Gantz/30

Vaya fumada. Que ansiedad. ¿Acabaré hoy Gantz?

Both Kuronos get into fights of their own, with the focus being more on the one with Tae. Tae actually gets more limelight this time but all she does is cry, whimper, or scream “Kei-chan”. It's... rather incredible that the author can only think of that for the character. Doesn't even bother giving her some internal monologue that's worth something. Oh well, already figured she's nothing more than a plot excuse way back when.

Anyway, the highlight here is actually the alien's capture of humans, specifically what to do with them. It's an eerie reflection of what humans do to some other species living on Earth. But there's a weakness and jarring contradiction in the author's portrayal - the author seemingly fails to make up his mind on how to define these invaders: Are they conquerors? Yet they're destroying things... slowly (one would expect they have bigger guns given their technology level). Are they just wanting to annihilate humans? Yet they're capturing them for food and entertainment.

While I like the imagery, I think it could have been so much better had the author actually given the aliens a proper purpose in coming to Earth - there doesn't seem to be any.