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Post by DawgX on Jan 26, 2011 20:58:35 GMT -5
Which means Reika is 23 and Kurono was born in 1991. I started rereading Gantz starting at the end of Phase 1. Ive noticed a shitload of stuff that pointed out what year the manga takes place in.
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Post by basod on Jan 26, 2011 21:04:09 GMT -5
How can Reika be 23 when she still in high school?
I saw the 2008 thing too, but I'm putting it down to oku being sloppy.
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Post by DawgX on Jan 26, 2011 21:12:19 GMT -5
I think she may be a University student. Her birthday is September 23rd, 1985.
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Post by DawgX on Jan 26, 2011 21:25:44 GMT -5
Or shes in high school like you said. Read chapter 286
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Post by Haloninjaman808 on Jan 26, 2011 21:26:26 GMT -5
Wow, good observation, dawg, i think that 2008 sounds about right.
And i thought reika was a college student...
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Post by DawgX on Jan 26, 2011 21:31:23 GMT -5
I think she is in college/university. Just read chapter 286. Their uniforms dont look like high school uniforms.
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Post by basod on Jan 26, 2011 21:48:52 GMT -5
This makes no sense to me. I don't know what it's like in Japan, but why would they have uniforms and 'classrooms' at uni? And remind me again where do you see Reika's bday?
I loved Tai's glare. One of the best comedy moments out of the series.
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Post by DawgX on Jan 26, 2011 22:59:10 GMT -5
The Gantz/Manual or u can just check her wiki page.
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Post by basod on Jan 26, 2011 23:01:16 GMT -5
Never read the gantz manual. Should it be considered canon?
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Post by DawgX on Jan 28, 2011 17:56:56 GMT -5
It is canon cuz Oku made it. But its not translated yet soo..
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Post by Renan on Jan 28, 2011 18:24:22 GMT -5
Gantz originally took place in 2001 (Look at the handbook Kishimoto gives Kei). Oku is just VERY slippy with the date.
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Post by DawgX on Jan 28, 2011 20:08:01 GMT -5
So Reika would be 16 and Kurono would be 17...
Well this is what happens when ur manga is damn near 11 years old.
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Post by Dane on Jan 28, 2011 20:44:39 GMT -5
I always just assumed it had a rolling timeline. For instance, they sometimes let you know what year it is in Marvel comics, but obviously it hasn't been 40+ years in the continuity since Spider-Man got his powers and such.
Though, at least the first mission probably happened in 2007 (if the current timeline takes place mostly in 2008) since it was winter when Kurono and Katou got hit (indicated by Kurono's magazine). Though, could've been early 2008 instead of late 2007.
Where did it say it was 2008? I don't remember that.
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Post by Oka Ace on Jan 29, 2011 1:09:02 GMT -5
I always had it in my head that Gantz mirrored our timeline.
In other words I never really thought about it. The Japanese would have an easier time pinpointing it I bet due to the references to all their pop culture.
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Post by DawgX on Jan 29, 2011 22:13:12 GMT -5
I always had it in my head that Gantz mirrored our timeline. In other words I never really thought about it. The Japanese would have an easier time pinpointing it I bet due to the references to all their pop culture. So pretty much a floating timeline Gantz has... If so Oku should NEVER include real dates such as 1985 as Reikas bday or when Kikuchi was looking through the message boards on his laptop u could see a date October 2008.
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