Solo Leveling episode 8 has been delayed. It was announced on Saturday, February 17, 2024, that the upcoming episode will be a mid-season recap episode. This last-minute news was posted on the official X (formerly known as Twitter) account of the massively popular webtoon.
Solo Leveling’s next episode will be a mid-season recap
The official X handle of Solo Leveling revealed that Episode 8 will be titled “This is Frustrating.” However, it won’t be released on the expected date, February 24, 2024. Instead of the actual episode, audiences will get a recap of episode 7.5, titled “How to Get Stronger.” The eleventh-hour news disappointed fans as the series is finally getting intense.
It might be massively upsetting for the audience. However, the delay of episode 8 is significant for the progression of the first season. Considering that the recap is happening in the middle of the 7th and 8th episodes, it can be speculated that the first season will be run in a single cour.
Translation of the official announcement can be written as “Episode 7.5 will be broadcast on February 24th. Episode 7.5 ‘How to Get Stronger.’ The young man was called ‘Humanity’s Weakest Hunter.’ ‘I will become stronger,’ he took the first step. A look back at episodes 1 to 7 with newly recorded character narration.”
From the caption, it is evident that the upcoming episode 7.5 will be narrated by Sung Jin-woo’s voice actor, Taito Ban. After the previous episode 7 release on February 17, Ban posted on X, “Next time, we’ll look back on the story so far. You might get a good understanding of the changes in the season!? Be sure not to miss it!”
This was a pretty huge announcement as audiences can finally understand the differences in the anime adaptation from the source material, Solo Leveling Manhwa.
