Gigant: Bd. 4

Gigant #4

by Hiroya Oku

Ein gigantischer Roboter tritt auf, und die Selbstverteidigungsstreitkräfte können ihn einigermaßen bezwingen. Doch als erneut riesige „Götter der Zerstörung“ erscheinen, um Tokio in Schutt und Asche zu legen, werden die Rufe lauter, PaPiCo aus der Haft zu befreien … Wie wird sich die Regierung entscheiden?

Genres: Manga, Comics, Science Fiction, Romance, Fiction

232 pages, Paperback

First published August 30, 2019

About the author

Hiroya 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.

Reviews

[Urbon Adamsson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Gigant feels like a re-hash of Gantz, but with much poorer character development.

It's still entertaining, but without some additions soon, I fear it may become boring.

[Mr. Cody · Rating 4 out of 5]

Damn. File this one under “books that would never get published in America.” It’s like if 9/11 and Godzilla were mixed with a wet dream. Not even joking.

[Greg · Rating 4 out of 5]

4/5 It's so sad that these volumes are over so quickly but I guess it's to be expected with Oku's art. So many excellent panels and 1/4th the book has to be double page panels.

Story-wise it's more of the same. A giant robot is voted in and then 3 more giant god's of destruction. Japan has no choice but to release Chiho to take them on. So much carnage and chaos. Oku can really make you see what hell on earth would be like. He can make you understand just how awful and actual StayPuft Marshmallow Man would be if it was seriously trying to kill everyone.

Chiho and some jets on the cover of volume 4.

Read 1/20/2023

[Michael Sorbello · Rating 4 out of 5]

Hiroya Oku is back at it again with another absurd manga in the same vein as Gantz and Inuyashiki. And he’s even weirder than ever. Not quite as dark, gory or emotional as his other two major series, but it definitely has the same genre-bending creativity, insane plot and bizarre characters that defy all expected literary tropes.

Gigant is a science-fiction romance featuring a size-shifting pornstar as the hero, her dorky hypersensitive boyfriend that wants to be a professional film director and a whole slew of whacky hijinks from aliens invasions, evil internet entities and Godzilla-style Kaiju battles that end in countless deaths. Trust me, it gets even weirder than it sounds. It’s straight up stupid at many points, but always highly entertaining and fascinatingly weird. Bizzaro fiction enthusiasts will find a lot to love here.

Overall, I just really liked Papico as a protagonist. Hiroya Oku is great at making unconventional protagonists extremely likable and interesting. Inuyashiki features an old dying grandpa that turns into a cyborg superhero. Gantz features a dead teenage boy forced to fight aliens in the afterlife while wearing a dark skinsuit that gives him superhuman abilities.

And now in Gigant, we get a beautiful pornstar with a sad backstory and a surprisingly bright personality that humanizes her rather than treats her like a sexual object. There’s a lot of nudity in almost every chapter, but it never really feels like fanservice. It just feels like a strong woman that’s perfectly comfortable with her body and she’s always fighting on behalf of others. How many other series out there have a kickass pornstar that beats the crap out of giant evil aliens in the nude without a care in the world?

As weird and dumb as this series could be, I had fun reading it and enjoyed experiencing the story of yet another unconventional protagonist by Oku.

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[Eva · Rating 3 out of 5]

Este tomo me ha dado una alegría, por fin, aunque me ha mantenido en vilo a la espera de un dramón.

El ritmo es más pausado que otras obras del autor, y la historia está mucho más centrada en el amor que la lucha y la ciencia ficción. La verdad es que las relaciones amorosas de este autor son muy bonitas. No sé cómo lo hace con todo lo que sexualiza a las mujeres en sus mangas, pero lo son.

A ver si sigue así.

[47Time · Rating 4 out of 5]

Does anyone else think Rei's mother is hotter than Chiho? That shot of her from behind is truly a work of art. The story seems to have disolved into featuring little more than rampaging giants. Tokyo is hit by more and more destructive giant entities, with no end - or originality - for the attacks in sight. At least we see more of Chiho swinging her... assets some more. Of course, I'm referring to punches and kicks. Why? What were you thinking about?

Even though the destruction caused by the giant people and a giant robot is considerable, the citizens take it in stride. The army mobilizes to clear the city, while Rei's parents worry more about shopping and their jobs. The internet is filled with a-holes - likely non-Tokyo residents - rooting for the giants. Thankfully, the army prevails.

Three more giants show up, bigger than all the previous ones, because size matters. 'No, it's how you use it' you might say. You take that language and shove it. This time around the author does a great job of highlighting the desperation among the citizens while their city is being destroyed around them. Everywhere there is panic, destruction and death. The authorities release Chiho in the hope of fighting back, but a new ETE poll specifically targetting her might lead to her demise. But then she uses the exact tactic as for the first giant. No marks for originality. The breasts try to make up for it, but just can't manage it.

[Marianna Rainolter · Rating 4 out of 5]

La mia recensione riguarda i volumi 3 e 4

Chiho si trasforma in gigante per sconfiggere il mostro che sta distruggendo la città. Lo fa per Rei, per potarlo al sicuro. Ma questa sua azione la metterà nei guai. Per quando il sito ETE sia coinvolto e sembra non voglia fermarsi e sterminare milioni di persone, Chiho sarà accusata e messa in prigione rischiando la pena di morte. Rei non è il solo a volerla liberare, ma come farlo? Quando dei nuovi mostri arriveranno in città il governo sfrutterà Chiho e i suoi poteri oppure no? Parlo insieme di questi due volumi anche perché la storia è alquanto collegata e prosegue più dei precedenti. Non ho ben capito se il prossimo volume è il conclusivo, ma devo dire che la storia è interessante nei mostrare la banalità e la cattiveria delle persone che non si fanno scrupoli ad ammazzare altre persone sconosciute. Dall'altra l'amore all'apparenza frivolo dei due protagonisti è molto più forte e sincero di quanto può sembrare. Le scene di azione sono molto presenti e ben fatte, mi sono molto piaciute e trovo che la storia abbia acquistato un po' più di senso anche se ci sono ancora delle cose non chiare e non so se sul finale avremmo una conclusione definitiva.

[Carlos Arias · Rating 2 out of 5]

¿Qué puede ser peor que un demonio de 200 metros prácticamente indestructible? Pues 3 de estos, tal parece que a Oku le encanta ver situaciones inverosímiles y recrear la crudeza y desesperación de estos, no se puede decir más, que los plasma demasiado bien, respecto a la trama no me parece más distante a esto último comentado, es demasiado predecible, Rei sigue siendo uno de los protagonistas más patéticos que he leído, cuando todo parece que está mal y que no habrá salvación llega Papico y se vuelve la heroína, entiendo que tiene que haber esto pero tanto sufrimiento, desesperacion y angunstia mostrada para que luego ya sepamos que puede pasar? Me parece que simplemente a Oku le gusta plasmar esa desesperación de la gente, o tal vez podría ser lo completamente opuesto, mostrar que el odio a la gente es malo y trata de que tengamos algún tipo de empatia, cosa que los personajes de su manga no muestran al parecer demostrando en cada 3 paneles el deseo de que mueran todos y riéndose de esto. Por el momento el único hook de la serie siguen siendo las tetas y el morbo de ver una Pornstar gigante peleando tipo Godzilla con demonios y robots gigantes.

4/10

[Diogo Muller · Rating 4 out of 5]

Plot-wise, this is very much more of the same, but in a way that actually improves the series: This volume focuses on the human part of the equation - the people who want to see the disasters, the people who are affected by them, the government that is almost always wrong and too slow...

There are weaker parts, and I don't really care for how the author writes the main character, Rei, but at least the human part of the plot is, in general, what I would expect on a situation like that.

[Austin]

More of the same here, down to how Chiho eliminates one of the kaiju attacking Tokyo. The way people are reacting to the mass destruction is truly mind-boggling. At one point a character literally makes a comment about how she can’t get groceries if the situation isn’t under control, and the situation is that giant monsters are rampaging across Tokyo.

[Noe · Rating 4 out of 5]

When not just one, but THREE shinigami come down from the heavens and start smiting Tokyo, it's up to the Japan Self-Defense Force to stop them... but will they be able to?!

Of course they won't. So, they grant Chiho Amnesty in the nick of time to wage war on the strange enemies. It's one adult video actress against three angels of death...!

<---To Be Continued.

[Nick H · Rating 3 out of 5]

It always feels like the author is trying to fill space with these, like a student trying to reach a word count on his essay. But at least this one had some exciting action bits. I’m gonna have to continue this at manga cafes, it’s too fast of a read to keep buying.

いつも作者は時間かかりたいの感じある、けど少なくとも今回はエクサイティングなアクションあった。これから買うより漫画喫茶敷かないで読むかもね、早過ぎる

[Gustavo · Rating 3 out of 5]

Parece que Hiroya Oku está medio perdido con respecto a que hacer con la historia en esta parte, o quizo dar un respiro a los lectores, pero no pasa mucho en estos capítulos, es una pena porque había levantado mucho en el tomo anterior.

[Drew · Rating 2 out of 5]

Nothing really happened in this volume that was different from the previous ones.

[David Roberts · Rating 3 out of 5]

Overall the series (& artwork) is a 5 star show but this volume acts as a bridge between plot points and does little to add to what has already been established.

[Oliver · Rating 3 out of 5]

Teilweise unangenehm Ausschlachtung von Leid und Tränen.

[Tyler · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 maybe? I dunno. They gave her a supposed stretchy suit and then it (of course) didn’t work.

[Oscar Rasmussen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Es reconfortable ver cómo le va a papico y como está al fin alejada de tanta basura

[Alejandro Casanova vázquez · Rating 5 out of 5]

Tremendo volumen: acción, tensión, drama, una referencia increíble a Gantz.

[Fabio · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pronto, polizia? Hiroya Oku è il disagio. Ma tocca le mie corde del trash, e quindi adoro.

[Nehemiah Bekele · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very classic Oku, creating such an unbelievable threat n finding some thin margin for the mcs to prevail. Still a lot of tiddy tho 😐

[Victor Medina · Rating 3 out of 5]

accion de kaijus y papico de principio a fin