20th Century Boys

[pipopo]

Literally the best manga in existence

 

[FRESH]

Massive dissapointment, Urusawa had set up a fantastic story arc for friend taking over, but everything after the 2000's Blood new year thing the manga took quite a nose dive in writing. I see what he was going his experience and knowledge is commendable and impressive, butit clearly became more than he could chew, relying on too many coincidences, plot armor and all sorts of necessary suspension of disbelief to make the good guys forcefully win. Really dragged out as well.

 

[axelTHEGREAT]

fuck

Spoiler

fukubei

, fucking asshole

 

[Koal]

Great Manga, even tho it had its ups and downs it was still amazing. All the suspense and the hype was on a whole another level. Also all the old Anime and Manga that Urasawa references just make it so much better.
9/10

 

[Eman0n]

Over-hyped and average at best.

 

[Cosmak]

That was another masterpiece from Urasawa. Now go read Monster.

 

[freakattaker]

I'm at like Chapter 109 and I'm really upset with this manga. The characterization is SO good and the plot seems like it's a banger... But it's hard to suspend my disbelief at some of the things that happen in this manga. Especially regarding the plot. It feels too ass pully for my taste at this point, but everything else is sooooo good which makes it hard to choose between dropping and continuing to read.

 

[narutokiddo]

trash trash a hot steaming pile of absolute trash and the ending makes me want to jump of a cliff

 

[Eman0n]

Again,
An honest review for those whom seeking a mature seinen. This should be on i'm so bored list.

 

[Gattswan]

for anyone feeling there are too many open questions, just go read the sequel 21st century boys.

 

[JakkRo]

Of course: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8v2P_tOHsps

"20 cent dorito!"

 

[uksi12]

Huh, I thought the ending was fine.

 

[EpicChungusBruhMomentum]

Incredibly good until the second flash forward, scattering the characters around once again seems repetitive and several plotpoints are left unexplained.

Spoiler

Sadakiyo, whose defining character trait is "you can't use tricks" somehow survives by burning his car with someone else's body, just to make a brief appearance at the end with little relevance to the plot and die in a hospital. And Kenji returns with just a cliched amnesia after being in the middle of a huge explosion on Bloody New Year's Eve.

Ending and 21CB are rushed af, which is really sad as the final twist would be great with better setup or 1st person element

Spoiler

which made Fukubei's character so much better

(would love to read through the complete edition's edited version if anyone has info on where to find it). Still clever and amazingly written for the most part, would surely recommend. 8/10 rating is well deserved.