Solo Leveling began as a South Korean web novel before becoming a hugely popular manhwa and anime series, with the anime adaptation premiering in 2024. It follows Sung Jinwoo, a hunter who starts as the weakest of his kind and gains the power to grow stronger through a mysterious leveling system. That rise-from-nothing story, paired with dark fantasy action and dramatic music, helped the series spread far beyond its original readers. Fans now reuse its themes in edits, alerts and ringtones to capture that same sense of power and progression.