Gantz

[Mykas]

i would like to know what the japanese fan base thinks of this manga currently and what sort of letters oku is getting from them. i imagine if enough of them ask for kurono back he will be back he will be back. I would also like to see sales numbers for the tankobans since that would be a true indicator of whether or not popularity has continued or waned. i personally think kurono has to come back soon he has been dead for like 4 volumes now (maybe?) and his continued absence along with a really slow story may hurt the book.....

[MAQI]

Yeah, I don't think Kurono will be revived anytime soon... After all, how many years did it take for Katou to be revived?

Well there are 2 chapters a month, he got killed in chapter 88 and revived in 218. So thats 130 chapters. When was the first chapter released? I have only read this manga for two or so months now so I have not been there from the begining. If it has always been two a month then it would have taken 65 months from when he died to when he was revived. Thats 5 years and 4 months or so. Am I right on this? Can someone let me know? I hope it will not take that long for Kurono to come back!:mad:

Then again it only took 16 chapters to kill off kurono and 88 to kill off katou... So maybe it will take a shorter amount of time to bring him back as well.

[Rahan]

Well there are 2 chapters a month, he got killed in chapter 88 and revived in 218. So thats 130 chapters. When was the first chapter released? I have only read this manga for two or so months now so I have not been there from the begining. If it has always been two a month then it would have taken 65 months from when he died to when he was revived. Thats 5 years and 4 months or so. Am I right on this? Can someone let me know? I hope it will not take that long for Kurono to come back!:mad:

Then again it only took 16 chapters to kill off kurono and 88 to kill off katou... So maybe it will take a shorter amount of time to bring him back as well.

Gantz used to be a weekly manga. Then, the mangaka started fooling around for some reason (which I don't know) and it became irregularly released (a chapter every 2 or 3 weeks) in the last year of Part1. Then he was granted a 4 months break and Gantz became bi-monthly.

[Astrana]

I started to read Gantz 3 days ago, finished most of it in 2 days. I would have to say this is a really interesting and intense show. Sex, drugs, violence, gore.... I love it. still got few chapter to catch up but I really loving it.:D

[MooMooFarm]

laura croft.... or sei or whatever you wanna call her is so far and away my favorite chick. reika is too much of a stereotype for me. i actually do miss kurono, some of these others i watch them die and my reaction is either meh or yay!!

HOW CAN YOU SAY STEROTYPE = REIKA WHEN YOU CALL LARA CROFT LARA CROFT?

T_T Reika is ok, wouldn't make sense to kill her off at this point. Lara Croft served her purpose, and Kishimoto is nowhere near as deserving to live as Anzu. We also have a vampire chick now, so like, there's a certain point where you gotta say no more to chicks that are just there to be eye candy. Funny thing is the ugly girl who got raped got offed during the alien mission and there wasn't even any mention. It was barely noticeable during Inaba's mini leadership arc. It's like, lawl, what a way to die.

Katou is fine as the new main character. I hope he gets developed well. Kei can stay dead for as long as it takes.

Katou has the look of stupid written all over his face. Sure, you can see him as nice, honest, good guy, but that is like who gives a crap in today's age. Kei was actually someone who went from a nobody to a somebody, and his aggressiveness fit with how he looked in action. The guy looks better than Katou as far as being a main character goes, since he has less obvious holes. The only possibly cooler character that wouldn't even work as a main character is the Samurai.

As for those who died, Old man has the highest chance of not dying seeing as he got carried by Reika. Inaba being the loser does not have Cherry carrying his broken ass, and Dumbass nose bleed will probably not come back. Personally, I've grown attached to a few characters from the squad, so no more deaths would be nice. All the new people in this mission from Tokyos side can die for all I care. And pretty much everyone on Osaka's side except Anzu and bangmonkey because he's hilarious and would make fun times in future chapters.

Oka better not die/fail during this fight or anytime soon. The guy has enough safety ooze to probably protect an entire squad. Doesn't matter if his suit look weird (face it, gantz crap is almost never gundam cool it's more like weird but kinda cool), the guy's been hyped up for more than a year. He needs to shine at least as much as the Samurai.

And not to be a tape recorder, but seriously doesn't anyone think by now with the way this crap is becoming a global phenomenon it's safer to be part of Gantz then not be? You can be in the frigging desert for all I care and all of a sudden this ugly piece of crap pops up and eats you. At least you'd be armed T_T and like, yeah. I'd be like yeah, f u I'm staying.

Biggest shame is this author seems to not be interested in doing weekly anymore, cause if he could manage it, this would be so badass. The level of drawing is arguably better than Berserk (because of computer T_T) and the style is probably more appealing. Story wise though, Vinland wins it out as it's realistic/makes sense/more depth while Gantz could use a bit more Kei Kurono character development for the rest of the cast. Kei was the guy who got the one ups, but technically you can apply it to other characters too, like Reika, or Cherry. Some just don't work like Kaze/Old Man/etc, but still, they got their own ways to grow.

I think one of the neatest things about Kei becoming popular is his interactions not during missions. Like when he first met Kaze, or kinda showed off in RL. That was pretty cool and made a big impression of him for me. Not sure about the loving Tae, I personally hated that girl, but I can see it winning good guy points for others.

Last thing, does ANYONE know when the dog died? T_T I could never find it. Hoi Hoi the panda is king though, and deserves to be a permanent. LUL PANDA > 100 POINTER.

[Mykas]

ok you have a point about sei being a sort of stereotype but what i meant about reika is take a look at 99% of japanese models and she looks just like them, maybe a little better since she doesn't have any of the skin flaws etc real women do. as for no more chicks well half the readership would probably leave if that happened, my interest in the series is 50% action 50% fanservice (T&A) and i would say that is true for most people whether they will admit it or not.
my problem with katou is he is like the lead from a harem series who for some reason popped up in an action series, he is completely indecisive and easily gets blown around by the wind. he only acts because he is backed into a corner.
I THINK (done in capital letters to emphasize it is just an opinion) the reason kurono likes kojima so much is that she was safe. other than gantz he has spent most of his life as a huge looser in the shadow of his brother and looked down upon by everyone even his parents. suddenly someone loves him almost unconditionaly he isn't likely to give it up. the archetype if you will of the virgin wanting to marry the first girl he sleeps with.
if that guy from osaka in the suit goes down everyone else might as well quit because he is seriously rediculously powerful looking.
i have no idea when the dog died but i think it was during the temple mission when everyone else but kurono died since he didn't show up for the next mission but was there for the temple.

[jonli]

I'm pretty sure Kurono's going to come back, the author used more then 15 volumes to develop him into the most realistic character in Gantz. He's going to come back one way or another.

As for Katou, it's pretty obvious that the author is going to take his sweet time to develop Katou. Whether you like it or not he is the main character (for) now, maybe the author will spend 4 to 5 volumes to develop him in a different direction. Make him more hardcore and Izumi-like, an anti-kurono.

[ShikaShika]

Gantz used to be a weekly manga. Then, the mangaka started fooling around for some reason (which I don't know) and it became irregularly released (a chapter every 2 or 3 weeks) in the last year of Part1. Then he was granted a 4 months break and Gantz became bi-monthly.

So that's official now, it being bi-monthly?

Anyway, about the T&A, Oku can bring back all the girls he wants as far as I'm concerned. ^^ I'm kind of sad that there's been like less than one hour since Kurono died in the manga and well over a year in real life. :eek:

[emessen]

my problem with katou is he is like the lead from a harem series who for some reason popped up in an action series, he is completely indecisive and easily gets blown around by the wind. he only acts because he is backed into a corner.


are you talking about the same katou from gantz?

indecisive? who jumped out onto the train tracks in chapter one to save a hobo and got killed for it

backed into a corner? saved that family because he was backed into a corner? no he wasnt backed into any corner he was hesitating because he was seriously thinking about his safety and his lilttle brother... but ultimately could not stand by and let those people be killed.... the guy is a goody two shoes BOY SCOUT...

easily gets blown around by the wind... yes he's a reactionary character... but none of the characters were reactive.. no one in the story kurono included could do anything to circumvent the wind blower, Gantz.....

katou may not be the popular guy and hell i prefer kurono to be revived too... but dont label katou something he isnt at least base it on the story before you make the claims

[MooMooFarm]

When I meant no more chicks, I meant there shouldn't always be a new chick around here and there just for fan service. Reika for one should develop into a real character, and she's partly there. Kishimoto was actually developed, but obviously it was made so she would die off. Atm, Reika is set up to die, but she can still live. It'd be kinda boring to Kishimoto it again. At least Reika must live longer to a point where she does something of significance, and this also applies to the males as well. Sakata went out very appropriately.

I THINK (done in capital letters to emphasize it is just an opinion) the reason kurono likes kojima so much is that she was safe. other than gantz he has spent most of his life as a huge looser in the shadow of his brother and looked down upon by everyone even his parents. suddenly someone loves him almost unconditionaly he isn't likely to give it up. the archetype if you will of the virgin wanting to marry the first girl he sleeps with.

I understand this, but I still don't approve of it. It sucks, because she is boring and zzzz.


if that guy from osaka in the suit goes down everyone else might as well quit because he is seriously rediculously powerful looking.
i have no idea when the dog died but i think it was during the temple mission when everyone else but kurono died since he didn't show up for the next mission but was there for the temple.

I know when the dog died, I just never saw a scene, which kind of was silly. Hopefully Panda will have more scenes, as it was kind of cute. =X It's a shame Izumi died, because the panda was hilarious, yet I never got why Izumi treated it so nicely.

As for Oka, I'm not saying he will die. But there's a chance he can, and Katou will become the star by taking advantage of something Oka did most likely and showing Osaka's team and his own just how amazing he really is, seeing as how he, inspired by Kei, inspired the Kei we know that formed the Tokyo team of Gantz. Katou just brims with the word overpowered, just not in a way that's like WOW SO KEWL GO CAPTAIN FALCON, but rather, GOGO PLOT POWER. Also one of the reasons I hate the guy. His grit face is terrible compared to Kei's. Katou belongs in Gantz in a sense, because he truly represents the geek who can survive. Every other nerd/geek like that snot glasses wouldn't live one mission by themselves.



backed into a corner? saved that family because he was backed into a corner? no he wasnt backed into any corner he was hesitating because he was seriously thinking about his safety and his lilttle brother... but ultimately could not stand by and let those people be killed.... the guy is a goody two shoes BOY SCOUT...

It's part of the plan. You gotta start with katou being a weak boy scout before he can turn into clark kent like Kurono did. It's sad though that since Katou died for so long, they didn't spend any chapters developing the side characters, and as a result, I think some people might subconciously hate Katou. K main lead died, and the guy who died is back. But NONE OF THE SIDE CAST IS PUT IN A BETTER LIGHT, ONLY THE OPPOSITE. It's like, wow, you really are making them only sidekicks. It's like intentionally making them Sonic's friends or something.

=X hopefully they make Host Samurai into a core character, cause none of the current cast have developed into a Izumi. Kazu was ruined (how can a guy who can hurt a suit not be retardedly overpowered in one?) and the psychics were pretty much given the YOU HAVE X AMOUNT OF CHAPTERS TO LIVE. And the vamp chick is ok too, so I guess she would be the other fanservice, if she got something other than kill bill clothes.

[ShikaShika]

I understand this, but I still don't approve of it. It sucks, because she is boring and zzzz.


Hey hey hey! Don't knock Kojima, that's like the best romance in manga history, and a huge part of the transformation of Kurono's character, which made me like this manga for whole other reasons than when I first started reading it. I was really gutted when she (albeit temporarily) died.

Maybe I'm alone in thinking it, but I just wish more people appreciated the relationship.

Anyway, onto the latest chapter. I must admit I misunderstood the last chapter, I thought (for some reason) that the 100-pointer was the same alien that cornered the Tokyo team, but I realize after reading the latest chapter I was mistaken. So, I guess Oka managed to kill the 100-pointer then? Wow, that was pretty fast in that case. I'd kinda like someone else to get the points for the remaining guy now, a little boring if he takes down both.

[emessen]

Anyway, onto the latest chapter. I must admit I misunderstood the last chapter, I thought (for some reason) that the 100-pointer was the same alien that cornered the Tokyo team, but I realize after reading the latest chapter I was mistaken. So, I guess Oka managed to kill the 100-pointer then? Wow, that was pretty fast in that case. I'd kinda like someone else to get the points for the remaining guy now, a little boring if he takes down both.

no the 100 pointer was not the minataur with a tarantula's abdomen and legs that oka took out in 269... that chapter was just a whoa... look what he can do...

the 100 pointer IS the weird shapeshfting creature that chased down and mutilated several gantz members....

the end of 269 shows Oka deattached from his giant "gundam" in an upgraded suit walking towards the Tokyo Gantz team with the 100 pointer in his sights

[ShikaShika]

Thanks for that, didn't feel like redounloading it. Ok, then it wasn't quite as anticlimactic as I thought then. :)

[gameboy234]

so there are 2 suits. one is the gundam, the other is the body suit.
I wonder if the body suit and the gundam is a set or gained separately.

By the way, Maqi, your coloring for the gundam looks cool.

[MAQI]

HOW CAN YOU SAY STEROTYPE = REIKA WHEN YOU CALL LARA CROFT LARA CROFT?

We also have a vampire chick now, so like, there's a certain point where you gotta say no more to chicks that are just there to be eye candy.

The Vampire girl looks that chick in Kill Bill part 1...LOL!

[MAQI]

so there are 2 suits. one is the gundam, the other is the body suit.
I wonder if the body suit and the gundam is a set or gained separately.

By the way, Maqi, your coloring for the gundam looks cool.

Thanks! I found it on Deviantart.com by typing in oku's name in the search bar. Its a big wall you should check it out.:D

[swerv]

no the 100 pointer was not the minataur with a tarantula's abdomen and legs that oka took out in 269... that chapter was just a whoa... look what he can do...

the 100 pointer IS the weird shapeshfting creature that chased down and mutilated several gantz members....

the end of 269 shows Oka deattached from his giant "gundam" in an upgraded suit walking towards the Tokyo Gantz team with the 100 pointer in his sights

Thanks for that, I was confused about what the hell was going on and who was who also.

[FuzzyWuzzy]

Kei chan needs to come back. The team is a wuss without him. Sooner or later the team is going to die anyway. I'm really pissed about how this manga kill the main characters without any sense of glory to their death. Character development also just stops when they die. Kei died to give Kato some character development since we all know if Kei is there, he will steal all the screen time and show.

Kato and Kei have two different styles of protecting people. Kei uses his gun to protect people while Kato uses his body as a shield to protect people.

[MAQI]

I guess there is no manga this week? Does anyone know why?

[Ironalchemist]

The manga is released every other week.

[Onizuka-GTO]

Kurono is cool, you know what i think will happen?

well reika will survive and using her 100pts she will revive Kuruno.

He will regenerate in the room, but its the Kuruno who just killed that big boss when he didn't get his memory erase, because technically that was the last "saved point" of his clone before it was returned to civilian world.

Reika is happy, and so is everyone.

so they take him back to his house, and tell him about him kicking vampire arse with just a makeshift torch. (that was so bloody win.)

so, he goes home, and tries to call Tae, but someone else picks up her phone, and tell him that Tae is at the hospital.

so he goes there, and finds out...shock!

Tae is with himself!!!

Kuruno is still alive, (resuscitated/surgery)

so he leaves before anyone knows, and calls Reika. so Reika & Kuruno get's together.

however after clone kuruno #1 has recovered he's slowly getting his memory back, and starts investigating Gantz, and at the same time get's back together with Tae.
So while clone #1 follows up on the leads to figure out about the vampires, monsters and Gantz.

The clone #2 gets it on with Reika and tries to bring back those who had died, and try and figure it out gantz as well.


dammn, i wish that happens......

[War_Lord]

Who knows, maybe Kato won't even need to revive Kei. I think Gantz will bring him back on the team automatically. It wouldn't be too far fetched since Izumi got to come back to the Gantz team through his crazed suicidal/homocidal antic a couple chapters ago.

[Diedrupo]

The manga is released every other week.

Right, and last time it was released was 3/14 or 3/15. It should have come out 3/31 but no release, so it's already a week late.

[Mykas]

one point there warlord? Izumi was still alive and killed again to be brought into the game, gantz didn't just bring him in though he can apparently make copies of whoever has been part of the gantz experience. What I mean to say is that if the gantz ball really wanted Kurono back he could have taken him when he was killed since he can apparently take anyone who dies. There do seem to be some rules though they are hardly all made clear even remotely, so maybe oka will be kind enough to enlighten the newbs... and for the reccord that would be everyone without the badass suit and giant mech, tons of guns etc.

[Mizuno]

Apparently some lq scans are floating around, so we just have to wait for the raw.

[Shiryuu]

lol Oka just owned Nuri. Just as expected.

[Xellos-_^]

lol Oka just owned Nuri. Just as expected.

Nuri is still alive

[Sinta]

Oka....blah...I want Kurono back

[Shiryuu]

Nuri is still alive
I know. He still owned Nuri, that's the point. :bash:

[Xellos-_^]

I know. He still owned Nuri, that's the point. :bash:

Nuri has been own before but he is still standing and the other guys are not. Who knows what well happen int eh next chapter.

[Shiryuu]

Nuri has been own before but he is still standing and the other guys are not. Who knows what well happen int eh next chapter.
Really now, can't even appreciate a good beating?

[D a m i e n]

tell me when kurono is back. until this happens i m out. katou just sucks as a lead.

[Mizuno]

Oka sounds like a kid, probably a nerdy one to boot.

[MAQI]

This chapter had some of the best art I have seen in gantz. Seems like everyone wants Kurono back... so do I, but this Oku guy sounds like he could make for a good story, and so far Katou does not seem like he is the lead character (at least not for the last few chapters) Don't get me wrong I really liked Kurono but these new characters are kind of filling the void a little.

[Onizuka-GTO]

katou sucks.

even oku sounds better then him.

:/

[War_Lord]

Katou is okay, I just don't like him as a main character. He's a good backup character and that's about it. But I can at least appreciate the creator's boldness in terms of being unique and straying from the norm.

[Supah Em]

*lurks until kurono gets revived*

[Diedrupo]

Meh @ 270. Oku is continuing to drag the manga along, delaying the inevitable outcome that everyone knows will happen. They need to hurry up and end this arc already.

[james0246]

Oka sounds like a kid, probably a nerdy one to boot.

I was thinking, after reading the raw, about how great it would be if Oku is a chubby nerdy kid in middle school.

[EternalDestiny]

I was thinking, after reading the raw, about how great it would be if Oku is a chubby nerdy kid in middle school.

Judging from the surprisingly irritating one-liners he spoke, he probably is. :heh:
...or probably some kind of perfectionist,

[Mizuno]

He and Nishi can get acquainted then.

[emessen]

latest chapter

Oka Hachirou's face is revealed! omg its chado from bleach

[sumowow]

latest chapter

Oka Hachirou's face is revealed! omg its chado from bleach

So THAT would explain the huge muscles :rolleyes:

No but seriously i don't see any hope at all for any of the teams now, unless they pull out Deus Ex Machina like get someone from another team thats even stronger than him.

[D a m i e n]

sado is that you? were you so bored of the fillers that you applied to a new serie?

dang if the mob is copying the strength of his opponent they should have send katou, the mob would have commit suicide after looking how pathetic he had become.

[Sokar]

Anyone else disappointed at Oka's stupidity? When the monster comes back from being liquidified into a pool of blood obviously the answer to beating it is NOT trying to continously blow it up. Someone teleport this alien already. I thought Oka was a brains type of guy, but instead he's a brute.

[Mizuno]

I agree. Katou should jump in and wrap that clump of meat to the sky. Although it's sensible, it's kind of kill steal though and who's to say nuri isn't strong enough to break out of the net?

Btw, I just realised Oku-sensei has drawn a full erection in this chapter. Wow, I thought I'd only see those in doujins.

[War_Lord]

Crap, they still didn't kill this thing yet? Well I guess if they did, there'd be no real purpose for the Tokyo team being there. They still have to set up an opportunity for Katou to score the 100 points. With that said, it'll probably be around the end of summer for any conclusion. Hopefully that sarcasm doesn't bare any truth to it.

[Sokar]

Btw, I just realised Oku-sensei has drawn a full erection in this chapter. Wow, I thought I'd only see those in doujins.

Damn you for making me go back and look for it! It's weird seeing a penis not censored. You think he's hiding it by putting it in with a bunch of other stuff in order to get past the censors? The naked old man doesn't have a penis, but the transformation scene somehow does...

[sumowow]

Damn you for making me go back and look for it! It's weird seeing a penis not censored. You think he's hiding it by putting it in with a bunch of other stuff in order to get past the censors? The naked old man doesn't have a penis, but the transformation scene somehow does...

You hadn't noticed it before? That stuck out the most in the page.

[Onizuka-GTO]

Damn you for making me go back and look for it! It's weird seeing a penis not censored. You think he's hiding it by putting it in with a bunch of other stuff in order to get past the censors? The naked old man doesn't have a penis, but the transformation scene somehow does...



me too. yeah, i see it now. i dunno why i didn't notice it.

maybe i wasn't looking out for manga penis.

although i do remember the tits hanging out.

*sigh*

I'm so shallow.

:uhoh:

[MAQI]

latest chapter

Oka Hachirou's face is revealed! omg its chado from bleach
:heh::heh::heh::heh::heh: funny but so true....

Damn you for making me go back and look for it! It's weird seeing a penis not censored. You think he's hiding it by putting it in with a bunch of other stuff in order to get past the censors? The naked old man doesn't have a penis, but the transformation scene somehow does...

Censored??!! Gantz??!! What manga have you been reading? Besides the concept of the story, the non censoring is why I read Gantz and Berserk. Is it that in Japan they censor penises? Because they have shown just about every other body part there is in Gantz.

Ok the fight is good for a while but they need to get back to the story. With the Oka looking like chad, I just hope that Gantz does not turn into the last three months of bleach...

[Sokar]

Japan censors male and female genitalia. You always see a strip across a penis or vagina in manga, even things like hentai and doujin. I don't know why it's there, as it really doesn't block that much, but it's always there.

[Hypernova]

Japan censors male and female genitalia. You always see a strip across a penis or vagina in manga, even things like hentai and doujin. I don't know why it's there, as it really doesn't block that much, but it's always there.

Technically it's illegal if you don't censor the "3rd spot". Same thing with Japanese edited adult vids. They censor the genitals else they can't sell it in shops.

Asian countries are just not as open about it in general then Americans.

Gantz can get away with it probably because we can just say the monster has a tentical there:cool:

[ser4]

which is kind of strange cuz from what i've seen from manga and anime they are sextualy messed up any way so why no show everything?

btw i'm i the only on who things it is about time for Kurono to show up? and save the day i know he is supposed to be dead but..... he died at the moment when they got teleported so he might have been teleported to the black box ......i know wishful thinking but still... it would be really cool

[Diedrupo]

@272

Ok now this is just getting ridiculous. It's STILL not over, and Nurari seems impossible as ever.
It doesn't help that Oka pretty much gives up and walks away

[MAQI]

@272

Ok now this is just getting ridiculous. It's STILL not over, and Nurari seems impossible as ever.
It doesn't help that Oka pretty much gives up and walks away

Well the fact that he walked away makes it possible for Kato or one of the other Tokyo team members to finally kill that piece of shit 100 pointer and BRING BACK KURONO!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Mizuno]

That's kind of wishful thinking. I'm thinking Oka is looking for an opportunity to steal kill.

[sumowow]

So 273 is out, unless you already knew. I just don't see any end in sight for this thing. The boss can recreate his body every time they kill him, and he evenly matches, and/or is stronger than the person who he's fighting because he's able to copy their fighting abilities. Unless they all work together and use the "Capture" Gun, i don't think it will end soon. Deus ex Machina here we come.

[Fipskuul]

A chapter dedicated to high level of disgust, even compared to the Gantz standard. Other than that, well there is not a lot going on, at least not different from what we had already seen.

[Xellos-_^]

i was re-reading the chpt the Kei supposely die in. However in the last it just shows Kei lying in blood. There is actually a good possiblity that he isn't dead.

anyway i wish they fnish this arc already, it is 30+ chp, time to move the story along.

[Fipskuul]

Wouldn't it be good, if Gantz decides to revive and send Kei there for help....It won't be the first time something out-of-ordinary happening in terms of changing the rules.

[Umaibo]

At least Nuri can't turn people into cookies or absorb them like 魔人ブウ, I mean, "yet."

[MAQI]

Wouldn't it be good, if Gantz decides to revive and send Kei there for help....It won't be the first time something out-of-ordinary happening in terms of changing the rules.

As much as I want Kei back, that would be kind of disapointing. It would be too easy. They just need to end this fight already and set up the story for him to come back.

[KiNA]

I have only 1 comment for this chapter..

OMG JUST DIE LAAA NURI >_<!!

This arc is taking too long to conclude >_<

[TOP]

Picked up this manga a few days ago, and even though I'm not usually into these types of manga, Gantz is really good. Definently hooked now.

Wouldn't it be good, if Gantz decides to revive and send Kei there for help....It won't be the first time something out-of-ordinary happening in terms of changing the rules.

That'd be way too easy. Also, I don't think Gantz is the type of person/thing to give assistance of that level for free. I'd rather see them do something and finally beat Nuri (when will this mofo die) and then someone just revives Kei.

And I want to see Kei bang Reika. But that's just me. :heh:

[Fipskuul]

As much as I want Kei back, that would be kind of disapointing. It would be too easy. They just need to end this fight already and set up the story for him to come back.If they cannot even survive that monster without any extraordinary help, why not? It is almost guaranteed to revive him after this fight is over (of course, you can replace Kei with Izumi). Now, imagine the next monsters being all around that level. Reviving Kei in such a situation would not look bad if that were to happen.

This arc is taking too long to conclude >_<Maybe because it is the beginning of a much more advanced storyline.

[Expendable GM Pilot]

So I just caught up with this manga. When is the next chapter coming out?

[TOP]

...And here comes Nuri's "serious" transformation.

[D a m i e n]

i just saw that a new chapter has been released. so here are my questions :
are they still on namek?
have they summon shenron yet to resurect goku?

answers to question 1 and 2 are yes and no. i m still out of this manga.

[Xellos-_^]

Q1 Yes
Q2 No

[Forbin]

i just saw that a new chapter has been released. so here are my questions :
are they still on namek?
have they summon shenron yet to resurect goku?

answers to question 1 and 2 are yes and no. i m still out of this manga.

Probably the best analogy to a full 1.5 years without Kei

[Fipskuul]

Nuri's newest form looks really tasty. Wasting all those intestines....And, hopefully, we currently see his stable/original form with this latest transformation. It is getting a bit old with all those changes.

[sumowow]

Wow ive just seen the new chapter and ive got to say That's a damn fine job that Kaze did, he was able to take down nurari's 2 forms in a matter of minutes. Of course it was with the help of his teammates but they still did it. Now its time for the "Serious" nurari to come out, hopefully it will be the last and gantz will count it as everyone killing him and give each of them 100 points. Still, way to go kaze, way to go.

[MAQI]

Even Sakuri said it... "It... just doesn't end..." "It'll never end" Thats how I feel too...
Well if this is his final form, I hope they kill his ass and he gives them like 5 or 6 hundred points... One for each form... Then they can bring back Kurono, Izumi, and Nishi and with the rest of them have to best team! And Anzu should be perminently put on the Tokyo team! Heres hoping the next cahpter will be the end of Nuri!!!!

[Diedrupo]

This arc is ridiculous. There is no way for any of the current gantzers to even defeat Nurari without some kind of deus ex machina intervention.

My guess is that time will run out and whoever's still alive is returned to the room with their points reset.

[Mizuno]

^That would be the worst possible case scenario.

[MAQI]

^That would be the worst possible case scenario.

No, the worst possible case scenario is that they all die before the time runs out, but then you would have no characters to tell the story with... That would just lead this MANGA in a whole new jacked up direction though so I doubt it'll happen...

[TOP]

I thought the time limit is gone? :confused: So it's either they defeat Nuri or just all die?

My guess is that the multiple 100-pointer guy will come back and do something (and maybe die in the process), but then the Gantz team kill steals it from him and revives back Kurono.

And hopefully this is his LAST form.

[Mizuno]

If all characters die or time runs out when the teams are decimated, Oku should just wrap it up and start a new manga or something. He spent almost 2 years on this arc and I hope there's actually a purpose in all this. Although he's indeed a random writer and quite unpredictable, I'd hate to see that kind of scenario, feels like a waste of time.

[TOP]

Well, if he's gonna make all the characters die, he really wasted a lot of time on this arc... I sure as hell don't want to continue reading Gantz with another whole new Gantz team and Kurono + the present day Gantz team being forgotten.

I just really want to see Kurono back (seems so incomplete without him) and Nuri dead, but at the moment, Nuri seems invincible...

[MAQI]

Yeah I really doubt he will kill off the whole team, and OH YEAH! I forgot the time limit is gone. See thats what happens when a manga comes out every two weeks!!! I almost forgot everything I used to know about Claymore... once a month sucks cock! And don't even get me started on Berserk... I am betting on two to three more chapters with Nuri and a big surprise once they get back to the apartment. I hope we find out more about the GANTZ ball itself... soon and that Kurono comes back soon too...

[MAQI]

Declaration of love!!!! HA! I'm sorry if any of you get mad at me for saying this, but Anzu Yamasaki is so much better than Kei Kishimoto!!!!! IMHO...
I don't know why any of them has not thought of using the capture gun on this guy... I hope this plan works!!! So we can get on with the story...:rolleyes: I also hope Anzu gets put into the Tokyo tean for good, or that the Tokyo team and the Osaka team combine for good.

I have a theory that Gantz is like an intergalactic game show of survival of the fittest like Gldiators or the Running Man game. Even though the aliens are trying to take over the planet, the Gants ball probably takes these humans whom are about to die and puts them in the game of kill or be killed, and who knows who is watching these fights and placing bets or just for entertainment. I am guessing aliens on other planets get to watch. I also thing that when the capture gun is used the ones that get sent up, go to another planet to play the same game or get put in a cell and are then the property of the Gantz ball. This is my theory. Let me know what you think.

[sumowow]

Declaration of love!!!! HA! I'm sorry if any of you get mad at me for saying this, but Anzu Yamasaki is so much better than Kei Kishimoto!!!!! IMHO...
I don't know why any of them has not thought of using the capture gun on this guy... I hope this plan works!!! So we can get on with the story...:rolleyes: I also hope Anzu gets put into the Tokyo tean for good, or that the Tokyo team and the Osaka team combine for good.

I have a theory that Gantz is like an intergalactic game show of survival of the fittest like Gldiators or the Running Man game. Even though the aliens are trying to take over the planet, the Gants ball probably takes these humans whom are about to die and puts them in the game of kill or be killed, and who knows who is watching these fights and placing bets or just for entertainment. I am guessing aliens on other planets get to watch. I also thing that when the capture gun is used the ones that get sent up, go to another planet to play the same game or get put in a cell and are then the property of the Gantz ball. This is my theory. Let me know what you think.

Im gonna have to agree with you on the game theory there. I mean come on the "points," the "players," the monsters vs. humans. Its definately a game of some sort.

I absolutely love this manga, this reminds me of the time they were fighting that demon in the city, when the timer on gantz went away. It was so much fun watching them struggle and struggle one by one being mowed down until finally they were all able to defeat him, and that was quite possibly the giddyest ive ever felt for a manga. It was amazing.

Also i think Nurari went to take care of Oka and the other cowards, what other reason could there be for him to leave the area? Unless this is some foreshadowing for something even more dangerous

Edit: Well he said he didnt want anything to do with nuri anymore so he just left. Basically he ran away, so i dont think he's getting a stronger weapon.

[MAQI]

Im gonna have to agree with you on the game theory there. I mean come on the "points," the "players," the monsters vs. humans. Its definately a game of some sort.

I absolutely love this manga, this reminds me of the time they were fighting that demon in the city, when the timer on gantz went away. It was so much fun watching them struggle and struggle one by one being mowed down until finally they were all able to defeat him, and that was quite possibly the giddyest ive ever felt for a manga. It was amazing.

Also i think Nurari went to take care of Oka and the other cowards, what other reason could there be for him to leave the area? Unless this is some foreshadowing for something even more dangerous

Yeah I figured as much about him going to take care of Oka. I have been wondering for the last month where Oka went to. I mean did he go to get some other weapon? I can't wait two more weeks (July 10th) to see what happens next!!!! :(

[TOP]

Went to get a stronger weapon? I don't think so...

Maybe to buy some time to make a strategy? Either way, I think that guy will end up dying anyways.

[Izayoi]

Yeah I really doubt he will kill off the whole team

Seriously, in this manga you might just never know. It is not like him killing off 3/4 of the team never happened before but probably not the whole team I guess.

[KickHopper]

Arg, this is getting ridiculous. Takes forever to kill this final boss. I'm going to laugh if this isn't even the final boss and something else comes out after they beat him.

[animernq]

I have a theory that Gantz is like an intergalactic game show of survival of the fittest like Gldiators or the Running Man game. Even though the aliens are trying to take over the planet, the Gants ball probably takes these humans whom are about to die and puts them in the game of kill or be killed, and who knows who is watching these fights and placing bets or just for entertainment. I am guessing aliens on other planets get to watch. I also thing that when the capture gun is used the ones that get sent up, go to another planet to play the same game or get put in a cell and are then the property of the Gantz ball. This is my theory. Let me know what you think.

Or it could be the alien equivalent of reality TV. Ressurecting random dead humans, giving them weapons, and forcing them to fight to the death for points may just be a standard alien TV show. Would this make Gantz the host since he always announces the challenges?

[sumowow]

I think that is nurari's final form. Considering the things he said throughout the chapter. Things like "You are enough, i understand" and " I'm finished." Then again he could just be talking about how he whooped his ass.

[Mizuno]

This will be the final fight, no more cheap regeneration. Nishi and the others are about to die from blood loss, they wouldn't keep reminding us of that and then just let them die anyway so it's do or die here for the Tokyo team. I do like KatouxAnzu, and I wish the nerd and the Osaka scum team just die already.

[TOP]

Or it could be the alien equivalent of reality TV. Ressurecting random dead humans, giving them weapons, and forcing them to fight to the death for points may just be a standard alien TV show. Would this make Gantz the host since he always announces the challenges?

I like this idea more.

[Nintendo]

the way this arc is going and how they are going to snipe....i say they do that and it doesnt work to plan.....then the badass vampires swoop down and give it that finishing blow. 4 more chapters of this tops lol

[FlyByNite]

Declaration of love!!!! HA! I'm sorry if any of you get mad at me for saying this, but Anzu Yamasaki is so much better than Kei Kishimoto!!!!! IMHO...
I don't know why any of them has not thought of using the capture gun on this guy... I hope this plan works!!! So we can get on with the story...:rolleyes: I also hope Anzu gets put into the Tokyo tean for good, or that the Tokyo team and the Osaka team combine for good.

I have a theory that Gantz is like an intergalactic game show of survival of the fittest like Gldiators or the Running Man game. Even though the aliens are trying to take over the planet, the Gants ball probably takes these humans whom are about to die and puts them in the game of kill or be killed, and who knows who is watching these fights and placing bets or just for entertainment. I am guessing aliens on other planets get to watch. I also thing that when the capture gun is used the ones that get sent up, go to another planet to play the same game or get put in a cell and are then the property of the Gantz ball. This is my theory. Let me know what you think.


I've thought that's probably what Gantz is for awhile too ever since I saw an interview with the mangaka somewhere and he talked about how he read imported or translated marvel comics stuff in addition to manga when he was growing up. The X-men comics had something where there's this universe called the Mojoverse where this alien guy would put people in games. He's appeared a few times in different arcs.

I've always thought Gantz might be something similar to that and it's basically what you theorized.



I hope Anzu and Katou survive, dude deserves to get laid after all this. lol

[Forbin]

Why not ask in the Anime thread instead of the manga one?

[abritt]

like i said new to forum. will do. thx

[sumowow]

The chapter is out and ive got to say. This chapter was actually pretty good. They question nuri about why they're in this fight, and why they are forced to fight the demons. Nurari asks if he believes in god, and then goes on to tell him that god created the world they're in and that they should treat the battle as if it were an equivalant to an act of god, and that trying to change it is futile.

[Izayoi]

One law in Gantz: Plans never work. Everytime you see them trying to make a plan or something, throw rocks at them. So far this law applied to every boss, so yea. Not really expecting anything but maybe this time might be different.

[Mizuno]

If Nuri can use some sort of long distance attack ala the Buddha laser, then they are so friggin screwed...

[yononaka]

If Nuri can use some sort of long distance attack ala the Buddha laser, then they are so friggin screwed...
If? Remember the beaming eyes form from early on?

[Diedrupo]

Hahaha I love how Oka's dead. Looks like Oku intended from the start to make the Osaka team nothing but fodder for this chapter since he's still unwilling to kill off most of the tokyo guys.

[MAQI]

HA! When Katou asked his question, I almost @#$%^&* I thought, wow! finally some clue as to what the hell is going on... but to say the least I was sadly disappointed... Good chapter though, I wonder if Katou (if he gets the chance) will bring back Kishimoto? Now that Anzu is like... "be an instant daddy to my kid!" (I would)... such love triangles... I love GANTZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:D:D:D

[Mizuno]

Some people speculate that Kishimoto will be revived, not because Katou asked Gantz to, but because he goofed and asks for "Kei-chan".

[MAQI]

Some people speculate that Kishimoto will be revived, not because Katou asked Gantz to, but because he goofed and asks for "Kei-chan".

That would be funny... it would also suck cuz I really want to see kurono back in the game!!!!!!!!

So I wanted to say more about this last chapter, but I didn't have the time last night. The art in this chapter is some of the best I've seen from GANTZ, and I kind of wish they would have dedicate a chapter to the Nuri and Oku fight, I mean shit... the guy got up to 700 points, at least give him a hero's death and let us see the fight, even if it was a quick one... I would have liked to see how he managed to get his head and half his torso ripped off.

[kk2extreme]

wtf

Iron Man?!?!:twitch:

[MAQI]

wtf

Iron Man?!?!:twitch:

That chapter came out around the same time as the movie, I thought the same thing, I guess he got a little inspiration from the movie for that drawing...:heh:

[Sun Shine]

Read upto the part where Kuruno frees himself *confused why, especially as he was thinking of resurrecting Kishimoto earlier in the manga* and scanned over the rest of the chapters. Its not as interesting without Kuruno leading the battles. So hope for Kishimoto to get resurrected and fight it out with Reika over Kuruno, cannee stand that annoying Tei.

[Forbin]

Umm...Kishimoto doesn't like Kurono, she likes Kato

[Umaibo]

You know, have we forgotten about the two vampires? :p

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think they're still alive?

[Sun Shine]

Umm...Kishimoto doesn't like Kurono, she likes Kato

Still have faith in her to develop feelings for Kuruno :)

[Sinta]

SEI...SEI is the one we want not female Kei. She was lame. Reika and Sei. thats what I'm talking about.

[Mizuno]

Tomb Raider and FFVI, nice combo. :heh:

And yeah, the vampires are still hiding somewhere.

[Diedrupo]

You know, have we forgotten about the two vampires? :p

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think they're still alive?

Yes they are but... What can they do? :heh:

[Umaibo]

It would be funny if the mangaka completely forgot them. xD

I mean, he can be so random sometimes, not to mention, this arc has been going on for a year or so. =p

[Mizuno]

Oku is certainly random. I mean, suddenly changing male lead was totally unexpected... :(

[kk2extreme]

this is cool, even main characters can die anytime, and a new one would fill the spot, i feel like that im an alien watching a bloody reality show when im reading this manga.

[Sun Shine]

this is cool, even main characters can die anytime, and a new one would fill the spot, i feel like that im an alien watching a bloody reality show when im reading this manga.

Only problem is its a bit like Dragonball with how the characters can be brought back to life.

[Diedrupo]

Oku is certainly random. I mean, suddenly changing male lead was totally unexpected... :(

...How was changing from Kurono to Katou "sudden"? Gantz was essentially reborn after Kurono died, starting a completely new phase. There was nothing sudden about it.

Only problem is its a bit like Dragonball with how the characters can be brought back to life.

If Oku's smart, he'll be severely limiting the impact of this. For instance, look at the Osaka team. They're all pretty much dead save for a few incompetent members, so nobody is getting revived there. And among the Tokyo team, the one member who's died doesn't want to be brought back, and I doubt the others (including Katou) gained 100 points.

[D a m i e n]

Only problem is its a bit like Dragonball with how the characters can be brought back to life.

Speaking of Dragonball.
Still on Namek, Goku still dead with moralfag Gohan still being the lead?

[Ermes Marana]

Read upto the part where Kuruno frees himself *confused why, especially as he was thinking of resurrecting Kishimoto earlier in the manga* and scanned over the rest of the chapters. Its not as interesting without Kuruno leading the battles.


Same here.

If Kurono was going to die, he should have died in the game. That would have been surprising and yet logical.

It made no sense for him to free himself. It was out of character and illogical, and as soon as it happened it was obvious to me he would die, so there was no surprise.

Everyone acted completely out of character and made no sense in the chapters surrounding Kurono freeing himself.

[MAQI]

Same here.

If Kurono was going to die, he should have died in the game. That would have been surprising and yet logical.

It made no sense for him to free himself. It was out of character and illogical, and as soon as it happened it was obvious to me he would die, so there was no surprise.

Everyone acted completely out of character and made no sense in the chapters surrounding Kurono freeing himself.

See thats why I love this Manga!!!!! Its not like SJ where its so all the same shit that people are even having rules for what can and can't happen. When I started reading Gantz I fell in love with it because anything can happen (and usually does) Its more realistic. Like Berserk it takes you through euphoric victories and crushing defeat. Its addicting as all hell because you can't really predict whats going to happen next.

Also I know what you mean about the way Kurono died, he is a warior, but the whole point of the way he died was that he had chainged his view on the world. He stoped being a cold and shallow asshole and started caring about an old guy and a nerdy girl instead of only himself and the hottest chick on the planet (in his eyes). I think Kurono died a good death, in the arms of the one who loved him the most and whom he loved just as much. (I know I know... trust me I am not gay...):p:D

[Ermes Marana]

See thats why I love this Manga!!!!! Its not like SJ where its so all the same shit that people are even having rules for what can and can't happen. When I started reading Gantz I fell in love with it because anything can happen (and usually does) Its more realistic. Like Berserk it takes you through euphoric victories and crushing defeat. Its addicting as all hell because you can't really predict whats going to happen next.

Also I know what you mean about the way Kurono died, he is a warior, but the whole point of the way he died was that he had chainged his view on the world. He stoped being a cold and shallow asshole and started caring about an old guy and a nerdy girl instead of only himself and the hottest chick on the planet (in his eyes). I think Kurono died a good death, in the arms of the one who loved him the most and whom he loved just as much. (I know I know... trust me I am not gay...):p:D



For the most part Gantz is unpredictable, but Kurono's death WAS predictable and stupid. If he had died in the game, I would not have predicted that, but as soon as he freed himself I knew he was dead.

And it was stupid, because it was out of character and made no sense.


1. Being in the game was safer for him than being out, and he of all people should have known that.

2. He knew he would lose his memory, thus losing all his relationships and all his character development.

3. He knew he was the best fighter and how much they needed him, which means he was leaving everyone to die basically. This did not go along with his character development.

4. It was also out of character how much everyone wanted him to leave. It was idiotic, it isn't like he was going somewhere great, he was just getting dropped off in a war zone to die without any defenses.


Kurono's death could have been a shocking event and made sense, but instead it was extremely stupid, out of character, and predictable.

[MAQI]

For the most part Gantz is unpredictable, but Kurono's death WAS predictable and stupid. If he had died in the game, I would not have predicted that, but as soon as he freed himself I knew he was dead.

And it was stupid, because it was out of character and made no sense.


1. Being in the game was safer for him than being out, and he of all people should have known that.

2. He knew he would lose his memory, thus losing all his relationships and all his character development.

3. He knew he was the best fighter and how much they needed him, which means he was leaving everyone to die basically. This did not go along with his character development.

4. It was also out of character how much everyone wanted him to leave. It was idiotic, it isn't like he was going somewhere great, he was just getting dropped off in a war zone to die without any defenses.


Kurono's death could have been a shocking event and made sense, but instead it was extremely stupid, out of character, and predictable.

OK I agree that it was stupid, but I do not agree that it was out of character for the rest of them to want him to be free of GANTZ. It was what they all wanted most. So therefore they gave that freedom to the man who showed them how to survive and even win so that they may be free.

Kurono's greatest wish besides his own freedom was to revive Katou. The rest of the group gave him that.

He didn't really know about the vampires and that they wanted him dead. All the instences even when they attacked Izumi he thought they were after Izumi.

The losing his memory part is stupid and its the only part I don't really quite understand (plot hole).

Kurono would have stayed to revive all the people he lost if it were not for everyone basically begging him to be free at the end of that mission. I know he would have stayed, if not for that. IMHO.:D

[Fipskuul]

Finally the vampire is back. With him there, we can assume that the monster cannot continue to wake up from dead anymore. And, it is also nice to see him cooperating with others (I hope though the reason is not the other vampire's worsening conditions, or a laser beam hitting her while they are hiding is somewhere else)

Now the questions will be answered on the point distribution, and who will come back from the dead from both the Tokyo team and the Osaka team. If Osaka team's strong members were gone for good, it won't give a nice feeling.

[Supah Em]

oh man chapter 277 was great!

but someone kicked the bucket yet again

[MAQI]

First I was like YES!!!

Then I was like NO!!!!!!!!!!

Finally I was like FUCK!!!!! Couldn't he have done that sooner!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Anzu is dead... :twitch: :sad: :sad: :sad:

[Fipskuul]

If the monster comes back from this cut, then we may get to see the released form for the vampire. Now that I think about it, maybe, I would prefer that, even though I got sick of the monster's transformations.

[Nintendo]

the way this arc is going and how they are going to snipe....i say they do that and it doesnt work to plan.....then the badass vampires swoop down and give it that finishing blow. 4 more chapters of this tops lol

:D I hope that IS the finishing blow, or my vampire prediction will be wrong....

[Mizuno]

So Anzu dies... the nerd is alive... Nishi is alive... and the Osaka perv is alive. WTH!? Oku is trying to put readers into despair I tell ya.

[jonli]

I really hope Katou isnt going to waste his next 100 points on Anzu.

You better get Kurono back....

[sumowow]

I really hope Katou isnt going to waste his next 100 points on Anzu.

You better get Kurono back....

If he does. And they both die on the next mission, then there will be no one to continue the kurono/katou team. So that would basically mean the end of the manga. Since it mainly revolves around those 2.

[MAQI]

I am in morning for anzu... Honestly she is my favorite Gantz girl to date. I am really pissed she died! Though like I said before, this is why I love Gantz, its unpredictable, except for someone dieing of course, though you never know who it will be, it could even be the main character.

Now does anyone else think that Katou sucks at staying alive or not getting his limbs blown off?? Or is it just me...?

[Sun Shine]

Nah Katou just sucks in general :P

[Fipskuul]

Why would Katou use his 100 points on Kurono? It is likely there will be more than one who might get that 100, and Katou is not the only one who would target Kurono.

I also wonder what the vampire will do. Bring back another vampire maybe? Select a special sword? Or maybe bring another human back, one he killed recently, for instance? Considering that he has already changed his mind about the Gantz thing, I don't think he is limited to any constraint he had earlier. On the opposite, he may get to fight people he thought as friends (as it happened not so long ago), if he doesn't want to die. But, I guess there is a meaning as to why he is allowed to kill the final monster (the others not being able to do that is a reason, but, who knows, there may be something else).

[Kanon]

Why would Katou use his 100 points on Kurono? It is likely there will be more than one who might get that 100, and Katou is not the only one who would target Kurono.

Actually, he is. Sakata stated earlier in the mission that they should forget about reviving Kurono, because if they use their points to revive their teammates everytime they get killed, they will all stay stuck in Gantz forever. The others, even Reika, agreed. Only Katou vowed to bring back Kurono.

Maybe they'll change their minds after the mission, but I doubt it especially after what they went through with the 100 pointer.

[jonli]

If he does. And they both die on the next mission, then there will be no one to continue the kurono/katou team. So that would basically mean the end of the manga. Since it mainly revolves around those 2.

Yes, but Gantz was never predictable. Although I agree that Katou's getting the main focus now, probably to develop something with Kurono in the future.

But even if Katou does die in the next mission, Reika or the Oldman would revive Kurono.

[Xellos-_^]

Actually, he is. Sakata stated earlier in the mission that they should forget about reviving Kurono, because if they use their points to revive their teammates everytime they get killed, they will all stay stuck in Gantz forever. The others, even Reika, agreed. Only Katou vowed to bring back Kurono.

Maybe they'll change their minds after the mission, but I doubt it especially after what they went through with the 100 pointer.

The teacher didn't want to be bought back but his student is thinking of it.
Reika is split over whether to bring back Kurono. She hasn't really made a decision yet. And if host-vamp will confimr that they are being target outside of the gantz game. if they want to survive they willhave to stay in the game.

[MooMooFarm]

THEY MAIN LEAD SHOULD BE THE VAMP SAMURAI, KATOU SUCKED IT UP IN HIS RE-TRYOUT FOR THE NEW MISSION, NO ONE LIKES HIM, SO GIVE THE SPOTLIGHT TO THE VAMP. HELL THE ENDING CAPTION SAID SO! HEREEEEEEEEEEE'S YOUR NEW WORLD WRESTLING ERR I MEAN GANTZ ENTERTAINMENT CHAMPION!!!!

Que Survivor song :<

[Diedrupo]

Why are people assuming Katou got 100 points this mission? He probably killed the least out of anyone in his team (excluding Inaba who likely got 0 again)


Also, since Nishi killed the two sub bosses, if he survives, he'll get 100+ points. It'll be interesting to see if he decides to leave the game or not.

[reinloch]

THEY MAIN LEAD SHOULD BE THE VAMP SAMURAI, KATOU SUCKED IT UP IN HIS RE-TRYOUT FOR THE NEW MISSION, NO ONE LIKES HIM, SO GIVE THE SPOTLIGHT TO THE VAMP. HELL THE ENDING CAPTION SAID SO! HEREEEEEEEEEEE'S YOUR NEW WORLD WRESTLING ERR I MEAN GANTZ ENTERTAINMENT CHAMPION!!!!

Que Survivor song :<

Don't be absurd. Katou is cool, and should hold on to being the lead longer.

[Kanon]

The teacher didn't want to be bought back but his student is thinking of it.
Reika is split over whether to bring back Kurono. She hasn't really made a decision yet. And if host-vamp will confimr that they are being target outside of the gantz game. if they want to survive they willhave to stay in the game.

You're right, Reika wasn't really sure about it. I think the old man might still want to bring Kurono back too, he agreed with Sakata back then but it would be a bit out of character for him to forget about Kurono just like that, he was pretty fond of him after all, and he always put other people's life above his own.

Why are people assuming Katou got 100 points this mission? He probably killed the least out of anyone in his team (excluding Inaba who likely got 0 again)


Also, since Nishi killed the two sub bosses, if he survives, he'll get 100+ points. It'll be interesting to see if he decides to leave the game or not.

Weren't the two sub bosses killed by the Osaka guys? The only thing I remember of Nishi in this mission is him landing a surprise hit on the boss with the H-Gun, only to get his ass kicked the chapter after. And Katou might get the 100 points since he managed to fire the H-Gun at the last moment.

[MAQI]

You're right, Reika wasn't really sure about it. I think the old man might still want to bring Kurono back too, he agreed with Sakata back then but it would be a bit out of character for him to forget about Kurono just like that, he was pretty fond of him after all, and he always put other people's life above his own.



Weren't the two sub bosses killed by the Osaka guys? The only thing I remember of Nishi in this mission is him landing a surprise hit on the boss with the H-Gun, only to get his ass kicked the chapter after. And Katou might get the 100 points since he managed to fire the H-Gun at the last moment.

I don't remember Katou firing the H-Gun...? Thats why Anzu dided. He could't squeez the triger to fire it due to blood loss.... or as we MEN call it "bitchassness" (if you need the definition pm me). If he would have been able to shoot it anzu would have been alive right now and Kurono would be brought back.

Anyway about the Vampire dude becoming the next main character. I think it is highly possible, but that would make Katou's reentrance into Gantz that much more completely useless, and ther just has to be a reason he was brought back.
There are so many possibilities I don't know what to say. I just hope this is the end of this monster and that we get some more info as to what is going on.

[Kanon]

He shoots in the second to last page of the chapter, you can see the H-Gun lighting up.

[Diedrupo]

Weren't the two sub bosses killed by the Osaka guys? The only thing I remember of Nishi in this mission is him landing a surprise hit on the boss with the H-Gun, only to get his ass kicked the chapter after. And Katou might get the 100 points since he managed to fire the H-Gun at the last moment.

You're right, it's been such a long time since those chapters that my memory got messed up. :)

Looks like Nishi will be around for a while.

[MAQI]

He shoots in the second to last page of the chapter, you can see the H-Gun lighting up.

Onemanga has suspended GANTZ due to Dark Horse comics asking them to, and Bleachexile's on line manga reader is not showing any manga at the moment, but, I have to disagree with you. Maybe I am not seeing and reading the same translation as you are, but I did not see it light up, all I saw was him picking it up and trying to pull the trigger and he couldn't. He even said "too weak", and as soon as I can get it, I will post the page up to show you what I am talking about.

[Nintendo]

Onemanga has suspended GANTZ due to Dark Horse comics asking them to, and Bleachexile's on line manga reader is not showing any manga at the moment, but, I have to disagree with you. Maybe I am not seeing and reading the same translation as you are, but I did not see it light up, all I saw was him picking it up and trying to pull the trigger and he couldn't. He even said "too weak", and as soon as I can get it, I will post the page up to show you what I am talking about.

it says that, but if you put in the chapter number, it lets you read it.

[MAQI]

it says that, but if you put in the chapter number, it lets you read it.

thanks, I'll give it a try!

[Diedrupo]

Camphone pics of 278 are out.


Looks like there's a chance that Katou didn't make it. The mission is definately over since we see the nerd being teleported back to the room, but he is standing over Katou's body, and the last frame shows Katou lying on the ground, not teleported. A repeat of the bhudda mission's ending. -_-

Also, it looks like after HS sliced Nuri, Katou H Gun'd him, and that finished it off. You can sort of see it from the pages, so that's how Nuri finally bit it.

[Kanon]

Onemanga has suspended GANTZ due to Dark Horse comics asking them to, and Bleachexile's on line manga reader is not showing any manga at the moment, but, I have to disagree with you. Maybe I am not seeing and reading the same translation as you are, but I did not see it light up, all I saw was him picking it up and trying to pull the trigger and he couldn't. He even said "too weak", and as soon as I can get it, I will post the page up to show you what I am talking about.

Yes, I know he couldn't pull the trigger at first, but he keeps trying throughout the chapter and manages to do it at the very end (like I said, check the second to last page).

From the pics, it looks like Katou managed to kill Nura with the H-Gun because Host Samurai distracted him. Don't know what happened to HS, but I hope he survives. Nerd guy seems to promise Katou that he'll revive Anzu, so Katou should bring back Kurono if he did get the points from the boss kill. But somehow, it seems way too soon for Kurono to come back (even though I wouldn't mind it) so I think either Katou didn't get the 100 points or something else will happen... Maybe he'll ask Gantz to bring back "Kei-chan" and it's Kishimoto that will be revived :heh: :heh:

[Fipskuul]

Finally, the fights are over, and now the most crucial part for a long time, the grades, and the next set of revivals. It seems Katou was allowed to finish the monster, so he will get a good share of the final grades. And, I wonder what the vampire will do, he must have also collected a lot of points, if it somehow reaches 100, he may do something crazy.

[MAQI]

Finally!!!!!!!!!

Now lets have Kurono back shall we...:D:D:D:hyper-^v^:

[TOP]

FINALLY OVER! Better get Kurono back. :mad:

Off-topic, but why does the nerdy guy from Osaka always throw up? :uhoh:

[Mizuno]

lol, I don't know but I'm on the verge on throwing up myself when I see him. :uhoh:

[Soconfused]

Phew what a ridiculous arc. The grades for this fight will be insane, I'm guessing some will get 200+ , especially Katou after some of the crap he killed. Next chapter will definetly be interesting. :)

[jonli]

I think they might have to discuss about how to use the 100 points. It's pretty obvious for them now that enemies are getting tougher and tougher, and they need better weapons.

They might need to buy new weapons instead of revive kurono :(.

[Xellos-_^]

I think they might have to discuss about how to use the 100 points. It's pretty obvious for them now that enemies are getting tougher and tougher, and they need better weapons.

They might need to buy new weapons instead of revive kurono :(.

i think quite a few of them will have 100 points. and the final boss should be worth 200 points.

and i disagree about the weapons. The osaka team had a bunch of upgraded weapons and still got pwn. If the Tokyo team have any brains they need to revied both Kurono and Isumi. Isumi is a pyschopath but they will need a pyscho[path on thier side.

[Shiryuu]

Nuri isn't dead. He just became invisible and laser-ing everyone slowly.

:p

[RolePlay]

dammit i need to catch up haven't read gantz for at least 2 months =/

[I-Love-Konata]

i think quite a few of them will have 100 points. and the final boss should be worth 200 points.

and i disagree about the weapons. The osaka team had a bunch of upgraded weapons and still got pwn. If the Tokyo team have any brains they need to revied both Kurono and Isumi. Isumi is a pyschopath but they will need a pyscho[path on thier side.

They have to revive Kurono. Kato-cha is not really that good when it comes to fighting, he only have the guts to do the fighting but he don't have the skills required. I also agree with reviving Izumi since he can fight and also he knows many things about Gantz more than the Tokyo team (he was a member after all). The guns such as H guns are quite useless against strong enemies as we can see the Tengu resisted it. The default X gun and shotgun is far more superior than the H gun imo.

[MAQI]

Does anyone know what is going on? No chapter this week????!!! PM me if you know whats up. Thanks!

[Kanon]

There's a chapter this week, spoilers just came out and...

Look who's back !!!

http://img391.imageshack.us/img391/6112/59190365le9of8.png (http://imageshack.us)
http://img391.imageshack.us/img391/6112/59190365le9of8.ffb56f3b14.jpg (http://g.imageshack.us/g.php?h=391&i=59190365le9of8.png)

イナバ　0点
Inaba 0 point
レイカ　0点
Reika 0 point
もうチェリーではない　0点
Cherry 0 point
ハゲ　0点
Old man 0 points
ホイホイ　40点
Hoi Hoi 40 points
こども　26点
The kid 26 points
きんにくらいだー(仮)　35点
Muscle rider 35 points
ホストさむらい　42点
Host samurai　42 points
きるびる　
Kirubiru (kill bill? XD)　0 point
西くん　75点
Nishi kun　75 points
かとうちゃ(笑)　100点　→　玄野復活
Kato　100 points　→　used to revive Kurono

And holy crap, Hoi Hoi got 40 points :heh:

Thanks to Dolfa from Ritual for the spoilers.

[jonli]

How the hell did Hoi Hoi get 40 points!?

[MooMooFarm]

How the hell did Hoi Hoi get 40 points!?

He was jungling the creeps until lvl 11 at which point he got a mjolnir, ganked bads while the rest of the Gantz team pushed mid lane until he was 16 then disassembled for bfly/stygian and solo'd Roshan for the remaining 25 points.

[Sinta]

There's a chapter this week, spoilers just came out and...

Look who's back !!!

http://img391.imageshack.us/img391/6112/59190365le9of8.png (http://imageshack.us)
http://img391.imageshack.us/img391/6112/59190365le9of8.ffb56f3b14.jpg (http://g.imageshack.us/g.php?h=391&i=59190365le9of8.png)

イナバ　0点
Inaba 0 point
レイカ　0点
Reika 0 point
もうチェリーではない　0点
Cherry 0 point
ハゲ　0点
Old man 0 points
ホイホイ　40点
Hoi Hoi 40 points
こども　26点
The kid 26 points
きんにくらいだー(仮)　35点
Muscle rider 35 points
ホストさむらい　42点
Host samurai　42 points
きるびる　
Kirubiru (kill bill? XD)　0 point
西くん　75点
Nishi kun　75 points
かとうちゃ(笑)　100点　→　玄野復活
Kato　100 points　→　used to revive Kurono

And holy crap, Hoi Hoi got 40 points :heh:

Thanks to Dolfa from Ritual for the spoilers.

Hell yeah; thats what i'm talking about!

[jonli]

And then you find out that Gantz revived a pre-badass Kurono, hence trashing all that development he had for the last 200 plus chapters. :D

[MAQI]

Hell yeah; thats what i'm talking about!

I second that "Hell yeah" with a Hell Motherfu@%ing yes!!!!!!!!!!

[sumowow]

And then you find out that Gantz revived a pre-badass Kurono, hence trashing all that development he had for the last 200 plus chapters. :D

I would be so incredibly disappointed/pissed off that i would just stop reading right there. Atleast until i come back for more.

[Mizuno]

Oku probably watched a bit too much Kung Fu Panda.

Hoi Hoi was whooping alien ass without us knowing it.

[Diedrupo]

So why did a good chunk of the team get 0 points? I guess the basic grunt aliens in the mission were 0 pointers eh?

[Shiryuu]

So why did a good chunk of the team get 0 points? I guess the basic grunt aliens in the mission were 0 pointers eh?
Its also possible they had no relation with Nuri's goons. The giant Nuri scene annihilating them makes more sense that way.

[Animecentred]

It was that or he wasn't sure where the attack came from and just destroyed everything to be safe. After all whats his face with nerd-guy sniped him outside of his area of awareness so he probably went mad to try and kill the attacker

But on a lighter note YAY, Hoi Hoi survived, he is one of my favorite characters, i hope he doesn't vanish like the dog
But one thing quickly, if they do revive Kurono wont he be revived outside of the game. After all he died as a civilian, i wouldn't mind that aslong as they kill off Tae

[Shiryuu]

It was that or he wasn't sure where the attack came from and just destroyed everything to be safe. After all whats his face with nerd-guy sniped him outside of his area of awareness so he probably went mad to try and kill the attacker


Pretty sure he blasted the other aliens before he got sniped.

EDIT: Nvm. He did get sniped first. Didn't remember the woman part.

[Animecentred]

Really, i thought it was after, as when he first jumped down he turned into the women, thats when he got sniped. After that he became the giant golem/laser eye thing destroying everything round him.

(as for the points, as some of the creatures were really weak they could have counted as like 0.1 points so no matter how many you kill you still have a long way to go to hit 100(also Hoi Hoi probably ate the insect aliens))

[Kanon]

So why did a good chunk of the team get 0 points? I guess the basic grunt aliens in the mission were 0 pointers eh?

They were 1 pointers if I remember well. Reika, the old man and Sakurai didn't get any points simply because they didn't do anything before meeting the boss. They decided early in the mission that it would be safer for them to just leave the aliens to the Osaka team.

[Umaibo]

I just read it! HE IS BACK! =D

[Animecentred]

YESSSSSSSSS!!!!!

That is great news, is he badass or pre-badass Kuruno

[CygnusX]

Love it that this arc is finally really really over! :p

Even though the art of Gantz is always beautifully drawn, I didn't like the much too long dragged fight, maybe if I reread all in one go, it'll be all right but if you have to wait every 2 weeks for 20 pages, it's torture :(

Panda 40 points lol. I'd like to see him fighting in a special extra chapter or something. :)
Kurono back, hell YEAH!!! Since he was revived and forgot his memories before he died, as an outsider, it's possible that he has forgotten, but I'd like to believe that Gantz restores his memories to the point before he decided to run away. If he doesn't, then I'm sure Kurono will gain it all back when he fights the next time.

I hope the characters who are fighting realise that there's no way of turning back once you're dead (The death of Kurono almost immediately after being revived migh be an indication of that Gantz is trying to tell them it's useless to try) and instead decide to try to work together to find out what exactly is going on and take the role of protectors of the human world, with Kurono as the real leader again. If he dies or runs away next chapter, I'm gonna be pissed! :p


At this point, finally some real development in the story is possible. There's the leftover Osaka team, Tokyo team and the vampires who might be able to talk together now, so I hope we learn something useful in next chapters. The two weeks wait will be long this time, but I think it'll be worth it :)

[sumowow]

I love all the captions that gantz gives to the players of the gantz game. Like the girlBreasts grow way too much, Likes katou way too much.

Or maybe even the guy No longer a cherry. Fucking chicken

Those are quite possibly the best parts of the entire gantz game besides the fighting itself.

[kk2extreme]

i wonder what choice will hoi hoi choose when it got 100 pt :D

[Mizuno]

Probably some nunchucks.

Breasts grow way too much, Likes katou way too much.
You mean Kurono. :p

[ShikaShika]

But one thing quickly, if they do revive Kurono wont he be revived outside of the game. After all he died as a civilian, i wouldn't mind that aslong as they kill off Tae

I was gonna say that, but someone beat me to it. Except the part about Tae, she can't ever die. (Again.) :mad:

[sumowow]

Probably some nunchucks.


You mean Kurono. :p

Really? I guess i must be thinking about kurono alot since all the hype this week has been about him. My mistake :heh:

[kk2extreme]

Probably some nunchucks.


omg kung fu panda, the creator must have a lot of reference to american stuff

[sumowow]

omg kung fu panda, the creator must have a lot of reference to american stuff

Or..you know. He couldve stomped the small creatures. Like the frog with a mouth on its head.

[Dark Mage]

I hope Tae dies. I dont wanna ever see Kurono end up with her again. I hope he atleast goes out with Reika once. She is sooo much better. but I have a feeling Reika dies real soon or she ends up with that good for nothing Inaba. But Ill b happy with anybody as long as its not Tae

[yononaka]

Ditto. Tae is a nice girl, but she's not suited for a story like Gantz. (Pun intended.) She doesn't necessarily have to die, but I don't want to see her again.

[genryou]

now that Kurono is revived, who's gonna be the main act? Katou is also badass in his own way, thou he is not as aggresive as Kurono, Katou still hv his own charm..

[Dark Mage]

no way Kurono is way cooler than katou. If we r talking about the old kurono and not the wimpy kurono.

[jzmagic]

Finally, the arcs over :) hopefully now we move onto the main plot and see some reika x kuruno development :D

[MAQI]

I want two things from the new arc, #1. For Kurono to do the nasty with reika, and #2 for Anzu to come back cuz she was oh so sssseeeexxxxyyyy, and I already miss her! A lot! I would also like to find out WTF is going on like what is Gantz, and for the Tokyo and Osaka teams to join and creat a Japan team. Maybe I'm asking too much??? Anway now bring back Anzu!!!! Please.:D

[thundrakkon]

Kurono is back! I am so happy now. This GantZ arc was so long, and without Kurono, it made it feel like an eternity. I am pretty sure that the Kurono that they bring back is the one that was last passed through the GantZ system, with memory intact, and the memory of Reika saying, "I love you."

He is then going to realize that Tae is not the one for him and end up with Reika. Yeah, I can only hope. Tae really does not belong in GantZ. Her weak embodiment is annoying, and Reika was the first girl Kurono was "in love" with (first girl seen in most manga/anime usually ends up with the main guy). Who knows? Kurono might think that what he is doing is too dangerous and breaks up with Tae to save her from the horror/pain.

I don't care what he does. As long as he is still badass and gets rid of Tae as his girlfriend. Reika really needs some love.

Oh yeah, Anzu Yamazaki is so much better for Katou. Although, if she eventually gets revived, all the experience they have together will be gone. That does kind of suck. I wonder if Katou is going to look for her 3 year old kid now. That one cannot survive on his own.

I see Anzu in Katou's future.

[MooMooFarm]

=[ the new arc before the next mission definitely has to address the Panda. There should be some crazy reporter or something like cam phones and what not showing Hoi Hoi and how he got FORTY FRICKING POINTS. The Reika/Kei deal is nice and all, but every time I think about it, it just seems that the moment a girl gets it on or is about to get it on, she WILL die. Reika is already decent enough, she just needs to be built on and developed as a main female character. I don't want to have to go through females over and over every couple of arcs until they actually develop to a point where their death means something. Like Kei's death, it was like WOAH when it first happened.

But umm yeah. Other than obvious Kei the great one, the rest arc should include Host Sam and the other chick, MUSCSOOOO LAAAIIDAAAA, and Panda.

Stupid rumor has it that Berserk anime might be redone since you know, it SUCKED balls. They should do that for Gantz. Like seriously, the anime was crap at the end. The new arcs would be amazing =] specially if done with state of the art animation like Seirei no Moribito.

[Mizuno]

Kurono is back! I am so happy now. This GantZ arc was so long, and without Kurono, it made it feel like an eternity. I am pretty sure that the Kurono that they bring back is the one that was last passed through the GantZ system, with memory intact, and the memory of Reika saying, "I love you."

He is then going to realize that Tae is not the one for him and end up with Reika. Yeah, I can only hope. Tae really does not belong in GantZ. Her weak embodiment is annoying, and Reika was the first girl Kurono was "in love" with (first girl seen in most manga/anime usually ends up with the main guy). Who knows? Kurono might think that what he is doing is too dangerous and breaks up with Tae to save her from the horror/pain.

I don't care what he does. As long as he is still badass and gets rid of Tae as his girlfriend. Reika really needs some love.

Oh yeah, Anzu Yamazaki is so much better for Katou. Although, if she eventually gets revived, all the experience they have together will be gone. That does kind of suck. I wonder if Katou is going to look for her 3 year old kid now. That one cannot survive on his own.

I see Anzu in Katou's future.
I agree that this might be a different Kurono than the one that died from Samurai Host's sword. He is dressed in the suit, when he died he wasn't wearing a suit.

Tae was an ordinary girl with no charm really but she was the one that Kurono really loved. Kishimoto and Reika (as much as I like her to be with him) just doesn't give him the same feeling.

[CygnusX]

Stupid rumor has it that Berserk anime might be redone since you know, it SUCKED balls. They should do that for Gantz. Like seriously, the anime was crap at the end. The new arcs would be amazing =] specially if done with state of the art animation like Seirei no Moribito.

You serious about Berserk being redone?!! Can u post link to something confirming or rumours about it? I'd like nothing more than a new Berserk anime, or at least from the part where it ended, cos that'll be more than work enough already.

After that, I'd like to see a new Gantz anime as well, but Berserk overrules all!

Great news for me if it's true! :D

[MAQI]

Oh yeah, Anzu Yamazaki is so much better for Katou. Although, if she eventually gets revived, all the experience they have together will be gone. That does kind of suck. I wonder if Katou is going to look for her 3 year old kid now. That one cannot survive on his own.

I see Anzu in Katou's future.

I don't think all the experience they had together will be lost because she was in the Gantz world so she will be brought back with those memories. But it won't mean shit if the two teams don't become one. I see her in his future too. I was thinking about it last night but wouldn't it be cool if Katou's little brother would be brought into Gantz? I mean I know it would suck for Katou and for him, but at least they would be fighting together. You fight a lot harder if it is to save someone you love. I just hope that the Osaka team permenently joins the Tokyo team.

[War_Lord]

I guess I'm the only one who thought Kurono and Tae made a cute couple. Anyways, I don't think the Tae haters have to worry about them getting back together since last time I checked they broke up. When he went to go rescue her the last time, he said he only did it because he wanted to (even though he still had feelings for her). Deep down I wanted them to get back together, but I'm also fine with a Reika X Kurono pairing. But yeah, thank god this arc is over. I applaud the creator for at least trying to do a series without the main character, but unfortunately he forgets that we get attached to a MC if we get a good dose of their story and like what we see. Another problem was that he replaced him with a total pussy. It was like replacing Guts with the faggot fairy, sheesh.

Stupid rumor has it that Berserk anime might be redone since you know, it SUCKED balls. They should do that for Gantz. Like seriously, the anime was crap at the end. The new arcs would be amazing =] specially if done with state of the art animation like Seirei no Moribito.


I liked the anime, it was just the ending that sucked balls. If the rumor is true, then I'll be a happy camper.

[D a m i e n]

Back from Namek yet?
If not i m still out.

[nadare]

=[ the new arc before the next mission definitely has to address the Panda. There should be some crazy reporter or something like cam phones and what not showing Hoi Hoi and how he got FORTY FRICKING POINTS. The Reika/Kei deal is nice and all, but every time I think about it, it just seems that the moment a girl gets it on or is about to get it on, she WILL die. Reika is already decent enough, she just needs to be built on and developed as a main female character. I don't want to have to go through females over and over every couple of arcs until they actually develop to a point where their death means something. Like Kei's death, it was like WOAH when it first happened.


No way. Have you noticed the pattern? Every girl who Kuruno gets it on with eventually dies, but not before he sleeps with them!. So until he sleeps with her she wont die!

And the next 100 point Kurono will get. He will have to choose between Reika and Tae. Oh the drama! Just think of it.

The way I see it. Kuruno will get another 100 point soon. Then he will try to revive Tae. But, the almighty Gantz is not so almighty and it is revealed that Gantz can only revive a person once.

Reika will take advantage of Kei's angst and seduce him. Then they will sleep together. I can see it now

[Dark Mage]

Tae isnt dead. She died once but then she was brought back wasnt she? I dont know why but I get the feelin Reika is gonna fall for Inaba after Kei rejects her or she is gonna die very soon.

[Xellos-_^]

No way. Have you noticed the pattern? Every girl who Kuruno gets it on with eventually dies, but not before he sleeps with them!. So until he sleeps with her she wont die!

And the next 100 point Kurono will get. He will have to choose between Reika and Tae. Oh the drama! Just think of it.

The way I see it. Kuruno will get another 100 point soon. Then he will try to revive Tae. But, the almighty Gantz is not so almighty and it is revealed that Gantz can only revive a person once.

Reika will take advantage of Kei's angst and seduce him. Then they will sleep together. I can see it now

you got it all wrong,

Kurono will revive lara croft with his 100pts then have a 3-some with her and Reika :D:heh:

[Mizuno]

Lara and Tifa in a threesome? I thought you only see those in p0rn comix. :heh:

[Dingo]

Back from Namek yet?
If not i m still out.

Gantz has been in "Namek" since around the end of vol 1. Oku is seriously one of the worst mangaka atm. Up there with Akamatsu.

[Forbin]

Gantz has been in "Namek" since around the end of vol 1. Oku is seriously one of the worst mangaka atm. Up there with Akamatsu.

I disagree, Namek started when Kei died.

Except Namek just blew up and Goku is back.

[D a m i e n]

Except Namek just blew up and Goku is back.

I might give the manga a look again.
Wich chapter did kurono get rezzed?

[nadare]

The latest chapter... 279

[TOP]

Finally, Kurono is back.. God damn.. FINALLY

As for Tae, she needs to die already. She's just an annoyance. :uhoh: And she's ugly, too. :uhoh: :uhoh:

[Mizuno]

You guys are... heartless, not that I don't agree with you though. ;)

Supporting KuronoxReika all the way.

[D a m i e n]

The latest chapter... 279

do i need to read a few previous chapter to understand his comeback i think i stop reading around chapter 240ish

[Dark Mage]

I hope the mangaka listens to all us Tae haters and never brings her back and make Reika Kei's girl coza Tae really is an annoyance

[nadare]

do i need to read a few previous chapter to understand his comeback i think i stop reading around chapter 240ish

No... Unless you want to know how each of them got their respective points, there is no need to go back.

[D a m i e n]

No... Unless you want to know how each of them got their respective points, there is no need to go back.

Good, did Reika rez kuruno? is the morron still alive? and most important question : is the panda still alive and kicking?(i would assume that with isumi dead he/she would have gone emo and comit suicide)

[chaos_alfa]

Good, did Reika rez kuruno? is the morron still alive? and most important question : is the panda still alive and kicking?(i would assume that with isumi dead he/she would have gone emo and comit suicide)

Katou has revived Kuruno and the panda is still a live and kicking. It has even gotten 40 points off panel :twitch:
Maybe it's an alien in disguise?

[Diedrupo]

Kurono doesn't love Reika, he loves Tae. On that reason alone I would not want to see him hook up with a girl who happens to be prettier/sexier/whatever.

You guys have no heart.

[Xellos-_^]

Kurono doesn't love Reika, he loves Tae. On that reason alone I would not want to see him hook up with a girl who happens to be prettier/sexier/whatever.

You guys have no heart.

and if Kurono has any brains he stay the hell away form Tae as he is now a walking target. Reika otoh can take care of herself, much better then Tae can.

[sumowow]

Kurono doesn't love Reika, he loves Tae. On that reason alone I would not want to see him hook up with a girl who happens to be prettier/sexier/whatever.

You guys have no heart.

Im gonna have to agree with you there. They're all treating tae as if she were a demon who killed hundreds of people. I agree that tae isn't as attractive as many of the other girls but atleast she was able to make kurono fall in love with her to the point which he almost died trying to save her.

[D a m i e n]

Katou has revived Kuruno and the panda is still a live and kicking. It has even gotten 40 points off panel :twitch:
Maybe it's an alien in disguise?

so that means that the morron is still alive. i bet the panda is gonna rez izumi if it can ever get 100 point

[sumowow]

Recently i went back to read from the chapter that they started hunting Tae. Well when it got to the end and it showed the list of people to be revived, i felt my heart jump up to my chest. Its like the thrills came back to me, i was excited again even though ive seen all of this before. Gantz is such a fun read that this is my 2nd time reading this part through and i was still hooked on what was gonna happen next!

[Dark Mage]

Thats because she met him before Reika and kurono never got to hear Reikas confession or spend time wth her outside Gantz. Tae is a goodnatured girl but somehow she just doesnt fit in Gantz and Reika is nice and loves Kurono just as Tae. I think kei only loved Tae because she was the only girl he ever talked with who was outside Gantz and gave him a sense of normality. Other than that there isnt much to her. Hope this time Reika grabs her chance and that stupid Inaba doesnt butt in between Reika and Kei

[D a m i e n]

On the other hand Reika is just a fangirl.
The relation between Tae and Kurono was built on a lot less superficial background than the : "he told me to wear a suit, then wow this guy has some sick move"
I prefere Reika to Tae for the eye candy but i think it s good for Kurono to be with Tae as it follow the evolution of his character, he went form a superficial selfish uncaring faggot to someone who was able to see further than just the physical appearance.
I d say it s understandable to support Reika but it would be going against all the devellopemnt Kurono has received. Now that he is back will he be back as the his original asshat self or as the charismatic leader.

[xXVirgilXx]

On the other hand Reika is just a fangirl.
The relation between Tae and Kurono was built on a lot less superficial background than the : "he told me to wear a suit, then wow this guy has some sick move"
I prefere Reika to Tae for the eye candy but i think it s good for Kurono to be with Tae as it follow the evolution of his character, he went form a superficial selfish uncaring faggot to someone who was able to see further than just the physical appearance.
I d say it s understandable to support Reika but it would be going against all the devellopemnt Kurono has received. Now that he is back will he be back as the his original asshat self or as the charismatic leader.

I agree with you!!

As much as i hate Tae she is a valuable part of Gantz she represent the innocent side of the manga. That is probably why many was so touch during "Tae Hunting arc" coz she didnt really deserved to die and maybe some of you thought "Why cant Gantz make some kind of exception? She doesnt mean any harm!!"

So now that Kurono is back it'll be bad for Tae to hang with Kurono. He has to protect her by avoiding her... That being said its time for Reika to take this opportunity ^_^

Cmon Reika show him your boobies!! Its time for KuronoXReika!! Yeepee!!

[MooMooFarm]

You serious about Berserk being redone?!! Can u post link to something confirming or rumours about it? I'd like nothing more than a new Berserk anime, or at least from the part where it ended, cos that'll be more than work enough already.

After that, I'd like to see a new Gantz anime as well, but Berserk overrules all!

Great news for me if it's true! :D

It's just a rumor T_T it's on evil genius' comments (ONE OF THEM, I forgot which, just start from the latest one) and since they are my main source (probably EVERYONE's source) for berserk, I'm slightly inclined to believe, but not keep my hopes up. Rumors are rumors, but hey, it's fun to imagine right? =P

No way. Have you noticed the pattern? Every girl who Kuruno gets it on with eventually dies, but not before he sleeps with them!. So until he sleeps with her she wont die!

And the next 100 point Kurono will get. He will have to choose between Reika and Tae. Oh the drama! Just think of it.

I'm well aware of that, which is why I rather want her to break the cycle. It's getting repetitive. I for one, don't care so much if they do the nasty, but rather, she becomes someone more than who she is now. Kei pretty much stopped being interesting to me in his sex life after he started banging Tae. That aspect of him will never be cool, regardless of who he has in the future. He's normal now. He's no longer in the build up stage, no longer the punk turning hero. It's not the end result that's cool in a story, it's when the hero is on the journey, cause that's when rules can be broken and forgiven. So if he is the Kei before he died or somewhere close, he's pretty much done being cool in that playboy sense to me.

I'd much rather have them focus on the new guys or the people who came back. I'm definitely not a Nishi fan, perhaps even a hater at this point, but I'd rather we focus on him more so that there's a side that wins. He's just a cherry picker at this point, and people go WOAH HE'S SO GOOD. Please, he's only shown to be a punk who gets owned by stuff even naked Kei wouldn't lose to when he was green. When they give him more to work with, it's okay if I see people giving him credibility.

And of course, the easiest new guys (not katou, cause katou sucks T_T) to play with are HS and Hoi Hoi! =] cmon they are the Rookies of the Match. Can you imagine a chapter about a panda wandering around the city? ^_______^ It'd definitely fit Gantz since this damn series is about weird crap happening.

I d say it s understandable to support Reika but it would be going against all the devellopemnt Kurono has received. Now that he is back will he be back as the his original asshat self or as the charismatic leader.

There's always the "I don't want to put Tae in danger, so I'll break up with her, and since Reika's already in danger, it's okay to bang" deal. And umm, yeah if you think Tae is the reason Kei grew, then she's also the reason Kei won't grow another farther as a character. Tae only offers so much to change Kei as a person, if you want to keep Kei fresh and not a family guy loser, things got to change.

[Dark Mage]

Hey guys does anyone know when chapter 280 is gonna be released and did it occur to you guys that the revived Kei might actually be Kei Kishimoto or Kei's younger brother instead of him being the Kei we want. I m just thinking Gantz would let Kei be revived so easily or it really might be his asshat self

[Mizuno]

Kei Kishimoto is a woman.

Katou explicitly said Kurono Kei, and we already saw half of his body in the last page... the question is, why's he wearing the suit?

[Dark Mage]

I know Kei Kishimoto is a woman but the guy kei and her both had similar hairstyles. Yeah but your words give me hope as I didnt notice Katou say Kei's surname

[kk2extreme]

if the girl kei is revived instead, gantz would probably make a joke about it.

[emessen]

Hey guys does anyone know when chapter 280 is gonna be released and did it occur to you guys that the revived Kei might actually be Kei Kishimoto or Kei's younger brother instead of him being the Kei we want. I m just thinking Gantz would let Kei be revived so easily or it really might be his asshat self

1. Katou said "Kei-chan... Kurono Kei, revive him please." Kuruno = Surname, Kurono Kei does not equal Kishimoto Kei

2. the revived person has black hair, Kishimoto's hair was light colored in the manga

3. Kurono's lil bro was never entered into Gantz's memory bank and in addition is named Akira.

4. everyone looking at the person being teleported in is not bewildered... Reika looks very relieved and happy not... "who the f*** is this b*tch?"

that is all

[Diedrupo]

its kurono, there's a leak of 280 via camera phone pics. of course the mag hasn't hit stands yet so no full raw yet.

[MAQI]

its kurono, there's a leak of 280 via camera phone pics. of course the mag hasn't hit stands yet so no full raw yet.

oh oh!!!!:hyper-^v^: mind pming me that link??? please?!:D

[keebyo]

so i just got caught up on gantz. well, not entirely, i have like ... the better part of a book left, but mostly caught up.


i'm slightly confused, so maybe someone wants to help fill me in.

the whole idea with the gantz game is you kill shit. get points. redeem those points for fabulous prizes. great.

i have two problems with the progression of the story though.

1. Can kurono not count?
at the end of his last mission he needed 22 points to win the game. at the end of the game he got 135. if my math serves me right. that put him over 200 points.
they revived sakurai, tae, and katou. then he used his points to leav the game good. grand. but now katou is playing the game to revive kurono insead of his lady friend who died so long ago i dont remember her name. i know its also kei. but whatever. whenot rn other players revived someone, it took their exces points and rolled them over. why didnt he just revive her, then use his remining points to quit the game?

what a retard.

2. WTF is with the memory erasing. I understand erasing all memory of Gantz. thats fine. so if he didnt remember that kei girl or...anyone he met while IN the gantz game, that's cool. but not remembering ANYTHING over a 6 month period? thats gotta suckkkkk. i didnt like that bit i think it would been better i think if he remembered tae, considering he met her on circumstances outside of the game. but whatever. i dunno.

just my thoughts.

[Ultenth]

There is already a Gantz thread, on this same page, like 9 threads down.

[KickHopper]

I am so glad Kurono remembers everything. Seems like this manga has a chance of ending pretty soon.

[emessen]

Ch 280 spoiler


ch280's revelation of a time limit on humanity sets up what looks to be the final or what looks to be the last arc....

also that nishi always did know more than what he led on.. tho its odd that he was still working toward freedom at the beginning of the manga... maybe an "ignorance is bliss" kind of mentality like Cypher had in the Matrix

Kurono's last memory is right before he was freed so he's the developed character alot of us hoped he would be

7 days 23 hours.... tick tock

[Sinta]

Welcome back Kurono it has been FAR too long. Damn its good to see him. YOu know i don't think it will end soon as I don't think he will end without Kurono reviving Sei and Kei (girl) If you think about it; this whole arc was mainly to get enough points to bring Kei back. Now there are so many things they need to do and explain. i would be surprised if it ended anytime soon.

[sumowow]

Chapter 280 When he mentioned "Katastrophe" you think he means the aliens will brind down an army to completely annihilate the world? Or does he mean the humans will turn on each other and kill themselves?

[TOP]

Seeing as how many boundaries of the Gantz missions are being taken off (ex. Gantz players and the aliens can now be seen by everyone), I was thinking of Katastrophe as a world with aliens --> causes destruction to the 'Old World'

[War_Lord]

When that dude mentioned an impending nuclear war, I was thinking that perhaps the Gantz team would end up fighting other humans rather than aliens in order to save the world. It'd be an interesting turn of events and pretty ironic to know that humanity is its own worse enemy.

[Mizuno]

Reika's own mission.

Get laid by Kurono within 7 days.

[jzmagic]

Reika's own mission.

Get laid by Kurono within 7 days.

Go reika! you can do it!

[Dark Mage]

I just hope that annoying Tae doesnt butt in. But I m hoping that Kei remembers Reika's confession and ditch Tae dont wanna c Tae anymore

[Sun Shine]

What a load of rubbish. Why would Nishi reveal that the world is going to end in 7 days just now? Seems a bit late to warn them when they all could be investigating to what is going on although I think he has been by himself, if not it would not fit his character.

One way I could see this going is perhaps an alien invasion and the idea behind Gantz was to train warriors to a decent level to fight them off.

[Hypernova]

The dooms day countdown explains a lot on why gantz doesn't care about the public seeing them. But it makes the death of Kei rather ironic and hypocritical since she was killed not too long ago just for seeing them.

[Kanon]

What a load of rubbish. Why would Nishi reveal that the world is going to end in 7 days just now? Seems a bit late to warn them when they all could be investigating to what is going on although I think he has been by himself, if not it would not fit his character.

One way I could see this going is perhaps an alien invasion and the idea behind Gantz was to train warriors to a decent level to fight them off.

Yeah, it was weird to see Nishi drop this like that when he was so unwilling to tell them anything before. And I don't understand why he speaks of a nuclear war, a massive alien invasion makes way more sense considering what they've been doing so far.

I wonder if the vampires know something about this, they didn't react at all after hearing the news.

On a side note, it seems Oku forgot to draw Kaze and Takeshi in this chapter :heh:

[Tommy]

So could this new revelation mean that the manga will be finished soon?

[Mizuno]

If soon means another 100 chapters, probably. No one thought the Osaka arc went for like 50 chapters. It won't be too crazy to say this will double it, not continuously but the whole revelation and the fights coming up will probably be enough to reach that, judging it's a bi-weekly manga, this can go on for another 3-4 years at least.

[Diedrupo]

Meh I know the next mission is just going to drag on and on and on, so I'm hoping the stuff before the mission will last a bit longer than usual. We need some downtime after the previous arc.

[iceyfw]

finally kurono comes back!! now katou can see him in action on the next mission. and i hope the next few chapters will show some kurono x reika interactions going on :)

but seriously. finally that Osaka arc is over. it dragged on and on.

[Forbin]

So 7 days left. 1 night took 1 YEAR, so we got 7 years left on the manga :P

[MAQI]

Found this on Deviantart.com and let me say it's one of the best things I've ever seen! I love Gantz above all of the other mangas I read so this is really cool to me. Imo its a seen after whatever happens that nishi was talking about. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do!
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e138/maqi/Unknown_dude_in_Gantz_settin_by_hok.jpg

[Dark Mage]

I am SOO PISSED OFF RIGHT NOW! Just had a peek at the spoiler pic for chapter 281 and now wishing I hadnt looked. I feel like killing Tae again. It shows Kei embracing Tae while Reika looked on from her hiding place with saddened eyes. It just makes me soo sad and she seemed to resign herself to her fate as she closed her eyes and seemed to admit her loos to Tae. So it seems Reika's love for Kei will leave unrequited. Goddamn what is the Author doing. Maybe Kei doesnt remember Reika's confession? I m thinking Inaba will take this chance to get together with Reika. Shit it just ruined my anticipation for the coming chapter

[jzmagic]

I am SOO PISSED OFF RIGHT NOW! Just had a peek at the spoiler pic for chapter 281 and now wishing I hadnt looked. I feel like killing Tae again. It shows Kei embracing Tae while Reika looked on from her hiding place with saddened eyes. It just makes me soo sad and she seemed to resign herself to her fate as she closed her eyes and seemed to admit her loos to Tae. So it seems Reika's love for Kei will leave unrequited. Goddamn what is the Author doing. Maybe Kei doesnt remember Reika's confession? I m thinking Inaba will take this chance to get together with Reika. Shit it just ruined my anticipation for the coming chapter

Damn, that really sucks. ughh.... poor reika

[MAQI]

Oh poor reika indeed... She is just a poor little super model, whom guys are willing to cut off their right foot for, she has money up to wazoo, and she had the luck to have a good guy like kurono show her how to not get killed on missions. So forget that ugly, otaku girl Tae, all she has ever had is a hard time in life... why should she get the love of her life back? Why should she be happy? Why shouldn't a poor little super model get kurono instead of her?! Listen to yourselves... Are looks all you guys care about? I care about looks, a lot!!! Though I am glad to hear kurono is back with Tae, if it wasn't for katou, tae, and the old man, kurono would have stayed a shit head his whole life. IMHO