Board Thread:News and Announcements/@comment-24375795-20140514220118/@comment-6166034-20140516122110

Well concerning "bloodlines", don't forget Yihwa (and how strange, the last "gossip" of SIU precised she has more potential /will be stronger in the story than Horyang ).

Again people, remember that Evan who has NO special fighting skills is nearing the Top 100 ( and The high rankers are for the top 500+). So conciderations of "Oh, they are strong, so they will...But the weak ones, booh!" are irrelevant. Yuri who is "probably" the physicaly most potent character we can imagine (but still we'd have to see Zahard and/or Ha Yurin themselves) was BELOW Evan at the beginning (and it's still possible she still is !).

So for the "Top 5 E-rank regulars"...Well first : I'd like to see what Chang Vlador can do before saying such things. Second you'd have to make a big IF they all survive (Androssi and Anak have an interesting story, and kinda related goal, so I guess, concerning the plot, they are safe/ also concerning power they just have to learn techniques to power up. Ran is quite intriguing, and use techniques over raw power, we don't know much about him and notably his relationship with A.A., so I guess he'll survive...But his power up would concist of improving his basic abilities since his techniques are already perfect...much harder! Now Chang is just boasting and didn't do much all the time, at least personaly, I am not "attached" to this character, he has apparently no depth, would it be a problem to get rid of him ? Finally Varagarv, eventhough he's a "master killer" or whatever, if he keeps on opposing characters with a "plot armor", and since now we have a sufficiant "background" revealed, I can't garantee he'll survive the climb).

Now the other characters. Baam = The questions are : if he reaches "Zahard's floor", would he keep on climbing and power up like every slayers (and he's still a candidate folks), or would FUG force him to fight/kill the king and it would be the last chapter of ToG ? Now of course, in case we get a "lengthy/ so not very sure" developpement, the question would be : When will Baam become a High-Ranker (because concerning Urek, he became a High-Ranker with a floor as soon as he became a Ranker). Koon A.A. : Obviously, since his physical qualities, his inventory and his "network" improve, why wouldn't he achieve his goal and even "overthrow" his own father ? Rak: I didn't see much improvment except his inventory in last arc...Let's hope he trains and powers up on his own, now, would he ever become famous/popular ? Hard to say at the moment, but it would be VERY funny if he did indeed become a kind of dictator ahahaha.

Team Leesoo: They are strong, Laure has a "bloodline" already, and concidering what we saw so far, I can say he has impoved much= so yeah, why not High ranker ?

Hatsu's obsessive behavior towards training means to me we can't see an end to his potential (reminds me of San Goku)=> If he keeps on like that, he's gona become strong and go far. Also he is a "parallel" to Koon, so their achievements have to be "comparable".

Amigo: Huh, we didn't see him for a long time, people even think he is dead oO. Well we don't know much about him,but still more linked to Rak and/or Leesoo, is it enough to save him in the plot ?

Leesoo: Now this is a nice subtle improvment. I saw nobody make the remark except myself : But Leesoo is climbing and we saw him behave normally on the 30th floor...When the concentration of shinsoo (at this floor) hurted/made him bleed on Lero-Ro's test !!! If that's not an improvement, what is ? The fact he uses his observers to get precise datas and elaborate interestings startegies and tactics ? And I guess in popularity he isn't bad either. So why not, again ?

Also to precise, SIU stated that among the Regulars in the "last examination" in the first arc, one would become a "cadre" of Walhaiksong, which means High-Ranker to me. (I put it there because I've mae all those we saw in the first arc :p).

Vespa : Calls Leesoo "leader" while calling the others "human" (just illustrating a point). Interesting/fun character, we don't know much of her/its background...But do we need it ? Underwhelmed by the "adult" form though, for now the qualities of this character are speed and poison, a good combination, but speed can improve...poison in the other hand... Idk if SIU has something planned, and so don't see why we can't get rid of it/her.

Verdi: O mah, Gaaaaad. She could have defeated Baam if it was by herself ! (well with Giant octopus or another "doll"). To explain : SHE has the ability to block someone's shinsoo (almost got Baam there), now Baam got out "out of luck", he could place a clean hit in the jaw to Amigo, and throw Vespa off...Well what would he have been able to do against a 5 meters tall doll ? And it seems she can "improve" others capabilities ( so maybe her "final" move is to use "herself" as a doll...Just reminds me of different abilities like that in Hunter x Hunter). Now with that said, I definitly want to know more about her, in which asylum they found her, or to which extend her "hobbies" can bring her : maybe wanting to "toy" with our protagonists themselves ? :p  High ranker ? idk, but definitly in the follow up.

Tangsooyook : Yihwa has the bloodline, and is learning to use her flames that "gave trouble to family rankers". If she keeps on this path, there's no way she can't become a power house.

Akraptor : one of the "useful" members...But he doesn't illustrate himself much otherwise. Also, has to go where Miseng go.

Miseng: Really ? Does anybody right now want to see her climb anymore ? So except a BIG character development, find her a nice home with daddy raptor, and it would be a "happily ever after" enough ending.

Horyang: Will he survive ? probably. Can he improve ? Probably not. Again a character in his way to become a "family guy", why would he "risk his life" in climbing the tower ?

Goseng : The family guy needs a wife...That's really all I can say about this character, isn't it sad ?

Prince: Ah, finaly another useful member. Well crappy personality, but nice for the comic reliefs. Also a rare case of cumulative positions : he effectively uses lighthouses and reel inventory. He also is "physicaly" stronger than Yihwa for now (since that's what I get from SIU's last gossip)...So can he fix his personality and work hard to become a high-ranker ? Or doing it because he's jealous of the other people of the group ? That would still be fun right ?

Wangnan: Well everybody would be against. But he showed the "leader" trait for now...So if he can convince "psychos" to join him, there's no reason he can't get pretty popular and become an high-ranker himself...Also if SIU wants to keep the "ambiguity" about the "real prince of Zahard", he'll have to keep him around Baam to the "final test of the tower" (which is beyond 135th floor, on which you can only go if you're a high-ranker).

Novick: Weaker than Ran, but more of a leader. Doesn't seem to have "so much" of the Ha family traits though. Also a Ranker that will never surpass his "elders" (Yuri and/or Jinsung).

Quaetro: No, I don't see him becoming stronger than Quant.