That Anime Show: Tower of God Season 2 Episode 9

what's going on guys welcome to another episode review for Tower of God season 2 uh this is episode nine and with me as always I have Lo bade so it's a little bit different episode uh this week uh this time we're uh focused a little bit more on one of the uh well I guess I guess one of uh bomb's new teammates I think his name is Kong uh he's you know because he's like the big guy always with that little tiny angel wing in his back um so we we learn more about his backstory and and uh we also learned that there's another another person who also has a similar angel wing on the back um and I think I think this guy's name is KAS kasano or KAS yeah so uh we learn more about Kang's backstory uh about you know how well how he was originally created he wasn't really born in actual human being both both he and Caso were I I guess were both like uh were both experiments grown I I guess grown like through I I don't I don't know like if they're actually clones of somebody or they're just like a just artificially humans or it says basically apparently they were artificially created to be weapons I guess um it it it's uh I mean I I guess yeah they were both created to be like living weapons and they were implanted with uh I think they said it was like shin Shinu or sh Shinu um yeah the shinsu stuff yeah uh yeah So eventually like he both he and Kau were both well actually they they weren't given names until like m a little bit later um I I think they were taken care of by this other doctor I I forgot This Woman's name but of course they they took it Ling to her as like almost like a as a mother figure uh so and then of course like she was the one who gave came them uh their names um so it it seemed like you know they were living happy lives at first first until they were um brutally tortured and experimented much later um soon after that and of course they couldn't see the doctor again and um not you know neither um you know kasno nor Kong know uh what happened to her after they were experimented on yeah um and so basically like what like you know why we even learned about this is because at the beginning of the episode we see like that artificial intelligence from the previous episode episode uh had uploaded this image I guess to some kind of I guess some website that shows uh casano and uh I guess [ __ ] was curious about that um well I guess like the conversation he was having with the AI about bam had led the AI to uh show him that picture and uh then we also had that's also what leads into uh uh the uh the was it uh Kung or the other guy like explaining the backstory of of how he was created yeah oh yeah k k um so yeah so yeah So eventually they both he and Caso were were of course eventually given their their abilities uh I I guess using I think it was like U the power of the devil or something like that and they were left and then of course um eventually he was left in a KOMO state for some time before he was uh W woken up uh soon afterwards uh and then EV eventually like you know he um he NE he never really had a desire to climb the tower until he heard uh that uh his I guess you could say his brother uh Caso was was alive somewhere so he ended up um you know taking taking these uh exams to climb the tower and then of course he ends up meeting with w wangnan and Bam soon after this yeah and of course this also uh leads into another to kind of uh K confronting bam about his uh like has he's been curious about that like that skeletal thing that heals him and apparently like he suspects that bam was also uh is also basically like a living weapon uh and this this goes into bam explaining like how he was I I guess like how he gained that ability and that he was also like implanted with something uh by fog and yeah so that I I thought this might have led into some kind of a fight but not really uh Kang just like almost throws a punch but then I guess hesitates at the last second and and doesn't you know you know doesn't really because he says you know you're also a victim like me uh and then you know kind of just walks walks off yeah yeah Ian I mean like he and then soon soon after he you know he he decides to leave the team uh I I guess I I don't know if it's in a permanent basis but you know it seems like you know he you know he doesn't he doesn't want to be associated with a team anymore and so uh Bam Bam uh go goes back to the apartment and pretty much he doesn't really tell everybody that uh uh Kong decides to leave the team after this so I I don't I don't know it just I mean we also go back to uh to K and his team who are also I guess trying to hunt kasano so I guess this is probably going to lead to a confrontation between like Kang kasano and uh K's group and maybe I guess also you know bam might end up like following him uh so I guess it could also lead to possibly lead to like them uh bam and C being reunited that way um but yeah I mean that's what I suspect it's probably going to happen um so I don't know I mean I thought this was an okay episode I mean you get you get Kang's backstory and I mean it's kind of interesting but I it it did feel really familiar uh because I have and funnily enough like I almost wondered at some point if they were uh cuz there there was a mang Gua i' read that like had this almost kind of exact same backstory with uh this one particular character and it almost felt like just I I wouldn't say a ripoff but it felt very similar in a lot of ways to that character's backstory um but yeah I mean I I thought it was interesting nonetheless though um the the thing is is that like his his character hasn't really done all that much or really said all that much so it's it's not it's kind of hard to really care about him now because I mean obviously you know he's he's spent a lot of time with I guess bam and the rest uh like you the rest of the of his team but I I don't know it just it doesn't really seem like his characters really developed that much from really like from when we first saw him except that he's you know he's I guess more friendly with bam now um but I mean it's POS it's possible that we might end up seeing him again uh later maybe but not by the end of this season but maybe I don't know in the like in The Following season after this but yeah it's just it's just like in a it just kind of feels out of nowhere that they decided to I I I guess explore this guy backstory all of a sudden but then for him to just leave the team soon after this I I don't know I I don't know how I feel about that and and then of course and then of course uh him um confronting bam about having something similar to this I mean I'm curious as as well to know like what what happened to Bam and how how he suddenly obtained it but even he doesn't know like how you know the full details of how he obtained that power in the first place yeah um yeah but I I don't really have too much else to say about the episode um I I mean it it was interesting uh finding out about his backstory but there wasn't really too much else to really talk about in this episode that you know not not a lot of not a lot really seemed to happen except I guess setting up this confrontation with this candoo guy um yeah and I guess as a result possibly like with K and uh his group yeah it's just one criticism I have uh since the second season started is I mean you know for for bam for instance like we remember he used to be like a more talkative and more friendly guy back in the first season but now like he's like he just he just stands there like you know just not just barely says anything I mean I I get where they're trying to go with his character Arc but it it's just not really like I don't know it's like I I I feel like they're trying to you know he he's he's trying to learn how to kind of be be like that again because now he has like I guess new teammates and he's he's learn he's trying to learn to be like I guess somewhat how he used to be but it's just not the I guess the way it's executed just isn't really interesting to watch and it doesn't really feel like he's kind of like it doesn't really feel like a natural progression I guess uh from where he was at the beginning of the season I guess to where he is now um and it mostly just feels like it's because we haven't really seen seen it really happen it feels like there's been like some time skipping happening even though I guess it hasn't really been explicitly confirmed but it kind of feels like that's what happened uh but you know and I feel like that's kind of what the problem is that we haven't really seen it you know SE seen him and his uh his new teammates really like form any kind of like natural bond over time um or at least it doesn't really feel that way um yeah just like like out outside of w wongon like he he never he barely interacts with anybody else or nor nor does he even want to strike a convers with anyone like he did before yeah and obviously like another major criticism people have had of season 2 has just been the uh the kind of I guess you'd say the lackluster animation and we didn't really bring this up that much in the previous episode but yeah at certain points like I I think during that one I guess I don't know if you'd even really call it a fight scene uh but that scene where that one character was just kind of throwing punches at BAM that that in particular did not really look good I mean there there's been I feel like there's been other examples but yeah the animation I feel like I would say from what I've seen has taken somewhat of a step down and I mean it wasn't really even that great in season one but it feels like yeah season two just I mean I I don't really have a problem with the art style but it's more so just yeah the animation does feel like it's it's very like kind of you know definitely lower budget or you know at least it's just kind of feels that way watching it um so I mean it'll be interesting I guess to in the next episode I'm assuming there's going to be more fight scenes so I guess we'll see how they handle those but yeah I mean so far I I definitely have to agree I really haven't been impressed by you know the I guess the animation in season 2 um I mean obviously I didn't have like really high expectations or anything but you know even then it's not really that that uh good to look at most of the time yeah it's just I I mean personally like outside of the you know the animation stuff I I just my main criticism is just you know B Bam's character progression um from where it was in season one to where he is right now because I just feel like he's just he just feels more like a background character at this point he does not he's just not really I don't know he's not applying himself as much as he used to be I mean like yes he's powerful and all and he he has the ability to you know heal himself through mysterious means but he's just not he's not going out of his way to you know to really reval a lot of what's happened which is kind I mean obviously that's just because of where his character is now after the time skip like he's more cold and closed off and not willing to really communicate with people and like I said I feel like the the point of his character Arc this season is to have him I guess open up to people more after he's gained like these new teammates and you know uh he I guess he has them as friends now um you know as as opposed to like I guess how he's been before then where he was just more uh he's like a train killer and he's not you know he's very different from how he used to be and that that's kind of how his character you know I guess is now but it it just doesn't feel like you know it it really doesn't really feel earned to some extent as to how he is with some of these characters and I don't really feel like their relationship has progressed that much like I said from where it was in the beginning of season 2 like to where he is now I guess with uh with them and the only like you said too the only character it feels like he's he's even kind of like sort of close to is wongon the other character is that I don't really get that impression because they haven't really they haven't really spent any any real time with with him or at least it doesn't feel like they have uh so yeah I mean I don't know I guess that's my other criticism too is just like the way his character Arc has been handled in this season it was interesting though to see how he is now compared to how he was in season 1 and I wasn't I wasn't I was intrigued by that but I just don't feel like they've really done a good job at like handling his his character progression now that he is the type of character that he is and you know with the I I guess supposedly with the kind of character Arc he's supposed to go through in this season uh it doesn't really feel like you know he's really he's really developed all that much either uh yeah I mean he's he's too closed off like at times and then like every time like like there's like I said like he he doesn't go go out of his way to interact with anyone like there's people that like they do come up to him and try to talk to him but he just doesn't he just doesn't return he doesn't return that kind of you know sentiment the other problem too is just his I guess his character designed that his you know bangs are covering his eyes like most of the time so he can't really see his Expressions so you don't really know exactly like how he's feeling sometimes about something um I guess only in important moments they you know show his eyes where you can actually see his reaction um yeah but even but even if like you do see his eyes for once in a while you don't really get you know feel a sense of like that you know that he's feeling any sort of like I don't know like any any sort of emotion from time to time like did from the first season so it's yeah I mean we we'll see where it goes from here maybe it's possible that um that he'll eventually like go back to you know his more friendly ways but right now it just seems like he he's he's too closed off um for for much of this season yeah yeah guys but uh that all being said until next time we will see you all next time