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Gantz #15
Gantz/15
En Shibuya, Kurono e Izumi son emboscados por el grupo de los de traje negro. Durante el combate, Kurono se niega a ayudar a Izumi. Frente a esta reacción, Izumi no tiene más opción que acabar él solo con esos enemigos. Por otra parte, Kurono comienza a preocuparse por la seguridad de Kojima debido a los continuos ataques inesperados en los que termina involucrado. Además, se descubre el encuentro secreto entre él y la ídolo Reika, provocando su ruptura con Kojima. Con todo el pesar, Kurono decide continuar con las misiones; sin embargo, Gantz les pone como objetivo acabar con…
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First published December 17, 2004
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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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January 25, 2024
So that is how kei will lose all his points?
I knew something like this would happen gantz can't just let them get away from it.
But i have been having this idea for a while, i think kato got his 100 points and is incarnated in the real world with his memories of gantz lost, like what happened with izumi before, i also think someone should kill izumi the guy is terrible.
I knew something like this would happen gantz can't just let them get away from it.
But i have been having this idea for a while, i think kato got his 100 points and is incarnated in the real world with his memories of gantz lost, like what happened with izumi before, i also think someone should kill izumi the guy is terrible.
January 13, 2018
This is probably the best volume in awhile.
So Kei is trying to figure out what he wants. He met a new woman on his last hunt named Reika who is a famous Celebrity. She has a huge crush on him and asks him to go on a date of sorts. When the news breaks out from people taking pictures his current girlfriend Tae gets upset and pissed. Then Kei trying to figure out what to do to make it better but gets sucked into another hunt. However, there's a second hunt after the first and this time the target is...TAE!!!!
Good: This amps up the drama but it works really well. It gives us a more mature, more conflicted Kei, and that's always nice. The fights work well and they feel like a team now wiping out these monsters like they should. The ending is nail biting and betrayal from all sides keep this one interesting and by the end you want more.
Bad: Kei is still a dumbass at times and his choices of what he does with his current relationship is so...weird.
Overall this is great. The fights are interesting, the drama is well done, and the ending sets up some great new ideas. A overall blast of a volume. 4 out of 5.
So Kei is trying to figure out what he wants. He met a new woman on his last hunt named Reika who is a famous Celebrity. She has a huge crush on him and asks him to go on a date of sorts. When the news breaks out from people taking pictures his current girlfriend Tae gets upset and pissed. Then Kei trying to figure out what to do to make it better but gets sucked into another hunt. However, there's a second hunt after the first and this time the target is...TAE!!!!
Good: This amps up the drama but it works really well. It gives us a more mature, more conflicted Kei, and that's always nice. The fights work well and they feel like a team now wiping out these monsters like they should. The ending is nail biting and betrayal from all sides keep this one interesting and by the end you want more.
Bad: Kei is still a dumbass at times and his choices of what he does with his current relationship is so...weird.
Overall this is great. The fights are interesting, the drama is well done, and the ending sets up some great new ideas. A overall blast of a volume. 4 out of 5.
August 25, 2025
This is a slight improvement over the last two volumes... but that isn't saying much.
January 23, 2023
Gantz freestyles with the “rules” whenever he/it wants to.
June 4, 2017
Este tomo es una mezcla de cosas. Por un lado tenemos el final de la pelea de Izumi contra el "vampiro jefe", y de ahi pasamos al triángulo amoroso entre Reika, Kurono y Tae. Me parecio bien escrita y resuelta en unas pocas páginas, Hiroya es muy ábil para hacer avanzar la historia. En la tercer parte del tomo tenemos una pelea más contra otro grupo de aliens, cortita y sin nada demasiado interesante (hasta los aliens son bastante genéricos y poco desarrollados) y la parte final es hasta ahora la misión que más me ha impactado. Gantz, in bird culture this is considered a dick move.
July 11, 2022
The author can't settle on the rules for his own world.
June 3, 2022
Gantz 15
Inicia con una mission mas, unos como jinetes gigantes, pero luego la esfera hace algo raro, les da un objetivo especial, ¿por qué?
SPOILERs
3.5 stars
Inicia con una mission mas, unos como jinetes gigantes, pero luego la esfera hace algo raro, les da un objetivo especial, ¿por qué?
SPOILERs
3.5 stars
May 6, 2021
This volume hurts me. Things are getting complicated with Tae in the picture. I hate Izumi a lot but I need his background story on how he managed to get 100 points the first time (was it his first though) ASAP.
January 17, 2025
4 solo x el final, así que spoiler
Acá Tae se mete en un problemazo, por tomar una foto y sin quererlo capturar a los chicos de gantz, por lo tanto es el nuevo objetivo!! Izumi y 4 más solo quieren matarla.....
Acá Tae se mete en un problemazo, por tomar una foto y sin quererlo capturar a los chicos de gantz, por lo tanto es el nuevo objetivo!! Izumi y 4 más solo quieren matarla.....
April 19, 2016
The first half of this volume focused on the lame and awkward relationship tangle between Kei and Reika and Tae, but then I guess it makes sense for it to be awkward since they are high school kids. The battle against the next set of aliens went very quickly, and seemed perfunctory, but then it was really just a set up for Gantz's next surprise, which I didn't actually see coming. So now the participants have been set against each other, and things are getting interesting again.
June 4, 2017
REREAD: Solo para ubicarme en el espacio-tiempo. No leía Gantz desde octubre del año pasado! D:
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.
February 21, 2017
Mentre si conclude lo scontro con i misteriosi individui che hanno attaccato il gruppo di sopravvissuti alla precedente missione e continuano a dare la caccia ai nostri protagonisti anche al di fuori delle missioni per Gantz, una nuova caccia ha inizio, ma ancora una volta le regole vengono stravolte, e per la prima volta i nostri si ritroveranno a dover combattere normali esseri umani...
Dopo 15 volumi Gantz continua a mostrare follie incredibili quasi che nel mondo di questa storia si possa manifestare qualunque cosa, da vampiri ad alieni passando per tecnologie futuristiche e divinità omicide, e il tutto continua ad essere totalmente imprevedibile e sorprendente, senza contare che la carica drammatica della serie viene sempre garantita da continue e nuove drammatiche esperienze per i nostri personaggi sia durante che dopo le missioni...
Dopo 15 volumi Gantz continua a mostrare follie incredibili quasi che nel mondo di questa storia si possa manifestare qualunque cosa, da vampiri ad alieni passando per tecnologie futuristiche e divinità omicide, e il tutto continua ad essere totalmente imprevedibile e sorprendente, senza contare che la carica drammatica della serie viene sempre garantita da continue e nuove drammatiche esperienze per i nostri personaggi sia durante che dopo le missioni...
June 21, 2022
Volume 15: Chapter 167-178
Phase 1: Missions
Arc 6: Ring Alien Mission
Arc 7: Kill Tae Kojima Mission
Izumi killed the last of the vampires. Reika falls in love with Kurono. Then, there's a storm in Kurono and Tae's relationship.
New mission started. They need to kill a group of ring aliens (horse-knight-looking alien). At the same time, Tae was there. Accidently, Tae took a picture of one of the Gantz's member. (In Gantz's world, normal people can't see Gantz's member due to difference in frequency). After the mission ended, comes new mission. They need to kill Tae as Tae know the Gantz's secret.
Kurono saves Tae. At the same time, the Gantz's team split into the faction; the one who side with Kurono and the one who oppose Kurono.
Phase 1: Missions
Arc 6: Ring Alien Mission
Arc 7: Kill Tae Kojima Mission
Izumi killed the last of the vampires. Reika falls in love with Kurono. Then, there's a storm in Kurono and Tae's relationship.
New mission started. They need to kill a group of ring aliens (horse-knight-looking alien). At the same time, Tae was there. Accidently, Tae took a picture of one of the Gantz's member. (In Gantz's world, normal people can't see Gantz's member due to difference in frequency). After the mission ended, comes new mission. They need to kill Tae as Tae know the Gantz's secret.
Kurono saves Tae. At the same time, the Gantz's team split into the faction; the one who side with Kurono and the one who oppose Kurono.
April 13, 2019
El presente volumen que contiene los capítulos 167 al 178 nos lleva, al principio, al clímax del encuentro con los nuevos agentes, mientras que, al final, nos deja en medio de una pequeña "guerra civil".
Gantz es sorprende dentro en su narrativa de manera grata. Se sabía que exponer a gente no invitada por Gantz tiene consecuencias, tanto, como para ser el objetivo de éste.
Ello hará que Kuruno tenga que tomar una decisión que fragmentará al grupo, en especial motivado por la enemistad con Izumi.
Algo que no recuerdo haber nombrado es lo cinemático que es este gran manga.
Gantz es sorprende dentro en su narrativa de manera grata. Se sabía que exponer a gente no invitada por Gantz tiene consecuencias, tanto, como para ser el objetivo de éste.
Ello hará que Kuruno tenga que tomar una decisión que fragmentará al grupo, en especial motivado por la enemistad con Izumi.
Algo que no recuerdo haber nombrado es lo cinemático que es este gran manga.
July 29, 2017
In Gantz/15, life gets complicated. Kei Kurono gives into some temptation, the group gets fragmented during a mission and one of the group becomes the target. Gantz is where a few people after death appear in a room with a large black ball and are sent on mission to kill things. Initially they faced aliens, then dinosaurs and then vampires. Between the missions, they return to their normals lives. It's a crazy tale but it is pretty interesting.
October 18, 2020
Ok, somehow, the author felt like this kind of series needs a love triangle and all the drama that comes with it. It sort of works, I guess, as it's your typical misunderstanding kind of thing. I guess something's supposed to come out of this later. Not a particularly interesting volume. There's a big twist comes towards the end though. Gantz is apparently not some sort of artificial intelligence but there's an actual intelligence behind it, one that's rather sadistic.
December 19, 2021
Вампірів трошки розкидали, тепер треба про них забути і зайнятися героєм-коханцем Кеєм! Тепер це історія про любовний трикутник, яка перевертається у полювання гантзерів на дівчину головного героя. Навіть бійку з прибульцями тут виставили більше фоном, драма нагнітається іншим способом.
Так, це знову неочікувано, але аж занадто багато Куроно страждає. Команда гантзерів розпадається, стрілянина, крики у комплекті.
Так, це знову неочікувано, але аж занадто багато Куроно страждає. Команда гантзерів розпадається, стрілянина, крики у комплекті.
March 11, 2018
[4,5]
Me dieron justo donde más me duele: en mi corazón puberto.
No es sorpresa cuando digo que la pareja de Tae y Kurono me gusta en verdad, por lo que este capítulo me ha pegado de varias formas, sobre todo en lo que implica a Gantz.
Me dieron justo donde más me duele: en mi corazón puberto.
No es sorpresa cuando digo que la pareja de Tae y Kurono me gusta en verdad, por lo que este capítulo me ha pegado de varias formas, sobre todo en lo que implica a Gantz.
May 6, 2022
¿Otra vez contra Tae? Es lo única persona decente que tiene en su vida y ahora es el objetivo...
A veces se me olvida que Kurono solo es un adolecente, pero este tomo volvió a confírmalo, creo que realmente ama a Tae.
A veces se me olvida que Kurono solo es un adolecente, pero este tomo volvió a confírmalo, creo que realmente ama a Tae.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
May 8, 2022
I was so wrong for thinking it couldn't get better. At first I was like actually sad and worried for the slice-of-life bit were as usual Kurono made a dumbass choice that of course ended up not working well. But when the night continued—this is such a good story damn.
March 28, 2023
Luego de los vampiros, los cuales no van a ninguna parte, tenemos la telenovela de Kurono, Reika y Tae, donde lo más importante está en que se realiza una misión, donde Kurono salva a Tae y por haber sacado unas fotos el objetivo termina siendo ella, para que no sea relevada la información de Gantz. Después mirando en retrospectivo esto, es bastante cruel, porque si realmente es cierto sobre la explicación de Gantz, esto fue hecho sólo para tratar de darle más morbo a la situación. Y bueno, lo clásico, se forman distintos bandos donde están los team Kurono, los team Izumi, y nadie se quiere matar, pero deben cumplir el objetivo.
May 10, 2017
Z Gantzu se stává telenovela. Budiž. Až na ty upíry na začátku... to fakt ne. Kurono si vybírá mezi dvěma holkama... neudělal by nejlíp, kdyby prostě sám umřel a holky by měly klid?
2.5/5*
2.5/5*
August 27, 2017
Another good volume.
October 2, 2017
Lots of action. Pretty exciting stuff.
March 25, 2018
next mission is a doozy
April 13, 2020
how the story develops so far gives me anxiety jesus christ i thought their targets were just aliens then there are vampires and suddenly they're targetting humans now?!
November 24, 2021
⭐️ 2 ⭐️
Mmmmmm no 🥴
Mmmmmm no 🥴
November 11, 2022
Best volume in a while. So cinematic and thank god some genuine crazy tension in the plot for once after that silly dinosaur arc. 4/5
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