My Solo Leveling Rabbit Hole Journey
Alright, so earlier today, totally by accident while scrolling, I saw this question buzzing around: “Who did the Solo Leveling creator pick as his favorite character besides Jin-Woo?” Honestly, it got me hooked real quick. I mean, everyone talks about Sung Jin-Woo, right? But another favorite? That sounds juicy. I just had to find out for myself.
My first stop was the obvious one: Google. I just typed in something like “Solo Leveling creator favorite character” and started clicking. Went through a bunch of fan forums first. People were guessing everyone – Cha Hae-In, Beru, even Thomas Andre! But nobody had a solid source. Just a lot of “I think…” and “Maybe…”. That wasn’t good enough for me. Felt like everyone was just repeating rumors.
I needed to go straight to the source. So I dug deeper, trying to find actual interviews or Q&As with the man himself, Chugong. Man, finding the original stuff was tougher than I thought! Lots of sites just summarize or translate things, sometimes missing details. I spent a good chunk of time bouncing between different sites, blogs, and even Reddit threads. My browser tabs were multiplying like crazy!
Finally, after what felt like ages clicking through garbage, I hit gold. Found a proper translation of an old interview Chugong did. Scrolled down, scanning like crazy for any mention of a “favorite character.” My eyes were glued! Boring stuff, boring stuff… then BAM!
- Interviewer asks something like: “Do you have a personal favorite character?”
- Chugong answers about Jin-Woo being central, blah blah… then he drops it!
Here’s what he actually said (according to this translation): It was Igris! The Red Knight dude who served Jin-Woo early on? Yeah, that Igris!
My reaction? Sitting at my desk, I actually mumbled out loud: “No way! Seriously? Igris?!” It felt so unexpected. Not the love interest, not the big bad, but one of the Shadow Soldiers! That legit surprised me.
Okay, confession time: I kept digging a bit more to double-check. Found a couple more references pointing back to that same interview. Seems consistent. So, unless there’s some super fresh info I totally missed, the answer seems locked in.
Why Igris? From what Chugong reportedly said, he liked Igris’s role – that instant power shift, the loyalty thing. First fights Jin-Woo hard, then bows down. Chugong apparently found that moment where Jin-Woo forces Igris to his knees super satisfying to write. Makes sense when you think about it!
So yeah, that was my deep dive. Started with pure curiosity clicking around forums and Google, wrestled with messy info overload, finally struck gold on an old interview translation, and got the surprising answer: Igris is the chosen one!
Honestly, it felt kinda fun hunting it down myself instead of just waiting for some video or article to spoon-feed it. But man, why don’t these interview sites just have a big fat headline saying “Creator Loves Igris”? Would save everyone a lot of time! Maybe next time.