Post — Aaron Ngo

Major Spoilers are included in this Webtoon Review. Please read with caution.

On September 7, 2020, I started and finished Tower of God Volume 2: The Workshop Battle’s eighth story arc: “Battle x Gamble”. This arc was more action-oriented with a gambling twist. The participants would fight in groups, and the Gamblers—team leaders like Khun and Leesoo—would bet on who would win, accumulating points that way. It was an interesting game to watch, mostly for the action sequences though.

The first part of this arc centered around Wangnan and Akraptor trying to stop Miseng—the little girl—from killing everybody. Prince explained that the woman who kidnapped them offered to make them “dolls”, so Miseng put a flower in her hair and became overwhelmed with power. Miseng did this on her own though in order to make up for Viole and Horyang leaving the team.

The artwork on how scary Miseng became was brilliant, sharply contrasting her innocent nature character design. Prince had decent character development during this arc too, resolving to become strong enough to defeat Viole someday. Yeon Yihwa didn’t have much screen time compared to Prince and Miseng, but she was reminded that she needed to learn how to control her flame thrower powers. More importantly, she had to stop being afraid of them.

Androssi was investigating the Viole-Baam mystery during this arc, planning to confront Viole on the subject. When Anak mentioned that Viole had similar eyes like Baam though, Androssi wanted to jump to the right conclusion. Due to her being a Zahard’s Princess and Viole being a Slayer nominee though, Androssi had to wait for the right, private moment to approach him. I’m praying Androssi finds out the truth soon.

The best part about this arc was the rematch against Anak and Ran, who had a score to settle from when they fought during the “One Shot, One Opportunity” arc. The fight scene was drawn gorgeously, with the hand-to-hand combat, lightning attacks, and facial expressions being great highlights. The character payoffs with Leesoo betting on Anak purely based on trust and Khun betting on Ran for logic were also great parallels to the kind of leaders they were.

Tower of God is such an amazing Webtoon series. I cannot believe I have only been reading it for eight days. My time climbing the Tower feels so much longer than that. The plot, characters, world-building, action sequences, and now the consistent artwork have been getting better and more complex as the Webtoon progresses. The latest plot twist with Viole, Beta, and The Workshop Battle’s grand prize wasn’t as surprising as the other plot twists seen in the series so far, but it was enough to keep fueling my interest.

Thanks for reading my Webtoon review, everyone! I’m going to keep it climbing up the Tower!

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