Crunchyroll’s Solo Leveling Replacement Is a 10/10 Isekai Thriller That Keeps Getting Better

While fans continue to patiently await the news of Solo Leveling setting the date for season 3, Crunchyroll has remained hard at work in the months since its acclaimed sophomore season's finale. While there are certainly isekai anime in particular that strongly resemble Solo Leveling, others are wildly different, yet retain its more bombastic factors, and even some staff. In the case of Wao World's A Wild Last Boss Appeared! fans may be surprised to see such a fun isekai anime stand as a Solo Leveling replacement. While it's a more traditional, occasionally upbeat isekai anime than perhaps some other darker/more problematic fare, it has captured Crunchyroll audiences well, and it's only got more good times on the way. A Wild Last Boss Appeared! Was a Killer New Isekai Anime from Last Season While Solo Leveling is busy pushing an emerging power fantasy genre to grow its numbers, A Wild Last Boss Appeared! had plenty of competition in the already-saturated isekai anime market on Crunchyroll. Featuring the #1 player of the in-series fictional game Exgate Online as he's then trapped in the body of its avatar, this anime sat initially in Overlord's shadow. Yet, as viewers get engrossed in the plot in which the world, instead of taking cues from the game, relies on the lore built by its "novel system" chronicling its PvP conquests, protagonist Lufas Maphaal is a more quirky, differently complicated isekai hero than Ainz Ooal Gown. The anime briefly starts with a stint of one-sided battles in which Lufas subdues opponents like members of the Seven Luminaries, but truthfully, Lufas has some wildly compelling supporting characters. These include the femboy Aries, the astute golem Libra, and the elegant, loyal attendant Aigokeros, the latter of whom even joins Lufas' shadow like Beru or Igris from Solo Leveling. Traces of Solo Leveling Can Be Found in A Wild Last Boss Appeared! The series features Lufas wrestling with their dual identity both as the male player and the female character he embodies. Moreover, Lufas encounters allies like the Twelve Heavenly Stars based on the traditional Zodiac with some Grecian tweaks, while trying to regain the character's suppressed memories from childhood, with nefarious, manipulative forces pushing Lufas into conflicts with Exgate's world. What's neat about A Wild Last Boss Appeared! is that, on top of vibrant, colorful visuals and goofy isekai mechanics including an RV Golem that eventually gets airplane wings, it's also got some truly spectacular fights. One particular Heavenly Star, Libra, consistently steals the show with her mix of mecha combat tech and maid aesthetics, resembling One-Punch Man's Genos. "Devil King too stronk! Please nerf!" -Lufas Maphaal, A Wild Last Boss Appeared! episode #11 Another reason Solo Leveling fans should check it out, alongside OPM fans who loved the Boros fight, is that its director, Yūya Horiuchi, storyboarded some of the Solo Leveling anime's best moments. This includes the fateful Double Dungeon incident, and even Jinwoo's most touching emotional reunion. A Wild Last Boss Appeared! boasts similar levels of polish and care throughout season 1. More Isekai Thrills Are Coming with Season 2 on the Way Confirmed via trailer on December 20, 2025, A Wild Last Boss Appeared! confirmed season 2 was on the way, much more expediently than Solo Leveling's latest developments. With particularly exciting moments like the watershed discovery in episode #10 and laying out the Goddess Scenario, Lufas' path forward is indicated for A Wild Last Boss Appeared! season 2. The isekai anime introduced an impressive array of characters, including lore about Lufas' race, and hints of an abused childhood that led her down her path before the player inhabited her. With even greater power hinted beneath the surface of Lufas' Level 1,000 state, it looks as though, like Jinwoo, there's still room to grow. Release Date 2024 - 2025-00-00 Network Tokyo MX, Gunma TV, BS11, Tochigi TV Directors Tatsuya Sasaki, Toru Hamasaki Writers Shigeru Murakoshi, Shingo Irie, Fuka Ishii Genta Nakamura Yoo Jin-ho

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