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I'm gonna talk about this in volumes. Each volume is ten chapters. Chapters are incredibly short, since they represent issues. So, enjoy my narration and opinions, blah blah.
Okay, whatever, let's get started!
It wasn't until page 9 of chapter 69 that they finally included panting sounds. What the hell.
- It doesn't get faster paced. There's only more violence and more fighting. And we're supposed to briefly care about the fate of Izuroo Izubuki (forgot his actual name), the bloodthirsty, megalamaniacal uzi slaughtering 'mini-gantz ball told me to do it, without offering any explanation as to its origin or plot point', at one point or another.
- There's some vampires that hate the gantz people for no reason. As expected, no explanation is given to their origin or why they hate gantz anymore than the other aliens or what makes them special. And for that reason, I think their leader makes even less sense. Or more sense? It's hard to tell anymore, when you get to this point. Heck, you probably just wanna see stuff get blown up (in boring non-animated format).
Kei falls in love again, but I felt no real compassion for the romance going on between him and tiny, stereotypically shy school girl. Maybe it's because he was already in love before. Or because the writer totally fails at conveying love, and is much better at just having them say 'I wanna get in her pants', because that AT LEAST makes more sense than just having him envision the girl's face over and over (until I wanna scream 'I get it!' in a public library, because that'd be about as awkward as this is pointless).
Or maybe it's because there was this other chick that wanted him to love her, whom also just happened to be this smoking martial arts girl with a head drawn a bit like street fighter's Cammy. Yep. I mean, no! You can't have her! She isn't real... ! *sobs*
Um. Anyway...
Kei Kurono finally dies. A vampire kills him.
Um... yeah that's it. I stopped reading after this, because I was bored. It wasn't the death of the main character, though, I promise.
Actually, it had to be the amnesia plot that came along later. It just became sorta dull.
- All of that said, violence is really all this manga is good for. If you like violence, read it. If you like suspenseful violence, go right ahead. If you want development and meaning in characters, or simple happy moments, I wouldn't recommend it.
- Actually... I think I'm gonna take some notes. Then I can do this review more concisely. Stay tuned. I don't care if it's been 3 months! Stay tuned.
One of the great things about manga is also the worst thing: the mangaka usually has complete authority to do whatever they want with it. As a society that pays lip service to creative license, this sounds great, but artists are often emotionally unstable. Manga, if they go on long enough, often go off the deep end when their mangaka has a nervous breakdown.
Neon Genesis Evangelion is actually a good example of this, even if it was an anime first.
When I got to Phase 2 of Gantz, I had already been reading manga for a few years, and I was aware of the 'psychotic break' phenomenon. I instantly became convinced that the mangaka had lost his frickin' mind.
Nothing I've seen since has dissuaded me from that opinion.
So far, I've read most of the chapter, I say most because I will exclude the last two, which I haven't had time, yet. There are some things that might be worth mentioning now.
First, the girls that usually appear half naked are there to entertain you, so don't suffer if you won't see them during the chapters, albeit you will see many more things concerning girls.
If you do keep reading this manga, never understimate the power of seemingly unimportant characters like the hobo that appears. Also, I would say, based on where you complain on the actions they take when saving the hobo, that probably you wouldn't think clearly what to do when you are facing someone that may die horribly like, being crushed by a train. Also, I'd recommend you read the whole volume 1 before commenting it, maybe you would understand many things better that way, like motivations, background, etc.
Actually I read all of volume 1 and am currently on chapter 14. I'm revisiting the chapters I've already read for the purpose of writing this review.
EDIT: Does japan have no creative licensing laws?
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Originally Posted by Vox Clamantis
One of the great things about manga is also the worst thing: the mangaka usually has complete authority to do whatever they want with it. As a society that pays lip service to creative license, this sounds great, but artists are often emotionally unstable. Manga, if they go on long enough, often go off the deep end when their mangaka has a nervous breakdown.
Neon Genesis Evangelion is actually a good example of this, even if it was an anime first.
When I got to Phase 2 of Gantz, I had already been reading manga for a few years, and I was aware of the 'psychotic break' phenomenon. I instantly became convinced that the mangaka had lost his frickin' mind.
Nothing I've seen since has dissuaded me from that opinion.
I've read up to issue 100, and I actually find that not hard to believe.
If writing/drawing gantz was the mangaka (whatever that means) only job, it's weird to think about what they were going through at the time. Seriously, Gantz is just so incredibly violent. Feeling like you need to draw and tell that story is punishing to the psyche...
I've decided to take some notes, before writing the rest of this review. That way, it'll come out more concise. So, stay tuned, fellas.
Cant say Ive ever read the manga, or even watched the entirety of the show, but the 'gantz abridged series' by 'Hbi2k' on youtube is hilarious in my opinion.
Neon Genesis Evangelion is actually a good example of this, even if it was an anime first.
After much thought on this matter (not really; or half thought, so it goes), I'm convinced that artists simply run out of good ideas and want to terminate the series. It isn't the money or the spirit that encourages them anymore and they gotta deflate. Otherwise, they won't get that much desired mental health break.