Tower Of God was once fondly called by fans as the Korean version of One Piece, and even maintained its position as the most popular manhwa for a very long time. But the reputation of this series is gradually being forgotten, what is the reason?
Tower Of God was once the pride of all of Korea
There was a period when Korean comics were booming so strongly that large and small studios in Japan competed fiercely to buy the rights to adapt them into anime for release. Among them, Tower Of God emerged as a phenomenon, boosting sales of the online story publishing platform Webtoon, along with publishing sales and TV series based on the series.
At that time, Tower Of God was considered the pride of Korea not only because of its creative storytelling but also because of its delicately integrated profound meanings, reflecting the current state of Korean society at that time. People once thought that the series could rival or even surpass the Japanese legend One Piece with its strong growth rate. However, unfortunately, successive events have prevented that.
The reason Tower Of God became a flop
The author's osteoarthritis has caused Tower Of God to be interrupted many times, causing fans to often compare this series to another version of Hunter X Hunter. After every few chapters, the author announces a break of several months to "recover his injuries". For many years, the progress of the series has almost stagnated at a single arc, causing even loyal fans to lose patience and move on to follow other series.
At its peak, in 2020, the author's bone and joint condition became serious, causing the series to be completely discontinued for half a year. Although after that, Webtoon occasionally teased the return of Tower Of God, but after just a few chapters, everything fell into discontinuity, causing fans to gradually lose confidence.
Tower Of God has continuously updated a series of new chapters on the paid platform Webtoon and a free chapter on the homepage, to prove that the author's health is stable and can return to work. However, contrary to expectations, the number of views of Tower Of God on online forums is record low compared to previous chapters.
The reason may be because Tower Of God is a quite "heavy" series, requiring high concentration and having to remember the content of previous chapters to enjoy. With a long hiatus and a large volume of stories, few people are still alert enough to remember the entire cast of thousands of characters after so many years of separation.
Not to mention, many fans were afraid that they would be disappointed when enjoying the new chapters after many broken promises from the author, so they decided to wait for a dozen chapters to follow at once. All of these reasons were enough for the once-popular series to fall miserably in views after a long period of separation from the audience.
Above are the reasons why the Tower Of God series is gradually being ignored by readers. That said, keeping the work cool is extremely important even if the story already has a loyal fan base. And you, what do you think about this manhwa?
