::GANTZ::

[Deathbringer]

Oku started another series recently and the chapter releases varies from bi-weekly to tri-weekly.

It´s pretty slow yeah nut oh so awesome, ican´t wait for the 3 japanese spirit big shots to start some shit.

[Libaax]

What is it about? And when will GANTZ be back?

[Albator]

Me-teru no Kimochi or something like that. It's about a withdrawn guy whose father marry a 20-something super-vixxen. Father die, but the girl stays to take care of the guy, who is more or less the same age. Ecchi, borders to hentai. Not worth reading if you ask me.

Gantz is getting slower than Berserk, without being as close as good.

[Libaax]

I dont know about that i enjoyed the storyline when Kie died alot more than i have enjoyed the last vol of Berserk.

I dont even read Berserk anymore not that it isnt good its just not as good before i hope to save it and get back to it later, when hopefully the story will as great as before.

[Starnum]

Whoa, enough with the crazy talk now. Berserk is the ultimate. Heh, but seriously, I really like Gantz. Not as much as Berserk mind you, but a lot. The new chapter was cool. Cute little frog guy, and then that big ass monster, heh. It's funny how that chick was so tripped out by Katou though. I mean, this series really portrays the world in a realistic way, I think. That's not counting all the Sci-Fi stuff, of course. You know what I mean, just like the way people think and act. That's how most people really seem to me. *Shrugs* Maybe it's not all so bad. Heh, and here we're lead to believe that Japanese people are all so nice and polite...doesn't seem that way in Gantz, heh.

[Libaax]

Yeah i like how realistic people are in GANTZ despite the SF stuff.


Which is why Kie is one of my fav characters in manga. I mean to see how he was treated in school,bullied by most of the guys. He was such a loser. A punk too, i liked how he grew cause of him having to lead the GANTZ team.


GANTZ at it best was in my top ten manga list, nowhere near Berserk sure but still great. Actually ranked 8 in my list after Death Note

[Deathbringer]

Yeah, GantZ is pretty awesome right now, fucking slow or not, that little frog from the last chapter looked like he came from "Spirited Away", it looked so inocent taking that guy´s shoes.

[Finito]

I dont think people act realistically for most of the cases, they act like R-tards... The author is mixing in some realistic personnalities and situations that exist in the real world, but hes actually showing off original, violent, mad, crazy, perverted events that are actually too unrealistic to happen for my part.
If we were actually thinking and acting like that in our world, babes would want to fuck with me everyday, but I would prefer an ugly chick instead, some crazy dudes would start killing hundreds of people in the streets/schools without being caught, martial artists would be able to beat hundreds of people at the same time bare handed with their main move being to hit people with your back, some nowhere guy/girl would try to stop us from suiciding because we chatted together on the net and he could relate to us... cmon. Bullies would be raping guys along with their teachers and others would have a collection of their victims teeth. etc.

Anyway, I love GANTZ for being unrealistic, because reality is pretty boring. But nothing beats crazy violent action with some SF mixed in a world supposed to be realistic.

[Starnum]

Don't take my words, or the manga, so literally. Of course the mangaka is pushing the envelope. However, even if real life isn't ALWAYS that bad, these types of things do really happy. Do I really need to bring up such incidents as Virginia Tech? I think the manga reflects the general nature of man, the mangaka just has his characters act on their impulses more often then most real people do.

Yeah, I really like Kei a lot myself. He's my favorite character in this series. I think it was pretty cool that he died too. However, I'd really like to see Katou revive him, and then he could rejoin the Gantz team for the last arc of the manga, or whatever. Gantz is on my top 10 as well. I have it ranked 6th, after Vagabond. Death Note was good, but it didn't manage to make my top 10.

[Libaax]

Vagabond only 6? Now i wonder about the rest of your top ten. Post it in what manga are you reading thread or something.



Looks like Finito took what we said too litarally of course the world in GANTZ arent too realistic its an alien manga


Me i have just download 240-249 so i can catch up again.

[Starnum]

martial artists would be able to beat hundreds of people at the same time bare handed with their main move being to hit people with your back

Sure. You know, one of Musashi's strongest attacks was quite arguably his shoulder thrust.

[Libaax]

After having just read 249 i have to say im disgusted by Osaka team and Reika or whatever that pin up girl is called.

Atleast the red hair guy with glasses getting sick of killing aliens and living like this is understandable. But now how Reika acted like it was not thier buisness to help people, what a great leader she is. If Katou dont revive Kurano soon they are royally screwed.


Osaka team i hope i get to see them die badly.


Katou i have more respect for now the only one actually human enough to care about people dying and doing something it.


I still wonder why they are in Osaka of all places.

[ShinigamiGuts]

Team Osaka die bad? I've seen people get their heads blow off and cut in half and smashed by huge ass statues, I couldn't think of any worse. I just wish Gantz would be on a weekly basis. I have lost track of this manga when I read it, I just read every other chapter so most of the time I'm confused as fuck.

[Libaax]

I mean i want all of them to die like that.


I just cant them seeing acting cool and f'cking doggystyle while innocent people are getting killed.


And the girl that laughed at Katou cause he wanted to save people... oooh cant wait for her death

[Deathbringer]

I just cant them seeing acting cool and f'cking doggystyle while innocent people are getting killed.

Hey, one the rapers kicked the ass of one of those giant ass Schyte things naked, sadistic prick or not, that´s bad ass.

But now how Reika acted like it was not their buisness to help people, what a great leader she is. If Katou dont revive Kurano soon they are royally screwed.

That was......pretty strange, that was totally OC for Reika in my opinion, just because some complete stranger said to them not to help, she does just that.....i think Oku ignored the fact that Reika is emulating her leader skills from Kei for the purposes of the plot of this Arc.

GantZ is constantly changing the rules now by the way, that´s why they are suddently visible to the public and now are in Osaka.

[Libaax]

Whats worse is that she thinks is alright to not lead like Kurano would just cause if he was alive he wouldnt be in love with her....




GANTZ better tell why the rules are changing after this mission.

[Starnum]

Yeah, I did think that was pretty cold of Reika. On both accounts. Not caring about those people, but also that she'd just disregard Kurono and say those things out of spite. Meh, but these things happen. In anycase, as a man who practically revived so many people (even Nishi, another interesting character that I like), I believe he would want to be revived as well, in this case.

Yeah, Gantz is definitely changing the rules, but don't expect him to explain shit. He never does. I just hope that we find out what the hell's going on, somehow. Gantz really is a bastard though, he's let a lot of people die, just because he's too lazy to explain what the hell is going on to them. He doesn’t even mention the boundaries or anything. Granted, it did make for more compelling plot that way, but still. Meh, and that's not even holding him accountable for putting them in the situation in the first place. He really is very irresponsible. What I’d like to know is all the details of the origins of this whole Gantz system, or whatever you’d like to call it. Talk about one nasty ass drafting system.

[Deathbringer]

Holy Christ, so much for the cute frog, that thing freaked me out.

Cool chapter non the less, can´t wait for Katou to kick some ass.

[Libaax]

Which chapter are you talking about?

250 isnt out yet.

[Deathbringer]

I beg to differ.

250:
http://www.sendspace.com/file/lw7zaw

251:
http://anip.homeunix.com:81/onlinereadi ... ume%20021/

Great chapter. Katou has grown a pair of humongous titanium boys. The fight was smart and good and Oku got to the friking point. That alone was worth it. He still isn't worth losing Kurono for but, that man was out of his mind in this one.

Another good thing is that we have another chapter next week, maybe he´s focusing more on GantZ now that he finished Me Teru.

[Starnum]

Yeah, Katou is good shit. I can't wait to see the dual Kei & Katou action. Another chapter next week, freakin sweet! Yeah, the Osaka Arc is unstoppable! That last guy was extremely strong, but Katou out-smarted him. Even though he had got all those expert Osakan Gantz team members. Well, I'm not surprised to see that the girl didn't get digested right away, so she lives. I bet she's going to fall for Katou now, heh. They should be able to save the other members that got put in that thing's back too though, since it just happened. Let's just hope it doesn't pull any funny business before it finishes transfering.

[wotjesus]

Funniest aspect of this manga has to be the altered font for black people.

[Starnum]

Well, if my suspicions are correct, the text for the black guys isn't really "altered". From the editor's notes on my copy, they are actually speaking in English, in a Japanese manga. So that's the original text from the raws. It would only look different because it's in English and not Japanese (Kanji or whatever). So when the scantilated it, there was no need to replace the text.

[Dominion]

yo wat 'ap?

after the last chapter (253) i been getting more and more compelled to see what happens next... plot twist after twist is making for some good entertainment

as for the vamps... im pretty sure they dont realize that they are now a part of the game so they will be screwed once all the gantzers are dead... or maybe gantz will just blow up their heads if they fuck around too much....

other than that i like the new "ultimate weapon" that was introduced... a satellite in space shooting at shit or whatever its pointed at is a pretty awesome and "realistic" type of weapon

anyways... i just hope he ends this mission efficiently and artfully so as to not make me lose faith in this manga.... especially since every mangaka and his brother are milking their stories for as long as they can (Naruto, Berserk, Blade of the immortal (but not so much), eden) <-- those are the only ones i really follow nowadays but i like it when stories END because then there's a sense of closure that im sure we can all appreciate

side note: dont like the direction berserk is going in... im all for gore + storyline but not meaningless violence that doesnt actually develop the story... seems miura got a memo telling him to put in 10+ pages of pure gore in each subsequent chapter... das no cool, mein

[Grahf]

This mangaka has four series out. 2 of said series had horrendous endings. Lets hope that isn't a trend.