// Story // 2/10
Bam, no, Yoru, no Twenty Fifth Bam, whatever the hell his name is at this point is being pampered by some girl called rachel, and we learn that they get seperated and he wants to become the biggest simp of all and decides to climb the Tower of God that can supposedly grant any wish, his wish being to see the stars with said Rachel (rahel?). Already not a great start, not very original but maybe i'll stick through it. What do we get in the very first episode? A rushed first test and the MC getting an OP sword because "he's cute".
But that has to be a slip up right? A one time deal right?
Wrong. Throughout the 4 episodes i've seen, luck/BS reasoning has found it's way into the situations at hand. The second test where he definitely would never had survived, given the fact that it was a battle royale where he was surrounded by bigger dudes with better weapons than him? He made it out by the skin of his teeth. The mini-test after that? He's somehow the only one to not get pushed back. The third test? Dino-Alligator-Crocodile guy opens a random door and guess what it's the right one! No, wait the entire point was to just open a single door.
Too much luck in this story so far, leaving a bad impression.
// Art // 1/10
The art style used wouldn't be so bad if they just stuck to that one style and didn't branch out to a bunch of other styles in the same episode, they go from the regular simplistic-fanartsy style to a chiibi style to another different style back to the original style in the span of 10 seconds...
The original style in itself is very criticizable, it looks like something that would come out of a Pixiv fanart account, the art is simple, but it contrasts too much with the thickness of the lines and the detail in the eyes.
Either you make it simple or you make it complex, but not both at the same time.
I'm also gonna talk about the animation, as it seems pretty unbalanced. While some episodes have respectable animation (for a seasonal), some episodes look choppy, almost as if they just threw the budget out the window for some scenes.
// Sound // 3/10
The voice acting isn't all that bad, but given the lack of good animation, it hinders the experience as it feels like the same as when a cheap english dub is placed over and the lip sync is completely off. The OP is a nightmare to sit through, i cannot stand kpop, and this just had to have an OP done by a kpop group for extra exposure towards kpop stans, not a good thing overall.
// Character // 2/10
Maybe i'm gonna be a bit harsh here, but man, fuck Bam/Yoru. He is the single most annoying MC i've seen in all of anime. He's a wimp that gets lucky, he's a child trying to play an adult's game. He clearly is not ready for the task of climbing the tower, but he throws himself into it anyways because plot armor, i guess. The only interesting characters i found to be noteworthy were dino guy, but he just kept getting ridiculed week in week out to the point that he isn't the beast he was made out to be at the end of episode 1/start of ep2, and Yuri, but we haven't seen much of her so far.
// Enjoyment // 1/10
These 4 episodes were a pain to sit through, i'm not going to lie. So why did i sit through them? why didn't i drop it one episode in? Because i actually thought that this could somehow get better. I get that a series doesn't instantly get better an episode to the next, but 4 consecutive bad episodes with the same exact problems is just too much for me, maybe it gets better later on, but i'm not willing to put myself through more problem -> luck -> solution.
// Overall // 1/10
The hype killed it for me, i came in expecting a top tier show, and i was disappointed. Had this not had the hype it did could i have enjoyed it? Probably. The fans built this up as a masterpiece in every respect, and so far i haven't seen anything worthy of more than a 5/10. This just isn't targeted at me i guess...
