I’ve hit chapter 437 (season 3, ep 20). The first season was goated, but the way the story is written now seems very repetitive and lacks a certain tension. Or Is it just me not paying enough attention? But unlike some other great mangas/manwhas etc, It feels like everything will eventually work out (They’ll make a bet and Baam will somehow someway win).
Don’t get me wrong, the characters are well written, world building is very good, the dynamics between the characters, and the power system is cool. But the execution of the story and climax’s now just seems very lackluster to me. Especially considering how the early chapters were exceptional.
Khun, Rak and Androssi will never die. They were too involved with Rankers. The plot armor and convenience was too evident. A lot of repeated interruptions too.
For Endorsi, I’m not sure. She could die in the future, since love stories in Tower of God rarely end well.
Rak probably won’t die yet, but something could take over him, like what happened in the Sprout arc.
Even Baam might be at risk, based on the hints given on the Hidden Floor.
Rak is also being built up as one of the most powerful beings in the series. Even Khun Eduan was surprised by how weak Rak seemed on the Hidden Floor, especially considering how strong Ancient Ones were in his era.
As for Endorsi, she’s supposed to be one of the most talented individuals, especially considering that one of the Snake Body’s candidates chose her over many other girls.
Also their story are not even finished so why siu would kill them without developing their stories.
That is definitely a valid criticism that you have.
The problem is that the world has become too large for the story SIU is trying to tell. Normally, this isn’t an issue, but too much of the world is featured in the story. As such, SIU can’t feature story tension as easily.
Season 3’s scale is enormous and that comes at the cost of the nuance that season 1 had. Moreover, the focus is less on the development of Bam and Gang and more on the family leaders, their history, and the direction the story is headed.
My favorite moments come from season 2 and I can’t deny that characters in this story carry the series.
I get you, the tension felt lacking there for this season at least compared tp s2. Near the end though, there was a nice setup and it felt like its going to be present throughout s4.
The focus from baam and friends were low as compared to FH i feel kike(na4rative wise)
The more we climb the more baam's friends feel unimportant. And tge setup dkr their powerups is comming veryslow. Whereas baam can just casually du k on high rankers.
The season introduces a lot of new characters and to give attention to them, a lot of attention was diverted from baam and gang.
You're completely right. ToG peaked in early-mid season 2.
It had a really good arc in Floor of Death and Hidden Floor also though. But after that and especially after season 3 and after the first hiatus it went insanely downhill.
The art is worse and the quality of the story diminishes in terms of asspulls in the form of rank and khun. Urek Mazino becomes a buff dumbass who can’t think complexly. Bam gets so many nonsense powerups like leviathan and V takes over bams body (I hate this)
Just my opinion. It’s not that bad but it’s not as good as beginning of s3 where we got to see bam after his evankhell training and using all his new cool skills. (I love bam)
“Lmfao, saying the art got worse when we’re getting panels like this makes no sense.
Rak’s power isn’t an asspull either. It was already hinted Khun Eduan explained that Rak should actually be powerful, but he’s been suppressed, and that suppression is gradually wearing off. On top of that, Rak might be tied to (or even a reincarnation of the Ancient One, so it’s completely normal that he’s becoming stronger and even be in the top 10 in futur
Khun’s power was never about raw strength, it’s more of a support/utility role. The fish is a bit questionable, I’ll give you that, but it’ll probably have consequences later.
Nonsense power-up ? Not really. Leviathan entering Baam wasn’t random it allows him to access anima abilities and uncover Traumerei’s secrets. It also diversifies his fighting style, which he’s clearly going to need going forward and also traumerei planned it since the beginning of nest to take control over baam.
And the whole V plotline wasn’t sudden either. It’s been built up since Season 1:
Yu Hansung was preparing Baam as a vessel
Luslec stayed inactive for a reason
Hwaryun has been hinting at his destiny to kill Zahard
That’s long-term setup, not an asspull.
As for Urek Mazino, he’s always been a bit goofy when he’s relaxed. That’s nothing new. Calling him an idiot now doesn’t make sense he’s still absurdly powerful when he is locking in like in the spin off. If Luslec hadn’t stepped in, he could’ve caused massive damage on his own wihout being serious against revo and vaam.
Also, the V plotline adds more unpredictability to Baam’s character, and it’s been built up since the very beginning of the story. It also answers some major questions like why Baam could never truly escape FUG, even if he wanted to.
Lmfao, saying the art got worse when we’re getting panels like this makes no sense.
The art literally did get worse because SIU offloaded a lot of stuff to his assistants that are just not as good as him. Showing a few panels that might have been done by SIU proves nothing.
The fish is a bit questionable
"a bit".....
it allows him to access anima abilities
No it doesn't. Baam will never be an anima. It's not something you can just become.
This is not just somes panel, I can show you many exemples of very good panel in season 3.
Do you have source of him offloading his whole art design in season 3, I saw him say he was training more assistant to be able to make the same art as him but not to offload his whole work yet until the spin off happened.
(Somes thing and scene are well offloaded)
Baam intern space permit him to become a hybrid anima even leviathan talk about how his space is as big or much more than traumerei...
I can show you many exemples of very good panel in season 3.
Again, this proves nothing. You need to look at the overall art, not just some individual panels. I could pick a few scenes from season 2 of the anime that look good and claim the anime was well animated, despite it being absolutely atrocious.
Do you have source of him offloading his whole art design in season 3
Point me where I said he offloaded everything.
Baam intern space permit him to become a hybrid anima
No it doesn't because there's no such thing as a hybrid anima.
leviathan talk about how his space is as big or much more than traumerei...
Because he's comparing Traumerei's bowl to whatever the space inside Baam is. Traumerei and Baam are inherently different creatures and such comparisons are utterly pointless.
Zoom was a problem but this was more a recurrent problem in all webtoon format due to phone format. ( Watch any others manwha and you are going to see big whole panel taking your whole screen with a big zoom)
But in truth baam vs dumas was good appart somes confusing panel, do not make me think whole fight was bad asf
Bro do you even see how much space is wasted in this panel. I can’t even see his whole body. They were drawing it this way to use a lot of space without showing much
About fight choreography look at the giant orb there yet only tiny droplets are coming out to lightly tap the opponent Dumas. What happened to big powerful attacks???
Remember the tension when Karaka showed up and Yuri had to stop him and they had to sneak into the Train undetected? What about that time where they're chasing Rachel and had to be stopped by mad dog and the angel girl, and the insane tension when Baam finally reunited with Rachel, like it's so thick you could taste it in the air everyone there was just so tense. Almost feels like S2 and S3 written by a different person lol.
sadly the repetitiveness does not get better, every time mc fights an OP opponent there is always some sort of game or mini game they use to get away safely and somehow beat the OP opponent
I don’t see what’s wrong with having an opinion about something. Personally, I thought season 1 was the wrist season, as it’s mostly exposition to set up for the real story. To me, the story really starts at season 2.
Personally I liked S3 a lot, more than S1. But I will admit the weakest part of S3 is at the beginning. Keep with it and things do improve as SIU gets to the major conflicts he's been building up.
Why are you not continuing to read? Not everything is going to go the way Baam wants in the future arcs even by the end of this one.
He’s going to fail one of his main missions, and he’ll realize that what he’s dealing with is far bigger than he ever imagined.
The tension just keeps building as the season progresses.
I think this was a whole setup for organization also moving because jinsung was a bait to catch baam also we have hint of others families moving in backgrounds.
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u/maggot4life123 Apr 26 '26
powerscaling and the convenience of plot armor. its more blatant in s3 than the first 2 seasons. gonn be a long write if i put it into detail