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Chapter | Wiki | Blog | 2020.01.26 | Translator: AdiosCorea | Report error

Assistants: Kim Yunhee, Dimensional BambooShoot, Jeon Soojin, What, Ham Chicken

Naver Endnote: Boa constrictors can’t actually eat elephants. Of course, this snake can eat whales like snacks. I’m scared. 

Today's doodle is Maschenny and the giant snake we saw at the end. The mood around Maschenny changes a lot based on her clothing and style. Of course, they are all ominous in some regard... Next week will probably be the Three Baylord brothers ^^;; That is a strong request from one of my assistants who are stepping down this time around. Of course, these days, the topic and the quality of the doodles are entirely up to me haha.

​Actually, the cold that has been plaguing me for almost a month still hasn't healed, and I have a fever now too, so I'm writing while on drugs. he. If it doesn't make sense or if there are typos please be understanding.

​This chapter, unlike last week, has the story of the other wall. We have Dowon's story as the centre of the story: Personally, I wanted Dowon and Cha's story to be more than Baam’s story, more so about the idea of war, and the conflicts and themes that could develop from war. Of course, many people have different opinions on this, but for me, the critical reason why Dowon and Cha's path split was because the people who protected the seal had two different mindsets. Cha's seal was maintained to stop the sacrifices and to protect Dowon's will, just as Cha wanted, whereas Dowon's seal was maintained to keep a life of greed by squandering peace... Dowon who received those memories would be definitely hesitant to fight Zahard's Armies. Personally I would have hated both sides hehe. Anyway, I wanted to express that ultimately, it was the hearts of the people who defended the walls that changed the paths of their heroes. Of course, one may say Dowon's values are inconsistent, but this Dowon is one who received a completely different set of memories that she didn’t have before she was sealed, and perhaps Dowon’s real wish, even prior to becoming sealed, is to live a life free from wars of societies and nations. 

As Dowon says herself, Kallavan already has enough power to defeat everyone in the Walls, including the Rankers and Bam's team, so in some regards, Dowon is staying true to her past self and trying to move on into a new life. Of course, the story of Cha and Dowon continues, so I hope you pay attention to them.

Also, Bam finally learns where Ha Jinsung is being kept, and we have the name of the place. It's called the "Nest", and it seems pretty scary just by looking at it. Wherever they fight, the snake looks like it's going to be hard to draw (....) it's probably going to be our next battlefield.

And now with the weekly corner for the afterwords: The Disease Update: I still have the cold.-_- I changed hospitals and drugs, but this is lasting an entire month hehe. I haven't been going out often because of this situation, but I am going to the clinic again tomorrow and try to find a surefire cure this time. For me, it's less so a cold but more of throat inflammation, but everyone please watch out for the cold. During times like these especially.

That's all for this week.

We got information about the next battlefield (The Cage), and Dowon took off with Kallavan so I hope you look forward to seeing what kind of trails Bam suffers, and how he overcomes them.

​Self-management is a skill, so I will try to work hard while trying to come back healthy and without a cold. Everyone, please make sure to have a mask when you go out, and stay healthy, please.

All of you have a happy and healthy week. Thank you!

Chapter | Wiki | Blog | 2019.05.26 | Translator: AdiosCorea | Report error

Assistants: Dimensional BambooShoot, Jeon Soojin, What, Ham Chicken

Naver Endnote: It’s like a surprise, right?

This week's afterword picture is Rak and Khun. They don't seem to get along well, but... Actually, they don't have a good relationship. Haha. I'm kidding. They get closer through bickering... Now that I think of it, besides Bam, Khun actually gets along despite bickering with everyone. It's probably due to his very strong ego.

This week we had a continuation of Bam's fight.. Akryung seems to know something. He will show up again later. As the attendants of the Elder's servants are starting to get involved the battle, and while the battle becomes more and more complicated, Bam's punches are becoming stronger by the day. He can do this without the Thorn now.. 

Jordan kept up with the outside news from within the Cage, so he seemed to have high expectations for the Slayer Candidate. Please be on the lookout for how their relationship progresses in this battle.

Khun's side of the battle... Doesn't look like Paul came in with all the information. Paul's movement wasn't really teleportation. There needs to be a vague coordinate set up in the first place, and an animal to behave as a receiver must be there.

​And the Michael's laughter at the end (...) personally... I love writing these kinds of characters. If you write them doing something like a psycho, it actually looks plausible (..)

Anyway Khun who just got revived is about to die again... Khun don't do it. You know how hard the other kids worked to try and save you. What will become of Khun's fate....

The weather is becoming hotter these days, In such weather, my energy recovery becomes slower, making it harder to work. I eat this and that while working, but I lack exercise and sit for long hours ^^; also I get stressed easily both during work or outside of work, so it's not easy during the summer. But as all my kiddos risk their lives fighting in the Tower, I don't think it's right for me to live such a comfortable life, or is that not how it works haha. It does concern me, and that can't be helped.

​I was working outside and I saw students studying, and they were all working on their projects hard, so that somehow motivated me to work harder too. I know there are hard moments for everyone, but keep fighting!

Everyone stay healthy, and have a happy week. I will come back next week with Khun who is in trouble. These are days of tribulation for Khun ㅠ

See you next week!

Thank you!

Chapter | Wiki | Blog | 2017.02.26 | Translator: AdiosCorea | Report webtoon translation error

Assistants: Dimensional BambooShoot, Jeon Soojin

Naver Endnote: This Arlen is Arlen in "Hand of Arlen"

This week's request, Harley Quinn Rachel, is from 11syj-nim. A lot of you requested Harley Quinn, but I couldn't do it with a male char ;; I was asked for no freckles, but Rachel without freckles isn't Rachel, so hehe, I added them. Rachel is one of the rare characters in Tower of God who reflects on who she murdered and tries to justify them. A lot of you are against that, some of you pity her character, and I myself see Rachel not as a villain, but the opposite of Bam. She's a character I care about a lot too, despite her getting hate ^^; I have lots to say on Rachel, but I'll say bit by bit as the time goes. Next week's theme is sports. Pick a sport and a character!

This chapter We continued our story of Joe, and we are starting to get Baam's story. Hell Joe is actually a name I based on a meme, I'll let you guys know which one it is later [TN: I'm guessing Hell Joseon, because Korea's harsh social/economic climate]... He'll be more in the spotlight when Bam's part ends, but Hell Joe is a different villain from the ones past. He's quite unique, and although I had told myself that the Floor of Death had to be serious, but Hell Joe had other ideas when he was made ^^;  He's fun, but still weighty. That's the idea.

On Bam's segment... Who Arlene Grace is... wait till next week if you're curious ^^; Probably starting now, we're going to get a few important stories hehe.

Oh, I'm looking for a new assistant. The current assistants are having a lot of complications, and Tower of God has a lot of workload right now ㅠㅠ I alone can't handle all this work at this rate. 

If you are interested, Look in the link for details ^^ [TN: He pays 130만원/month, which is $1150/month. Looking for people in Seoul or Choongchung area ideally, will need to go through 3 months of learning the ropes. Offers the major insurances. 3D modelers preferred.] The areas required are extras, background, lineart and background colouring Please refer to this ^^ 

Well, have a good week, and see you next in the next one. Thank you!

Chapter | Wiki | Blog | 2016.02.21 | Translator: TheCompany | Report webtoon translation error

Assistants: Jang Jisoo, Dimensional BambooShoot, Park Hanbyul

Naver Endnote: Yuri is doing nuclear experiments

Yuri: (sound effects) yab yab yab

Yuri Zahard doing some nuclear experiments.jpg

Hmmm, Yuri’s combat scene continues. Bam and Hoaqin’s conversation… like I said before, both believe that ideals and contradictions can exist, the difference is that Bam is a bit more human?

Just because he is the main character, does not mean that I want to make him more “rational” or “just” than his enemy. Just as much as Bam, I want to draw as much I can from Hoaqin’s perspective.

Next week will be Yuri’s turn. I wonder if her nuclear experiment will succeed. Then have a great night. See you next week ^^

ps. The new Tower of God game is out on android. http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.raiz.tog You can download it here  It’s just been released, so there can be incomplete sections or some bugs, but the game should become more stabilised within a week, so please check it out ^^ I’ll give the game a proper introduction next week. Thank you~!

[TN: The game is discontinued, but you can learn about it here.] 

Chapter | Wiki | Blog | 2020.05.24 | Translator: AdiosCorea | Report error

Assistants: Kim Yunhee, Dimensional BambooShoot, Jeon Soojin, What, Ham Chicken

Naver Endnote: When you watch archery, if the Republic of Korea is written on it, you will feel relieved... Something like that. Fighting Bam. 

Hello everyone, I'll just leave a doodle and a few words today as well.

Today's doodle is Viole. These days, I'm drawing him not as dark as Early S2 Viole... kinda like Bam + Viole. Of course, in terms of strength he's the strongest he's ever been, but unlike when he was fighting Regulars, he now fights High Rankers, so relative to his opponents, he's in the weakest position he's ever been. Of course he's a growing boy who’s also a very quick learner, so we don't know how long that will last ^^; Viole, be it Season 1 or now, is centred around the idea of a quick learner, who absorbs everything well and grows up. Of course now, his core is the Shinsu Manipulation techniques and Floral Butterfly Piercing Technique he learned from his two teachers. As I go through the chapters, people have been pointing out that Bam's been learning too many things, so I'm trying to be more mindful of that. However, this is a concept that's been innate to him since the beginning, and there are plants to organize and consolidate his powers, so I hope you would understand it generously as part of the work's fun to a degree.

​May is almost over. May is actually special month for me, but considering my mental and physical health, I'm simply hoping that I can just put in a bit more Hwaiting and push through to finish each chapter. Hwaiting for everyone hehe.  [TN: Hwaiting is Korean pronunciation of English word “fighting”]

I hope all of you readers also enjoy the remainder of this month, and stay healthy ^^ I will come back next week with Archer Bam.

As always, thank you _ _ See you next week.

Chapter | Wiki | Blog | 2017.07.23 | Translator: AdiosCorea | Report webtoon translation error

Assistants: Dimensional BambooShoot, Jeon Soojin

Naver Endnote: I’ll be back with the next chapter next week. Thank you ^^

Hello everyone, this is the afterwords for Tower of God Season 2 Chapter 259. This is Andorthy pitching in SK Wyverns unifrom, as suggested by 최규연-nim [TN: Choe Gyu-Yun]. I posed her from a reference image and... the team name got covered up keke. Sozzy about that. [TN: intentional misspelling] Personally, I think the old uniforms for the SK team were better, so I drew her in those. (Since I'm so busy these days I can't watch baseball ㅠㅠ). I'll take one more week of sports team uniform + characters. 

A lot of you ask if I'm tired of writing afterwords for every chapter, and it is indeed bothersome and tiring to do it every week, but it feels like I have to do it or else I'll feel empty... or something like that, I guess. It's like taking responsibility for your chapter every week, like a business that has the owner's name in it hehe. 

This week... Hmm... Well, the Floor of Death arc has ended. This chapter was basically the wrap up of an arc. ^^. And setting up anticipation for the next chapter/arc perhaps? 

I can talk more freely now that the arc is over, and I can say that Joe's story, the Gran clan's story, all of the Floor of Death story, was an arc I wanted to make on the theme of "Spiritual death". Although all beings in the Floor of death are immortal [TN: literally deathless 不死], but in exchange for immortality, they lack what Urek describes as "The instinct of all living beings to head to a wider, higher place" Hockney was a pure individual... who still had that instinct. For Joe, his once-pure instinct had become corrupted from that one incident. Perhaps Joe's and Hockney's instincts are different in nature. 

I thought that perhaps that we too have the "dead instinct" described here. I mean, I did name Hell Joe Hell Joe for a reason 

[TN: Hell Joseon, which is a blanket Korean meme to point out all social problems in Korea]

I think the reason why the human instinct to face challenges and adventures disappears, is not the fault of an individual, but of societal and inevitable reasons. "A society where effort means nothing", or "A society only for the top few percent", or "A society where there is unchecked authoritarianism or religious influence"... As I know it (for I haven't died yet), a truly dead world/society is one where a great obstacle or fear killed the "instinct and passion". 

Well, I said it like it was some big thing, but this is really just a story of the world from my level of perspective. I hope you guys don’t take it too seriously. It was intentional that neither Urek nor Bam could save the Floor of Death in this arc, and Garam wanting the Floor of Death to stay as it is, can make her a hypocrite, but I believe that people like Joe and Hockney would emerge in the future. Of course, if they become corrupted, they might become like Joe, but instead of an absolute figure cracking the egg, it should be the society cracking the eggshell from the inside out. That's what I think at least. 

I thought about drawing out the Floor of Death Epilogue, or pushing it aside for later, and I decided later would be better. So the Floor of Death story isn't quite complete yet ^^; 

I guess since this is the end of an arc the afterwords got long ^^;; I always have a lot of thoughts, hehe. It's vital that I learn to how express them better. But I’m still trying to push through and make new, different stories every week, so I hope you guys enjoy that. 

Well everyone, stay healthy and happy, and see you next week with a new arc! ^^ Thank you!

Chapter | Wiki | Blog | 2020.04.26 | Translator: AdiosCorea | Report error

Assistants: Kim Yunhee, Dimensional BambooShoot, Jeon Soojin, What, Ham Chicken

Naver Endnote: Preparations for White’s resurrection: a large amount of souls, spirits of tribes, and the writer’s time

Hello, this is SIU. Today for my doodle, I drew Khun, who got the biggest spotlight despite everyone else doing the fighting. Khun is a character that is very efficient with his movements it seems.

Sometimes, I get asked if Khun's the smartest among the Regulars, and I remember in my setup that while Khun is good with situational awareness, such as planning moves ahead or using his opponents against themselves, Shibisu is much better at studying. Khun's an elite, but Isu seems to have a lot going on for him too.

​The weather is getting hot, but I think this time of the year when it gets really hot, is the best time for people to be outdoors. In Korea, the coronavirus seems to have calmed down, but it worries me that it's still in full swing globally. I hope all of you are staying well.

Actually, I had things to do during the holiday, so I was outside for a bit, and suddenly I got a double nosebleed, which hadn't happened ever in my life before (...) This week, my insomnia's gotten pretty bad to the point where I only got a night or two's worth of proper sleep. My body was already exhausted, but it was a mentally taxing week as well. I bought myself a running machine in my house with a lot of money, so I will try to work out more and try to rejuvenate myself. I will leave the afterwords short here today.

These days, (myself included), I feel like many people want to be happier. I hope that rather than sadness, everyone will find happiness, joy, and health.

​I will be back next week with a now-emboldened White. I hope you enjoy the anime on Wednesday as well.

Thank you Have a good week. Khunight

Chapter | Wiki | Blog | 2018.05.20 | Translator: Bunnyasbanana | Report error

Assistants: Dimensional BambooShoot, Jeon Soojin, What, Ham Chicken

Naver Endnote: How many wins? Looks good.

This is the season 2 chapter 302 postscript for the Tower of God. For today’s postscript drawing, I drew Bam with a bit of monochromatic color.. The two horns represent Red Thryssa and Blue Thryssa’s power.. You can understand it as Bam turning some of their power into his. 

Most of this week’s chapters consisted of battle scenes like last week, so there is not much for me to talk about in the postscript. Other than Bam is getting super super strong..? Something like that Sometimes I get asked about how strong is Bam right now.. But I think it is a lot better for the readers to discuss it,  like talking about the work and sometimes even fighting over it (;;) based on what’s shown, than for the author to define it Anyway.. aside from Bam’s current abilities, Bam’s potential is abnormal in the first place, So I do expect to show more of Bam getting stronger and stronger. Although it would be far-fetched to say Bam is stronger than 10 Family Heads for now.. Who knows, since he keeps growing stronger ha ha.

Like how last week’s chapter ended, this week as well Bam’s strength is being shown as his skills are getting upgraded, So in that way, maybe some of you will feel this is uniquely interesting. Personally, among Bam’s skills I want to learn the Blue Oar the most. I am not even good with those high rides in the amusement park, but still, sometimes I imagine myself flying over the sky.. I think it would be fun if I can have a flying technique. Of course, in these days, it is quite possible to get shot down as well though ^^;; 

So in the following week, I will be back with Bam who still has hard time controlling his overflowing power I hope you to be always happy, healthy, and lucky See you next week~ Thank you ^^