Why you should read Gigant? (After 10+ Chapter Review)
The 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: a bizarre story, high violence, 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 can gigantify her body. *I can’t help myself giggling while writing this*
The first 10 chapters of the story are more of a slice of life focusing on one of Papico’s fans, Rei who develops feelings for his dream girl and his journey to be with her. Along with that is the rise of a strange website named ETE (Enjoy the End) which makes polls 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 is set like any other Hiroya Oku’s works, everything would be in chaos. This is already evident in 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 are not many characters in the story yet and it focuses on Rei and Papico’s (Chiho) relationship.
Their characters are still in development but I can see that they are being set up for a huge character change in the succeeding chapters which makes me excited in 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
