Reviews for Tranquil Tower |
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CandleFire45 chapter 1 . 12/16/2023 HELLO Okay to be serious for a moment I’m going to review these chapters as best as I can with my first impression thoughts or other cute little details I notice as I try to follow along with what this story has got so far since it is very good! My reviews might be bloated and long… might have some spelling mistakes… and will take awhile to so cause I’m both busy and lazy but this story and it’s writing are so good that I have to try and at least offer my thoughts. First of all, it’s cool to see this first chapter showcase the whole cast roster’s appearance and details such as birthdays, heights, etc. it helps the later chapters not get bogged down with character details and also neatly organizes everything at the start. Interesting right away that Sly is “19”… does that mean he’s lying about his age? Also I like his design entails he lives a grand lifestyle but it’s really just fake thrift store stuff. Again wonder if he isn’t who he says he is given the talent and these details but I’ll have to read more. I really like Tamaki‘s design and how it incorporates a casual look with traditional vibe of his stage outfit. Makika's design is also nice cause it just sounds comfortable with the white tunic and scarf somehow. Silas also just has an amazing outfit with his Undertaker talent… and also carrying a shovel for the perfect moment to bury someone. Hinata actually has a nice design too with all those accessories and his jacket. Hehe I love Misham’s diving suit and the helmet. How unique. Although there’s many more designs I could comment on I’d be here all day. The entire cast has lively outfits though. Rather I’m turning my attention to the starting blurb of the chapter talking about the Tranquil Tower resort. Interesting that the form of payment is human life… but everyone can survive the game. Whatever the end goal for the resort is… it’s possible the intentions are to actually prove some sort of point like “humans are inherently selfish” since it’s not required to kill to leave but some OC’s might kill anyway. Or maybe the resort wants everyone to live but the OC’s in this story might actually be morally grey enough to not fall for it and kill anyway. Either way I’m excited to read in more to this story since so far everything is organized and the writing is very polished. It’ll take me a while to get my thoughts in order again but I’m excited to look into this! |
TheRoseShadow21 chapter 6 . 1/6/2022 Welp, Naraaki is going to be at an obvious disadvantage in these minigames with a broken arm. My poor angry octopus boy. In any case, Ante is seriously creepy but I presume he's around for more than just standing and staring at people lol. Anyway, I'm pleased you've found work! Unfortunately I've not been so lucky. But anyway, hope it all goes well with your job, and don't worry about updates taking longer or anything! I look forward to the next one, whenever it comes out |
McLogal chapter 5 . 7/21/2021 Certainly another great chapter from the Fee-man...I don't wanna shrimp to hard but Mr. Torro has some hilarious characters. Kaz's zero effort to escape death definitely seems like he has mastered some sorta drunken fist style in this killing game. Misham Rkoin S-99 outta nowhere was pretty nutty, I wouldn't wanna be caught alone with Misham, he'll give the hands for sure. My favorite scene of the chapter has to be with Sanani, Naraaki, and Yuzuki. The scene seems to give a dark connection to a different killing game really fascinates me. I imagine this mystery will be a main plot point for future chapters. I'm very curious what the truth bullets are, most likely something to start tension between everyone. The only guess I could really think of is maybe something to do with individuals dark secrets being shared, not sure though. The "Challenge Event" is coming soon so body parts and people will start dropping, we are getting close to when the killing game shows its true colours. The Fee-man is gonna kill it, I look forward to the future chapters! |
TheRoseShadow21 chapter 5 . 7/6/2021 Ahh, good to see another chapter of this! It was fun reading all these different scenes and interesting to know that some of them were done via roleplays. I'm not really a roleplaying person so I won't be partaking but I hope you enjoy doing it with whoever does continue to take up the offer with you. As for job-searching, I'm sadly still doing that. But hopefully I shall find something soon! Hope things are going well with you and I look forward to the next chapter! |
McLogal chapter 4 . 1/3/2021 Just wanted to start off by saying well done on the chapter, and I also hope you had a great Holidays in this brokenish world. I have a feeling you can make quite a lot of money is this game by doing numerous things...because those are some high prices lol, I have no doubt that a brilliant mind like Rumiko can save up for the "Master Suite", I mean their creator is pretty brilliant in their own right. The first scene was a very pleasant surprise, in showing some dark backstory to the staff of the "Resort". I look forward to learning more about them and their quote on quote deaths. Were they previous victims of a killing game? Maybe the ones that owned/created the island? Is there people off island funding this? Time will tell I suppose. It's always cool to see smash bros getting some love too! I do like the setting of the story and how aware they are to the multiple killing games. Not many stories have this unique meta, the Hospital scene really digs deep into this. The last scene was awesome, I very much like the edgy feeling of the elevator setting and was very well written...I hope to see more scenes like this...just hopefully not with Ruru again :O /s Anyway big fan logal...is...dead |
TheRoseShadow21 chapter 4 . 10/15/2020 I did indeed enjoy this chapter :) It was very eventful and intriguing. And I totally understand about 2020 being terrible and having to juggle things like job hunting, being in a similar position too. So take your time-I'll be looking forward to the next chapter, whenever it occurs! |
El Torro chapter 4 . 10/14/2020 It's time, boys A whole helluvalot happened, but I won't cover everything. Instead, I want to focus on my favorite moments - Didn't expect Ivy to have a fanatical side to her, or maybe she showed that in the previous chapters and I'm forgetting. Anyhow, her personality struck me as a great blend of both Kiet and Misham, given how excited the black opal made her and then how flat she was once they checked out the boat. What's even more interesting to me was how Misham and Kiet dialed up their personalities to 10, or even 11. I also laughed out loud when Ivy was strapped up to the parachute and got launched as she was screaming, and what's funniest about that whole thing was her being more annoyed with Kiet not playing the mini-game than with Misham doing that - Man, Mary's all over the place. One scene she's (allegedly) feigning anger with Gai before having a pretty fun exchange, and then we see her clobbering the Mikan clone. Mya was also a lot different than when we first met her, which I find especially interesting. It'll be fun keeping an eye on both of them, methinks - Somehow having a philosophical conversation come up between Hinata, Shiki, and Silas was great. Made me appreciate Silas a helluva lot more than I did coming into this chapter, and Hinata continues to reaffirm his position as one of my favorites. Similar to Ivy, Shiki was a great third-wheel since she (and Kuroko) shared both Hinata's and Silas' views on death. After re-reading this scene I have a gut-feeling that the whole topic of death was to establish something with Hinata, more so than Silas and Shiki since we've already had talks of that from them. I don't know why, exactly, it's a big thing for Hinata (assuming I'm right) so I'll just have to wait and see - Group meeting. Yes. Low-tier-hero Gai provides us with the standard "don't take everyone's word as gospel," when everyone gave details about the area(s) they visited. You really do need someone to say something like that to make things a bit more realistic and interesting. And I'm certain someone withheld information since that was brought up (and echoed by a person or two) - Aaaaand that's where Jaleh's ray-gun is. I'm much more interested in the weird mask that (allegedly) didn't belong to any of the guests, but for the time-being I'll focus on the ray-gun. I swear, Jaleh isn't going to get it, and whoever does manage to purchase it won't say anything once it's off the shelf - That last scene made me really anxious. Not a lot of it stuck with me since I sped through (thanks to the angst), but that was super well done Suffice it to say this chapter was worth the wait. Well done, sir |
McLogal chapter 3 . 3/17/2020 Nice work Fee-chan! There's some very interesting rules in the midst of this game. Rule 17 intrigues me the most... I wonder when and what someone would use the ultra rare trial request ticket for... could be many things(eg. Mastermind identity). I'm hoping my girl can earn some money in trials...unless she's dead...can't make money if you're *ded*. Also the list of hidden rules could shake things up and mess with some planning. Also Monokame kicks butt literally and figuratively lol. I look forward to the next chapter and I'll also send a list of FTEs I'd like to see or seem fit to you on discord eventually good sir!? big fan k bye |
Trust Me the Spider chapter 3 . 3/14/2020 We've got more rules in place here than a Boy's Boarding School. It's very game-y, which I can only assume is meant to match the Mario Party theme. There were a few especially notable things about the rules that I wanted to touch upon. For one, rule #10 means there shouldn't be any cases where suicide is a possibility. However, what constitutes "causing your own death" isn't perfectly clear. For instance, triggering a trap that someone else set up could be rationalized to fit either case. It'll be interesting to see how this rule is interpreted later on. What I like the most is rule #12, which allows certain participants to "skip ahead". To think of it in Super Mario terms, one person could already be on World 5, while the rest are back in World 3. I can already think of a few characters who may be quite adept at gathering coins... And as a result, from this point onward, there won't be any sort of 'balance' as some will possess more information than others. And lastly... Oh wow, that's a lot of hidden rules! Active participation is a neat concept; I wonder how it'll be calculated. I also wonder if the participation actually has to involve a 'positive' contribution; otherwise, there'll be people who just jump into the debate without having anything good to say. This is yet another method of stratifying the class. Lol, "Fox-man". Very nice, I like that. |
TheRoseShadow21 chapter 3 . 3/9/2020 Great work! That was a very eventful chapter, even with it revolving around rules. Perhaps it's because this really us veru different to the typical killing game. Anyway, I look forward to the next chapter :) |
Latte-chan chapter 3 . 3/7/2020 What's this? A review? Probably won't be good but it's a try. Anyway, great chapter, Fee5h-chan! I'm starting to like Monokame a bit. Poor Mary and Shun though. Now it's 22-2 out of 25̶4. And S-78 didn't deserve that. She will be missed. Time for me to end my review and I'll see you the next time I review...which I don't know when since I'm not good at giving reviews. But until then I'll keep on reading a̶n̶d̶ ̶d̶e̶f̶i̶n̶i̶t̶e̶l̶y̶ ̶w̶o̶n̶'̶t̶ ̶f̶a̶l̶l̶ ̶i̶n̶ ̶l̶o̶v̶e̶ ̶w̶i̶t̶h̶ ̶a̶ ̶s̶p̶a̶n̶i̶s̶h̶ ̶n̶a̶m̶e̶ ̶m̶e̶a̶n̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶b̶u̶l̶l̶ and giving headpats, see ya! |
bellatrixshine chapter 3 . 3/7/2020 I'm already hyped for this! Especially with such a fun opening act! |
Trust Me the Spider chapter 2 . 2/17/2020 Now Logal may have his own concerns (and prejudices against good spider folk), but from my perspective it's Rumiko who is the shady one. Never trust the stutter. Never. Yo, of course the doll talks! (Well, more like it's Shiki who talks for her, but you all know what I mean.) Kuroko, as her dark apperance suggests, is straight up savage. And this next bit took me some time to realize, but it all makes sense now. Misham is literally Bondrewd from Made in Abyss. Even his talent is analogous to being a Delver (also referred to as a 'Cave Raider' in the anime version). Bondrewd did nothing wrong, but whether the same can be said for Misham remains to be seen. Either way, this calls for the panic button. (P.S. Misham is talking as though treating your doll like a sentient being isn't standard practice nowadays. Get with the times, old man.) All right, this got me. Shun and Shiri being siblings seemed unquestionable in my head, but apparently it's the world's biggest coincidence... or is it? There's nothing else to comment on in this scene whatsoever. Nope. Okay, folks, bear with me here for a sec, but consider this: Silas intends to bury the others as per his job description, but who's going to bury him if/when he dies? :thinking: Truly, a mystery for the ages. Wait, I just had a sudden thought and I'm not sure why it didn't occur to me sooner. As a duo, Silas and Makika somewhat resemble a genderswapped version of Remy and Sabishi from House of Horrors. Interesting... In other news, there's a gazillion Sayaka clones working as maids/the staff here. No further evidence is required; this isn't your typical killing game. Lots of Mario references leading up to a Koopa Kid being the host. I can't tell if Fee5H is just a massive Mario fan or if there's a more specfic reason for the theme; there's probably shades of both in play here. Needless to say, I very much enjoyed meeting the cast in this opener. Lots of colourful characters here. Good work, Fee5H! |
Glass-Lady-of-the-Opera chapter 2 . 2/15/2020 This is a very strong start! It's definitely gonna take me some time to learn all the characters, but I'm liking the variety so far. It's also interesting that Killing Games seem to be a known quantity in this setting. I look forward to seeing where this goes! |
McLogal chapter 2 . 2/14/2020 Great opening chapter, all the interactions seemed genuine from the start. I like how self aware this game is, it's fire. Of course my innocent young lady has to run into a troublemaker right off the bat -_- the Ultimate Cheater created by Trust me the 'sly' spider too(I enjoyed the meeting tho)! That means trouble on so many fronts. My stand out favorite is Kaz, I hope to see plenty more puns from his reign on the resort. The design for Monokame is hype!? The red-headed step child of the Mario party series makes an appearance lol. I look forward to the reactions of the game ahead fish-chan! Finally something to do on Valentine's day ;) K bye |