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/korea/ created on 10/19/2014. Please help promote it and don't forget to star the board. 감사합니다:)

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eb1636 No.181

I noticed in the manhwa recommendation thread that some or possibly most people here haven't read what, as an anon in that thread put it, is "essential Koreaboo reading". If you are into manga, or never read any Eastern comics period, and you want to start reading manhwa, there are few series that are as good of a place to start. So I figured, instead of making a thread where everyone is expected to have read all 201 episodes (and counting) before contributing to the discussion, why not start a reading (or rereading for some of us) thread series? It will hopefully help liven things up here too.

So, what is Tower of God? Let me use Wikipedia as a guide, because the official English description on webtoons.com makes little sense and is in broken English.

>Tower of God is a manhwa style webcomic, or webtoon, written and drawn by Lee Jong-hui (Hangul: 이종휘), also known by the pen-name SIU (Slave. In. Utero). It was created in 2010 as the first story in the Talse Uzer universe. It is edited and released for free by Naver, a popular South Korean search portal. It has been phenomenal in its success, and is translated into Japanese and English by Naver, and additionally to many other languages by way of fan translations.


>The story centers around a boy called Twenty-Fifth Baam, who has spent his life trapped beneath a mysterious tower. Chasing after his only friend, he manages to open a door into the Tower, and must now face challenges at each floor of this mysterious tower as he tries to find his companion.


I decided to start with blocks of 10 episodes because I feel it really isn't that much to read when it comes to manhwa, if it were lower there wouldn't be a whole lot to discuss in the thread, and most importantly I want the barrier of entry to the initial discussion to be low. If people actually participate, I will make a new thread every (?) days for the next block of chapters, depending on the feedback given.

Original Korean: http://comic.naver.com/webtoon/detail.nhn?titleId=183559&no=1&weekday=mon

Official English Translation: (It has some errors, mostly grammar related) http://www.webtoons.com/viewer?titleNo=95&episodeNo=1

This is very important: Don't talk about anything beyond chapter 10, because you will spoil it for people who are just picking up the series.

P.S. Special thanks to /a/'s hostile community for inspiring me to create this thread with their anti-everything Korean attitude, and essentially telling me to GTFO and come here to /korea/, despite discussions of manhwa being allowed by the volunteers.

e65600 No.183

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I think this is a great idea! Tower of God is my first manhwa. I'm only on chapter 2, but wow Headon is an asshole. He "forgot" to give Bam a pocket and he is trying to get Bam to give up by making him face the White Armored Eel which should be something way above his current floor level. Also, dat snicker though. I vote that he gets removed from his administrative position of the 1st floor.

a50c96 No.184

>>183
>I vote that he gets removed from his administrative position of the 1st floor.

Heh, if only it worked that way.:)

e46f6b No.185

File: 1414218240522.jpg (20.05 KB, 325x331, 325:331, pocket1.jpg)

Man, I wish "pockets" were real, then I could magically understand Korean without even trying…

e829ea No.204

I like this idea but there are few of us here as is and only a small fraction will be interested in doing this, so I am not sure if it can really be sustainable throughout the thread iterations. Sorry for the pessimism. I am going to participate though. I have started to read Tower of God and I am so confused because Bam and the girl are just like at this tower and the girl wants to die or something? Then she does? But she doesn't? Because Bam gets in the tower and then he talks about wanting to find her. Where did Bam and the girl live before this? It was like they were in some weird realm to begin with. I am just really confused about the beginning. Hopefully things will become more clear with time though.

a10870 No.211

I hope this works out.:) Tower of God is an amazing series and this seems like a good way to help introduce people to manhwa (which of course pwn manga because color and digital ftw:P). If it doesn't work out, well, at least you tried something.

>>185
If only……
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