Tower of God Webtoon is Back: My Opinion and What to Expect

Tower of God is probably one of the popular Korean Manhwa. It is released as a Webtoon and even got an anime adaptation produced by Crunchyroll last year on April 2020. And this day, we got an announcement where we can finally see it's Webtoon continuation once again after the author's long hiatus because of his health issues. So I'm so excited because I really like and even follow the manhwa to its latest chapter. And to spoil you a little. It ended in a very exciting battle. It should be at its climax but unfortunately the author got sick and need to take a break for a very long time. So in this continuation, What should we expect in the future?

Tower of God as an Anime Adaptation

Season 1 is actually not that bad. It started pretty strong being a non Japanese work. A story of a boy named Bam looking for a girl named Rachel as they entered in a mysterious world. They planned to climb a tower a tower in order to fulfill their dreams and desires. "What do you desire? Money and wealth? Glory? Honor and pride? Authority and power? Revenge? Or something that transcends all of them? Whatever you desire - is in here. Tower of God." They started the show with these powerful dialogue. And as expected from the manhwa it is pretty hype.

It has a pretty strong Shounen resemblance but the story is really different or should I say "Unique". The characters of Khun and Rak is very interesting. One is full of composure and intelligence that are really useful in battle. While the other one is Rash and Hot Headed but possess an incredible strength that even rival one of the descendants of a great family. Added with more characters especially the Princess of Jahaad and many more, this series become popular and people accepted it open heartedly.

The only problem in season 1 that I don't really like is the rushed production. Well I can't really blame them since it will just have 13 episodes and the story in manhwa composed of 70+ chapters just for the first season. For an adaptation I can't really say it's worst. In fact it is pretty decent. The progress might be a little bit fast but the animation is well made. This is what people are often giving critics. The animation in Tower of God is actually far better than most anime. The color used is actually new to the eyes that gives the show extra crisp. So for me, I can't really say negative about the animation. I'm actually worried more about the story since it is composed of almost 500 chapters.

Tower of God After the Anime

The anime covers the first 78 chapter of manhwa. So if you want to continue the story in Webtoon, you have to start at either chapter 79 or 80. But I highly recommend to start reading from the start once again since there are so many scenes skipped in the anime. After at that unfortunate incident happened to Bam in the first season he returned to be a complete different person. He takes the name of Jue Viole Grace as a Fug Slayer Candidate. It may sound confusing to you but once you read the manhwa you'll understand all of this.

Not that Bam just returned, they also introduced more amazing characters like Urek Mazino (my personal favorite and also an irregular like Bam), The Prince of The Red Light District (Ja Wangnan), Devil of the Right Arm (Beniamino Cassano) along with few others. They also introduced more of the Princesses of Jahaad/Zahard and The 10 Great Family and their descendants. And as the villain (or supposed to be?) They introduced White (reincarnation of Hoaquin Arie after absorbing his other 4 siblings and also a child from Arie family, one of the 10 Great Family). There is Karaka and Baylord Yama which is an already full pledged FUG Slayers. The story becomes more interesting and exciting as they slowly climb the tower. If fact they are still on the 52th floor which is not even half on what they should climb to be. The story left with an interesting fight between Bam and the army of Jahaad. So I'm really excited on how will this battle end and what we should look forward in the next few floors of the tower.

What We Should expect in this continuation?

The continuation of the battle must already be epic. But what we should look forward is the rescue of Jinsung Ha. He is currently sealed after losing to Khun Maschenny Zahard and Kalavan. He is also the master/teacher of Bam and Karaka and that's why Bam is eager to save Jinsung from the hands of Zahards Army.

Another thing that makes me hyped about this one is the 77th floor. That's where Wolhaiksong Headquarters are. They are the organisation formed by Urek Mazino and Urek personally said to Bam that he is waiting at 77th form and he should decide whether he should join Wolhaiksong or not. This organisation is pretty unique cause they are not seeking war even though Urek Mazino is believed to be as strong or even stronger than King Zahard himself. They seek freedom from towers because they believed that the world is wider outside of tower. This will be the floor of truth since much more revelations might uncover that will make Bam even more developed.

And finally the 134th floor. This is the floor where King Zahard supposed to reign. Although it is believed that there is 135th floor or even more floor ahead King Zahard chose to stop and guarded the 134th floor to stop the Rankers from taking any further. We don't know what King Zahard Goal is but I'm sure he must have a very important reason. That's what makes this floor exciting for Bam. Not only he can confront Zahard but also learn the truth about the tower and his parents.

Tower of God has some exciting adventure ahead that makes me so happy that SIU (the author) is finally back. Let's just look forward to what he can offer in the story. I'm a big fan of this series and it is my favorite Non-Japanese work so I'm really looking forward in this continuation.