a single touch from Shigaraki Tomura of My Hero Academia to reduce anyone into pieces. His Decay quirk could easily turn his targets, whether inorganic or organic, to dust as soon as he makes contact. Thus, Shigaraki could potentially dismantle Sung Jinwoo’s shadows early on, especially if they are unfamiliar with his Decay quirk, allowing him to erase large numbers of shadows before they can properly adapt or respond.
However, Sung Jinwoo’s vast mana reserves would be a problem for Shigaraki. He could sustain the shadow army for extended periods, making it increasingly difficult for Shigaraki to maintain control of the battlefield or keep up the pressure. Worse, if Jinwoo decides to overly involve himself in the fight, he can shift the momentum instantly.
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Lucius Zogratis Can’t Reach Jinwoo’s Cosmic Tier
Devil Astaroth’s Host in Black Clover
Within the Black Clover universe lies a near-unbeatable villain with overpowered magic abilities. Lucius Zogratis is not only a devil host but also a wielder of soul, time, gravity, blood, bone, and even ultimate magic in Black Clover. Most impressively, he can even create multiple clones of himself, forcing his enemies to contend with perfect duplicates that each possess extensive knowledge of magic and combat techniques.
Despite all this power, Sung Jinwoo’s strength in Solo Leveling: Ragnarok has already reached a higher cosmic scale. Every day, he deals with Outer Gods of Creation, which are entities associated with the formation of universes and could even weaponize stars, planets, or even galaxies against Jinwoo. If Lucius were to face this version of Jinwoo, the latter would overwhelmingly outscale him.
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Saint Nerona Imu Can’t Rely on Immortality Against Jinwoo
The King of the World in One Piece
For over 800 years, Nerona Imu watched as his long list of powerful underlings did the dirty jobs on his behalf in the vast world of One Piece. True to fan expectations, Imu is strongly implied to be immortal, and his devil fruit abilities are tied to extremely rare or unknown powers that contribute to his longevity and dominance on the battlefield.
A clash between two immortals, like Sung Jin-Woo and Imu, would be a remarkable sight, but many would argue that Jinwoo scales higher overall due to his authority over death, shadows, and darkness, making him extremely difficult to put down permanently even against overwhelmingly hax-based abilities like existence erasure.
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Kaguya Otsutsuki’s Dimensional Authority Is Inferior to Jinwoo
The Progenitor of Chakra in Naruto
Even the combined force of Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha couldn’t bring down Kaguya Otsutsuki, forcing them to rely on a powerful sealing jutsu to get rid of the Rabbit Goddess in Naruto: Shippuden. Kaguya is one of the most powerful clan members of the Otsutsuki, capable of using multiple dojutsu at an advanced level, and is widely regarded as the progenitor of chakra.
While the anime version of Sung Jinwoo would heavily struggle against Kaguya Otsutsuki due to her overwhelming reality-warping abilities and dimensional techniques, the Solo Leveling: Ragnarok version of Jinwoo operates on a vastly higher scale, with expanded authority over shadows and enhanced interdimensional capabilities that could potentially allow him to overpower her in a very short time frame.
- Release Date
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2024 – 2025-00-00
- Network
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Tokyo MX, Gunma TV, BS11, Tochigi TV
- Directors
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Tatsuya Sasaki, Toru Hamasaki
- Writers
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Shigeru Murakoshi, Shingo Irie, Fuka Ishii
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Genta Nakamura
Yoo Jin-ho
