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Dec 8, 2008 3:22 AM
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THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE.
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Sei turned into my favourite character. she was such a badass. Damn this show.
The talking statue was...freaky.
And they finally learned to do what Nishi knew from the first fight...Why didn't the MF bother telling everyone? bastard.
lol@green alien with glasses.

8 points. EIGHT POINTS?! ARE YOU KIDDING ME?! HE TOOK OUT THE BIG ONES BY HIMSELF! I can' believe the little robots were worth mroe than these guys.
I figured most people would get enough points to graduate in one test.
Aug 2, 2009 5:20 PM
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I dont really know what to think about this episode. Everybody just died for no fucking reason. And what the fuck man, eight fucking points? You gotta be shitting me? =/
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Nov 18, 2009 3:46 AM
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This epizode was EPIC! I love stories where main characters are not immortal and can die anytime during the story. It is really entertaining.
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Dec 8, 2009 1:20 PM
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Ok so I appear to be a little late to the party here but hey. This episode is still worth talking about.

After having finished the series this is definately my highlight - I swear I welled up during this. I thought the most powerful thing was that most of the characters got what they wanted RIGHT before they died. The idol (I forget his name) and his stalker get together, Kishimoto confesses to Katou.

They all get what they want except Sei who dies first. I found that really sad for some reason.
Mar 29, 2010 8:57 PM
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Geez, Katou finally does something cool... then he dies. I kinda feel bad for Ayumu. He's all alone wandering in the rain.
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Apr 6, 2010 8:23 PM
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Wow, 8 points. o.o Gantz is pretty stingy.
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Jul 11, 2010 6:25 PM
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I think Kei realizes now that the rules of these missions are the only thing that's relevant inside Gatz's world.


Aug 13, 2010 5:50 PM
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I wonder if there is going to be a consequence for trying to shoot Gantz at the end for Kei? I like how all the characters are dying, it doesn't happen all that often.
Sep 23, 2010 11:29 PM
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To people bitching about people dying, Go back to watching your shounen anime, this is a seinen. Reminds of the good old days with 24 where everyone dies except jack bauer, in this case Kurono. I can't believe the dog died what did he ever do to the statues.
Jun 4, 2011 3:57 AM

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Sei was totally owning it initially, then she began to talk about winning and that's when she died. Futile words! >_<

I was screaming: "NOOOOOOO CUT THE FUCKING COUNTDOWN TIMER ALREADY!!!" when Kato was pierced in the heart. T_T Kurono is totally on the way to becoming like Nishi now.

8 points for betting you life and everyone you (almost) cared about?... Crappiest game of your life indeed!

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I can't believe the dog died what did he ever do to the statues.


Uhmm he barked on them? Seriously though I liked the dog too.
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Jun 22, 2011 11:58 PM

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batman3456 said:
To people bitching about people dying, Go back to watching your shounen anime, this is a seinen. Reminds of the good old days with 24 where everyone dies except jack bauer, in this case Kurono. I can't believe the dog died what did he ever do to the statues.

Teeeeeeee-heeeeeeeeeeee.

You're comment makes me giggle.
You made the exact same comment as everyone else after telling everyone off in a rather rude manner.

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Sep 4, 2011 5:35 PM

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wow, this fcking anime!!

brb everyone dies except one

love this
Oct 24, 2011 3:48 AM

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The 8 points were probably mostly from the giant one. But, imagine if all the points that the dead guys accumulate are given to the survivors. He would get enough then.
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Feb 13, 2012 10:07 PM

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8 fucking points? He killed the Green one and the big one and got 8 points?

I did enjoy the episode, but man, it was so FUCKED in so many ways. Still, if there's one thing no one can accuse it of at this point, it's lack of originality...
Lemme smang it girl.
Feb 26, 2012 11:55 PM

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JESUS CHRIST!! I wanted to shout so much while watching this. Shit was insane!!!! Poor little Kei - now he's going to be ending up in his own bath tub with his wrists cut. God damn, this episode was seriously depressing and I can only hope Kei's request for Kaito and hopefully the others will be fulfilled. If not fdsjkhfcfjkdshukd OMFG I WILL MISS THEM SO MUCH!!!
Aug 3, 2012 1:26 AM

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I must admit that the past two episodes really surprised me, showing that important characters can die.

Oct 25, 2012 8:40 AM

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Damn what's up with having everyone killed? I was first like fuck no more girls what's the point in this anime now than fuck you killed another main character DAFUQ GANTZ?

With still 5 episodes to go I do wonder how hard they can fuck it up now?
Oct 31, 2012 3:30 PM
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Probably one of the most saddening episode of an anime ever. I actually welled up, And I can't help but think stuff like this happened to Nishi, which is why he was so fucking bitter and hateful, he showed compassion and such like Kei does but it didn't help them live, leaving him alone.
Nov 29, 2012 1:49 AM

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I can't believe he only got eight points for surviving that bloodbath.
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Feb 11, 2013 6:46 AM

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8 points? 8 points for the fucking giant + several smaller ones? Take a gun and shoot the gantz ball. Anyway, didn't expect everyone to die, that was unexpected.

May 2, 2013 10:52 PM
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Oh man, all I can say is Ive never been so happy to see a MC die before now! Fuck You Katou! Rot in hell! This is what you get for just standing around and watching people with your mouth open! but yea...soo glad that fucker's out of the picture!

Also Sei!....:(((( Why did she have to die??? I really wanted her and Kurono to get together and date and for her to become a regular, because we all know that this show lacks strong female leads *cough*Kishimoto*cough*. I mean sure she has sex with him, but it wasnt because she was a whore, it was because she chose to!

Also 8 points. definitely saw that one coming...extra 3 for the big guy, but he technically didnt kill anyone else. Hope the show gets better from here on out though. but to tell you the truth, my expectations arent very high...
Jun 6, 2013 11:30 AM

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Oh damn :O
8 damn point for all that?! WTF creator?!
I thought he got 54 for it, had to double check the subs :P

Sep 20, 2013 7:47 PM

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Kato died because the made the same mistake they made all the time: Thinking it's over.

It's not over before the transport back starts. Better yet, it's not over before you are actually back in the room, who knows what the exact criteria for Gantz to call it a day are (like "all aliens dead for sure", vs "all aliens left will die even without the team" - and boom, someone dies while being half transfered, being killed in a fashion similar to Kato, an alien that will inevitably die, but is not dead) So don't talk about winning, don't let your guard down, don't stop attacking, on the off chance that the alien is dead instead of standing around idly like they do all the time.

Not sure if Kurono learned that lesson, given that he didn't see how Kato died at least, not sure about Seis.
Oct 1, 2013 10:54 AM

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I don't know what to say about this episode, everyone dies except for Kurono who worked his ass off and only gets 8 points.

We still don't know why this is happening and what will happen if Kurono ever gets to 100 points.

I'd say that this anime tries to be realistic and so the main characters end up dying like that, instead of some animes that when the villian is about to kill the main character he starts talking about his evil plans and loses his chance to kill.
May 18, 2014 4:06 PM

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The thing that irritated me the most was how easily the sniper guy got killed in the anime. He was a total badass in the manga where he hid himself inside the corpses of one of the giants, trying to backstab the golden statue and putting him in a headlock. Unfortunately he then got killed by those damn lasers...
Jun 2, 2014 8:47 PM

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Not only did they kill off the only chance of romance in this anime, they killed off EVERYONE. Goddammit!!!
Jun 21, 2014 6:55 PM

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This was the hardest episode to watch in the entire show so far.

Poor Sniper Dude. :[ He had a great chance.

Everyone's dead now... This sucks.

And I'm assuming that each match has a maximum 100 points. Each distributed accordingly to each enemy.
Or maybe killing one means 3 points.
Or maybe it depends on the difficulty of the mission and the amount of enemies.
Remember the first mission? That was a pretty easy one.
Jul 12, 2014 10:28 PM

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Well even in the manga, this boss is ridiculous,
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Jul 25, 2014 7:38 PM

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Holy shit. Gantz's writers have definitely won the heartless bastards award.

And nothing happens when he shot Gantz?.. That was anticlimactic
Aug 14, 2014 1:19 AM

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Katou was basically killed by the alien's dick.
Nov 15, 2014 8:09 PM

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wow.. way to kill everyone off... i was actually kinda starting to like sei
Nov 30, 2014 3:00 AM

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It was pretty tragic when Kei was alone in the room after he was transported back.
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Feb 1, 2016 12:31 PM

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Wow, they killed everyone. That's lame.
Feb 3, 2016 2:28 AM

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All that effort and you only get 8 points. Life sucks.
Mar 5, 2016 3:42 PM

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I love this, make it feel more "real". Even though we can probably assume the main character will live till the end, it's nice to know the others aren't safe from danger.
Mar 21, 2016 12:48 AM
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My heart can't handle it anymore. This anime is killing me !

While The fight seems pretty realistic imo, it's just too stupid seriously ! Who the hell would do a long pointless chat in front of the enemies who just killed your friend and also about to kill you ! It's really fcking annoying.

But I guess that's why I fcking love this anime. All the attemps that the author does to kill my heart and mind are just EPIC. He must have psycho part inside
May 31, 2016 2:27 PM

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my favourite episode there
Aug 14, 2016 8:38 AM

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WHAT THE FUCK. WHAT THE FUCK IS AYUMU GONNA DO BRO WHAT THE UFKC
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Aug 19, 2016 10:57 PM
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They killed Golgo, Best Girl Aeon Flux, and Steven Seagal all in this episode? And the whiny sex-obsessed Kei is the only one left?

Screw this stupid show. Can't believe I'm gonna force myself to finish the remaining 5 episodes.
Oct 14, 2017 11:24 PM

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Their sliced up bodies remind me of meat or ham in Anime. I'm hungry. If you look at how ham or other types of meat are drawn or portrayed in Anime, it's no different from their own sliced up flesh.

The Lara Croft rip-off, Sei did pretty well. She burnt half of that buddha statue but I LOL'd when the Buddha looked at Kurono and was like, "meh, I'll leave this horny bitch to die alone."

They killed my KATOU! D: I know he was a crying, SJW/white knight, hesitant motherfucker but I still loved him.

Now only the horny bitch Kurono is left.


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Jan 21, 2018 1:52 AM

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Just going to add to the obvious "WTF, that's fucking dumb" moment that almost everyone else has commented on.

EIGHT FUCKING POINTS?????

REALLY? Nevermind all the other crazy shit that went down in this episode, like a never-ending slew of "bosses" that they decide to just pull out of their asses, but EIGHT points? How the fuck did he get 30+ that one time and only got 8 for this?? Dumbest fucking thing in this entire anime so far.....

....ok, and now I've said it. That's literally all I have to say about this episode. I can get over all the other shit they did, but not EIGHT fucking points.....
Aug 18, 2018 4:13 AM

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Shitiest episode I have ever watched whats the point in killing your best characters this writer is crazy really crazy... Damn that hot girl died fuck and the sniper as well...
Nov 12, 2019 6:08 AM
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The ending is relevant now with this episode.
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Nov 15, 2019 11:18 AM

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Everybody just fuckin died at this episode. So good i was happy that kishimoto bitch died but kinda felt bad for katou and kei new gf
Aug 6, 2020 3:17 PM

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Katou going out as a hero? Quite lame he dies 5 seconds before the end. 8 points? Maybe you get points subtracted every time someone dies.
Sep 5, 2023 2:44 PM
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Damn, this is one of the most tragic episodes I've seen in all my history of watching anime. So many characters I cared for in this show died, especially that dog, sniper, and Sei. I even cared for Katou & Kishimoto even though they were annoying. I really wanted many of them to live since I wanted to see how they would develop after this mission. I felt so much satisfaction when they finally beat that annoying as hell OP Bodhisattva. I felt frustrated to see them die, especially since I was rooting for Kei x Sei. All of that in a good way. I like it when the show gives me these kinds of feelings.
Feb 10, 2024 9:15 AM

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Katocha died ? Well, I'm going to miss all those procrastination to shoot or not....things will be less funny now it seems.....

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