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| Awesome! by Telecaster on August 22nd, 2010, 11:13am |
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| Aw man, this is pretty much the only series I've ever read where I actually cried. Osamu Tezuka is awesome, Naoki Urasawa is awesome, put together they make an amazing comic! For me, this was one of those comics that start out great, and then just keep getting better with every volume. I'd recommend Pluto to anybody. |
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| Greatness! by ravortor on February 26th, 2010, 6:33am |
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This is one of the best stories I ever read manga or not. It is a masterpiece. URASAWA Naoki proved before in 20th Century Boys and Monster that he is a great writer and he proves it again in Pluto. He is one of the best thriller writers ever. I really love this masterpiece. It's one of my best seinen manga along with Gantz, Bokurano and Berserk.
Rating: 10 / 10.0
... Last updated on April 8th, 2010, 11:04am |
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| superb by wait321 on September 23rd, 2009, 8:08pm |
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This is one of the best series that I've come across. Although the story jumps quickly from character to character, it does a great job depicting their hatred, sin, guilt, and forgiveness. Each robot and human really comes alive.
The ending doesn't quite live up to the tension that's built throughout the story. It only applies to a few characters, whereas the social and moral dilemmas was prevalent throughout the story world. Other than that flaw, I enjoyed the series and recommend it to others.
Rating: 9 / 10.0
... Last updated on September 23rd, 2009, 8:10pm |
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| Urasawa's getting old... by xiarra on August 31st, 2009, 11:34pm |
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or greedy.
At the same time while he was busy working on his would-be masterpiece "20th Century Boys", he created "Pluto", a retelling of an Osamu Tezuka story. Instead of focusing his mind completely on the one story that could have been a worthy successor to "Monster", he spent time to "spice up" an Astroboy story-arc.
And while it's still Urasawa at work, an experienced mangaka who knows his craft, he doesn't return to his former self. There's a lot of unnecessary "jumping" between characters and places, story parts that don't connect well letting the plot seem incoherent, a lot of pathos and cliched social criticism and references to real world events at the time.
There are some parts where "Pluto" shines though, but most of these scenes are merely recreations of themes found in "Monster" and "20th Century Boys".
Well at least there's no manga artist character speaking in length about his work and his ambition to create the best manga of all times.
"Monster" is my favourite manga and I loved the first 2 thirds of "20th Century Boys" but I didn't enjoy "Pluto" much.
Rating: 7 / 10.0 |
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| Pluto's Comment by geeza on July 7th, 2009, 5:50am |
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This one is a greatest manga I've read
Actually, I've fallen in love with Tezuka's sensei work since read Atom and it's Urasawa Naoki who rewritten it! Wow, the story is great, much much serious and the humanity in this story is so strong! Questioning about our essence as human is flowing in the air as reading this manga.
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| good, but mangaka's so lazy! by Xiong Chiamiov on May 18th, 2009, 8:04pm |
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| The story's good, but I swear that the mangaka is the laziest ever - every character has *one* facial expression, and there are some pages that look like he just copy+pasted one frame over and over. |
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| amazing and thrilling by jrdragon2003 on March 9th, 2009, 7:59pm |
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I honestly never thought that a retelling of a single story arc from a series would be so thrilling. Although some people who've known about Atom's lore would know what's going on in the story. So they know pretty much the plot, or so one would think they did. Not only was it an interesting maneuver to change the character point of view, it was smart. It let us know more about the lives of the more minor characters in the Tetsuwan Atom, and see how they would cope with the dangers they were facing. And as a definite plus Atom's presence in the story. An excellent read for anyone interested.
Rating: 9 / 10.0 |
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| Unexectedly Good by Artimidorus on March 2nd, 2009, 2:41am |
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I have to say, I honestly didn't think I would like this series, but due to the high amount of positive feedback I decided to check it out. This series surprised me, and the art grew on me very quickly. The story is excellent and while some parts didn't keep me reading, I found that I kept coming back to this series to catch up to current release (at this time 63).
This story has a lot of heart, and really makes you feel for some of them. While I see the point of "What does it mean to be human?" I am not so much gripped by that, as by much as I am seeing things that are supposed to be emotionless machines, wrestle with these "waves" of what they can only call emotion. Awesome story, highly recommend reading it, and I am going to try to see if I can get my local bookstore to make some special orders for me to get this series.
Rating: 9 / 10.0 |
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| Simply Amazing. by DragonAndLance on January 22nd, 2009, 10:00pm |
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This manga is simply amazing. Though I personally like 20th Century Boys and Monster better, this is a close third. The art is, as always, great (considering it is Urasawa-sensei). The characters, again, as always, are great. And, as always (again) the story is very good and suspenseful. But, the ending-ish seemed kind of rushed, or something. It just like, ups and ends.
Rating: 9.5 / 10.0
... Last updated on May 14th, 2009, 3:02pm |
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| Unbelievable by SleeperJack on September 4th, 2008, 4:51pm |
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Pluto has to be one the best manga I have ever read.
Urasawa Naoki really raises the bar with his art. All the expressions of his characters are so believable and realistic that it is eerie (the faces for the characters look like they could be photographs). All the pages are clean, panels are simple and complex at the same times. Urasawa doesn't rely on the ever common "super kawaii desu" type art we see in the various subpar manga, which is probably what makes him stand higher than the rest.
The story itself in unbelievable as well (I never really care much about art compared to story, but Urasawa-sensei just takes the cake and eats it too). You are not pummeled by cliff-hangers every chapter, thankfully, but the story develops in a way that you want more. You are not treated like a 10 year old with this story. You are left to infer on some parts of the story instead of the mangaka spitting dialogue in your face to explain everything for you (which is rare indeed). I won't spoil anything, but Pluto is very deep.
What sold me was Urasawa's handle of human expression and emotion. Definitely beyond anything I've ever read.
(Those who feel that they need to compare this to other works are foolish.)
Rating: 10 / 10.0 |
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