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In many ways, One Piece remains the crown jewel of Crunchyroll’s anime library. With over 1100 episodes to stream, with all of them about to receive an English dub for the first time, and counting, it is one of the biggest shows in any medium in the world. However, Solo Leveling has just proven that you don’t need an inexhaustible episode count to amass a huge following, as it has just overtaken One Piece in the number of reviews on the Crunchyroll website.

As of March 17, Solo Leveling has 614,300 reviews on the Crunchyroll website, compared to the 600,500 reviews for One Piece. It is important to remember that reviews on Crunchyroll have been limited to a 1-to-5-star rating ever since July 2024, which limits the information provided by the community and when the reviews were made. However, we know that One Piece was first streamed on Crunchyroll in 2013, which means it has had 12 years to accumulate over 600k reviews. Solo Leveling first debuted in January 2024, so it has had barely over a year and 23 episodes to do the same.

What does this tell us about the respective fanbases? We wouldn’t go as far as to say that Solo Leveling is better than One Piece (though it does enjoy a 4.9-star rating compared to One Piece’s 4.8-star rating on Crunchyroll), but this is certainly evidence of the intense passion that Solo Leveling fans have for the show. It is easily the biggest show of the season and stands a good chance of being the biggest one of the year, even with its second season finale due out in a few weeks.

It is also worth noting that One Piece has been on hiatus since October 2024, with Crunchyroll expected to simulcast the new episodes when they start airing on April 6, 2025. That will likely tip the scales back in favor, but, for now, Solo Leveling gets to enjoy its time at the top of the Crunchyroll rankings. 

Each week, Popverse's resident anime expert Trent Cannon runs down the latest and, dare we say "greatest," in anime and manga in Popverse Jump. Some recent columns have included... 

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