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Synonyms: Sin-ui Tap

Japanese: 신의 탑

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Type: Manhwa

Volumes: Unknown

Chapters: Unknown

Status: Publishing

Published: Jul 5, 2010 to ?

Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

Serialization: Naver Webtoon

Authors: SIU (Story & Art)

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Score: 8.38¹ (scored by 79,302 users)

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Ranked: #234²

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Popularity: #42

Members: 187,945

Favorites: 12,320

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Nov 12, 2019

Wasakanene

Recommended

Preliminary (452/? chp)

I've been waiting for this on MAL for so long and now it's finally here, I can finally put it on my list of one of my favorite Manhwas.

This btw, is one of THE BEST manwhas out there, for me tho, dunno about you guys. But I got hooked on this since the first chapter and didn't want to stop reading this for days, weeks or even months whenever I have the time to. This has become bread and butter in my daily life. That is how Intrigued I was with this, in short I got addicted since the day I laid eyes on it.

Well ... enough chitchat shall we? Time for the review I guess?

Story 10/10: the story is about a tower built by someone (A god maybe? XD). No, it is actually about a boy who was left all alone at the bottom of a tower (more like a basement) since he was a baby, until he was found by a girl. Then they grew up together on the outer areas of that tower and one day this girl decides to go up the tower, for some unknown reasons, her dream maybe? (nah..she just want to see some sparkly things up there duhh). The boy then ran after her for he doesn't want to be separated with her (talk about clinginess to the max). Then they found themselves at the door and accidentally the one who was sucked in or rather chosen was none other than our protagonist BAM! (leaving the girl behind???? XD hey no spoilers you mofo!). And that was it. A new adventure awaits BAM. As he was searching for the girl (he loves?) new mysteries unfold about his past, his fam, his powa! While learing about the purpose of the floors and the tower itself, about why hasn't anyone reached the top yet, And why do they have loooooong lives? About the harem king which is on top, jk, He will each solve these mysteries as he meets his new badass friends along the way (and possibly a waifu! Make that two, no it is a HAREM!) And so the story goes on and on.

Yeah. So the story is magnificent. The pace is not too fast not too slow either, good balance between suspense and drama, I don't mind it being to long since I'm enjoying every part of it. Well that for me tho.

Art 10/10: It is simple and at the same time it's beautiful. Simplicity is beauty.. you can easily distinguish scenes on every panel. Characters designs too are badass. Watch out for BAM his transformation is the best!

Characters 10/10: hohoho man, the best there is, the development is quite good. As you go in deeper you'll find out even more cool ass characters and even bad ones.

Enjoyment 10/10: well I haven't caught up and waiting if I didn't enjoy.

Overall 10/10: you guys should probably read this. It's a must!

Feb 29, 2020

abystoma2

Not Recommended

Preliminary (238/? chp)

Never before I had to force myself to continue reading a comic so much like I had with Tower of God. Having to load another of the endless chapters pained me greatly and often I found myself distracted by literally anything else rather than to continue reading. This means that it took me great amount of time to arrive at this chapter count and my strength and will weaken with each another chapter. I'll try to continue, but I don't know for how much longer I continue this thorny journey.

Sure, there are a lot of worse manga, but at least those tend to be entertaining, ... if only because of how bad they are. But not Tower of God. ToG is just blunt boredom. Weaponized boredness. The work where you'll be wishing to do anything else than reading it.

Now, lot of fans keep saying that it does get better and that I should keep on going. I recognize this pattern, I've already seen it with Homestuck and Salad Fingers communities. And like them, I hope Tower of God will be left in the dust of history someday and my life will be peaceful again.

Real talk though, does it actually get better? Well... yes. Technically. But mainly because the first part is so horrendous, that even the mediocre continuation is an improvement. Although, the main improvement is art. Let me describe the art of the earlier chapters a bit more. It looks like 2009 deviantart creation made entirely in MS Paint. The character design is like that of a fanfiction OC originating from the forementioned site. Worst are the drawings outside of action scenes, where the characters are frequently off-model and just unpleasant to the eyes. But yeah, the art gets noticeably better. We're talking about almost 100 chapters of bad illustrations though.

The plot is, as you might have guessed, a big mess. Most of the time nothing interesting happens, and the rare moments that might distantly resemble entertainment are gone quickly. The pacing is horrible and it takes forever for the plot to move somewhere, especially with the trials that tend to get too complicated and drags on forever. The plot doesn't seem to be much well thought and it's more likely that it's made up on the go. I get the feel that the author just thinks of some elements that sound cool and throws them into the next week's chapter without much thought. The plot goes both everywhere and nowhere. There is both too much stuff happening and nothing happening at the same time. I have no idea how the author managed to attain this zen state of storytelling, but I can tell you that it's nothing enjoyable.

The most glaring problem are the characters. The cast is bland, shallow, one-dimensional and instead of actually developing at least some characters, the author just throws in bunch of more new characters to get your attention. There is barely any chance to get attached to any of the characters and the comic doesn't really try to get you do so beyond the tactics akin to "look what cool power this character has". This results in fights that should in theory have some stakes but that fall flat because you just don't care what happens to the characters at all. As the cast is treated as props, not as real people, all of this feels just artificial and distant.

The worst case is the main character. He's pretty much a blank state that miraculously keeps getting more powerful pretty much by being at the right place in the right time, not to mentioned being marked as "predestined" to be powerful right from the start. Blank, because we know near to nothing about this character. For most of Season 1 of the comic, all we know about him is his name and that he came from outside of the tower. And even the little background info we get later is ultimately nothing. Now, I'm not against the idea of protagonist with mysterious background, but this is just taken too much to the extreme. Not to mention that Bam's only personality seems to be "I have to protect my friends with my power". That's it. The core characteristic of generic battle shounen with nothing on the side. Of course, this makes the protagonist perfect for self-insert. Huge power, "cool" aura and no starting personality. Just insert the reader.

In fact, the protagonist is so uninteresting that the best part that I've read so far was the part where he was gone. For a brief time the webcomic switches to a secondary protagonist that comes from more ordinary background and follows this character and the group around him for a while. This is also the closest the characters get to... actually having a character. Of course, that is ruined when the focus shifts back to the main protagonist and the dullness takes the lead again.

At this point, even if rest of the chapters were magically somehow really good, it still doesn't change that over two hundred chapters were dreadfully awful, and that alone is enough for ToG to lose the right to be labeled as "good".

Ultimately, I wouldn't recommend this to anyone unless your preferable medium of choice is soulless product that you can keep mindlessly consuming. I fail to see why anyone would continue reading this except for the Sunk Cost Fallacy. The story sure keeps raising a lot of questions, but I prefer reading something where reading the story itself is enjoyable, not just the "waiting for the answers" part.

Nov 19, 2019

dtc59

Recommended

Preliminary (456/? chp)

I wrote a full review on reddit if you guys want to check it out.

Art: The art is very unique and drawn by the author (SIU) himself at the start. Art is not its strong point at the start but bear with it as he gets way better as the story progressed (ongoing for almost 10 years now) and now he probably has an amazing team helping him out. Check out some new chapters if you're curious about the difference in the art now and then. The characters, shinsoo(kidna like energy in this story) , background scenes, fighting scenes, killer moves and techniques are ...

Nov 12, 2019

Realm_

Recommended

Preliminary (452/? chp)

Synopsis: I can't really say anything without spoiling much. Essentially, the protagonist follows his friend up a tower (or in this story, THE tower), at first trying to find them, while also getting caught up in the tower's circumstances. Side Note: This series is quite lengthy with 452 chapters as I write this review.

Story (10/10): At first, the story doesn't seem so complex, but as you continue reading, you discover more and more about the workings of the tower. What I would compare this to is Once Piece, where the reader is introduced to more and more of the world's secrets as ...

Feb 29, 2020

bluemanatee

Mixed Feelings

Preliminary (417/? chp)

ToG was one of the first manhwa that I ever read around 5 or 6 years ago, and I do remember enjoying it but still dropped it somewhere along the line. I recently decided to reread it again after seeing overwhelmingly positive reviews for it (8.74/10 makes that pretty obvious), however, I found it awfully mediocre (especially the 2nd and even more, the 3rd season).

Story: 6/10. The first season was decent. But the second season and third season just seemed like a remodelled first season. I stopped there, but I assumed the 4th season would be the same. This is a problem with the very ... concept of 'tower-climbing'. This story can very easily become an endless repetition of having to overcome obstacles after clearing levels. That's why character development is so important (I'll get to that later). What could have added depth to the story is the whole Rachel conflict motive, however, this also falls super short. We are barely given insight into Rachel's motives, her thoughts etc. She has absolutely no significant meaningful development. And because of this, the whole story just collapses in on itself. Not to mention the whole load of inconsistencies.

Art: 7/10. The art does improve and it is pretty good and has some detail. However, since it is a fantasy, with a pretty interesting and (at the time, 2010) unique tower concept, I thought the art could deliver more in terms of world building. The backgrounds tend to get very boring and repetitive, and fail to create a real sense of immersion with the world, and since I find the action and character part of ToG pretty bland, I was hoping for some redemption here, but alas. Also, the character/costume design is utterly bland.

Characters: 3/10. This is my main problem with ToG. The characters are so boring, and undergo no meaningful development over the 417 chapters that I have read. There has been some development, yes, some development hinted at sometimes but never followed through... hardly enough development for all the trials the characters have been through. The characters are vehicles for the plot which shouldn't be the case. The characters should be informing the plot, not making generic decisions with no personality, just to further the plot along. All the characters just lack dimension and personality. Especially Rachel and Baam. And they are arguably the more important characters...

So, overall 5/10 is pretty generous considering my ratings for characters and my enjoyment of the series. I just don't want to rate it 4/10 because ToG isn't 'bad' per say, rather just not for me since I enjoy stories with good character development, which ToG did not have. I am also older than the target audience (10-15 year olds?) so that might be a factor limiting my enjoyment as well. However, I can understand why someone who doesn't mind mindlessly consuming manga/manhwa that has a semblance of a plot and characters can enjoy ToG. It is readable. Just mediocre.

Apr 21, 2020

MaliTigar

Not Recommended

Preliminary (50/? chp)

Tower of God has been a hot topic for quite some time and anywhere you went you would stumble upon people recommending and praising it like it's the best written thing ever which is far from the truth. Very, very far.

ToG starts off with an introduction of Rachel who wants to climb the tower in order to see a sky, stars and whatnot. After she disappears from Bam's sight in a flash of light Bam vows that he'll follow her till death and his climb in order to meet up with her once again- begins.

This premise doesn't sound so interesting on it's own and in ...

Apr 3, 2020

Curiouswanderer

Not Recommended

Preliminary (107/? chp)

I read the full season one and half season 2 of Tower God a few days ago so I will give you my honest thoughts about it here. I first heard of this manhwa becoming an anime not too long ago from Joey (AKA The Anime Man) and wanted to check it out straight away, instead of waiting every week for all episodes to fully air.

Basically when I first read all 78 chapters (season 1) of this manhwa, I actually thought it was quite decent at first . Rak and Khun were the most likeable pair I've come across in the series. It's always ...

Nov 13, 2019

Zachirina

Recommended

Preliminary (430/? chp)

This is going to be my first time writing a review for anything, I'll try my best not to sound like a fangirl gah

STORY 10/10

Definitely the best part of the whole webtoon!
The first time I read this, I was in awe by how complex the world-building for this story was. From the characters, the team positions (light bearer, scout, etc.), to the history and mysteries of the tower. The first time I reread this, I was amazed by all the details and how everything is connected with each other. Small details in the first chapters would be hints to something important that would be revealed ... later on. SIU is a genius TT

ART 9.5/10

I admit I'm one of those people who procrastinated in reading this at first because of the art. If you're of them, then STOP PUTTING IT OFF AND READ IT NOW or you'll regret it! The art has improved exponentially since the first episode and is still continuing to improve! I always wonder how they manage to release those long af episodes with those detailed coloring every. week.

CHARACTERS 8.5/10

ToG has amazing characters that are well-written, very interesting, and lovable personalities. I love seeing how some of the characters develop, especially Baam, Khun, and Rachel. I also really love the dynamics between a lot of the characters like Rakhunbam, Khun-Hatz, Anaak-Ran, etc. Their interactions are so entertaining to read!

I just think there are some issues with how the series handles some of its characters. Like, they introduce these really interesting characters that get me really hyped, but after several episodes, they become kind of... bland? They become treated as background characters and even lose their personality. I know its because new characters keep on getting introduced which makes it impossible for SIU to focus on these characters but idk, I just feel inconsistency for a lot of characters in the series;;
SPOILER-ish: I'm talking about characters like Boro and Hoaquin. They were characters that start off really cool and intimidating, then they become characters that are just,,, there. They get bits of lines every now and then, they fight when they are needed, but they lost the charm they had when they first appeared.

OVERALL 9/10
Tower of God was one of the first webtoons I've ever read and still remains my most favorite one today. Its the kind of series that I wish I could forget and read all over again because the experience of reading it for the first time will never compare to whenever I reread the whole series. I think the only thing this series needs to work on is the characters, and sometimes I think the 'comedy' bits get a little stale tbh, but overall its such a good read that I'd definitely recommend to shounen fans. Its a perfect mix of action, adventure, mystery, drama, and even has themes of psychology and philosophy!

Tip for new readers: I personally prefer to read ToG in bulk chapters, reading one chapter every week is too painful. I also recommend rereading the whole thing at least once after you caught up to the latest chapter, you'll realize how much details were put into making this webtoon and will make you appreciate it more! Lastly, I recommend visiting the Tower of God wiki because there are lots of additional info. in there that wasn't really said in the webtoon. Have fun reading!

Nov 19, 2019

Lub

Recommended

Preliminary (453/? chp)

This is by no means a perfect Manwha.
It is however my favorite one by a long shot, and has been for the past five or so years. If you're looking for a shounen with great world building and a multilayered plot I definitely think this is a read for you. However, if you want a deep well thought out story that will make you contemplate life this might not be your thing.

I will mostly be pointing out flaws and things that annoyed me while reading so the score I gave might come off as conflicting in regards to the review itself, but I ... really do enjoy reading this on a weekly basis despite all its flaws and I think a majority of people would too which is why I'm scoring it a 10/10.

So my favorite aspect of this Manwha and the reason I do enjoy it so much is the world building. SIU has managed to create a world that has so much going on it truly feels alive. There is so much information and little details about it (both in the manwha itself and a lot of information you can gather outside of it) that it really does feel like we could follow any other characters in the world and it'd still be a very engaging story. The world does revolve around our main cast the same way it usually does in a lot of shounen work, however if the main cast were to be taken out of the story it still feels like the world would keep spinning and there would still be stories to be told.
As far as the story itself goes it is too complex to briefly explain. This is both a good thing and a bad thing. On the one hand there are a lot of intricacies in the story, and when you notice them it certainly feels like every little thing lead to this conclusion for a reason. However, it also makes the story hard to follow sometimes.
It tends to jump all over the place and the pacing is very inconsistent. Certain arcs feel like they drag on for way too long when the conclusion is already obvious, while other arcs (or perhaps certain fights, more specifically) go by in a blur and it feels like you missed out when there are a lot of loose ends left by the end of it.
Despite all this, the story has certainly been engaging and up to a certain point it felt like there was always something at stake. This Manwha however has the typical power-creep problem a lot of shounen has. This leads us into the magic system.

So the magic system in Tower of God is set up with different roles being presented. Every role has something they specify in which is their strength, and to be able to climb the tower efficiently you'd need a full team of all the different roles to complete and compensate for each other's flaws. This system clearly had a lot of thought put into it and a lot of the early chapters put in a great deal of information explaining it all. Unfortunately this is all thrown out the window after a certain point and it is once more about who can shoot the bigger explosions at each other. This isn't necessarily a bad thing but it feels wasteful when so much time was put into a very interesting magic system.

This has however had a great impact on the art, which has been improving chapter by chapter. Comparing some of the early chapters to the recent ones are night and day and all the big blasts and explosions compliment the great art very well. The character drawings are definitely not anything to scuff at either so overall the art is good.

Speaking about the characters, there are a lot of them. I mean a LOT of them. And again, this is both a good thing and a bad thing. It adds to the world building that there is so much going on at any one point. But because a lot of them do not get a lot of exposure it makes them feel unmemorable. Another issue with it is that due to the length of the Manwha and that the arcs aren't laid out in a traditional sense you often tend to forget characters that later return. What I mean by this is unlike other works where the story might move from one place to another leaving characters behind and finding new ones as they move along Tower of God is set up so everyone is working towards the same goal. All the characters move forward albeit at their own pace but towards a common goal so characters tend to reappear perhaps years later in real time. If five or ten characters suddenly reappear two years later and they never got that much exposure in the first place it feels very understandable the reader would not be able to remember them. At least not remember their personal plot lines which often times would just pick up and continue as if you read about the in the previous chapter. The main cast however feels very well developed. They get enough time put into them that you are able to understand their personal motivations/reasons for moving forward and so on. None of them are super special or anything, but cool and memorable enough to make for a good cast of characters.

Overall I think Tower of God suffers from a lot of problems that most webtoons tend to suffer from. Why this is the case I think is really hard to answer, but it is by far the most polish work out there. The story will keep you on the edge of your seat the whole time and if nothing else it is a beautiful battle Manwha that I think will be worth your time.

Mar 14, 2020

yuzuruhanyuu

Recommended

Preliminary (470/? chp)

Frequently dubbed "the One Piece of manhwa" by the animanga community, this 10-year old series is undoubtedly a legend in itself, a giant in the manhwa industry, and for very good reasons. For me, a story that can match ToG are very few and far between.

Story: 10/10 | Art: 9/10 | Character: 9/10 | Enjoyment: 10/10 | Overall: 10/10

What I like best about ToG: In terms of Worldbuilding, from SIU's blogposts, you can see how much dedication he has given to it, to the extent of laying down plots and characters that appear 6-8 years later in the story. I love discussing these ...

May 8, 2020

Povacy

Not Recommended

Preliminary (300/? chp)

Hey, I know a lot of people are going to disagree with this post due to the fact that I am putting a negative review on this anime but I have some good reasons to back this up. (I have read the webtoon aswell)

1. The story is very lack luster and does not explain that much of why the characters are going up the tower and why the actual hell was Bam and Rachel are in a Cave to begin with?
(Never Explains this in the Webtoon)

2. The characters are some what genuine on how they portray themselves but do it in a ...

May 20, 2020

lolthe0

Not Recommended

Preliminary (450/? chp)

Unpopular opinion here, Tower of God is overrated and the attention the anime seems to receive is going to be short-lived. Note that I'm writing this review, having read the webtoon for many years but decided to drop it.

At first, the story seems really captivating in the beginning. A character named Bam is trying to reach the top of the tower, to have his wish granted. Not to mention, Bam's relationship with Rachel. All these are really interesting to start off a series like this. However, the concept of reaching top of tower isn't exactly new or really thought provoking, hell even SAO did ...

Mar 15, 2020

DarkWhiteChalk

Recommended

Preliminary (469/? chp)

First time writing a review, so here it comes. TOWER OF GOD.

Story 10/10

The story is so entertaining, interesting, and one of the best crafted stories I've ever read in all of my years reading mangas, manhwas, and even novels. I can't believe that a simple premise as "climbing tower" would be much more than that. The lore and mysteries is definitely one of the best as well. The series can be a bit slow at times because of the set-ups for the stories but the pay-off will definitely make up for it. Though the set-ups are mostly entertaining and interesting as well. Hunter x Hunter ...

May 20, 2020

ExtraCheesy

Not Recommended

Preliminary (323/? chp)

I know manwhas and webtoons in general has weak writing but you know after all that hype going around I was expecting something better

Story : a really generic death game plot with incredibly predictable plot. I really can't say anything about it it is so boring and surface level I was barely able to finish season 2 of this shit

Art: really lame with flat colors generic art style and useless effects

Characters : story keep introducing them increasing cast constantly and since author can't write for shit he just gives them one note tropes to make them look like they have personalities

It's ...

Dec 3, 2020

Buff_Moe

Not Recommended

Preliminary (400/? chp)

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.

May 6, 2020

Anantanaga

Not Recommended

Preliminary (471/? chp)

This series is riddled with problems. One of them is the characters. The characters are very retarded. They also talk a lot in exposition, which is completely stupid as that is not how actual people talk. Whether it's dialogue or monologue, the exposition is used to dump information which may be important to the story sometimes, but is mostly useless garbage.

Also, the author decided to ditch the original side characters of Season 1, like Anak and instead brought in a lot of others. That itself would not constitute a bad thing, but unfortunately, we don't come to care for these secondary characters. I couldn't ... care two hoots about these characters if I wanted to. Not only do they not appear long enough for us to care about them, they are also badly written. There's so many of these insignificant characters in Seasons 2 and 3 that I've lost count. The vast majority of them don't even have any influence on the plot.

Adding to this is the complete lack of character development for most characters, making things worse. The characters also don't have consistent motivations and many characters also change their personalities out of nowhere. One minute they are ruthlessly killing their own teammates and smiling while doing so and in the next, they are crying "how could you?" at the villain for killing their mother. The only well written character in the entire series is Rachel and I haven't seen her even once in Season 3.

The next problem is the story which initially had an interesting and promising premise, but quickly went the uninteresting shounen way. Shounens themselves are not bad, HxH is a very good example of a shounen. This story is extremely bad due to the way it is excecuted. Two things were incorporated which made things worse - the power of friendship from Naruto and Dragon Ball Z style attacks. The fights only have flashy shinsoo light explosions now. There's no intelligence to the fights.

Another huge problem is the excessive focus on Baam, who is the typical angelic and flawless shounen MC. In ToG, whenever you get an interesting premise for an arc, 90% of the arc will be about power levels and how special Bam is, with the villain then getting two pages worth of back story after he's defeated and the arc ends. That's a problem with with plot and characterisation at once.

The plot has been going nowhere since Season 2 and I'm not even sure there's a plot to the story anymore, there no longer seems to be an end goal. The first Season was rather nice, had quite a lot of potential. But man the 2nd season was a bore. The story after the workshop arc was such a pain. I had to force myself to read through it. I've hadn't read something so boring and generic for such a long time. ToG is essentially a series which had potential, but squandered it terribly. I don't think the series is worth investing time into. There are way better series out there that you can read instead.

Overall, completely overrated and not worth investing time in.

Nov 16, 2019

Blue-Lightning

Recommended

Preliminary (452/? chp)

I finally have a chance to pitch in a vote for my absolute favorite webtoon.

Over the years i have picked up series and enjoyed them. I've gotten obsessed with keeping up with all sorts of manga and then grown bored with them weeks or months later. My tastes have have changed and all sorts of series i liked don't interest me any longer.

The only series that has consistently stuck with me is TOG. The only series that I've been keeping up with for years and still get excited week per week for goes to this magnificent piece of art.

Please do yourself a service and ...

Aug 10, 2021

balajidisrespect

Not Recommended

Preliminary (501/? chp)

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I made an account just to write a review about this garbage manhwa. This is the most pathetic manhwa I have ever red. The art is not that great in the beginning, but it improvers a bit later. The main issue I have is with it's mc. He is such a pathetic piece of shit. Initially the plot was that the mc was chasing a girl who wants to go to the top of the tower, but later we learn that she wants to kill the mc. She attempts to kill him, but he somehow survives. At this point anyone will think that she must ...

Mar 24, 2020

Dantalian2020

Recommended

Preliminary (467/? chp)

This will be my first written review of this platform and will be taken by what is considered by many to be the best manhwa:

10/10 story: wonderful just that, Siu is a genius when it comes to creating a story that catches you from the first chapter read, for many it seemed boring to me, the story enchanted me, as if he is revealing us little by little Little the mysteries of the world of TOG ES is simply incredible, this is one of the few mangakas as well as an ode that tells you an event in chapter 1 and it is not if ...

Jan 12, 2020

SilentxPooch

Recommended

Preliminary (461/? chp)

This will be my first and only review , because ToG is such a special reading for me , it's unique, it has alot of characters to simpatize with, the artstyle changes through time in a ridiculous insane good way.. SIU is a beast and to put it shortly ... Just READ IT ... NOW !!!!

I like the changes from arc to arc .. It doesnt feel rushed in mostly of times, the introduction of new characters is great and so the process of them gaining new powers and so on , the fighting panels are understandble and ToG never loses its own way about ...