Gantz 317

The Gantzers continue to battle the giant aliens on alien home turf.

The Kurono Double Team makes its action debut.

Summary:
The Gantzers and alien troopers continue to battle. The Gantzer leader and the two elite alien trooper continue to trade blows. The two elite troopers launch lightning at the Gantzer leader, but the leader blocks the lightning with his power arms. The leader retaliates with his palm cannons which sends the two elite troopers reeling, and the Gantzer leader uses the opportunity to trip up and decapitate one of the elite troopers. Meanwhile, Kurono #1 faces off against the alien commander. Kato and Kaze join in to help, but none of then can hit the alien commander. The commander closes in Kurono #1, but he is forced off his path by gunfire from Kurono #2. The two Kuronos then combine their efforts to drive off the alien commander. In the midst of the battle, the Gantzer leader calls home for extraction, and all of the Gantzers are teleported back to Tokyo and the Gantzers managed to capture one of the aliens.

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So the purpose of the whole mission was to capture one measly alien? I hope they had some other goal as well since it'd be pretty stupid if this whole surprise attack on alien home turf was just to capture one alien. If all they wanted was aliens, they could have easily captured a few in Tokyo. I suppose the Gantzers are after intelligence on the aliens, but I wonder how they are going to get it from the lone captive. Anyways, the quick return to Tokyo was certainly a surprise, but it's better than the Gantz crew being slaughtered by the alien soldiers. This also means Sakurai will survive since teleport supposedly repairs all damage.

Questions about the Gantzer's strategy aside, this chapter was a little better than the previous few, but still all that great. We finally saw some Kurono double team action, but the two of them didn't get any kills while working together. The alien commander didn't do much as well. The action was a little hard to follow due to the art. Oku's drawings are suffering from having too much detail. I have to admit that the power arms are pretty awesome though. If the Gantzers have a few more power suits then the aliens would have a hard time stopping them.