Solo Levelinghas become the best animeadaptation based on a manhwasteadily gaining recognition for the medium, breaking many records with its second season thanks to its incredible action sequences and interesting development of Sung Jinwoo from zero-to-hero. However, although power fantasies are becoming more common, the webcomicThe Beginning after the Endhas risen to the top of its genre, surpassing other isekai.This way,The Beginning After the End’s anime adaptation set to stream on Crunchyroll has everything to blow fans away and follow up on theSolo Levelinghype train.
The Beginning after the Endwebcomic’s popularity is undeniable, with over 1.5 billion cumulative views worldwide, so fans anticipated that its anime adaptation would have the potential to become an international success likeSolo Leveling. However,worries surroundingThe Beginning After the End’s animationbegin to pile up and intensify after its premiere.
The Beginning After the End’s Great Story Rivals Solo Leveling
TurtleMe’s Story is One of the Best Manhwas in Recent Years
One of the things that fans enjoy more inSolo Levelingis witnessing the growth of Sung Jinwoo and how he faces more powerful enemies each time while he learns about the mysteries of the gates and the system that turned him into a player. Because of this,Solo Leveling’s fans can relate toThe Beginning after the End’s story, which features a former ruler, King Grey, who is betrayed and reincarnates in another world as a baby of an adventurer couple and starts a journey to gain power again.
The Beginning after the Endis considered one of the most popular web novels internationally, along withSolo LevelingandOmniscient Reader’s Viewpoint.
This way,The Beginning After the Endis the perfect mix of animes likeSolo LevelingandMushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation, showing a compelling power fantasy but in a medieval setting with incredible worldbuilding and well-crafted social classes. Furthermore,The Beginning After the Endshares many similarities with Solo Leveling, as both have a great magic system, magic beasts and summonings, and family-oriented protagonists with a great sense of justice that doesn’t quite fit into the conventional hero archetype.
The Beginning After the End’s Anime Won’t Meet Solo Leveling Fans’ Expectations
The Animation Shouldn’t Hinder Fans' Enjoyment of the Story
Sadly, viewers anticipating a similar quality toSolo Levelingwould be disappointed, as the first episode ofThe Beginning after the Endhas been thoroughly criticizedfor its animation. Even though it is understandable that Studio A-CAT wouldn’t focus its main efforts on the premiere episode, as the introduction ofThe Beginning After the End’s story is fairly slow, featuring Arthur’s awakening to his new world and how he adapts to being a baby, the anime’s animations aren’t as fluid as fans' expected. The anime relays more on single frames with visual effects to represent what should be dynamic movement.
It Turns Out Isekai’s Top Series Helped Bring Anime’s Next Big Manhwa to Life
The Beginning After The End is getting an anime, inspired by Mushoku Tensei, bringing its reincarnation fantasy to a wider audience
However, despite its flaws, the one thing to look forward to inThe Beginning After the Endis undoubtedly its story, as it showcases an excellent escalation of the story’s themes and overarching narrative and worldbuilding and, asthe author TurtleMe, is actively involved in supervising the adaptation, it’s guaranteed that the anime will faithfully adapt the story. Moreover, the anime already introduces great changes, like showing more of King Grey’s life as flashbacks. That means that despite not sharing the stunning visuals ofSolo Leveling,The Beginning After the Endstill has the potential to improve and captivate viewers with its story.
