‘Solo Leveling’ beats ‘One Piece’ streaming record despite only releasing 23 episodes so far

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Solo Leveling has surpassed a genre classic in terms of reviews on platform Crunchyroll, despite only having 23 episodes aired so far.One Piece, the wildly popular series with over 1,100 episodes, previously held the record for most reviews on the platform with 596,000.

Despite having a fraction of that runtime, Solo Leveling has overtaken it with 603,000.For comparison, long-running favourite Demon Slayer has 587,000 reviews, while the epic Attack On Titan ended with 354,000 reviews.

This metric is not a precise indicator of audience size, or hours watched, but it goes some way to illustrating the immense popularity of Solo Leveling early into its history.Based on the Korean web novel by Chugong, the hit anime series takes place in a realm of gifted hunters and monsters.

In this world, weak hunter Sung Jinwoo is given extraordinary strength through a mysterious programme, which kickstarts a journey across the various dungeons to discover the true source of his power.