I read this the first time being 29 years old and the way the characters handle not being children anymore, realizing they became adults in a dystopian world and handling their "past sins" hit very near home and transformed reading this manga into a great meta-experience, making me think about my current situation, my past memories as a child and so on
Gensokyology yeah I heard it will have 8 OVA episodes which sounds perfect for me. Although with the whole coronavirus going around I’m not sure on the release date
@@elbaro4030 You can't compare these two, because it is so different in genres and themes. 20th century boys is something a lot of people could read and enjoy, while Oyasumi punpun is a really hard manga. I won't recommend punpun to someone who is mentallly struggling.
I just really love how Urasawa-sensei pulled 20th century boys’ ridiculous plot off The plot itself is just ridiculous “Someone made a cult about a group of friends’ imaginations and made all those imaginations real and that group of friends try to stop it from happening” He made that ridiculous plot to something serious and interesting 20th century boys is a must read for someone who really likes manga
I love how he starts the whole thing off with this very naturalistic feel, only to slowly have it descend into madness. Almost as though Friend is twisting reality itself around him.
*Billy Bat, Monster, Pluto, 20th/21st Century Boys, even his 2018 French-named one,* they are all like books, great journeys spanning so many hours of hard work.
This manga is more complex than any other one , even the slightest side character has an effect on the story that makes it more like a novel , really the mangaka has given great efforts , and it make it more interesting with the plot from the start to end
Sadakiyo.. I feel bad for him.. he was manipulated all his life as he was so shy.. and just wanted to be accepted Prefer his book ending to the movie ending.
Honestly this manga didn’t feel like it had a main character. More like it’s focus was the childhood friend group. It’s easy to say kenji is the main character but after the bloody New Years that becomes untrue.
I remember when I was a kid still living in Germany, a friend of mine who I regularly talked about manga with said he just started reading this really cool new story. I then borrowed the book from him every time he was done reading and finished it the night of the same day. Then, every morning on the way to school, we’d talk and theorize about what could happen next, but urasawa still surprised us every time. We then waited for our local bookstore to stock up on manga and read the final two books in English because they didn’t have them in German. I have lots of fond memories reading this manga and discovered the whole world of urasawas books shortly after.
I started reading the manga 16 days ago and only finished reading it a couple of days ago, but this song feels so nostalgic just like the manga itself. as if I spent my childhood with these characters
I don't now how to describe 20th century boys but for me this is not a manga. This is more complex, it's like a novel. Naoki sensei is on the next level, nobody can write and drawn stories like Naoki. When I was reading 20th I felt so immersed on the story and characters, this is an impossible fact on another mangas. RESPECT FOR HIM AND KENJI!
Truly one of the great manga of all time.Others might listen to this song and said “meh”, but we the readers of this beautifully made manga might said “wow, so this is the song that made the police to not shoot”
it would just be really, really hard to give it justice, 20th Century Boys is fucking massive, just imagine how much work would need to be put in. Though, I would love it if they just animate to the Bloody New Year's Eve and put a middle finger like "read the fucking manga" tho, not enough people read it man
It's because in Japan there was a cult named Ohmshinryo which did all the horrible things which is showed in the manga. Manipulating people , drugs , virus. I think I don't need to explain anymore...
I live inside your house wtf haha youre from the other comment section, thanks for the recs i havent read kokou no hitou or billy bat so ill check those out
This is my favorite rendition of this song... im sorry i gave up guitar, i failed you Kenji. In other news, this was the last manga that left such an impact. What an incredible experience.
ボブ・レノン (Bob Lennon) Lyric Performed by: 遠藤 賢司/ケンジ (Endou Kenji) From: ２０世紀少年 (Twentieth Century Boys) 日が暮れて どこからか hi ga kurete doko kara ka カレーの匂いがしてる karee (curry) no nioi ga shiteru どれだけ歩いたら 家にたどりつけるかな dore dake aruitara ie ni tadori tsukeru kana 僕のお気に入りの 肉屋のコロッケは boku no oki ni iri no nikuya no korokke (croquette) wa いつもどおりの味で 待っててくれるかな itsumo doori no aji de mattete kureru kana 地球の上に夜が来る chikyuu no ue ni yoru ga kuru 僕は今 家路を急いでる boku wa ima ieji o isogu 来年のことを言うと 鬼が笑うっていうなら rainen no koto o iu to oni ga warautte iu nara 笑いたいだけ 笑わせとけばいい waraitai dake warawase tokeba ii 僕は言い続けるよ 5年先10年先のことを boku wa ii tsuzukeru yo gonen saki juunen saki no koto o 50年後も キミとこうしているだろうと gojuunen go mo kimi to koushite iru darou to 地球の上に夜が来る chikyuu no ue ni yoru ga kuru 僕は今 家路を急ぐ boku wa ima ieji o isogu 雨が降っても 嵐が来ても ame ga futte mo arashi ga kite mo やりが降ろうとも みんな家に帰ろう yari ga furou to mo minna ie ni kaerou 邪魔させない 誰にも止める権利はない jama sasenai dare ni mo tomeru kenri wa nai 地球の上に夜が来る chikyuu no ue ni yoru ga kuru 僕は今 家路を急ぐ boku wa ima ieji o isogu 世界中に夜が来る sekaijuu ni yoru ga kuru 世界中が家路を急ぐ sekaijuu ga ieji o isogu そんな毎日が キミのまわりで sonna mainichi ga kimi no mawari de ずっと ずっと 続きますように… zutto zutto tsuzukimasu you ni…
@@anasmadani5217 This is the original version that Kenji made, the one on Kannas cassette tape. there's a version with the extended melody on RU-vid, just search Bob Lennon
This isn't even manga, its literature. What Naoki Urusawa pulled off with this banger is unmatchable and uncomparable to any piece of fiction I have heard of. It's just BRILLIANT
It's the only fiction, that I would compare with the real life world. The manga shows us by his darkest side, that a world conspiracy is truly possible. It's so scary...
This Manga feels like a magnet, was recommended it, tried reading a few chapters, the next thing I knew, I was hooked, couldn't stop reading, I could feel that the story was attracting me lmao and it was physically impossible to stop reading, the next thing I knew, I finished the manga in the second day. Wow, the story, plot, main characters, side characters, story arcs, story themes, morals and *FRIEND*, they were all beyond perfect. Instantly became one of my all time favourites. Would recommend this manga to anyone, if you thought stuff like AoT was a rollercoster of emotions, you haven't seen shit yet.
Ayo, can you recomend me some mangas? You sound like someone who knows good shit. So far i've read tokyo ghoul, monster, 20th century boys, Ajin and a few more I cant remember the names right now. Im struggling to find good mangas recently
@@Dornana If you don't mind reading online (there is no physical release in english as of yet) Space Brothers is an awesome manga about two brothers becoming astronauts, overcoming hardships and chasing their dream. It's both funny and heart felt. One of the best mangas I've ever read apart from Urasawas.
Started this like October last year... And with the way the world is now I'm just waiting for a robot attack and assassination attempt on the Pope to start freaking out.
Spoilers.... I just loved the fact that even "Friend" wanted to hear this song from kenji while he was dying.... Even "Friend" loved this song. "When you hear a man singing a song , dont shoot him" Truly a masterpiece ، one of my top three mangas.
@@SoDaoudi it wasnt just any kind of music , it was the song of his rival , his biggest enemy.. If you ask me , the moral of this was proving the power of art , how art can make you even want to listen to the song of your biggest enemy.
well the guta lala suda lala melody was originally made up by Katsumata or "second" Friend (the copy of the copy) ;) Kenji added the rest if the lyrics, so Katsumata basically wanted to hear his and kenjis song once again before he dies
This is the song that saved the world....this is the song that makes me believe that I can live alone forever even if I fail to keep my family happy.....
Tenia este manga pendiente (porque nunca lo encontraba completo), y por fin lo pude terminar este año, solo puedo decir que es una joya quede atrapada e intrigada en cada capitulo, me gustaria que mas personas la conocieran.
X2 me lo terminé el Domingo y lo único que me queda es recomendar éste manga a muerte!! Desde que lo terminé ya no encuentro ningun manga o anime que le llegue a los talones a ésta obra maestra...
Segundo año retornando y vaya cosas que han pasado. Ciertamente la vida es un camino impredecible y los cambios que he vivido en 365 días son incontables. Mi país paso por una 2 crisis, compre nuevos patines, gane una beca, di un examen aparentemente poco importante para otros pero sumamente importante para mí. Espero ver que trae este año. Ojalá consiga trabajo ya que me graduó y ojalá siga viviendo.
Tercer año volviendo. No puedo creer como todo es tan caótico como todo cambia y yo cambio con todo. No me gradué aún. Tampoco conseguí trabajo de la carrera, pero al menos hay vida. Logré ir a Japón conocí a alguien importante en distintos ámbitos considérables. La vida es caótica. Y a modo de chiste, mi país paso por 3 crisis hahaha.
@@aaastooges ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-tgsj8keTXdI.html that's the second version of the song, with the addition of the "gutalala sudalala" part, just like in the manga
"The fences and gates were torn down by the ravenous crowd. And before you knew it, it was a free concert if you really go for it." -Kenji And more than 500,000 people have at least listened to this song.
WHEN I HEARD ABOUT 20TH CENTURY BOYS, I THOUGHT IT COULDN'T BE BETTER THAN MONSTER{ANOTHER MASTERPIECE FROM NAOKI URASAWA}, BUT I COMPLETED IN A SINGLE DAY
