Tower of God review

Cowyak13
Mar 25, 2021
WARNING ! SPOILERS AHEAD!

I heard about this manhwa when there was an announcement saying two webtoons getting an anime adaptation for the first time, so it got my attention and I gave it a try. The whole story beginned with a wonderful start. Amazing characters, incredible worldbuilding, plot twists, etc. I was intrigued as I kept reading. And I have to admit it, it really was a series as great as "Hunter x Hunter". But as the time passed, many characters started to lose their majority and uniqueness. And there is also the toxic fanbase problem. If you can't tolerate a fanbase wasting their whole time for yaoi ships or throwing hate and love for some characters don't ever start this manhwa. Also after some point storyline drops quality and becomes very predictable.This manhwa has very big pros and cons. Thought I can't tolerate many things of the "Tower of God", I still kept reading it. But I can't stand it anymore. If I could the define this manhwa I would say "How to Ruin a Masterpiece". There is no hope neither future for Tower of God. Don't give me hope.

So these things I said right now were my overall thoughts about the series. Now I'll be touching upon each element of the manhwa, plus I will also be specially write something about a few characters that I want to mention.

Season 1:
Season 1 was pretty impressive. Thanks to SIU, we realized a great story won't need great drawings to make it good. A twist ending, interesting characters and an unusual worldbuilding.

Season 2:
I really don't know how to put Season 2 to words, since there were so many arcs it contained. I won't be evaluating the overall story but it had a major importance for the manhwa. %50 of the "Tower of God" story was comprised in this season. We met many of the major characters and faced the driving forces of the story here. So it's definitely better than 1st season.

Season 3:
Season 3 had the worst arc as the beginning. Deng Deng Arc was absolutely trash and cliché. It had a story which has already been used for the manhwa several times, "save the kid arc". But I really liked the later arc, Nest. It has a good potential and might grow into a vital part of the story.

Story:
The story in overall is incredible. The whole idea of fitting the whole world of the manhwa in a gigantic tower is absolutely a never seen before idea. Yet many later arcs share similarities and gets boring after a point( in many arcs, the main motive is usually obtaining some sort of item or saving someone). Althought, really liked the first arc, Workshop Battle, Hell Train etc. Another bad thing about the story is that it can sometimes be full nonsense. For example, in the beginning of the workshop battle arc, it has been mentioned for many times that the battle is gonna be pretty dangerous, thought our heroes managed to leave the arc with only a few injuries. Also, near the start of Hell Train arc, Hwaryun said to Bam that "this is a place where you must sacrifice to go on" and similar things for many times. But he only ended up losing two people(which there wasn't anything he could do about) and I won't be counting the part where he couldnt save Yuri and Jinsung from getting imprisoned, because it was Zahard's act and had nothing to with the train.

Worldbuiding and lore:
The lore of Tower of God is massive. I believe there might not be an end to it, including the notes SIU shared about the Tower's structure, characters , etc. We currently don't have enough information whether how big tower really is, and also don't know what exactly does the outside world looks like. I really loved this part of "Tower of God".

Cast:
The worst thing about this manhwa is,I believe the character cast. Bam is a pretty short phrased protagonist compared to any others in any manga or anime. Although I've been reading this manhwa for a long time, I really don't have an idea what kind of person is Bam precisely. It's obvious he is a caring and compassionate character but he is sometimes suprisingly mad. And I really don't think SIU is showing enough of Bam's personality, his inner voice or overall thoughts. Which makes it hard for the audience to symphatize for the main character. For the rest of the cast, including the side characters, I believe there aren't many good-written characters at all. There sure can be fan-favorite characters but, they are nothing more than fanservice.

Khun and Rachel ( An Especial Situation):
I won't be talking about the relationship between these characters, but I will be talking about the overall opinions and thoughts I have for them. Starting from Khun, he used to be my favorite character since the very start, but I believe Khun got very screwed since his obsession with Bam, started to think about nothing but Bam. Which leads to unhealthy fangirls to ruin the quality of tower of god fanbase. I don't care if Khun cares about Bam, but him being abnormally obsessed with him ( in many parts of the story he does a lotta things for Bam), but I really believe he is pretty ruined. For Rachel, she is the only character im neutral with. I do hated her at the season 1 finale, and when she stabbed Ran's legs, murdered Akraptor also led Prince to get eaten, but in overall she really isn't a bad girl . In stark contrast, I believe she is the most fitting character for audience to symphatize. She is a natural character. Didn't you ever had simple dreams, yet were so big for you, and that you would give anything for turning those dreams true ? She might be a b*tch but she definitely is a strongly-written character. I'm very sure she will have even greater majority in the future chapters.
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