Pluto, 02
Ratings32
Average rating4.4
Really enjoyed this first volume. The way robots are depicted makes the reader think of them more like humans and less like robots increasing the effect provoked by their deaths.
The artwork is greats (as it was to be expected) and the story so far is intriguing.
Everything I've read by Urasawa-sensei is gold. He is amazing.
This is a more mature (as in adult-oriented, not sexually graphic or violent) take on an Astro Boy story. Bloody robots hitting you in the feels.
It all begins with the death of the world's most beloved robot. It's supposedly an accident, but someone is actually going around murdering robots. And Detective Gesicht–also a robot–is on the case.
This contains three chapters of one of my favorite stories in manga overall, the story of North No. 2.
This is my favorite Urasawa. Naoki Urasawa is famous for his mystery and thriller stories, but what I remember or remains of them is the humane side of them. Here he showed a lot in a story that is about robots.
The series started while the Iraq War was going on, so the invasion and the robots of mass destruction are too familiar for the readers.
While writing this review, I was at Pluto's wiki page and noticed that they finally made a TV series for it.