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20th Century Boys (Manga)

20th Century Boys

Alternative Titles

Synonyms: Nijuu Seiki Shounen, Nijuusseiki Shounen, 20thCB
Japanese: 20世紀少年

Information

Type: Manga
Volumes: 22
Chapters: 249
Status: Finished
Published: 1999 to 2006
Authors: Urasawa, Naoki (Story & Art)

Statistics

Score: 9.101 (scored by 2781 users)
Ranked: #22
Popularity: #56
Members: 5,238
Favorites: 920
1 indicates a weighted score
2 based on the top manga page.

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Synopsis

Kenji and his friends start to notice a series of odd occurences related to their childhood. A mysterious cult-leader named "friend" is out to destroy the world, and it has something to do with Kenji's childhood memories.

Related Manga

Sequel: 21st Century Boys
Spin-off: Mangari Michi

Characters

 Friend
Friend
Main
 Kenji
Endo, Kenji
Main
 Kanna
Endo, Kanna
Main
 Choji
Ochiai, Choji
Main
 Yoshitsune
Yoshitsune
Supporting
 Fukubei
Fukubei
Supporting
 Maruo
Maruo
Supporting


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Aug 16, 2007
daimira
20th Century Boys is about a group of men (and one woman) who, when they had been children, had been best friends, sharing a "secret base" in an overgrown field: a sanctuary where they could read manga, listen to music, and hide from the most evil twins in history, Yanbo and Mabo. One day, their "creative genius," Kenji suggested they bury a time capsule, fill it with their treasured possessions, and agree to unearth it only when the earth was in grave danger, for they would then save it.

Years later, they find themselves leading ordinary, unglamorous lives, their dreams of greatness long-buried under the dust read more
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Jan 6, 2009
saintcross
Story:
While the whole "saving the world" kind of storyline isn't anything new, it does it so well that it makes the reader so engrossed in the story and not want to stop reading. The switch between timelines are done so well that it hardly leaves you confused on what is going on. There are so many twist and turns in the story which makes nearly every chapter such an enjoyable read.

Art:
The art is quite detailed and even as the art was already quite good from the start, as it goes on it steadily improves. I have to say Urusawa's distinct art style definitely is read more
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User Recommendations

If you've read 20th Century Boys you can see some type of similarities between the two in a certain type of way.
Same Author. Both with Urasawas famous charactercreation- and storytellingstyle. Who loved one of this stories, will probably love the other too. Two great masterpieces of mangahistory.

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