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I usually decline to either rate or review, but this series doesn’t deserve this measly score.

The biggest contributing factor to a rating for me personally is plot. Pet is pretty interesting, though this is one of the rare times I think they should have gone more into it. It had the potential to be a more episodic/arc-type of show what with the interesting premise. Just seems like a waste. Pretty sure it’s because the souce material’s only 55 chapters, so that’s what I’m referring to - if only the mangaka had written/drawn more. What Pet covers in its 13 episodes is typically the overarching ... mystery revelation in other much longer series. It starts off seeming episodic but it turns out that’s just for you to understand the story.

It’s interesting but also not difficult to understand. Some reviewers mentioned a weak start, and I’d say follow their advice and stick it out for at least…3 episodes? Before deciding. I didn’t feel that way since I’d read the first 20 chapters (the rest aren’t translated, afaik) so it was an easy show for me to pick up.

That said, while the plot gets better, some things remain the same. The characters are honestly not very likeable (and that’s fine), and frankly this adaptation is not amazing. I think the pacing probably follows that of the manga, but this production quality doesn’t quite match up to its era (2020 release). I’d have put it as a much earlier work really. That said, it’s not terrible, or even unpleasant. Just kinda lacklustre.

Not a huge fan of the ending. For me, that’s the weak part of the plot. Characters-wise, it’s actually decent characterisation I think, considering this adaptation is literally the entire manga. Pity about Katsuragi though, I do think he would have been an interesting character to develop further, but he’s more of a side character I guess.

For those of you who understand Chinese - yes, this series does a fine job of incorporating it as much as possible and completely butchering it. It was really, really painful to sit through but oh well. I guess it’s…the source material…though I do wish they had gone about it in a different way. Man. That was terrible. And for some reason the dialogue seemed really strange to me. Not the content but the sound/audio. I noticed it in the first few episodes and it kind of threw me off because ordinarily I don’t notice such things. Can’t quite put my finger on why, though.

It’s an adequate adaptation, I think, of a manga that originally had a pretty interesting plot. Too short, could have milked more out of this premise, but this will do. Hence the 7. I don’t think it deserves anything below that, especially not in comparison to other series on this site.

I saw a review describe the creator as a misanthrope. After watching Gantz, I can see why. Social commentaries are always welcome, even average, uninteresting and unoriginal ones. But this isn’t a social commentary. It’s blatant angst. Someone said it’s shallow. That is exactly right. It would be right at home in r/im14andthisisdeep or something along those lines. Very whiny, very self-centred.

The only acceptable character is the male model, and even so he would be considered a weak and forgettable character in any other series. But at least his decisions don’t boggle the mind.

The only aspect of the show that makes me curious to want ... to know more is ironically the aliens. I’d rather know their origins, etc. rather than those of the humans.

Everything else is terrible. I’ve always wondered why people are so anti-CG. After watching Gantz, I now know why. If this is the type of CG that anti-CG folks have been exposed to, it makes perfect sense.

The clumsy, awkward and frankly horrible pacing is the reason people give up on anime and turn to manga.

And these are just the most glaring flaws. When I first started out, I realised there were many issues, but even those pale in comparison to the ones mentioned above. Gantz will have its fanbase, for sure, as every series does, but do yourself a favour and read through at least a few negative reviews before deciding on whether this is something you’d be fine with. I’ve never seen so many accurate negative reviews for a series before.