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polijus1's review against another edition
4.0
A couple of years ago I met someone whose favourite Urasawa work was Pluto. I had only read 20th Century Boys and Monster, and I loved it. But I didn’t know the span of Urasawa’s genius until I read Pluto. Pluto was loosely adapted from Astro Boy, a character beloved by many probably even when I wasn’t even born. This is kind of the grown-up, adult, morally challenging version of Astro Boy. The main character itself isn’t Astro Boy (Atom) in this book, but he played a great part in it. Pluto asks the question, “Can robots feel?” and took very in depth delve on the question. We see various versions of future robots that are maybe outside of our everyday imagination. Pluto is genius, the story revolves around robots but isn’t lacking emotions, or empathy whilst we read it. This is the kind of manga I’m looking forward to read in the future.
glecharles's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
kier_'s review against another edition
dark
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
elpetro's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.75
omnia_ahmed's review against another edition
5.0
More pieces added to the puzzle and no character can escape the real god of death(Naoki himself)
yellauraya's review against another edition
5.0
5/5
SPOILERS
as one of the greatest robots in the world, the way he died under the hands of a low-level child robot can be bewildering to others, but that scene is actually emotional and quite fitting, i guess? the way he thought of his son that he forgot for years at that moment, and the way he didn't even resist and just let that child robot kill him is quite tragic. seeing these robots express their hatred, pain, grief and sadness is getting to me and they seemed more human to me than most of the humans in this story. this volume is quite heavy and i don't know how the story will progress from here, but this has to be one of my favorite volumes from this series.
SPOILERS
as one of the greatest robots in the world, the way he died under the hands of a low-level child robot can be bewildering to others, but that scene is actually emotional and quite fitting, i guess? the way he thought of his son that he forgot for years at that moment, and the way he didn't even resist and just let that child robot kill him is quite tragic. seeing these robots express their hatred, pain, grief and sadness is getting to me and they seemed more human to me than most of the humans in this story. this volume is quite heavy and i don't know how the story will progress from here, but this has to be one of my favorite volumes from this series.
timberdoodle's review against another edition
mysterious
fast-paced
4.0
Heartbreaking, with a pace that grabs and does not let go.