Episode 1
Well, fuck. This was brilliant. Not brilliant as in "i loved it" but more in the sense that it was vastly superior to the source material in every conceivable way. The director absolutely nailed this first episode, and whatever you think of the show/webtoon itself, this is a really good example of how to ado a first episode of a battle shounen.
I can already see webtoon readers hating this though, it blazed through the preamble, skipped a load of parts and changed things up a little. This director understands his source material in a way the Tower of God director does not, which is really upsetting because this webtoon is ultimately complete trash when you get passed the first arc. Even the animation quality is better than ToG, which is a joke. A really annoying joke without any actual humour.
Anyway, this episode was brilliantly directed, animation and character design is on point, the VA's all fit really well and although i didn't like the OST, it fit the show pretty well. Really impressive.
Holy shit what a first episode, I'm a manhwa reader and I have to say.. the pacing was INSANE I really hope they slow down because the went through like 11 chapters!
It would be tragic if they slowed down. I absolutely disagree that the pace should be reduced.
This webtoons writing is absolutely crap, the pacing is horrendously slow and the entire "story" is a convoluted mess (at least after the first arc or so). If they slow down too much it will ruin the shot the director gave this show to be better than the source material by allowing it to get bogged down in the webtoons writers obvious shortcomings.
This first episode had unreal energy, it made the characters much more charismatic than the webtoon did and it has an OST that really lends itself to moving at a fast pace. All things that the show should strive to keep. This show will be chaotic and messy regardless of if it's fast or slow, but if it's fast it will at least be entertaining.
