So I’ve been seeing a few complaints about Tower of God in just the first two episodes and a lot of them are derived From not knowing or not understanding much about the series or what makes Bam special so ima make this thread for anime Onlys.
I keep seeing people say that it’s a knock off hunter x hunter. The only similarities I can even make between the two is that the MC is in pursuit of somebody dear to them.
The reason Bam is in pursuit of Rachel is because she is the only thing he knows. He has no memories of his past up until the point he met Rachel and she is his only friend and the only reason he even gave a damn about the tower was to find her
Now to address this “Plot Armor” people keep suggesting he has
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Upon entering the tower he is given a test. The point of the test is to move through a dense area of shinsu that would be impossible for mostly anybody to move in, sneak past a steel eel and pop a black ball. The purpose is to ward off unwanted guests with an impossible task
From there he runs into who we know as Yuri Ha Jahad. She is a daughter of the king of the tower. In the past irregulars have piqued her interest for reasons that have only been stated in the manhwa and will later surface in the anime
Right away they can tell Bam is not from the tower because of how unfamiliar he is with his surroundings. He doesn’t even comprehend their language or understand what a pocket is. She can spot that he was abnormal immediately
Yuri is then persuaded by headon, the guardian of the first floor and the caretaker of the tower to lend Bam a weapon because she doesn’t trust him to fend for himself without a weapon. Bam is then lended black March to help him past the first test
Once he realized the ball wasn’t meant to be popped he gets told to use the power of the black March. Of course this is a desperate move nobody sees working out but it actually works. The only one supposed to be able to use the power is a princess of Jahad. So why does it work?
Because he’s a peculiar boy. The only reason we are given thus far is because she finds him attractive. But this is enough to allow him to proceed to the next floor
Upon arriving to the second floor the nigga eats grass. He’s clearly negligent and has no understanding of where he is
Now the second test begins. The rules of this test are simple. Reduce the number from 400 to 200 regulars. Comparisons to the hunter exams are lazy. No the hunter exam was not a death match the purpose was to steal your opponents badge by any means before time is up
It’s during this test he meets AA Khun. Best character in the series imo. He loves to play with the rules and bend them in his favor. Now we start to switch perspectives from just Bam to Khun’s as well.
After taking interest in him he decides to work along side him and teach him what he needs to know to help him get ahead
Amongst Khun we are also introduced to Rak wrathraiser. A dinosaur looking alligator that only seeks to gain more strength by hunting strong prey
Rak then declares that the reason he seeks out Bam is because he senses he is a strong prey that he must hunt even though up until this point he’s been pretty much a fearless weakling. He clearly sees something in him that’s still quite unclear to the viewer
While all of them are bickering and playing cat and mouse amongst themselves they don’t notice the time on the test runs out. From here the next rule is to form a team of 3 within 5 minutes. A test meant to make a friend out of your foe
From here we are introduced to a Ranker, somebody who has climbed to the top of the tower. He puts up a wall made of shinsu, which is the substance that flows throughout the tower and it blows everyone back
Everyone.... except Bam that is. One of my favorite scenes because this weak and frail boy who has absolutely nothing but Guts is somehow the only one strong enough not to get affected by the shinsu. And we all wanna know why
If this series hasn’t piqued your interest within the first two episodes I suggest riding it out to the end of the season but to say you can asses and give a review on it already is absurd. There’s still so many truths to uncover and things we haven’t seen yet.
These next few episodes should be more than enough to get you hooked and there’s so much more to uncover that I hope y’all get to see by the end of season one. Hopefully y’all will love these turtles the way us fans do
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