Solo leveling was recently crowned the anime of 2025, and while it was certainly one of the most exciting anime of 2025, the series won over Frieren it was not well received by all anime fans around the world. Solo Leveling has faced stiff competition this year from the likes of Dandadan, The Apothecary Diaries and above all, Frieren: Beyond Journey's End.
With its ever-growing popularity, Solo Leveling and Frieren: Beyond Journey's End definitely proved to be very competitive in the overseas market. The two series are very different, but both live up to the hype and fans are deeply invested in their respective stories. However, now Solo Leveling's biggest rival is out of the race at the moment The Frieren manga has officially gone on hiatus indefinitelysomething that fans are very concerned about. Fans don't know when the Frieren manga will return, but at least Frieren season 2 is still coming in 2026.
Frieren and Solo Leveling enjoyed heated battles
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Frieren has a break
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Solo Leveling doesn't face the same problem since the story is already over
in 2024 Frieren: Beyond Journey's End and Solo leveling were the most popular anime series worldwide. This was also when both anime series debuted and fans were captivated by their intense yet very different stories. While Solo Leveling was all about battles, Frieren had both flashy fights and an interesting story.
Solo Leveling and Frieren have been competing on the highest stage since their debut, but now the Frieren: Beyond Journey's End manga has some bad news for fans. The Frieren manga is going on an indefinite hiatus. This was recently announced and fans are very worried as rumors suggest that the hiatus is due to health issues of the author and illustrator.
This doesn't just apply to manga fans, but anime as well. If there is no content to animate, fans can say goodbye to future seasons of Frieren.
Because the current is so strong, focusing too much on it will only emphasize that aspect as the anime's defining characteristic. Before it gets to that point, I feel it's important to share the diverse appeal of anime with the world. I have a desire to create works that can attract the attention of the world through different approaches.” — Keiichirou Saitou, Frieren's director
Meantime, Solo Leveling didn't suffer from a similar problem. Solo Leveling has already ended a while ago, and the studios can fully adapt not only Sung Jinwoo's story, but also his son Sung Su's story from Solo Alignment: Ragnarok. Solo Leveling will not run out of content anytime soon.
When is Frieren Manga coming back?
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The hiatus is indefinite
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Fans should look forward to the 2nd season
Many Frieren fans are wondering how long the manga hiatus will be, and at this point the truth is that no one knows when the series will return. When the hiatus was announced, it was made pretty clear that the hiatus was for an indefinite period and depended on the severity of the health issues faced by the creators, so it could take some time to resume.
For the last time Frieren had a break at the end of Decemberand it took manga seven months to return. It was a very long break and now it seems that the author's health has not improved. Fans can only hope that the creators' health improves in the coming months while they wait for the manga to return.
Solo Leveling now has two seasons, one with 12 episodes and the other with 13, for a total of 25 episodes to watch right now. The series can be streamed on Crunchyroll for fans to enjoy while they wait for news regarding the third season. For fans who can't wait for season 3 to come out, it might be a great option to check out manhwu.fire
- Release date
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September 29, 2023
- Network
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Nippon TV, YTV, FBS, Chukyo TV, RNB, FCT, STV, KNB, HTV, YBS, RAB, TVI, YBC, UMK TV Miyazaki, TSB, MMT, TeNY, RNC, NIB, KKT, KTK, NKT, ABS, JRT, Daiichi-TV, FBC, RKC, KYT
- directors
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Kento Matsui, Kota Mori, Takahiro Natori, Morio Asaka, Lim Ka-hee, Taku Kimura, Ken Ando, Hirotaka Mori, Ayaka Tsuji
- Writers
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Tomohiro Suzuki
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Atsumi Tanezaki
Frieren (voice)
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Kana Ichinose
Fern (voice)
