I dropped the Gantz manga series quite some time ago, but it was only a few days ago when I picked it up from where I last stopped. I think it was the after the Temple arc, where everyone except Kurono died. I realised how stupid I was to have dropped such a great manga series. The storyline’s pretty solid. And there’s one thing I like about Gantz.
The characters die. Yes. I am no sadist, but I’m actually happy that the characters, even Kurono (main character), died. Why?
The answer is simple. Characters dying in a gory manga with such intense violence adds on to the realism. Also, deaths which have some form of meaning add bonus points to the series too. There are many great anime/manga series, but those great ones which have characters dying are uncommon.
Many anime/manga series do not easily kill of characters for two reason. They are either shonen genre, and killing characters would be as good as indirectly teaching the kids that “Killing is good”. Or, they are afraid to lose viewers/readers once they kill off a character. Continue reading ‘One Thing which I Admire about Gantz’
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