Post — Aaron Ngo

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

On September 24, 2020, I started reading Tower of God Volume 2: The Last Station’s second story arc: “Evankhell” and finished on September 25, 2020. I enjoyed this arc the most for SIU’s latest masterpiece—Evankhell and her hellish flames.

Wow! I need to talk about SIU’s artwork development first. The artwork on the flames were distinct—drawn with a strong attention to detail. The fire popped out—like it was actually melting the pages whenever the story came back to Evankhell wreaking havoc on everyone. I was mesmerized, which heightened how powerful Evankhell was to the audience and her Ranker opponents. None of the Rankers were able to touch her during this arc.

The plot development was steady in this arc too, with Baam, Androssi, and Miseng deciding to save everyone from the prison before they are publicly executed. Helping them with this impossible mission is Lee Sowa—daughter of the Leader of the Last Station—who doesn’t believe in what her father’s doing to the Regulars. However, Miseng was the character with the most development in this arc—having trained every day without rest to ensure nobody else dies like Prince and Akraptor. Miseng became incredibly strong!

Miseng’s newest Shinsu Berserker Form reminded me of Legendary Super Saiyan Kale going berserk—and that’s honestly saying something. Miseng’s transformation artwork was excellent. Baam—and the audience—was moved by her lovely performance. Miseng has come a long way since we first met her alongside Ja Wangnan and the rest of the original Team Sweet and Sour. I miss Wangnan’s Sweet and Sour group so much. They deserved so much better.

Team B—Rak with sleeping Khun, Hockney, and Hwa Ryun—were trying to escape again from the chaos happening at The Last Station. Hwa Ryun admitted she lied about the earlier escape plan working for everyone, which pissed Baam off, but if Hwa Ryun also admitted that if Baam actually managed to save everyone from that prison, he will rewrite the history of the Tower.

Hwa Ryun did bring up an interesting argument about “not being able to save everyone”—which is why there are Teams A and B in the first place because Baam subconsciously placed the ones he cared about most in Team A—but Baam disagreed and believed saving everyone is indeed possible.

Hwa Ryun and Baam would’ve argued more about this, but the “executing prisoners” announcement cut it short. Hwa Ryun did make solid points, but Baam wasn’t ready to hear all that. He would rather sacrifice himself than anyone else on Team B was his defense. They made a new plan to escape toward the prisoners with a warship in the midst of the chaos, getting ready to have fights with several powerful Rankers. There was a lot going on in this arc, with a lot of characters making power moves throughout this Last Station chaos.

Yu Han Sung’s character background—how he met Evankhell—was explored in this arc, and how they bonded due to their lack of fear toward death. Evankhell remembering this scene caused her to unleash more hellfire and a fiery elephant to manifest—beautifully drawn to blend with the gorgeous fire design. Have I mentioned how much I’ve been adoring the artwork lately?

The cliffhanger—Ha Jinsung goading someone named Kallavan to face him—was intriguing to say the least. Tower of God is officially entering a war zone, raising the stakes higher than they’ve ever been. I enjoyed this arc a lot, but the reader could potentially get lost in all the narrative chaos—particularly the Evankhell fighting against Zahard’s Army alongside Karaka’s Servants—since a lot of new characters entered the fray during those scenes. Other than that, this was a fiery arc.

Thanks for reading this Webtoon review, everyone! Let’s keep it climbing up the Tower!

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