This is an amazing manga and you should read it no matter what, don't even hesitate.
So I've just finished re-reading Pluto by Naoki Urasawa which the first ever manga I've read, about 5 years ago. I was about 14 when I first read it so I didn't understand much of it, I was a huge astro boy fan as a child so I was quite mesmerized by Pluto, even though at the time I had no idea what manga and anime was, but it still was an amazing introduction to this world even though I was quite disappointed when I found out that not all manga were as amazing amd mesmerizing as Naoki Urasawa's and Jiro Taniguchi's works, but then again that was to be expected since those works were in the adult section of the french library in my city.
But after reading it again, I was even more surprised at how amazing and well written Pluto was. I had forgotten most of what happened aside from the fact that Gesight dies and that his hatered is what revived Atom, and that Epsilon is without a doubt one of the coolest robots ever. But what I didn't catch with my first reading was how this manga was way too relevant to what happened and is still happening in this world. And beyond its final message about how hatred can't solve anything, the final pannel with the evil teddy bear made me realize something I didn't expect Urasawa to do. The manga started serialization on 2003 which is the same year that a certain country invaded a certain other cpuntry under the excuse of dictatorship and making of weapons of "mass destruction" yet they found nothing in the end if we analyze some of the bs excuses flying around and understand the real reason they started the war, and what was the reason why Pluto was created? United states of Athracia attacked Persia under the exuse of manufacturing robots of "mass destruction" when in reality they were making robots to solve the problem of deforestation. Just look at the names and the clothes of the inhabitants of Persia to understand, and not only that look at how all 7 robots from different countries all went in the aid of the Athracia, which organization does that? And at last that teddy bear that was pulling all the strings from the shadows, a weak teddy bear yet who has the help of the president of the strongest nation and even asked him to be his slave in order to protect him, I have a theory about that, just think about that certain country that's been creating problems yet is protected fiercely. I don't want to go into details as discussing my political views will just turn into an ugly sight and it's not worth it.
Those may be just speculation of my part of course, but if I'm right, then damn Urasawa is a freaking genius. I've only given three manga I've read so far 9.5 or 10/10 which are A Distant Neighborhood, Onanie Master Kurasawa and Pluto. But Pluto is without a doubt the best manga I've read in the last five years. I've always said it's my favorite even though I had almost forgotten everything about but its greatness stayed fixed in my mind. I'm really grateful that this was my introduction to manga.
For those who read the manga, I would love to hear some of youd theories and your thoughts on mine.
