They retained the ruthless vibe of the tower during the first few tests and even though there were elements that were left open to criticism, they did a good job of it by and large, for the first half, bar the first episode of course. So, don’t expect every secret of the tower to be just told to you right then and there.Įven though the anime does sacrifice the dark atmosphere of the first season of the webtoon, I felt that they still did a fairly good job of creating tense situations, especially in the first half of the season.

Well, those are important mystery elements that are answered bit by bit as we move further along in the story and something that I consider one of the charms of the series.

I’ve heard a few complaints about people saying answers are not provided immediately. Oh, and I’m not talking about the mysterious lore here. The webtoon explained these things in a much more comprehensible manner. This leaves a viewer who hasn’t read the webtoon and doesn’t have a clear idea about these things, confused. Some of the explanations about the concepts and functionality of the tower are either cut-short or in some cases, completely omitted. But this is also where one of the major problems with the anime begins to surface. As Bam learns more and more about the tower, so does the audience. The floors, the tests that are supposed to be passed in order to climb them, the hierarchy of the tower and the motivations of the characters wanting to climb this dangerous tower are revealed little by little. Once Bam enters the tower in pursuit of Rachel, we’re introduced to the rules and workings of the tower along with Bam. Anyways, Bam is that child whose mother has left him, and he’s trying to go after her. Tell me, do you call a child who’s crying for her mother and only smiles when he sees her close by, a simp? If you do, then I think you have more important things that you need to get sorted first. Simp is a word that’s been associated a lot with Bam these past 3 months. On a more serious note though, she’s the only person Bam has known his entire life so when she enters the tower wanting to fulfil her dreams, he follows after her. Why wouldn’t anyone not want to follow this Goddess? Rachel is such an amazing person: tender, selfless, compassionate, kind and to top it off, she’s pretty cute in the anime too. The story starts off with Rachel wanting to go up the tower to see the stars that she’d always dreamed about and Bam following her like a dog follows his master. Yes, it’s not nearly as good as it could’ve been but it still entertains for the most part, and if I look at it from the eyes of someone who hadn’t read the manhwa beforehand, it’d be a very enjoyable show. One of the selling points of the webtoon is the mystery surrounding everything and the fact that details and lore are revealed bit by bit in a complex manner without any sort of spoonfeeding to the audience.Įven after complaining so much, why have I given it a rating of 7? Well, even though I am extremely let down by the adaption, it still is a pretty decent anime. When I first read the webtoon, I was sucked in by the dark environment, intriguing character motives, the ruthlessness of the world and the massive and unexplored world that was the tower. Most of the reception to the anime as a whole has been fairly positive over the internet, but for someone who’s been a fan of the webtoon, it turned out to be a massive disappointment.

It’s nowhere near how good it could’ve and should’ve been considering the content that was to be adapted. So, did the adaption of Tower of God live up to the hype? I would honestly say it did not. It’s getting a proper anime adaption later this year too) and its success could likely open the floodgates to a world of new content that’s ready to be adapted from manhwa. It was the first real adaption of a Korean manhwa (disregarding the couple OVAs Noblesse got.

The anime adaption of Tower of God was met with a lot of hype, both from the fans of the webtoon as well as a good portion of the anime community in general.

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