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Gantz #7
Gantz/7
圧倒的サイズの大仏型の星人に蹂躙されるメンバーたち。チームプレイも歯が立たず、大勢が生存を諦める敗色濃厚の戦況の中、玄野は、一対一で大仏を仕留めることに成功する。だが、ボスと思われた大仏の後にも次々と現れる強敵の前に、北条、サダコ、加藤をかばった岸本までもが命を落としてしまう。そして、岸本の死に冷静さを失った玄野もまた、真のボス・千手観音の前に敗れてしまう……！
224 pages, Paperback
First published September 19, 2002
About the author
Hiroya Oku
238 books294 followersHiroya Oku (奥浩哉 Oku Hiroya, born September 16, 1967 in Fukuoka, Fukuoka) is a mangaka who is the creator of Gantz, Zero-One and HEN, all of which have been serialized in Young Jump. He has finished working on his most renowned manga, Gantz, which began in July 2000. His manga often contain explicit violence and gore, as well as sexual situations.
He won the second prize of the Youth Manga Awards in 1988, under the penname Yahiro Kuon.
He designed a character for Namco Bandai's Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 fighting game, Soulcalibur IV named Shura.
He won the second prize of the Youth Manga Awards in 1988, under the penname Yahiro Kuon.
He designed a character for Namco Bandai's Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 fighting game, Soulcalibur IV named Shura.
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January 19, 2024
This is one of the best battles i have ever seen, i wonder if its animated already i would love to see it animated!
This also was the best group yet.
I mean they had the karate fighter who beat many statues with his bare hands and legs,
they had or still have the sniper i don't remember whether he died or not, they have the new girl and killed off the useless girl which is pretty good as well as this is the hardest battle yet...
Many of the guys could actually fight hand to hand and shoot as well and still in the end everyone died.
Its crazy what if the group was a stupid group like the last one who had a kid and his grandma let alone the fucking dog and who dresses the dog in the suit btw? they never revealed that but i guess it would be kishimoto bless her soul.
This also was the best group yet.
I mean they had the karate fighter who beat many statues with his bare hands and legs,
they had or still have the sniper i don't remember whether he died or not, they have the new girl and killed off the useless girl which is pretty good as well as this is the hardest battle yet...
Many of the guys could actually fight hand to hand and shoot as well and still in the end everyone died.
Its crazy what if the group was a stupid group like the last one who had a kid and his grandma let alone the fucking dog and who dresses the dog in the suit btw? they never revealed that but i guess it would be kishimoto bless her soul.
June 28, 2017
Holy nuts....I forgot how many people die here. Like damn man, we lost probably 85% of the cast here. This volume continues right where we left off. Every time we think there's just one more enemy another just pops up. Kei is getting tired of this shit and rushes in and BAM shit goes crazy. Many people sliced in half by the end. So many dead. How will we recover?
What I liked: Man the carnage in here is insane. I was actually a bit in shocked at one scene. I didn't think two characters would bite the dust. Also how epic was that moment when Kei goes fucking insane? That was great. Also the sniper still a pro, love that dude. This is also very very fast paced, so not a dull moment.
What I didn't like: This fight is going on a bit long. We should have ended this volume with the fight. We still have more. Also the two gangsters were just a waste of time. They needed to die sooner. Also the girl who's in love with Kei is all like "I love you" when you met 10 minutes ago...dumb.
Overall Gantz is still uneven at this point but still insanely fun. If you love gore, cursing, lots of tits, and some amazing fight scenes you should be checking this series out. A solid 3 to 3.5 out of 5.
What I liked: Man the carnage in here is insane. I was actually a bit in shocked at one scene. I didn't think two characters would bite the dust. Also how epic was that moment when Kei goes fucking insane? That was great. Also the sniper still a pro, love that dude. This is also very very fast paced, so not a dull moment.
What I didn't like: This fight is going on a bit long. We should have ended this volume with the fight. We still have more. Also the two gangsters were just a waste of time. They needed to die sooner. Also the girl who's in love with Kei is all like "I love you" when you met 10 minutes ago...dumb.
Overall Gantz is still uneven at this point but still insanely fun. If you love gore, cursing, lots of tits, and some amazing fight scenes you should be checking this series out. A solid 3 to 3.5 out of 5.
July 14, 2021
Gantz 7
Pues sigue lo del templo y las estatuas, cada vez con mayor grado de dificultad/peligro/muerte.
Bastante acción
5 star
Pues sigue lo del templo y las estatuas, cada vez con mayor grado de dificultad/peligro/muerte.
Bastante acción
5 star
December 1, 2023
Right.
This was major mayhem....even by GANTZ standards.
Plenty of deaths...limbs lost....Buddah cannibalism etc...plus more weird Buddah talk.
Things are going to change from here
This was major mayhem....even by GANTZ standards.
Plenty of deaths...limbs lost....Buddah cannibalism etc...plus more weird Buddah talk.
Things are going to change from here
October 24, 2021
Hasta que por fin inicia la acción, monstruos/alienígenas novedosos, con fuerza increíble. Muerte y más muerte, de personajes que no me esperaba, la cara de Sadako, el beso....
En serio, tengo una relación tóxica con Gantz, el juego es atractivo, las muertes, los personajes, hasta el idiota de Kei que tienen la insensibilidad de un adolescente ególatra... Pero luego están todos esos dibujos de mujeres cosificadas, en poco ropa, vacíos.
En serio, tengo una relación tóxica con Gantz, el juego es atractivo, las muertes, los personajes, hasta el idiota de Kei que tienen la insensibilidad de un adolescente ególatra... Pero luego están todos esos dibujos de mujeres cosificadas, en poco ropa, vacíos.
March 17, 2024
Freaking EPIC
June 2, 2017
Este tomo es casi todo acción, y violencia. Aparece un alien estatua atrás de otro, y conocemos al enemigo más temible que se han enfrentado hasta ahora. Los últimos capítulos son realmente devastadores y tristes, y en ellos el autor logra intercalar muy bien la acción con los momentos emotivos. En este tomo el dibujo alcanza su potencial máximo, se nota que el autor ya se siente cómodo con los protagonistas, las expresiones faciales y las escenas de acción son excelentes.
May 5, 2020
This is a review of the entire series.
Synopsis: Gantz tells the story of a teenager named Kei Kurono, among others, who die but find themselves brought back in perfectly healthy bodies and forced to participate in a "game" where they must hunt down and kill aliens.
Review: I almost gave up on Gantz several times, but now that I've read it all the way to the end, I'm glad I stuck with it. The beginning is dragged down by repulsive and unlikable characters, a messily paced story, unnecessary sexualization and gratuitous violence without much substance. As it progresses, however, the character development becomes pretty incredible and the growing threat of the enemies feels truly well done. Once the real enemies are revealed, it's mind-blowing how the series had been secretly foreshadowing their arrival from the very beginning.
Although it takes a while, some really good characters are introduced later on in the series and they're the ones that made me want to read to the end. Some characters that were absolutely unbearable in the beginning became polar opposites of their original selves and even made me sympathize with them quite a bit. The protagonist Kei for example, I hated him with all my heart for the first third of the series, he became progressively more likable in the second third of the story and then he evolved into one of the most memorable, unlikely heroes I've ever seen in this storytelling medium throughout the final third. The last third of the series is unbelievably terrifying with some of the most gruesome and disgusting battle/survival scenes in the history of fiction. It's much more bearable and intense in the final third because this time the violence and horror is happening to people we actually care about instead of a bunch of unlikable nobodies.
The final third of the story is what made me feel so glad that I didn't give up on this series. It had me on the edge of my seat more times than I can recall. There are a ton of chapters but they're very short and full of action which makes the series a quick read despite having almost 400 chapters. So even though the first third of the story was kinda bad in my opinion, it doesn't last for long and the payoff that comes after it's over truly impressed me. It's a flawed, thrilling and horrifying action series that takes a while to kick off. When it finally kicks off, however, it kicks off extremely hard.
Synopsis: Gantz tells the story of a teenager named Kei Kurono, among others, who die but find themselves brought back in perfectly healthy bodies and forced to participate in a "game" where they must hunt down and kill aliens.
Review: I almost gave up on Gantz several times, but now that I've read it all the way to the end, I'm glad I stuck with it. The beginning is dragged down by repulsive and unlikable characters, a messily paced story, unnecessary sexualization and gratuitous violence without much substance. As it progresses, however, the character development becomes pretty incredible and the growing threat of the enemies feels truly well done. Once the real enemies are revealed, it's mind-blowing how the series had been secretly foreshadowing their arrival from the very beginning.
Although it takes a while, some really good characters are introduced later on in the series and they're the ones that made me want to read to the end. Some characters that were absolutely unbearable in the beginning became polar opposites of their original selves and even made me sympathize with them quite a bit. The protagonist Kei for example, I hated him with all my heart for the first third of the series, he became progressively more likable in the second third of the story and then he evolved into one of the most memorable, unlikely heroes I've ever seen in this storytelling medium throughout the final third. The last third of the series is unbelievably terrifying with some of the most gruesome and disgusting battle/survival scenes in the history of fiction. It's much more bearable and intense in the final third because this time the violence and horror is happening to people we actually care about instead of a bunch of unlikable nobodies.
The final third of the story is what made me feel so glad that I didn't give up on this series. It had me on the edge of my seat more times than I can recall. There are a ton of chapters but they're very short and full of action which makes the series a quick read despite having almost 400 chapters. So even though the first third of the story was kinda bad in my opinion, it doesn't last for long and the payoff that comes after it's over truly impressed me. It's a flawed, thrilling and horrifying action series that takes a while to kick off. When it finally kicks off, however, it kicks off extremely hard.
June 6, 2017
Some 8 years or so ago I've watched the anime with a terrible German Dub. Then a few years later I've watched the two live action movies and somewhat enjoyed them. Recently I rewatched the first live action movie and it sucked balls (4/10 stars). My roommate - who doesn't know anything about Gantz but the first movie - was highly unsatisfied by it. He hated it because none of his questions about the world and what's happening in it got answered. He didn't care to find out in the second movie and honestly I'm not really interested in watching it any time soon myself.
So I decided to finally pick up the source material and give the manga series a go. The manga was published form 2000-2013 whereas the anime was released in 2004. I wanna find out more about the world of Gantz and I am willing to continue the series although I'm highly unsatisfied with it right now.
From the 37 volumes I've finished so far the latest installment I've read made me angry as fuck. I can mostly overlook the big sections of fan service throughout the series. There are some fighting scenes I actually enjoyed but there are even more I hated. The mangaka seems to contradict himself by drawing some pictures wrongly.
Example 1: Kei lies on the ground missing one arm and one leg, his hair hangs back from his head and DOES NOT touch his forehead. The very next image (nothing happend) his hair doesn't hang back from his head but suddenly covers his forehead. Just why?
Example 2: The statue with the many arms slices right through Kei's right shoulder, seemingly cutting his arm of in one clean sweep. And on the very next drawing we see how his arm seems to be ripped off right where his elbow is. Just why?
Furthermore the Lara Croft copy is ready to fight for Kurono and possibly sacrifice her life during that attempt (we'll find out in the next installment). Just why? She knows him for like 5 seconds when she decides he's worth saving although he obviously doesn't give a fuck about her and even says so right to her face.
So I decided to finally pick up the source material and give the manga series a go. The manga was published form 2000-2013 whereas the anime was released in 2004. I wanna find out more about the world of Gantz and I am willing to continue the series although I'm highly unsatisfied with it right now.
From the 37 volumes I've finished so far the latest installment I've read made me angry as fuck. I can mostly overlook the big sections of fan service throughout the series. There are some fighting scenes I actually enjoyed but there are even more I hated. The mangaka seems to contradict himself by drawing some pictures wrongly.
Example 1: Kei lies on the ground missing one arm and one leg, his hair hangs back from his head and DOES NOT touch his forehead. The very next image (nothing happend) his hair doesn't hang back from his head but suddenly covers his forehead. Just why?
Example 2: The statue with the many arms slices right through Kei's right shoulder, seemingly cutting his arm of in one clean sweep. And on the very next drawing we see how his arm seems to be ripped off right where his elbow is. Just why?
Furthermore the Lara Croft copy is ready to fight for Kurono and possibly sacrifice her life during that attempt (we'll find out in the next installment). Just why? She knows him for like 5 seconds when she decides he's worth saving although he obviously doesn't give a fuck about her and even says so right to her face.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
March 20, 2023
En este punto de la historia Gantz se merece todos los halagos posibles, podrá ser sexista, simplista y pretencioso, pero no quita que es una historia que va directo a lo que sabe: un viaje sin frenos y directo a la muerte. Nadie sabe quién va a sobrevivir, ya nos dan un indicio que Kurono será, pero todos los demás, muertos sin problemas. Así mismo, en una escena él se apena que los demás no mueran, por lo que siente ese deseo de venganza, pero como digo, hay que considerar su edad, por lo que siento que es normal que sienta eso, y salga eso sádico de él, porque vivió en este lugar una experiencia muy adrenalínica. Lamentablemente, Katou me enfada un poco su titubeo, porque es el primero que dice que quiere dejar todos vivos, incluso salva un viejo que no es de Gantz, pero cero determinación para apretar el gatillo, y todxs a su alrededor están muriendo. Buenísimo este volumen donde no da descanso de respirar.
November 14, 2017
"Si lo derroto ¿Crees que podrías enamorarte de mi?"
Hiroya Oku en esta juega con nuestros sentimientos en esta más de lo que ha hecho en los anteriores tomos. Este, que contiene los mangas del 71-82 nos muestra su acostumbrado ritmo veloz, teniendo en cuenta que la mayoría del tomo es pura acción. En ese sentido el texto lingüístico es mínimo en comparación a la imagen y ello nos hace leer el tomo más rápido de lo normal.
Aún así, vamos a regresar a las páginas que ya leímos porque los acontecimientos son demasiado estremecedores: giros sorpresivos y muertes inesperadas.
Esto es Gantz.
Hiroya Oku en esta juega con nuestros sentimientos en esta más de lo que ha hecho en los anteriores tomos. Este, que contiene los mangas del 71-82 nos muestra su acostumbrado ritmo veloz, teniendo en cuenta que la mayoría del tomo es pura acción. En ese sentido el texto lingüístico es mínimo en comparación a la imagen y ello nos hace leer el tomo más rápido de lo normal.
Aún así, vamos a regresar a las páginas que ya leímos porque los acontecimientos son demasiado estremecedores: giros sorpresivos y muertes inesperadas.
Esto es Gantz.
June 7, 2022
Volume 7: Chapter 71-82
Phase 1: Missions
Arc 3: Buddhist Temple Alien Mission
Kurono succeeded in killing the giant Buddha alien by breaking in through the wound on the giant's forehead. The mission not completed yet as there are few aliens left. Majority of the team were obliterated by the Buddha alien that look like a thousand arms Buddha; Avalokitesvara. The alien can regenerated back even though it has been destroyed many times.
At the end of the volume, only 4 of them are still alive; Kurono, Kato, Lara-Croft-look girl and a sniper. Kurono lost his left leg and his right arm by fighting with the thousand arms Buddha alien.
Phase 1: Missions
Arc 3: Buddhist Temple Alien Mission
Kurono succeeded in killing the giant Buddha alien by breaking in through the wound on the giant's forehead. The mission not completed yet as there are few aliens left. Majority of the team were obliterated by the Buddha alien that look like a thousand arms Buddha; Avalokitesvara. The alien can regenerated back even though it has been destroyed many times.
At the end of the volume, only 4 of them are still alive; Kurono, Kato, Lara-Croft-look girl and a sniper. Kurono lost his left leg and his right arm by fighting with the thousand arms Buddha alien.
October 12, 2020
Wow, do things kick up a notch. The action actually grew more intense. And I was right about the "emotional setup" of the second female for Kei in the previous volume - it's... understandable, but it's impossible to be effective in any way except just for the T&A, considering she was just a brand new character and has zero development. The thing that trumps the action was the deaths - two in particular were surprisingly shocking and impactful with the way it was presented, and one I totally did not expect.
January 16, 2023
En estos 8 capítulos, continua la masacre del templo.
El nuevo equipo no aporta mucho, salvo un sniper. El resto es masacrado.
SPOILER-SPOILER
Caen muertos el chico popular y su Stalker o sadako. Además, Kishimoto es asesinada, kato no reacciona y Kei hace una de las confesiones más estúpidas a su compañera… Kei madura con el tiempo, aunque tampoco se sabe si lograra sobrevivir, los budas son poderosísimos. Al menos se dejo de lado un poco el fanservice en estos capítulos y tenemos mucha acción
El nuevo equipo no aporta mucho, salvo un sniper. El resto es masacrado.
SPOILER-SPOILER
Caen muertos el chico popular y su Stalker o sadako. Además, Kishimoto es asesinada, kato no reacciona y Kei hace una de las confesiones más estúpidas a su compañera… Kei madura con el tiempo, aunque tampoco se sabe si lograra sobrevivir, los budas son poderosísimos. Al menos se dejo de lado un poco el fanservice en estos capítulos y tenemos mucha acción
December 14, 2021
Третя частина храмової арки. Трагічна та видовищна.
Тактики у гантзерів немає, вони все ще залишаються людьми, які можуть заклякнути у критичний момент. або просто тупити і не робити висновків. В принципі, тут сюжет недалеко відійшов від реальності, хоча в інших моментах герої аж надто швидко вигадують, що їм треба робити. Що ж, через ось такі умовності ми й читаємо фікшн - повсякденність аж занадто сіра та без пригод, най вони у вигаданих історіях і є результатом купи помилок.
Тактики у гантзерів немає, вони все ще залишаються людьми, які можуть заклякнути у критичний момент. або просто тупити і не робити висновків. В принципі, тут сюжет недалеко відійшов від реальності, хоча в інших моментах герої аж надто швидко вигадують, що їм треба робити. Що ж, через ось такі умовності ми й читаємо фікшн - повсякденність аж занадто сіра та без пригод, най вони у вигаданих історіях і є результатом купи помилок.
March 9, 2018
Wow... Si continúo Gantz es todo gracias este tomo.
Las peleas, los personajes que más odiaba y aquellos que quería ver en el equipo en un futuro, desesperación y muertes, muchas muertes que en verdad no me esperaría (por lo menos no tan pronto). Pedazo de tomo, además descubrí que leer Gantz con rock pesado le da una vivencia única.
Las peleas, los personajes que más odiaba y aquellos que quería ver en el equipo en un futuro, desesperación y muertes, muchas muertes que en verdad no me esperaría (por lo menos no tan pronto). Pedazo de tomo, además descubrí que leer Gantz con rock pesado le da una vivencia única.
July 8, 2017
In the 7th edition of Gantz, the group continues to battle Buddha and other apparent statues/aliens. In these books, Gantz is a large ball that tells them the battles they are to enter and gives them suits and weapons. Some people come and go while others continue. It is an interesting tale.
January 4, 2020
Cada vez que piensas que ya van a acabar con el último enemigo llegan nuevos y más fuertes, este tomo sigue en lo que se quedó el anterior y las batallas son igual de geniales, el único detalle son las muertes, pero todo ok
4/5
4/5
January 7, 2020
De las mejores escenas de combate que se pueden encontrar en un cómic (lo cual se puede decir de gran parte del material de Gantz de este volumen en adelante). Dibujo claro y detallado, tensión a raudales y consecuencias devastadoras.
June 1, 2021
The giant buddha monster is killed in a titanic battle and a surprising person dies.
This is where I realized that this is a 'no one is safe' series which I like. There is an insane amount of blood and gore with the fight scenes here.
This is where I realized that this is a 'no one is safe' series which I like. There is an insane amount of blood and gore with the fight scenes here.
January 27, 2022
Buddhist Temple arc continues up to hand to hand combat with the Avalokiteshvara, the statue with many arms. Hard core cation sequences in this volume, not much dialogue but key character driven moments and deaths. Amazing art as always.
June 23, 2022
Man what a volume, I wanted to give this 4 stars but I also feel it deserves 4.5 so... I'll give it 5 since volume 6 was also 5 stars and both of them are part of the same arc.
The story continues and with great writing and illustrations, it's still awesome.
The story continues and with great writing and illustrations, it's still awesome.
September 30, 2023
KURONO YOU ARE THAT BITCH. i am absolutely here for the character development. went from misanthropic rapey loser incel to a decent human being. that scene??? with the bigass buddha?? itched the right part of my brain. meanwhile...kato, you're getting on my nervesssss
September 28, 2017
Pretty exciting and violent.
November 1, 2018
Ya!!! Qué se acabe esta batalla ya están muriendo todos. Qué pasará ahora!!? Es de las partes más emocionantes y desesperantes ya que no se acaban los aliens. No logran derrotarlos
March 16, 2020
GantZ is killin it
April 12, 2020
most of them died in a pathetic way and deserved it
October 14, 2020
Didn't see that coming at all. Really.
September 27, 2021
Hasta el momento ha sido mi volumen favorito.
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