Omniscient Readers Viewpoint. I think it’s much better. No romance.

Eleceed

Weak Hero

Return of the Blossoming Blade

Mercenary Enrollment

Surving Romance (despite the tittle, there's hardly romance, its so good and its packed with action, thriller and its psychological)

If you want underdog MCs try: the lazy lord masters the sword, I'm not that kind of Talent, a returner's magic should be special, flow, SSS class suicide hunter, the S classes that I have raised, Nano Machine, Trash of the Count's Family, The Breaker (is really good), Eleceed, Ranker who lives a second time. I enjoyed all of these and they have really high ratings

The beginning after the end

<Overgeared>

Zero Game is pretty good and has a similar feel to it.

These aren't similar to Solo Leveling, but they fit with the other series you liked. Your Throne has a really good plot and character growth. Escape Room is a really cool concept with intriguing puzzles. It's Mine is also pretty interesting, and takes place in the same universe as No Scope which is pretty neat.

If you're looking for something with an overpowered MC that absolutely crushes his opponents every time,

"Nano Machine" is a good one.

Ongoing at Ch. 271.

It did got a bit boring in the last season, but it has picked up a good pace again.

Omniscient readers viewpoint. It’s a manwha

"Disastrous Necromancer" is pretty good, and "Gatekeeper Of The Boundless World looks like it's going in a good direction.

I love AoT, but it's a whole different vibe. If you go in with a taste for power fantasy, it's probably not gonna land as well as it would if you went in without those expectations.

Definitely a strong recommendation, but maybe not the best fit here.

In no particular order:

Infinite Mage
Revenge of the Iron-Blooded Sword Hound
I Became the Tyrant of a Defense Game
Latnaa Saga
Pick me up Infinite Gacha
Surviving the Game as a Barbarian
Terminally Ill Dark Knight
Academy's Extra Survival Guide
Kill the Dragon
First Hunter
To Kill the Hero
Necromancer's Evolutionary Traits
I use to be a Boss
Martial God Regressed to level 2
Skeleton Soldier couldn't protect the dungeon
Player who returned 10,000 years later
Priest of Corruption
Catastrophic Necromancer (Manuha - Bad story, but guilty pleasure fun)
Lone Necromancer
I Killed an Academy Player
The Regressed Son of a Duke is an Assassin
Reincarnator
Knight under Heart
Doom Breaker

I'm simultaneously reading 102 different manhwa currently, and filtering through what does and doesn't work for me.

There's also a few that I'm seriously pissed that got axed early, like:
FFFTrashero and I regressed to my ruined family

loved this!

Bones is a pretty messed up one. And sl ragnarok is a good one too

Survival story of the strongest sword king. Funny and badass.

Those you'll not regret reading:

1- Ranker Who Lives A Second Time

2- The Beginning After The End

3- The Legendary Moonlight Sculptor

I am the sorcerer king

Brawling go

Peerless dad, gosu, and red storm would be manhwa I would personally put on a similar level to solo leveling cause of how good the stories are, art style and they are big on world building so the first few chapters takes a second for the story to kick off

The manhwa is around since 2018

good to see someone posting positively for once!! happy you enjoyed it, let us wait for the new season together 😋😋

"I relate to him being poor and working his ass off."

dont we all?

An amazing showwww

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The Gamer is up there, way more lighthearted and less edgy, but oh man if you enjoy seeing a Korean Gamer exploit the rules of an interdimensional war.... He literally starts building a Tower Defense strategy at one point.

<Overgeared> <SSS Class Suicide Hunter> <FFF-Class Trashero> <The Tutorial Tower's Advanced Player>

Omniscient reader.

Second Life Ranker

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Hoo boi, do I have a list for you

• Legendary Moonlight Sculptor
• Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint
• Re:monster
• Tomb Raider King
• Survival Story of a Sword King in a Fantasy World
• Beginning After the End
• Descent of the Demonic Master
• Kill the Hero
• Great Mage Returns After 4000 Years
• I Am the Sorcerer King
• Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken
• Other World Warrior

I got one reaaaaaally good. it's name is tales of demons and gods. I think it's a manhua. And it's still ongoing.

There is also eleceed it has a weak to powerful mc with a good plot and a lot of fighting scenes

heyy give me something which has a bit of romance too

Hardcore leveling warrior is a good one and it's long. It's free on webtoons.

Serious question though, Solo Levelling's shallow writing is like a famously well known thing at this point, but would you really start Solo Levelling Ragnarok without finishing the OG?

To me that's kinda like recommending people to Boruto without having read Naruto, it just doesn't feel right.

Unfortunately, it doesn't matter if some non-fans, like me being one of them, believes the spinoff webnovel has already a lot of improvements. Because if a non-fan has already lost interest after reading the final page of SoLev original webnovel/webtoon, then they just see the Ragnarok story as a casual read, meaning they're not that keen in getting into it despite the lore is explained with actual depth and characters don't feel like NPCs.

My underwhelming feeling, with a tad bit of disappointments, of whatever happened with the lore and mystery-solving hints ended up getting overshadowed by power progression stuff. I think one has to be an avid fan of power fantasy stories being able to retain their keen interest in getting into the sequel/spinoff stuff. Of course at the end of the day, it depends on the individual themself. I just happen to prefer slowburn reads with an enough amount of action-packed stuff (e.g. Level 99 Princess of Dark Flare).

None of what you mentioned sounds especially enticing.

Almost sounds like it'd be better to just pick up any ass generic work at that point

I can only imagine fans of SL being the ones who especially care about the sequel.

Second Life Ranker, Tomb Raider King, Hunter Age, King's Avatar!

Not a 100% similar but based on those I'd recommend "hardcore leveling warrior"