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Gantz #26
Gantz/26
The shape-shifting 100-point alien boss has finally been destroyed—along with much of Osaka—and Kei Kurono is back on the team, resurrected after his second death. But good times never last as the Gantz orb reveals a countdown clock showing that Earth has just over a week before catastrophe strikes, and the Tokyo team is whisked to Italy to face a new set of deadly foes on what what may be their final mission!
200 pages, Paperback
Published February 19, 2013
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About the author
Hiroya Oku
291 books337 followersHiroya Oku (奥浩哉 Oku Hiroya, born September 16, 1967 in Fukuoka, Fukuoka) is a mangaka who is the creator of Gantz, Zero-One and HEN, all of which have been serialized in Young Jump. He has finished working on his most renowned manga, Gantz, which began in July 2000. His manga often contain explicit violence and gore, as well as sexual situations.
He won the second prize of the Youth Manga Awards in 1988, under the penname Yahiro Kuon.
He designed a character for Namco Bandai's Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 fighting game, Soulcalibur IV named Shura.
He won the second prize of the Youth Manga Awards in 1988, under the penname Yahiro Kuon.
He designed a character for Namco Bandai's Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 fighting game, Soulcalibur IV named Shura.
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February 4, 2024
Oh oh the next volume is going to be insanely beautiful!
Did you see all the dead teams omg it's going to be epic?
And btw before i forget what most of the volume was about!
I love how hiroya approaches the lives of his protagonists, he just hits the right spots and tells what needs to be told.
Did you see all the dead teams omg it's going to be epic?
And btw before i forget what most of the volume was about!
I love how hiroya approaches the lives of his protagonists, he just hits the right spots and tells what needs to be told.
October 29, 2018
So we go for the first half, which is calm and thought-provoking a bit. To the 2nd half, which is disturbing and brutal.
So Kei is trying to deal with the fact the world might end in a week. So he decides to spend as much time as he can with his girlfriend. It's kind of great because it shows how much the character grew throughout the series. ON top of that the lovely pop icon actually comes on to Kei but will the young horny man take advantage of her? Then the second half you have that creepy middle schooler Nishi and when he gets picked on in school he just goes berserk and kills his whole classroom.
Good: I liked the idea of the world ending. It gives the characters time to reflect and try to figure out a plan. Kei finally makes steps to be a actual hero that helps push him to the "well done" character. I also thought the Nishi murder spree was kind of shocking, which I guess shouldn't be at this point, but it is disturbing. ON top of that school shootings happen a lot in the US here so watching this was both terrible and exciting in the worst ways.
Bad: I thought the ending was a odd ending. It didn't build up it just happened and everyone is dying. It felt like it should have been the start of volume 27 not the end of 26.
Overall this was a really exciting volume, even with the slowdown. I hope this series finishes strong because it's becoming a bit repetitive. However, this was a great volume. A 4 out of 5.
So Kei is trying to deal with the fact the world might end in a week. So he decides to spend as much time as he can with his girlfriend. It's kind of great because it shows how much the character grew throughout the series. ON top of that the lovely pop icon actually comes on to Kei but will the young horny man take advantage of her? Then the second half you have that creepy middle schooler Nishi and when he gets picked on in school he just goes berserk and kills his whole classroom.
Good: I liked the idea of the world ending. It gives the characters time to reflect and try to figure out a plan. Kei finally makes steps to be a actual hero that helps push him to the "well done" character. I also thought the Nishi murder spree was kind of shocking, which I guess shouldn't be at this point, but it is disturbing. ON top of that school shootings happen a lot in the US here so watching this was both terrible and exciting in the worst ways.
Bad: I thought the ending was a odd ending. It didn't build up it just happened and everyone is dying. It felt like it should have been the start of volume 27 not the end of 26.
Overall this was a really exciting volume, even with the slowdown. I hope this series finishes strong because it's becoming a bit repetitive. However, this was a great volume. A 4 out of 5.
February 24, 2025
Pues es un tomo puente, tras lo de OSaka, Nishi no les dice gran cos de Katastrophe, todos regresan a esperar la proxima, mientras piensan en lo de que podria ser.
Nishi partir a la siguiente mision
3 stars
Nishi partir a la siguiente mision
3 stars
April 11, 2015
Nota: 4.5/5 Con el final del anterior tomo esperaba que la historia siguiese como en los primeros 20 tomos en cuanto a calidad en la historia y no me ha decepcionado nada. El final es brutal y estoy deseando ponerme con el tomo 27. Así sí.
April 6, 2018
Permítanme recalcar ese primer capítulo con el bello encuentro entre Tae y Kei, por favor.
Ahora sí, después de la terrible batalla y que presuntamente el fin del mundo esté a una semana de distancia, el escritor (que siempre olvido su nombre) va hacia Alemania donde encuentra una fabrica con puras bolas negras de Gantz. Además, de regreso en Japón, Nishi asesina a sus compañeros de clase y justo cuando parece estar en problemas, desaparece debido a una misión, sin embargo, el equipo Gantz es enviado ¡hasta Italia! donde varios integrantes ya han muerto.
Ahora Gantz ha comenzado a ser un poco más sobre historia y menos acción, ya veré qué tal se pone a continuación.
Ahora sí, después de la terrible batalla y que presuntamente el fin del mundo esté a una semana de distancia, el escritor (que siempre olvido su nombre) va hacia Alemania donde encuentra una fabrica con puras bolas negras de Gantz. Además, de regreso en Japón, Nishi asesina a sus compañeros de clase y justo cuando parece estar en problemas, desaparece debido a una misión, sin embargo, el equipo Gantz es enviado ¡hasta Italia! donde varios integrantes ya han muerto.
Ahora Gantz ha comenzado a ser un poco más sobre historia y menos acción, ya veré qué tal se pone a continuación.
December 13, 2015
La historia se torno muy grandilocuente, en un intento de apoteosis catastrófica (?) muy exagerada. Siento que el mangaka improvisa sobre la marcha.
October 21, 2017
I am reviewing the Panini Mexico 2017 edition of this manga.
As always, Panini delivers a fantastic translation that is well worth the steep 80 MXN pricetag. The Tokyo Gantz team defeated the terrifying aliens in Osaka and saved the scant final survivors of the impressive Osaka team. Kurono has regained his memories and asked his comrades to revive the most unexpected person in the world (much to my glee): the psychotic 14 year old student named Joichiro Nishi.
The newcommers ponder why Kei Kurono wanted to save Nishi instead of Sakura's mentor (who explicitly told everyone he didn't want to be revived in a prior volume to begin with), but Kei knows that Nishi who earned his 100 points to gain the powerful Z gun by doublecrossing the good guys for the thrill of the kill knows some of Gantz's deepest held secrets. Nishi as always proves to everyone why he's one step ahead of everyone else and confesses that he hacked into the internet and unlocked a chronometer in the Gantz Ball that proves that the world is going to end in just 1 more week.
Nobody knows what is going to happen and each character tries to spend their last few days of freedom with feelings of sorrow. Masaru hugs his little brother, the karate guy freak and his adoptive son decide to move into the elderly guy's home, Inaba feels like a complete loser and asks Reika to date him (and then epicly fails when she opens the car door open and runs off to Kei's apartmentm, ouch!) and finally Kei after being harassed by classmates at his school and punched in the face in the street by a former bully that is dating a girl he once had a crush during junior high goes on a date with the sappy Tae-chan.
Now, I think Kei can do much better. Reika is better than Tae in every way and she is a fellow member of the Tokyo team meaning she won't feel annoyed when he vanishes without notice during a mission (don't forget a Gantz member cannot reveal the secrets to the missions or else the bomb in their heads will blow up). She's kind, friendly, decent and all-around a good and brave person. Tae-chan is indeed sweet and kind, but she's a damsel-in-distress archetype with the ugliest round ears ever. I've already read the finale of this manga so I know her fate which always iggered me.
The character development parts of this volume are kinda so/so, Kei spends half of his time whining about how much he loves Tae Kojima, it gets old after a while. Nishi steals the show however when he finally shows up to class after a 6 month absence and takes revenge on his classroom bullies to the next level (he's such an awful person but I can't help rooting for him).
I personally enjoyed the side story of the reporter that is investigating Gantz and enters contact with a German anime otaku that agrees to take him to a secret factory in Berlin that could be pivotal to knowing where Gantz began in the first place...
All in all, I really love this manga and the artwork like always is great. However when you are so used to a fast plot, this volume is rather slow and seems to drag on a bit too much.
As always, Panini delivers a fantastic translation that is well worth the steep 80 MXN pricetag. The Tokyo Gantz team defeated the terrifying aliens in Osaka and saved the scant final survivors of the impressive Osaka team. Kurono has regained his memories and asked his comrades to revive the most unexpected person in the world (much to my glee): the psychotic 14 year old student named Joichiro Nishi.
The newcommers ponder why Kei Kurono wanted to save Nishi instead of Sakura's mentor (who explicitly told everyone he didn't want to be revived in a prior volume to begin with), but Kei knows that Nishi who earned his 100 points to gain the powerful Z gun by doublecrossing the good guys for the thrill of the kill knows some of Gantz's deepest held secrets. Nishi as always proves to everyone why he's one step ahead of everyone else and confesses that he hacked into the internet and unlocked a chronometer in the Gantz Ball that proves that the world is going to end in just 1 more week.
Nobody knows what is going to happen and each character tries to spend their last few days of freedom with feelings of sorrow. Masaru hugs his little brother, the karate guy freak and his adoptive son decide to move into the elderly guy's home, Inaba feels like a complete loser and asks Reika to date him (and then epicly fails when she opens the car door open and runs off to Kei's apartmentm, ouch!) and finally Kei after being harassed by classmates at his school and punched in the face in the street by a former bully that is dating a girl he once had a crush during junior high goes on a date with the sappy Tae-chan.
Now, I think Kei can do much better. Reika is better than Tae in every way and she is a fellow member of the Tokyo team meaning she won't feel annoyed when he vanishes without notice during a mission (don't forget a Gantz member cannot reveal the secrets to the missions or else the bomb in their heads will blow up). She's kind, friendly, decent and all-around a good and brave person. Tae-chan is indeed sweet and kind, but she's a damsel-in-distress archetype with the ugliest round ears ever. I've already read the finale of this manga so I know her fate which always iggered me.
The character development parts of this volume are kinda so/so, Kei spends half of his time whining about how much he loves Tae Kojima, it gets old after a while. Nishi steals the show however when he finally shows up to class after a 6 month absence and takes revenge on his classroom bullies to the next level (he's such an awful person but I can't help rooting for him).
I personally enjoyed the side story of the reporter that is investigating Gantz and enters contact with a German anime otaku that agrees to take him to a secret factory in Berlin that could be pivotal to knowing where Gantz began in the first place...
All in all, I really love this manga and the artwork like always is great. However when you are so used to a fast plot, this volume is rather slow and seems to drag on a bit too much.
July 26, 2020
This is a review of the entire series.
Synopsis: Gantz tells the story of a teenager named Kei Kurono, among others, who die but find themselves brought back in perfectly healthy bodies and forced to participate in a "game" where they must hunt down and kill aliens.
Review: I almost gave up on Gantz several times, but now that I've read it all the way to the end, I'm glad I stuck with it. The beginning is dragged down by repulsive and unlikable characters, a messily paced story, unnecessary sexualization and gratuitous violence without much substance. As it progresses, however, the character development becomes pretty incredible and the growing threat of the enemies feels truly well done. Once the real enemies are revealed, it's mind-blowing how the series had been secretly foreshadowing their arrival from the very beginning.
Although it takes a while, some really good characters are introduced later on in the series and they're the ones that made me want to read to the end. Some characters that were absolutely unbearable in the beginning became polar opposites of their original selves and even made me sympathize with them quite a bit. The protagonist Kei for example, I hated him with all my heart for the first third of the series, he became progressively more likable in the second third of the story and then he evolved into one of the most memorable, unlikely heroes I've ever seen in this storytelling medium throughout the final third. The last third of the series is unbelievably terrifying with some of the most gruesome and disgusting battle/survival scenes in the history of fiction. It's much more bearable and intense in the final third because this time the violence and horror is happening to people we actually care about instead of a bunch of unlikable nobodies.
The final third of the story is what made me feel so glad that I didn't give up on this series. It had me on the edge of my seat more times than I can recall. There are a ton of chapters but they're very short and full of action which makes the series a quick read despite having almost 400 chapters. So even though the first third of the story was kinda bad in my opinion, it doesn't last for long and the payoff that comes after it's over truly impressed me. It's a flawed, thrilling and horrifying action series that takes a while to kick off. When it finally kicks off, however, it kicks off extremely hard.
Synopsis: Gantz tells the story of a teenager named Kei Kurono, among others, who die but find themselves brought back in perfectly healthy bodies and forced to participate in a "game" where they must hunt down and kill aliens.
Review: I almost gave up on Gantz several times, but now that I've read it all the way to the end, I'm glad I stuck with it. The beginning is dragged down by repulsive and unlikable characters, a messily paced story, unnecessary sexualization and gratuitous violence without much substance. As it progresses, however, the character development becomes pretty incredible and the growing threat of the enemies feels truly well done. Once the real enemies are revealed, it's mind-blowing how the series had been secretly foreshadowing their arrival from the very beginning.
Although it takes a while, some really good characters are introduced later on in the series and they're the ones that made me want to read to the end. Some characters that were absolutely unbearable in the beginning became polar opposites of their original selves and even made me sympathize with them quite a bit. The protagonist Kei for example, I hated him with all my heart for the first third of the series, he became progressively more likable in the second third of the story and then he evolved into one of the most memorable, unlikely heroes I've ever seen in this storytelling medium throughout the final third. The last third of the series is unbelievably terrifying with some of the most gruesome and disgusting battle/survival scenes in the history of fiction. It's much more bearable and intense in the final third because this time the violence and horror is happening to people we actually care about instead of a bunch of unlikable nobodies.
The final third of the story is what made me feel so glad that I didn't give up on this series. It had me on the edge of my seat more times than I can recall. There are a ton of chapters but they're very short and full of action which makes the series a quick read despite having almost 400 chapters. So even though the first third of the story was kinda bad in my opinion, it doesn't last for long and the payoff that comes after it's over truly impressed me. It's a flawed, thrilling and horrifying action series that takes a while to kick off. When it finally kicks off, however, it kicks off extremely hard.
October 18, 2020
The volume starts off with Kurono trying to come to grips with Nishi's pronouncement at the end of the recent mission and develops the love triangle relationship a bit more. Then it switches to Nishi. Just when you thought it's a slice-of-life episode with Nishi, it explodes into craziness like with the aftermath of the solo mission that Kurono failed. And here, I thought I guessed right that Nishi would just get killed off like Izumi... but it turns out Gantz saved him with an emergency mission. The team hit the ground running, no longer in Japan, but all the way over in Europe, where it appears that an all-out war is taking place - against statues. The revelations here are ridiculously over the top here (as usual), but not very believably so. Well, suspension of disbelief is required. The enemies here are not particularly interesting (they're just.. well, statues), but the overarching feeling that something big is going to happen is pretty conveyed. I also liked how some of the other side characters were fleshed out here, despite the tragic nature of some of them.
June 28, 2022
Volume 26: Chapter 281-291
Phase 2: Katastrophe
Arc 9: Nurarihyon Alien Mission
Arc 10: Italian Alien Mission
Kurono reunites with Tae. They discuss about the upcoming war in 7 days. Nishi tells them what he knows. Gantz is actually a man-made. Kikuchi (the f detective/freelance writer) found an information about Gantz. He flew to Germany and went to a factort where the black ball were being made.
Reika confessed her feelings toward Kurono but being rejected by him. She sworn to get 100 points and revive 'Kurono'. Nishi was being bullied in school by his classmates for being a psycho (he killed a cat before). Then, Nishi massacred all of his classmates. Police forces come to arrest him and resulting to his death. Before he dead, Gantz transfers all the members into the room.
The will do a 'final' mission. They were sent to Italy. There were another Gantz team, probably the Italian branch. But, most of them were annihilated.
Phase 2: Katastrophe
Arc 9: Nurarihyon Alien Mission
Arc 10: Italian Alien Mission
Kurono reunites with Tae. They discuss about the upcoming war in 7 days. Nishi tells them what he knows. Gantz is actually a man-made. Kikuchi (the f detective/freelance writer) found an information about Gantz. He flew to Germany and went to a factort where the black ball were being made.
Reika confessed her feelings toward Kurono but being rejected by him. She sworn to get 100 points and revive 'Kurono'. Nishi was being bullied in school by his classmates for being a psycho (he killed a cat before). Then, Nishi massacred all of his classmates. Police forces come to arrest him and resulting to his death. Before he dead, Gantz transfers all the members into the room.
The will do a 'final' mission. They were sent to Italy. There were another Gantz team, probably the Italian branch. But, most of them were annihilated.
January 7, 2022
Знову частина, у якій відбувається кілька емоційних зустрічей. Так, автори вміють вибивати сльозу.
Знову тема про буллінг та його наслідки. На певному рівні абстракції всі манга про гантзерів - це гіперболізація буллінгу. У цьому томі знущання наче й виправ… Ні, не виправдані нічим. Кожен учасник викидання Ніші з вікна знав, що робить. Тільки от про наслідки не подумав. Що ж, соціальні коментарі, без яких тепер не обійтися, коли мова заходить про школу.
І у фіналі - приниження всіх гантзерів світу. Так би мовити, класичне мистецтво рве на собі дах. Як будуть відбиватися від купідонів та мармурових античних богів - незрозуміло.
На трійку. Емоційний пік у серії вже давно минув. Навіть розкриття масштабів діяльності організаторів полювання не рятує. Ну ок, у вас ціла фабрика в Німеччині, молодці.
Знову тема про буллінг та його наслідки. На певному рівні абстракції всі манга про гантзерів - це гіперболізація буллінгу. У цьому томі знущання наче й виправ… Ні, не виправдані нічим. Кожен учасник викидання Ніші з вікна знав, що робить. Тільки от про наслідки не подумав. Що ж, соціальні коментарі, без яких тепер не обійтися, коли мова заходить про школу.
І у фіналі - приниження всіх гантзерів світу. Так би мовити, класичне мистецтво рве на собі дах. Як будуть відбиватися від купідонів та мармурових античних богів - незрозуміло.
На трійку. Емоційний пік у серії вже давно минув. Навіть розкриття масштабів діяльності організаторів полювання не рятує. Ну ок, у вас ціла фабрика в Німеччині, молодці.
October 3, 2017
In this edition of Gantz, it seems the story is no more than a setup to future work. The offbeat character Nishi has predicted the end of the world in the last episode and the characters seem to be sorting out their feelings and lives in the mean time. The main character, temporarily killed off for a couple of books has been resurrected and is putting his life and thoughts back together. Gantz in Europe begins to have a part in this as well. I'm looking forward to the next episode.
March 19, 2024
Hola hola aprendiz y lector
Hoy tenemos la reseña del tomo 26 y pronto llegaremos al fin de esta historia.
Cada todo tiene un poco de todo y este nos deja en intriga y esperando a ver la pelea final y si realmente será tan intensa que le ganará a todas las batallas anteriores.
Conocer los secretos de nos revela este tomo es una sorpresa aunque yo si lo veía venir.
Vamos por el siguiente tomo.
Por todo esto y más le doy:
⭐⭐⭐1/2
Hoy tenemos la reseña del tomo 26 y pronto llegaremos al fin de esta historia.
Cada todo tiene un poco de todo y este nos deja en intriga y esperando a ver la pelea final y si realmente será tan intensa que le ganará a todas las batallas anteriores.
Conocer los secretos de nos revela este tomo es una sorpresa aunque yo si lo veía venir.
Vamos por el siguiente tomo.
Por todo esto y más le doy:
⭐⭐⭐1/2
June 7, 2017
Bueno, este tomo es una mezcla de cosas, por un momento Hiroya Oku parece no saber como conectar de donde viene la trama y hacia donde quiere ir. La pequeña historia con Nishi fue brutal, no me lo esperaba. El final tiene una atmósfera de horror muy bien lograda, me muero por ver que sigue en el próximo tomo.
January 24, 2025
We learn that Germany is producing many such Gantz balls.
Chapter-287: Let's go Nishi! Kill all of them.
Everyone was transferred to a new game which is now taking place in Italy. Angel like aliens are the enemies. Swords won't work on them. They were broken. What will our team do now?
Chapter-287: Let's go Nishi! Kill all of them.
Everyone was transferred to a new game which is now taking place in Italy. Angel like aliens are the enemies. Swords won't work on them. They were broken. What will our team do now?
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
September 7, 2017
Good volume.
October 4, 2017
Another good volume.
April 14, 2020
nishi shouldn't have been brought back if he's going to be an ass until the very end
May 9, 2021
Inaba is one of those characters that gets on your nerves in every chapter for being utterly useless but is selfish anyways.
June 13, 2021
Ya ne oluyor ya
November 10, 2021
Here we go again...
November 28, 2021
⭐️ 4 ⭐️
Los equipos de Gantz viajan más que yo jaja
Los equipos de Gantz viajan más que yo jaja
May 8, 2022
Ah yes nothing like existential dread and greek gods
December 4, 2022
Cwazy setup // glad to have Kei back // ITALY
January 25, 2023
The Tokyo team goes international.
March 28, 2023
Este volumen es cualquier cosa, realmente el autor dijo: ¿y si hacemos una masacre en una escuela, aunque ya lo hayamos hecho antes? ¿Y si vamos a Italia? ¿Y si juntamos a Kei con Katou? En fin, realmente parece entretenido muchas premisas, pero terminan agotando.
March 24, 2024
Honestly Tae is my favorite character just beause she isn't shitty like EVERY OTHER CHARACTER.
Also I feel like the story is starting to drag a little.
Also I feel like the story is starting to drag a little.
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