I was also completely underwhelmed by the first few volumes of Gantz–the disgusting violence, the out-of-place sexuality…but it does all meld together, eventually.

My guess is that it took the author a while to figure out where he was going with the story. The characters really come into their own in the next few volumes and it does become a worthwhile story.

Sadly, the growing pains that a reader must endure are pretty brutal.