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Re: Gantz 383 [Final Chapter] Spoiler Discussion Thread There's nothing wrong with fairy tale or cliched endings. The problem is with how badly this was executed. There was no winding down of the story. It was finished as if it had suddenly been cancelled and Oku had to fit it into that single...

Re: Gantz 383 [Final Chapter] Spoiler Discussion Thread It's not just them. It's the rich and powerful from around the world, not just Japan. You could just asspull that they were all killed in similar situations. I don't know how anyone is surprised by such a sub-par ending. It's been obvious...

Re: [Featured] Terra Formars by SAGUSA Yu and TACHIBANA Kenichi Read it recently; I enjoyed it. It's just another case of 'Everyone Dies: The Manga', like Gantz, SnK, etc. where anyone who has an iota of development will almost certainly be killed off or has numerous death flags, which isn't...

Re: Gantz 378 Spoiler Discussion Thread Almost the entirety of Catastrophe has been awful. It had quite a fair bit of potential, but it's been really bad and drawn out. Like Damura said, it's best off just to ignore it. That entire part was nothing more than a Deus Ex Machina to tie up the...

I'm not saying he'd win either. I'm just saying that if Oku wanted to asspull to keep him alive, he could easily do that in the fight, like he did with Nura. Of course he'd lose, but losing does not mean death. I'm not disagreeing that transporting him away was to keep him totally safe, but...

Yeah, I agree. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that Kaze would even be close to winning or anything like that. Without plot armour, he'd most likely lose and die/get injured or incapacitated. I'm just saying that if Oku really wanted to, had he kept Kaze there, he could asspull anything he...

You make it sound as if it'd have been a definite thing, ignoring what type of writer Oku is. Oku could easily give anyone plot armour and that is stronger than anything else in this manga. Tae being a prime example of that. It's not like Oku isn't the type to asspull plot armour or a deus ex...

It'll be a bit of both, I reckon. The suit will probably augment his abilities, but he will naturally be ridiculously fast. As for Gonde's size, he's always been normal sized, for a giant. He only looks tall because Gonde and the two others are in the foreground and all the regulars are in the...

He still managed to grab onto Gonde when he was wearing a powered suit and wasn't seriously harmed when thrown off, I'd assume he'd should have few problems doing it again and getting somewhere with it unless Oku ups Gonde's plot armour. Not wanting to kill of Kaze may be another part of it, but...

Surprise, surprise. Killing off the American team and looking for a way to bring Kurono into the mix, true to battle shounen form. The strength of the enemies is usually posed against the strength of the team that just got killed off, rather than the strength of the alien(s) themself(ves) The...

He said a while ago that the story would be in three phases. This is the final phase and it really is lookin like the story is wrapping up. Thankfully, I can't imagine how much worse it'd get if Oku carried on. Hell, you just have to look at how inactive the discussion threads are now...

It took the wrong turn as soon as this arc started up. Katastrophe had potential, but it has been fraught with pacing and writing issues. It's clear as day that Oku has little-no idea where he intends to take the manga and has been draggning things out, such as the Kei-Tae rescue or rushing...

Same here. I mean, it was pretty bad before, but it's just plain awful now. If I hadn't put so much time into this manga already, I'd have dropped it. Just waiting for Gonde to kill a few more Americans, to show off how strong he is. Then for him to pose team Japan as the strongest as they...

Re: Gantz 372 Spoiler Discussion Thread ^ The contradiction is what makes the chapter rather weak. You can see that Oku is trying to play with the whole "humans are just things" schtick by mentioning a soul is just data. The second he mentions reincarnation, it throws it all out of the window...

Re: Gantz 372 Spoiler Discussion Thread I love people who bring up the whole fallacy of asking if someone else can do any better if they're being a critical. You don't have to be an expert to know or say something was poorly executed. Imagine if you went to a Michelin star rated restaurant and...