20th Century Boys: the Perfect Edition, Vol. 5
VIZ Media LLC · Paperback · September 17, 2019
20th Century Boys: the Perfect Edition, Vol.
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- Who it’s for
- A doomsday cult, a mysterious ruler, and shifting loyalties give this manga its tense, sprawling pull.
- Themes
- Apocalyptic threat, Brainwashing and control, Hidden identity
- Genres
- Post-Apocalyptic Sci-Fi Comics, General Manga, Dystopian Comics
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A deluxe bind-up edition of Naoki Urasawa’s award-winning epic of doomsday cults, giant robots and a group of friends trying to save the world from destruction! Humanity, having faced extinction at the end of the 20th century, would not have entered the new millennium if it weren’t for them. In 1969, during their youth, they created a symbol. In 1997, as the coming disaster slowly starts to unfold, that symbol returns.
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This is the story of a group of boys who try to save the world. In 2014, Tokyo is under the complete control of the mysterious ruler known as the Friend. Kanna has chosen to step forward and confront the Friend in order to carry out the last wishes of her uncle Kenji, who has been missing since Bloody New Year’s Eve. As Kanna gathers a group of outcasts and misfits to face the Friend, her high school classmate Koizumi faces true horror in the brainwashing camp known as Friend Land. It is there that she sees something that no one was ever meant to see: the true identity of the Friend. Who will survive in this world where it is nearly impossible to distinguish friend from foe?
Symbols and Suspicion
A doomsday cult, a mysterious ruler, and shifting loyalties give this manga its tense, sprawling pull.
Come here for
- Conspiracy and mystery braided with giant robots and world-ending stakes
- A group of outcasts confronting a powerful, enigmatic foe
Expect
- A serious, suspenseful story where friend and foe are hard to tell apart
- A deluxe bind-up edition in Urasawa’s ongoing epic
Where it sits
| Post-Apocalyptic Sci-Fi Comics | 68% |
|---|---|
| Dystopian Comics | 48% |
| General Manga | 33% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Crime & Mystery Comics
- General Manga
- Tie-In Comics
- Authors
- Naoki Urasawa
- Publisher
- VIZ Media LLC
- Published
- September 17, 2019
- Format
- Paperback
- Theme
- Apocalyptic threat · Brainwashing and control · Hidden identity
- Reading lane
- Crime & Mystery Comics