20th Century Boys: the Perfect Edition, Vol. 7 by Naoki Urasawa

20th Century Boys: the Perfect Edition, Vol. 7

Naoki Urasawa, Takashi Nagasaki, Akemi Wegmüller

VIZ Media LLC · Paperback · March 17, 2020

20th Century Boys: the Perfect Edition, Vol.

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Who it’s for
A serious, sequential manga read with collector appeal and Urasawa’s steady suspense.
Genres
Post-Apocalyptic Sci-Fi Comics, General Manga, Crime & Mystery Comics
Published
VIZ Media LLC, March 17, 2020

About this book

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. Kanna, burdened by the fact that her mother Kiriko developed the bacteriological weapons used by the Friends on Bloody New Year’s Eve, ruminates over the ominous messages she left behind. When the weapons come back to haunt humanity, Kanna isn’t the only one searching for traces of Kiriko. Otcho gets closer to finding out the missing doctor's current whereabouts after a search leads him to her former colleague, Dr. Yamane.

Why It Clicks

A serious, sequential manga read with collector appeal and Urasawa’s steady suspense.

Come here for

  • prestige manga pacing
  • collector-friendly Perfect Edition format

Expect

  • category-familiar crime-mystery energy
  • a sustained narrative read

Where it sits

Post-Apocalyptic Sci-Fi Comics82%
Crime & Mystery Comics36%
General Manga30%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Crime & Mystery Comics
  • General Manga
  • Tie-In Comics
Authors
Naoki Urasawa, Takashi Nagasaki, Akemi Wegmüller
Publisher
VIZ Media LLC
Published
March 17, 2020
Format
Paperback
Reading lane
Crime & Mystery Comics