So it seems they introduced "fast pass", meaning you need to pay to get preview chapters :O
I would have considered it if they would allow to do that on desktop, but it seems it's only for mobile -_-

Archeon

3274 Posts

March 19 2019 13:20 GMT

#3508

Think I would have liked it more if the different time-zones were connected. As in everything 2 years ago happens, then everything 1 year ago happens, then we get to the present. Found it weird to see the multiple jumps back and forth, especially since a lot of events seemed unconnected.

Other than that I'm hoping that the break enabled the author to prepare a bit more strategy and story, last arcs were a bit too DBZ for my taste. I'd prefer monthly releases overall, plot-heavy stories just tend to suffer from weekly schedules.

Hyperbola

United States2555 Posts

March 20 2019 12:37 GMT

#3509

Bam has pigtails now... really?

Sure hope something actually changed because right now it seems like the timeskip didn't do anything and everything is mostly the same and it was just there to even out the power levels (which is a godawful reason for a timeskip).

EDIT: Okay I guess it's a ponytail and not pigtails. I can accept that.

Archeon

3274 Posts

April 01 2019 16:40 GMT

#3510

Liked the new chapter. Baam's team looks very powerful, which is good for balancing/teamfights. + Show Spoiler +

Kaiser looked cooler with the armor though. There are a few too many dark haired pretty girls without distinctive features, so would be cool if Kaiser kept that.

The hammer mini-arc was fun. The story about the dogs of Yama reminds me a bit too much of Androssi's and especially Horyang's backstory though, feels like I've read that before.

Tbh evening out the power-levels is incoherent, but really necessary. Hell train's ending pushed Baam way too far up way too quickly, to the point where it's entirely unbelievable that his old party would do anything compared to him.

Baam's attitude reminds me of his new master, which is nice.

Hyperbola

United States2555 Posts

April 08 2019 13:59 GMT

#3511

Finally! Enough pussy footing around, we're getting to the actual story now!

Archeon

3274 Posts

April 08 2019 14:35 GMT

#3512

I enjoyed the extra two chaps buildup, overall the last few arcs were way too fast paced imho. I like the characters, but ToG was originally more of a fantasy version of survival games and the last few arcs were closer to a high quality version of Bleach.

Tbh I hope Baam looses most of his power somehow, I don't enjoy him pushing straight through the opposition instead of having to think. Khun felt mostly useless recently and the main reason is the large power gap between Baam and everyone but the arcboss.

Hyperbola

United States2555 Posts

April 08 2019 16:05 GMT

#3513

On April 08 2019 23:35 Archeon wrote:
I enjoyed the extra two chaps buildup, overall the last few arcs were way too fast paced imho. I like the characters, but ToG was originally more of a fantasy version of survival games and the last few arcs were closer to a high quality version of Bleach.

Tbh I hope Baam looses most of his power somehow, I don't enjoy him pushing straight through the opposition instead of having to think. Khun felt mostly useless recently and the main reason is the large power gap between Baam and everyone but the arcboss.

I agree with you, old TOG was awesome. But it's dead and gone.

New TOG is basically DBZ/Bleach. The best we can hope for is a swift conclusion. Personally, I just want to see the entire tower destroyed.

Archeon

3274 Posts

April 08 2019 17:25 GMT

#3514

Yeah maybe. Still hoping the author took the time off not just to recover, but also to write his arc within reasonable limits. It was fine until hell train imo.
Dunno how much his health was/is affected and it's very hard to get out of the op MC cycle, since the first thing Siu'd have to do was nerf Baam into the ground or kill off the weak side chars, which would cost him the power fantasy loving part of his community. I'd really like to see some backlash from all the self-stabbing though, that's among the most stupid powerups I've ever seen.

Seems to be the fate of every weekly release, a week just isn't enough for most authors to write a consistent good story with very few exceptions. Would much prefer it to go to a monthly schedule or for the author to take consistent breaks to plan stuff out.

Welp the least we'll get are pretty explosions and nice looking water spheres.

Alaric

France45622 Posts

April 09 2019 18:06 GMT

#3515

On April 08 2019 23:35 Archeon wrote:
I enjoyed the extra two chaps buildup, overall the last few arcs were way too fast paced imho.

I disagree, the last few arcs were slow with almost nothing happening and a lot of panels devoted to big explosions, so the story didn't progress while we didn't have much info, text, or characterization in the whole "final station" arc.

Archeon

3274 Posts

April 10 2019 08:34 GMT

#3516

Fair point, I'd define fast paced as full of action, not general story progression but I agree that we had very little plot recently.
I'd argue though that ToG doesn't have a lot of main plot outside of "Baam climbs the tower" and "FUG wants to destroy Jahad". Most of what happens within the tests etc has minor to no long term consequences, similarly to Khun's unfreeze story. And if you count the mindgames as plot then I don't see anything wrong with the unfreeze chapter and the preface about Yama?

Dangermousecatdog

United Kingdom7084 Posts

April 10 2019 18:50 GMT

#3517

Didn't we just see several major factions of world just declare war with each other? Yet 2 years later, nothing seemed to have happened from that...

400 chapters in and the world is still a black box.

Archeon

3274 Posts

April 11 2019 18:20 GMT

#3518

I think they are prepping? Also I assume that the next step for Jahad's forces is to attack FUG, since that's still easier than annihilating one of the twelve houses, so I imagine it'd be mostly high ranker on high ranker action in high floors?

Dangermousecatdog

United Kingdom7084 Posts

April 11 2019 22:43 GMT

#3519

Both sides are prepping? It's like when both sides are breaking down building blockers/destructible rocks. Someone is bound to be doing something wrong there.

Hyperbola

United States2555 Posts

July 29 2019 19:36 GMT

#3520

Just caught up on this. Looks like we've entered a Furry arc?

You gain the ability to transform into random shit at the cost of growing lame ass dog ears on your head. Just level up your skills normally, FFS.