Gantz: All Arcs Ranked Worst to Best
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- Опубликовано: 21 сен 2024
- Gantz was a wild and chaotic experience that I thoroughly enjoyed. While there were some parts I didn't like, this manga was a fun time, and I'll be ranking all the arcs from this bloody-good series.
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I hate that the Vampires and the two telepathy guys didn’t go anywhere, Btw the Osaka arc is my favorite lol
Sakurai had a major role in the katastrophe arc. Hi master had a very impactful death too
@@Farfrombeingalive his master holding off nurarihyon by himself is hard ngl.
@bobcatinsag739 that part was sick
The Osaka arc is my favorite arc in any manga. It's so intense throughout every chapter and the stakes just keep getting raised. I LOVED that the boss alien just casually presents the remains of the (presumably) strongest human in the series so far. It's such a good framing device to explain just how overwhelming the odds are.
@stephenschaffenberger6765 the Osaka arc truly is an entire story on its own, it often switches with the Buddha arc for my number 1
Rushed to the end to make sure the Buddha Temple arc was the best one and sure enough it was there! You have excellent taste, my friend!
Thank you! Gantz is one hell of a story
Italian Arc Was Genuine Horror And Made Me Feel Like Everyone Was Gonna Die
I praise the Italian arc so highly
Remember all you anti-social adults and kids, if you continue your way, you'll be sent to Gantz.
Gantz is teaching people to be confident
i feel like cherry's sideplot is a huge positive of catastrophe, up until the invasion he really felt like a background character but his rampage was really thrilling to read. especially how we've been warned about the overusage of his abilities and seeing how it really effected him
One of the great focal points of the final arc for sure, the accumulation of all his grief, rage and physic potential all emerged.
His conclusion was so tragic and beautifully written, specifically when he saved those 2 alien kids before he died.
About the last fight in the Katastrophe arc. The alien threatened to bring down the whole ship on earth if Kurono didn't fight him because Kurono killed his brother. That's the reason they fought.
You're right, there was a reason. I personally found that to be really cheap though. Like the very last 3 or so chapters there's this huge threat of a crash. To me it felt rushed but that's just my thoughts.
The Buddha arc is one of my favorites arcs in any manga ever.
I would explain Gantz reason to target Tae are the following:
1) Yes, Gantz did actually remove the invisible cover that every Hunter and Alien had during Missions. But the reason for that might be, that Gantz actually "updated" himself. There is no need for the cover-up if people can still find out that someone is a hunter. It might also be that the missions after the Ring-Aliens become way more intense. The Oni-Aliens are WAY stronger than anything the Hunters faced before. The only thing that comes close is the Boss-Alien Kannon from the Buddha-Mission. It's also the sheer Mass of Aliens. There were hundreds of Oni-Aliens, hundreds of Yokai-Aliens and hundreds of Statue-Aliens in the Italian Mission. It might be that it was just too much for Gantz to cover up this huge amount of Aliens and Hunters simultaneously.
2) Yes, Gantz actually had somewhat of a personal vendetta with Kurono. He fucked him over by only transporting him and not a single ally into the room in the Shorty-Alien mission. The reason for that might be that Kurono dared to shoot at Gantz and demand to revive everyone after the catastrophic outcome of the Buddha-Mission. It's almost like Gantz wanted Kurono to fail this mission, to bring him back in line and do his damn job as a Gantz-Hunter. He also might have done it just for the Lulz. Gantz is a fickle entity. He fucks up shit, like cloning Kishimoto even though she was not dead, the way he communicates with the Hunters, the insulting Nicknames he gives them and ESPECIALLY fucking with them in terms of info about the Aliens and the Gear.
In the very first Mission, he tells them to hunt the small Onion-Alien, but doesn't tell them that a far more dangerous one is the boss. He also does the same in the second and third mission. In the fifth Mission, he actually shows the Boss Alien, but doesn't mention the far more dangerous Dinosaur Aliens. In the Buddha-Mission, he showed two separate targets, why not in the Kappe-Alien Mission? In the Italian-Alien Mission, he doesn't give any info at all, and sends them into the, probably, most dangerous mission that they had to endure, fighting aliens that totally annihilate the Hunters by mere touches. No info about a boss, no info about the aliens at all, no time limit, and he just evacuates them minutes later, after a shit ton of Hunters got slaughtered.
He also doesn't give a single info about the Gear, and the Katastrophe Timer is also never mentioned. Nishi had to show the Hunters that something is coming. Gantz didn't say anything about the coming invasion.
3) Like mentioned before, Gantz is just a gigantic asshole without any kind of moral. He treats the Hunters like shit, and even develops kind of petty Vendettas against certain Hunters, especially Kurono. My theory on this is, that Gantz wants people like Kurono was in the third mission. Ruthless, effective and very confident in their skills. It might be because he wants these coldhearted Hunters to be ready for the invasion, it might be something completely different. But the way he specifically targets Kurono is no coincidence in my eyes.
You see, Gantz was already "uncovered" by Nishi. He wrote in an Online Blog about Gantz, about the Katastrophe Timer and about other, very shady, shit regarding Gantz. The reason he never targets Nishi or simply blows his head off is, that Nishi as a Gantz Hunter was never discovered. Kurono on the other hand WAS discovered by Tae. She knew that the invisible Person right in front of her was Kurono without a doubt. The problem here is, that Kurono was in a mission at that time and even interacted with Tae by protecting her from the Ring-Aliens attacks.
That's probably the reason why Gantz didn't let the hunters go and immediately after the finished Ring-Alien Mission send them to their next one to eliminate Tae, because she found out that Kurono is a Gantzer and he would have to blow is Head off after the Ring-Alien Mission is finished.
It's especially cruel that Gantz even goes through this whole procedure of Hunting Tae down just to say, "You know what...fuck it. Next Mission you are all not invisible anymore. The Aliens are also visible by the way. SURPRISE!!! Lelelelelelelelele"
Another Hunter that was targeted by Gantz is Izumi. He chooses the third option to be freed and forget everything about Gantz.....well...or not. There is no further info about this option, if it might be a huge lie by Gantz that you forget everything and that you are, in fact, not truly freed, or if Gantz actually had his fingers in this with Izumi, not letting him forget everything on purpose so he might remember again and come back, what he ultimately did. Izumi was the perfect Hunter. Ruthless, intelligent and effective. Everything that Kurono might have become if his third mission didn't end in disaster. It's also very interesting that Kuronos head didn't explode, even though Izumi absolutely knew that Kurono was a Ganzter and even told him to fight him in his Suit and with his Gear. Izumi, who was freed at that time and was an "outsider", knew all about Kurono, yet Gantz didn't kill Kurono.
Just my two cents on the whole Tae Mission situation.
I like your point in gantz just being a dick and messing with people. Reminds me how he gave the hunters nicknames based on their looks or personality, not caring to know them. That's most likely why Tae was hunted, just to fuck with Kurono, and possibly drive him to be more driven and angry to fight the aliens
@@ModernVagabondIsHere I think it targeted Tae because she distracted Kurono during the mission
I thought kishimoto was cloned because she was basically dead, maybe her hearth stopped.
so the system declared her as dead already.
I can imagine a reporter of an anime platform writing about Gantz: "Izumi the most despicable character, how dare he?, it is just unforgivable!, wearing black face?! Oku went to far showing such panel.
Uh?... The hundreds he killed?, who cares they are japanese, probably all of them were on their way the famous forest, it's their culture. We need to condemned the true crime of using black face and culture appropriation"
Great video, to me the worst mission is Ring Aliens and the best Osaka. You have great communication skills and video editing, you have a well deserved like.
If you read this thank you for your time and greetings from Venezuela.
That shorty alien face panel gotta be the best panel for me the emotion in that state is crazy
@@dotus9959 I remember being in total shock and awe when I first read that panel
comparing the buddha alien mission to the eclipse is wild and valid, it was a real 'shit just got real' moment, exactly what you need in a seinen
I had a similar feeling after reading the Buddha mission as I did with the eclipse
I agree with most of the rankings but I’d actually put Katastrophe at the top, I really enjoyed it and thought it paid off nearly every character’s arc and story thread really well. I understand why you didn’t enjoy it though, and I have the same criticisms, the positives just outweighed the negatives for me. Also, yeah, I remember binging the entire Buddha arc in one afternoon, and the only other arcs I did that for were the beginning of the Shorty arc and parts of Katastrophe. The entire series is amazing though, one of my favorites.
That's a fair point, and it's interesting to hear someone say this is their favorite. It had some cool and enjoyable moments but I suppose the ending just wasn't for me
Katastrophe at the top for me as well. First read was absolutely mind-blowing.
What I also didnt like about the last part:
That clone kurono suddenly loved reika at the end when she died
just a momemt before he wanted to see tae and hadnt romantic feelings for her an then the instant she died he was suddenly the biggest lover
And when the god alien summoned people he cared a lot for, tae didnt even appear
@c4ptaintuttle276 woah I didn't even realize that Tae never showed up when summoned, that's really weird now that I think about it
Despite some flaws with the final arc I enjoyed it
The ending isn't completely bad imo, it had some good and it tried new things for sure, but it just didn't resonate with me
@@ModernVagabondIsHere I feel like if you give it some time and reread it, you will appreciate it more, I thought the washing scene of all the humans was super interesting and crazy and then there escape.
The Buddhist Temple alien mission arc is definitely my favorite as well. Mainly for the same reason you stated.
Currently reading it again buying physical copies… so it may take a while, but this served as a great recap, hype video and discussion. Loved the editing, great video!!
Greetings from Perú 🇵🇪
I agree almost completely. Only thing i would change is the 3° place being the osaka arc and the 2° being the oni arc. Very nice video my friend. (Sorry for the bad english lol)
Well said!
One of my favorite moments of gantz for me was the mass revival situation. Not because a lot of great characters came back, but because noone even mentioned kishimoto. It brought me to an interesting moral question.
Gantz themes want us to think that life is disposable and very mich meaningless, that it is just cells that interact in a certain way, that much is clear for everyone at the latest in the room of truth. However kishimoto initially opened up the issue of wether that mattered or not and even kurono with reikas revive. Wasn't their gantz kishimoto a different person to the normal one?
Is letting her stay dead a mercy as her original is alive, or cruelty on account of her just not mattering to kurono and even kato. I loved the ignorance towards her, like they aren't all clones of dead people l, but somehow because her original was alive the drastically different person that became gantz kishimoto did not mean anything, does that mean her sacrifice was also meaningless as she should not have existed anyways?
But non the less really great video and while I personally love the ending with some small caveats I also don't think of the ending as one big alien invasion arc but rather multible smaller sub arc if you will. That helped me really love the quick pacing, as everything felt geuinly like a ticking clock was pressuring them
This is definitely one of the few series where the edginess worked in its favour. Loved seeing the development of our MC and would've been one of my favourite manga series if it wasn't for how bad the final arc was. (Rankings were on point with my opinion as well).
Man's a real one
its much better if u read it physicially, u can see so much more than reading online
I think about this series quite a bit, it really influenced me
Gantz is my personal favorite, I think it was amazing from beginning to end. Hard to rank these arcs (they're all great in their own manners) but the last arc is one of my favourites, yes it had a lot of flaws for sure but it just felt "bigger" than the rest and made the story go way further imo.
Loved the whole video tho
Great job MV! That was a good and engaging video!
I feel like you didn't give the Vampire arc enough attention because it was a bit shorter than the rest of this list, but it had one of the best fights in the series when Izumi and Kei take on all the vampires by themselves, and then there was the whole plotline with Kei's estranged brother who turned out to be a Vampire himself and you realize that these vampires just slice people apart with their swords before drinking their blood. This arc alone probably belongs in the top 5.
I definitely like this list. I think if I were to make one, it would look something like this.
You're definitely not alone with your opinion on the final arc. I also hated how the vampires amounted to very little other than...I don't know killing Kei's brother which also didn't really mean much in the end. His brother could have had much more worth to the story.
Seriously the entire vampire side plot didn't go anywhere it's really unfortunate
Great amazing manga one of the few I’ve gave a shot 10/10
I heavily gotta disagree on hating the last arc, especially your points on the god room and final fight
I’ll shorten my argument as short as I can because I doubt you wanna read a whole essay but it still is a lot: while the god room and basically all of Gantz is unsubtle about how humans are weak and insignificant especially compared to all the crazy aliens (also I don’t get how you say that the series is subtle about those themes before the god room because it is clear as it can get without someone saying it out loud that the author wants you to think humans are small in comparison) and what this does is it plays into the last fight, like you said they have technically won, humanity as a whole at least, but people Kei cares about are still up their fighting and are most likely gonna die. Now if Kei listened to everything the story has told him he would know that it doesn’t matter because both them and him are insignificant and if he did choose to fight he could end up losing his girl again, according to the story he has no reason to fight. But despite that he risks his life and fights anyway almost in rebellion to the story it’s because that was the author actually wants to say and that’s what that last fight represents, that even though humans are insignificant and fragile what he value still has meaning despite that and it’s worth risking death over
Also I know it was probably disappointing to see the big bad race not be that complicated but I personally really liked it, the final boss race basically just being better humans playing even better into the themes of the story, and I feel like the story he was telling in that last arc would work if they were for example like the statues in the Italy mission
You make good points. When I say the story was being subtle, I meant pretty much up until the last arc, not the god room. While the story never flat out told us human life was insignificant, it portrayed that through the countless deaths and resurrections the characters went through, I agree. I'm not saying it was hidden from us, but to me, it felt more that the story was portraying it through deaths and interpersonal dialogue. The god room though, takes all nuance away and out right says "human life means nothing". I understand the theme of the manga is to keep living even when objectively, your life is insurmountable compared to every human life, but I just didn't find that part to be engaging. It felt ham fisted to me
@@ModernVagabondIsHere I understand, I personally liked it because basically God telling the main character that they don’t matter made the final fight more impactful to me for the reason I said above but like I said if you didn’t like it I can understand why
@someguyy194_2 it is a cool idea that God themselves was pretty much saying that, I just feel it could've been handled better. As soon as the god aliens show up they leave, and then we're right back to the battle with the boss alien. I just didn't find him interesting
What a good vid man great work 👍👍
Regarding your point about the Shorty Alien Mission challenging the morality of the Hunter’s actions, I felt like the Onion Alien Mission did the same thing, it wasn’t explicitly stated to the same degree but it was emphasized through the panels more IMO.
The hunters brutally kill the Kid Onion Alien, who was previously running away and only finally struck back after being cornered. Its last moments involve it begging for its life whilst sobbing profusely, very difficult to read.
When the Adult Onion Alien arrives, it’s clearly enraged to see its child dead, and it’s very obvious that it only attacked the hunters because of that singular fact. There’s even a panel of it reminiscing about the kid onion alien.
I’m not saying those specific hunters deserved to die since they did believe it was a gameshow, however, can you really blame the Adult Onion Alien for responding the way it did????
If you arrived home to see strangers standing over your loved ones mangled corpse, covered in their gore, how would you react?
Really makes you wonder who the real “monsters“ are in the story.
It’s a great reoccurring theme that really underlines the fact that despite the hunters being humans fighting literal monsters, in some twisted way, they’re more monstrous than the aliens.
Again, it's themes and arcs like this that actually did a great job at explaining the value of life. You made a great point, and even the very first arc does a better job at this topic then the final arc
@@ModernVagabondIsHere Yeah bro, the earlier Gantz arcs have so much hidden themes and powerful messages, also great character development for the main cast besides Kurono. (Although I didn’t like how Reika’s character progressed)
Also I forgot to mention how Kannon (Buddha Mission Boss) explicitly asks Kato why the hunters treated them so badly when the aliens haven’t done anything wrong. So there’s another example.
Phase 3 drops the ball when it came to showcasing these underlying themes for sure.
Great vid.
@@drift2557 appreciate it brother, you made good points
Man I wish the anime would’ve continued with the manga I feel like the Buddha temple was a way to kill off the main characters
Good video man never read gantz but ima get into aftrt this👍🏾
Let me know what you think of it when you're done!
Damn it second comment, came too late. Too busy to watch the video, but I will get to it and give the algo 40 minutes of viewership, excited for it.
Coming in clutch as my 1st subscriber
Kurono's private mission with the vampires is my favourite, Kappe would be the least.
i don't think catastrophe ark was that bad, pretty mid for the final ark i guess
Buddhist temple arc is number one for me as well.
Such an amazing arc
The God Aliens was one of the best parts. Yes in the world of Gantz humans, they’re nothing more than data but the point throughout the entire series is that they are worth what they make themselves, and not some opinion of some douchebag aliens. Family and relationships are repeatedly hammered though out it
When I'm reading the final arc, I originally thought Tae was gonna grow and fight her way back to Korono even if she is weak. I wanna see the growth of her and truly showing how much she loves Korono instead of just screaming a lot. This part could be much better if Tae had undergone some character development.
I mean... how? Wasn't she trapped on the alien ship with literally nothing?
Hi, nice video.
What is the music you used as background for the osaka arc?
@@Brauni578 Blood and Guts - Berserk (2016) OST, and thanks for the comment!
@ModernVagabondIsHere
Thank you, I just found it after 30min of searching and shazaming your video 😅
What a fitting song for this manga and arc
@Brauni578 a lot of berserk music fits to be honest lol
I need Seth to see this for a new power scaling video tho
I hated the invasion arc too and feel like that’s why I fell off reading towards the end of the series actually
I'd personally put Osaka at the top and the final anime mission at the bottom, I know it's not cannon but man it sucked.
Oh yeah we don't talk about the anime ending
The Italy arc made me scared of statues, for the rest of my life🗿
Like holy sh*t how do these aliens work? It's insane how even small ones can rip flesh like it was playdoh.
The alien in the truth room says they sent the signal for the sake of earth and not the humans. So that is explained. What i dont get is if they thought humans werent anything then why trust we could even decode the signal?
But if they sent the signal for earth, who did they expect to decode it? Likewise of what you said, it just didn't seem like a good reason
@@ModernVagabondIsHere maybe one of the immigrant alien races or elks in the woods. I just meant a reason was given. Agreebly, a very bad one tho
@@ThusSpokeFlexo fair, a reason was given. I just felt so much more could've been done with them
@@ModernVagabondIsHere true. I just finished it myself but i would sum it up like that. A story with tons of dropped threads for the sake of spectacle.
Last 2 chapters are nice but i think the german translator's speech to the journalist sums the story up better than the truth room
The most disappointing thing of Gantz is that Tae “the cockroach” didn’t die
I wish Tae did something more for the story. Shame she lived while Reika, an actual good character, died.
Bro ur underrated
Legend
I just finished Gantz and was thinking, what happened with the vampire? And hate all this Tae crying pages and is true about no make sense what the alien god say about us and the same time have Gantz to protect us.
i know this isn't the best of the opinions but i liked reika wayy more than tae bro. Reika had been there fighting since she was introduced and tae...
that last arc just made me straight up hate the character.
Whats ur opinion on this? I have mixed feelings just after ending the manga right now
I think Reika is a great character, and I do far enjoy her more then Tae. I agree, the last arc made Tae a bit unbearable, although I find it criminal Reika was given an offscreen death
@@ModernVagabondIsHere If there's one thing I dislike about this series, it's that Reika off-screen death. And then the god-aliens even taunt us by bringing her back just to kill her off again. She deserved better.
@@Gamer-zg2wb she did, she was definitely one of the better written girl characters, considering most of them were written poorly
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Fan service imo knocks gantz down a bit
opposite.
@@chunkymilkbased
The fan service was pretty bad especially the beginning
Just finished reading the manga and couldn’t agree more about the Katastrophe arc. Holy shit it’s hot garbage. That being said, I really enjoyed most of the other volumes so I don’t regret reading it
maaan the last arc was the greatest disappointment in manga history it’s a complete disaster.
all the explanations make nearly no sense and the ending was just so unsatisfying.
Thank god the previous arcs were enjoyable at least
@@ModernVagabondIsHere yes all other arcs slap.
No fucking way the invasions arc was worst
It just didn't resonate with me I guess. What do you find to be your least favorite and favorite arc?