I’m in awe of Naoki Urasawa’s storytelling abilities. He has a marvellous way of handling suspense by controlling the way critical details are revealed, or not. I love his crisp art style.
I think the work as a whole could have been much shorter, with many of the subplots pared away, and overall the series had the feeling of starting out with a brilliant premise but no clear idea of where it was headed. It would have benefited from tighter control.
All this says, this is one of the best manga I have read. Bravo!
I just finished Pluto again after about 10 years. It is also great. Reading Billy Bat now and that reminds me a little of 20th Century Boys.
I discovered the movie trilogy a while ago and loved it ! Didn’t know it was a manga first. Will definitely check it out. Thanks !
You might enjoy the live action movies then. I watched it a while back so I don’t recall too much of it, but it was enjoyable for someone who’s read the manga multiple times.
Hope you read 21st Century boys as well. Pluto, Billy Bat and Monster are also good. I highly recommend Monster.
I don’t even remember the story anymore but I remember getting burnt out by the end of 20th century, and 21th century is even worse. I can’t really recommend. Pluto and Monster have the same kind of problem but not as bad.
