Giganto Makhia (Giganto Maxia) | Manga - Reviews

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Synonyms: Gigant-Makia, Gigantomakia, Gigantomachia, Gigantomakhia, Giganto Machia

Japanese: ギガントマキア ΓΙΓΑΝΤΟ ΜΑΧΙΑ

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Type: Manga

Volumes: 1

Chapters: 7

Status: Finished

Published: Nov 22, 2013 to Mar 14, 2014

Genre: Fantasy

Demographic: Seinen

Serialization: Young Animal

Authors: Miura, Kentarou (Story & Art)

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Score: 7.00¹ (scored by 9,352 users)

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Ranked: #8645²

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Popularity: #1074

Members: 17,860

Favorites: 91

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Nov 16, 2018

Gabriell_Braga

Not Recommended

This is some radical buddhism "all lives matter" nonsense with Miura's attempting a strange mix of western political correctness with power of friendship and Lolis (to pay for the manly manga he did with Buronson I guess). Besides all the positive reviews which I believe are based on just being fan of Miura's work (more specifically, Berserk), there are plenty of issues in this manga that need to be addressed.

Story:

"Don't be mean to mass murderers and rapists - punishing criminals will make you sad.
Just pretend nothing happened, acting is bad, except Loli Ex Machina can solve everything with the power of friendship and golden shower."
-Some ... weird pseudo moralist trend going on in manga lately.

There is no story to be qualified, it's a religious/political NPC mindset "all lives matter" in manga format. A human warrior and a kind of android Loli who follows him are captured by an humanoid tribe who suffer from the evil of "Human Imperialism", some type of victimization rhetoric. Miura makes some strange Black and White cliché of civilization bad vs tribal good (as if tribes before empires never plundered, raped and enslaved one-another as history proves, just muh evil civilized humans). There's no interesting, morally grayer depiction of human kinds like he does in Berserk - and then we just skip to have it all washed out later with zero consequences using the power of friendship.

There's no conclusion. The "ending" is some Gainax Ending that is the terror of any anime/manga fans who had experiences with bad endings, and can cause chills down the spine of Berserk fans if you stop to think that Miura could have done this to Berserk. At least we know from his final interview there WOULD be at least 2 main battles against the evildoers and the main characters wouldn't just hide their heads in the sand and become farmers because muh conflict bad.

Who needs to develop a reason for an ending when you can simply wash away all the negative parts in a convenient holier than thou false moralism and Deus ex machina.

Miura was probably worried of how much depth and political incorrectness he has put in the Conviction Arc of Berserk, and seems to have attempted to repent his imperialist manliness in this weird single.

Characters:
They're cute. The main characters are chubby versions of Roderick, ep. 252, and Schierke, ep. 184 (or Chitchi, ep. 329), from Berserk. Their interaction sums up in making pee jokes and being the saviors the "oppressed minority bugs", "we are your White saviors".

Art:
The art style follows the Millennium Empire Arc of Berserk without great improvements. Even if it was the best of Miura's art style, it would not save the fishy nature of this manga, and it feels like the art is too good for a story that doesn't live up to it.

Enjoyment:
People who read it and gave a blind eye for its defects (or at least tried to ignore the political cringe) were probably desperate for more Berserk chapters or just more Miura's creations in general.