Post — Aaron Ngo

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

On October 3, 2020, I started and finished Tower of God Volume 3’s eighth story arc: “Khel Hellam”. I guess I have to stop calling Khel Hellam “Elder FUG” now that his name is an arc. I’ve been calling him “Elder FUG” or “FUG Elder” interchangeably in the previous Webtoon reviews because I had a hard time remembering his name and didn’t want to look it up.

The link to my other Tower of God Webtoon reviews is here for those interested in reading my thoughts about Tower of God’s other story arcs. With that out of the way, let’s move onto the Webtoon review.

This arc centered around Khel Hellam using the spell on Baylord Doom’s heart to control him, revealing that he planned to use Doom from the start to control the canine people. Since Doom had the power to create and mind-control the canine people, Khel Hellam had effectively enslaved an entire race. While trying to enslave people is indeed 100% wrong, the ending to this arc revealed Khel Hellam did it to gain soldiers in order to protect a peaceful place under attack by Zahard’s forces.

So, the plot is gradually making its way back to Kallavan, Zahard, and the chaotic war that started at the end of Volume 2. The ending to this arc did make me feel some type of way, but slavery is definitely still wrong.

Rak finally got to use that huge Ancient Spear—the one Ruel Mon threw at Baylord Doom’s head in an earlier arc—proving himself worthy! Everyone was waiting for him to finally use it, and the payoff was satisfying.

Baylord Yama’s character is honestly amazing. I love his character work, and the line about Khel Hellam’s destiny “getting its ass kicked” was killer. The transformation mechanic behind the canine people is so well-done too, with Yama showing a level 6 partial transformation. I don’t know how many levels there are, but Baylord Yama reaching level 6 is the highest one so far.

White returned in this arc too, having been woken up by Louie. White’s appetite to eat people fired back up, which was when he joined the battle happening with Yu Han Sung, Madoraco, and Khel Hellam’s guide Soo-oh. At this point and with the recurring theme of sleep, nobody in this Webtoon should ever mess with powerful sleeping people.

Baam and Gado fought each other—finally—with Gado revealing his background regarding Deng Deng and Louie. Turns out, Louie—Deng Deng’s only childhood friend—was Gado’s true son, and that was the only reason he allowed Deng Deng to be friends with him.

I’m not sure how I exactly feel about Gado’s background and motives yet, given how abusive he was toward Deng Deng; tearing his heart out was also another thing that made me hate Gado’s guts. Deng Deng deserved better; he deserves Baam fighting for his life right now. However, learning Gado did what he did to save Louie as a newborn—feeling happy to be able to call him “son” freely—was sort-of touching; it just came at Deng Deng’s expense since Louie has Deng Deng’s real heart.

Baam activating the Red Thyrssa Transformation—something only Hell Joe could do from the Floor of Death—was an amazing payoff. The foreshadow was there like 100 episodes ago during the Floor of Death storyline. I was in awe of this latest power-up, and how that will turn the tide in his fight against Gado. I’m excited to see how Baam uses this new power in the next arc.

Tower of God is getting so much better with the plot momentum redirecting back to the plot about Kallavan and the current war going on inside the Tower. This plot wasn’t bad—it just followed the “do this for me—or win this challenge—and I’ll give you this” plotline that kept adding up over the past 29 episodes.

I’m looking forward to seeing how everything plays out with Baam, Gado, Baylord Yama, Evankhell, Karaka, White, Khun, etc., and Baylord Doom’s fate alongside the canine people. Thanks for reading this Webtoon review, everyone! Let’s keep it climbing up the Tower!

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