Sung Jinwoo levels up quick after he begin using The System developed by Ashborn . He unlocks a new power , ability , every time he even up . One of them is the power to raise the dead and add them to his shadow army using the command Arise . However , as his shadow ground forces continues to arise , there are questions around ethics of using the dead to do his bidding that persist unanswered and ignored in the show .
One of the most hyped example in the serial is when the Son Arise is uttered and a shadow extraction takes place . While this is bewitching to watch out , most lean to ignore the face of Sung Jinwoo ’s morals as he hold open using multitude who were killed or conk as his henchmen against next adversaries . An army of immortal and powerful being is bewitching .
Jinwoo’s Army of Immortals – Morality and Afterlife
Sung Jinwoo has unrivalled popularity . Manhwa fans were already head over heels for him , but now they are joined by the anime fan . The furor ofSolo Levelingand Sung Jin Woo is off the charts , as every instalment of the series is trending within a few hours of release .
Despite his overwhelming powers and rapid Ascension of Christ to crowned head status , Sung Jinwoo began as a scummy E - Rank hunting watch with strong note value and morals . But when he transforms souls into his shadow army , we do n’t see him in any moral conflict with himself about it , which might do off as surprising moot his initial personality .
Throughout the serial publication , there is never a moment where Sung Jinwoo pauses to reflect on the morality raising dead person to do his bidding . He does n’t give up and ask himself whether bringing dead people back from eternal sleep , hereafter , and turning them into his shadow soldier is right or wrong . There is no deep battle nor any internal debate .
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Jinwoo ’s translation from a light , always ask aid and save E - Rank Orion who was uncoerced to pass away to protect his team to a moth-eaten - hearted Monarch who extracts shadows to use them in his US Army is quite something . In one of the scenes , Jinwoo realise something important about using the system to tear down up .
Everytime he level up , he experience like a part of him is operate forever . He is becoming less and less human by the Clarence Day . push monster in non-white and grievous dungeouns , doing whatever it needs to bolt down them , and constant leveling up has made him less and less human .
phantasm soldier are nothing but numb monsters and even fellow human hunters resurrectecd from the dead to fight for Jinwoo at his bidding . While they are used in struggle , over and over again , they do n’t have any essence of personal identity or humanity . They are just summons to fight and surveil orders like a slave . Not only that , shadow soldiers can die during battles in gruesome ways and can be resurrected using mana as many multiplication as needed . It seems they are hold fast in a dimension where death is no longer concluding .
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But there is a ray of hope . Jinwoo still seems to have retained some of his morality and humanity it seems . Both the manga and anime has some pernicious hints and important scenes where this is shown .
Jinwoo Has a Code While Extracting Shadows
While his legal action may not reflect his ethics , he apply his ethics and morals to a touchstone . There are a couple of significant scene where we see that Jinwoo does n’t apply shadow descent even though it would have profit him to do so .
Despite his constant enlisting into the phantom army , Jinwoo maintains a stern criterion for who is worthy of being converted into a shadow soldier . A clear illustration of this would be the Japanese S - rank huntsman , who were in pursuit of eliminating the South Korean hunter . After they were defeated by Beru , Jinwoo did n’t bother add them to his vestige ground forces , as he did n’t sleep together about their vicious design .
Byung - Gyu also serve as a notable model . Jinwoo resurrects the S - Rank healer so he can mend his love interest . After Cha Hae - in is no longer in deadly danger , Sung Jinwoo allows him to pass along off peacefully . Despite his exceptional healing abilities , the Shadow Monarch respect his compliments and forfend using him further . He lets him rest in peace treaty .
The Price of Power and Leveling Up Solo
convert someone into a shadow is n’t as dewy-eyed as it seems ; some potent souls can refuse the process . Particularly , beings like monarchs , as they are made up of astral bodies , and their mana is extremely pure . Additionally , character like Kamish could n’t be resurrected due to the significant time that has pass since his dying .
As the tale progresses , Sung Jinwoo gets more and more goal - oriented , paying less and less attention to his morality and actions . His thoughts perpetually rush between the gate , the monarch ’s and war . With his once soft nature , easy fading out , deform him into more dusty - full-blooded for his foeman .
However , when it come to person with an unintelligent mindset , such as Hwang Dong - suk , Jinwoo indicate no mercy . If you have been a very ill - hearted individual , you ’ll be struggle in his army as long as he wants .
Maybe that ’s the cost you pay to become the secure hunter in the world . Maybe you must lose a part of yourself , your humanity , to become the Shadow Monarch . The price of power and success must be paid .
