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!

  • roawre@feddit.ch
    2·
    10 months ago

    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 !

  • primetime00@lemmy.world
    2·
    10 months ago

    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.

  • CityShrimp@lemmy.sdf.org
    1·
    10 months ago

    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.

    • mcmoor@bookwormstory.socialEnglish
      1·
      10 months ago

      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.