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The violence erupts as the second game not only pits the resurrectees
against aliens, but against each other as well! As the new
group of players fight amongst themselves, a newer and deadlier
alien menace is thrown against them. Against the sonic screams
and ever increasing numbers of their new opponents, the enhanced
power suits and weapons provided by the Gantz are no guarantee
of survival... but for the unsuited Kurono the likelihood
of survival is almost non-existent...
Process
of Elimination is the third volume of Gantz episodes
to be released by MVW. I'm not entirely sure of the American
titles of these episodes. The titles on the DVDs are roughly
translated from the original Japanese, and are not the same
as listings on numerous online sites. I've kept with the original
DVD translations.
Episode
9, I'll Kill You Without a Moment's Hesitation, opens
in the Gantz room. Kei is starting to panic because he realises
he's left his suit at home. Everything is starting to go pear
shaped - the bikers are not taking the idea of Gantz seriously,
and as a consequence are refusing to put on their suits. But
when Kishimoto goes into the hallway to change several of
the bikers follow her so they can spy on her as she gets undressed.
As Kato tries to keep order and get everyone to change, Nishi
tells them all that they are not a group, and that they won't
all be coming back from the game. He states that Kei is as
good as dead without his suit, Grandma and Ryota are not likely
to make it back alive, and that the bikers are society's rubbish.
Kosuke, one of the bikers fires his gun at Nishi. When nothing
happens Nishi fires at Kosuke, who's head promptly explodes.
Then Gantz sends them out into another game.
In
Yuzo?, Kei materialises into the path of his target,
the Suzuki Seijin alien. He has the chance to shoot it in
the back, but when he realises it has bones he can't bring
himself to pull the trigger. The alien keeps saying "Yuzo"
over and over again. Kei runs for his life and soon runs into
the rest of the gamers. Nishi seems to be the only one who
is up for trying to complete their mission. For some reason,
the rest of them stand on a bridge and argue while Nishi struggles
with the alien. Eventually, after much deliberation and pointless
arguing Kato goes to help Nishi.
Episode
11, He Can't Shoot, sees Kato attempting to kill the
Suzuki alien, while the rest of the gamers watch on and continue
to argue. Nishi has been badly injured, in fact it looks as
though he may not survive for much longer. But if he can stay
alive until the game is completed, he knows he will return
to the Gantz room as good as new. Kei watches from the bridge,
knowing that Kato won't shoot no matter how bad things get.
Most of the other gamers have decided to make their way home,
and leave the battle behind. But they are not aware that if
they leave the gaming area they will be killed. Eventually
the Suzuki alien is destroyed, but for some reason the gamers
remain in the battle arena. They soon realise that there is
more than one alien to destroy and that they can't return
until they have killed all of them.
In
Kato, You Wait Here,
Kato explains that they must all work together if they are
to have any chance of getting out of the game alive. They
realise that there is at least one other alien that needs
to be dispatched. Kato, Kishimoto, and Hojo go after the alien
that they can see on their tracker, while the rest of the
group go looking for the other gamers who have wandered off
(they need to warn them about not stepping outside the gaming
zone). Kei's group eventually follow the tracker to a large
warehouse, which seems to be filled with aliens. But when
Kei enters the building things seem to be worse than they'd
feared. Not only are there a whole gang of Suzuki aliens,
but there is also a huge boss alien too!
After
the fantastic episodes that we were presented with in volumes
one
and two
of this series, I was a little disappointed by this volume.
Sadly the writing was not as tight as in previous releases
and as a consequence these episodes seem to drag a little.
Not only that, but I was confused (that's not difficult these
days) by a number of things.
Firstly,
why after spending previous episodes setting Nishi up as a
cold and mysterious character did they half-heartedly attempt
to make us feel sorry for him. It felt out of place and didn't
work. Maybe if they'd focused on the fact that Nishi was a
normal kid before Gantz had hardened him, then we'd have felt
for him, but all you end up doing is not caring whether he
is going to survive or not. Equally, the grandma and grandson
characters are pretty pointless. This is a shame, because
their original build up and original deaths (revealed in volume
2) showed promise of possible interesting characterisation.
Sadly what we get is a rather two dimensional spoilt brat
and his doting grandmother cluttering up the scenes.
And
I couldn't work out why everyone spent ages arguing on the
bridge when they should be killing the alien. And as for Kato's
inability to fire his gun... He's just seen one of his team's
eyes and eardrums explode due to the alien's attack. I'm sorry,
but however much of a pacifist you are I'm sure that you could
pull a trigger with the threat of that happening to you hanging
over your head.
Extras
include textless opening and closing titles, Japanese TV spots
(an interesting collection of Japanese TV ads for the DVD
release); and trailers for other anime releases.
To
be honest, I didn't enjoy this volume as much as previous
instalments. It didn't help that these episodes are also void
of much of the humour that was present in the first two releases.
And what happened to the dog?
Darren
Rea
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