The Insanity of Gantz and Why You Should Care
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- čas přidán 28. 09. 2019
- From Hiroya Oku, the guy who made Inuyashiki, Gantz is a really weird series and I’m gonna talk about it now.
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Imagine dying peacefully in your sleep and then waking up in the gantz room lmao
Im putting suit on asap. Then be sad and scared shitless
I'm killing anyone looking at me wrong
You won’t be. It’ll be your clone that did. Though he’d have the same memory as you.
I'd love it
"this post was made by the isekai gang"
Gantz getting some love in 2019????
I love you man
i know right its one of my favorite for the way it drives its characters far beyond the breaking point to become downright superhuman in determination
Gantz is already pretty popular but I hope it somehow breaks to mainstream territory like Jojo did.
@@aboredburrito5010 first time heard of this show, curious is it done as a series or is it infinite ?
Ach Hadda There’s a 20 something ep show for it I believe, but the manga (complete) which has 300 chapters is way better. The story starts to grind after the first 200 chapters cuz the author got bored but I’d still recommend you read it all the way for the bat shit insanity that occurs in those final 100 chapters.
IzanagI - Happy to the love, one of the first manga I read because the ending we got just didn't cut it
Another reason Takashi's story was so sad is that you could see symptoms of the injury (foaming at the mouth) when he's drawing Muscle Rider at school, implying that his teachers paid the young boy no attention. He dies crying for Muscle Rider as he dies, and we can interpret this as a plea for an adult to give him love and tenderness. One of the best aspects of Gantz is seeing Takashi bond with Kaze and grow as a character through his bond with that character. On the final panel, you can see Takashi with his new surrogate parents, Kaze and Mary, and it's one of the best scenes in Gantz.
Word. This was one of the most beautiful moment of the book.
By contrast you have the character arc of sakurai and his teacher sakata. The midway finds them both trying to use their powers to survive the games and sakata as the main moral guideline for how sakurai would use the power, but it's stripped away when he dies and sakurai is left alone. The breaking point where he starts to become a villain is when his loved one, tonkotsu, is gone and he's only just realized, which leads him down the darkest path of his arc. After a series of horrendous actions he commits against the aliens and up until he's face to face with death, he never realized how pointless that trying to enact vengeance all was until then. He couldn't imagine that the spirit of tonkotsu telling him how wrong he was acting at the time was more than a hallucination based on his current mental state. Only in the visions of the people he's lost asking him to join him when he's moments away from death, does he fully realize that all he really wanted was to be with them again. Oku does an amazing job in conveying these ideas through the expressions of the characters and it makes the story more meaningful because of it.
@@Jazzforyoursoull well said
his mom is insane..
she have an aggressive bf and forcing him to met her son..
got beaten everyday is not a child things!
stop child abuse!
😊😊
plot twist: he isnt talking about how interesting gantz is , you just died and he's introducing you to gantz
yo u creep me out
oh no..
I doubt gantz would explain anything
Gantz (the ball) is like
>Brings you back from death
>Gives you a gimp suit and a toy gun
>Reveals the existance of aliens and tell you to kill them
>Refuses to elaborate further
>Teleport you to a random spot and don't give you any of the rules
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God forbid
Maybe the real Gantz was the friends we made along the way.
Most of em are killed to one but not limited to, decapitation, getting impaled, killed by indescribable horror, and, possibly suffering other worse deaths I cannot list due to the lack of knowledge I have by not reading the manga.
@Alex I finished all 383 chapters in 1.5 days, the end could indeed have played out differently but you still get satisfaction from it.
was the friends we lost along the way*
@Alex how disappointing was it?
@@patch-fm for me it's not that disappointing and i really enjoyed it. You should just read it and judge it for yourself, because even though reviews are helpful, it might change the way you enjoy it.
Gantz is my favorite manga that I cant recommend to anyone.
Caleb Meilink-Smith Don't worry, I'll try to read it.
@@violightghost8592 I got my friend interested today, I hope he reads the manga!
KingHenryXIII I read it and I'm dead inside.
I might as well watch it too!
@@violightghost8592 lol XD I hope you liked it tho! Well for me personally it motivates me for working out. Getting into the mindset of Kurono always gets me so pumped up. The four simple words, "I will not die", is just so powerful coming from Kurono as he survives all of these gruesome battle. Most of the time anime character would be on the brink of death saying, "I don't want to die" or "please don't kill me", but Kurono's pure willpower to fight on, and be creative in battle, is so fking amazing. His sheer willpower is something I strive to obtain someday - The Will to Survive
Its nice to know that his investments into CGI software didn't completely go to waste, as it turns out, he does still use it in his Manga, and he incorporates it so well you wouldn't even be able to tell or even cross your mind that, "Oh hey theres some CG in this manga". I love his art, and if the CG stuff is a factor in it, then boy am I glad he put that investment to learn it early on.
There was one particularly noticeable CGI creature in the final phase, but other than that it works with the artstyle well imo
in the 2nd half, I saw it on most of all the alien monsters. I respect the hustle and determination to use cgi, but there were several moments were it was a bit jarring. I might have gotten a bit too used to the amazing monster designs of attack on titan; plus I acknowledge he used it still in early 2010's, so that's also commendable. I just don't think it has aged THAT well to say it's unnoticeable.(I especially remember that enormous horn monster with spider leg thing on the water from the Osahka mission, that was probably the most jarring one)
@@jeom3808the last arc was soo hard to read with the cgi monster's...I love his artsyle but it's hard to understand what's going on sometimes
CG becomes more bearable in paper than in scans though
the grandma scene when she tried to protect her grandson fucked me up SO BAD when I read it back in idk, 2010? it's been a while. if I think about too hard I still cry lmao
I watched the anime dub when that happened and I was so happy her grandson died cuz he was so damn annoying 🤣
I wish I read the manga first
"im gonna beat them up for you son"-Grandma
@@VictoryReviews have you read it? The manga?
holy shit i totally zonned that scene out of my mind, now that you brought it back i remembered
That grandma and child was cute...
They didn't survive, sadly..
Bold of you to write the opening as if Kei actually wanted to help the homeless man
Was thinking the same thing. Surprised he never brought that up.
This comment made me watch the manga, just finished it.
Why does the alien giants have the powersuit at the end? It was not explicitly mentioned how. Did the humans give it to them so that they would be on equal footing while the humans massacre the alien warriors?
@@kinnotagolino2825 Here is one thing that dude in a video didn't mention about... Gantz is shounen. Heavily serialized shounen. As long as it makes profit magazine will keep author going. Things like logic is thrown away, deus ex machina works on full steam, plot is building on a principle of "because reasons", series become more and more stupid. And when interest goes away and even most loyal fans start to ask "what the fok is that ?!" magazine calls an author and says "Wrap it up. You have 2 chapters". And that's how Gantz ended after a long way of degeneracy from a good story to a trashy shounen.
@@SosiskaTakoSanHow do you feel about Inuyashiki then?
Finally someone saying literally anything about this story.
Right? Fave anime as a kid but then found out how mangas and anime are completely different sometimes. Been meaning to read it since.
@@kys125 the releases were sporadic IMO and the story jumped the shark.
I know right! For many years I could not find a good explanation of the purpose of Gantz. Yes, there were some disturbing moments but I wished the animated series continued.
@@Bustaperizm is it still worth a read and how lengthy is it? I actually sarted it yesterday cause I want to watch this vid ASAP
@@kys125 Worse case scenario, it's worth for the read just for the great art style. Since the story is already finished, you can binge it so it will be a way better experience than waiting half a year for a slow arc to wrap up. For me the story took a turn for the worse during the Osaka arc but that was the moment I caught up with all the manga available at the time. I consider the last arc and the last enemy a gigantic dumpster fire. It's 37 manga volumes (383 chapters). I would say it's worth starting Gantz, I wouldn't say it's worth finishing it.
I like that Tae and kei relationship started by force, as a joke. But kei eventually falls deep in love with her and I've never seen two lovers trying to find each other so strongly.when Tae is abducted and treated like a pet, she doesn't wait for kei to come and save her. She makes her way out and runs to kei, same thing kei does. I don't know, I'm awere that there are great manga/anime couples, but this one felt the more realistic and passionate to me. I still remember that hug.
I think tae is amazing until the final arc. Just so annoying. Tbf oku can’t write female characters
I also loved the Reika arc a lot. The underlying message is a very real and hard pill to swallow.
Only fictional romance I've ever really gotten into. Every. Single. Beat. With them had my heart aching.
@@charliecoke7396her running through the city calling for him brought me to tears
@@boheej1170 Imma be honest. Liked Biker chick more. The girl who let Kei smash right away. She had the personality I liked AND could fight. Was hoping they'd be the power couple. Tae didn't grip like she did. She was just straight annoying in the final arc.
Rewatching this I found a neat correlation. After Oku was left destitute from writing Zero One he's forced to immediately begin writing Gantz likely weekly to keep himself alive, which mirror's the story of Gantz where after trying to do something they weren't capable of (writing Zero One successfully) they have to fight to stay alive on a weekly basis only to return next week to fight again.
Interesting observation! I guess also on a meta(i don't know what would follow this) way, if Oku didn't write the next chapter, they all "die."
"Takashe is killed"
Me: That's not how remembered it
"Oh wait"
Me: God dammit
"Takashi is killed"
Me: stop lying to these people.
Bro had me in the first half, not gunna lie. lol
*Takeshi
As someone who hasn't watched or read the anime or manga this completely caught me off guard and I got a bit emotional for a second about the thought of that boy getting eaten but then filled with awesomeness
Takashi: slaughters a monster with kung fu at four years old.
Kaze: This boy is my son now.
One very important plot element was missed in an otherwise fantastic video. The people playing Gantz can collect enough points to end the game or they can instead choose to revive one of their dead team members. What's really touching is that a lot of the time people choose to stay in that nightmare "game" if it means they can give someone another shot at life. A few of the times it's for people they don't even know but simply because they themselves were saved and cared for and want to pay that back.
This is a really important point. It really shows how the character grows when you see extremely cynical and selfish people like Kei choose to do something completely selfless, especially when it costs them
This is huge, especially depending on how the characters ended up there. For the characters that were there due to killing themselves and actually enjoyed being in the game due to the community, they were willing to make that sacrifice more easily when they knew the sacrifice others were fighting for (especially in the case of Kato needing to care for his little brother). Ugh, Gantz was such a great manga.
You forgot, there's 3 options, each worth 100 points, Escape the "game", Revive a fallen player, or get a powerful weapon.
Indeed. Especially that Osaka guy
@@animentamaxarius3931 you mean get a sweet ass black katana
29:17 I'm literally crying tears of joy and relief from this scene here
I burst out laughing. I still haven't caught up with the manga since I'm too busy ans my log grows larger with each passing day.
Dude i cried so fking hard man! I fully empathize
so proud of him. with a father figure like our MUSCLE RIDER. boy is going to be an absolute chad
I keep coming back to this video. You get it. I remember having to explain it to my wife. Not about this, but about Inuyashiki. I was telling her about some of the stuff that Hiro does, and she’s like “Why would you ever want to read something like this? It just sounds so miserable.” I said, “Yeah. It hurts real bad. But then the heroic moments happen, and that misery is worth it, because you’re filled with hope again. And it’s like, if they can overcome this crazy stuff in the manga, maybe there’s hope for us hurting in real life, too.”
Never at any point did Gantz stop escalating, and I remember loving every page of it.
I left for months after some characters died. It's a history were you shouldn't not cling to much to anyone!
That ending tho
@@Stupoider I forgave it after awhile. It's about the fun we all had along the way ya know?
I agree who decides to make a second main character.
I loved it too but I remember there being long hiatuses while it was still an ongoing manga series, when the vampires came in it was kinda shitty but I imagine it would be a lot more of an enjoyable read if you could just read it all instead of having to wait.
Out of everything in Gantz the one thing that destroyed me the most was that little boy's story
dorimukurieita the little boy was beaten to death for eating pudding
MUSCLE RIDER
Why was the main characters brother a vampire random question
@@Jr-bn7kc no clue
@@Jr-bn7kc that whole story line was stupid
There are two Gantz artistically.
"The overly detailed sculpted artpiece" Gantz and
"Panels of blobs of unintelligible black goo" Gantz
I might be a year late, but when you were about to talk spoilers I actually wanted to read Gantz and then read the whole thing. I have come back and all I have to say is thank you. Thank you for showing me something great. I hope the best for you.
nah mate, youre just in time
The anime version ABSOLUTELY needs a remake, the manga is absolutely worth!
Full-blown, full-manga adaptation, let's go.
Help. I want to get into it, but I don't want to read it. I want an anime.
Should I at all dip my toes with an anime, if so which?
Or "fuck the animes they all suck, you have to read it"?
@@El_Andru personally I love anime and saw more than 300 series but... read the manga of gantz, the anime is a little bit of trash, wasn’t made very well, and I think it stop half way through the series
IMAGINE HOW DOPE THE SHOW WOULD BE IF THEY ADAPTED THE MIDDLE AND AN ORIGINAL ENDING
i've come to the conclusion that it would be impossible to actually animate gantz well, there's too many details in the manga and it would require a budget so high and a lot of time. No studio will touch that, especially when there's so much nudity and gore which raises another issue with it being animated and published. I wish MAPPA remakes gantz & berserk
Left the room for like 5 Minutes and when I return I see the words
“You are now dead” across my TV screen.
For an irrational second I had a mini heart attack.
Omae wa shindeiru?
"Not big suprise"
Finally, peace at last
bs story like "then obama started clapping" XD doesnt make sense, the text appears at 0.35 seconds. and you left for 5 mins XD
@@KuraudoSutoraifu7 Actually, the text stays on the screen for about 2-3 seconds. Slim timeframe I admit but that's why I thought it was funny.
But if you mean it's at the start of the video, maybe use your head.
I left the room and returned to see that text on the screen... So it's safe to say, I had CZcams running.
CZcams, if you don't know, plays the next suggested video on its own.
Again, if you're talking about the timeframe, it's an unlikely timing, but not impossible.
Also, this might be irrelevant, but I wasn't gone for a solid 5 minutes. Could have been 10, 15, or even 20 minutes. Give or take.
Hard to say since it was 4 months ago.
But believe what you want.
Gantz and Berserk need a fresh restart and adapt all their mangas into anime. Both are masterpieces on a different level, if done right they destroy competitions instantly, not just on anime level, also in all of fiction.
czcams.com/video/XMxbtRviZHA/video.html Check out this Cringe Rewiew I made for Gantz. 😈😳💯🔥
What's wrong with the anime? I haven't watch it.
@@erenjaeger1738 the anime has low quality animation and is short since they just finished the anime in the alien buddha arc, the anime really needs a reboot like hunterxhunter but considering how sensitive the people this days im pretty sure its not gonna happen
@@imjonathan6745 the 3d movie is great tho
Add Claymore to it and i will be happy
The beauty of Kurono is that he starts as the anti-hero. Sure he is the protagonist but you can all see he has no redeeming qualities at the start and don't play saint, most of us in our teenage years were also sex driven, selfish, angsty idiots so I think he was well written in that way for his character, but throughout the manga he becomes loving, a leader, strong and fearful of losing what he has gained: friends and love. Even when he got a real gf, we see his major change, he went from lusting after the big tits supermodel to being truly in love and caring about the ordinary girl that was his gf. In the beginning he was mean to hear saying how she had no boobs or that she was ordinary but as we see little by little her life full of cute stuff and how Kurono learns that not everything is just sex and fucking, there is also love ,tenderness, innocence, he learns to truly fall in love with her to the point of protecting her when the world starts ending.
Another beaufitul panel that made me cry was after the dinosaur battle. The team has won, and Kurono runs to his team joyful and happy. We see the huge tits supermodel going to greet him smiling, but Kurono fucking IGNORES HER completely to go to the Old Man (best character) and help him stand up and hug him and THANK him. He ignored a hot model's touch in order to help, hug and thank an old tiny man. That's when I understood, fuck this is a great manga and it actually has character growth. Give it a try, sure the ending becomes pure insanity and there are some plot holes and wtf's, but it's damn good read and the art is worth looking at.
I can still remember the following dialogue
- Can you be my pet?
- Do you 'sleep' with your pet?
😂😂
yeah that was....that was sure something
yep. THat part really made me uncomfortable
Kei then said "well back when i was living on my parents farm as a kid they had a dog id let climb in my bed and id hold and kiss him till i fell asleep"
Jeeezus. I forgot how bad early Kurono was. What an arc.
I wonder if the “come back in a week to deal with something you can’t expect the difficulties of and if you fail it’s all over” is kind of a metaphorical representation of the weekly grind of the manga artist
That probably is true, every chapter is a life or death struggle to a series.
That’s a, uh, strong guess
I thought that’s where he was going
Was it weekly when they got called to Gantz thought it was random
@@chikipichi5280 I also thought it was random, i think i remember some of them getting caught by surprise when they were being teleported again to the ball room
Storyline of Gantz traumatized me as a teen so hard. Sheer existential horror and gruesome deaths of absolutely every single character on every corner, feeling that every character can die at any moment, every love interest, every kind grandma, everyone who said something positive would probably die the most gruesome, detailed death several pages later. And then the reason for Gantz existence, the sheer dread and cosmic horror and helplessness, and then you understand that probably the humanity in general will be destroyed and had absolutely no chance of survival. Its probably one of the most depressing and terrifying mangas to ever exist. Attack on titan wasnt even close to Gantz on that front.
Gantz peaked
It’s a very deeply nihilist story
I think that if Gantz was created into a high budget anime with quality marketing like AoT, then AoT wouldn’t have been popular that much years later.
It’s rather funny because in Gantz: O Kei Kurono is voiced by Yuki Kaji, who is the voice of Eren Jaeger in AoT.
@@Nirrini yeah, GANTZ had every chance of becoming the next big thing, if only the anime wasn't so bad. The manga had everything AoT had, it was basically the same genre and general setting of "humans fighting with overwhelming existential threat with no obvious way of ever winning, a lot of gore and deaths all around".
Honestly there is so much fucked up shit that happens in gantz that i actually forgot about that dude who escaped gantz before that then went on a "recruitment mission" in the hopes to go back to the gantz room when he dies, after i reread that i was like how did i forget something so extreme
with that said though the sequence where kei lost everyone only to instantly be put into yet another mission all by himself without any time to process. with the sole alien survivor of that solo mission actually comes to haunt kei in real life is burned into my mind
if only the ending wasn't shit
What I liked the most about Gantz is how Oku portrays the idea that every single human has a reason to live or that it can find one in this life or the other (inside Gantz). Whether that reason is killing (like shinji) protecting others, experiencing the love of others (Kurono), value your life in general, that your life has meaning and a purpose.
And so many things taught through a violent world.
My favorite character was the old man that was kuronos bro
I respect this manga so much for that alone. Guy is introduced in the new team arc and you expect him to bond with Kurono and then be thrown in the trash like a cheap uncle ben knock-off. But he actually makes it, and... goes on to be one of the central characters of the later arcs. And becomes pals with Kurono. Because at the end it didn't really matter what he looked like, people survive Gantz games with resolve and intelligence alone, the suits making everyone equal in the physical department.
I was NOT expecting at all a gore manga like Gantz to treat an elderly man with respect and agency. A lesser story would have killed him in two arcs just to give cheap angst to the other characters.
I loved him
Dude's the genuinely most chill and trusting wise man ever
I have no proof but I somehow believe that old man inspired inuyashiki by the same author
All kurono's bros since dinosaur mission are the best imo
“Oh of course SEW likes the big karate man.”
*Five seconds later*
“You’re gonna make me cry John!”
Gantz is nothing but a fierce critic of capitalism, where we are all pit against each other, blacks vs whites, old people vs young, animals vs humans. We are all part of game that's impossible to win. A game where we literally lose our lives just to have one more day of dreadful existence.
I fucking cried at that part I hope they got out of the game but at the sametime I thinking it didn't happen thanks to what SEW said about the series and its outlook on life ;_;
@@OjoRojo40 I wouldn't say that your interpretation is wrong, but I do think you're jumping the gun by thinking Gantz only boils down to a shallow critique of capitalism just because the author was a bit irresponsible with his money.
@@beaniepirates6759 Shallow critic? There is nothing shallow about Oku's critic of capitalism, quite the opposite. And when did I say it only boils to a critique of capitalism? Cheers.
@@OjoRojo40
Im just saying if it is supposed to be a critique of capitalism, it's a pretty surface level one. I say that because the evidence you used to try to assert your point can *barely* be attributed to capitalism and is much more likely to be nihilism and a primal instinct to survive. Also you literally said "Gantz is *nothing* but a fierce critic of capitalism", and even told the other guy "You are wrong, that's totally the messgae", so you really can't blame me for thinking that's all you got from Gantz.
I was reading this manga back when it was coming out, and god damn, that Buddha arc made me severely depressed.
SPOILERS
Enjoying this manga every chapter for years on end, just to have every character wiped out in an unimaginably difficult battle was bruuuutal. I remember I had to take almost a year's break from it back then because I was so distraught with the realization that in our reality no one has plot armour and any of my friends or family could pass away at any moment. This manga is one of my absolute favourites because of how fucked up it was. Absolutely insane story.
I watched the anime up until the end of the kill kurono mission, I assume he killed the hobo hunters but is he the only one who lives? And where does that leave off in the manga?
@@zafiruzoma6234 The final hunt of the anime is only in that adaptation, and the hobo killers don't appear in the manga. In the manga (going light on spoilers here) after the temple, Kei has a solo mission which goes....EXTREMELY badly, and then new supporting cast members arrive and the series takes on a new direction.
me too man.. i once had a nightmare because of it
No one has plot armor besides tae
@@AnotherDaysTruths tae died once though.
Kurono was the embodiment of "You don't know what you have until it's gone"
"no matter how awful or horrifying the world might seem it's our connection with other people that let us survive it and make it worth surviving"
I hope everyone remember this, specially in this year. Stay safe, hold on each other.
...while responsibly observing social distancing recommendations, of course.
❤🤗
Joaquin Pulido but uhm,, we’re not allowed to touch tho
Gay
G O D What about this was gay lmao
The most accurate way I can describe Gantz is by saying "There is really nothing else like Gantz".
that's the same description as jojo's
I don't know if this is right but when reading through Gantz it reminds me of As God wills. Just that Gantz characters are more significant and the ending of it is better and the story comes to a better conclusion compare to As Gods Will.
Hiroya Oku also explained how he invented the technique in the 1980s for depicting boobs as moving in manga too, everyone ended up copying him. He explained it in one of the pages after a chapter of Gantz had finished. The manga was called Hen en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hen_(manga)
I did not know about that CG animation. It looks pretty damn good!!! Is it a movie or a video game? But most importantly: is it worth it?
Anyway, great video. Gantz is not perfect but it is one hell of a ride, and its art is nothing short from amazing.
@@duvan.deschain Movie name Gantz:O
The cgi movie was pretty great and is a good way to get a good Gantz experience without going through the unnecessarily horrible parts of the manga
Gantz: O is amazing. I still rewatch it on Netflix. My only complaint is that it features just one scene of Kei Kurono.
Granted, the movie is about the Osaka arc. It is still awesome.
The movie is amazing but the "unnecessarily horrible parts" are really what make the story what it is. You can't really watch that movie without context; thats the only reason I'm not recommending it to everybody.
@@BlackJester57 I wouldn't call it a good launching point, but it is what hooked me into reading the manga. It just takes all the horror of the monsters and heroic aspects of the protagonist so it is good to watch if you want a bare bones experience of the story. It is very much its own thing tho so I can understand not recommending it to everyone but I absolutely loved it. Got hella hyped.
They’re not for everyone but I think they are part of the story, I mean I don’t think I would’ve enjoyed it as much without them
It is great...but turn on Subtitles even though it's in English. Lots of stuff that isn't even said is in the Subtitles.
The story about the fighter and kid just makes me drenched in tears, I'll definitely have to give this a read
That part got me, too.
Wuss pain yo life!
Yeah and then there’s like the middle aged man who’s wife died and he’s all lonely and like offers to let them stay in his apartment it’s nice
Kaze and Takeshi: This is only going to end in tears isn't it?
That ending holy shit.
Yes. Manly tears.
Damn right.
That alien was TEN YEARS TOO EARLY
i had forgotten about that opening to the osaka arc but remember Takeshi doing some amazing feat later on so i was very confused for a moment
If you want to cry, then just read the whole manga, the ending is heart wrenching.
So. No one's gonna talk about how the first alien is literally Bart Simpson?
If onions were people.
And one of the early characters is Lara Croft. This series' beginnings were steeped in the 90s.
take it to the bank boys, this ones just like bart!
Also, the "Why U No" meme face from 2010 was from Gantz.
TOE TO TIP
THATS A BART
I periodically come back to this video specifically to hear you narrate about the relationship between Tekashi and Kaze as it makes me cry every time. It's genuinely so beautiful of a story and makes me enjoy this story
I have no connection with Gantz nor have I ever cared about it at all, my only experience with it being some clips from a movie a good several years ago. With that in mind, I actually cried watching this video when you got to the Kaze/Takeshi section. I freaking loved that. Unbelievably wholesome stuff from a place I would never expect. Now, I might actually read this series. Well done.
Kind of reminds me of Berserk in terms of the message: even if life seems pointless and cruel and unfair, you can make it worthwhile. You can survive, and you can enjoy it while you're here.
@Romano Coombs Never seen NGE, might check it out. I mean, it has three things I love: violence, robots, and existentialism. I actually think that Berserk really effected my view of the world, in terms of existence, destiny, purpose, etc.
We talking about the samr Berserk? Cuz Guts is still suffering and its only gotten darker. I have yet to see Guts truly be happy.
Askr Guts finally met people who made him capable of loving again and managed to keep his rage in check. Guts’ story is very dark but it has some light moments.
@GrabberBythePuss Not really since some animes do have the plot revolve around the same city or life changes that result in them acting differently. Berserk is essentially, how badly can we fck up Guts life before he eventually finds happiness.
... I don't think that's the take away from Berserk, lol. I don't think there's a take away period from Berserk. At least, not yet. It just simply is, y'know. It just exists. Miura is just creating a tale of tragedy and despair. Every time Guts sees a light, it's brutally taken away from him.
This whole series feels like an artistic struggle with nihilism and hopelessness... in a good way.
i think halfway through he didn't know what the fuck he was doing. i think the manga is about 100 chapters too long.
It reminds me a lot of Berserk. I love this kinda shit that forces us to take a look at how dark reality truly is without projecting our delusional, hopeless-like optimism that can lead to heavy disappointment when met with the harshness of reality. Being awake to the darkness helps us to truly build any kind of positive actions and ethics in order to bring an actual order to the chaos.
and titties
@@No_Enemies_Kale We fight in the dark, so you can live in the light.
~05 Council
Optimistic Nihilism - Kurzgesagt
Just sayin'
11:35 cought me so f'n off guard, this is AMAZING !!!! a artwork re used as a monster in a manga, brilliant
Gantz is my absolute *favourite* manga. It's such a mindfuck, I love it so so much. There are some really really well-written character redemption progressions and high emotional stakes that actually got to me and made me cry haha which a lot of media can't do. I think a lot of people brush it off as simple violence/gore porn. But really, it's such a complex story of love and sacrifice, and the main protagonist's growth into a good and caring person through trauma and loss.
The anime could have been so fucking great had they not ended it early, the three arcs that they created directly from the manga were in my opinion very well-executed, and I'd love to see someone else give it another go and see it through to the end.
I want more like the netflix movie
I'm not sure if I want to read gantz
"George Clooney is there"
OK I want to read gantz
You won't regret this.
Steve Buscemi also appears there.
8:22 and filthy frank
Angelina Jolie
Morgan Freeman, Hitler, and a couple others are there too
Imagine being brought back to life, for the single purpose of killing Bart Simpson... 0:55
I think a couple of characters in the Simpsons wouldn't mind
WHY YOU LITTLE!
Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable. That fleshy live aspect to shake up stagnation. The grimdark exists because we need to see such things but it's key to remember it's not because the dark snuffs Out the light. We admire that the dying light with all it's might holds back the dark.
I was really lost because a lot of people were saying that "Oh Gantz would be better without Tae chan" or "Muscle rider caring about the kids isnt development" and after watching this video I can clearly see they just didnt understand at all the point of Gantz. Gantz crossed a lot of lines but I think the main reason they did this was to show how horrible those characters are and how no matter what they had to work together just so they can survive since lots of them have a purpose to come back. I think the only bad thing from gantz was the whole vampire arc since it literally did nothing for the story.
Lmao who tf wants that? I story with only blood, gore, misery and death?
@@HieuTran-pw9ck the edgy kids mostly lol
For me the introduction of Tae was where Gantz went from great to incredible
Vampire arc was one of the best. Izumi's dev came to closure, the ennemy for once is organized and more human-like, the fights are great. Amazing arc.
@@kilianne568 izumi suddenly caring about his girlfriend when it was never hinted that he self reflexted or started caring really doesnt make sense. He was always only saying that he only cares and lives for killing aliens. Then suddenly he sacrificies himself for his girl? That, in my opinion, he only got to mimic kei since he did admit he was jealous of him
I was not prepared for that 4 year old kicking ass through the power of love followed by Kenshiro tears.
Nobody was
I even fuppin cheered in real life.
Manly tears,just like Kenshiro from Fist of the North Star.
That little four year old has to be one of the most unique characters I've ever seen in some form of media.
The only other character who tops him, to me, is Rorschach in Alan Moores' Watchmen.
Gantz was a realistic portrayal of how people behave when they are backed into a corner. When they have seen too much combat, or when the feel that they must live for the moment because tomorrow we die.
Thank you
Gantz was a realistic portrayal of how immoral people behave when they had bad experiences in life.
Most people wouldn't have done what Kei did. Why, do you think that rapists, murderers, corrupt politicians, bullies are that way because they're inherently bad people? no, there's always a reason to why bad people are bad, childhood experiences, bad environment, social pressure; the difference between good and bad people are plainly that, whether you let those experiences shape who you are and what you do. If we start to make excuses on how people act because of bad things that happened to them, we have no need for prisons, police or law don't we? Oh, bob just murdered a bunch of people, ah, he's a psycopath, poor him having such mental sickness; Oh, tom is beating the the other kid up with his friends, oh, poor tom, he had a rough life with his drunk parents. So, you see, yeah, realistic? maybe, is that how all people would behave given the circumstances? definitely not.
@@nicoinformatics yup that is the best part about Kei he gradually choose to be a better person and try to build himself something healthy (his relationship with Tae & taking on Kato as a proper role model) and trying to make amends for his bad decisions by being less and less of an asshole
@@nicoinformatics Gantz was a depiction of today world.
Those ‘bad’ characters looking the other way when someone was being bullied or raped... well don’t we all do the same ?
We don’t care about populations being bombed, we might even scream “democracy”
We know of children exploitation in mine minerals yet we happily show off our latest smartphone or laptop...
The violence and depravation in the manga were a mirror of human behaviour and social desensitisation.
Τhis will probably be lost.
I don't know the full cultural significance the phrase "daytime lantern" may hold in asian or at least japanese culture, but in the west there has been a relatively well known use of it too.
The cynical philosopher Diogenes of Sinope once carried a lantern on his person during daytime, strolling through the Agora(marketplace) of ancient Athens. When the people asked him what he was doing, while laughing and slandering him, he responded that he was "looking for a human being".
And while this is an apocryphal story passed down to us from a writer who wrote about Diogenes centuries after his death, it summarizes a core part of what Diogenes was and chose to represent. A man philosophically inclined to literally live like a dog and among dogs, having no respect and giving no credit to what he thought was a superfluous and shallow way of life. He had no belongings whatsoever, except for a large vase which he used to sleep in. Much like Kei literally doesn't have anything worthwhile in his life in the beginning. But after finding people with whom he shares plight and organically becomes their leader, things change.
Kei, at least, has found his very own "human beings".
Nearly 2 years later this is still my favorite video essay on the platform. I've watched it many times, and it inspired me to read Gantz cover to back. The message and musical drop at 29:50 has been a staple for me to return to whenever things get rough.
Thank you.
"G-get lost..."
"..k...."
I'm in a love hate relationship with how Oku writes his dialogue.
So... Kinda like real people talk?
@@kuronoroux8864 yh
*how Oku dialogue gets butchered by crappy murican localization team
Excuse me while I pant for three whole pages.
Haohmaru HL Really, I just started reading today and I love how it was localized.
It compliments the short and sweet dialogue with very modern and concise slang.
That Kaze and Takashi segment was absolutely amazing. That made me feel more emotions than it should have. Jesus christ Mr. Eyepatch. Your writing is absolutely orgasmic
oh yes, I fully loved that section I was crying on the inside
@@JumpscareCitrus full of triumph and despair. This is one of many reasons why he's my favorite and the best
I actually screamed, holy shit.
Gantz manga was a hell of a ride, i remember reading it in highschool when it was released monthly and was absolutely in awe almost every chapter
There is so much to Gantz. I've watched this video so many times, because I literally have no one to talk to about it that don't think it's trash. I genuinely appreciate this. I still have hope for a true adaptation.
For those who doesn't know, there a new gantz manga called GANTZ: E. It takes place in samurai Edo period. There only 1 chapter out.
thanks man
Wtf how does that make any sense tho? Don’t humans have to manufacture the balls in a factory? Do the aliens just teleport that shit now?
@@Jackboy019 The plan to manufacture them was a human decision, it wouldn't be difficult to teleport the original ball to the human world, and then make them create more
Is it going to stop after 2 games like gants:g?
@@ringkunmori
Idk it still ongoing
Dude, Kurono's character development was a joy to behold. I love Gantz.
kurono from a shithead turn into a chad was truly a joy! what a ride
It took me a while, as a young adult reader, to understand that. ……
*spoiler alert*
Until the hotty clone him and there’s two of him and he even talks to himself and says
“Well I guess I’m like that” *somewhat* and that’s when I realized i believed him. Why was he over reacting. He has two Waifus haha but #2’s ending was just as amazing *the ripping apart of a molecular level
@@Yuemitaifr lol i couldnt stand kurono at first. i told my brother (who introduced me to gantz) that this mc is prob the worst mc ive ever seen 😂. but my god his growth as a character was so satisfying to watch.
@@tommyblade8093 right?? And I can't believe it either that it's been 2 years since i read it.
I never understood the idea of insinuative media or things that shouldn't be told or written about. Maybe this is why I like gantz so much because there is a tension in the story that allows me to enjoy it. I think when you describe media in ways like this is what should or shouldn't be written you automatically force real situations into fantasy realm where it doesn't exist. To be quite blunt the idea that things that disturbed people shouldn't be written/talked about is extremely foolish. That's like pretending people don't die in car accidents just to fool yourself into security.
its more about how and why than what. messed up stuff happens all the time but downplaying it can be a bad thing
I’m about read the manga now, because it looks pretty good. Going by what was shown here, I feel like staying that some subjects where handled insensitively for shock value, is kind of disingenuous in the context of this manga.
It sounds like these things where deliberately handled with insensitively for much more than simple shock value, but rather to fill in details of the senselessly bleak and meaninglessly cynical contexts that had real world emotional connections, in order to create dramatic contrast with both the mad desperate chaos of the surreal games, as well as to create contrast with both of those n contexts and the deeply meaningful and redeeming contexts of the human connections.
It seems like the stark contrasts drawn between these elements were deliberate artistry designed to give weight to the darkness of the games, while making those human connections that much more uplifting.
So it is hard for me to believe that the insensitive treatment of some real world issues was purely for shock value, but rather carefully designed to drive home the madness and of the games, while also creating dramatic contrast for the redeeming qualities of the characters to shine that much more brightly though that senseless, futile, mercilessly, harsh realities, despite everything.
Of course I could be wrong, lol. Now I’m gonna go read it…
@@multi-mason To me, the artist was in a depressive mood and scrolled 4chan for 1 hour too many. That basically birthed the manga in the beginning and as he was finding success the story started to turn into a more positive as a whole. IE the dating thing with Tae and it explores common phenomena of society. Like how the model girl and Tae are on opposite ends of the spectrum and how Kei feels about them. One is an aspect of desire and the other is an aspect of love. It also explores the different shades of violence for the sake of protecting someone, fighting for your survival, or fighting for more then yourself and others.
TBH it's a wonderful example of someone who loves western films and understands that humans are a blink away from being terrible degenerates, but hold back their animal instincts to pretend away their animalist nature for civil façade.
For some reason this video comes up every now and then when I finish another. I cant help but watch it every time. You rock wolf and community.
The most striking moment for me in all of Gantz was simple: "Grandma will beat them up for you!"
After volumes of this utterly awful, cynical world full of crappy people, there's this sudden moment where a grandma who seemed certain to be a pathetic joke is instead clearly up to speed and pure of heart. Making it clear that the author knows there is good in the world too.
aaaa I don't want to remember that scene. Fuck, it physically hurts
That's honestly what i love most about the author. He keeps his stories horribly dark but juxtapose it with the pure goodness of the human heart instead of making misery for misery's sake *cough cough every hardcore gore/rape heavy seinen ive read*
@@formula2233
Well most of well known seinen are likes gantz too unless you only reading shit likes ichi the killer and deadtube.
just what little i know of gantz and what little context i can gleem from that sentence im probably never going to subject myself to gantz then
@@iliveinsideyourhouse3943 Oh certainly, but Gantz was the first thing by him I ever read and this was the first moment to make that clear.
drinking game: take a shot every time something suddenly goes wrong
*drinks*
Suddenly something goes wrong with my liver...
*dies of alcohol poisoning*
Your liver would kill itself in the first few chapters.
Sounds like a fun game to play during an X-Com session. :/
@@NeroMystyra shit, gotta drink for your liver
I've been watching your stuff now, nonstop. You have a unique lenses to your analisis, that I find incredible mesmerizing. Its been more than 10 years that I read/watched Gantz, and its been a hole within me, since. I cried for the most part of this video, remembering and reminscing the feelings I had back then. I may be super sensitive because of quarentine, but nonetheless, this video was amazing. My heart is filled with this human connection, this character growth, the hope that we, as humanity, can do and be better. I really can't thank you enough for this video.
Just rewatched this incredible piece and was once again reminded why you're one of the best people creating videos on this platform. This also happens every time you upload a new video, because you obviously have gotten better at it; consistently showing your passion about every topic you talk about and bringing your own experience into it. I'm very grateful to have come across your channel and I hope you're well. Thanks!
The second you said "Muscle Rider" I started crying holy shit
Same!!!! It took me back to when I first read the entire series,and i couldn't help but tear up.
I'm really surprised it hit me that hard. I kinda pushed it away and forgot about it, but when he mentioned how the boy died it twisted my gut and made my throat seize up.
@@uzemakistyle I felt the same way. And I've never read or seen Gantz. There's just something heartwrenching about it
Muscle rider is easily the best waifu. Better than that thot reika.
Every time I look at my Gantz poster, I wonder "has the rest of the world forgotten that this was actually a thing?" Glad to see that's not the case.
Lab Matt / underrated but not forgotten. Gantz is one of the best seinen mangas and one of the best pieces of fictional, sci fi story telling.
For me, is only second to Berserk in manga and Kurono second favorite protagonist to Guts.
This show was so F up
I still remember it to this day. I wanted to buy the manga but it was never released in my country and the imports cost a shit ton of money as they are out of print
How can you expect anyone to forget such a nihilistic and horrifying monstrosity?
benjamin ramsey / if it helps, Gantz is pretty easy to read than most manga just because it has more visual storytelling than actual dialogue. You end up going through chapters surprisingly fast.
And here I thought I wasn't going to cry over yet another SEW video- alas, I broke in the final segment of the video with two particular characters. Very good job in the scripting, delivery, and editing to really punch in the emotions!
You just beautifully explained what is Gantz and the experience of reading the manga. Thanks for that.
I read the manga originally back in 2011 I think, and to this day I can’t compare the experience of reading this manga to nothing else. Gantz is for me an unique and single experience.
I was also hoping you would talk about that part when they arrive at the room with gigantic human bodies and with faces of famous people inside. That part still intrigues me the most.
For an added detail that might not even be intended (but I assume is because I can), let me point out that during that great four-panel setup at the start of Gantz's third arc, Kurono is able to speak out loud about his desire to go back to the Gantz apartment-because he is alone and can risk his life as much as he likes. Kato, by contrast, can't voice his concerns aloud and has to bottle them up so he doesn't wake up his brother. It's a subtle and potentially unintended extra way to read the different levels of burden and responsibility each character has.
Wow good take dude
I want to believe it's intentional, because it'd be so easy to have both characters think about their feelings instead.
“There’s this knowledge that neither side actually wants this...
That there are forces beyond the control of both that have trapped them in this scenario.”
This makes for a seriously accurate analogy far war my man!
But not for Gantz....
@@theoverlordofcats5511 Gantz IS war. A long and ruthless preparation for a war that could determine the survival of mankind.
@@theoverlordofcats5511 Did you read the manga? That point is clear from the first arc.
That isnt accurate at all, man.
Maybe for shit like Vietnam, where a massive media campaign was turned against American soldiers in a brilliant move by the Vietcong, but almost no other war in America's history was viewed that way, and I'd be willing to bet that is so uncommon as to be unheard of throught history.
We wanted the revolutionary war. The civil war was a little murky, but the South wanted it for sure. War cant occur without at least one side wanting it. I was about 11 years old when Desert Storm was started because Saddam Hussein attacked Kuwait. I was with my dad when he got deployed and the troops were singing songs about fucking Saddam Hussein in the ass. We didnt want WWII, but the other choice was to let Germany, Italy and Japan rule the world. You could say we wanted them NOT to rule the world. China didnt want Japan butchering millions, but they absolutely wanted Japan out of their country.
Your child's view of war and power is never going to be a thing. People want freedom. They want safety. They want hope. If they have to kill someone that is trying to take those things, then they want to fight the war. Even gang wars are about wants, not an unending cycle of violence for the sake of violence. They want territory, they want dominance, they want, they want, they want. If a dude breaks into your house, you might not want to kill him, but you sure as hell want to protect your family, your property, and your own life.
Good luck putting daisies in the barrel of some rifles pointed at you. I suspect that will lead to you wanting your wife unmolested and your kids unsold, but you can tell them that you just dont want war, right? "Sorry, honey. Sorry, Jr. I thought War was just two groups of people who dont want to fight. Try not to fight when they hold you down, they dont want you to fight, so I was half right."
@@CNNBlackmailSupport lmao at this america.txt
Man, I've been binging your videos lately, and i absolutely love the quality you put in everything. This video made me feel hyped with the kid moment as if I've been reading gantz. Man, I hope you continue to make vids, I'm now moving on to the next one in your playlist lmao
Tae and Kei's names are incredibly strongly ingrained in my brain, due to the very realistic and extremely romantic nature of their relationship which ACTUALLY had a happy ending for the both of them.
(HEAVY SPOILER ALERT FOR NEW GANTZ READERS BELOW!)
On the polar opposite of that, while there is a great abundance of tragic and sad characters in Gantz, nothing haunts me more than the death and absolutely soul-crushing demise of Reika. (Along with kei's clone.)
Reika and Tae are in a way, both completely opposites as well as exactly the same, since their romantic storyline involving Kei Kurono was nothing short of awe-inspiring, Tae was the true heroine for Kurono in the end, and got to survive with his truly beloved, Reika died, full of hopeless despair and desperation filled with heart-wrenching sadness.
What made Reika's death all the more soul crushing for me was the fact that she actually never got to hear Kei tell her that he loves her, even despite the fact that the Kei Kurono that was with her in the end was but a clone of the original, she wanted nothing more than for her feelings to be reciprocated by even the clone Kurono, he in the end didn't... Until it was too late. Reika died, not knowing that in the end, the clone Kurono had loved her, but was too angry to tell her the truth. I'm sure she would have given her life a thousands times over if it meant saving Kurono, but in the end she died with no closure for her burning feelings, and clone Kurono, now filled with the heaviest amount of regret and sadness, cries and screams at the top of his lungs, but cannot do anything anymore, and just carries her cold dead body into a completely unknown darkness, presumably to die along with her somewhere, unknown to anyone or anything, never to be found again.
World's strongest and most solid romance story of Tae and Kei,
And the world's most tragic and depressing romance story of Reika and Kei.
There were many things I loved about Gantz, but these two parallels are what left the strongest imprint on me so many years ago, and it still persists. What a masterpiece.
Bruh… I _just_ finished binging through the manga, and then I find this comment on the same day, on a 3-year-old video that randomly popped up on my feed.
(Here be spoilers…)
It gets kind of weird at times, the giant humanoid aliens, God aliens, souls as data and some other weirdness.
Not to mention some plot-holes/headscratchers.
I'm kinda surprised how invested I was in the romances in Gantz.
Was expecting just action, horror, sci-fi and gore (got that).
Clone-Kei and Reika's story was the saddest for me.
I dunno if Reika died in despair (can't remember the ruins battle exactly), she seemed to have alleviated some her (possibly excessive?) guilt by dying while saving Kei, but her dying right after Clone-Kei tells her his biggest regret is not seeing Tae again, and her possibly thinking he hates her as she dies, sheeeeeeeeeesh…
Then the poor bastard's reaction afterwards is a gut-punch.
Then there's the God-alien encounter in the white room.
Seeing Sei, Kishimoto, Suzuki and Reika again made me hope it was some sort of good-will gesture that would last. Especially after the last two were gone for lord knows how long.
It's weird, but even seeing Clone-Kei & Clone/Revived-Reika get _some_ kind of temporary pseudo-closure warmed my cold dead heart.
The God-aliens mentioning the weird reincarnation thing was weird, but it's kinda nice to think the Gantz world has immortal souls I guess.
My only annoyance during the ending was Anzu not being there with Kato's bro to greet him at the beach. I mean we know they'll end up together so it's weird just not _seeing_ that at the end.
That, and I feel like Blondie/Host-Samurai & Kill Bill (the nanobot vampires) could make for a cool story all by themselves. Wish I got more of them.
But yeah, was rooting Clone-Kei and Reika.
Then there's that poor psychic bastard…
Honestly, there're a lot of chars you can feel bad for…
The story has a lot of nonsense, but you put up with all of it since it manages to hit the right emotional beats.
People tolerate a lot for characters they can latch onto.
just to be clear both versions of kurano are clones. everytime they revive technically its a clone. and reika does find out he loves her but she is also a clone just like every other one of the gantz team members
@@markeugenio2135 Clone-Kei is technically clone 3 IIRC.
Honestly I could not get behind the Kei/Reika romance at all. They never really had any meaningful interactions before she cloned Kei, so it just felt hollow.
And then with the cloning of Kei, she essentially sacrificed Suzuki, as he was initially going to be revived, but instead decided to clone Kei, forcing him to leave his life behind, never getting to see his girlfriend again, being forced to live with her, causing him to get Stockholm syndromed. When he initially told her “I wish I got to see Tae again.” I was happy, because I thought the manga was finally going to point out how horrible what she did was. But then she died heroically, and Clone Kei cried and told her dead body he loved her, brought her back for this sad burial where the cast was all sad over her death.
Just feels so fucked how she did something so terrible and nobody acknowledges it for what it is.
I'm so glad people are still reading Gantz! Just finished reading it today (took me 3 days couldn't stop lol) but Reika's ark was truly tragic. I wish the author gave her more chapters to explore how she was outside of being and Idol and having more interactions with Kurono. Her being an Idol probably meant that she was pretty lonely and just wanted to be real with someone. During her death and Kei confessing to her I believe she heard him as you can see the faintest smile. So that gives me closure, as well as the truth room.
Anyways the romances definitely hit me as well even though I was mostly in it for the action. I think ultimately Gantz is a very human story and a lot of the characters end up just wanting to be with someone and live for each other. I'm very happy with its ending, but also can't help but want Reika to happy despite her shortcomings in character.
What hurt me the most reading grantz long time ago, was that round where the target was...tae.
That was cruel.
that was fucking cruel
Pain
I read the whole manga recently and I almost forgot about that part, when the manga was good, because I was so distracted by the overly long, mediocre final arc :/
@@treehann Fuck, I am also so sad about the final arc. It really, really jumped the shark at the end.
I was kinda mad that Gantz made Tae the target (we assume) because she accidentally capture a pic of one of the guy when they did a mission. But after that arc, suddenly everybody can see them during the Dinosaur and Oni arc, and Gantz didn't do shit!
For me gantz was all about human nature. When characters were confronted with the game of gantz, they had a huge range of emotions and ideals. Some experienced denial, and tried to simply go home. Some turned to religion for their salvation. Others formed groups and trusted no one else. Some went lone wolf and turned cold to everyone around them. Some turned to anger as their go to emotion. Some tried to be team players and work together. Others just gave up. Some went almost feral and sought to prey upon the other players. That to me was the ultimate message of gantz
Very true. I think this, and the theme of how we are motivated in life are the primary messages
The human condition
Unlike most horrors that show the worst in humanity to be the 'true horror' aspect, Gantz lets the the horror be external in order to highlight the goodness of humanity.
It's a bit contrived, but it absolutely does show how disgusting we are. I think a lot of people simply couldn't handle it and searched for reasons to write it off. What's particularly beautiful is the impact one positive person can make, that said positivity can be fleeting, and that it can be rekindled by other people. There's also the message that, regardless of who we are or where we are from, we're all in this together, experiencing the same joys and sorrows. It is our own arrogance and selfishness that detach us from other people and their joys and sorrows. You have to actually finish the manga (and be somewhat intelligent) to figure it out though. Those who get hung up on all the edge are missing the point, and it's sad.
I agree, like battle royale. The book is amazing.
Such a good video, loved Gantz and learning about the author's back story makes the story so much richer.
Well, after three years I've finally read all of it. Goddamn, you nailed it. Maybe the most emotionally invested I've ever been in a series.
Heck I even heard the ending was unforgivably awful, but having gotten there it nailed all the relationship moments so perfectly that whatever narrative shortcomings there may have been were irrelevant. Best complete story I've read in years.
To anyone who wants a secondary recommendation, slog through the first third and the rest is magic. I promise.
Damn bro just finished in abt 4 days. But an emotional roller coaster
It is insane and emotional
Takeshi's story always makes me cry, even years later.
Holy shit.
Mary and Kaze are going to be his surrogate parents.
I've been crying ever since.
"No, I don't want it"
Somehow that line by the kid really shook me. It's what I imagine my nephew would say in such a nightmarish situation.
The ending had no closure, really wanted what happened to their lives after saving the earth. Also, we need a short spin-off with the two remaining vampires.
author made atleast 4 different spin off from gantz. but not one that shows the aftermath. i need to know how takeshi and muscle rider(kaze) are doing 😭
I’ve listened to this video over 20+ times and I still can’t get over how amazing of a content creat you are.
You forgot to mention how the panda character fights strangely buff dinosaur aliens, some of which can breath giant fireballs
Of course it does
> dinosaur aliens
> breathe fireballs
Are you telling me this series has Yoshi in it? Fuck I been missing out.
And then it's just killed offscreen. That's late Gantz for you.
Serpillard le rusé I just realized that haha. The dog also died too lmao
Takeshi: _"You're not muscle rider! You're a bad guy!!"_
Kaze: _"I am Muscle Rider, i was made from your drawing to protect you"_
*_Seeing how Takeshi got into gantz was heartbreaking_*
But it made it all the sweeter and more touching when you see the big tough karate man start to like the kid and slowly become what amounts to Piccolo and Gohan. The kid was a good kid and found a father who was firm where he needed to be and soft where he needed to be. And he's going to teach him how to grow up into a Tekken character. They were definitely my favorite part of the series aside from Kurono.
But when takeshi does the back push thing it was made of win
I feel u man
@@Pragabond Well, he's not going to grow up to be a Tekken character, more than likely Kaze will teach him martial arts and Kaze will start a family with Takeshi and Mary. A Tekken character implies that he will hate his father due to his dad's repeated attempts to abuse and kill him.
tasty tasty pudding my whole kingdom for some pudding
I keep coming back to this video. Great work
i got as far as the spoiler part. you've got me invested so i'm pausing there and i'm gonna read it >:)
God damn man, I'm tearing up again with the whole Muscle Rider bit.
As soon as you said it, it hit me.
same dude it gets me every time
Me three
when the villains in your story are the comic relief and everything else is depressing:
SPOILER:
massacre in Shibuya is so funny#Edgy 😎
This video made me want to watch Gantz and now I’m so hooked with the manga. Thanks for making such a quality video, it is overwhelmingly good. From one content creator to another I take off my hat to you.
I was super skeptic clicking on this video since I know nothing about the series but your fantastic narration kept me through 'til the end and made me glad I did.
I was so sad when the panda just didnt return after one of the missions
It died during the Greek statue mission right? That arc was a fucking massacre
same with the dog...
Sigmafocus i honestly dont really remember the dog
grennbalze the dog was in there from the very beginning but I think he died during the arc with the statues at the temple
When that panda was first introduced, I thought, "oh no, it's so gonna die, isn't it? :("
"George Clooney is there"
along with jesus, hitler, morgan freeman, stephen hawking
And a couple triceritops
Seriously?
You forgot Gandhi
Even god himself what a legend
Even Angelina Jolie. She gets boned by Kurono, then dies, is brought back at the end of the manga, just to be killed again.
Amazing video, this video definitely makes me want to pick it up and read it. I've seen some of your videos before and I'm always blown away, keep up the good work!
You did an amazing work here dude. Great video. Thank you for that.
What make gantz so good:
"Oh i love this new character.."
next panel: *dead*
"You never kill a kind old man right? Right?"
some hitler god alien turn him into lump of meat
thats gantz to you 👌🏻
Every fucking time
the only reason i love the mc
What makes it genius though is it establishes that they can and will kill everyone, and slowly create a team of survivors... but you KNOW that any of them could die, and that means the fights are never just 'cool fights'; there's always the real chance of the main characters dying. Several times in some cases.
@@iamthedave3 It's healthy for a story to have no plot armour for anyone.
I grew bored of Game of Thrones by the time it reached season 5 as I could figure out everything that was going to happen despite them running out of material from the book.
I just knew there would be ridiculous plot armoud for Jon Snow no matter what circumstance he finds himself in.
I fucking hate watching most things now, since plots become very obvious what will happen based on the casting.
Gantz was constantly exciting. Heck, I felt at any time the cute 4 year old could be killed. I never thought he'd have plot armour. they killed the old man, for chirssakes.
@@scoobydoobydoooo You literally just ruined your own opinion, as your opinion is that plot armor is bad and yet it suffers from very similar problems as not having any plot armor. It doesn't make a show good and can be super detrimental to character development and relationship building between reader and character.
This is why I hate comment sections on any platform, its always full of people who never think anything through.
Honestly I hate dying and then waking up in random apartments. Worst feeling in the world.
Hello egg brother, I recognize your name
Eh, sometimes there’s hot babes in skintight suits. So it’s not all bad
Reminds me of the last time I took too much ecstasy
I know happens to me all the time.
Hate it too when the that giant ball forced you to killed the aliens and the aliens are some godlike beings who destroyed the whole city.
I love your video analysis on mangas and video games, their so good to listen to.
Great video essay! Thank you for nailing the human struggle aspect of this IP.
Gantz feels like a Japanese “I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream”
It more likes if alien meets men in black
Good comparison.
TheSnoozeFox really how so?
@@marlom7882 an AI keeping people trapped and constantly playing a game of death
@@TheSnoozeFox
Gantz sphere is not really an "AI" though.
So Gantz is about killing Bart Simpson?
This is the first CZcams comment that actually made me lol
The Bart, the
hhahahaahahah blessed comment
Onion boy!
Great video! Thank you
The thing that gets me about the show versus the manga is that the show really doesn't do a good job of explaining anything so if you only have watched the anime then yeah it's a kind of trash story if you go through the manga at least from what I have heard it's a lot more coherent understandable story and it's actually pretty good
There is something off with storytelling, when animation cannot tap into what the manga does. I did try the anime, it left a lot of questions open. The manga, I agree delivers a much more deep experience. Sigh, it seems to be the thing with more series as of late, deliver a piece of a story, leaving the rest out.