Solo Leveling’s sequel series, Solo Leveling: Ragnarok, is returning with a simultaneous 3-episode release next week.
Via a new announcement posted on the KakaoPage website, it has been confirmed that Solo Leveling: Ragnarok will return for its third season with Episodes 69-71 published on KakaoPage this Thursday, Nov. 5. Fans can expect the new chapters to follow a consistent weekly release schedule every Thursday after that.
There’s still no officially announced release date for the English translation of Solo Leveling: Ragnarok Season 3.
Solo Leveling: Ragnarok’s New Artist Has Big Shoes to Fill This November
Sung Jinwoo with Sung Suho in the Solo Leveling: Ragnarok manhwaImage by Brett Cardaro
As previously announced by D&C Media, Solo Leveling: Ragnarok Season 3 will be illustrated by new artist Sanjimseung, best known for his work on Ice Lord, who is taking over for JIN after the latter left for mandatory military service. D&C Media confirmed the release date with a new key visual by Sanjimseung, showcasing Sung Suho in his new art style.
Solo Leveling: Ragnarok’s previous artist, JIN, left the series with a heartfelt message to the fans, promising that, even though he had to step away from the series, “it won’t be an ending, but a break that will allow me to prepare for a new beginning.” He also left some words of encouragement for Sanjimseung in that statement:
I’d like to say some words of encouragement for the next illustrator, who is a fellow disciple of the late, great Jan Sung-rak. I’ll be cheering you on. I know it may be intimidating to take on the weight of expectations that a work like “Solo Leveling” carries, but I trust that you will expand this universe by adding your own, unique touch.
Judging by Sanjimseung’s body of work so far (some of which can be seen above), fans have nothing to worry about as far as the artwork is concerned. Sanjimseung perfected his craft throughout the 65 chapters of Ice Lord’s run, crafting some stunning artwork throughout that time. Sanjimseung has been particularly lauded by fans for his action scenes — an area where he was clearly influenced by his work under DUBU at Redice Studio.
Solo Leveling: Ragnarok Returns in the Midst of Its Biggest Arc Yet
The story of Solo Leveling: Ragnarok Season 3 will pick up during Sung Suho’s raid on a supermassive S-Rank Gate that appeared over South Korea, inadvertently transporting Suho, the South Korean S-Rank Hunters and Thomas Andre to the mysterious land of the Snowfolk.
Solo Leveling: Ragnarok Season 2 ended on a major cliffhanger in Chapter 68 that disappointed many fans. Sung Suho and his Monarch successor allies were in the fight of their lives against three new successors to the Monarchs, all of whom were being guided by a malicious new ‘System’ created by an unknown mastermind.
The final chapter of Season 2 concluded with the successor of the Steel Body Monarch, Ammut, confronting Pia and Granga, the subsequent successors of the Transfiguration and Giant Monarchs within Sung Suho’s Shadow Dungeon.
As unfortunate a stopping point as it is, this break was actually a good thing for the story. The current arc has several moving parts happening all at once. Aside from Sung Suho’s battle with the Monarch successors, there’s also Park Dojin’s confrontation with Thomas Andre and Lim Taegyu. And while all that’s going on, Cha Haein lingers somewhere in the background, having been trapped within the land of the Snowfolk for several years.
In many ways, the multiple plot threads and storylines involving several Hunters makes this arc feel like Ragnarok’s equivalent of the Jeju Island raid, complete with all the political intrigue by way of Thomas Andre’s affiliation with America. With so much going on in this story arc, giving the manhwa’s adaptor, Brix, time to sit with the storyline and work out the details may have been for the best. Sansimjeung is diving into Solo Leveling: Ragnarok during the most action-packed moment in the series yet.
There’s also plenty more Solo Leveling action set to arise from the shadows in the coming months. Solo Leveling: Ragnarok Season 3’s release date is notable, given that Netmarble also recently announced that Solo Leveling: Arise Overdrive is finally dropping on PS5 and Xbox on Nov. 3.
This will all inevitably lead up to Solo Leveling’s big new movie release, Solo Leveling: Beyond the System, which is currently in production and expected by fans to be released sometime in 2027, although an official release date has not yet been announced.
Author
Chugong
Artist
Dubu
Release Date
March 4, 2018
Chapters
190