[Manhwa] Tower of God - Page 22

On August 31 2012 09:34 Crissaegrim wrote:
I still dont get why is there a fucking kid following the group. The first arc was pretty gory and now we have a 7 year old girl? Is this fanservice for all the pedos out there?

On September 02 2012 05:32 adi_hsd wrote:
i love how teamliquid is my source for movies/books/comics.

i started reading this and i couldnt stop reading it for 20 hours. its awesome. does anyone know what day of the week they usually release the chapters?

On September 02 2012 08:53 0123456789 wrote:


no1 knows what she can do yet because she has never demonstrated anything. She could be the second strongest person in the group for all we know.

On September 02 2012 09:24 0123456789 wrote:
OMFG, I looked up Exis, and my entire mind became blown. GG

Like wtf, tower of god is only a sub story within the Talse Uzer universe. Phantaminum is one of the 5 strongest exis in the Talse Uzer universe. Phantaminum is unbeatable because you have to be an exis to beat another exis. There exists a world beyond the tower, which is where Zahard and the 10 great families came from. SIU made other manhwas besides TOG, which exist in this Talse Uzer universe.

Some stuff about his other work
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Exis have the power to create a field around them where they are god, which is why you can't win vs them. Phantaminum used his exis powers to kill off all of Zahard's rankers, but left Yuri and Zahard alive.

I'm going to steal stuff from other forums and post them here.

hat does TUS stand for?

Short for Talse Uzer Story

What is it?

The universe ToG is set in. When someone talks about TUS, it's probably about the outside world.

Why have I never heard of it before?

Because you either don't keep up with author blog translations or don't read the wiki.

How is it important?

See answer nr. 2.

What do we know about it?

Not much.

Canon stuff
1. Information from the authors blog ( translated by Northerncolors from MF)

The author pronounces it as “Tales User Story” in Korean, but has written it as Talse Uzer Story on the top of every chapter. Confusing.

Anyway T.U.S. is a universe under the premise that “The world comprises of several tales as its center, and these tales persist as unchangeable records.” It forms the basis for author’s works such as TOG, Carnival, Comic, etc.

Once written, a tale from T.U.S. universe cannot be set back or restored to previous state. Hence the past becomes permanently fixed, which in turn restrict future events. It’s a universe that rejects the existing hypothesis that the world holds infinite possibility.

2. Shinsoo doesn't exist in the outside world. They have air instead.
3. Zahard, the 10 Great Warriors and every other Irregular (unconfirmed but probable for Baam) have been born in the outside world.
4. The Gong Bang originated in the outside world. How Macseth came to know about it is unknown (probably by Zahard).

Unconfirmed canon stuff

Exis:

I know of two different translations, one is from 25th_Chestnut, one from Northerncolors.

25th_Chestnut:

A concept from previous works of the author. The Exis are the Talse Uzer, the entirety of TUS will revolve around them. They are (probably) artificial beings, as they are not born, but made.
They are godlike beings who create a 'field' around the Exis, in which they are god. Non-exis cannot fight Exis.

Northerncolors:

He calls them Axis. I'm just gonna copy this:
Axis User is a person with power to influence the “tale”. They are the greatest variable that determines the future. They are named as such because their ability is invoked with the user as an axis. Apart from this fact, their abilities do not hold almost any similarity with each other. Non-Axis User is unable to interfere in any way. They are also known as the Axis/Axes.

From the korean wiki: (translation by Northerncolors)

1. Axis/Exis are those who leave an unchangable record in TUS and/or have a godlike power than can lead and change history.
2.Non Exis/Axis cannot interfere with them, so even Enryu, Zahard or the Guardians cannot kill one, no matter how weak it is.
3.Axis/Exis create their own space and therefore keeps expanding (T/N: Poorly written text. It did not say what was expanding)
(Copied that directly, since I didn't know how to rephrase that)
4. The power of an Exis/Axis isn't innate but awakened. Depending on the strength of their abilities some even go berserk/out of control during their awakening.
5. There are different types of Exis (Striker/Observer) and classes.
6. The strongest Exis/Axis are called 'King'. Some of the known Exis are 'King of conquest', 'Phoenix King' and 'Savior King'.
Phantaminum is probably one as well.



Different explanations, mkay.
The only thing we know for sure, is that Phantaminum is an Exis.

UNOFFICIALLY (Information gleaned from previous T.U.S. works), we know that:
-In "Talse Uzer Story", the Exis are the "Talse Uzer", i.e. - the entire T.U.S. story will ultimate revolve around the Exis.
-Exis is not born; Exis is made.
-The Exis' power revolves around creating a 'field' around oneself, in which the Exis is basically a God. Because of this power, a non-Exis cannot even fight an Exis.
-Exis are ones 'who make history'

In TOG:
-Phantaminum used his powers as an Exis to infiltrate Jahad's palace (hence the "power that the rankers could not recognize")
-The Exis are like gods within T.U.S. Universe. The author once stated that "Phantaminum could instantly destroy the T.O.G. story if he wanted to."

The Power of an Exis

The incident that displayed the power of an Exis was the Pentaminum Jahad Palace Intrusion Incident (펜타미넘 자하드 궁 침입사건, Pentamineom Jahhahdeu Goong Chimipsageon). The Rankers of the Jahad Family, who were known as the strongest, were gruesomely murdered by Pentaminum. The only two people that met face-to-face with him and survived are Ha Yuri Jahad and Jahad himself.

No one knows why he left Yuri alive. Yuri called Pentaminum a 'dirty one'.

A common debate topic is "Pentaminum vs Enryu". There was also a big talk about it recently (on the cafe). To summarize the result (expected from what is known so far) in a line, if Pentaminum and Enryu ever meet and Pentaminum has the intention of killing Enryu, Enryu will disappear within a second.

As explained above, a non-Exis cannot intercept the actions of an Exis in any way. Even if Enryu throws 9000 bangs of shinsu at him or does whatever he cannot even touch Pentaminum.

In the TUS universe, Exes are godlike beings. SIU himself has stated that Pentaminum can collapse the story of the Tower of God itself in a brief moment.

Exes are often called "Kings" but their powers are that of gods.

Enryu: The Most Powerful Shinsu User in the Tower

High Ranker, Spear Keeper, Ranking 2nd, Red Tower
Height 184cm
Throwing-type Spear Keeper
He is known as the Red Tower because shinsu becomes dyed with a red colour when he walks by.
Although his position is Spear Keeper, it is said that he can control 9000 bangs of shinsu.
He once murdered an Administrator (or "Guardian"), although Administrators were thought to be immortal gods before then. This is why there is no Administrator on the 43rd floor, and it is said that the shinsu on that floor is "dead".
He is not an Exis, and can never defeat Pentaminum. Rankers love to discuss who would win if Pentaminum and Enryu fought (This is because they do not know that Pentaminum is an Exis.).
It is said that he can even create life from shinsu.
There are also many theories at the cafe that maybe Bam or Rachel could have been created out of shinsu by Enryu.

entaminum: The Only Exis in the Tower
High Ranker, Exis, Ranking 1st, Riddle
The No. 1 Ranker in the Tower, and the only Exis within its walls.
He is an extremely powerful Exis who is one of the Top 5 Exes in the entire TUS universe.
He intruded into the Jahad Palace and murdered a large number of Jahad's Rankers, who were previously said to be the strongest. He ran into Ha Yuri Jahad, but for some reason, did not kill her and disappeared instead. Yuri referred to him as a 'dirty one' (더러운 놈, deoreo'oon nom; "scumbag").
There was a big debate about who would win if Pentaminum and Enryu fought recently, but that's all useless. Pentaminum just wins.

What is the TUS universe?

TUS is the universe that forms the basis for the story of the Tower of God.

TUS is basically a universe that goes by the premise 'This word consists of many stories, and leaves an unchangeable record'. The events of Tower of God only compose one of these many stories.

However, most stories that are based on the TUS universe are not very related to each other. In conclusion, it's possible to enjoy reading Tower of God without knowledge of this universe. Even if you do know the TUS universe, it just adds a little bit of interest, and is not necessary to know it at all.

Therefore, Tower of God is an independent story within an independent universe. Although SIU has stated that information related to other TUS stories will pop up here and there soon, what the reader needs to know about these topics will be explained on the spot, and SIU guarantees that one does not need to read every other TUS story to enjoy reading Tower of God.

"TUS is the universe that forms the basis for my other fantasy works such as Tower of God, Carnival, :COMIC:, and Give My Earth Back." - SIU


There are talks of this entity called King amongst the Exis (he is not Jahard) the Guy is probably one of the strongest Exis may be more powerful than Pahntaminum
A story that occurs after Conqueror King awakens. 'Give My Earth Back' is about the alliance that fights against Conqueror King, and 'Tailse User Story' is the primary story that occurs after Conqueror King's death.


(There is no hint whatsoever that tells us when the events of Tower of God take place, and it is possible that the original TUS will never be revealed to the media again. For now, it can be said that Tower of God has nothing to do with TUS besides Pentaminum.)

Conqueror King's awakening - Seeing how the word "King" is placed after Exes' abilities, it is assumed that Conqueror King had the ability to "conquer". I expect that he is about the second-most powerful Exis in TUS.

(Expectation: Seeing the previews for Carnival, it seems that Carnival takes place in a time closer to the present, compared to the events of TUS which clearly occur in the future. Seeing how SIU is putting a lot of work into the plot of Carnival, Conqueror King will probably have something to do with Carnival.)



After Conqueror King's awakening, Conqueror King uses his own Exis in an attempt to "Conquer" the universe.
However, other Exes that oppose him (e.g. King of National Salvation and his allies) form an alliance and have a looong battle with Conqueror King. (This is the setting for Give My Earth Back)
After Conqueror King's death, the world is relatively peaceful, besides a few small-scale conflicts. Here, the embers of war begin to reignite... (This is the setting for original TUS)

Exis Detailed Information

SIU has told us that there are types of Exes such as "Striker" and "Observer".

Seeing how so far we have only seen these two, let's say there are only these two for now.


It seems that all Exes go on rampages when they awaken, each according to his/her power. Seeing how the people coldly grade the Exis according to the scale of damage the ramapaging Exis does, it seems these awakening rampages are common occurences in the original TUS.

"Exis is not something you are born with, but rather something you awaken, so any common person has a chance of awakening."


http://images.wikia.com/towerofgod/images/e/e1/Anyone_can_become_Exis.png
"Because of this, from the youngest of little children in the neighbourhood to the oldest of men on the verge of death, all people live on believing in that 'one-time miracle'."

On August 29 2012 02:01 b3n3tt3 wrote:
Holy shit it's Urek Mazino. The following chapters are guaranteed to be epic

On September 04 2012 03:25 arcane1129 wrote:
Latest chapter: http://www.mangahere.com/manga/tower_of_god/c110/2.html

+ Show Spoiler +

On September 04 2012 03:35 Firevampants wrote:


While mangahere usually updates a few hours or a day faster,
http://www.batoto.net/read/_/128580/tower-of-god_v2_ch29_by_the-company
has it in a single strip and includes the author notes and translated website information about ToG so its essentially better quality

On September 04 2012 03:35 Firevampants wrote:


While mangahere usually updates a few hours or a day faster,
http://www.batoto.net/read/_/128580/tower-of-god_v2_ch29_by_the-company
has it in a single strip and includes the author notes and translated website information about ToG so its essentially better quality

On September 08 2012 17:15 saocyn wrote:
i think this is great for bamm. bam obviously heard the noise and is going to go check out what it is. when mazino strikes him with a godly ability guess what? bam is going to learn it. and then he will be a threat beyond reckoning. imo this chapter was to introduce a severely high ranker while empowering bam for the first time to fight among the elite of the elite.