Well, Sung Jinwoo is pretty much the picture of sweetness at first. Every waking moment of his is seemingly dedicated to his family, except when he\u2019s fighting in a dungeon. But even then, Jinwoo always puts the needs of others before his own.<\/span><\/p>\n That selfless streak is what gets Jinwoo into deadly trouble when his party stumbles into a dungeon that\u2019s far too advanced for them at the end of the first episode. Cue a bunch of severed limbs and a whole lot more death as giant statues come to life and decimate hunters far more powerful than Jinwoo could ever hope to be.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n By the end of the second episode, almost everyone is dead except Jinwoo, who tells Chi-yul to evacuate with Joo-hee while he holds the door open, effectively sacrificing himself to save them both. But when death is imminent, a floating screen appears asking Jinwoo to become a \u201cplayer\u201d, or die for real. Upon accepting this offer, he wakes up in hospital, with new daily missions assigned to him by this \u201cSystem\u201d that no one else can see.<\/span><\/p>\n And so begins Jinwoo\u2019s journey to becoming a much stronger hunter than ever before. Perhaps even the most powerful hunter the world has ever seen\u2026 But as the System improves various physical attributes, including strength and stamina, it also seems to be changing Jinwoo himself at his very core. It\u2019s not until episode six that the true extent of this becomes apparent though.<\/span><\/p>\n At the end of the previous episode, Hwang Donsuk and his criminal Hunter party had just trapped Sung Jinwoo and another Hunter named Yoo Jinho in the boss room, where they faced certain death at the <\/span>hands<\/span> eight legs of a giant spider.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThe Real Hunt Begins\u201d begins, with our fave forced to confront the boss, a far stronger creature than he\u2019s ever fought before. At one point, it looks like Jinwoo might have met his match, but he eventually emerges victorious with tons more experience points to boot.<\/span><\/p>\n Dongsuk and his team later return, expecting to find Jinwoo and Jinho dead. Assuming Jinho was the one who defeated the boss, Dongsuk asks him to join their party and kill Jinwoo, but Jinho heroically declines. That\u2019s the last heroic feat we\u2019ll see this episode, though, because the System then asks Jinwoo to immediately kill every enemy in the room. Failure to comply will result in instant death for Jinwoo.\u00a0<\/span><\/p> Jinwoo has never taken a human life at this point, but before he has time to consider his options, one of the Hunters attacks and a bloodbath quickly ensues. With just the leader now left standing, Jinwoo easily kills him too, which seems fair given how much the guy sucked, not to mention that it was either Jinwoo\u2019s life or his. But still, did Jinwoo have to take so much pleasure in killing him?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cNo one will know what happened inside this dungeon,\u201d says Jinwoo right before he kills Donsuk, deliberately echoing the same words Donsuk said earlier before his betrayal. There\u2019s no hesitation or reluctance on Jinwoo\u2019s part, none of the hand-wringing or guilt-ridden musings you might expect from such a sweet boy who\u2019s been forced to commit such horrific acts.<\/span><\/p>\n Episode six then ends with the introduction of Dongsuk\u2019s brother, Dongsoo, who will go on to play a big role moving forward if the Manhwa source material is anything to go by. But as anyone who\u2019s read the original story will already know, that isn\u2019t the only game-changing development that just happened this episode.<\/span><\/p>\n What might seem like a temporary lapse or something Jinwoo can overcome is only the beginning of a much darker shift for his character that will make him almost unrecognisable by the end (assuming that the anime sticks closely to Chugong\u2019s original plotline). Every time Jinwoo gains a new level, he loses a part of himself, his humanity, and looking ahead, Chapter 34 of the Manhwa is a perfect example of where this is all heading.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n![\"Solo](\"https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2024\/01\/IMG6717-Cropped-fab9293.jpg?quality=90&resize=620%2C413\" "\\"Solo")
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