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Wednesday, July 09, 2008 --- 51 days ago http://www.popcultureshock.com/manga-review-gantz-vol-1/43827/
 Gantz, Vol. 1 By Hiroya Oku Dark Horse, 224 pp. Rating: Mature Readers (18 +) The much hyped, long awaited, highly requested series Gantz finally makes its way to the US shelves thanks to fine folks at Dark Horse. A tale in which death is just the beginning, Gantz follows the exploits of a teen after his apparent death from being run over by a train. Only, it’s not the end. Instead, he finds himself trapped in a room full of other recently deceased folks, a dog, and mysterious black orb. What does it all mean? What’s going on? And what’s with the dog? Unfortunately for the group, answers aren’t really forthcoming. Things take a decidedly odd twist when the orb begins relaying messages to them, ordering them to hunt and kill aliens while providing them with the necessary weapons and equipment for the task at hand. Some take the task at hand with an unsettling amount of gusto, while others are less than thrilled about being ordered to kill someone for no apparent reason. If the first volume is any indication, Gantz has considerable potential. It touches on the unsettling level of apathy present in many modern cultures, (In the opening sequence, for example, the main characters die while trying to help a drunken man off the train tracks while dozens of other people watch on and do nothing.) Throughout the volume, Hiroya Oku demonstrates the ease with which people will sit back and watch horrible things happen to each other, or even get caug ... |
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