Gantz Omnibus Volume 1 by Hiroya OkuMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
When Kei and Masaru are run down by a subway train while trying to rescue a drunk, they wake up in an apartment with a strange black globe and a bunch of strangers, tasked with hunting down an alien...
This was recommended to me a couple years ago but I didn't pick it up until I hauled some crap to V-Stock a few weeks ago.
One of my guys on Twitter called this "Weird sci-fi and titties." I think he meant it to be derogatory but those were the big hooks for me.
The art is good but uses a lot more gray tones than I normally like, as if it was originally in color but someone photocopied it. I know manga is traditionally in black and white but all the gray tones made it seem kind of muddy.
Anyway, the story was very engaging. Are Kei and Masaru dead? Are the part of some game show? Will Kei ever lose his virginity? What's the deal with the Gantz, the black globe that now controls their lives? All the unanswered questions make me want to read subsequent volumes.
Gantz Omnibus Volume 1 scratches that guns and boobies itch with a heaping helping of weirdness. Four out of five stars.
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