- "Earth Game" redirects here. For the game of the same name, see Earth (Game).
Hardcore Leveling Warrior Season 3 is a manhwa and webtoon series written and illustrated by Kim Sehoon. It is the sequel to the Hardcore Leveling Warrior webtoon. A teaser for Season 3 was published on Naver Webtoon on the original Hardcore Leveling Warrior webtoon's page.
The webtoon was first published on September 21, 2022, through NAVER Webtoon (NAVER 만화) in author's native language - Korean. It is updated every Thursday.
On the 4th of January 2024, the English version of the webtoon began its serialization on WEBTOON under the title Hardcore Leveling Warrior: Earth Game. It is updated every Wednesday.
Contents
- 1 Premise
- 1.1 Characters
- 1.1.1 Main Characters
- 1.2 Organisations
- 1.3 Terminology
- 1.1 Characters
- 2 Development
- 3 Elements
- 4 Reception
- 5 Criticisms
- 6 Controversies
- 7 Themes
- 8 Media
- 8.1 Webtoon
- 9 English Translations
- 10 Gallery
- 10.1 Images
- 10.1.1 Official
- 10.1.2 Unofficial
- 10.2 Videos
- 10.1 Images
- 12 Related Pages
- 13 External Links
- 13.1 Official Links
- 13.2 Unofficial Links
- 14 References
Premise[]
Main Articles: Hardcore Leveling Warrior Season 3 Episodes
This time it's real! In a world that has become a game, Hardcore Leveling Warrior Gong Won-Ho aims for the top spot once again!
Characters[]
- Main Articles: Characters
Main Characters[]
Gong Won-Ho
Ko So-Ra
Im Areum
Han Gun-Woo
Zero
Organisations[]
- Main Articles: Groups and Organizations
Hardcore Leveling Warrior Inc.The gamin
Player Union
Flame Guild
Terminology[]
- Main Article: Terminologies
- Lucid Adventure: A popular VMMORPG that is accessed through a person's dream. It was created by Giga. An hour in the real world is 7 hours in Lucid Adventure. The game has become so popular that it has begun impacting the real world. What you can do in the game has as much impact as what you can do in the real world.
- Personal Trait: A skill randomly given to a player during character creation. It is an attribute given regardless of the players class or tribe. There are three tiers of personal attributes:
- Class: Also known as Job. Classes are divided into combat and non-combat classes.
- Tribe: The race of the players such as humans, orcs and elves.
- All-Stat: A player that has reached the max level in Lucid Adventure and has maxed out all the stats in the game.
- Combat Tournament: A Lucid Adventure Tournament created and hosted by the God of Combat. It occurs once a year in Lucid Adventure time. The winner of the Tournament can gain great items and even an entire country as a reward.
- Nightmare: A mysterious entity in Lucid Adventure that causes a bug in the game. It initiated the large-scale war known as The Very First War in the game. Any player caught using Nightmare is arrested and deleted from the game by Giga.
Development[]
In the final episode of the Hardcore Leveling Warrior webtoon, there was a time jump thousands of years later. This was revealed by the author in the Hardcore Leveling Warrior Afterword Q & A that was posted on the 12th of March 2022, to be a teaser for a webtoon he was working on in the same universe as the Hardcore Leveling Warrior webtoon, which he tentatively titled "Earth Game".[1] He also revealed that in the Q & A that he combined seasons two and three which he had originally planned,[2][1] which then came out as Season 2 of Hardcore Leveling Warrior.[1]
On the second of Novemebr, 2022. Kim Sehoon teased Season 3 of Hardcore Leveling Warrior on an Instagram story he posted on the official Hardcore Leveling Warrior instagram. On the 14th of November 2022, he posted a colored version of the picture he posted earlier. On the 23rd of December, 2022, he finally confirmed Season 3 of the Hardcore Leveling Warrior in two images he posted, promising to release some more details soon.
A teaser chapter was included in the original Hardcore Leveling Warrior webtoon page on Naver Webtoon that was only viewable through the Naver Webtoon app.
2022.11.02 - Teaser about Hardcore Leveling Warrior Season 3 on an Instagram story
2022.11.14 - Colored post of the previous image posted in an Instagram Story
2022.12.23 - Red Box: "Part 3 will be serialized"
2022.12.23 - 🔜♦️♦️♦️
2023.06.03 - Yellow Box: "Details will be announced soon"
23.06.08 - <System> Player 'Hardcore Leveling Warrior' materialization... 1%
23.06.08 - <System> Restoring the lost stats of the player 'Hardcore Leveling Warrior' ... 22%
2023.08.19 - <System> Dyeing the hair of player 'Hardcore Leveling Warrior' red... 82% [...10th of September!!?]
2023.09.06 - <System> Materialization of player 'Hardcore Leveling Warrior's' douchebaggery... 99% [Returns to Sunday webtoon. September 9th at 10pm! <HCLW - Earth Game>]
2023.09.09 - "Season 3 has been postponed from September 10th to September 17th, a week later. I can't wait to see you all. I'll do my best to draw it.
2023.09.06 - "The serial date scheduled for Sunday has been changed to Friday. (9.17 -> 9.21) There will be no further changes. Sorry for the confusion."
2023.09.19 - "I'm confident when it comes to that kind of a gamble" D-2
Elements[]
Main Article: Pop Culture References
Using the common isekai trope as a platform, the series pays homage to the South Korean culture in various forms that include memes, food, slang and gaming culture. It also pays homage and makes references to several popular webtoons, mangas and animes. Mythology plays a central role in the motif and abilities of character, these include East Asian, Greco-Roman Mythology and Norse Mythology.
Reception[]
Criticisms[]
Controversies[]
Themes[]
Media[]
Webtoon[]
- Main Article: Story Arcs and Episodes
Written and illustrated by Kim Sehoon, 열렙전사 3부 has been serialised weekly every Friday on Naver's webtoon platform since September 21, 2023.
International Releases | |||
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Language | Title | Platform | Release Date |
Korean | 열렙전사 3부 | NAVER WEBTOON | September 21, 2023 |
Chinese (Simplified) | Dongman Manhua | ||
Chinese (Traditional) | WEBTOON | ||
English (U.S.A) | Hardcore Leveling Warrior: Earth Game | WEBTOON | January 3, 2024 |
French | WEBTOON | ||
Japanese | LINE Manga | ||
Spanish | WEBTOON | ||
Thai | WEBTOON |
English Translations[]
Gallery[]
Images[]
Official[]
Korean
English
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Unofficial[]
Videos[]
Notes & Trivia[]
Related Pages[]
- Kim Sehoon
External Links[]
Official Links[]
- 열렙전사 3부 at Naver (Korean)
- 열렙전사 3부 at Naver Series (Korean, Pay)
- Hardcore Leveling Warrior: Earth Game at WEBTOON (English)
- Hardcore Leveling Warrior at Instagram (Korean)
Unofficial Links[]
- Hardcore Leveling Warrior at DC Inside (Korean)
- Hardcore Leveling Warrior Season 3 at Korean Webtoons Wiki (English)
- Hardcore Leveling Warrior: Earth Game at LINE Webtoon Wiki (English)
- Hardcore Leveling Warrior Wiki at Twitter (English)
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Hardcore Leveling Warrior Afterword
- ↑ AE: After Episode