so tell me what is it that you desire what is it that you desire from the tower
when watching this anime no other quote comes to mind quite like this sentence and
no other word rings in my head like the word desire no other word to me best describes the
show to me desire is the motion of longing or hoping for person object or outcome the same
sense is expressed by the words such as craving when a person desires something or someone
their sense of longing is excited by the enjoyment or the thought of the item or person and they want
to take actions to obtain their goal the tower of god is like a tale that i've seen but haven't seen
before it's a tested formula for success where you bring together hundreds of would-be random people
risking their lives for a treasure a reward but this reward having endless possibilities to where
it fits everyone's needs the characters fight for the chance to climb the tower
this mysterious omnipotent treasure holds the riches of all the world but similarly has the
value in which we describe one piece gilgamesh's gate of babylon or the dragon balls but the
treasure here is more or less the psychological power it holds rather than the object itself but
what makes this a bit different is the amount of planning and reverse narrative being thrown to get
it here we have the would-be winner of all this helping out the quote-unquote weakest character
in our standard protagonist protecting him from everything including the girl he loves to his
actual trials to only find out that the girl he's been searching for all this time has been planning
to kill him from the very beginning which switches a normal ally and enemy trope making you distrust
the people you should be trusting they say you can literally become a god so you expect to see some
betrayal but what also flips the anime on its head is seeing the people who are at the top you would
assume to see the most violent and desperate people at the top but you only see children
and young people only a certain amount of people were allowed to climb the tower so it's easy to
see that killing people off is the implied method to getting to your goal but that's not necessarily
it just like in life there is never just one answer and the rules of any game can be changed
our desires can drive us insane and make us believe we are back into a corner pushing us to do
anything but at the end of the day those choices are all our own and you can't be manipulated into
doing something horrible we make that choice for ourselves every single one of them the show isn't
trying to shame the character for doing this but rather make those characters take those next steps
to making that decision hurry up and die already so let's talk about the next subject being
who is the true antagonist antagonist a person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone
or something an adversary for most the season there is no out front antagonist or villain
in other shows there is a laid out villain who is an enemy that our hero has to overcome to succeed
historically these villains are just evil for the sake of being evil but there is no such character
here in plain sight and if you guess who's the antagonist you'd still be wrong bam goes on a
quest to find the girl finds out that he can have all the riches of the world and he wants none of
it makes new allies along the way who all have their own reason for being there but are somewhat
willing to also cooperate and help him with his quest because they like him he then makes more
friends and trains but there's nothing new exactly happening here at least not from bam's perspective
there is no character arc or change in bam but if you start to look away from bam you'll notice who
the real protagonist actually is and and by that effect the antagonist now let's get to the heart
of the story who is the main character of tower of god well that's obvious isn't it it's bam
he's the character we see most in the journey until it has to be him no it's [ __ ] he's
always winning and developing as a character and showing off his skills and he did that one
cool thing with crown wait no it can't be you wanna say joking right it's rachel how could be
rachel well let me just tell you a story i wasn't the best at remembering things and i'm still not
but there was one thing my film professor taught me that i don't think i'll ever forget this being
characters more importantly what makes you the protagonist the protagonist isn't the person
who has the most screen time but the reason why the journey is happening in the first place tell
me why is this story happening what is the reason for it bam is climbing the tower to be with rachel
rachel was climbing to see the stars and this kind of struck me at the beginning of the journey
where they mentioned bam but they also mentioned rachel the same way right next to him actually
at the top exists everything in this world and all of it can be yours
you can become a god this is the story of rachel the girl who climbed the tower so
she could see the stars and bomb the boy who needed nothing except her this is their end
and their beginning along the journey it's obvious to see that bam is the center of all the attention
that he's able to bring people together that he's the one with all these power-ups and hidden power
while rachel is alone in the dark looking at bam jealously wanting what he has the truth is that
bam is actually the antagonist and you must be thinking that's not right the antagonist is the
villain bam can't possibly be the villain well the role of the antagonist does not equal villain it's
just normally played by the villain think about it like this the role of the antagonist is to stand
the way of protagonists being the blocking point of their happiness and who is standing in front
of bam to stop his goal no one not the guardians not the snake girl not really any of the other
characters along the way he quote unquote has an easy time because his goal isn't to really
climb the tower or to make a lot of money but to just see rachel this is his motivation throughout
the anime and he makes it abundantly clear even as much as you might call him a simp he still is like
i said bam after seeing it through rachel's eyes has no goal but to just make her happy
if he was meant to be the protagonist of the story this story would be over and he would
have gotten the girl and he would have gone and this story would have ended but by the end of the
story rachel pushes him off believing that she's finally won that she's killed him receiving her
false happiness when we look at all the characters and map out their goals this makes sense i mean
there's an obvious correlation between the rest of the characters and getting along with bam but he
still is not the reason they continue to climb the tower like i said at the beginning they want to
honor his memory by taking her along with them but remembering they all have their own reason for
being there and they would have continued without him and that's just the structure of the show
we all want something and the tower will provide it now finally let's talk about something that's
been thrown out in the anime and something i bet we're all wondering what makes someone worthy
now to finally answer this question what makes somebody worthy throughout the series we
see it time and time again it mentioned people being killed pushed aside for the more talented
people and told time and time again that they're not special because in a lot of ways it's very
in a lot of ways that's a very negative message to send and reason to feel a little bit bad for
rachel and other people like her getting lost in the world the anime says how luck is the
biggest factor into getting to the top which is very true in bam's case but what i think
puts him in his position is not his actual luck but him not wavering his convictions
funny enough the thoughts and ideas that rachel taught him in the cave are the same ideas and
thoughts that are getting him to this point i feel like no better scene shows this to me than
when the tsunami is being thrown at him and he doesn't move or get pushed back no matter what
the rules of the tower dictates he just doesn't budge he doesn't care this narrative of no matter
how hard you try you can't do something comes up he simply doesn't care and keeps walking and he
doesn't let it affect him that's why people like him you're not going to get some made-up answer of
our layered reasoning response from him he simply does what he can do and tries at it
you're simply just not going to move him i promised i'd take you to the tower one day
we can look at the stars now for my final thoughts on the anime the story felt more relaxing than
a show about killing people to get to the top usually would there were some twists
but the characters stayed pretty much in their own world the story isn't heavily reliant on
just one character like i said with it actually having plenty of backstory and world building
they can add the music sound are supplying you with a lot of quality songs but none of them
are like platinum hits like while watching this anime i didn't really want to skip
which is a big enough which is honestly good enough because a lot of animes i happen to
just skip openings that i think are bad so for me not wanting to really skip is a big
plus for me so i graded all null at an 8.3 out of 10. well i hope you guys enjoyed the video
comment down below like subscribe all of the good stuff i really did enjoy watching tower of god
it has some really good moments and i was able to actually binge it all in like a day or two so yeah
if you have any more suggestions on anime's review please comment down below and let me know as well
as tell me what do you think was your favorite part or what do you think you just disagree with
me on did you disagree on the antagonist part protagonist part did you not like this series at
all because i just like i said i genuinely liked it i thought it was okay and are you guys also
watching any of the other crunchyroll original animes and i do mean crunchyroll original ones
that they've made not just the one with this says original one i think is going to do it barry anime
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