Hiroya Oku

The aliens the Gantz team fights keep getting more and more powerful, so maybe its time to get off that track and start heading toward, oh, say, maybe, hmmm . . . the apocalypse?

But it wouldn't be a Gantz volume without something tasteless and triggering, so how about a school shooting to set the end-of-the-world mood?

Meanwhile a journalist is making progress in his investigation to find out the origin of the black spheres.

It's time for the final quarter of this gonzo sci-fi thriller! What show more ending could possibly top all that has come before? show less

At the start of this series I had trouble catching my breath keeping up with the unrelenting action, thrills, and shocks. In the closing arc, I'm still having trouble catching my breath, but now it's because I'm laughing so hard at the sheer ridiculousness of the gonzo plot developments.

I mean this book dares to make tumors funny.

I cannot wait to see how goofy this gets before it ends. I start the final volume tomorrow!

I feel like I just got rickrolled. I started out reading Gantz, but I ended up reading Manfried the Man. Wild.

The final phase of the series brings epic destruction to the world. And as it burns, the Gantz team is basically tossing teaspoons of water at the conflagration, trying to make a difference but making little progress.

Everything is so over the top now -- especially Tae's odyssey -- that I can only laugh and go along for the ride. The roller coaster has left the rails but it's going to show more do some loop-de-loops and barrel rolls before it plows into the ground. show less

A sad sack salaryman's life sucks until a dramatic event turns his life around: he adopts a shelter dog. Before the incredibly cute dog can completely fix things, though, the guy also gets super powers, at which point we get a delightful rehash of TV "Greatest American Hero" in a mash-up with the dark superhero movie "Chronicle." Inuyashiki is a 57 year old guy who looks to be 10 to 20 years older, but despite the emotional beating he has taken from his long, unappreciated life, his first show more instinct is still to help his fellow man even if he isn't very good at it and ends up taking a physical beatdown. That makes him a terrific hero in my book. show less