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REVIEW: 20th Century Boys GN 22




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Splitter



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PostPosted: Sun Dec 02, 2012 12:48 pm Reply with quote
It's not over, Carlo. "21st Century Boys" ends the story.
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Dorcas_Aurelia



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PostPosted: Sun Dec 02, 2012 1:05 pm Reply with quote
The final line of Carlo Santos' review wrote:
Thank goodness for the upcoming epilogue, 21st Century Boys, which will hopefully answer some of the remaining questions. Because even when human civilation comes to an end, one can't help but ask: "And then what?"
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Fullmetal_Jedi



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PostPosted: Mon Dec 03, 2012 12:08 am Reply with quote
I would give the story an A. 20th CB had an amazingly executed story. I can't think of many manga on the same level. If this is a C, then idk what could be an A. Urasawa's stories are amazingly intricate and well written.


It's unfair to evaluate this as the final volume. 21st Century Boys may have a separate title (given that the conflict with friend is over and the characters are now finally and freely moving into the 21st centuries - the title change I guess is supposed to be symbolic of the conflict the characters faced), but it's not just an epilogue. Rather, it's the actual final two volumes of the series. I really don't think it's fair to expect everything to be resolved with two volumes left. Many of the things mentioned are addressed. I won't give away specifics obviously. It may not have been the perfect ending I hoped for, but it was pretty darn awesome. Way above a C+.
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skafreak51



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PostPosted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 1:50 am Reply with quote
Fullmetal_Jedi wrote:
I would give the story an A. 20th CB had an amazingly executed story. I can't think of many manga on the same level. If this is a C, then idk what could be an A. Urasawa's stories are amazingly intricate and well written.


It's unfair to evaluate this as the final volume. 21st Century Boys may have a separate title (given that the conflict with friend is over and the characters are now finally and freely moving into the 21st centuries - the title change I guess is supposed to be symbolic of the conflict the characters faced), but it's not just an epilogue. Rather, it's the actual final two volumes of the series. I really don't think it's fair to expect everything to be resolved with two volumes left. Many of the things mentioned are addressed. I won't give away specifics obviously. It may not have been the perfect ending I hoped for, but it was pretty darn awesome. Way above a C+.


I highly disagree- yes, the manga itself overall probably has some of the best story in comic history- that's a given. I would easily give the story as a whole an A+... but this volume alone? Boy, was I disappointed as heck. It was beyond rushed, for whatever reason, I don't know.

Thank god that we get 2 extra volumes after this- but it begs the question, why would Urasawa name it something different? Those two volumes are absolutely NEEDED for the story to finish in a non rushed way. I wish they were considered volumes 23 and 24, just to make the whole thing make more sense.
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