Solo Leveling is anime about hunters and magic beasts. Hunters are given abilities by rulers. The abilities are different. Cha Hae-In the S-Rank hunter in Korea. She has a weird ability which makes her smell it from others. The smell is foul if the person has strong mana. Cha Hae-In feels comfortable because of it. Because the hunters who stay with her are powerful.
Sung Jinwoo is a special case. He’s stronger than other hunters. But he smells good to Cha Hae-In. It makes her want to approach to him. Because everyone wishes to stay in comfort zone. The man is a medicine to her. He helps her leave the foul hell. Why does he smell good to her? Solo Leveling Season 2 doesn’t leave it. Let’s do the research for you.
Sung Jinwoo Is A Player
Sung Jinwoo isn’t an ordinary hunter. He’s a player who’s cared by system. His heart was broken after he left the double dungeon. The heart he has belongs to the Monarch of Shadows Ashborn. I can confirm that he’s not a human anymore.
Sung Jinwoo is the figure in the game system. He levels up in the space and he can leave. But he cannot change the truth that he’s a figure. It explains why the hunters couldn’t drink his potions on their own when they were in the cave on Jeju Island.
Hunters are humans. They were given mana by rulers. It created mutations during the process. Because rulers are demigods but hunters are just mortal. This is why Cha Hae-In gets different experience from Sung Jinwoo and the hunters.
He’s a special existence. He doesn’t receive mana from rulers. He’s a ruler. The strength he gets is from sucking Ashborn. Cha Hae-In knows nothing about it. She only knows she feels good when she stays with the man. Her ego lead her to make more chances approach the man.
Sung Jinwoo knows Cha Hae-In the ability from the miner. He’s told that the lady carries a handkerchief everyday. She covers her mouth with the handkerchief when she talks with hunters. She feels uncomfortable. But she has to hang in there. Because it’s her duties.
He never explores the reason why she wants to stay with him. He even doesn’t know his strength is from Ashborn. The Architect Kandiaru conceals the truth. Sung Jinwoo only knows that his strength and abilities come from the double dungeon. He gets benefits from the place. But it’s also a nightmare to him.
Sung Jinwoo’s Mana Is Holiness
Another reason why Sung Jinwoo smells good to Cha Hae-In is because of the characteristic of his mana. It’s holiness. I mentioned Sung Jinwoo’s host earlier. His host is Ashborn. But I didn’t reveal Ashborn’s history. He’s the Monarch of Shadows. But he was the leader of rulers.
He took other rulers to fight the monarchs after Absolute Being told them to do that. He was loyal to his god and he never questioned him. But other rulers didn’t want to be chess pieces after they knew Absolute Being’s plan. They couldn’t accept that they had been fooled for thousands of years.
They grabbed their spears and they killed Absolute Being. Ashborn couldn’t accept that his brothers betrayed the master. He became a monarch after he was killed. But his holiness characteristic was kept. Sung Jinwoo got Ashborn’s strength after he obtained the heart.
The mana he uses is holiness. He doesn’t know it. He wants to find the truth behind it after he killed Ant King. He plans to go back to the double dungeon. He has gotten the key from the dungeon boss. The key can open the gate of the dungeon. He knows the one who controlled the statues is hidden in the dungeon. He thinks he will know the truth if he defeats the boss. But he doesn’t know he will get Cha Hae-In involved.
Cha Hae-In’s Mana Smell skill is wonderful. It helps her detect enemies. But it brings trouble to her life. Fortunately, she encounters the hunter who doesn’t make her smell foul. He’s handsome and powerful. He can be her best mate. It will be good if they get married. She will be happy all her life.