What good is a lore-heavy story if it has neither the "show" nor "tell" part in the writing? You guessed it, it's a convoluted mess.

Huge fan of Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint here so I was hyped when I realized this webtoon is based off a novel from the same author. Unfortunately, I think ORV is better.

While the world setting IS really interesting, the pacing is a bit off. I find the story's attempts to include metaphysical philosophy to be flimsy but still captivating. The story appears to challenge the concept of universal truths in favor of relativism. It references Belgian surrealist painter René Magritte's "This is not a pipe" painting to that effect.

I actually enjoy the author's attempts to play with how different characters gain their powers. It's kind of like the red/blue pill of the matrix. Do you take the world at face value and run with it, or do you question everything presented to you no matter how grim reality is? And it's kind of fun that a stereotypical power-up shounen manhwa is flirting with so many philosophical concepts, even if it doesn't always make too much sense within the paradigm of the world building itself.

I like it alright. While not totally successful, the webtoon gets props for trying to reach for something deeper.

... Last updated on October 14th, 2023, 4:02pm

Author tries to go for a metaphysical angle to ~IMPRESS~ while intentionally withholding critical information.

At least the drawings are nice. You gotta nod like the Emperor's New Clothes servants else you can't enjoy it.

This story has the most confusing, convoluted worldbuilding i've seen in a manhwa, it's never explained and the author treats it as if the reader should know it and understand it easily.
It's so shit that it basically ruins everything else, the plot is nonsensical and the characters have no motivation or personality. The only good thing about this is the artwork, but even that isn't enough to keep me reading.

Good if you literally want to throw away time looking at some mildly connected pretty images, that's about it.

I don't know if it's me, the translation or the author, but it starts ok and then it becomes a discombobulated mess. It's the typical main protagonist with amazing power that no one can beat, and hes doing something that makes little sense cause the explanation given and the setting is all confusing.

I reached chapter 28 and I still don't have any idea about what I'm reading and where the story is headed.
The only thing stopping me from dropping this manhwa is the artwork at this point.

I really liked the other author's works, but I've never been a great fan of mangas with "[skills]" i mean its ok if they dont delve into them too much but , he's constantly reminding us that the MC only knows how to stab without skills and how great that is and his potential ...bla bla bla It's totally the oposite of Omniscient Reader where skills exist but what's important is how the few SURVIVORS think outside the box.

I mean in a place where everyone has survived a tower, there is constantly a threat of death and where everyone has died once/are undead no one would rely on fixed skills. I mean you'd use them and learn stuff to complement them. I really hate how Korean authors are so quick to catalogue their own characters and make everyone, but the main cast act the same as sheep like people even after going though extreme situations, without seeing such obvious faults this brings...

I mean if there were automatic skills in such extreme circumstances you'd do anything to exploit/complement them ,and probably in order to not die AGAIN do everything to survive or maybe the oposite and do everything you couldn't do before.

... Last updated on May 29th, 2022, 4:45am