History Awesome / GantZ

* Going UpToEleven, chapter 366 had Tae and Kurono escaping the giant alien colony, only to find themselves in the middle of space between the ship and Earth. [[NormallyIWouldBeDeadNow Not only do they survive the lack of oxygen and pressure, they manage to survive burning through the atmosphere to reach home]].

%%* Kaze performs a [[http://mangafox.me/manga/gantz/c309/13.html fatality.]]
* The final battle of the manga ends [[http://mangafox.me/manga/gantz/v37/c383/4.html with a titanic finish.]] Kei launches himself off the ground with such velocity that he headbutts the last giant with enough force to ''bash his skull open in one strike'', killing him instantly. Upon seeing confirmation of the giant's death, humanity collectively celebrates, while the survivors of the battle make an epic escape via ships, once again enduring the lack of oxygen to get back to Earth while the alien mothership explodes behind them. Note that this is Kei's ''second'' time doing this. This moment is best viewed with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LmYHOZorwc "Rules of Nature"]] playing.

* This one sums up this series pretty well: One Gantzer is facing a powerful alien that is made of several naked women who combine together to form a giant naked woman. He gets pulled into her and is about to be crushed to death by dozens of naked women. So what does he do? He uses the last of his willpower to pull himself out, climbs up the alien, and forces it to give him a blowjob. Awesome. Also: ''[[{{Squick}} Ewwww...]]''

** The Old Man got his ultimate [=CMoAs=] in the same game. Although he'd already had a minor one when he tested the powers of the suit for the first time, grabbing a baby dinosaur (which still would have weighed several tonnes) by the tail and throwing it like it weighed nothing at all, at the climax of the arc he saves Kurono's life by grabbing the tail of the ultimate enemy in that game, the baby's mother which was over 100 meters tall and would have weighed well in excess of 1000 tonnes. Digging his feet into the concrete, he actually ''holds it in place'' long enough for Kurono to deliver the deathblow.

--->'''Sakata''': [[ObiWanMoment Don't even think about bringing me back!]]

* The Nerdy Virgin (no name given) manages to survive the Italian Mission after all his teammates leave and is left with a little girl. He earns enough points to fufill his promise of reviving Anzu.
* Inaba finally gets his in the latest arc of Gantz by wiping out an entire wave of enemies and a sub-boss which have already been proven to be strong enough to easily destroy the strongest Gantz teams in the world. This wouldn't have been a big deal if it was done by Kurono but hey, come on, it's Inaba. Of course, being Gantz this trope is horribly subverted and Inaba is crushed to death just moments after the rest of the group find him.
** Not to mention the moment preceding it. Inaba is surrounded by aliens and facing seemingly certain death, when the old man leaps out of nowhere with guns blazing and sacrifices his life to ensure Inaba's safety and tell him to never stop shooting. Upon realizing that the old man was the only person in their group who ever really cared for him, Inaba steps up and starts mowing down aliens, fighting seriously for the first and last time.
* Reika gets a very subtle CMOA in the latest chapter when she jumps from 0 points to 100 in a single mission when most of the gantz team didnt get a single point in that mission. Remember that its considered next to impossible to get over 50 in a single mission.
* Kurono reinforces his badass credentials when he singlehandedly takes down a squadron of the giant aliens.
* Until chapter 350 it looked like the giant skeletal alien...things were going to slaughter Klone Kurono and his team, but they only needed to find their weak spot to '''completely annihilate''' them in 15 '''''SECONDS'''''!
* Going UpToEleven, chapter 366 had Tae and Kei escaping the giant alien colony, only to find themselves in the middle of space between the ship and Earth. [[NormallyIWouldBeDeadNow Not only do they survive the lack of oxygen and pressure, they manage to survive burning through the atmosphere to reach home]].
** Made even more awesome Kurono's old bully (who ended with his high-school crush and casually rubs it on his face) asks him if he really entered the alien ship by himself and saved Tae. His bully calls him incredible just for Kurono to respond: "Uh..Thanks".

* An eight-year old kid beating up a 30m alien with nothing but his fists.. In a chapter when Sakurai, lamenting over his dead girlfriend proceeds to use his PsychicPowers to tear apart a bunch of the invading aliens, who are just casually snacking on captured humans. Later on, the original Kurono singlehandedly takes down a squadron of the invading aliens on their home turf, with only his Gantz gun and katana.
* Kurono's fight against the giant Buddha statue alien; when nothing else works, he super-charges his body and leaps from the ground straight up, flying into an early wound he blasted in its forehead with such force he punches ''clear through its skull to start blowing up its brain inside its head''.

* In the dinosaur mission, Kurono managed to kill two fire spitting T-Rexes, a handful of raptors and a boss that gave [[spoiler: Izumi]] a run for his money, ''all without his suit''.

** The Old Man got his ultimate [=CMoAs=] in the same game. Although he'd already had a minor one when he tested the powers of the suit for the first time, grabbing a baby dinosaur (which still would have weighed several tonnes) by the tail and throwing it like it weighed nothing at all, at the climax of the arc [[spoiler:he saves Kurono's life by grabbing the tail of the ultimate enemy in that game, the baby's mother which was over 100 meters tall and would have weighed well in excess of 1000 tonnes. Digging his feet into the concrete, he actually ''holds it in place'' long enough for Kurono to deliver the deathblow.]]

* [[spoiler:Sakata's]] DyingMomentOfAwesome in the Osaka arc (which doubles as a TearJerker). After discussing the implications of continued resurrection and deciding that if he dies he wants to stay dead, [[spoiler:Sakata]] saves the group from Nurarihyon by [[spoiler:''holding it back with so much psychic power that his life force is burned out to nothing in seconds'']]. And as the rest of the group scatters -
--->'''[[spoiler:Sakata]]''': [[ObiWanMoment Don't even think about bringing me back!]]

* The Nerdy Virgin (no name given) manages to survive the Italian Mission after all his teammates leave and is left with a little girl. [[spoiler:He earns enough points to fufill his promise of reviving Anzu]]
* Inaba finally gets his in the latest arc of Gantz by wiping out an entire wave of enemies and a sub-boss which have already been proven to be strong enough to easily destroy the strongest Gantz teams in the world. This wouldn't have been a big deal if it was done by Kurono but hey, come on, it's Inaba. [[spoiler: Of course, being Gantz this trope is horribly subverted and Inaba is crushed to death just moments after the rest of the group find him.]]
** Not to mention the moment preceding it. [[spoiler: Inaba is surrounded by aliens and facing seemingly certain death, when the old man leaps out of nowhere with guns blazing and sacrifices his life to ensure Inaba's safety and tell him to never stop shooting. Upon realizing that the old man was the only person in their group who ever really cared for him, Inaba steps up and starts mowing down aliens, fighting seriously for the first and last time.]]
* Reika gets a very subtle CMOA in the latest chapter when [[spoiler: she jumps from 0 points to 100 in a single mission when most of the gantz team didnt get a single point in that mission. Remember that its considered next to impossible to get over 50 in a single mission.]]
* Kurono reinforces his badass credentials when he [[spoiler: singlehandedly takes down a squadron of the giant aliens]].
* Until chapter 350 it looked like the giant skeletal alien...things were going to slaughter [[spoiler:Klone]] Kurono and his team, but they only needed to find their weak spot to '''completely annihilate''' them in 15 '''''SECONDS'''''!
* Going UpToEleven, chapter 366 had Tae and Kei escaping the giant alien colony, only to find themselves in the middle of space between the ship and Earth. [[spoiler: [[NormallyIWouldBeDeadNow Not only do they survive the lack of oxygen and pressure, they manage to survive burning through the atmosphere to reach home]].]]
** [[spoiler: Made even more awesome Kurono's old bully (who ended with his high-school crush and casually rubs it on his face) asks him if he really entered the alien ship by himself and saved Tae. His bully calls him incredible just for Kurono to respond: "Uh..Thanks".]]
* Kaze performs a [[http://mangafox.me/manga/gantz/c309/13.html fatality.]]
* The final battle of the manga ends [[http://mangafox.me/manga/gantz/v37/c383/4.html with a titanic finish.]] [[spoiler: Kei launches himself off the ground with such velocity that he headbutts the last giant with enough force to ''bash his skull open in one strike'', killing him instantly. Upon seeing confirmation of the giant's death, humanity collectively celebrates, while the survivors of the battle make an epic escape via ships, once again enduring the lack of oxygen to get back to Earth while the alien mothership explodes behind them. Note that this is Kei's ''second'' time doing this.]] This moment is best viewed with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LmYHOZorwc "Rules of Nature"]] playing.
* It's surely a crowning moment of ''something'' when Tae, completely helpless and seeing people dying all around her during [[spoiler:Izumi's murderous rampage]], sees a baby in a carriage (its mother dead nearby), picks the baby up without hesitation, and keeps running.
* [[spoiler:An eight-year old kid beating up a 30m alien with nothing but his fists.]]. In a recent chapter when [[spoiler:Sakurai, lamenting over his dead girlfriend proceeds to use his PsychicPowers to tear apart a bunch of the invading aliens, who are just casually snacking on captured humans.]] Even more recently, [[spoiler: the original Kurono singlehandedly takes down a squadron of the invading aliens on their home turf, with only his Gantz gun and katana]].

* One of the characters is facing a powerful alien that is made of several naked women who combine together to form a giant naked woman. He gets pulled into her and is about to be crushed to death by dozens of naked women. So what does he do? He uses the last of his willpower to pull himself out, climbs up the alien, and forces it to give him a blowjob. Awesome. Also: ''[[{{Squick}} Ewwww...]]''
** Not to mention that the act in question ''saves the guy's life''.

* Kurono's fight against the giant Buddha statue alien; when nothing else works, he super-charges his body and leaps from the ground straight up, flying into an early wound he blasted in its forehead with such force he punches ''clear through its skull to start blowing up its brain inside its head''.

* One of the characters is facing a powerful alien that is made of several naked women who combine together to form a giant naked woman. He gets pulled into her and is about to be crushed to death by dozens of naked women. So what does he do? He uses the last of his willpower to pull himself out, climbs up the alien, and forces it to give him a blowjob. Awesome.
** And also {{Squick}}.
*** Not to mention that the act in question saves the guy's life.

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* Kurono reinforces his {{Badass}} credentials when he [[spoiler: singlehandedly takes down a squadron of the giant aliens]].

* [[spoiler:An eight-year old kid beating up a 30m alien with nothing but his fists.]]. In a recent chapter when [[spoiler:Sakurai, lamenting over his dead girlfriend proceeds to use his PsychicPowers to tear apart a bunch of the invading aliens, who are just casually snacking on captured humans.]] Even more recently, [[spoiler: the original Kurono singlehandedly takes down a squadron of the invading aliens on their home turf, with only his Gantz gun and katana]].

** And also Squick.

* It's surely a crowning moment of ''something'' when Tae, completely helpless and seeing people dying all around her during [[spoiler:Izumi's murderous rampage]], sees a baby in a carriage (its mother dead nearby), picks the baby up without hesitation, and keeps running.

** [[spoiler: Made even more awesome Kurono's old bully (who ended with his high-school crush and casually rubs it on his face) asks him if he really entered the alien ship by himself and saved Tae. His bully calls him incredible just for Kurono to repond: "Uh..Thanks".]]

* The final battle of the manga ends [[http://mangafox.me/manga/gantz/v37/c383/4.html with a titanic finish.]] [[spoiler: Kei launches himself off the ground with such velocity that he headbutts the last giant with enough force to ''bash his skull open in one strike'', killing him instantly. Upon seeing confirmation of the giant's death, humanity collectively celebrates, while the survivors of the battle make an epic escape via ships, once again enduring the lack of oxygen to get back to Earth while the alien mothership explodes behind them. Note that this is Kei's ''second'' time doing this.]] This moment is best viewed with [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LmYHOZorwc "Rules of Nature"]] playing.

* Going BeyondTheImpossible, chapter 366 had Tae and Kei escaping the giant alien colony, only to find themselves in the middle of space between the ship and Earth. [[spoiler: Not only do they survive the lack of oxygen and pressure, they manage to survive burning through the atmosphere to reach home.]]

** Given that arc lasted several volumes in total, it helps to be more specific. The definite highlight of that story (for Kurono at least) was when he fell off the bike right in front of one of the T-Rexes that had been chasing him. Eveyone thinks he's doomed and screams for him to run. Instead, he remembers what he's fighting for, faces down the T-Rex and screams his defiance at it in an extended rant that makes it clear that, despite being at the time nothing more than a BadassNormal facing a giant fire-breathing killing-machine, he's not even ''considering'' the possibility of dying. Even the T-Rex is impressed. After that, even the actual fight itself can't compare:

* Until chapter 350 it looked like the giant skeletal alien...things were going to slaughter [[spoiler:Klone]] Kurono and his team, but they only needed to find their weakspot to '''completley annihilate''' them in 15 '''''SECONDS'''''!

* And also Squick.

* [[spoiler:Sakata's]] DyingMomentOfAwesome in the Dinosaur arc (which doubles as a TearJerker). After discussing the implications of continued resurrection and deciding that if he dies he wants to stay dead, [[spoiler:Sakata]] saves the group from an oncoming T-Rex by [[spoiler:''holding it back with so much psychic power that his life force is burned out to nothing in seconds'']]. And as the rest of the group scatters -