Is Jinwoo just a tool to feed the author's insecurities?

There's been a problem with Solo Leveling that I noticed recently. It's gotten to a point I had to stop in the middle of an episode just to process how bizarre the interactions between Jinwoo and female characters are. It’s like every woman he meets is either blushing, in awe of him, or just exists to make him look even cooler. There’s no real chemistry, no believable dialogue just this weird, forced admiration that gets more uncomfortable the more you notice it.

I felt something was definitely off so I looked up the author to see what kind of person writes this kind of dynamic. And, surprise, there are absolutely zero photos of him online, which is pretty impressive in 2025. Honestly, it kind of makes sense.

The way women interact with Jinwoo feels so unnatural, it’s like the author is using these scenes to feed his own insecurities. It doesn’t read like someone writing from experience, it reads like someone who has never had a genuine conversation with a woman and is desperately compensating through their main character.

How has nobody talked about this? The whole male-female dynamic in Solo Leveling is actually kind of weird. Maybe too weird.