Warning: The following contains spoilers for Solo Leveling Season 2 Episode #5!!
Solo Leveling Season 2-Arise from the Shadow - just returns to its action-packed atmosphere with one of its best-adapted episodes in this installment that sets up one of the biggest confrontations of Sung Jinwoo so far in the story. InSolo Leveling Season 2episode #5, titled “This is What We’re Trained to Do," the anime continues the Hunters Guild’s Arc from chapters #67 to #71 of the manhwa,faithfully adaptingJinwoo’s first experience with an A-Rank team party and ending on a chilling cliffhanger, which means viewers have a lot of things to look forward to in the upcoming episode.
InSolo Levelingepisode #5, Sung Jinwoo agrees to act as a carrier for the Hunters Guild’s second strike team, who are ambushed by a horde of High Orcs,teasing Jinwoo’s next challenge, the shaman Kargalgan. With 8 more episodes to go, here’s everything that viewers need to know before catching up withSolo Leveling Season 2episode #6.
How to Watch Episode #6 of Solo Leveling Season 2: Arise from the Shadow
Anime produced by A-1 Pictures, based on the manhwa Written by Chugong, adapted by H-goon, and illustrated by Dubu
Solo Leveling Season 2debuts new episodes every Saturday on Crunchyroll with a Japanese air time set at 7:00 AM Pacific Time (PST). This way,Solo Leveling Season 2episode #18, titled “Don’t Look Down on My Guys,” will be released on Saturday, August 14, 2025, at 9:30 AM Pacific Standard Time (PT)/12:30 PM Eastern Standard Time (EST)/5:30 PM Greenwich Mean Time. New episodes are first available only with subtitles for international viewers.
An English dubbing version ofSolo Leveling Season 2premieres on August 18, 2025, presenting a two-week delay with the subbed simulcast and airing new episodes every week at the same time and day. That means that theEnglish dub forSolo Leveling Season 2Episode #4 will air on Crunchyroll on July 25, 2025, at 9:30 AM PT.
What Happened in Solo Leveling Season 2, Episode #5?
Sung Jiwoon’s Side Job Inside A-Rank Dungeon Turns Dangerous
In Episode #17 of Solo Leveling Season 2, Jinwoo joins the Hunters Guild’s mining team for another job, curious about the second strike team of A-Rank hunters led by Son Kihoon. Because of this,Jinwoo quickly accepts the opportunity to work as a carrier and watch a party in action facing monsters in an A-rank dungeon. The strike team is suddenly in a disadvantageous situation after being attacked by a horde of approximately 20 high orcs, each one as strong as an A-rank hunter.
The Hunter’s Guild members are saved by Jinwoo from the shadows, who uses his stealth and ruler’s hand ability, and the team decides to withdraw from the raid. However, a powerful barrier was set up by the leader of the High Orcs, the shaman Kargalgan, who forced the hunters to go to his lair. All hope seems lost for the strike team, who at least hope to hold up the boss while letting Jinwoo escape. Yet, what they don’t know is that Jinwoo is an S-Rank hunter with a shadow army capable of standing up to the challenge.
What Will Happen in Solo Leveling Season Two, Episode #6?
Will Cha Hae In Get Involved in the Battle Against Kargalgan?
Even though Sung Jinwoo is currently acting as a carrier for Strike Team B, episode #17 already shows he will not stand with his arms crossed watching other hunters die. That means thatSolo Leveling Season 2Episode #6 will showcase an all-out battle between the High orcs led by Kargalgan and Jinwoo’s shadow army. Moreover, Jinwoo will directly face the dungeon boss Kargalgan, who has proved to be a powerful shaman.
Solo Leveling Season 2 Drops First Look at Episode 18, Setting Up Jinwoo’s Next Rescue
The preview for Solo Leveling Season 2 Episode #6 promises a big dose of action featuring Jinwoo’s shadow army fighting against the boss Kargalgan.
Additionally, as Jinwoo already has his first interaction with Cha Hae In—which subtly implies he is different from other hunters as remarked by Baruka in episode #14—she has grown to be highly curious about him, enough to request information about him and go look for him among the mining team. This way,Cha Hae In is right outside the gate, which opens the possibility of her sensing something is wrong and entering the dungeonto aid her guild members, marking her first participation in a battle inSolo Levelinganime so far.
Solo Leveling Season 2 Episode #5 Presents Minor Changes from the Manhwa
The Adaptation Highlights a Big Parallel to a Previous Event With an Original Scene
WhileSolo Levelingepisode #17 skipped over the introduction of Yoo Soohyun, which happens in chapter #72 of the manhwa, this scene was possibly rearranged for a later episode.Solo Leveling Season 2once again cut some scenes from the manhwa to warrantJeju Island’s Arc’s adaptationthis season, like an extended conversation when Kihoon is talking with the mining team, when the Strike team’s healer talks with Jinwoo about how it’s the squad’s responsibility to guarantee nothing happens to the carrier, and when the hunters are surprised by the orc talking in their language.
Furthermore,the adaptation included an original anime scene of Jinwoo remembering the Double Dungeon incident after the Strike Team B show their resolution to fightfor him to escape and die in the dungeon to accomplish their missions as hunters. This scene serves as a parallel of how weak hunters worried only about their own safety, while strong hunters carried the lives of people on their shoulders. Additionally, it serves to remark on the contrasting difference between a good A-rank leader like Kihoon and an egoist one likeKim Chul in the Red Gate Arc, which gives another layer of depth toSolo Leveling’s story.
Solo Leveling Season 2 Takes the Hunter Guild’s 2nd Strike Team to New Heights
The Anime Continues to Surpass Fans’ Expectations with Excellent Animation
AlthoughSolo Leveling’s manhwahas some of the best art in the medium, the anime took the action-packed scenes of the 2nd Strike Team fighting the High Orcs to a new level, giving every hunter their time to shine in the adaptation. This is probably the reason why the adaptation chose to cut the number of hunters in the raid from 17 to 9. The episode also presented one of the best soundtracks by Hiroyuki Sawano while the Strike Team enters the boss’s chamber, which conveys the gripping and intense tension of the moment.
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This way,Solo Leveling’s production teamsuccessfully improved a seemingly small fight of the manhwaand made it one of the most exciting episodes of the season so far.Solo Leveling season 2is already one of the best animes in Winter 2025 thanks to its detailed and carefully thought-out animation, which generates anticipation in the viewers waiting for the upcoming episodes.
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Solo Leveling follows Sung Jin-woo, the world’s weakest hunter, who gains extraordinary powers through a mysterious program after surviving a brutal monster attack. As he navigates his newfound abilities, Jinwoo embarks on a quest to uncover the secrets of his powers and the dungeon that altered his fate.
