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Solo Leveling: Arise from the Shadows S2 Ep 5 Review<\/strong><\/p>\n If there\u2019s a candidate for the best girl in Solo Leveling, then the anime makes a strong case for the strongest female Hunter in Korea, Cha Hae-in. Despite not making as hint her debut until the series was well underway, the anime has gone out of its way to add original scenes featuring Hae-in. When an anime does that, that means they will be important in the future. And now that the anime\u2019s caught up to her actual debut, Cha Hae-in is about to become even more important.<\/p>\n But first, time for some backstory.<\/p>\n As hinted at in the anime, before she became a Hunter, Hae-in was a talented track athlete. Sadly, she pushed herself too hard, leading to an injury that cut her career short. Then, two years ago, she awakened as one of Korea\u2019s handful of S-Ranked Hunters. Now she\u2019s the second-in-command of the strongest Hunters guild in the country. Between that and her beauty, one could call her the Korean equivalent of Asuna from Sword Art Online<\/em> and very fortunate.<\/p>\n Here\u2019s the thing: she doesn\u2019t see it that way. As shown in the series premiere, she\u2019s not comfortable with how famous she is, something that the Arise<\/em> gacha game expands upon. Not helping matters is her unique condition: she can smell mana. According to her, it smells horrible, and her job makes her work around people with that smell every day.<\/p>\n Which explains why, after formally meeting Jin-woo<\/a>, her first impulse\u2026is to smell him.<\/p>\n I can die happy now … pic.twitter.com\/WfCNwAGGxA<\/a><\/p>\n — Ren I Aired arc I (@KingAired) February 1, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js<\/a><\/p>\n The how <\/em>and why <\/em>of why Jin-woo doesn\u2019t smell bad to Hae-in aren\u2019t made clear. Even in the WEBTOON, the best Jin-woo can come up with is due to being the Player. However, none of that matters, because this marks the beginning of Hae-in\u2019s relationship with Jin-woo, one that will come to be of great importance to both.<\/p>\n \u2026yes, the series is shipping them. It helps that she shows up looking for Jin-woo after he heads into the Dungeon on her day off. And thinks of him as she’s trying to fall asleep.<\/p>\n When you have to wait another week for the next episode pic.twitter.com\/DHdUnlXyCM<\/a><\/p>\n — Solo Leveling (@SoloLevelAnime) February 2, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js<\/a><\/p>\n So, the real meat of the episode. While Jin-woo is waiting for his updated license to go through, he\u2019s been killing time playing miner. Even without his army, his gains are enough to do ten people\u2019s work. But when the B-team makes an offer to have him be their porter, he takes it.<\/p>\n It\u2019s a good thing, too, because their raid quickly goes sideways.<\/p>\n It was interesting to see just how strong the upper-ranked Hunters can be. More importantly, Jin-woo\u2019s stealthy intervention proves just how strong he\u2019s gotten in comparison to most Hunters. At this point, it\u2019s accurate to say that only a few S-Rank Hunters could scrap with him. However, that becomes a moot point when a horde of High Orcs (Orcs on steroids) show up and give them a choice: go with them or die.<\/p>\n The ending was fucking epic. The OST and Cinematography was something else! #SoloLeveling<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/HNge4aRbG4<\/a><\/p>\n — Fallen_Core (@Fallen__Core) February 1, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js<\/a><\/p>\n Jin-woo could take them, but since he\u2019s trying not to draw too much attention to himself, he lets the party leader decide. Having read the manwha, I can tell you that he will step up when things go sideways. And what follows will be one of the first public demonstrations of what Jin-woo is capable of. And if Hae-in manages to see it\u2026let\u2019s just say her interest in Jin-woo is going to be very justified.<\/p>\n smell great for the true shadow monarch #SoloLeveling<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/qG7gfQ2CnN<\/a><\/p>\n — AXE (@AXE) January 28, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\nCha Hae-in’s unique condition<\/h2>\n
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Who else is shipping them?<\/h2>\n
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Jin-woo the miner<\/h2>\n
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