| I want people to explain to me the appeal of Tower of God. We will be discussing first episodes. Excuse my writing it is 5 am and I can’t sleep. Tower of God’s first episode. Main character with almost no personality. The world is just a tower. it’s mysterious but it seems like the characters know so much more than I do. I don’t want to be drip fed context. Why should I be curious? Death Note first episode. Light obtains the death note and murders a person with it. It’s a set up for an intriguing premise. Light and Ryuk have personalities. The first episode establishes enough for people for people to be able to speculate on what will happen next. Attack On Titan First episode. Establishes the world. A city with three sets of walls. Eren aggressively hates Titans he wants to kill them all. This is both personality and motivation. It also raises the question of weather or not his hatred is productive. The Titans attack. His mom his brutally eaten alive. My Hero Academia. Deku’s Dream is established. We can emphasize with his struggle because he’s passionate. I also want to point out that Death note and AOT aren’t even in my top 20. |
| Man its getting old i mean so many threads either watch or drop |
Tapertrain said: The world is just a tower. it’s mysterious but it seems like the characters know so much more than I do. I don’t want to be drip fed context. drop the show, clearly not for you. |
Tapertrain said: I want people to explain to me the appeal of Tower of God. We will be discussing first episodes. Excuse my writing it is 5 am and I can’t sleep. Tower of God’s first episode. Main character with almost no personality. The world is just a tower. it’s mysterious but it seems like the characters know so much more than I do. I don’t want to be drip fed context. Why should I be curious? Death Note first episode. Light obtains the death note and murders a person with it. It’s a set up for an intriguing premise. Light and Ryuk have personalities. The first episode establishes enough for people for people to be able to speculate on what will happen next. Attack On Titan First episode. Establishes the world. A city with three sets of walls. Eren aggressively hates Titans he wants to kill them all. This is both personality and motivation. It also raises the question of weather or not his hatred is productive. The Titans attack. His mom his brutally eaten alive. My Hero Academia. Deku’s Dream is established. We can emphasize with his struggle because he’s passionate. I also want to point out that Death note and AOT aren’t even in my top 20. You compared it to the 2 most popular series on this site. Lmao. Do you complain like this in the forums of the 532143241 other series on this site? Most shows don't start off amazingly. Rather, most get better over time. Also, a good first episode DOES NOT equal a fantastic series. It's just a good episode. lol. I do think of Attack on Titan as a near-masterpiece tho, but Death Note fell off at the end imo. |
| Charlotte had an amazing start! Turns out it's very bad :) Some argue FMA don't have the best start, but its a masterpiece. Funny uh? Btw you are really putting BHA on the same list? Its the most average show ever. |
IncurApr 28, 2020 11:27 AM
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| I love interacting with threads/seeing them on MAL in general, but these kind of threads have made me feel 50 years older mentally. I'm so bored of this. |
| How can he have any personality when the only thing we know that the only person in his life was Rachel |
| 1) "Main character with no personality"? No shit, Sherlock. The only thing he remembers is spending time in a cave with this other girl, he literally has no other memories and doesn't know a purpose in life. What do you expect? For him to suddenly develop some kind of personality? To suddenly gain OP powers? If you're looking for a show like that where characters are given stuff right away without needing any character development or training, don't watch it, simple as that. Go watch a show like No Game No Life or something. 2) "It’s mysterious but it seems like the characters know so much more than I do"? Well duh, they lived their lives in the tower? There's only been four episodes so far, why are you complaining about that? Obviously there's gonna be more world building and the focus of the first season is going to focus on that. Again, if you're too impatient to watch a show that starts off slow because it has 500+ chapters to explore everything in such a complex world compared to a measly 100-150 chapters for Death Note and AOT, don't watch it. 3) WHY are you comparing it to those anime? It's like comparing apples and oranges. Like I stated before, the world in Tower of God is waaayyy more complex. Besides, you *do* know what Bam's goal is. To find Rachel and maybe climb the Tower with or without her. What else do you need to be spoon fed to you in the first few episodes, and why would you even want that in the first place? It gets hella boring to watch a show if you can predict what happens in the next few episodes. My god, so many of these kinds of threads make me want to bang my head against a wall. |
  "As promised, all that you seek, all that we desire, is prepared up there. On top of the Tower." |
| Well considering it probably took 200-400+ chapters for the source material’s story to be allegedly top-tier storytelling, I’d get the kind of appeal it intends, but I’m gonna still say that the adaptation is still underwhelming even as just as a prologue. Also, keep in mind, there are many people who defend the slow buildup of this series, yet criticize the same approach with many other shows, similar or not......sooooo, yea....there’s a clear sense of biasedness here that was inevitably gonna come with it considering the success of the manga. |
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ianis-namikaze said: What the duck did you just ducking say about [TOWER OF GOD], you little nitch? I'll have you know I graduated top of my class in anime taste, and I've been involved in numerous binge watching of anime, and I have over 300 confirmed review. I am trained in code geass warfare and I'm the top weeb in the entire US weaboo forces.(...) I know it is a meme, but the same could be said about those complaining this anime "doEsN't DeServe thE atTention Its GeTTinG" like you have the credentials to speak for everyone about taste or story building. |
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| Still don't understand why this show is overhated in MAL |
| Хайде, хайде, хайде, това е първата зона, брато, първа зона, първа зона, добре, добре, добре, това става тук горе, отива тук горе, само спокойно, само спокойно... Ха, отдясно е, навсякъде отдясно отдясно къде е дясното ти о да добре добре добре тихо мълчаливо не успях да се съсредоточа върху това ЕХ ТЪПАК КОГАТО СИ БАВНО БАВНО ... ой е путката на моето момиче прасе куче, аз Чувствам се добре, о, мамо, *шамар*, какво е това госпожице татко- |
MarcusRomain said: Still don't understand why this show is overhated in MAL It's just the vocal minority, if you look at the stats you'll see that most people like it |
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Ryuseishun said: Well considering it probably took 200-400+ chapters for the source material’s story to be allegedly top-tier storytelling, I’d get the kind of appeal it intends, but I’m gonna still say that the adaptation is still underwhelming even as just as a prologue. Also, keep in mind, there are many people who defend the slow buildup of this series, yet criticize the same approach with many other shows, similar or not......sooooo, yea....there’s a clear sense of biasedness here that was inevitably gonna come with it considering the success of the manga. Have you read the source? Because the latter half of S1 and beginning of S2 + some arcs in hell train are top tier story telling. By then, most people are already hooked and invested enough that some weaker arcs (which every long running story will have at some point) can be given a pass to a point. |
Inferno792Apr 29, 2020 1:50 AM
Inferno792 said: Ryuseishun said: Well considering it probably took 200-400+ chapters for the source material’s story to be allegedly top-tier storytelling, I’d get the kind of appeal it intends, but I’m gonna still say that the adaptation is still underwhelming even as just as a prologue. Also, keep in mind, there are many people who defend the slow buildup of this series, yet criticize the same approach with many other shows, similar or not......sooooo, yea....there’s a clear sense of biasedness here that was inevitably gonna come with it considering the success of the manga. Have you read the source? Because the latter half of S1 and beginning of S2 + some arcs in hell train are top tier story telling. By then, most people are already hooked and invested enough that some weaker arcs (which every long running story will have at some point) can be given a pass to a point. Unfortunately I'm not that deep into s1 yet. I'm only about where the anime is as of right now. I need to catch up. |
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SethBigBoss said: MarcusRomain said: Still don't understand why this show is overhated in MAL It's just the vocal minority, if you look at the stats you'll see that most people like it Interesting, as I only ever see fans of the source material hyping it, and even the top reviews are actually describing mainly the webcomic, not actually reviewing the anime. |
You all need to watch Nami. |
| Also, keep in mind, there are many people who defend the slow buildup of this series, yet criticize the same approach with many other shows. This is avarage as it gets. Also: JoJo Part 7 > Tower of God |
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| Nobody explained to me why the show is interesting. I am genuinely curious. |
Tapertrain said: Nobody explained to me why the show is interesting. I am genuinely curious. Because it isn't. Just the usual shounen hype casuals/webtoon fanboys inflating the average score. |
| This is honestly as good as Hunter Hunter so far, I stopped watching at episode 3 of the anime and decided to instead go read the source. I'm up to S2 and EP 16 of the webtoon and it's seriously got the same appeal as hunter hunter, also with some of the elements a lot in common with made in abyss, however with made in abyss you're going down and with tower of god you're going up, however it retains that same "game like" progression that you feel as you explore new areas. In my opinion the adaption missed a lot of the intrigue and while I'll still watch each episode to see it animated I'd say the webtoon is far superior. |
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dc22 said: Yes, I'm sure hunter hunter is also a bunch of shounen hype casuals that inflated it's average score....OK... lmaoTapertrain said: Nobody explained to me why the show is interesting. I am genuinely curious. Because it isn't. Just the usual shounen hype casuals/webtoon fanboys inflating the average score. |
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dc22 said: Tapertrain said: Nobody explained to me why the show is interesting. I am genuinely curious. Because it isn't. Just the usual shounen hype casuals/webtoon fanboys inflating the average score. oh trust me i have a strong aversion to shonen action shows, but even i agree that this is really good. |
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Cneq said: dc22 said: Yes, I'm sure hunter hunter is also a bunch of shounen hype casuals that inflated it's average score....OK... lmaoBecause it isn't. Just the usual shounen hype casuals/webtoon fanboys inflating the average score. lmao imagine putting this on the same tier as HxH |
abystoma2 said: SethBigBoss said: It's just the vocal minority, if you look at the stats you'll see that most people like it Interesting, as I only ever see fans of the source material hyping it, and even the top reviews are actually describing mainly the webcomic, not actually reviewing the anime. And so ? What's your point ? Is what you've seen more important/concrete than the stats lmao? |
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SethBigBoss said: abystoma2 said: Interesting, as I only ever see fans of the source material hyping it, and even the top reviews are actually describing mainly the webcomic, not actually reviewing the anime. And so ? What's your point ? Is what you've seen more important/concrete than the stats lmao? I'm implying that they aren't actually judging the content of the anime, they are hyping it solely based on liking the source material. |
| You all need to watch Nami. |
abystoma2 said: SethBigBoss said: And so ? What's your point ? Is what you've seen more important/concrete than the stats lmao? I'm implying that they aren't actually judging the content of the anime, they are hyping it solely based on liking the source material. So the score is only due to the readers ? |
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SethBigBoss said: abystoma2 said: I'm implying that they aren't actually judging the content of the anime, they are hyping it solely based on liking the source material. So the score is only due to the readers ? Mostly just because of the readers, yes. |
| You all need to watch Nami. |
cookies2135 said: I’d disagree there are many people who like or love ToG. Just because you don’t think the score deserves the rating dosen’t mean others don’t. Literally just go on r/anime’s threads and you will see a shit ton of people who like the series. My point is that most of them are just readers of the original work. The anime doesn't offer much to the newcomers. From my observation, the reception by the non-readers is mostly on the level of "This is just another battle shounen" with some amount of confusion mixed in, while the webcomic readers are like "10/10 anime of the season stunning masterpiece trust me it gets better after 300 chapters". |
abystoma2May 1, 2020 2:37 PM
| You all need to watch Nami. |
And you based yourself on what ? 11 000 readers put a score for the source material and for the anime we're close to 40 000 users who put a score so what you're saying doesn't match with the numbers |
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SethBigBoss said: And you based yourself on what ? 11 000 readers put a score for the source material and for the anime we're close to 40 000 users who put a score so what you're saying doesn't match with the numbers ToG is *the* most read korean webtoon. The manga entry was added to the MAL quite recently, so it's no wonder not all of ToG fans use MAL to track their webcomic progress. There's much more ToG fans than just the number of ratings on the manga entry. |
| You all need to watch Nami. |
abystoma2 said: SethBigBoss said: And you based yourself on what ? 11 000 readers put a score for the source material and for the anime we're close to 40 000 users who put a score so what you're saying doesn't match with the numbers ToG is *the* most read korean webtoon. The manga entry was added to the MAL quite recently, so it's no wonder not all of ToG fans use MAL to track their webcomic progress. There's much more ToG fans than just the number of ratings on the manga entry. If that's the case why all those readers don't go put a score in the source material entry and would just do it for the anime ? |
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dc22 said: Have you even read the source? I went into this with no prior knowledge and not being a fan at all [I actually hate reading manga] and I can objectively say by s2 ep26 of the web toon it's easily on par with HxH. Cneq said: Yes, I'm sure hunter hunter is also a bunch of shounen hype casuals that inflated it's average score....OK... lmao lmao imagine putting this on the same tier as HxH And with it being like HxH it follows the same exact problems HxH had, the hunter exam arc was arguably terrible and not a whole lot happened and after moving past where this anime will probably conclude it's basically the same deal, worst arc in this series. Although I'd argue this has more plot progression by the end of these 13 anime eps and s2 of the webtoon has already setup one of the most original plotlines I've seen. |
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ZenithXAbyss said: Imagine being a hater so much you think the only people rating this as a 10/10 is a source reader. Lmao Not all, most of them. Also, says the guy having Tower of God comic in top 10 and rating the series 10/10, a prime example of what I'm talking about. Cneq said: Have you even read the source? I went into this with no prior knowledge and not being a fan at all [I actually hate reading manga] and I can objectively say by s2 ep26 of the web toon it's easily on par with HxH. lmao imagine putting this on the same tier as HxH x2 |
| You all need to watch Nami. |
abystoma2 said: Have you read the source? No clue how you can even say that when you have no clue what the series even is, that's just blind hate. I've already said the anime itself is subpar and the content that it will cover is like judging HxH if it ended on the hunter exam arc, stop being ignorant.ZenithXAbyss said: Imagine being a hater so much you think the only people rating this as a 10/10 is a source reader. Lmao Not all, most of them. Also, says the guy having Tower of God comic in top 10 and rating the series 10/10, a prime example of what I'm talking about. Cneq said: Have you even read the source? I went into this with no prior knowledge and not being a fan at all [I actually hate reading manga] and I can objectively say by s2 ep26 of the web toon it's easily on par with HxH. lmao imagine putting this on the same tier as HxH x2 |
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