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Jun 18, 2020
Mixed Feelings
Preliminary (12/13 eps)
Tower of God is possibly the most overhyped anime in recent years. Manwha readers were ecstatic when this came out. Is it bad? No, but' it's not good either.

The good things I can get out of the way is the fact the art, animation and soundtrack are all pretty good, which is an obvious plus. I don't know how well the adaptation is in comparison to the source material but there are several people saying it is rushed. That is a huge letdown, and I don't know how well it compares to the webtoon, but it is quite dumb to animate a rushed 12 episode season 10 years after the manwha first came out.

The story is a mess and that was felt since the first episode. There is no context and explanation as to where all the characters come from or what they want, they are just thrown to battle and that's it. There is one episode left in the season and we still don't know what exactly the Tower is, what's outside of the Tower and several of the character's backgrounds.They didn't even bother telling what most of the cast wants for climbing the Tower.

The MC is overpowered and super lucky for no reason known. He got one of the strongest weapons in the world because a princess thinks he's cute, he can barely control Shinsu (a sort of energy that is poorly elaborated on as well) but for some reason he learns some of the most difficult techniques the first time he attempts them. He watched a ranker dude use a powerful ability and he was able to replicate it in an instant even though a while earlier he couldn't even manipulate Shinsu that well. In the latest episode he can also change the color of his Shinsu and make it more powerful, you know because reasons.

I also find it weird that the cast are already best friends even though they met a few weeks earlier, maybe even less than that. They have ridiculous trust in each other. For example, two Jahad princesses hated each other and then in the next episode they're best friends. Some of the characters were saying how Bam (the MC) is so strong and has always managed to pull himself out of every situation, even thought he hasn't done anything so far that was not caused by plot armor.

Navigators, what are those? I don't think anyone knows because they never explained, as well as why there are Irregulars and Regulars. The whole test they formed in two teams was a huge mess and it wasn't clear what their goal even was. Quant the ranker could recognize one of the Light cubes (they also didn't explain that) but couldn't recognize the other one, why?

There is not enough context for the crazy amount of information and topics they talk about every episode.

This show is entertaining if you're looking for flashy, well animated battles, but that's it. Don't look too much and try to understand the plot because it's very confusing and messy. You'll have more questions than answers after you finish watching this anime
Reviewer’s Rating: 6
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