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Naoki Urasawa's 21st Century Boys, Vol. 1 by Naoki Urasawa

itshassan's review against another edition

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5.0

As amazing as the prequel!

raxorrr's review

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4.0

4.0 stars
I really love these characters and I'm happy we get to spend some more time with them before the series ends.

tawfek's review

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5.0

So this is what it looks like, when our fantasy became reality.

A group of young kids, friends, playing, making up silly fantasies, In this volume we saw a scene of all the kids taking part in one conversation, in front of jijibaba's, even the bullies, and i thought, why did it all have to go horribly wrong...
- will you let me be in your group?
- What are you saying? You have been with us the whole time

Would it have made a difference, if they realized that they were all friends, it didn't matter if you were part of the group that built the secret base or not?
Kenji

yellauraya's review

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4.0

4 of 5 stars

zare_i's review against another edition

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4.0

Friend is dead but is it truly the end of danger. As UN forces occupy the Japan following Friends admission of crimes live on TV they want to enlist the help of Kenji to figure out if there are new dangers on the horizon. To do that Kenji needs to travel back to the past using Friend's virtual reality engine.

As intrigue again picks up we witness Kanna and friends facing the UN troops that hold them responsible for devastation last years. Kanna is main suspect since she is Friend's daughter.

Art as always is beautiful.

Story wise this first third of the book is rehashing from the 20th Century Boys vol 22. Rest of the book is Kenji walking through his past inside the VR while Kanna and rest of the team try to figure out if The New Book Of Prophecies, its last chapter are just wild dreams of the children or truly devastating apparatus.

All in all good story but it seems kinda forced, I am not sure why author could not finalize the story in the original series of 22 volumes.

In any case good addition to the story line. One more volume to go :)

khaddock's review

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dark mysterious sad fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

katleana's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

4.5

outhrall's review

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lighthearted mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

breiner26's review against another edition

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5.0

4.5 ⭐

roshonline12's review

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adventurous fast-paced

3.0