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Solo Leveling Prequel Tells Go Gunhee’s Origin in an Alternate Universe
A new Solo Leveling: Arise prequel follows Go Gunhee’s past in a webtoon episode released on Netmarble’s official website.
An animated version with English voice acting was also released to mark the game’s 2.5-year anniversary update.
The story begins about 70 years before Sung Jinwoo’s story, when Gunhee is a child with psychic abilities that let him see spirits and sense danger.
After a dungeon break and an awakening as a Hunter, he struggles with his inability to protect people.
Gunhee creates South Korea’s Hunter Association after meeting Woo Jinchul, hoping to protect other Hunters.
The prequel takes place in Solo Leveling: Arise’s alternate universe, so parts of Gunhee’s history differ from the original story.
It offers fans another version of the character’s beginnings, but the provided details do not say what comes next.
A new Solo Leveling prequel tells an alternate-universe version of Go Gunhee’s origins and the creation of the South Korean Hunter Association.
The webtoon episode was released on Netmarble’s official website to mark Solo Leveling: Arise’s 2.5-year anniversary update.
The story depicts Gunhee as a child with psychic abilities, including the power to see spirits and sense danger.
After awakening as a Hunter during a dungeon break, he later establishes the Association to protect other Hunters.
The prequel differs from Gunhee’s canonical backstory in the original series.
- Who
- Go Gunhee, a character in Solo Leveling.
- What
- A new prequel episode recounts an alternate-universe version of his backstory and the creation of the South Korean Hunter Association.
- When
- Published October 22, 2026. The story begins around 70 years before Sung Jinwoo’s story.
- Where
- The webtoon was released on Netmarble’s official website. Its story is set in South Korea.
- Why
- It was released to celebrate Solo Leveling: Arise’s 2.5-year anniversary update.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Gunhee’s origin story begins when he is a child with psychic abilities.
During a dungeon break, Gunhee awakens as a Hunter while trying to rescue a girl from a Magic Beast.
Gunhee establishes the South Korean Hunter Association to protect fellow Hunters.
The prequel webtoon episode is released on Netmarble’s official website for Solo Leveling: Arise’s 2.5-year anniversary update.
- Character
- Go Gunhee
- Release date
- October 22, 2026
- Release platform
- Netmarble’s official website
- Story setting
- Around 70 years before Sung Jinwoo’s story
- New ability
- Gunhee can see spirits and sense danger
- Anniversary update
- Solo Leveling: Arise’s 2.5-year anniversary