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Gigant #5
GIGANT Vol. 5
The newest manga from the blockbuster creator behind Gantz and Inuyashiki! Don't miss this intense science fiction tale of epic proportions.
Rei Yokoyamada, a high schooler whose father works for a film production company, is inspired to create his own short film with his friends. One day, while out to find actors, he spots tabloid-like notices that the adult film star Papico lives in his area. When he takes them down to protect her, he runs into the woman herself. Little does he know that Papico is about to get dragged into a strange, supernatural happening...where she grows to the size of a giant!
Rei Yokoyamada, a high schooler whose father works for a film production company, is inspired to create his own short film with his friends. One day, while out to find actors, he spots tabloid-like notices that the adult film star Papico lives in his area. When he takes them down to protect her, he runs into the woman herself. Little does he know that Papico is about to get dragged into a strange, supernatural happening...where she grows to the size of a giant!
180 pages, Paperback
First published February 28, 2020
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About the author
Hiroya Oku
295 books340 followersHiroya Oku (奥浩哉 Oku Hiroya, born September 16, 1967 in Fukuoka, Fukuoka) is a mangaka who is the creator of Gantz, Zero-One and HEN, all of which have been serialized in Young Jump. He has finished working on his most renowned manga, Gantz, which began in July 2000. His manga often contain explicit violence and gore, as well as sexual situations.
He won the second prize of the Youth Manga Awards in 1988, under the penname Yahiro Kuon.
He designed a character for Namco Bandai's Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 fighting game, Soulcalibur IV named Shura.
He won the second prize of the Youth Manga Awards in 1988, under the penname Yahiro Kuon.
He designed a character for Namco Bandai's Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 fighting game, Soulcalibur IV named Shura.
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May 18, 2024
Papico gains immense popularity after defeating the three colossal demons and saving Tokyo and Japan in the process.
Her relationship with Rei continues to thrive, and they couldn't be happier together.
The origin of her powers remains unknown, as does the source of E.T.E., the entity suspected of being behind these deadly events.
Her relationship with Rei continues to thrive, and they couldn't be happier together.
The origin of her powers remains unknown, as does the source of E.T.E., the entity suspected of being behind these deadly events.
August 29, 2021
Odio mucho a la familia de Papico 😤 malditas gentes oportunistas.
Y aparecen nuevos personajes en tanga jaja que intrigante
Y aparecen nuevos personajes en tanga jaja que intrigante
January 20, 2023
4/5 After taking out the 3 giant demons the ETE is finally shut down and things calm down for a bit.
Chiho is now a world wide celebrity and public figure. Red has to figure out how to handle this.
In the last couple chapters attacks resume in America and a team of similar fighters show up resembling the weirdo that gave Chiho her powers.
Chiho blowing a bubble on the cover of volume 5.
Read 1/20/2023
Chiho is now a world wide celebrity and public figure. Red has to figure out how to handle this.
In the last couple chapters attacks resume in America and a team of similar fighters show up resembling the weirdo that gave Chiho her powers.
Chiho blowing a bubble on the cover of volume 5.
Read 1/20/2023
May 27, 2022
Hiroya Oku is back at it again with another absurd manga in the same vein as Gantz and Inuyashiki. And he’s even weirder than ever. Not quite as dark, gory or emotional as his other two major series, but it definitely has the same genre-bending creativity, insane plot and bizarre characters that defy all expected literary tropes.
Gigant is a science-fiction romance featuring a size-shifting pornstar as the hero, her dorky hypersensitive boyfriend that wants to be a professional film director and a whole slew of whacky hijinks from aliens invasions, evil internet entities and Godzilla-style Kaiju battles that end in countless deaths. Trust me, it gets even weirder than it sounds. It’s straight up stupid at many points, but always highly entertaining and fascinatingly weird. Bizzaro fiction enthusiasts will find a lot to love here.
Overall, I just really liked Papico as a protagonist. Hiroya Oku is great at making unconventional protagonists extremely likable and interesting. Inuyashiki features an old dying grandpa that turns into a cyborg superhero. Gantz features a dead teenage boy forced to fight aliens in the afterlife while wearing a dark skinsuit that gives him superhuman abilities.
And now in Gigant, we get a beautiful pornstar with a sad backstory and a surprisingly bright personality that humanizes her rather than treats her like a sexual object. There’s a lot of nudity in almost every chapter, but it never really feels like fanservice. It just feels like a strong woman that’s perfectly comfortable with her body and she’s always fighting on behalf of others. How many other series out there have a kickass pornstar that beats the crap out of giant evil aliens in the nude without a care in the world?
As weird and dumb as this series could be, I had fun reading it and enjoyed experiencing the story of yet another unconventional protagonist by Oku.
***
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Gigant is a science-fiction romance featuring a size-shifting pornstar as the hero, her dorky hypersensitive boyfriend that wants to be a professional film director and a whole slew of whacky hijinks from aliens invasions, evil internet entities and Godzilla-style Kaiju battles that end in countless deaths. Trust me, it gets even weirder than it sounds. It’s straight up stupid at many points, but always highly entertaining and fascinatingly weird. Bizzaro fiction enthusiasts will find a lot to love here.
Overall, I just really liked Papico as a protagonist. Hiroya Oku is great at making unconventional protagonists extremely likable and interesting. Inuyashiki features an old dying grandpa that turns into a cyborg superhero. Gantz features a dead teenage boy forced to fight aliens in the afterlife while wearing a dark skinsuit that gives him superhuman abilities.
And now in Gigant, we get a beautiful pornstar with a sad backstory and a surprisingly bright personality that humanizes her rather than treats her like a sexual object. There’s a lot of nudity in almost every chapter, but it never really feels like fanservice. It just feels like a strong woman that’s perfectly comfortable with her body and she’s always fighting on behalf of others. How many other series out there have a kickass pornstar that beats the crap out of giant evil aliens in the nude without a care in the world?
As weird and dumb as this series could be, I had fun reading it and enjoyed experiencing the story of yet another unconventional protagonist by Oku.
***
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January 2, 2024
Bueno paso lo que debió pasar, ahora Papico es una celebridad mundial. Al parecer para dejar el estigma de actriz porno debes salvar un país de la destrucción de su población. A mi parecer la mejor escena de este tomo es la conversación con su madre, podemos ver que Chiho es demasiado inocente y con la experiencia que tiene de que la usen por lo que tiene o hace se deja mangonear y humillar por su madre, Rei pudo haber intervenido, mostrando madurez y un soporte emocional y de pareja que Chiho esta pidiendo a gritos, pero no, solo se digna a mirarla y dejarlo pasar, total el niño tiene una relación sentimental (y tal como nos dibuja Oku bastante sexo, demasiado siempre que se encuentran es lo primero que muestran) con la mujer más famosa del mundo y para colmo no tiene autoestima según el panel del baño.
El cliffhanger es Satan, un kaiju demasiado horroroso como para poder verlo hasta en las tv, esto deja pensar que tal horripilante puede ser ese mounstro como para que la gente solo por verlo se ponga a llorar. Prolly vaya a ser derrotado como los 4 últimos dioses de la destrucción, que de dioses tienen poco al parecer.
5/10
El cliffhanger es Satan, un kaiju demasiado horroroso como para poder verlo hasta en las tv, esto deja pensar que tal horripilante puede ser ese mounstro como para que la gente solo por verlo se ponga a llorar. Prolly vaya a ser derrotado como los 4 últimos dioses de la destrucción, que de dioses tienen poco al parecer.
5/10
June 25, 2022
Like every long-winded manga, this one feels like it's losing steam. Or this volume is intended as filler.
December 3, 2022
Este manga es muy raro porque brinca del máximo CRINGE al GOD supremo en un par de páginas. No sé cómo explicarlo, pero por momentos parece un manga escrito para adolescentes pajeros, y luego se vuelve un seinen complejo, cuasi filósofico, pero después otra vez es un manga para adolescentes pajeros, aunque aún me mantiene intrigado el desenlace de la historia.
Por otro lado, el dibujo es bellísimo, hay unas escenas de terror preciosas, aunque extraño un poco el gore de Gantz; por ejemplo, existen momentos de pura destrucción masiva, ¡pero no ves muertes!, entonces eso provoca un poco de ruido, sobre todo si has leído obras anteriores de Hiroya Oku.
Es un título confuso, tal vez sea mi lectura manga más incómoda (pero chida) del año.
PD: Sólo se lo recomendaría a quienes ya leyeron Gantz e Inuyashiki, para nada sería mi primera opción empezar a leer a Hiroya Oku: es una obra que necesita ciertas claves de obras anteriores para poder disfrutarla (o tener la voluntad de llegar al final).
Por otro lado, el dibujo es bellísimo, hay unas escenas de terror preciosas, aunque extraño un poco el gore de Gantz; por ejemplo, existen momentos de pura destrucción masiva, ¡pero no ves muertes!, entonces eso provoca un poco de ruido, sobre todo si has leído obras anteriores de Hiroya Oku.
Es un título confuso, tal vez sea mi lectura manga más incómoda (pero chida) del año.
PD: Sólo se lo recomendaría a quienes ya leyeron Gantz e Inuyashiki, para nada sería mi primera opción empezar a leer a Hiroya Oku: es una obra que necesita ciertas claves de obras anteriores para poder disfrutarla (o tener la voluntad de llegar al final).
April 18, 2021
Chiho visto il suo potere di diventare gigante è sfruttata dall'esercito per sconfiggere i mostri che stanno distruggendo Tokyo. La ragazza riesce e la sua vita cambia facendola così diventare una celebrità. Ma questo permetterà a lei e Rei di poter tornare a frequentarsi nonostante le apparizioni in televisione e altri impegni. Ma davvero è tutto finito? No, perché nonostante l'apparente calma, sul finale vediamo che dall'altra parte del mondo ci sono altri mostri distruttori. Ma forse Chiho non è la sola ad avere un potere così utile... Insomma dopo una prima parte alquanto adrenalinica con il combattimento di Chiho, il volume è quasi piatto nonostante ci siano dei momenti emozionanti tra i due ragazzi innamorati sinceramente uno dell'altra. Ma è solo sul finale che vediamo che forse non è tutta finita, ma la cosa che continuo a chiedermi in questa serie è se nonostante la sua lentezza e stranezza alla fine tutto tornerà e sarà spiegato oppure no... ci spero ancora..
December 19, 2021
With the Three Shinigami defeated, Chiho is now adored by all of Japan. As PaPiCo's popularity soars, her relationship with Rei continues to blossom and they do what young people do. A lot. I know I keep saying this, but this manga is teenage wish fulfillment at its best. :P
Still, all good things are not meant to last, with the sudden appearance of a giant force of darkness, will Chiho be safe against this new threat?!
We shall see. :)
Still, all good things are not meant to last, with the sudden appearance of a giant force of darkness, will Chiho be safe against this new threat?!
We shall see. :)
February 9, 2022
This volume focuses mostly on the effects of Papico saving the day again. It's a bit slower, but very interesting in many ways: It shows how the society's opinion can change fast, and on her life as a celebrity.
A lot of setup for the future, with a new mysterious team and the things happening into the USA, too.
A lot of setup for the future, with a new mysterious team and the things happening into the USA, too.
February 25, 2025
escena catastrófica
$3x0!
escena triste
BOOM MAS $3x0!
parece la revista vaquero de la ciencia ficcion.
aunque todos los volumentes tienen alto contenido explícito acá no fue nada sutil la transición entre esas escenas y la historia principal, como que no había mucha razón para meterlas en este tomo pero fan service.
meh.
$3x0!
escena triste
BOOM MAS $3x0!
parece la revista vaquero de la ciencia ficcion.
aunque todos los volumentes tienen alto contenido explícito acá no fue nada sutil la transición entre esas escenas y la historia principal, como que no había mucha razón para meterlas en este tomo pero fan service.
meh.
June 12, 2022
It's fine
June 25, 2022
Things are getting a little intense. So much carnage.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
July 20, 2022
Me gusta el cambio que tiene papico y como pasa a tener una mejoría
February 21, 2023
Alternanza nonsense-nonsense
May 10, 2024
Oku is impeccable at writing our real world social and political climate whilst adding absolutely abhorrent disasters. He's definitely chronically online.
March 15, 2025
いつもの文句まだある。キャラクターや話やロジックが薄い。けど早く読めると話の方向絶対予想できないから漫画喫茶で読み続けるだと！ (漫画カフェで読んだ)
June 23, 2025
aquí va un poco más lento el asunto
December 17, 2025
too bad except Hiroya's fan service...
August 23, 2020
Por fin a Chiho se le reconoce lo que merece, aunque miedo me da lo que está por venir. Tengo pánico a que haya un final trágico o a que Rei se le crucen los cables por la atención que está recibiendo Chiho (aunque no creo que eso pase, veo más probable que Chiho tenga una muerte heróica).
Por lo visto, Hiroya Oku está preparando el final de Gigant, y de verdad no sé cómo lo va a hacer, porque quedan muuuuuchas cosas en el tintero.
Por lo visto, Hiroya Oku está preparando el final de Gigant, y de verdad no sé cómo lo va a hacer, porque quedan muuuuuchas cosas en el tintero.
March 30, 2021
Chiho/Papico vuelve a la acción y esta vez recibe el tratamiento de heroína que se merece, y con toda la atención que recibe Rei se siente un poco relegado. Aún así su relación parece ser lo suficientemente fuerte para sobrevivir, ¿Realmente lo será?
Mientras tanto, un misterioso grupo de héroes parece estar buscándola, y aunque sus intenciones parecen claras, me pregunto a donde llevará eso. ¡Este manga necesita salir más rápido!
Mientras tanto, un misterioso grupo de héroes parece estar buscándola, y aunque sus intenciones parecen claras, me pregunto a donde llevará eso. ¡Este manga necesita salir más rápido!
March 1, 2023
la trama se desarrolla un poco
March 2, 2022
All I want is the best for Chiho and Rei 😭
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