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Alternativas: Japanese: GIGANT
Autor: Oku, Hiroya
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Estado: Publishing
Publicar: 2017-12-08 to ?
Publicación por entregas: Big Comic Superior

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3.5
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Alternativas: Japanese: GIGANT
Autor: Oku, Hiroya
Escribe: Manga
Estado: Publishing
Publicar: 2017-12-08 to ?
Publicación por entregas: Big Comic Superior
Puntaje
3.5
17 Votos
29.41%
23.53%
29.41%
5.88%
11.76%
0 Leyendo
0 Quiero leer
0 Leer
Resumen
Rei Yokoyamada, a high school boy whose father works for Toujou film production, is inspired to create his own short film with his friends. One day, while out to scavenge actors for his film, he spots a poster of Papiko, an adult video actress with big breasts, stating she lives in the area.
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Gigant review
por
futanaripeen4
Apr 12, 2021
Last year when I was staying at a hotel in the countryside of Japan, I decided to have a wander around with nothing better to do. I chanced across the hotel's manga library from which the title 'Gigant' immediately jumped out at me. Amongst all the other titles, I felt compelled to pick up Gigant. I began with volume one and eventually found myself having ploughed through all published volumes.

Gigant is not unique. Many of the ideas have been presented before in the author's other works. It is very reminiscent of Gantz. Although they have overlapping features, something about Gigant feels fresh. Something is always happening, and slowly the truth about things become revealed.

What I enjoy about Gigant is that it isn't afraid to show what it wants. If it wants sex, it'll have sex. If it wants gore, it'll show gore. It doesn't censor anything. This non-censorship is accentuated by the author's artwork which in many cases is absolutely stunning.

The characters are interesting, but are not without their flaws. Our main character, Rei, comes across as whiny in many cases, for example the scene where he balls his eyes out in the family restaurant. Papiko, our female heroine, steals the spotlight and is a far more interesting character than Rei. She is the heart and soul of Gigant. Besides Papiko, the other characters leave much to be desired. Particularly the cup noodle obsessed time travellers.


Conclusion:

Even though I give Gigant a 10, it certainly isn't a masterpiece. I just personally enjoy Gigant. If this work ever gets translated into English I would certainly recommend it. However, just keep in mind that Gigant will not blow your mind, but it will certainly entertain you.

I think for me, the big enjoyment of reading Gigant comes out of the fact I use it for Japanese practise. Nobody is translating the chapters as it comes out, so it feels like I have some sort of exclusive scoop on it as I suck in each chapter. It's great for learning different sci-fi language that I wouldn't come across in other contexts.
Gigant review
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ZzzSleepzz8
Apr 12, 2021
SCI-FI / SURVIVAL
If you are disturbed by SEX SCENES or DEATH SCENES, this is not for you. HOWEVER!, if you are a Gantz fan, you gotta trust the process/manga progress and shouldn't be freak out with those inevitable scenes!

Minor Spoiler:
When I reach chapter 15 (potentially the true beginning point of this manga) today, I decided to check out myanimelist to see the score for this manga. Upon seeing the score and reviews, I feel that they don't do this piece of manga justice.

Ok let's get real. Sex is a part of life. Porn exists because of some men's personal need. BUT THE POINT OF THIS STORY ISN'T BUILD UPON PORN ITSELF. If you read closely and pay attention, there are hints suggesting that something else is happening (this starting style is kinda similar to "I am a Hero") I get that the main female character, Papico is an AV star, but it is just part of the story.

Honestly, I don't get why the rating is so low. Manga shouldn't be judged with only a few chapters. Rather, patience is the key for this kind of manga.

Do you think the legendary Mangaka, aka Hiroya Oku, will start the manga slow for no reason? Do you think his work, Gigant, will solely be based on sex and porn? Trust me... his work isn't that superficial (This statement is supported by the experience of rereading Gantz multiple times and Inuyashiki)



Story: 8-10

"anonymity" "sci-fi" "sex/love" "survival" are few words that come to my mind when I read this manga; however, this manga is pretty new in terms of its story length. Thus, the best range I can to this story is actually a range from 7-10. I give it a 9 because of I have faith that this quality of the manga has the potential to match up to that of Gantz (hopefully with a better ending though :x ). Let's go Hiroya <3


Art: 10

ok, for real though, this is not even an argument, like... background and characters are all on point... jeez... the details... I can't even... 10 10 10101010


Character: 9

There are still so many questions regarding the characters themselves, but we are only a few chapters in. There are definitely going to be more and more characters coming in and I am extremely curious about the character who controls the voting website. (-1 for potential oncoming mistakes)


Enjoyment: 10 (Biased, but with the trust of the author and personal patience)

When I first knew the manga, I read through the first 5 chapters without stopping. So far, I am still following and enjoying the updates.


Overall: 8-10
Again, with such few chapters, it is hard to land a score for this category



When I write this review, the rating was 6.04 from 616 users. I am placing my bet against the majority of these low scorers that this manga is going to blossom into a beautiful flower with time and patience.






Gigant review
por
TensaiShonen7
Apr 12, 2021
I have always been wanting to read something like this, nay, I have been THIRSTY for this content! And god damn it! I have found it!

We all know how female body-parts have been fetish-ized over and over again in the AV-doujinshi industry. Y'all like kyonyuu on a kyashaa i.e. petit frame? No you say you also want her to be tall and kinda goth? It's at times revolting and blatantly horrendous how people, yes we who make up this world, have continued to seek the ultimate object of pleasure - and since this quest is never-ending, we have imposed our tastes, our fears, our grievances onto sth - and we have derived pleasure from them. Where is all this going to lead us? Hopefully not the utilitarian dystopia that Ghost in the Shell: Innocence showed us?!

The MC in this manga is PaPiCo - a 24 year old AV joyuu, who, as I described in the previous para, is gorgeous, to the extent that she is a symbol of quite a few modern day fetishes. She has a co-dependent partner, who is a NEET, good for nothing who resorts to abuse her when he feels she's hiding something from him. PaPiCo's family relies on whatever pay she receives from her AV satsue, and feels that she should stop doing the "shameful, disgusting" work she's doing. Yet, of course, they don't shy away from sponging off her. This situation, is an astonishingly accurate description of many AV joyuu's circumstances in the JAV industry.

Hiroyuki takes this MC, puts her in a staple yet fascinating impending doom situation and "conceptually resuces" this character. The symbol of our fetishes learns of her desire to protect someone dear, she learns what it feels like to want someone's company, to love someone perhaps. She is promoted to the status of a saviour in this world.

And let's not forget the super realistic art in this manga. Pretty much everything seems "rotoscoped" here. Although I'm abusing the term here, what I mean is that it's almost as if every frame in the manga is a real-life photograph that has been drawn over at places. This technique works realy well with the sci-fi, erotic content in the manga and the contrast between the realistic art and the outrageous plot parallels the clash in the "societal" role of PaPiCo and the role she assumes in this manga.

People, I tell you, reading Gigant is like watching a movie - yes, that's how good the composition is. Think Chi no Wadachi for example. That's almost how good it is. And it's not surprising that the other MC in the manga is an high schooler aspiring to become a film director.

This is a preliminary review. I'll return to write more about this.
Gigant review
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Skycrafter1
Apr 12, 2021
Why you should read Gigant? (After 10+ Chapter Review)

Story is Very Good (8). Gigant is one of those stories that come from the mind of Hiroya Oku, the mastermind behind the hits Gantz and Inuyashiki. This means that you should expect 3 things: bizarre story, high violence and profanity and a sci-fi theme.

The premise of the story is a half blood Japanese AV Idol, Papico gets a mysterious digital dial-like object attached to her that has the ability to gigantify her body. *I can't help myself giggling while writing this*

The first 10 chapters of the story is more of a slice of life focusing on one of Papico's fan, Rei who develops feelings for his dream girl his journey to be with her. Along with that is the rise of a strange website named ETE (Enjoy the End) which makes poll with weird choices, and whichever gets the highest votes would come true.

It seems like a bland premise right? But as the story progresses and the stage has been set like any other Hiroya Oku's works, everything would be in chaos. This is already eminent to the latest chapter (14) upon writing this review.

Art is Great (9). The art is beautiful for me. The blend of pseudo realistic backgrounds with the character models and the brilliant alien-nano art on the technological aspects of the manga is stunning to look at.

This is one of those things that would keep you glued on a manga drawn by Oku-san it makes the story easy on the eyes and easier to read.

Characters are Good (7). Character-wise, there's not much characters on the story yet and it focuses on Rei and Papico's (Chiho) relationship.

Their characters are still in development but I can clearly see that they are being set up for a huge character change in the succeeding chapters which makes me excited in the anticipation of the next chapter.

All in all, the question here is should you invest in reading the first 10+ chapters of Gigant? My answer is a big YES. And you just need to look at Oku-san's previous works for you to know.

I would give Gigant 8 Papico merch out of 10
Gigant review
por
-_-Valen8
Apr 12, 2021
JUST READ AND COMMIT THE MIRACLE!

This is LITERALLY the BEST manga I've ever read. It just take 3 chapters for you to know how GREAT this manga is, I'm the smartest person in the world, so I kept reading and it was just getting BETTER!

The story is about so much, I may be the "smartest person in the world", but I'm constantly thinking about the themes and messages of the series. But we have a boy who is fanatic about Papico [an adult film star going through hard times with her family and the media constantly harassing her] and wants to surpass his fathers standards and legacy and become his own person. Through an odd meet-up at the end of the first chapter their fates are intertwined with the odd sci-fi journey ahead of them. The best part about these characters are their relationships and experiences. They act like proper human beings, the scenes by the restaurant and the bath take their time to introduce themselves to the reader and develop them as people. This manga is about their relationship and growth, which is outstandingly written and has outstanding development.

The art may look pretty at the beginning, but it gets so much better as it goes on. Oku's CGI work and paneling is beautiful, I heavily recommend reading how he does his paneling and art, he's very ahead of his time. He tries many angles and compositions, it's outstanding how he's able to get this high quality of art out in such a short time. Easily some of the best of the industry.

But the best part must be the author referencing his other works throughout the manga. He makes his characters say: "Hey, have you ever read Gantz or Inuyashiki? IT'S REALLY GREAT!". These scenes are great, they're really funny and keep it charming in it's own way. Oku's very self aware in his writing and knows how goofy a story may seem to an average reader, in it for the action. Yet in a way the references also stay in line with the themes of the story.

So, plot? There is tons!
Characters? Outstanding, they act as real and natural as anyone would in these situations.
Narrative? Masterfully written, there is a huge sense of progression and evolution between the characters!
Antagonist? Tons! The series takes its roots from classic Tokusatsu series like Ultraman and Gridman, while also giving commentary about the nature of human beings, society, and the media.

If you really love manga as a whole and wants to make your soul feel purified, this is the manga for you!
Gigant review
por
Chokyo4
Apr 12, 2021
The short review is that this is a story about a porn actress who has the ability drastically increase her physical size to gigantic levels combined with Tokyo getting hit by a number of disasters of the natural or unnatural variety. You will like it if you enjoy an author's attempt to visualize the largest breasts of all time, but also don't mind reading a story with more holes than the female lead.

In greater detail:
Since this story is by Oku Hiroya, you're know what you're in for. Violence, guts, death, gore, nudity, sci-fi and action. That's all fine and dandy, after all if you're scared of a few beheadings in media in this day and age, you probably haven't looked at the world very closely. The problem here is the methods in which the story is advanced or told. McGuffin-level coincidences are forced to accelerate things along to the reason everyone picked this up in the first place, and there are large sections of story where very few words are spoken at all. I know we're supposed to be shown, not told, but some talking would be useful sometimes.

The art is the best aspect of this manga and is fairly well done. Oku has had a lot of practice at this sort of thing and there's the usual imaginative evils for the good guys to clash with. If you've made it this far, you probably already know there's at least two big reasons you're reading this manga.

There are two main characters, the male and female leads.

Our male lead, Rei, has no special abilities short of being a nice guy in the right place at the right time. He has done and appears capable of nothing noteworthy. So far, he could be replaced by an emotionally supportive dildo and it very nearly wouldn't change the story.

The female lead, the one you're all here fore, is Papico the porn star. She is designed to be every male's dream woman: Incredibly beautiful, desirable, emotionally needy, wanting to please her man, but yet also ready to be a super buttkicking badass at a moment's notice. What can't she be?!

That's it. The male acts so you want to be him, and the female acts so you want to get with her.

It wasn't as unenjoyable as it could have been, to be honest. You can really blaze through it because there's so many pages without any words on them, unless you want to take an extremely close look at body parts, both attached and unattached.

Overall, you know what you're going to get. There is no secret awesome sci-fi story here that's being overshadowed by giant round flesh orbs, so no need to pretend otherwise.
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