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Jan 23, 2023
Preliminary (327/? chp)
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Tower of God is a Manwha that makes me unironically angry. So many aspects of it are good, the world, for one, is one of the most interesting and detailed I've ever seen, every floor and culture feels unique and the world-building of ToG is really similar to One Piece in a lot of aspects. The fights are also pretty good, the art isn't amazing or anything but a lot of the fights in season 1 and early season 2 are actually pretty great, striking a nice balance between strategy and action. ToG also has some of the best side cast I've ever seen. From Gwangnam and his crew, to Urek, to villains like Hell Joe. The plot for at leas until the Floor of Death arc are really good, and certain scenes like Urek's whole fish analogy with Hell Joe were excellent.

Now you might've noticed a trend, in that everything I've praised so far doesn't relate to the main characters. That is for a very simple reason and that is because they are bad.

I fucking hate Bam, he is actually one of the most boring fucking characters to ever exist and every scene he is in is just dragged down by him. He is literally just a vehicle for fights, and that'd be fine if his friends (Khun and the raptor guy) weren't also boring and one-note. None of them are interesting, they feel like the main cast in a first draft of the story. Their characters from at least where I'm at feel incomplete and as if, despite the fact they are literally the main characters, are being shoved into the story for no reason.

ToG was at its peak in early season two when Bam barley existed and Gwangnam and his crew were the main characters. Gwangnam already has a more compelling character and motivation than Bam and his story even intertwines with the themes of rebellion that Bam's do, hell maybe even more than his. But no, the author sidelines all the interesting characters and just stuffs us with more useless fucking side characters and more time with the boring as hell main cast.

What makes me the angriest about ToG is not that its bad, its that it comes so close so often to being amazing, and sometimes even is, but constantly stumbles over itself with boring side characters and somehow even less-interesting main characters.

Overall I'd say ToG is maybe worth reading just for the lore and the occasional excellent moments, but for most people I think its better if you just watch lore videos on it or wait for the anime to adapt it, as they'll probably cut a lot of the useless time-wasting filler we get in the manwha.
Reviewer’s Rating: 4
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