Pluto
Pluto: Urasawa x Tezuka

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Pluto is a mystery manga series written by Naoki Urasawa and illustrated by Takashi Nagasaki. It is a reimagining of Osamu Tezuka's Astro Boy, focusing on the story of Gesicht, a robot detective who investigates the mysterious deaths of seven other robots.

The manga is set in a future where robots are commonplace and have been granted equal rights to humans. However, when a series of robot murders rocks the world, Gesicht is tasked with finding the culprit. As he investigates, Gesicht uncovers a dark conspiracy that threatens to ignite a war between humans and robots.

Pluto is a masterfully crafted manga that combines elements of mystery, ... science fiction, and philosophy. Urasawa's writing is intelligent and thought-provoking, exploring themes such as the nature of humanity, the role of robots in society, and the dangers of artificial intelligence.

The manga also features stunning artwork by Nagasaki. The characters are expressive and well-designed, and the action scenes are dynamic and exciting.

Overall, Pluto is a must-read for fans of manga, mystery, and science fiction. It is a well-written and beautifully illustrated story that will stay with you long after you finish reading it.

Here are some of the things that I loved about Pluto:

The complex and well-developed characters. Gesicht is a particularly fascinating protagonist, and his relationship with the other characters is complex and nuanced.
The suspenseful and thrilling plot. Urasawa does a great job of keeping the reader guessing until the very end.
The thought-provoking themes. Pluto explores a number of complex themes in a way that is both intelligent and engaging.
The stunning artwork. Nagasaki's artwork is simply beautiful. The characters are expressive and well-designed, and the action scenes are dynamic and exciting.
Overall, I give Pluto a 9/10. It is a masterfully crafted manga that I highly recommend to all fans of mystery, science fiction, and philosophy.

"Who killed Mont Blanc?"

The story starts off with a simple enough question, typical to every murder mystery out there. But through its twists and turns, Urosawa delivers a masterful commentary on what it really means to be human and the cyclical nature of hatred. It is only 65 chapters long but it uses its time perfectly and not a single moment is wasted. I was also impressed by how Pluto was able to deliver so many poignant and powerful moments in such a short time. Pluto is a very exciting and short read that I was delighted by, I definitively recommend it.

I used to think classic works were not so generic, perhaps my perception was wrong. As I came across Pluto’s ending it sure felt generic.

Anyway, to start, the first 2 volumes were really great, I was so invested in it but after that somewhere along the way I couldn’t find the same enjoyment & wanted to finish it as soon as possible. The anti robot religious group had potential but wasted it very hilariously. And what happened to Adolf and his family afterwards? They just left him alone or what?
Why did Gesicht have so much hatred? Why was his memory erased? So many ... questions left untold.

Being the greatest of Robots except Gesicht and Atom all the others were lackluster! What was the point of being called the advanced destruction weapons when you can’t even behave like a robot, like they were literally more human than humans themselves. Don’t even talk about feats, except Gesicht and Atom all the other robots were feat less fodder man how can they be called the greatest of robots when they acted kinda pathetic or should I a even a human could have done better for the story with a Iron man suit than those robots.

Gesicht was charismatic and as a character entertaining but the moment he died This manga lost its charm and I lost my will. Gesicht could have finished the story,It was his duty, responsibility but no the author had to revive Atom.
Antagonist of this Manga was also a disappointment. I don't know how the robots lost to that piece of crap! “God of war” what a pathetic joke!

The art was good and in some panels great, no complaints in that part, It was detailed enough for my taste.

I don’t really think this work should be considered a masterpiece as it seems a lot of people think that way. But there were some good parts too. Certainly this is not a bad manga or perhaps I expected a little more.