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Vigilant said: I`ve seen awesome endings, great endings, good endings, regular endings, bad endings, horrible endings and Gantz... Gantz would fit in the lazy endings category |
| Rushed. -_____- And no epilogue. I still have a lot of questions to be answered. |
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| That was painful to read. One the biggest downfalls of any fictional work I've encountered in my life. Well, guess I'm not in position to complain about it too much since I never paid a single coin to read the series, but if I had bought every single volume up to this point, and then given this big FUCK YOU by Oku... well, damn. |
| It took me a little while for the ending to fit into my head, you know? I was freaking out because I heard that the manga had JUST ended, and I kind of felt like I was rushing through the chapter, all to find out that I wasn't, the chapter was just really freaking small! But in the end I felt like it really did justice to the story in the sense that for OVER 300+ chapters Hiroya Oku has been scarring the minds of curious readers for YEARS NOW and he fills his work with grotesque and taboo imagery and issues that you wouldn't dare think of. So, I think that in the end it was well-played that he ended it short, simple, and ultimately sweet by Kurono resting in Tae's arms. I think he succeeded because I STILL get a frog in my throat when I think about it. But that's just my 2 cents. |
| Wow, not much was explained, like what happened to the ship that was going to crash into earth? What happened to the other people that were on ship at the time it was going to crash into earth? What happened to the survivors after? Did Katou end up looking for baby momma? While I still have plenty of questions, I won't deny that I enjoyed the hell out of Gantz and it was a crazy and fun ride, but there are parts that dragged a lot though. 8/10 for enjoyment |
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| I'm gonna process the ending before quick judgement, but yeah it's flat and rushed. There must be a real-world reason for why the author ended it like this, I think he was forced to end it by a certain amount of chapters... But more importantly for me, I think Oku dropped the ball by not involving the core characters we love into the final arc, such as those vampire dudes, Kaze and the kid, etc, etc. |
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Janyan said: Man. Some people are trying really really hard to find good things about this ending.I liked the font they used for the The End. Beautiful. |
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| The ending was rather disappointing, it kind of went downhill after the first phase ... And the ending was just ... Anyways overall though the series was okay, would give it a 7/10. |
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| Well, as much as I enjoyed this, the ending also left me a bit disappointed. The final arc could have been longer and more well explored, but instead, it all ends with a simple final duel. |
| What a crock of shit. If you are going to entertain tackling profound questions then you'd better damn well be prepared to explore them in a meaningful way. What Oku achieves instead is a badly paced, pretentious, and illogical excuse to showcase tits and gore. Such a fitting ending really. |
| wanted to know what happened with the vampires. this manga deserved a better ending. |
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| WELL that was rushed. The people from his magazine or whatever probably pushed him to end it soon. |
| Still miss Cherry |
| The alien shit started to get weird after a while, then it got pretty good again... Until like the last 10 chapters. 13 years, and THIS is what we get for an ending? Fucking honestly? |
| Lemme smang it girl. |
_Ayane_ said: Ohw my god THAT'S IT? The earth is saved and the heroes survived??? This is so Hollywood! A thing SO Hollywood is what he wanted since the beggining and Oku said so many times. Im happy Katou and Kurono survived, and I loved this story. But there really are some things unfinished that makes you feel uncomfortable, it really seems that he rushed this ending just to leave Gantz closed.... Some things were unexploited, like all the vampire stuff...I mean, why the hell he did not made more background story about all that and Kurono Kei's brother more of a useful character. This is what really bothers me more than the ending being happy or bad |
| He should have made the series longer. |
| Oku better clear this the fuck up. This could have been over 1000 chapters. Give me a sequel, you fuck. Seriously, I love you, but sequel please. |
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| I dropped this series at 320 chp back then, now finished and nothing too surprising. Still loved the Nurarihyon arc or whatever it was, after that it was just about lowering expectations... Well the ending was shit for near 400 chapter series though... |
| Learned a new word from this thread: underwhelming Anyways, the ending wasn't anything too bad. I didn't think Gantz was a masterpiece from the beginning, so I wasn't disappointed like a lot other readers. Though, the manga could use more closure, possibly an epilogue as some suggested. |
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| I think the author just wanted to end it. I wouldn't be too shocked if he made a lot of stuff along the way. This manga became a cluster fuck since chapter 300 or even before that and it became bad since the whole alien concept was introduced. I miss the old Gantz, I really used to love it around the 60-200ish chapters. 8/10 only because it used to be actually really great and looks like a lot of people agree on this. |
tsudecimoDec 17, 2013 5:21 PM
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| That ending: blowing up the mothership, escaping via alien crafts, all the aliens supposedly dying at once, and then the shots of them walking on the beach to be embraced by their loved ones and greeted by everyone else - I've seen this movie before... Independence Day! In all seriousness it was a crap ending to an otherwise okay manga. |
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| First: liked it!It's finally finished. Second: NimbusC said: In all seriousness it was a crap ending to an otherwise okay manga. I concur...It was dissapointing, should have ended around the 372 chapter. |
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| The ending wasn't too bad. I like that it was a happy ending. It felt rushed though. I want to know what happened next. 4/5 |
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| I remember when this ended like... a year ago. I was such a huge fan of Gantz. The alien arc was dragged out far too long, and so when the end came, I felt both relieved but also a bit underwhelmed. There wasn't enough closure as mentioned - the series felt forcibly cut and folded with that happy Disney ending. At least they stopped bringing people back to life. If everyone got resurrected in the end because tons of people got "100 points", I would have to fly to Japan and kick Hiroya Oku in the crotch. |
| WTF just happened? Laaaaamee!!! |
k11chi said: I dropped this series at 320 chp back then, now finished and nothing too surprising. Still loved the Nurarihyon arc or whatever it was, after that it was just about lowering expectations... Well the ending was shit for near 400 chapter series though... Yeah it went completely downhill after that arc... Such a major disappointment. Well Oku is famous for rushing his works and make crappy endings. I'm still angry not to have any information about the vampires. There was so much other stuff used and never expanded upon >_> |
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| So I just read this over 3 days while at work. All I wanted to see in the end was Kaze and Takeshi see each other again. What the hell even happened to Muscle Rider? |
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tsudecimo said: I think the author just wanted to end it. I wouldn't be too shocked if he made a lot of stuff along the way. This manga became a cluster fuck since chapter 300 or even before that and it became bad since the whole alien concept was introduced. I miss the old Gantz, I really used to love it around the 60-200ish chapters. 8/10 only because it used to be actually really great and looks like a lot of people agree on this. Same here, shit just became way too chaotic once the invasion started. Really missed when they were fighting to survive and earn points to be free or save someone. For me before the invasion and Reika cloning Kurono this manga was a 9/10, the part around the invasion to the end was a 7/10. Overall I give it an 8/10 because it was a pretty good read for a while. |
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| Nice ending, I like it. But looks like I'm the only with that opinion, lol. I guess I'm just glad Tae and Kei live :-) But seriously, the whole humanity was looking at Kurono fighting a giant badass alien for the sake of humanity, that was some intense and epic stuff right there... Sure it was rushed, but I thought it was epic. 9/10 for me. I guess most people don't like happy endings... |
| So that was Gantz eh? I almost wish I hadn't ever finished it (I stopped back at 314 before), because I fucking loved it... until the ending. I'm actually one of the few who loved that final arc, but when it got down to the last 10-15 chapters though and that know-it-all/higher being/Sebastian alien race started spouting it's theories of humanity I knew the series was going to leave me with an unsatisfying taste in my mouth. ^ @Marloges - for me it wasn't simply the fact that it had a happy ending. It was that it didn't even feel like an ending at all. Sure they killed the aliens that were attacking them, but that other race seems like even worse people. They also completely contradicted themselves with every single thing they said: "We couldn't stand by and let you be killed, but we don't give two shits about you, die.", "you treat people like insects, but we do too... we'll put you in your place... [hey watch this], die vermin!" and lastly "You're only made up of various elements and have no substantial essence... it's not like we can transform into whatever we want, therefore also being made up of shit as well." So in the end, they didn't actually explain the reason for Gantz' existence... they basically said we just kind of gave it to you... not to help you, not to hurt you, not for our enjoyment, not because we wanted allies, and most importantly not because we were interested in any way. Just gave it to you because we didn't even feel like doing so. It would've been better to just say that they were a race that was destroyed and left the technology to humans as a last effort for revenge or something if they're gonna go for a happy ending anyway. I really don't mind the happy ending, but it was such a boring one at that... I'd actually have preferred humanity just being wiped out and nothing ever being answered than what we got. There was just so much that got resolved on a whim... the author pretty much decided "man shit I don't know where to go with Reika and Kurono-2, I'm just going to kill them now (yes I realize that happens a lot in Gantz, but their deaths were just so redundant and no one cared about them anymore since both of them had long since become side-characters). Nishi died completely pointlessly, if only for the fact that Kurono suddenly went full retard for a moment and for some reason decided to try and protect these aliens that had literally just wiped out 60% of humans. And the only thing Sakurai did was save two kids who died anyway. In the end absolutely none of the main characters actually did anything. They didn't even take a part in stopping them. They were all just fighting some random aliens and fighting as hard as they can just to survive, basically getting their asses completely handed to them while the aliens watch and laugh at them and then suddenly, BAM "Ohey guys, by the way we won! Here let us just teleport you here, we're already having a big party right here... just suckin' some bongs, getting drunk, and raping aliens... oh there's also this wicked room of truth where this guy's turning into historical figures and killing anyone who gets too close. Lots of fun. Then Oku decides "You know what, I should add some death matches to spice things up" before I end it... >kills all the aliens >makes the only one who was obviously strong kill them all without showing it >forcefully has the main character go up against him >makes the new random characters no one knows (except maybe the dual wielding guy) defeat him >has the main character jump in when he's not expecting it, for the real final blow >suddenly at the very end doesn't like killing characters anymore, has them ALL survive Oh shit! Explosions! Run! They survive... the end. To add just a little more, it didn't even feel like a victory... they were completely losing and then without even explaining how, they won. Without even realizing they won, suddenly their war hero is making their entire civilization kamikaze. I'm sure I'm repeating a lot of what others already said, but that's my two cents. At least every single male lead got the girl of their dreams and made a family together... that really fit the theme of everyone dying in Gantz. |
HalibelTheEspadaMar 6, 2014 1:58 PM
| This whole alien arc thing was stupid, I don't understand how it ties in with the old Gantz game at all. Actually it started to become bad when we were in the Osaka arc. And what about the vampires? Why the hell were they introduced in the first place?? |
| Even when I was in crowd, I was always alone |
| Final arc > Osaka arc imo. |
Marloges said: Final arc > Osaka arc imo. You can't be serious |
| I agree the ending was slightly rushed, but I thoroughly enjoyed this series anyways and didn't really mind it. I think it was a pretty epic conclusion to a such an epic series in the literal sense of the word. I got the same sorta feeling from the ending as I got from Gurren Lagann back when I watched that, so that was pretty awesome. I completely disagree that this last arc was the worst. I thought it was the best one of them all. (Excluding the ending of course) The worst part was definitely the one during which Kurono was dead, it felt like filler almost. Kei Kurono is one badass motherfucker, the end. 9/10, favorite'd If this was any other manga I would probably be a little more critical on the load of things left unexplained, but since this is Gantz, I can look over that. Gantz was simply so entertaining, never letting its grip off me, that I don't mind any of the bullshit the writing had at times, especially towards the end. |
cupcApr 13, 2014 3:31 AM
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Darklight0303 said: Marloges said: Final arc > Osaka arc imo. You can't be serious I am serious. The final boss of the Osaka arc was awesome, but it hadn't much other to offer. The story didn't progress much and Kurono was missing... The whole arc was about the other team and how Katou tries to get 100 points. The final arc on the other hand explained the whole reason why Gantz exists and we got an epic fight for humanity. |
| I must say that I was entirely disappointed by this last chapter since this last arc actually had an okay story. The ending was extremely rushed and left many unexplained parts in the story such as the reason the Vampires wanted to kill the hunters in the first place. The fates of many of the remaining characters were left untold also. The manga's story was good but I was unimpressed by this final chapter. 2/5 |
| hmmmm ending felt abit ruszhed but still overall as a good read that i did in 1 day good job me LOL soooo 8/10 mmmm guess i got 1 of those manga out of the way that i wanted to finish.... it did kinda get ridiculous near the end but i guess that how manga/anime go anyway there meant to be that unrealistic feel to it |
| I fucking loved Gantz but this ending is so gaaaaay!! I think the series really went downhill once the last 30 chapters started coming. Got sick of the KEI-CHAN!!! TAE-CHAN!!! bullshit. Why the fuck where the vampires even in the story? Ok... I'm just glad Kishimoto never came back for real :D shitty ass character. Gantz is one of my all time fav mangas now but really the author didn't wrap shit up too well :/ |
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| I like Gantz as a whoe but man, this ending is so underwhelming. I was thinking the whole time: "That's it?". It was a boring chapter. This chapter is 2/5 for me, But the series gets a 9/10 |
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| Overall the manga was awesome, it had a bit of everything which is a plus for me and didn't feel that there was anything missing. The ending left me unsatisfied with all of loose ends. One of them being the vampires. It wasn't the worst ending but it definitely could have had a proper ending where everyone that had survived be given a short after story. |
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