| Title | : | 20th Century Boys 2 |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | |
| ISBN | : | 3899211537 |
| ISBN-10 | : | 9783899211535 |
| Language | : | German |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 199 |
| Publication | : | First published May 29, 2000 |
20th Century Boys 2 Reviews
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Bueno mi primera lectura del año y tiro por lo fácil, es un manga.
La verdad que esta serie no me llamaba mucho y el primer tomo fue como muy introductorio pero en este 2º la cosa ya tiene oro cariz y va mejorando, seguimos con la presentación de personajes relacionados con Kenji, amigos o bien compañeros del colegio. Y es que todo comenzó sin que ellos se dieran cuenta, en su grupito de amigos, allí se forjó una idea que en la actualidad está llevando a cabo la " secta" o grupo "amigo", aquí se revela quien se supone que es dicho personaje y cuales son sus propósitos...
Valoración: 6/10
Sinopsis: Un virus misterioso, la muerte de un detective, un hombre que huye. . . y Kenji que sigue intentando descubrir quién es Amigo. . . pero la respuesta no es tan fácil. Se sigue preparando el Apocalipsis, el cual proyecta su sombra alargada sobre la ciudad. -
4 of 5 stars
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My gosh Urasawa never ceases to amaze me with his layered complex form of storytelling. I had to put Pluto down for a while as this first volume grabbed me. I love tales of childhood that come back to haunt the children later in life. If the first volume didn't bind you to this series then the 2nd one will, by the last page of volume 2 this series completely owned the highest admiration I can give a manga series, which in my opinion Urasawa also holds the title for with Monster.
This volume evoked a lot of emotions from me without being cheap about it. No I didn't cry, I'm just invested in the future of all the characters and can't wait to see what lays in wait for them all. I think Kenji, the main character, is easy to relate to, he's just an average guy with a job and his sister's kid strapped to his back. Kenji, like many of us, had dreams in his younger days, but reality came knocking eventually. I'm also really starting to like Yukiji, I hope she gets a bigger role moving forward, a strong female character that develops over time is something that Monster lacked and I look forward to seeing Yukiji's history and what happens to her in the future.
What does the future hold for Kenji? What will this "friend" organization do next? Will germ warfare break out in London? What did they really get themselves into as kids to lead to this point? All this and more, on the next volume of 20th CENTURY BOYS! -
apparently friend is otcho but i am not sure yet since it would be weird to give the answer to the whole conspiracy this fast, and i think they recruited his sister (somehow) and she is responsible for the germ warfare the virus or larvae or whatever that is sucking all the blood from human bodies.
Naoki Urasawa just became my second favorite manga writer that i will read all his works, i think he is the best to do it among the manga writers i read for, the second would be Hiroya Oku (Gantz), since the guy who wrote berserk isn't really a writer he just made one thing and that's it, i like his writing style even more than hiroya oku but at the same time to be able to conceive one idea only in your life, isn't really what makes you a legendary writer in my opinion.
I love his characters and the complexity of his story, in two volumes he introduced more interesting characters than most writers do in their whole series.
everything intertwines to present this wonderful story, past present and future...
I read stories about kids before and seen how they grow up and all that, but naoki urasawa just took it to a whole another level
first of all its realistic, its just kids playing and thinking stupid things and making shit up, they grow up to be teenagers they have aspirations, most of them fail, they settle into different lives as adults, but one whacky kid decides to really go on with their plans as kids for world conquest, to take simple kids life and transform it into a story for world conquest on a large scale, and one of the best conspiracies i read so far, its just brilliant, not only that he actually has 6 other manga series out there most of them come highly recommended.
God might be one of my favorite characters of all times, i wish to see more of him, he is so real and simple, gifted to see the future of all things it seems, and he just knows what to do every time to make things work, and save his friends, and stay alive, and he doesn't know how he does it, it just happens, such a brilliant character i love it, imagine if they just told kenji someone bleeding to death wants you, he wouldn't give a fuck, he doesn't know the person, and its homeless people who are trying to get him to go somewhere.
i also loved the brilliant detective that died, he actually figured it all out, and paid his life for it, and his portrayal as the cop who just does his job, and forgets his family, alot of men do this in their lives, get so engaged in their jobs, and forget to care for their families, your kids won't love you because you put food in the table, if you wound up in prison you will find that they give you food also, its love that they need relationships are like plants if you don't water them, they wither and eventually die.
i blabbered on and on and i didn't even speak my mind on all the things Naoki discusses with his work, this manga actually takes triple the time any other manga i ever read took from me, but i love it, and i feel its only going to get better. -
Another great volume. You really get into the meet of the characters here which I really enjoyed. Kenji is one of the best main characters. Scared when it feels right, brave when it feels needed, it just don't feel "forced" and still gives you emotional moments and you've only just started knowing these characters.
I love the whole flash forward, flash back, current storyline going on. It gives real stakes and you wonder what in the world is happening. Kenji is at the center of it all and watching him coup with Donkey's death and learning more and more about these organization labeled "friends" is both thrilling and interesting.
The final few pages really draw you in and you feel the need to swoop up the next volume...which I did...and the other 3 volumes after. Yep, this is gonna be a long one, but a goodie! -
Si en el primer volumen se presentaron los personajes y se dieron los primeros indicios de la trama, es en este segundo volumen cuando la historia coge velocidad y engancha al lector. Urasawa es un maestro en soltar pequeñas pistas para mantener enganchado al lector sin apenas revelar nada, y en esta serie se muestra en todo su esplendor.
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It's a little early in the series, I know, but I am fairly certain that 20th Century Boys will be what I point to from now on when people ask me what Manga they should read.
Only two volumes in and...IT'S JUST THAT GOOD! -
Cool plot. How would you like to wake up one day to realize that someone had taken your crazy ideas as a kid and turned them into a blueprint for world domination? Would you say no way? Would you freak out?
The characters are fascinating and well drawn in both senses. The Plot is even better. It goes deeper and deeper and this is only the second volume. I can't even imagine how far down the rabbit hole goes, but I'm definitely going to jump in. Thank you, Shonen Jump. -
Another fascinating volume. If there was any doubt after the first book that I was hooked by Urasawa's storytelling, that has been completely dispelled with this second installment. More characters, more storylines, and more mysteries are added to the mix here...which expect will be the case in subsequent volumes.
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7.5/10
The conspiracy gets bigger. The final cliffhangers of this volume were unexpected, and now things start to make some sense.
The pace has a distinctive 'movie' vibe: plenty of cinematic cuts (apparently, Urasawa's favourite storytelling trick) and a lot of flashbacks.
Cartoony yet quasi-realistic faces.
Good use of the G-pen nib in the inking. Clear and heavy influence of Otomo in that department. -
This was amazing. The characters are developing nicely, the plot deepens with tonnes of intrigue and the art is still very good. So far a very good series. I hope it maintains its storytelling and doesnt drop off.
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Masterful! What a thriller! I need to keep reading!
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Well, this ate my afternoon.
Book 1 hit full stride when it began Donkey’s story, about one of Kenji’s childhood friends who was poor, unwanted and eventually became integral to their band of friends. Book 2 similarly hits its stride with the story of Kiriko, Kenji’s sister who leveraged her whole life to give him opportunities, but has recently vanished. We learn that as a little girl, Kiriko argued her parents out of aborting Kenji, promising to treat him like her own baby, and it radically recolors those anecdotes of her saving him from drowning and supporting his dreams of being a musician. Today, Kenji is a failure managing the family liquor store and caring for Kiriko’s child, almost returning the favor she did him throughout his adolescence. Urasawa couldn’t write a stronger hook to make me want to know where she vanished to.
Yet Kiriko’s back story is one of a dozen threads in Book 2, and it’s easy to forget how much happens in this book because Urasawa has the freakish talent for letting plot threads breathe uninterrupted. We’re introduced to Kamisama, a homeless man with prophetic dreams that have begun touching on the cult. Kenji may lose his shop due to Kiriko’s baby distracting him, while the cult builds an insane machine beneath the city. We get more glimpses of Friend, the shadowy cult-leader, and hints of how wide his influence is within the city. The police begin seeing murders around the city as mere deaths resulting of a rare African disease that may be spreading in Japan, which we know can’t be the whole story. And when one flashback gives me a glimpse of someone studying microbiology, I got goosebumps.
None of this feels rushed, even if I occasionally fought the desire to read faster. Kamisama giving a bizarre and endearing lecture on bowling instead of a prophecy to his fellow homeless friends has all of the page space it needs; it’s never crowded out by the more dire cult-plots or the winning flashbacks to Kenji’s childhood. Nor is it annoying, as even when things go humorous, it feels like every character is somehow in the web of conspiracy that turned Kenji’s childhood games into a modern terrorist plot.
Very few storytellers in any medium can thread together plot points with this much intrigue, let alone shift tone. 20th Century Boys is sometimes damnably funny or cute, and feels as natural in that space as in the earnest sentimentality about Kiriko. You may linger in those zones long enough that you forget it will drop the floor out from under you and delve into Horror whenever it wants. The biggest trick is having one tonal scene connect to another of entirely different tone – so someone we admire is implicated in the cult, or dies, or someone we fear comes down to earth in a touching moment with the homeless.
I’m very happy that the next six books are sitting on my nightstand. 20th Century Boys reads like masterwork. -
A saga that took off with a bang continues with head-hurting momentum and ever increasing complexity. Urasawa keeps on getting the reader hooked into this tale of a cult connected to the upcoming fall of the human race, stemming from the buried memories of a group of friends. Friends who reconnect to solve the mystery of their shared childhood with its deadly ripples.
Volume 1 "Friends" was all about the dynamic of the posse, but this volume really zooms in on Kenji, the main protagonist. We get more flashbacks of his life and get to know more about his family. At the same time, the bigger picture gets built nicely.
"The Prophet" isn't quite as intensely paced as "Friends" as it focuses a bit more on character than on plot, but it still does a lot to advance the mystery. And it's all damn fascinating, plotwise and tonewise. This is extremely entertaining and intellectually stimulating stuff that relies on psychological insight and a thematic content that promises to be fascinating indeed. Getting more and more addicted to this thing with each page. -
Encore un peu plus intriguée, j'ai hâte de voir ce que réserve la suite :)
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4.5/5
De este tomo recordaba poco y eso me gustó, porque me volví a sorprender con ciertas escenas o con el hecho de que algunos personajes aparecen más pronto de lo que yo creía. Soy fan de lo presente que está el conflicto de lo que deseas hacer versus lo que debes hacer; es una problemática muy humana con la que es fácil identificarse y que te invita estar dándole vueltas por horas, y hablando de problemáticas humanas…wey, neta este manga es genial en la construcción de personajes ¡hace que te encariñes y te duela un personaje en un solo capítulo!
Lo único que no me gustó tanto tiene que ver con el personaje de Yukiji pero equis, puedo vivir con ello. Aparte, el final de este tomo es simplemente increíble. -
Todo se conecta sin dejarse de complicar. Los personajes empiezan a ser identificables y a entrar en ti. Naoki, eres un barrilete cósmico. Los engranes empiezan a conectarse, pero tengo la sensación de no estar armando un reloj.
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And Kenji's mission continues...
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I wonder what he meant when he said that you don't necessarily have to be at the centre.
Also, there's another person claiming to be "the true prophet" ...
Kenji it's all in your hands now. -
I can now see why Manga readers are always mindblown and recommending them to me. I was not ready for the twists and turns this Manga gave to me.
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Nie mogę się od tego oderwać, całkowicie pochłania
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The truth behind Donkey's death, I can't!! 😭 Friend is one hella deranged guy. By the way, who's saying Yujiki is ugly? Come on, she's a real beauty!! I ship her and Kenji!!
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For my money, nobody builds a story like Naoki Urasawa. In any medium.
First we get more setup. We meet Yukiji, the toughest girl in school. She's as disappointed as anyone that they've all become boring adults. Then we meet Cho-San, a cop investigating the Friends. Then we meet Kamisama, a homeless psychic. We learn more about Kenji's relationship with his sister as Kenji works to provide for his niece.
And finally, some pieces start to come together in a dramatic way.
The pacing is great. The characterization is strong. The art is amazing. This is so good. -
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20th Century Boys, Libro 1: Amigo insertando nuevos personajes como "Dios" que poseen ciertos poderes precognitivos, o bien haciendo gala del alcance del poder de "Amigo" contando una historia corta donde un policía al borde del retiro será testigo en primera fila de como la corrupcion de este enemigo en las sombras se ha extendido ampliamente.
Por otro lado ya es claro que "Amigo" es uno de los niños con los que Kenji en los 60's armó su club, y además está replicando sus inocentes ideas de entonces , en un plan mucho mayor que busca diezmar la humanidad mediante una guerra bacteriológica.
Entre viñetas se nos muestran ciertos flashforward que aseguran que el plan efectivamente se llevó a cabo y como Kenji aparece destinado a enfrentarlo en el año 2000. Esto me gusta, que él, un adulto común y corriente , aparte de cargar con cierto nivel de culpa al ver sus juegos materializados de forma torcida 27 años después,le haga frente a un peligro más grande siguiendo una peculiar ruta del héroe.
Las dudas que nos deja el tomo son:¿Que conexión tiene la hermana de Kenji con Amigo? -
This series is very near and dear to my heart. It's the first complete manga I ever read (maybe, .hack might have been the first), and it has one of the most in depth plots in any graphic novel ever. The basic premise of the series is kind of similar to Stephen King's 'It', though minus the killer clown. It has a giant robot without being about a giant robot, dash of romance that simmers in the background, and most of all it invokes that feeling you had as a child dreaming about how amazing the future was going to be, and then brings out the reality that hardly any of us reach those dreams or end up staying in a comfortable spot halfway there. And the friendship. Most of the characters were friends in elementary school, some in high school, but after that some of them didn't see or speak to each other for more than 15 years. The 'main' main character, Kenji, also has his first of many Crowning Moments of Awesome near the end of this volume, and a pretty epic OH SH-! moment too. If you're looking for a good manga to read that isn't all shonen or shojo over-hyped fluff, give this a try...actually, even if you are looking for fluff put it down and read this instead. :p
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Volume 1 of 20th Century Boys had been sitting on my shelf for years -- it was one of the first Japanese-language books I ever bought, long before I could even scratch its surface.
I finally noticed it sitting there recently, picked it up, realized "Oh shit, I can actually read this now," and proceeded to tear-ass through it with much joy. Then I went to Kinokuniya, ready after all these years to plunk down my dough for Volume 2, and... they had just stopped carrying the series entirely. Gnashed teeth, cursed fate, &c.
Long story short:
1. There's a new 完全版 edition of the series currently being published in Japan
2. Amazon.co.jp has the first four 完全版 volumes in stock (five is released tomorrow!)
3. Each 完全版 volume contains two of the original 単行本 volumes
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This series is beginning to rival Otomo's unbelievable AKIRA, in its breadth depth and subtlety, and I suspect, by the end, it will surpass at least in terms of storytelling characters, and while the art isn't quite as mind-blowing as Otomo's, Urasawa gives the master a good run for the money. I seriously haven't been this stoked about a comic in a long time.
Book two takes us deeper into the heart of the mystery, fleshing out some of the backstory of Kenji's missing sister, who The Friend is and what the plans are, and how far and wide the Friends conspiracy reaches - and it's surprising origin. Urusawa throws some heavy curves but maintains some lightness and even a few chuckles. As we begin to know the characters a sense of epic tragedy come into focus.
Truly amazing. -
Como me acordaba poco del tomo uno, que leí hace dos años y pico, lo releí antes de mandarme el tres y tuve más o menos la misma sensación que aquella vez: está bien, pero pinta que se va a poner mucho mejor. Por suerte tarda muy poco en tomar ritmo y comenzar a los sopapos, ya que en este tomo las expectativas empiezan a cumplirse. Y los personajes empiezan a pasarla como el orto.
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Aparecen personajes interesantes y secuecias muy divertidas, en las que claramente puedes imaginarte la acción en movimiento. Algunos misterios son destapados y comienzas a imaginarte quiénes harán qué. Sigue siendo bueno.
