History Webcomic / TowerOfGod

** Type 7: [[ShroudedInMyth Phantamium]], other [[AuthorPowers Axes]]

** In Part 3: Bam vs Varagarv; Bam vs Akryung; Khun vs Michael; Baylord Paul vs Culden and Khun; Baylord Yama vs Paul and Baylord Doom; Yasratcha vs a weakened Yama; Kallavan and Khane vs guards and Tonki; Bam vs guards of the wall; White vs Bam and Aria first round.

** Bam vs White. Bam is clearly outclassed by White, but he is still able to give a pretty decent fight, dodging and countering White's attacks along with catching him by surprise and forcing him to defend, and even manages to break his normal sword, forcing White to go all-out and use a particularly powerful sword to defeat him.

* WitchSpecies: Hwaryun belongs to the Red Witch clan, a people that tend to give birth to the supernaturally gifted Guides.

An anime adaptation produced by Creator/TMSEntertainment began airing April 1st, 2020 and can be viewed [[https://www.crunchyroll.com/tower-of-god here]].

** The scene immediately after Bam's attempt to kill Hwaryun shows him unwittingly channeling an enormous amount of Shinsu in clear view of several other characters. Yet none of the other Regulars acknowledge this afterwards, in the sense of treating Bam as much more than ordinary -- only the test administrators talk about it. In the original, the scene is subtle rather than flashy, with the Shinsu merely slashing at Hwaryun (also better explaining the kind of injury she gets in both versions). As Lero-Ro says, it's not that powerful, but it breaks the rules of the Tower, especially with Bam not having the Administrator's permission to use Shinsu. Thus, it makes sense only for those in the know to suspect Bam is highly anomalous.

** Ha Jinsung in all his slightly rumpled glory is unhappy he's been left out [[spoiler:particularly as he pushes Viole's clothes at him every season.]] He's maybe not ''quite'' [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold as much of a bad boy]] as he'd have you believe, but good luck trying to find that out without getting flattened by his sharply shaped shirtness.

* ArtEvolution: There has being a growing degree of consistency and increase of detailed drawing over the course of the story.

* AsceticAesthetic: Many testing areas are big, blank and white. Makes sense though, given that the fights we've seen are often hard on the testing area and they likely need to replace parts or even the entire arena often.

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: In a sense. Most of the authority figures are Rankers who gained strength by climbing the [[PlaceOfPower Tower]] for several hundred years and wield the unlimited force that is Shinsu. Those who have authority and have never been Regulars and therefore Rankers are equally incredible, as seen with Repelista Jahad.

* BigGuy: Rak Wraithraiser [[spoiler:even when he gets magically chibified]], Kurdan, Ghost, and Kang Horyang. [[spoiler:Sir Aka]] appears to have been this for the train survivors from six-hundred years ago.

* CharacterNameAlias: [[spoiler:Bam is renamed as Jyu Viole Grace]] and Rachel is suddenly Michelle Light. It is implied that Ja Wangnan's name is also just an alias. Finally there is Wave Controller instructor Yuga, [[spoiler:who's real name and identity is the Royal Assassin agent Lo Po Bia Ren.]] In fact many Regulars use aliases when entering the Inner Tower.

** In order to get the then-broke/starving Endorsi to sign Hatz's friendship list, Bam provides an [[{{FoodAsBribe}} eel bowl]] placed on a platform connected to a pulley, that's dangled [[{{MotivationOnAStick}} just out of her reach]]; if she signs the paper, she gets to have it. This set up holds despite the fact that there aren't any places in the room to hang a pulley and rope from. [[spoiler:But that's fine, since the pulley is made of pure suspendium and will float in even ambient shinsoo, as Quant later finds out after jumping off a ledge with Khun no longer in tow.]]
** After Yuri and Evan semi-illegally board the Hell Train, get a rough idea of what's going on, and then make a bet the conductor regarding the outcome of the match between Bam and Hoaqin, they sit back and watch the plot onfold on a screen with a [[{{PassThePopcorn}} bag of popcorn, cup of soda, and pair of retro 3D Glasses.]] This is despite the fact that the screen does not display red-blue layered 3D. [[spoiler:But that's fine, since the glasses are actually recorders connected to Repellista's Opera Lighthouse, allowing them to report what's going on, and also preventing the FUG Ranker from just using his rights as the conductor to kick them out of the train.]]

** Bam and Karaka vs Kallavan. While they are obviously outmatched, they did manage to inflict some noteworthy damage on him by working together and defend themse;ves from most of his attacks, ultimately delaying him enough for White to arrive.
** Lo Po Bia Yorayo, a division commander of the new Fourth Army Corp, manages to block White's sword due to having abnormal experiments backing him up and deflect a decent amount of White's attacks before White gets serious and his swordplay overwhelms him. White even admits Yorayo was a pretty decent challenge.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The character designs of early Season 1 comes off a lot more creative where it seems like people could appear as anything from humans, to monsterous humanoids and animals, or even gooey blobs. As the series continued on however, the vast majority of newly introduced characters are just human-like designs. So much so that the more animal-like original characters like Rak and Anak start looking really out-of-place.

* FloatingContinent: Many flying cities, castles and testing areas, making for absolutely wonderful SceneryPorn. Most notably Evankhell's testing center, Repelista's castle, the Sea of Clouds on the 25th, and the Winged Cities of the 21st Floor.

* FullContactMagic: Several complex Shinsu techniques require this, for instance Quant's freezing technique, usually only work on full contact.
* FunctionalMagic: Shinsu is life, it runs the world, it fuels the world, it shapes the world and it is for all intents and purposes the world. Through Shinsu, anything is possible, amazing feats, destructive powers even creation of life. The people of the tower live and literally breathe Shinsu, since it makes up their atmosphere instead of air. A powerful Shinsu user can create something from nothing and turn something into nothing. The use of it can either tear your body apart and kill you, or it can make you immortal. Anything is possible with it.

* GenocideBackfire: Yasratcha tries to make the entire canine people commit PsychicAssistedSuicide, figuring that any survivors will be too terrified and traumitized to continue posing any threat to Jahad. Instead, the survivors are enraged and rally to try to figure out a counter to his control over them and get revenge against the Jahad Empire.

* HiddenPurposeTest: The Doors. In order to pass the test one must open any door within 5 minutes. The purpose of this test was to not determine whether the hints that were given were correct or not, but rather who would make a decision and take action.

** This becomes downplayed later on with the notable additions Michael, Quaetro, Traveler, Arie Inieta, and Evankhell, although the vast majority human designs are light skinned.

* InstantWinCondition: Almost each test has one of these.

* MissedTheCall: [[spoiler:Inverted. At first it seemed like Rachel was the one invited to the Tower, but it turns out she was not invited either.]]

** For starters, Rak Wraithraiser (or alternatively, Wreckraiser), and Ghost, meaning evil ghost. In series, the title Irregular instills fear into everybody due to guys like Phantaminum and Urek Mazino. Also, carrying the name of Jahad certifies that you are a really dangerous person.

* WorldOfBadass: The Tower is filled with strong opponents trying to make their way up, an teeming with monsters to fight and opponents to test their strength against. You'll rarely find someone who isn't willing to fight here.

* MechanicallyUnusualClass: The Lightbearer is a unique position insofar as the Aquatic-themed classes of the Tower go, not really having an RPG equivalent like the Fisherman ([[CloseRangeCombatant Fighter]]), Spearbearer ({{Archer|Archetype}}), Scout ([[DesignatedPointMan Rogue]]), or Wave Controller ([[OurMagesAreDifferent Mage]]). Moreover, its easily the most complicated position, as Lighthouses effectively function as a combination of [[SurveillanceAsThePlotDemands surveillance system]], [[{{Magitek}} supercomputer]], and [[BagOfHolding box of holding]].

** Type 2: [[InstantExpert Bam]], [[TheProudElite Khun]], [[BondCreature Sunwoo, Verdi]], [[MadeOfIron Wangnan]], [[MageMarksman Akraptor]], [[FragileSpeedster Edin Dan, Vespa]], [[GlassCannon Prince]], [[KungFuClairvoyance Boro]], [[{{Seers}} Hwaryun, Hockney]], [[AmplifierArtifact Yura]]
** Type 3: [[CuteBruiser Anak]], [[WaifFu Endorsi]], [[SquishyWizard Lauroe, Iruroe]], [[LivingWeapon Horyang, Cassano, Beta]], [[ShockAndAwe Ran]], [[PlayingWithFire Yeon, Quaetro]], [[SuperhumanTransfusion Baragrav, Buelsar]], [[AngelicTransformation Raguel]], [[PowerUpFood Bero Bero]], [[SoulPower Daniel]], [[WreathedInFlames Aka]], [[GreenThumb Sachi]], [[SwordBeam Inieta]], [[PowerParasite Alphine]]

** Type -1: [[spoiler:Emily]]
** Type 0: [[ManipulativeBastard Rachel]], [[TeamMom Goseng]], [[TheBabyOfTheBunch Miseng]], [[TheSneakyGuy Traveller]]
** Type 1: [[GuileHero Shibisu]], [[EverythingsBetterWithSamurai Hatz]], [[BoisterousBruiser Rak]], [[TheResenter Hoh]], [[KnifeNut Serena]], [[BadassNormal Most F-Rank Regulars]]
** Type 2: [[InstantExpert Bam]], [[TheProudElite Khun]], [[MadeOfIron Wangnan]], [[MageMarksman Akraptor]], [[FragileSpeedster Edin Dan]], [[GlassCannon Prince]], [[KungFuClairvoyance Boro]], [[{{Seers}} Hwaryun, Hockney]]
** Type 3: [[CuteBruiser Anak]], [[WaifFu Endorsi]], [[SquishyWizard Lauroe]], [[LivingWeapon Horyang, Cassano, Beta]], [[ShockAndAwe Ran]], [[PlayingWithFire Yeon]], [[SoulPower Daniel]], [[GreenThumb Sachi]], [[SwordBeam Inieta]], [[PowerParasite Alphine]]
** Type 4: [[DealWithTheDevil Hoaqin]], [[LivingShadow Shadow!Reflejo]], [[TheBeastmaster Kaiser, Ren]], [[StealthExpert Quant]], [[BadassTeacher Lero-Ro]], [[SpectacularSpinning Mule Love]], [[spoiler:[[VirtualGhost Data!Zahard, Data!Eduan]]]], [[PersonOfMassDestruction Normal Rankers]]
** Type 5: [[WarriorPrincess Maschenny, Yuri]], [[BattleButler Evan]], [[ResurrectiveImmortality Karaka]], [[KungFuWizard Jinsung]], [[AlmightyJanitor Hansung]], [[FusionDance White]], [[SealedInsideAPersonShapedCan Hell Joe]], [[NighInvulnerable Kallavan]], [[DimensionLord Evankell]], [[PhysicalGod High Rankers]]

** Type 2: [[InstantExpert Bam]], [[TheProudElite Khun]], [[MadeOfIron Wangnan]], [[MageMarksman Akraptor]], [[FragileSpeedster Edin Dan]], [[GlassCannon Prince]], [[KungFuClairvoyance Boro]], [[{{Seers}} Hwaryun, Hockney]], [[EmpoweredBadassNormal Most D and E-Rank Regulars]]
** Type 3: [[CuteBruiser Anak]], [[WaifFu Endorsi]], [[SquishyWizard Lauroe]], [[LivingWeapon Horyang, Cassano, Beta]], [[ShockAndAwe Ran]], [[PlayingWithFire Yeon]], [[SoulPower Daniel]], [[GreenThumb Sachi]], [[SwordBeam Inieta]], [[PowerParasite Alphine]], [[{{Heavyworlder}} Most B and C-Rank Regulars]]
** Type 4: [[DealWithTheDevil Hoaqin]], [[LivingShadow Shadow!Reflejo]], [[TheBeastmaster Kaiser, Ren]], [[StealthExpert Quant]], [[BadassTeacher Lero-Ro]], [[SpectacularSpinning Mule Love]], [[spoiler:[[VirtualGhost Data!Zahard, Data!Eduan]]]], [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower Most A-Rank Regulars]], [[PersonOfMassDestruction Normal Rankers]]

** Type 3: [[CuteBruiser Anak]], [[WaifFu Endorsi]], [[SquishyWizard Lauroe]], [[LivingWeapon Horyang, Cassano, Beta]], [[ShockAndAwe Ran]], [[PlayingWithFire Yeon]], [[SoulPower Daniel]], [[SwordBeam Inieta]], [[PowerParasite Alphine]], [[{{Heavyworlder}} Most B and C-Rank Regulars]]
** Type 4: [[GreenThumb Sachi]], [[DealWithTheDevil Hoaqin]], [[LivingShadow Shadow!Reflejo]], [[TheBeastmaster Kaiser, Ren]], [[StealthExpert Quant]], [[BadassTeacher Lero-Ro]], [[SpectacularSpinning Mule Love]], [[spoiler:[[VirtualGhost Data!Zahard, Data!Eduan]]]], [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower Most A-Rank Regulars]], [[PersonOfMassDestruction Normal Rankers]]

** The Mysterious Arcade chapter references various games, one of which was [[BlandNameProduct blatantly]] ''VideoGame/StarCraft''. The same chapter also brought us a literal Death Star straight from ''StarWars''.

** Type 1: [[GuileHero Shibisu]], [[EverythingsBetterWithSamurai Hatz]], [[BoisterousBruiser Rak]], [[TheResenter Hoh]], [[KnifeNut Serena]]
** Type 2: [[TheHero Bam]], [[TheProudElite Khun]], [[MadeOfIron Wangnan]], [[MageMarksman Akraptor]], [[FragileSpeedster Edin Dan]], [[GlassCannon Prince]], [[KungFuClairvoyance Boro]], [[{{Seers}} Hwaryun, Hockney]]
** Type 3: [[CuteBruiser Anak]], [[WaifFu Endorsi]], [[SquishyWizard Lauroe]], [[LivingWeapon Horyang, Cassano, Beta]], [[ShockAndAwe Ran]], [[PlayingWithFire Yeon]], [[SoulPower Daniel]], [[SwordBeam Inieta]], [[PowerParasite Alphine]]
** Type 4: [[GreenThumb Sachi]], [[DealWithTheDevil Hoaqin]], [[TheBeastmaster Kaiser, Ren]], [[StealthExpert Quant]], [[BadassTeacher Lero-Ro]], [[LivingShadow Reflejo]], [[SpectacularSpinning Mule Love]], [[spoiler:[[VirtualGhost Data!Zahard, Data!Eduan]]]], [[PersonOfMassDestruction Normal Rankers]]

* SwordAlmighty: Explicitly subverted. While a few people use them, swords become increasingly useless in the higher reaches of the Tower due to high concentrations of dense water-like Shinsu, which replaces air in the Tower and makes broad-bladed weapons unwieldy. Instead, the default weapon-type of the Tower is the needle. That said, the only [[RankInflation S+ Rank]] weapon in the entire Tower, the White Oar, is still a sword. Justified however in that it belongs to the strongest Family Head, Arie Hon.

** Regulars like Khun and Hatz are in their late teens while their good friend Shibisu is in his mid-20s and Bam is probably several hundred years old.

* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Anaak is 300, Yuri twice her age. All Rankers are an extreme case of OlderThanTheyLook, up to TimeAbyss levels in some cases.
* RedBaron: High Rankers have sobriquets that are officially issued out by the Ranking Administration Office, and the titles in question are usually in reference to the High Ranker's battle Position or other aspects. Some turn them the names down, though.
* RedHerring: For a while, you are to think that either Hwaryun, Aguero, or Endorsi is manipulating Hoh. This is a rather a common ploy of SIU.

** Type 1: [[GuileHero Shibisu]], [[MasterSwordsman Hatsu]], [[BoisterousBruiser Rak]], [[TheResenter Hoh]], [[KnifeNut Serena]]

** Lo Po Bia Yorayo, a division commander of the new Fourth Army Corp, manages to block White's sword due to having abnormal experiments backing him up and White even admits Yorayo was a pretty decent challenge.

* DarkestHour: The end of Season 2 does not bode well for the main crew. [[spoiler:Khun is taken out of commission on account of Rachel's explosion spell, all of the main characters are wanted dead or alive by Jahad's forces and are now fugitives, and Bam seemingly loses his mentor figure Hansung at the battle at the last station. While they strive to pick themselves up from these problems, this is the lowest Bam has felt since Rachel's betrayal.]]

** Jahad used to do something (long before the start of the story, he conquered Tower up to the 134th Floor with his 10 companions, who founded the Ten Great Families), but now he's resting.

* HumansAreWhite: Only three named human characters in the first arc(Quant, Kurdan, and Shibisu- who's varying shades of tan) of a rather large cast are not light-skinned. Granted, the light skin in question is up against an AmazingTechnicolorPopulation, which includes shades of gray, yellow, and ''purple'' at times.

** After Khun's epic trolling of the other regulars during the Crown Game, every participant there resolves to take out his team first before resuming fighting each other. [[spoiler:Except of one of them... which Khun already planned for.]]

** During the end of the Hidden Floor arc, a major one occurs between [[spoiler:the the saved data of Jahad and Khun Eduan when they were D-Rank Regulars, against the data of ''[[{{BigBad}} current Jahad]]'' in order to save Bam so he can give the current Jahad a real challenge later on. While it doesn't do jack, current Jahad lampshades how unexpected it is.]]

* EnsembleCast: While the story mainly focuses around Bam, Rachel, Aguero, and Wangnan, there are dozens of other characters, all with great characterization and well-fleshed out backstories.
* EquivalentExchange: Averted. Shinsu exists everywhere inside the Tower, even in closed off spaces, and anyone with the skill (and contract) can manipulate shinsu.

* ItsAllUpstairsFromHere: The plot. The characters climbing the Tower of God want to reach its top since whatever it they desire will be there.

--> '''Lo Po Bia Ren''': Th- Threaten? Of course not. I'm simply worry about the future of Jahad…

** Khun himself falls victim to a inverted to this in the door game: [[spoiler:he was made to that he was being conned, when that wasn't the case at all. The information given to him was spot-on.]]

* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: After Bam has secured victory and ensured that everyone involved in the Hell Train arc survived, Yuri catches him and tells him to take a break. This is said at the end of the chapter, where SIU announced his two week break from the series.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: Here's a run down of characters that play a rather important role: 25th Bam/Jue Viole Grace, Rachel, Headon, Evan Edroch, Ha Yuri Jahad, Black March, Rak Wraithraiser, Khun Aguero Agnes, Lero-Ro, Anaak Jahad, Hatz, Yu Hansung, Shibisu, Yuga/[[spoiler:Lo Po Bia Ren]], Quant Blitz, Serena Linnen, Hoh, Endorsi Jahad, Ghost, Hwaryun, Paracule, Kurdan, Jaina Repelista Jahad, Ja Wangnan, Kim Lurker, Nya Nia, Yeo Miseng, Yeo Goseng, Kang Horyang, Hon Akraptor, Prince, Yeon Ehwa, Mule Love, Rapdevil, Nobic, Khun Ran, Edin Dan, Ha Jinsung, Urek Mazino, Karaka, Beniamino Cassano, Sia Sia, and more to come.
* LoadsAndLoadsOfRaces: Besides normal humans there are the Red Witches and Silver-Haired Dwarves, the Da'an tribe, which are a docile tribe of giants with eight eyeballs around their head, at least 3 kinds of {{Horned Humanoid}}s, 3 kinds of {{Winged Humanoid}}s, 3 kinds of LizardFolk, several races with eggheads and varying numbers of eyes, shape shifters, shrimp people, all kinds of AmazingTechnicolourPopulation, {{Monstrous Humanoid}}s in general, giant slimes, dog people, {{Puppeteer Parasite}}s, lava eaters, and many more.

* ParentalAbandonment: All over the place. Especially Bam, who never knew his parents, and many children born in the middle section of the Tower, where child birth is prohibited. Many of them end up being lab specimen for unpleasant experiments.

* PeopleOfHairColor: All of the Ten Great Families act on this principle. Being clans with members that are immortal, it leads to thousands of direct descendants inheriting the hair colors of the clan leaders (i.e Arie family members are white/silver haired, the Khun clan has powder blue hair and eyes, etc.), although there are rare exceptions. The races known for Guiding are also noted for their distinct hair colors, with Hwaryun's family being nicknamed "Red Witches" and Evan's people being nicknamed "Silver Dwarves".

* PunnyName: Bam can mean Night or Chestnut. Either how nightmarish he can appear to other or how how cute he is that you want to eat him right up.
* PyrrhicVictory: These kind of victories are handed out like candy -- or, just murky ones where you wind up unsure if a clear "loss" or "gain" was ever possible from the start. Every last win has a price (even the apparently easy-looking ones), and many of them are steep to the point of only looking like a win on paper, particularly if you don't scrutinize either the build-up, the background shenanigans or the long-term practical or psychological effects on the "winners". It even manages to hand out the inverse, of course: Pyrrhic Losses happen to major or majorish characters where, although they technically lost, they won the mid-game (Ran and Nobic) or got a surprise prize from it (Lurker -- although it's unlikely to do him much practical good; Serena is a better example -- [[spoiler:she's no longer in the game, but what she learned may give her a better life than she had before]]). Bam manages to practically be the AnthropomorphicPersonification of "Pyrrhic Victory", though.

** The Regulars in Season 1. The strong-willed girl in a wheel chair. The distrustful outlawed royal. The kind-hearted blood-thirsty alligator. The butt-monkey, boastful, goofy strategist. The anti-social girl on a revenge-trip. The mysterious silent giant. The loyal dual-wielding swordsman. The KnightInShiningArmor. His animal-controlling admirer. The power-house that powernaps. Permanently. The cold-blooded princess that came from rags to riches. The sneaky, arrogant coward. The reptilian sniper. And that Russian-Mexican muscle-devil. Weird bunch.

** Type 3: [[CuteBruiser Anak]], [[WaifFu Endorsi]], [[SquishyWizard Lauroe]], [[LivingWeapon Horyang, Cassano, Beta]], [[ShockAndAwe Ran]], [[PlayingWithFire Yeon]], [[SoulPower Daniel]], [[SwordBeam Inieta]]
** Type 4: [[GreenThumb Sachi]], [[DealWithTheDevil Hoaqin]], [[TheBeastmaster Kaiser, Ren]], [[SmugSuper Quant]], [[TheLastDJ Lero-Ro]], [[TheChessmaster Hansung]], [[PersonOfMassDestruction Normal Rankers]]
** Type 5: [[PrettyPrincessPowerhouse Yuri]], [[ResurrectiveImmortality Karaka]], [[KungFuWizard Jinsung]], [[FusionDance White]], [[SealedInsideAPersonShapedCan Hell Joe]], [[NighInvulnerable Kallavan]], [[DimensionLord Evankell]], [[PhysicalGod High Rankers]]

* WaveMotionGun: Jahad keeps 10 superweapons called Cannon Salutes. His empire officially declares war on FUG by using one to fire a massive beam at one of their highest ranking members.

* OnlySmartPeopleMayPass: One of the four solutions to the Door Test. Though that makes the "only" part a little inaccurate considering the other options were [[ThePowerOfApathy apathy]], [[LeapOfFaith faith]], and [[StrategySchmategy gambling]].
* OnlyTheWorthyMayPass: The concept of the Tower. What constitutes one's worth is never explained (and may not even be understood), the one thing that all Regulars and Irregulars have in common is there exceptional desire to reach the top, at least at first.

* GreyAndGrayMorality: Sure, one could say that the people who betray and manipulate are the worst guys, but every single one of them has reasons that make them NotSoDifferent. At the same time, the protagonists have to constantly crush the dreams of other people to advance. One could say that the black would be the system with its inherent injustice, but then one would have to concede that the great conspiracy in the background has a noble cause. Also, the system has increased the chances of achieving one's dreams by several powers of ten, and many of its members are pretty nice guys.

The webtoon can been seen [[http://comic.naver.com/webtoon/list.nhn?titleId=183559&no=33&weekday=mon here]] (in Korean) and officially translated into English [[http://www.webtoons.com/episodeList?titleNo=95 here]].

* BackStory: While characters like Anaak and Serena have backstories that are dealt with fairly early, the four main characters Bam, Rachel, Khun, and Wangnan all have back stories that only slowly trickle through. Then there's the massive history of the Tower itself which has barely been explained.

* BeastMan: The canine people are a tribe of humans with dog ears and the ability to use various transformations for combat. The original three are brothers who don't know their own origins. Though unable to breed personally, one of them, Lord Doom, had the ability to share his power with others, transforming ordinary humans into new members of the pack. [[spoiler:However, this also allowed him to make those he transformed obey his orders, even suicidal ones. When he agreed to fight for [=FUG=], one of his brothers, Lord Yama, disagreed with using mind controlled soldiers and launched a coup. Lord Yama imprisoned his brother and continues to share that brother's power to continue the tribe. If Lord Doom were to ever die, the power would fade away with each generation and eventually leave the canine people little different from baseline humans. But Lord Yama still considers that better than the alternative if Lord Doom were to ever get free.]]

* CoolBoat: The ''Archimedes'', one of Workshop's five flying ships that also serves as the sight of the Workshop Battle, just looks plain awesome. The insides aren't bad either, being a luxury-class ship with high quality food and entertainment.

* GreyAndGrayMorality: Sure, one could say that the people who betray and manipulate are the worst guys, but every single one of them has reasons that make then NotSoDifferent. At the same time, the protagonists have to constantly crush the dreams of other people to advance. One could say that the black would be the system with it's inherent injustice, but then one would have to concede that the great conspiracy in the back ground has a noble cause. Also, the system has increased the chances of achieving ones dreams by several powers of ten, and many of it's members are pretty nice guys.

* HumansAreWhite: Only three named human characters (Quant, Kurdan, and Shibisu- who's varying shades of tan) of a rather large cast are not light skinned. Granted, the light skin in question is up against an AmazingTechnicolorPopulation, which includes shades of gray, yellow, and ''purple'' at times.

** Khun Ran comes across as a straightforward expy of [[Manga/HunterXHunter Killua]].

** During the hidden floor arc, Endorsi does the teleportation of Goku

* SmokeShield: After Lauroe hits Anaak with a huge Shinsu Blast during the Crown game; after Hong Chunhwa hit Endorsi with a SwordBeam during Second Floor test; and after Ja Wangnan bombards Viole with Shinsu Bombs.

* SpectacularSpinning: Circle techniques, which are set around the premise of spinning the shinsu into circles or spheres.

* TheStraightAndArrowPath: Subverted in that Levin and his sniper rifle take down the only bowman of the series, and double subverted in that the [[JavelinThrower Spear Bearers]] overpower his rifle quickly because while the strength of an arm can grow, a guns fire power can't and in higher Floors, the shinsu is more viscous.

* SuperPoweredEvilSide: [[spoiler:Why Baylord Paul doesn't use his transformation powers; he goes berserk whenever he does.]] He still gives it a try in when fighting a Family branch leader.

** Type 3: [[CuteBruiser Anak]], [[WaifFu Androssi]], [[SquishyWizard Lauroe]], [[LivingWeapon Horyang, Cassano, Beta]], [[ShockAndAwe Ran]], [[PlayingWithFire Yeon]], [[SoulPower Daniel]], [[SwordBeam Inieta]]

* TeenGenius:
** Yeon, Aguero, and Hatz are not even 20 before gaining reputations among Regulars in the Tower.

** Crosses with MortonsFork: The bet with the factions of FUG. [[spoiler:Except, Karaka's side was deliberately playing for a heads they die; tails, they die situation from the start: the most that Bam could hope for was to fend.]]

* WaifFu: Most of the ActionGirl characters in the series. Because Shinsu can give characters superhuman physicality MusclesAreMeaningless in the Tower.

* YinYangBomb: FUG's signature move, ''Hwajeop Gongpasul/Floral Butterfly Piercing Technique'', which applies the simultaneous use of Flow Control and Reverse Control, making an extremely devastating close range attack that doesn't harm the wielder if performed properly.

** Type 2: [[TheHero Bam]], [[TheProudElite Khun]], [[MadeOfIron Wangnan]], [[MageMarksman Akraptor]], [[FragileSpeedster Edin Dan]], [[GlassCannon Prince]], [[KungFuClairvoyance Boro]], [[{{Seer}} Hwaryun, Hockney]]

* FailedASpotCheck: There was one on the Floor of Testing. Not only did the testers gloss over ''two'' Irregulars, they also missed a member of the Ten Great Families, a Princess of Jahad, and a girl using the name of one of the dead Princesses. That's a pretty big whoopsie, considering all the havoc they were able to make during the tests.

* OnlySmartPeopleMayPass: One of the four solutions to the Door Test. Though that makes the "only" part a little inaccurate considering the other options were apathy, faith, and gambling.

* OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame: Evan and Alumik are Silver Dwarves, who are known for their short stature, silver hair, and being Guides.

* SecretPolice: The Royal Enforcement Division is an Internal Affairs Agency that overlooks the loyalty of Jahad's followers from the shadows, especially his princesses. Ren, the youngest member, is strong enough two wipe the floor with the two strongest fighters of Bam's clout (though since it's a Ranker against Regulars, that's auromatic).

* SecretPolice: The Royal Enforcement Division is an Internal Affairs Agency that overlooks the loyalty of Jahad's followers from the shadows, especially his princesses. Ren, the youngest member, is strong enough two wipe the floor with the two strongest fighters of Bam's clout.

The comic went on a long hiatus due to the author's health problems after chapter 485 in June 2020; it was [[https://www.reddit.com/r/TowerofGod/comments/n64crw/its_official_tog_is_coming_back_may_16th_in_korean/ confirmed]] that it would return on May 17, 2021.

The comic went on a long hiatus due to the author's health problems after chapter 485 in June 2020; it was [[https://www.reddit.com/r/TowerofGod/comments/n64crw/its_official_tog_is_coming_back_may_16th_in_korean/ confirmed]] that it would return on May 17,2021.

The comic went on a long hiatus due to the author's health problems after chapter 485 in June 2020; in May 2021, it was [[https://twitter.com/webtoonofficial/status/1388629304603398148 confirmed]] that it would return in summer 2021.