Summary

• Yen Press will release a Solo Leveling Collector's Omnibus containing all eight web novels, ideal for fans of the original vision.
• The novel offers more expansive details and complements the manhwa with artwork by Dubu, providing a comprehensive experience.
• The Solo Leveling Collector's Omnibus presents a condensed and value-packed alternative to the original fourteen-volume novels.

Anime fans, manhwa enthusiasts, and web novel enthusiasts adore Solo Leveling due to its engaging and smart power fantasy available across multiple English formats courtesy of Yen Press and A-1 Pictures. While Tapas and Tappytoon have the Chugong adventure's webtoon adaptation available to read digitally, those who crave the author's original vision may appreciate the newest announcement. Fans will soon be able to read the entire Solo Leveling web novel series, contained within one beautiful hardcover omnibus thanks to Yen Press' Yen On imprint.

Solo Leveling's web novel began in 2016, nearly two years before the webtoon adaptation many readers are familiar with. While the novel and manhwa are regarded as having similarly high quality storytelling, due to Chugong being the author for both, the novel contains expansive details readers may miss were they just to read the comic.

But the best news is, for those who still crave the illustrated adventures from the comic, the Solo Leveling Collector's Omnibus will feature illustrations from Dubu's work on the comic.

Solo Leveling Collector's Omnibus Is a Perfect Way to Enjoy the Novel

The Light Novel's Release Could Pace Well with the Manhwa's Last Volumes

Curious Solo Leveling fans looking up details for the light novel may initially be confused because the original novels are fourteen volumes. Still, Yen On's release condenses those to eight volumes, all contained within this omnibus. This stands alongside other elegant collector's editions like the Delicious in Dungeon box set, or the stall-shaped Toilet-Bound Hanako-Kun collectors' sets. Yen Press knows what looks great to read and to draw eyes to the bookshelf, and the Solo Leveling Collector's Omnibus boasts a distinctive black and green concept that'll draw eyes of curious readers.

The timing makes sense for readers who crave a more condensed, single-book alternative.

As for a release date, there is not one currently listed for this omnibus, along with the cover design being listed as "not final," so for now readers can reasonably expect a 2025 window for Solo Leveling's novel collection. With consideration for the manhwa's volume #10 release occurring on November 19, 2024, from Yen's IZE Press imprint, the timing makes sense for readers who crave a more condensed, single-book alternative. But for fans who enjoyed the hit anime's first season, Solo Leveling Collector's Omnibus will be the perfect way to read through even the final conflicts along Sung Jinwoo's journey.

The Solo Leveling Novel Is a Great Alternative to the Manhwa

The Light Novel Topic Is Popular in the Manhwa and Webtoon Sphere

Much like how people advocate reading the light novels from which Japanese anime adapt their stories, such as That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime or Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation, there's often debate about the better medium for given stories. The Beginning After The End or TBATE is a case where people either have a mixed reaction to the novel or see the manhwa as better due to the visuals enhancing the experience. But Solo Leveling's novel benefits from greater real estate to tell the unabridged story with only ing glimpses of images and is regarded as similarly excellent.

A collector's edition omnibus assembling the entire Solo Leveling novel story across eight novels into one book is a potent value proposition against ten or eleven manhwa volumes.

But sometimes, the pragmatic reason can win above all others, as a collector's edition omnibus assembling the entire Solo Leveling novel story across eight novels into one book, is a potent value proposition against ten or eleven manhwa volumes. Some people don't crave the visual aid of a manhwa like others do, seeing light novels before their manhwa adaptations as a perfect medium to enjoy chapter-by-chapter such as for some light reading or entertainment while in transit. But the Solo Leveling Collector's Omnibus is certainly the most exciting announcement from Yen Press leading up to AnimeNYC.

Source: Yen Press, Yen Press on X