__Overview:
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From pleb to chad. Out man, not boi, Jinwoo goes from the weakest rank possible to the strongest. In this world,. Its basically getting fused with a fictional magical world with demons, beasts and others. Sort of reminiscent of Eushully Dir Lifyna fused with the human world. Loosely though as both worlds colliding and combining are vastly different and similarities nearly end there lol.

Anyways, with the world colliding, or gates opening up everywhere, people were awakening powers since the first gate appeared. These awakened people are split into tiered ranks and called hunters. Ranks from S to E. Jinwoo starts in the lowest of low, E rank. And with how the awakening works, once the rank is set, that’s all, there is no more magical power one can gain to go up in ranks. The mana that determines the ranks are simply that, set in stone.

On one of the gate expeditions, Jinwoo and others find a second path that leads to an area that gives the squad he was with quite an awakening. Basically, every one of them die and even he does to an extent. But on deaths bed, he becomes a player which allows him to start leveling up and achieving a higher rank due to increasing mana and other stats. He has a personalized ui that pops up only visible to him. Along with side quests and daily quests that are there for him to complete, each giving different bonuses. Turning his irl into a video game.

He does not disclose to anybody that he has such an ability, in the manhwa they expand later on for why and how this power is to be. As is it can seem very abrupt and more along the lines of cheap tactic. However, there is good reason explained later on for exactly why he is like this now.

During one of his missions after, he comes across some unsightly people that are evil in actions to keep it simple. They get dealt with along with the creepy crawler heh. With a bonus of meeting his future entrepreneur compadre.

With the new companion on a mission to get that bag, it becomes Jinwoo solo’ing every gate that they are allowed to enter and the extras they hire to come along just chillin on the outside. With a short while later passing and he takes on a mining operation. Something that comes with an inherently low risk of just going into the gate with a mining crew, farming the resources and leaving. Ya that was not going to go well on the last one though. Should have expected some unexpected things to occur yet again. Unexpected where he has to blow his cover yet again to a select few. These high orcs didn’t stand a chance when Jinwoo flexed on them a tad.

Not long after, Jinwoo decides its time to reevaluate and gets placed as an S class hunter. With it gaining the eyes of more trying to bide him for his time in hopes they convert him to their guild. Alongside the background final villain of the season, dem ants. The ants are criticized heavily by being inspired and mirroring a lot of how hunter x hunter chimera ant arc was. I disagree however and do not believe them to be comparable. They are both ants, they are both evolving into ever more powerful beings ect. But the execution of it all is an insult to compare them against each other.

With the ants becoming more powerful the countries top guild having failed in the past to kill them off are seeking outside help of other countries top ranked hunters. Gathering up a strong force to take them down for good this time. The main push being they are adapting to be able to fly and leave the isolated island they were once locked onto. Not dealing with them now would result in more losses later and potentially worse unpredictable outcomes.

jinwoo is on another side mission as the mission starts and he does have a thought of helping but stays reserved and holds off. After all a hero always shows up fashionably late. The ants have a king that awakens and it immediately above all of the current S class hunters that have been sent to the island. The mission was going solid up until it was not. People dying left right and center and the ant is looking for the most powerful person. And just when the situation couldn’t be more dire, Jinwoo shows up, and says hold the cams glit and glamor this thing going down. An intense fight occurs between them and after its finally, the remaining ants that got away are slowly dealt with by the help of many other hunters stationed at specific locations.

Season ends after with a showing of a couple strong characters that are likely yo be the next on the block of Jinwoos woopass list as a tease to the next season when things will be quite a bit more hype.

__Visuals/Music:
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Visuals are done by A1 and they did a good job. A1 does know how to do good visuals when needed. There is a fair amount of cg, its alright but cg after all. It Is bearable and not terrible while also not being that great of cg either. Effects and flashiness during fights is where the animation shines the most. Everything is clear and done with passion. Not a lot to say except the only real downside is the use of cg. It keeps the costs lower than hand animating everything, especially special effects and what not which makes it understandable to have used in many of the scenes.

Music throughout though, another masterpiece done by Sawano. Sawano truly does know how to elevate every ost. Haalf the immersion and hype comes from the audio of his tracks produced. Jinwoo could have simply been walking down a store aisle buying chips in a supermarket or gas station and with a Sawano ost playing in the background, it would make it feel like one of the most hype moments to occur.

First opening ost feels a bit generic but the lyrics make up for it and match well with the themes. Second opening is a bit different style genre mixed together but is also done by LiSa. Krage doing the first ending I did find better than the second done by TK for the second. Both songs are good. None of these 4 are something too special or standout tbh. Listen a couple times but usually skipped by them when binging the seasons.

__Final Thoughts:
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Definitely worth a watch, especially if or when the show continues deeper into the story since the power scaling of Jinwoo becomes insane. A nondescript spoiler tease is playing with gods, as for exactly what that means... heh to be seen, or read :D

Manwha be taking over it seems. They getting more and more popular with the stories being quite enjoyable and a nice different taste of… reincarnated as my sisters dogs chew toy with the power to destroy worlds but im too shy to tapa into the grand power unless the dog fucks me. Don’t believe that’s a title? Well likely is not the title but is more than likely one of those trash stories that’s been invested enough into to become an anime sooner or later. One that nobody asked for yet we still get lol. Luckily A1 has been on a redemption arc for a while now and releasing more higher quality shows and stories for the past several years.

Characters (main) – 3/5
Characters (sub) – 3/5
Enjoyment – 4/5
Visuals – 4/5
Music – 5/5
Story – 4/5

`<code>Overall Ratings - Rec: 3/5 Raw: 76%</code>`