shoz999
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Discuss mysterious characters of the anime/manga, from favorites to... well favorites. Why discuss a non-favorite lol?
I'll start with a particularly interesting one, Phantaminum of Tower of God.
An image of Phantaminum as he appears in the webtoon.
So for those who never read Tower of God, it's a webtoon which features the main character Baam who climbs the "Tower" which is comprised of floors that each contains its own world. One of, if not the most mysterious character of Tower of God is Phantaminum who is declared by the Ranking Administration Office as the most powerful being in the tower, surpassing the main antagonist of the series, Zahard. How did he get this ranking? Through just one battle. That's it. This mysterious being showed up out of nowhere, going after the second strongest being at the time, Zahard, massacring his followers who are composed of mostly high-rankers, people who make up 1% of the strongest known beings in the tower. He eventually met the main antagonist himself but simply vanished without a fight, leaving behind almost no witnesses that as of now, it's hard to separate fact from fiction. Creepy right? So what is he?
According to the author of Tower of God, Phantaminum is essentially an "Axis" who started out as a regular human being who one day "awakened", his powers flowing through him as an axis. An "Axis" is an author of a "story", a literal god whose power cannot be denied and cannot be harmed by a non-Axis. What's interesting is that not a single person in the Tower of God universe knows this fact because this information of an "Axis" does not exist in the Tower of God but to us, the readers. No one in the Tower of God knows Phantaminum is essentially a god but instead know him as a monster who simply appeared out of nowhere and vanished. Interesting right? Although it does explain why he's so powerful, it doesn't explain his actions, including leaving behind certain people unharmed, one of the great mysteries of the tower.
I'll start with a particularly interesting one, Phantaminum of Tower of God.
An image of Phantaminum as he appears in the webtoon.
So for those who never read Tower of God, it's a webtoon which features the main character Baam who climbs the "Tower" which is comprised of floors that each contains its own world. One of, if not the most mysterious character of Tower of God is Phantaminum who is declared by the Ranking Administration Office as the most powerful being in the tower, surpassing the main antagonist of the series, Zahard. How did he get this ranking? Through just one battle. That's it. This mysterious being showed up out of nowhere, going after the second strongest being at the time, Zahard, massacring his followers who are composed of mostly high-rankers, people who make up 1% of the strongest known beings in the tower. He eventually met the main antagonist himself but simply vanished without a fight, leaving behind almost no witnesses that as of now, it's hard to separate fact from fiction. Creepy right? So what is he?
According to the author of Tower of God, Phantaminum is essentially an "Axis" who started out as a regular human being who one day "awakened", his powers flowing through him as an axis. An "Axis" is an author of a "story", a literal god whose power cannot be denied and cannot be harmed by a non-Axis. What's interesting is that not a single person in the Tower of God universe knows this fact because this information of an "Axis" does not exist in the Tower of God but to us, the readers. No one in the Tower of God knows Phantaminum is essentially a god but instead know him as a monster who simply appeared out of nowhere and vanished. Interesting right? Although it does explain why he's so powerful, it doesn't explain his actions, including leaving behind certain people unharmed, one of the great mysteries of the tower.