20th Century Boys: The Perfect Edition, Vol. 1 (1) Paperback – Illustrated, September 18, 2018

Great

Definitely a masterpiece

I wasn't a big Manga reader because they are always in black and white and I love color, but I was starting to grow bored of the current Marvel and DC superheroes. I did a search for the top 10 Manga series of all-time and 20th Century Boys came up. I bought this first volume to see if I would like it or not. Boy did I! It might not be in color, but the artwork is incredible and to think Urasawa does all the writing and artwork himself. Incredible! The best compliment I can give it is that after I finished Vol. 1, I went out and bought Vol. 2 and 3 right away. I will definitely be buying and reading the rest of this series.

20th Century Boys is truly a one of a kind story. I won't spoil anything for those who may be new to the series, but if you wonder if the story is for you and you like manga, it doesn't get much better than this. This is a 'Perfect' (See what I did there? Perfect edition. Nailed it.) place to start your collection. Each book contains two volumes of the previous release for a small fraction more than what one of the original books cost. It's a great deal.For people who have the old series, there isn't a ton of new things I can personally argue would make this purchase justifiable. The panels that were originally released in color are in color this time around (the original was entirely black and white) but that's pretty much it. There aren't that many either. Maybe 20 color pages, tops. There's a new cover too, but that's it. 20 or so color pages and a new cover. I don't mind having this because 20th CB is my favorite manga ever, but if you own the older editions already, there really isn't anything for you here that will enhance the story or anything.Enjoy reading one of the greatest stories ever told! I am not joking at all when I say that I named my daughter after a character in this book because the story had such a profound impact on me. Her name is Kanna and without this book, she wouldnt have the name that i know her by. This story truly is one of the greats.

This manga shows Urasawa’s genius mind for writing a story.

goated

Loving the story so far, but the book/manga itself came with torn cover.

I bought the first three volumes of this series after finishing Monster and at a friend of mines recommendation. I thought Monster couldn’t possibly be topped, well in my opinion this series here is Urasawa’s magnum opus. Upon reading this and the second volume I immediately purchased the rest asap and I have been loving it the whole way through. This series has a lot more pomp and circumstance than Monster. It can be difficult to adjust to the time jumps and connect with the characters initially because of them but before to long you will be all in on this one. It’s like a sci-fi goonies I mean what’s not to love!?