Even though I knew about Tower of God for a while, I never got around to watching it until Crunchyroll announced the long-awaited Tower of God season 2. That’s when I decided to catch up before the show started again. I felt like the anime slowed down around the middle of season 1, but overall, I really liked the story, especially the amazing last episode that showed how Rachel really felt about Bam.
I didn’t read any news about the second season while I was getting caught up because I didn’t want to be spoiled. This also meant that I did the same thing with any news about manhwa, even if it seemed to be different from the original Webtoon. Still, I wish I had kept this attitude until the very first episode of season 2 because the description is scary.
It’s clear that Tower of God season 2 will switch viewpoints and focus on a different group of people. The first season’s story never ends, so it’s clear that the original cast will return in some way. However, the fact that Tower of God season 2 basically starts over in this way is a problem, but only if the show follows the same pattern as season 1.
One of the things I don’t like about season 1 is that the Tower of God keeps many of the characters’ pasts a secret for too long, which makes it hard to care about them. That being said, if we don’t find out soon enough why these new people want to climb the Tower of God season 2 will probably have the same problems as season 1.
What is the storyline of Tower of God Season 2?
After a big time jump from the end of season 1, Tower of God season 2 picks up the story.
The story changes from Baam’s first climb to the problems other people in the Tower are having.
Ja Wangnan is a Regular who is having a hard time getting up the Tower. He puts together a group of people, and as they go on their trip, they face many challenges and opponents.
It’s possible that someone will die, but everyone has risked everything to make their wish come true at the top of the tower.
Why Blue Lock Outshines Tower of God Season 1 in Key Areas?
I’m going to compare Tower of God to Blue Lock to make my point even stronger. Some fans really enjoy Blue Lock because all the characters have to play on the same teams for a short time because they will be competing against each other later on. This means that they can’t play against each other because there can only be one winner.
Blue Lock clearly builds on what Tower of God did by focusing on this relationship right away and with a lot more force.
Tower of God and Blue Lock are alike in this way, since only one person can reach the top of Tower of God’s tower. But Blue Lock clearly builds on what Tower of God did by focusing on this relationship right away and with a lot more force. This kind of doomed relationship is hinted at in Tower of God, but the theme of friendship and betrayal isn’t talked about directly until episode 8. This makes the show’s best feature less important in order to keep things mysterious.
The fact that Tower of God is all about Bam, who doesn’t even care about getting to the top; all he wants at first is to find Rachel, doesn’t help either. This is important because the main character is always what makes the story interesting, like in Tower of God. But the fact that Bam doesn’t care about climbing the tower makes it harder for people to understand what’s going on.
Tower of God Season 2 – Introducing the Fresh Cast:
While that’s going on, every other character is climbing the tower to get back something they lost, but that truth is strangely put off until later so that the story can focus on Bam’s problems. When someone sees what other people have lost, it’s easier to care and feel sad about the fact that only one of them will get what they want and everyone else will get nothing. But these reveals are kept from the audience, which adds to the impression that the characters are flat for longer than necessary, like Rachel’s initial desire to “see the stars.”
Blue Lock’s Yoichi Isagi, on the other hand, is always worried that his hopes will be crushed because there is only one winner and everyone else has to give up on their goal to become a professional soccer player. This makes Yoichi think about what this means for him and everyone else, even before the watchers find out what the other characters are trying to do. This helps people understand his pain and easily apply it to everyone else, even before they know their past.
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Season 2 Must Highlight More Characters Beyond Bam and Rachel
After making me care about the key characters of season 1 for a long time, the show will move on from them in Tower of God season 2. I’m not upset that we won’t be seeing as much of Bam and Rachel, though. I’m upset about Anak. Anak’s connection with the royal Jahad family is very interesting because it expertly flips a typical shonen trope: characters who are born with powers are praised and revered, while characters who get their powers from someone else are made fun of. Deku from My Hero Academia and Asta from Black Clover are the newest and best examples of this trope in the field.
Anak in Tower of God is not like this. Anak, who got her powers from her mother, is looked down upon and thought to be a threat that needs to be destroyed because of how Jahad queens are picked and what they are not allowed to do. Even though it’s a fun twist, Tower of God will have a harder time exploring this relationship further because there are now more groups fighting for screen time than just Bam’s group.
Tower of God could have given Anak the shonen treatment more easily if she didn’t have to deal with so many other characters. This would have made the unusual view of genetic skills stand out more. Tower of God is a manhwa, so it will never really be a shonen. But other manhwa, like Viral Hit, meet and go beyond some shonen tropes. That’s why Tower of God could easily do what they did.
There are a lot of problems with how Tower of God treated its supporting characters in season 1. Fans have been waiting a long time for this version of one of the most popular and well-known manhwa, so it will be interesting to see if Tower of God season 2 fixes those problems.
Tower of God Season 2 Production Team:
Along with the time jump (or maybe because of it), there were big changes to the team in Tower of God season 2. Telecom Animation Film did the animation for the first season, but The Answer Studio did it for the second.
The show is directed by Kazuyoshi Takeuchi (chief director) and Akira Suzuki. Takashi Sano directed the first season. Takeuchi directed City Hunter The Movie: Angel Dust (2023), but Suzuki’s first movie as a director seems to be this one. Erika Yoshida came back as the main writer.
Unveiling the Plot of Tower of God
The story takes place in a made-up world where there is a huge, strange tower. The tower is popular with people who want power and fame because it has many dangerous floors. Those who make it to the top of the tower will become Ranker and have many special rights. If this makes the story seem short, that’s just how it sounds.
There is a boy in this story named Bam, which means “night” in Korean. He was locked up for most of his life and was cared for by a girl named Rachel. She left him one day to try to get to the top of the tower. Even though the girl tells Bam not to follow her, he still gets into the tower. He is determined to do anything to get back to her, even if she isn’t really who he thinks she is.
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