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A review by tawfek
Naoki Urasawa's 21st Century Boys, Vol. 2 by Naoki Urasawa
5.0
This volume gave me Barefoot Gen vibes, the virus outbreak = the illnesses that plagued those who survived the nuclear bombs, the anti-proton bomb to end all things = the nuclear bomb, the UN soldiers sweeping in like they are saving the days giving kids chocolates = the us army taking over japan after the unconditional surrender giving kids gum and chocolate...
Friend was he a metaphor for the emperor or for Hitler or for both since we had two friends?
Man this is one of the scars in human history, it will plague our collective subconscious forever, when we get a hint of it in a literature work, specially after we read just how awful it was.
I think this needs a reread in the future, with a different perspective, because i only felt this vibe because i actually read most of Barefoot Gen this year.
This also shows how important classics are, they just resonate through out literature works forever, and you will never feel them if you didn't read them, thing is though, they elevate the literature work to new heights, and just makes the experience better and more profound emitting richer energy for our souls and our minds.
Of course as usual this could all be a wrong assumption, most great writers always have two tales running at the same time, a closer easier to understand tale, and one tale running if you grasp the metaphors or the big concepts the writer is trying to convey with his work.
And the superficial tale here is just so great and so captivating, that i really wasn't trying to grasp a meaning behind it all.
Kenji stole the badge, and Katsumata got beaten up and bullied badly because they thought he was the thief, Katsumata had no friends he wanted to be friends with Kenji but it never happened.
Now i look at my friendless ass and think, i hope i don't make a plan to destroy the world too
Friend was he a metaphor for the emperor or for Hitler or for both since we had two friends?
Man this is one of the scars in human history, it will plague our collective subconscious forever, when we get a hint of it in a literature work, specially after we read just how awful it was.
I think this needs a reread in the future, with a different perspective, because i only felt this vibe because i actually read most of Barefoot Gen this year.
This also shows how important classics are, they just resonate through out literature works forever, and you will never feel them if you didn't read them, thing is though, they elevate the literature work to new heights, and just makes the experience better and more profound emitting richer energy for our souls and our minds.
Of course as usual this could all be a wrong assumption, most great writers always have two tales running at the same time, a closer easier to understand tale, and one tale running if you grasp the metaphors or the big concepts the writer is trying to convey with his work.
And the superficial tale here is just so great and so captivating, that i really wasn't trying to grasp a meaning behind it all.
-Can you be friends with me?
- I guess it's okay... But you know you don't become friends by asking.
Kenji stole the badge, and Katsumata got beaten up and bullied badly because they thought he was the thief, Katsumata had no friends he wanted to be friends with Kenji but it never happened.
Now i look at my friendless ass and think, i hope i don't make a plan to destroy the world too