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Gantz #17
Gantz /17
Acción, violencia, sangre, marcianos y chicas semidesnudas.
200 pages, Paperback
First published July 19, 2005
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About the author
Hiroya Oku
295 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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January 26, 2024
Hiroya is teasing us by not showing how muscle rider beat up the aliens.
The manga is getting better story wise.
Now there is more mystery and potential to the story.
Who are these aliens? who know about gantz?? and what is their relationship with the vampires??? There is so much to know, and so much i wish to know as soon as possible, if this mission ends without explanation to anything with big question marks over the survivors heads, it would suck!
The manga is getting better story wise.
Now there is more mystery and potential to the story.
Who are these aliens? who know about gantz?? and what is their relationship with the vampires??? There is so much to know, and so much i wish to know as soon as possible, if this mission ends without explanation to anything with big question marks over the survivors heads, it would suck!
June 21, 2018
Holy fuck these new monsters are way scarier.
So these monsters can take form of another person. These aliens are vicious and ready to kill anything that stands in their way. This volume has a lot of surprises, some great fights, a few sad deaths, and the return of those vampire fucks. This is all leading to some big events but this one is crazy on the action and some major deaths.
Good: The fights are intense, the deaths are fucked up, the stakes are on the rise, and the dialog is a ton of fun. This remains super fun and exciting.
Bad: Nothing much. Maybe the odd sense of having the girl not really do much, or maybe she did, and they kind of skipped her fight.
Overall a great, high speed, fucked up volume. When Gantz goes all out it's super fun. A 4 out of 5.
So these monsters can take form of another person. These aliens are vicious and ready to kill anything that stands in their way. This volume has a lot of surprises, some great fights, a few sad deaths, and the return of those vampire fucks. This is all leading to some big events but this one is crazy on the action and some major deaths.
Good: The fights are intense, the deaths are fucked up, the stakes are on the rise, and the dialog is a ton of fun. This remains super fun and exciting.
Bad: Nothing much. Maybe the odd sense of having the girl not really do much, or maybe she did, and they kind of skipped her fight.
Overall a great, high speed, fucked up volume. When Gantz goes all out it's super fun. A 4 out of 5.
June 5, 2022
Gantz 17
Inicio de nuevo grupo de enemigos extraterrestres, incia bien, mucha violencia
SPOILERS
3.6 stars
Inicio de nuevo grupo de enemigos extraterrestres, incia bien, mucha violencia
SPOILERS
3.6 stars
September 30, 2025
Remember last issue when I said they’d make up for the lack of gratuitous nudity in this one? Well, call me Nostradamus, because that mighty morphing alien sex monster had something like fifteen boobs. 😅
November 12, 2022
Finally some genuine horror!! Also, this volume was great. Muscle Man Rider and the little kid are such an awesome duo. Muscle Man Rider is also hot as shit <3 and I love seeing Oku flex his artistic muscles with those really cinematic hand to hand fighting scenes. This series is just a lot of fun.
December 22, 2021
У головного героя з’являється нова ціль, і він перестає зациклюватися на власному виході з полювання. Це чи не єдиний позитивний наслідок подій попереднього тому.
Представляють нового персонажа: хлопчика, який буде слабким місцем (“пані в біді”) провінційного бійця. Є історія того, як малюк загинув, і вона непроста, бо є соціальним коментарем.
Не зовсім зрозуміло, чому дівчина, яка є жертвою згвалтування, тусить зі своїми гвалтівниками. Стокгольмський синдром? Пошук хоч якогось захисту?
Повернувшись в кімнату з чорною кулею, Кей опинився в досить агресивному середовищі. З одного боку, є ті, хто його підтримав, але вони обходять тему загибелі Сае стороною. З іншого, присутні і ті, хто полював на Сае, і дехто з них поводить себе досить зухвало.
А тепер до прибульців. Цього разу це не зовсім прибульці, а… демони. І спочатку, як завжди, здається, що місія буде простою, хоча почвари і блюють кислотою. Та неподалік стоять більш модні рєб’ята, які і зафаєболити можуть, і шейпшифтитися, і боляче битися.
А ще є відчуття зливу інформації про місію, бо демони спеціально зібралися у одному районі, і у них навіть є мобільний додаток для відслідковування гантзерів.
Звичайно ж, це та місія, де гантзери мають гинути.
Ріст та занепад персонажів. Рейка, відома акторка, нарешті позбувається гальм і показує себе хоч якимось, але бійцем. Щоправда, на початку, коли вона намагалася керувати новачками, все обернулося досить трагічно.
Той актор, що загинув разом з Рейкою під час теракту, показав себе боягузом, і цим шляхом він продовжував рухатися до самого дня.
Дідусь. Для дідуся Кей - це приклад мужності, рішучості та сміливості, тому дідусь корисний, дідусь виживає і чинить як треба. Думаю, це для того, щоб потім автор міг драматично його злити, під рюмсання читача. Бо аж занадто довго тримається цей персонаж.
Ізумі. Завжди однаковий, з однією ціллю: стати кращим, ніж Кей. Не в психологічному плані, а по силі та кількості вбитих монстрів і, відповідно, отриманих балів.
На четвірку. Відчувається, що ця частина - підготовка до ще більш епічного протистояння, хоча й тут вистачає бійок, тривожних поглядів та пафосних фраз про “курва, я вас всіх завалю”.
Представляють нового персонажа: хлопчика, який буде слабким місцем (“пані в біді”) провінційного бійця. Є історія того, як малюк загинув, і вона непроста, бо є соціальним коментарем.
Не зовсім зрозуміло, чому дівчина, яка є жертвою згвалтування, тусить зі своїми гвалтівниками. Стокгольмський синдром? Пошук хоч якогось захисту?
Повернувшись в кімнату з чорною кулею, Кей опинився в досить агресивному середовищі. З одного боку, є ті, хто його підтримав, але вони обходять тему загибелі Сае стороною. З іншого, присутні і ті, хто полював на Сае, і дехто з них поводить себе досить зухвало.
А тепер до прибульців. Цього разу це не зовсім прибульці, а… демони. І спочатку, як завжди, здається, що місія буде простою, хоча почвари і блюють кислотою. Та неподалік стоять більш модні рєб’ята, які і зафаєболити можуть, і шейпшифтитися, і боляче битися.
А ще є відчуття зливу інформації про місію, бо демони спеціально зібралися у одному районі, і у них навіть є мобільний додаток для відслідковування гантзерів.
Звичайно ж, це та місія, де гантзери мають гинути.
Ріст та занепад персонажів. Рейка, відома акторка, нарешті позбувається гальм і показує себе хоч якимось, але бійцем. Щоправда, на початку, коли вона намагалася керувати новачками, все обернулося досить трагічно.
Той актор, що загинув разом з Рейкою під час теракту, показав себе боягузом, і цим шляхом він продовжував рухатися до самого дня.
Дідусь. Для дідуся Кей - це приклад мужності, рішучості та сміливості, тому дідусь корисний, дідусь виживає і чинить як треба. Думаю, це для того, щоб потім автор міг драматично його злити, під рюмсання читача. Бо аж занадто довго тримається цей персонаж.
Ізумі. Завжди однаковий, з однією ціллю: стати кращим, ніж Кей. Не в психологічному плані, а по силі та кількості вбитих монстрів і, відповідно, отриманих балів.
На четвірку. Відчувається, що ця частина - підготовка до ще більш епічного протистояння, хоча й тут вистачає бійок, тривожних поглядів та пафосних фраз про “курва, я вас всіх завалю”.
December 6, 2017
...
I. CAN'T. EVEN.
Myslela jsem, že jsem viděla vše... ale pseudoupír, co se promění v nahého ďábla s asi milionem ňader? WTF?!!!!
I. CAN'T. EVEN.
Myslela jsem, že jsem viděla vše... ale pseudoupír, co se promění v nahého ďábla s asi milionem ňader? WTF?!!!!
January 24, 2025
Pobre Sakurai.... Morir quemado y explotado.... Volumen con bastante sangre
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April 20, 2016
That's more like it. The aliens in this volume are way better than in the last few volumes, being exceptionally weird and nasty, plus they are deliberately organizing, and luring the Gantz players into splitting up to cover more ground - a classic mistake. Reika finally gets to be a bad-ass, instead of just eye candy, and the injection of the vampires into the proceedings makes things more violent if also a bit more confusing. Some of the pacing of this volume is odd, with single page jump cuts making things a bit hard to follow in a couple instances. But the payoff with the alien that kept forcing its way into different players, destroying them from the inside, and then emerging in a different form made it worth while. This volume delivers the gore and the weird.
June 4, 2017
Otra misión de Gantz, en este caso aliens que se ven como humanos pero se transforman en una cosa rara con tentáculos. Está bueno que el equipo esté un poco más ordenado y hayan varios con bastante experiencia, supongo que la idea de HIroya es bajar un poco el nivel algunos aliens para poder meter a los vampiros sin matar a todo el equipo.
Me sigue gustando la historia de Sakurai/Cherry, su relación con el "maestro" y Tonkotsu. Otros de mis personajes favoritos son el viejo, Kinnuku Rider y el nenito (obviamente), aunque sea un poco irritante.
Me sigue gustando la historia de Sakurai/Cherry, su relación con el "maestro" y Tonkotsu. Otros de mis personajes favoritos son el viejo, Kinnuku Rider y el nenito (obviamente), aunque sea un poco irritante.
August 22, 2024
This was a great volume and I appreciate the risks the story is taking but I'll admit that the pace and rhythm fell a little since volume 16. I hope the next volume picks things up.
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
Ok, things are picking up again after a poor run. The new oni aliens are pretty intimidating and the whole mission thing is escalating beyond just a small area. There's a huge number of aliens this time and bystanders and pedestrians are getting caught up in the confrontation. Reika gets her chance to shine, but off-screen for some reason. So Earth is looking at some sort of alien infiltration, which I can get behind, but there's obviously a disconnect to the aliens in the earlier missions. I suspect this infiltration idea wasn't really fleshed out very well yet earlier on, so that's understandable.
I like this volume, but one thing I really dislike though: why are the vampires friendly with the aliens? If they know that the "black suits" also attack aliens, why do the vampires still think of them as "vampire hunters"? The vampire group is such a vague and aimless group that you can just paint them as a different alien species and there would zero impact on the story whatsoever.
I like this volume, but one thing I really dislike though: why are the vampires friendly with the aliens? If they know that the "black suits" also attack aliens, why do the vampires still think of them as "vampire hunters"? The vampire group is such a vague and aimless group that you can just paint them as a different alien species and there would zero impact on the story whatsoever.
December 5, 2019
En el caso del manga pienso que es una forma pura de entretenimiento, algo así como el entretenimiento más sincero que antes brindaba Hollywood.
Hiroya Oku
Y vaya que tiene razón el autor en este tomo, y este manga en general. el tomo 17 de Gantz, que contiene los mangas del 191-202 convierte la ciudad en una zona de guerra. Los demonios aliens tienen formas humanas y están más preparados para recibir a Kuruno y compañía que el resto de los aliens que han enfrentado.
Las páginas están llenas de acción, donde, como siempre pasa en Gantz, las fatalidades son altas. El miedo y la pasión de Ibana, la determinación de Reika, el valor del Caballero Musculoso, el sacrificio de Sakurai, son algunas de las pasiones que veremos en este tomo. Todo mientras el misterio de Gantz sigue sin revelarse.
Hiroya Oku
Y vaya que tiene razón el autor en este tomo, y este manga en general. el tomo 17 de Gantz, que contiene los mangas del 191-202 convierte la ciudad en una zona de guerra. Los demonios aliens tienen formas humanas y están más preparados para recibir a Kuruno y compañía que el resto de los aliens que han enfrentado.
Las páginas están llenas de acción, donde, como siempre pasa en Gantz, las fatalidades son altas. El miedo y la pasión de Ibana, la determinación de Reika, el valor del Caballero Musculoso, el sacrificio de Sakurai, son algunas de las pasiones que veremos en este tomo. Todo mientras el misterio de Gantz sigue sin revelarse.
June 22, 2022
Volume 17: Chapter 191-202
Phase 1: Missions
Arc 8: Oni Alien Mission
They were sent to Ikebukuro to hunt down the oni aliens. The aliens disguised as a human and apparently, they know about Gantz's existence. For the first time, the aliens make their public appearance. There are so many aliens as they could be free if they cleared the mission. They split up to kill all the aliens around Ikebukuro.
But, the vampires also there. They want to pick a fight with the leader of the Gantz team (the vampires call them The Hunters). Sakurai and Sakata confront the oni alien that have fire power. Sakurai being killed by the alien but Sakata managed to kill the alien. Kaze also confronts one of the oni aliens.
Phase 1: Missions
Arc 8: Oni Alien Mission
They were sent to Ikebukuro to hunt down the oni aliens. The aliens disguised as a human and apparently, they know about Gantz's existence. For the first time, the aliens make their public appearance. There are so many aliens as they could be free if they cleared the mission. They split up to kill all the aliens around Ikebukuro.
But, the vampires also there. They want to pick a fight with the leader of the Gantz team (the vampires call them The Hunters). Sakurai and Sakata confront the oni alien that have fire power. Sakurai being killed by the alien but Sakata managed to kill the alien. Kaze also confronts one of the oni aliens.
August 12, 2017
Gantz/17 shows another episode of the Gantz missions where a group of deceased humans fight a group of aliens. Although it seems as if the redundancy would make this boring, this is a better than average episode. The human group battles on.
March 31, 2018
Al parecer los aliens / demonios de esta misión conocen sobre Gantz y los puntos estratégicos de los trajes, así como la ubicación de los participantes... Demasiado interesante y por supuesto, sospechoso.
August 29, 2017
Good volume.
October 3, 2017
Another good volume.
November 25, 2021
⭐️ 4 ⭐️
Brutal 🤯
Brutal 🤯
May 8, 2022
Shape shifters = cool threat
July 11, 2022
The saga of "are the players visible or not" continues. Each volume brings a different answer!!
Probably the least consistent worldbuilding I've seen.
Probably the least consistent worldbuilding I've seen.
October 5, 2022
Probablement le meilleur manga que j'ai jamais lu.
January 23, 2023
Getting better and better, really starting to like it
January 24, 2023
The body horror in this volume goes full Cronenberg. The story is all over the place. Still giving it 5 stars.
March 28, 2023
Pura acción, adrenalina y peleas en este volumen, porque nos presentan que los vampiros y los aliens están juntos, por lo que deben pelear con la mayor concentración posible para hacer frente a un enemigo que no será fácil de derrotar. Pero justamente como si fuera un power-up, Kurono con todo ese entusiasmo que tiene por llegar a los 100 pts y revivir a Tae, está más decidido que nunca. Y lo más importante, Sakurai muere al frente de su maestro, y así como Kurono está decidido en revivir a alguien, ya vemos un segundo candidato para ser revivido.
March 16, 2024
I just always have so much fun with this series
June 19, 2024
Things are getting out of hand!! Such a fast phased story. Vampires, shape shifting aliens, hand-to-hand combat, one sided love. What not?!
Awesome, really enjoying this manga!!
Awesome, really enjoying this manga!!
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