20th Century Boys

[mow]

Is anyone other than myself reading this magnificent master piece? If you havent heard of it, do check it out. I can gurantee you thats its a wonder. If you want a brief synopios and review check
http://forums.narutofan.com/showthread.php?t=4380

its the first review

Edit:- get the manga here

www.mangascreener.com
OR
www.thehawks.org (go to downloads)

[blind51de]

I keep hearing about its awesomeness, but I just have no time to check it out.
Has it been animated yet?

[mow]

not yet but hoefully soon, one of the authors earlier works "monster" is animated, so hopefully a studio will pick this one up too . But seriously, its probabily the greatest manga ive read in my whole life, the stroy is simply suprb, the mangaka is an amazing writer, the art work might look average but the story makes reading it more thna worth while

[Last of the Uchihas]

If thisi s the same guy from "Monster" then i will it a try. Also, i read your description in the thread and it looks very interesting.

[mow]

If thisi s the same guy from "Monster" then i will it a try. Also, i read your description in the thread and it looks very interesting.

yes its by the same author of the magnificent "Monster". Trust me, when you read 20th century boys youll forget all about naruto and any other manag in existance, its that good. the author is my fav manga ka of all time and has so many other splendid works.

Im so glad my review made yuo interested in reading it. you will not be dissapointed at all :)

[Last of the Uchihas]

yes its by the same author of the magnificent "Monster". Trust me, when you read 20th century boys youll forget all about naruto and any other manag in existance, its that good. the author is my fav manga ka of all time and has so many other splendid works.

Im so glad my review made yuo interested in reading it. you will not be dissapointed at all :)


By the way, do you know any other site than have this manga. the thing si that my university doesn't allow me to dowload from the internet such things as bittorrent and the other software.

If not, then that's okay because once i get home i can downlaod anything i want. Thanks in advance.

[mow]

By the way, do you know any other site than have this manga. the thing si that my university doesn't allow me to dowload from the internet such things as bittorrent and the other software.

If not, then that's okay because once i get home i can downlaod anything i want. Thanks in advance.

oh the only site i know is mangascreener, sry bout that, damn univeristies, i have the same problem as yours!

[Last of the Uchihas]

oh the only site i know is mangascreener, sry bout that, damn univeristies, i have the same problem as yours!

That's ok man, thanks anyway. The funny thing is that my korean roomate can download anything he wants using the same internet connection as me, and fast, Damn that guy. I have to ask him how he does it. Let me beat the shit out of him so that he can give me the information that i want. If he tells me, then i will tell you. How about it?


By the way, is the storyline better than death Note? Because that is one kick ass manga that doesn't have any action at all, just the addcitive storyline which first class. If by any chance you haven't read Death Note, i urge you to do it immediately because you are missing a great master piece in my opinion.

[Confucius345]

Yeah this manga definetly sounds interesting i will check it out!

[mow]

By the way, is the storyline better than death Note? Because that is one kick ass manga that doesn't have any action at all, just the addcitive storyline which first class. If by any chance you haven't read Death Note, i urge you to do it immediately because you are missing a great master piece in my opinion.


oh i adore Death note, but 20th century boys is in a completely different level, plus i honestly can compare them, 20CB is already in its 17 volume, while DN just began

[Last of the Uchihas]

oh i adore Death note, but 20th centruy boys is i a completely different level, plusi honestly can compare them, 20CB is alread y in its 17 volume, while DN just began


Better than Death Note? I can't wait until i get home and start downloading that series.

Also, one more question.

When i went to the site, i clicked on the manga but it only appeared the translation without images, just the text. Is it something that i'm doing wrong, or is it located in another area. Sorry for asking so many questions.

[mow]

Better than Death Note? I can't wait until i get home and start downloading that series.

Also, one more question.

When i went to the site, i clicked on the manga but it only appeared the translation without images, just the text. Is it something that i'm doing wrong, or is it located in another area. Sorry for asking so many questions.

oh i have a huge spot in my heart for 20CB causei love the manga ka, so i might be biased but still check it out

oh the website doesnt host the manga, but they have bittorrent links to download it through

and i dont mind the questions man, im glad i could help :amuse

[Last of the Uchihas]

oh i have a huge spot in my heart for 20CB causei love the manga ka, so i might be biased but still check it out

oh the website doesnt host the manga, but they have bittorrent links to download it through

and i dont mind the questions man, im glad i could help :amuse


Thanks you very much for all the help, i really appreciated it. :smile-big

[mow]

Thanks you very much for all the help, i really appreciated it. :smile-big

np man :amuse, heres the lnik for the torrent

If the link in mangascreener.com doesnt work, go to

www.thehawks.org

go to downloads,

20th century boys is the first on the list

[4thokage]

I just started with the manga dew days ago (currently at chapter 108) and i have to say its supreme the story the charas ist just awesome thx for that moe my "Friend" :D

[mow]

:Gaipose YES! im getting someone addicted to it! istn it a masterpiece my friend? it was confusing at first but the story just explodes then

[4thokage]

yeah really is kenjii still alive and who is friend...no wait dont spoil anything ive got to see it with my own eyes.
there is always suspense in some way and i cant stop reading it in fact its my fav. manga now (sec. Naruto,third Death Note) is it still running ? I dont know why but when i look at the images it looks for me like some "old style" pictures.

[mow]

lol the manag has so many twists but i wont spoil it for you :amuse

yeah the manga ka style is kinda old, but he makes up fopr it BIG time with the great story, its still running in Big spirits japan, they are up to volume 17 right now

check out some of his other stuff, Monster is great, read it at
www.anime-source.com

[4thokage]

I started Monster once i was at chapter 3 but somehow i forgot to continue well ive got to restart it if its the same manga ka :D

[mow]

yep its great, also pineapple army, master keaton, Happy!, and pluto

[4thokage]

where where where? :drool
ive got a serious problem if they are all so good like 20 cb :smile-big

[mow]

Happy ,pine apple army, and pluto you can find it at
www.mangascreener.com

monster you can read it at
www.anime-source.com

master keaton i juts read the first chapters of but i have no ides where to get it

[4thokage]

Noooo i wont get any sleep this week but thank for this.

[kevin77]

lol, i've had 20th century boys on my computer for 3 months. I read the first chapter and wasn't impressed by the art (I was reading Gantz concurrently and there is a huge difference between them) so I stopped. But I think i'm gonna start reading it again.

[mow]

the art work might no seem impressive, but trust me the story more than makes up for it

[ninamori]

I love 20th CB... The latest chapter mabe me go, "WTF???? *spoiler, not gunna say* OMG MY LIFE NOW HAS MEANING AGAIN!" *dances like a monkey*

....that made me seem stupid... but I love it that much. It used to be slightly boring, but then the plot exploded in my face.

[Xenophobia]

Glad to see there are other fans that appreciate the wonderful work of this mangaka. Its sad how some people will judge the work just based on the artwork, but trust me, once you started reading it more and more you will learn to appreciate the wonderful drawing, since the mangaka is able to capture all the emotions of the characters.

This manga can put all most all of any other manga to shame, the story is beautifully written, and with so my twist in events that will keep you guessing.

I love this manga, just too bad that people arent giving it as much of a chance like Naruto, Bleach or One Piece...

[mow]

I love 20th CB... The latest chapter mabe me go, "WTF???? *spoiler, not gunna say* OMG MY LIFE NOW HAS MEANING AGAIN!" *dances like a monkey*

....that made me seem stupid... but I love it that much. It used to be slightly boring, but then the plot exploded in my face.

I KNOWWWWWWWW!!!! "" i have now became the devil"!!! OMG !!!! I WAS INSANE WHEN I READ THAT PART!!!! *insert fanboy screm here*

Glad to see there are other fans that appreciate the wonderful work of this mangaka. Its sad how some people will judge the work just based on the artwork, but trust me, once you started reading it more and more you will learn to appreciate the wonderful drawing, since the mangaka is able to capture all the emotions of the characters.

This manga can put all most all of any other manga to shame, the story is beautifully written, and with so my twist in events that will keep you guessing.

I love this manga, just too bad that people arent giving it as much of a chance like Naruto, Bleach or One Piece...

I know naruto and bleach are trash compared to it

[Limitles Shadow]

This is one awsome manga.
I read all volumes last night (dled them a few weeks ago but been busy with exams).
Definately on a whole nother level. Everything planned from the beginning (you can tell), it's just awsome.

[mow]

This is one awsome manga.
I read all volumes last night (dled them a few weeks ago but been busy with exams).
Definately on a whole nother level. Everything planned from the beginning (you can tell), it's just awsome.

its marvellous isnt it? the writing is simply superb . Im glasd theres another 20th CB fan on board :amuse

[Limitles Shadow]

I found it quite amazing how the author could plan almost the whole series thats happened thus far since the beginning. I didn't find it difficult to follow (as some review sites suggested) - it was pretty straight forward that the time period is around 2000 (hence the title) and that the past were just flashbacks which gave us insight into charcter development.

I like how he gives us their memories in gaps (which the author fills in later). Reminds me of Momento.

[blind51de]

Yup, yup. Definitely.
God, there are some people here who think Naruto has a masterful plot. Kishimoto can't even keep his own continuity in even three pieces.

20CB has the best plot-work in a manga I have ever read.

[Last of the Uchihas]

i finally saw it and i was impress by the entire storyline. Thanks Moe for introducing me to this series. Also, now anime-source is hosting the manga, so go check it out.

[4thokage]

yeah but only till chapter 44

[Last of the Uchihas]

yeah but only till chapter 44

Yes, but 44 chapters is better than nothing at all, right. :wink

[mow]

Yup, yup. Definitely.
God, there are some people here who think Naruto has a masterful plot. Kishimoto can't even keep his own continuity in even three pieces.

20CB has the best plot-work in a manga I have ever read.

indeed, there are too much nautoards, I enjoy kishimotos artwork and I m looking forward to ther other series he will make in the future in hope of a great develompent, but naruto + bleach are not evevn .0000000000000000000001% of how great one chapter of 20th CB is


i finally saw it and i was impress by the entire storyline. Thanks Moe for introducing me to this series. Also, now anime-source is hosting the manga, so go check it out.

no problem my friend, we are here to serve, im glad you are all enjoying this masterpiece as much as i am

okay how about we being making debates about the story? and post theorioes too

[4thokage]

can somebody host volume 17 for me i dont wont to be "spoiled" and im dieing of curiosity

[mow]

can somebody host volume 17 for me i dont wont to be "spoiled" and im dieing of curiosity

give me 20-30 minutes and youll be reading the new chapter :)

[4thokage]

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh thank you moe you are my hero

[mow]

*does the hero pose*lol no problem man, anything for a pal :amuse

here you go mate:-
http://s12.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0FX5MOAZ8HSWS1OZ7433MVK1YH

i cant wait till you read the last pages of this volume, i garuntee that you will completely flip out!

[4thokage]

Warning this thread will contain Spoilers from now on
*flips completely out* I knew it I knew it i knew it I knew it that was so cool the devil is back oh yeah
now i cant wait for the next chapter

[mow]

lol " i guess im now the devil"
man thats the coolest line EVER!

[4thokage]

lol " i guess im now the devil"
man thats the coolest line EVER!
yeah really but what was he doing all the time
btw I love the first and the last picture of volume 17 theyr both great :smile-big

[mow]

yweah i know! i cant wait for the next volume to find out what happened, Ursawa is probabily come up with an incredible explanation

[4thokage]

or he was just making music ;)
Im wondering if fukubei (dont know if thats right) was friend or if he was only a fake

[Naruto_Heart]

omg...i just downloaded chapter 1-16 yesterday...

and then i started reading it...i intended to stop at chapter 5....but i couldnt...i went all the way till chapter 14 before finally pulling myside away from the computer...

man...serious...this got to be the best plot ever to be presented in a manga...it started screwing with my mind right from the start...

phew..my brain really need a rest now...

anyway im here to thanks the topic starter for recommending such a great manga to us.

[mow]

your welcome man, im glad my pimping of the manga is making ppl like it :D

[Yukimura]

>< Volumes 1-6 is 43% done....

Faster, darn you!

[mow]

Hangin There Its Woth Every Moment!

[Naruto_Heart]

absolutely agreed...

hey so the latest is still volume 17?

thanks

[mow]

yep, volume 18 will be published in about 2-3 monthas i guess, how im going to survive i dont know :/

[Naruto_Heart]

oh mannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn

im beginning to kinda hate you for recommending such addictive stuffs to me...how am i supposed to live another 2-3months without it :p

[mow]

oh mannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn

im beginning to kinda hate you for recommending such addictive stuffs to me...how am i supposed to live another 2-3months without it :p

sounds like you are planning to hunt me down!!!

but if you want to spnd your time reading a good manga, check

BECK
NATIONAL QUIZ
MONSTER

ther are all in www.mangascreener.com and are all great

[4thokage]

moe i love the last sentence in you signature its the best i ever saw :D

[mow]

hey 4th whats up man!

man im gonig to make a kenji avy and sig, remember the pic in the first chapter with him using the brrom as a guitar, that will be my sig :P im going to have it coloured and made asa sig

can you send that pic for me please?

[4thokage]

im fine and you?
sry i dont have the first chapters anymore i dont have much space so i deleted them but maybe that can be useful
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/ninjin/wall/wall20th800.jpg

[mow]

AWESOMNESS! i repped you man!

[4thokage]

:wOOt ive got repped thanks moe
dont you think kenji almost didint get older while yoshitsune and otocho look like old geezers?

[mow]

Psst edit your posts in white so we wont spoil it for others

I know thats exactly what im thinking, i think friend had him frozen or something, rmeber that friend did age at all


edit: heres the avy

http://img84.exs.cx/img84/1839/untitled7xg.jpg

[4thokage]

but i warned all cause i dont want to do this all the time :sad
that avy rocks kenji is the man
or maybe they are both clones since fukubei diedut somehow i dont like that ieda

[mow]

man i cant wait for vol 18, everything ive predicted till now is always wrong, the man is an amazing writer!

[4thokage]

two or three months alhflahfhj there is no smilie and no words who can express the pain i feel right now

[mow]

two or three months alhflahfhj there is no smilie and no words who can express the pain i feel right now

man my fav scene is when

the italian priest went to the old man who told him friend wanted "the new book of prophices" to be everywhere and to be become the new bible,

MAN THAT PART ROCKED!!!

[4thokage]

yeaht that rocked but my fav part was
when they teamed up to defeat the robo the pic when they look at the robo that was soooo cool (that what is used in the history books)
and you changed your sig now it even better:D

[mow]

oh man that part! the pic was awesome,the manag is just so damn good, it feels more like a real book than a manag

lol i linked this thread with the quote

[4thokage]

i know i love taht sentece :D
yeah your words are ao true its really liuke a book
you should get the manga enceclopedia (i know) back in your signature its a great thread

[mow]

i know i love taht sentece :D
yeah your words are ao true its really liuke a book
you should get the manga enceclopedia (i know) back in your signature its a great thread


Have you read monster yet? you should casue its also great!

i want the lnik back up, but i alread close to 500 chaarcters allowed in a sig, cant add anything more :darn

[4thokage]

ive started monster but at the moment i have to finish gantz

[Akamaru Mask]

I'll start 20thCB tommorrow!

[4thokage]

I'll start 20thCB tommorrow!
do that its really great

[Akamaru Mask]

race time rival!!!

[mow]

I'll start 20thCB tommorrow!

yes man, you will be in love, trust me!

[4thokage]

race time rival!!!
please dont spam this thread

[mow]

man how about when they went to the mansion on the hill? that was a great part, espical y with friend not being able to see his own face in the mirror

[4thokage]

oh yeah that was great to but
when friend rises at the expo i knew it but u had such a feeling in my stomach while reading that

[mow]

O.o!! man *when he raised his finger in the air, and they all figured out how is is ebcoming like a god! pw3nage

[4thokage]

that was really awesome man i I though that
Fukubei would be a hero when he falls to death that was really surprising that he was friend

[mow]

yeah he was the last person i expected, i even though Kenji was friend early on and he was just toying with everyone

But dont you think Friend is the best villian of all time? How he manuplitues and destroyes evertyhing,its very clear in volume 17 when he began giving vaccines to only certain ppl and how that caused everyonme to kill each other, hes more like a demon! and whats scary that you feel he is human like, he ahs no super powers or anything, he's just pure evil

[4thokage]

yes at the beginig i though it was otocho or sadakyo before we met them but not him

[mow]

or when the holy mother sais " i crushed 50000 ppl with my feet, i am godzilla

[4thokage]

yeah that was surprising or the face of sadakyu in the simulation funny :D
its 150 000 i think

[mow]

lol the girl was so creeped out! it was funny though, but i cant belive he killed their old ffriend who came back from german, that part reall tore my apart

[4thokage]

yes that was sad im really wondering how the powers of the ice queen have developed

[mow]

Greatly, I cant wait to see her when she see kenji again

man kenji looked so bad ass when he came riding the bike

[4thokage]

yeah some times ive get a exciting feeling if i read watch a anime/manga that scene was one this times (there are alot in 20 cb)

[mow]

man i hope iot become an anime soon, its so damn good

[4thokage]

man i hope iot become an anime soon, its so damn good
yeah but if the mess it up ill go berserk and kill some ppl

[mow]

i know what you mean! but they mad emonster good so i doubt they will ruin this
man i want to hear kenji's song so bad!!!!

[4thokage]

oh yeah they must have a pretty good soundtrack since hes listening to music all the time

[mow]

T.Rex baby! thats the whoel reason i checked the manga, 20th century boy is actualyl a name of a very old song which made me check the manag

man music and manag pw3n everything else

[4thokage]

T.Rex baby! thats the whoel reason i checked the manga, 20th century boy is actualyl a name of a very old song which made me check the manag

man music and manag pw3n everything else
well for me its manga and movies thatn music and anime is the song good?
thank you whoever wrote this song :smile-big

[mow]

its a great old rock song from the 60's by T.Rex

[4thokage]

I`ll check it out someday they mention it in the manga right?

[mow]

yep they do, i think they even have the lyrics

[4thokage]

yep they do, i think they even have the lyrics
yeah when mon-chan is hearing it in the car i think what is the song about did it inspire the managka i mean therd must bd something if he named a manga after it

[Naruto_Heart]

SPOILERS













YES!!!!!!!!!!! i knew it...he cant be dead...he is the ultimate hero whos gonna save the world from despair...hailed Kenji-sama!!!!!!!!!!!!!


hahahahahahah, i can feel tears rushing out of my eyes when i finally get to see him alive...man...so inspiring.

[4thokage]

haha so u read all our spoilers? :D

[mow]

Kenji Ruless~!

[4thokage]

Kenji Ruless~!
true true and justice never dies

[mow]

true true and justice never dies

man with that gun in his hand!

WE SHALL DEFEAT THE FROG EMPORER!!!

[4thokage]

the lazzer gan i loved that
im wondering what the frog emperor is doing do you think he will come back?

[mow]

oh yeah he definiatly will
hell bring the holy mother with him too

[Naruto_Heart]

haha so u read all our spoilers? :D

nope...i just finished reading chapter 17 today...oh man...cant imagine my joy to see the hero still alive and kicking...apparently he gonna rock the world with his guitar :laugh

[mow]

naruto heart! cover the spoliers with white colour! :P

[4thokage]

nope...i just finished reading chapter 17 today...oh man...cant imagine my joy to see the hero still alive and kicking...apparently he gonna rock the world with his guitar :laugh

ok sorry i thought so because you said that you would see him finaly again and i thought that you didnt saw him at the end of 17
but finaly a third one to discuss about the awesomeness of this manga

[neutrinos]

Thanks moe for getting me into this addictive manga. It has a very interesting plot lol. I always thought that Fukubei was a suspicous fellow, but the author sure messed my prediction up when he fell off the building.

[mow]

Thanks moe for getting me into this addictive manga. It has a very interesting plot lol. I always thought that Fukubei was a suspicous fellow, but the author sure messed my prediction up when he fell off the building.


oh man your more than welocme, i was sure that once any one reads the first chapter that theyd get hooked on it :amuse . But never try to guess, trust me you will fail misreably, im quite god at prdicating what will happen in mangas but when it comes to 20th boys, i suck totally! :laugh

[4thokage]

yes we grow mwuhahahaha
moe we should make a fc
Bad Good

Owner = Friend or Kenji
co owner =the long hair guy or yoshitsune
and all the other charas :D
and you dont suck

[mow]

I think this thread is more of an fc actually, but man VOLUME 18 COME OUT SOON DAMMIT! im gonna die if i dont read the bloody thing!

[4thokage]

there arent single chapters around are they?
lets kidnap the mangaka and force him to write faster ( i guess taht makes us to devils :D)

[Code]

Well I just started reading this manga. A lot better than I expected, thought it will be like monster in tone and stuff. Read all the way into the 2nd volume once I started. This manga is really good so far.

I'm wondering when did this series start?

[mow]

hm im not quite sure, but i guess he began it right after Monster eded, which was around 2000 i think. He has another manga at the same time right now, its called PLUTO. Its based on Osmua's Astroboy (pluto was the name of one of the villians) and i heard ureswa is making it AMAZING. but i havent check it out cause the only way to get it is through irc, hich i cant install.

[4thokage]

tell me where and i dowload and host it for you
Edit: I found chapters 1-13 can you give me a site where i can upload it for you?
Edit 2: found 14 and 15 it says that 15 is the newest
Edit 3: found this site they got 9-14 mybe its useful for you for later http://www.strangyeard.co.uk/urasawa/
Edit 4: read it myself cant stop reading very very very good

[Code]

I'm surprised it's that new. Thought it was much older but seeing as how it seems to be currently running I guess not.

Well I read 2 more volumes after that and the manga just got better.

I'm up to the point where we see Otcho and that monk guy. If Otcho is Shogun then that was a bit too obvious.

[4thokage]

I'm surprised it's that new. Thought it was much older but seeing as how it seems to be currently running I guess not.

Well I read 2 more volumes after that and the manga just got better.

yeah i thought the same
it sucks that we have to wait for the next volume but its better this way just imagine it would be finished :confused

[Naruto_Heart]

go kenji go kenji go go go...Justice never dies!!!!!!!!!!!


wahahahahahahaahhahahaha

i simply cant wait for chapter 18.

[mow]

JUSTICE NEVER DIES!!!!


4th use this webiste to host it

wwww.yousendit.com

[Naruto_Heart]

just how on earth did the author manage to plan so much things ahead?

its even more amazing that he even came up with such an unique and original idea...

but what really earn my respect for this manga is the smooth flow of the story thus far.
...normally a lot of manga screw up when the story timeline skip around the past and future...

BUT
the fact that he is able to knit them all together so nicely to form an incredible story without ever breaking the tempo of the manga is just simply amazing to say the least.

[mow]

just how on earth did the author manage to plan so much things ahead?

its even more amazing that he even came up with such an unique and original idea...

but what really earn my respect for this manga is the smooth flow of the story thus far.
...normally a lot of manga screw up when the story timeline skip around the past and future...

BUT
the fact that he is able to knit them all together so nicely to form an incredible story without ever breaking the tempo of the manga is just simply amazing to say the least.

EXACTLY, and he does so IN EVERY SINGLE MANGA. hes an amazing writer

[4thokage]

I hosted it now OMG it took ages
http://s11.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0Q4PURVPHWI7F0HAGWXAS030DX

[mow]

oh man thak you so freaking much! ui repped you

[4thokage]

I was lazy so i copied all the files into number one so ther is the first chapter and the other zip files in there :sweatdrop
tell me what you think about it

[mow]

OH MY GOD!!! THE MANGA IS AWESOM!!! i just read 10 pages and it kicks ass!!

'Im a robot" wow! and the scene with the other robot when he told her that her husband died! man Ursawa is a god!

[4thokage]

:wOOt I knew you would share my opinion it just kicks ass the characters are very well done i like atom and the teddy bear and of course all the others.
arghhhhhhhh im not around today (at my fathers place) maybe well see us tomorrow

[Code]

I'm in the middle of Volume 11 now and now I have to read it at a slower pace since torrent is the only way to get this aside from downloading it chapter by chapter off a irc bot with queue limits..

But one thing I'm not liking at all is Kanna has ESP-like powers. I'm guessing inherited it from Friend. I'd hate for this to turn into some supernatural manga crap... didn't care much for it till the "her power is awaking" comment. The manga has been absolutely great otherwise.

[Naruto_Heart]

I'm in the middle of Volume 11 now and now I have to read it at a slower pace since torrent is the only way to get this aside from downloading it chapter by chapter off a irc bot with queue limits..

But one thing I'm not liking at all is Kanna has ESP-like powers. I'm guessing inherited it from Friend. I'd hate for this to turn into some supernatural manga crap... didn't care much for it till the "her power is awaking" comment. The manga has been absolutely great otherwise.

lol...my Friend...its is totally natural for someone unique in this world to have some kinda of supernatural power isn it?

glad to have you on board to share this awesome manga...all along i thought Naruto is a great series with a great story...
but after watching 20th Century boys...i truly understand what it means to have a great story lol...
its now on par with my all time favourite, Full Metal Alchemist :D

[Code]

Bending spoons is fine and all, even floating but...

Being able to kill a guy by stopping his breathing with nothing but a look... I'd rather have Kenji vs. Friend than Kanna vs. Friend in a super psychic battle finale...

[Naruto_Heart]

Bending spoons is fine and all, even floating but...

Being able to kill a guy by stopping his breathing with nothing but a look... I'd rather have Kenji vs. Friend than Kanna vs. Friend in a super psychic battle finale...


OH is that really so? i must have missed it...could you kindly tell me in which chapter does kanna use her so called supernatural powers? thanks

[Code]

OH is that really so? i must have missed it...could you kindly tell me in which chapter does kanna use her so called supernatural powers? thanks
In the very beginning of chapter 110.

[Naruto_Heart]

lol...looks can kill really...

perhaps she is a successor of the uchiha clan? who knows she might be using tyskuyomi on that guy lol

[Code]

Well I'm in the middle of Volume 15. About to finish 16 which is the last volume I can find translated.

Is there any past Volume 16 translated out in chapters or so or does the author only release in volumes and 17 is the latest?

I was happy when "friend" was finally dead... but damn... Why can't he just stay dead? He has come back to life 3 times now... It kind of makes me feel that this might drag on forever...

[Naruto_Heart]

Well I'm in the middle of Volume 15. About to finish 16 which is the last volume I can find translated.

Is there any past Volume 16 translated out in chapters or so or does the author only release in volumes and 17 is the latest?

I was happy when "friend" was finally dead... but damn... Why can't he just stay dead? He has come back to life 3 times now... It kind of makes me feel that this might drag on forever...

http://www.thehawks.org/hawks/bt/index.php?dir=.%2F20th_Century_Boys

please go to this link to get chapter 17, the most current chapter...

eh...sorry to spoil it for you...since you said something regarding 'friend', that means you will be in for a nasty surprise in chap 17....lol

[Code]

The ending of Volume 17 was great... just what I wanted.

I do hope Kenji is more focused on. Kanna is cool and all but it would be better if Kenji was the Hero once again...

[hollis]

hello guys. im new to this forum.
i've read 20th century boys form 1 - 16. im also got the same problem where i can't download torrent coz my internet connections are behind a strict firewall. and then i found this great site that has 20th CB direct download.
http://www.tidwah.net.
they got 20thCB 1-16. search in the release section. They also got other interesting mangas.
anyone can give me volume 17. i want to read volume 17 but i cant find any direct download available.
i've read the post where moe post the files on yousendit, but it's already expires. can u post it again moe? thanks before!

[Naruto_Heart]

hey hollis...welcome aboard :)

if you wanna the link for chapter 17...just click the link under my post directly above yours, above Code post to be exact.

enjoy

[mow]

hello guys. im new to this forum.
i've read 20th century boys form 1 - 16. im also got the same problem where i can't download torrent coz my internet connections are behind a strict firewall. and then i found this great site that has 20th CB direct download.
http://www.tidwah.net.
they got 20thCB 1-16. search in the release section. They also got other interesting mangas.
anyone can give me volume 17. i want to read volume 17 but i cant find any direct download available.
i've read the post where moe post the files on yousendit, but it's already expires. can u post it again moe? thanks before!

no worries mate, ill post it tomorrow :)

[hollis]

hey hollis...welcome aboard :)

if you wanna the link for chapter 17...just click the link under my post directly above yours, above Code post to be exact.

enjoy

Thanks 4 your concern Naruto_Heart. But as i said before, i can't download torrent and the link you gave me is a torrent download. But thanks anyway.
I guess i'll have to wait for Moe to post it again .
Right Moe?

[kakayanu]

yo..chollis my man..don't "ngarep" yo.!!!but i know the feeling behind the proxy in university yo..!!!

[Naruto_Heart]

Thanks 4 your concern Naruto_Heart. But as i said before, i can't download torrent and the link you gave me is a torrent download. But thanks anyway.
I guess i'll have to wait for Moe to post it again .
Right Moe?

lol...so sorry man...think im too over zealous in trying to provide the link for you that i completely missed the essense of your plight :P

is irc alright for you?

[hollis]

lol...so sorry man...think im too over zealous in trying to provide the link for you that i completely missed the essense of your plight :P

is irc alright for you?

thanks Naruto_Heart, but i think i can't use irc as well. that's b'coz my internet connection are behind a very strict firewall. Only http connection are allowed. I really appreciate 4 your concern Naruto_Heart :smile-big
or maybe you could post it on yousendit? Sorry to be such a bother :P

[Naruto_Heart]

hmm....i have little clues about using yousendit...

i think i need your email address to send the file to you isnt it?

[mow]

no worries guys ill be uploading volume 17 in 30-40 minutes
just bare with me, the website is going crazy today

[Naruto_Heart]

moe...everytime i see you my 'hatred' for you increases...joking.

i have been already trying to cut down the number of manga im following and then suddenly you came barging into my manga world by introducing such a great manga to me.

oh man...nowadays i only keep thinking of what is gonna happen in chapter 18 and nothing else...
think i have been infected too deeply...nowadays my mind would wander off and thinking...SPOILERS

will the world really end in 2015?


lol....think i better get in touch with the real world soon. hahaha

[mow]

moe...everytime i see you my 'hatred' for you increases...joking.

Why thank you! my goal excatly :laugh


i have been already trying to cut down the number of manga im following and then suddenly you came barging into my manga world by introducing such a great manga to me.

Man please read Monster then, along with National Quiz (this is political satiree at its best, trust me) Pluto, Beck and Hajime no ippo


oh man...nowadays i only keep thinking of what is gonna happen in chapter 18 and nothing else...
think i have been infected too deeply...nowadays my mind would wander off and thinking...SPOILERS

will the world really end in 2015?

I believe it will, the hero rises from the ashes, the final battle, yet they still lose


lol....think i better get in touch with the real world soon. hahaha

why? :P its more fun staying in the 20th CB world

Guys if you can, use the sentence in my sig to promote the manga okay? just link it up to this thread :amuse

EDIT: okay guys heres volume 17

http://s17.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3IAVIAMIUDN9Z13O35P4CCY5NS

[Naruto_Heart]

eh...monster? no thanks...

i tried following its anime but i was absolutely clueless about its plot lol...

but im very keen to try out National Quiz...seems very enchanting to me :)

care to provide the link?

thanks dood

[mow]

National Quiz can be found in
www.mangascreener.com

when it comes to scanlating great mangas, always count on mangascreener, they provide the best mangas around

[Naruto_Heart]

National Quiz can be found in
www.mangascreener.com

when it comes to scanlating great mangas, always count on mangascreener, they provide the best mangas around


thanks a bunch dood...

rep!

[hollis]

hey guys! i've done downloading volume 17! Thanks 4 moe! You're d best!
As 4 Naruto_Heart, i've found this alternate mirror site where you can download National Quiz via http. But they've got only until volume 3.
http://m.rephrase.net/
So, when do volume 18 will be released? i heard it haven't been released yet in Japan.
i've got this suspicious feeling that 20th CB will be end at vol 18.
Monster is ended at vol 18, so does Master Keaton.
Hm... do you think that number 18 has some special meaning 4 Urasawa Naoki?
Well, can't wait to see how the story will end..
Anyway, thanks 4 all the help you gave me guys!

[mow]

hey guys! i've done downloading volume 17! Thanks 4 moe! You're d best!
oh man im always happy to help out :amuse


As 4 Naruto_Heart, i've found this alternate mirror site where you can download National Quiz via http. But they've got only until volume 3.
http://m.rephrase.net/

National Quiz ends at volume 4, its short but hella good!


So, when do volume 18 will be released? i heard it haven't been released yet in Japan.
i've got this suspicious feeling that 20th CB will be end at vol 18.
Monster is ended at vol 18, so does Master Keaton.
Hm... do you think that number 18 has some special meaning 4 Urasawa Naoki?

Well what i know, the new volume will be released in about 2-3 months, so we all have to wait *stabs himself* about the 18 number, yeah it does seem like that, the thing is about 20th CB is that he can end it in one volume, or he can keep it for another 10, it will still be that good. this is just a remarkable talent that very few manga kas have


Well, can't wait to see how the story will end..
Anyway, thanks 4 all the help you gave me guys!
always a pleasure mate
:amuse

[mow]

okay new theory

If you recall in the beginning of volume 1, kanna wakes up and looks at her window, seeing the same machine as the one where Kenji (supposdly) died with. My guess is that Kenji made this machine this time around, to attack Friend's earth defense base. This will lead to the idea that the next volume could very well be the last volume of 20th CB. Imagine, a final encounter ebtween friend and Kenji, exactly like they had last time. wouldnt that rock?

eh :sweatdrop, sry for the bump.

[Naruto_Heart]

hmm...20th century boys...as the name implies...wouldnt it be more of a coincidence that its gonna end in Volume 20? lol

[mow]

hmm maybe as long as i get more 20thCB, im a happy fool!

[Naruto_Heart]

hmm maybe as long as i get more 20thCB, im a happy fool!

hey...i consider that quite 'insulting' :P

fool you may be...yet a fool like you manage to pull someone like myself to suffer together the anguish of waiting for volume 18...

hmm...wouldnt that makes me a bigger fool? :laugh

[GreatTeacherOnizuka]

i just downloaded volumes 1-16 but chapter 1 seems to be corrupted...can someone tell me where else i can get it

[4thokage]

i just downloaded volumes 1-16 but chapter 1 seems to be corrupted...can someone tell me where else i can get it
where did you download it?
and moe i think its just a dream of kanna

[GreatTeacherOnizuka]

http://thehawks.org/hawks/bt/index.php?dir=.%2F20th_Century_Boys
all the rest is fine but chapter 1 is corrupted n i cant open the ziip file

[GreatTeacherOnizuka]

oh dont worry about it...im just going to go to anime source n get chapter 1 page by page...thx anyway

[4thokage]

We watched a movie at school about the expo in japan and they showed that thing where friend stands on the top while kenji was on the robo and i think that thats were the assasin at the expo if you know what i mean that was so cool.

[Code]

I'm wondering or rather hoping...

All of Fukubei's death included getting shot were all tricks?

Kenji did say that friend pulled tricks in his reasoning to why he thinks Sadakiyo isn't friend. Hope that he doesn't really just come back to life...

[hollis]

hey guys!
i've been discussing this manga with my friend and then we came up with some theory.

God is 'friend's father!!!

we came for this theory based on these points :

[one] you see, there's only 3 character in the manga that have supernatural power which is kanna, friend, and god.
kanna got her supernatural power from his father, which is friend.
and where do you think friend got his supernatural power? is it gift? or gifted from his father? who's his father?
well i can't find any supernatural chara other than god.

[two] friend's family is rich, and maybe the field where the kenji's base are bought by friend's family coz friend are jealous not becoming the member of kenji's groups and so he ask his father to build the bowling alley in the field.
Remember the scene where little kenji and friends are protesting the construction of bowling alley? (Vol 14, third chapter, page 43)
and that's where the person are shown from the back, he's maybe definitely are god.

[three] god is still alive till the end although in my oppinion he can be a big threat to friend coz he can be very rich. also he can predict friend's way of thinking as told in last pages in vol 17.

well that's just a theory and actually i doubt it myself.
any opinion is welcome.

[4thokage]

Moe you finaly did it very cool (ava and sig) same to pek i love them both
@hollis nice theory could be

[Naruto_Heart]

however 20th century boys storyline is far more intriguing and enchanting :D

[mow]

Yeah the artwork might not be that grand in comparison to other series, but frankly i could care les :P, it has the best writing ive ever read in my life and ti seriously beats every other series out there at the moment

[Akamaru Mask]

I just read up to volume 16!!!!! it rawks! I love it...
but I want more kenji! T_T we miss kenji!!!!!

[Drizzt]

You.. know..

I really hate cliffhangers... especially the one in the end of volume 17, and the waiting involved..

O_O.. but I'm glad.. who was at the end of the cliffhanger tho.. cause I've seen everyone exception of him.

Have you noticed that Yoshitsune looks better as an old man, then he did as a kid and a young man. He looks the part of a reliable and crafty person, instead of a weakingly that he showed in the beginning.

And Otcho, he just continue to look more and more, cooler as he ages. I mean, the manga could've easily had him as the main hero of the story, instead of Kenji, with the presence that he brings when he around.

^^
>8

I wonder... what new trick and ability the savior.. if my assumptions is correct.. will bring out.

^^
>8

And I wonder if Kanna's Mother will ever show up in person?

[mow]

oh wasnt it just sweet 8) the anticpaticon is lkilling me right now

oh the holy mother will descend, dont forget :P

[Drizzt]

^^
>8

Exactly! It was cool, and he doesn't look any older than when he "died". Except for the new bum look, he looks exactly like he did before. I wonder.. Hasn't she descended? Or which Holy Mother is it?

^^
>8

Does that mean that he developed some supernatural power same as Friend? I wonder.. I mean.. we know that the power that Kanna has supposely came from her father.. but what if it didn't.. what if it came from her mother? that could be a clue how the savior could combat Friend. I wonder...?


Also, this remind me of the book 1984 with big brother.. and constant threat of enemy or aliens. And it has similiarity of the apocalyse with the Anti-Christ. But.. I maybe looking at thing as similiarity with other materials..

^^
>8

I suppose.. the Saviour is Enemy.

[Drizzt]

February 28, 2005

[Code]

Also, this remind me of the book 1984 with big brother.. and constant threat of enemy or aliens. And it has similiarity of the apocalyse with the Anti-Christ. But.. I maybe looking at thing as similiarity with other materials..

I suppose.. the Saviour is Enemy.
Yeah this manga reminded me of book 1984 too. Especially the post 2014 world.

[angieness]

Viz Acquires 20th Century Boys? (09:58 PM EST): According to the Diamond Previews update for their manga, they have a solicitation in there for 20TH CENTURY BOYS, a title that's been sought after by its fans for some time as it's done by the creator of both Monster and Master Keaton and Yawara.

courtesy of animeondvd.com

It might be liscensed now!

[mow]

Viz Acquires 20th Century Boys? (09:58 PM EST): According to the Diamond Previews update for their manga, they have a solicitation in there for 20TH CENTURY BOYS, a title that's been sought after by its fans for some time as it's done by the creator of both Monster and Master Keaton and Yawara.

courtesy of animeondvd.com

It might be liscensed now!

angien, you know i loff you and all, but you seriosuly messed up my day :notrust

[Naruto_Heart]

licensed? please...let this be a joke.

[Code]

What's so bad about it being liscensed?

[Naruto_Heart]

if we are talking about the manga being licensed...then pray hard that those great subbers will continue to sub this awesome manga for us...if they choose not to violate any licence laws...then we may never get to see chapter 18.

guess thats how it is.

[mow]

What's so bad about it being liscensed?

The Wait.

I will hosnelty buy every compy of the manga, but having to wait for a year or 2 till the company reaches volume 18 is seriously a pain, i reall wish mangascreenr will just take of all the volumes they have up and just scanlat the latest vloume

[neutrinos]

Since it is a joint project between Mangascreener and Band of the Hawks, they could very well be treating it the way they did with Berserk in that they only take off volumes that have been published in the States. Anyway, I hope they can get volume 18 done soon...the cliffhanger from volume 17 is almost unbearable.

[Code]

Since it is a joint project between Mangascreener and Band of the Hawks, they could very well be treating it the way they did with Berserk in that they only take off volumes that have been published in the States. Anyway, I hope they can get volume 18 done soon...the cliffhanger from volume 17 is almost unbearable.
Berserk is tranlsated as a Volume is released in Japan. I think...

[Drizzt]

well there is still a month to go.. and until VIZ officially states that they license the manga, I'll continue to treat the news as rumors.

^^
>8

Now I'm curious.. why hasn't Kenji age a bit.. from what I've seen everyone else has age.. except for him. When we see him, he just some hair growth and a gruffy look to him, but no actually aging.

[Literally Exaggerated]

Wow, I've just read up to Volume 16 and am dling volume 17 right now, and frankly I'm blown away. What an awesome manga. I'm blown away. The characters are so brilliant, the dystopia perfectly realized, the plot so engaginly convoluted. This is one of the best manga I have ever read. In terms of plot, it is the best, and the characters are very well done as well. So non typical.

I really like that Kenji was the main character, because I think 90% of writers would have made Otcho the main character. I mean, Otcho is so much more the typical hero, the tibet trained wandering warrior, the grizzled veteran. But instead the main characters is Kenji, the normal guy. And not normal in some abstract sense, but in the sense that he isn't a total failure, nor is he a total hero. No demon's inside him, no raging temper, no moronic outlook. He's a guy that you could see as your neighbor. But he's also complex. He's dynamic, you root for him. And I like that, that just because someone is normal, doesn't mean they have to be boring. All too often, the only characters with depth are brooding, angsty guys. Not here.

[Naruto_Heart]

welcome to the enchanting world of 20th Century boys hahahaha

glad to have you on board...

[amithee]

they wouldn't (or at least, shouldn't) continue if the manga gets licensed, their (very awesome) translator is adamant about his translations not being used for scanslations if a series become licensed. (i.e. one piece)

(see http://stephen.swoo.net/trans.html)

[edit]
oop, and lookin at their site, it looks like beck is being discontinued as well.

[GreatTeacherOnizuka]

#4832 0x [242M] 20th_Century_Boys_volume_17[Hawks_MS][hq].zip
#4833 0x [ 38M] 20th_Century_Boys_volume_17[Hawks_MS][lq].zip

how come there is 2 version of volume 17?
i dl the 38 meg one and the its seems fine...whats in the 242 meg?

[Code]

#4832 0x [242M] 20th_Century_Boys_volume_17[Hawks_MS][hq].zip
#4833 0x [ 38M] 20th_Century_Boys_volume_17[Hawks_MS][lq].zip

how come there is 2 version of volume 17?
i dl the 38 meg one and the its seems fine...whats in the 242 meg?
A higher quality version.

[forsak3n]

Thanks to you peeps, I downloaded all of the 17 volumes, and I must say, it looks very interesting..and I like the drawing too, it has an old style to it, its great IMO.

[mow]

glad you enjoyed it :amuse

Im such a great pimp dont ya think? i mean i pimp music, moives, manga, you name it and i pimp it :P

[Limitles Shadow]

When is 18 coming out :(?

[Drizzt]

February 28, 2005

At the end of the month.

[pek]

If there was somewhere around here where i could buy the new volume i wouldve done it without a doubt. But manga is unknown here in the desert and if the translator stops translating ill end up shootiing my head of.

[Tsukiyomi]

Ok, I really don't have time to read through 191 posts, can someone give me the basic plot of the storyline?

[mow]

Ok, I really don't have time to read through 191 posts, can someone give me the basic plot of the storyline?

Tsu, you of all ppl will enjoy 20th CB greatly, heres a review (http://forums.narutofan.com/showpost.php?p=95051&postcount=2) i wrote for it

[pek]

Here is moe's great review:
Manga's Name:- 20th Century Boys
Author's Name:- Naoki Urasawa.
No. Of Volumes:- 16 volumes.
Status:- Ongoing
Licesened:- No.
Genre:- A shonen manga of some sort, but It will appeal more for mature audiences
Target Audience:- 15+. Contains (at rare times) some sexual refrences and death.
Synposis:- When Kenji was a child, he and his friends made up fantastic adventures, where a terrorist would wreak havoc upon the world and how they would stop them.
Fast forward to present day where Kenji's band failed and now he works at a convenience store. He takes care of his niece because his sister suddenly vanished after being involved in a peculiar cult.
Things change when one of his childhood friends supposedly commits suicide and when terrorist attacks begin to occur in exactly the way that Kenji and his friends imagined them to. It all somehow seems to be tied into this new cult.
The only explanation Kenji can think of is that one of his childhood friends is the mastermind behind the terrorism. Kenji feels responsible for the disasters though because the majority of the evil plans were originally his ideas. And what's the link to his missing sister? Can Kenji and his friends save the world for real?
Why you recommend it:- STORY, STORY, STORY. This manga has an amazing plot that will get you intagled with it in no time. Its quite confusing at first, but once you understand whats going on (by the 3rd volume) you will fall in love with it. Has so many twists and turns, once you think youve got the story figured out a new twist by Urasawa makes you relaize how much you dont know.Characters personality and development is very well down, though the desgins can make it a tad bit weak at times.
Where to get it:- www.mangascreener.com
Author's other Works:- Monster, Pluto, Happy! and Pinaplle Army.

[bida]

i love this manga

kinda reminds me of my youth

did i say i love this manga =D

[4thokage]

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooooo mangascreener stopped to translate it :crying
http://mangascreener.com/
why ? why?!!! only two more weeks and i would have come out...
Are ther other groups arround who wold continue it ?

[Drizzt]

The Hawks.. if they're willing to contribute to distribute it..

But I don't know if they will.. since it was a joint project between the MS and The Hawks..

but then again.. they are still distributing Berserk Manga..

[mow]

I do hope the hawks post it

[Literally Exaggerated]

I really hope the Hawks do, because its not that I'd mind shelling out for the last few volumes, its that it will be years before they're brought over here

[4thokage]

In Germany they're currently at volume 9 but still it im sure they need more than a year till they release vol 18 :crying

[Naruto_Heart]

nevermind...its ok

since im living in Singapore...asian country...

i would get my hands on volume 18 in no time lol

Sorry guys...just wanna rub it in hahaha

[mow]

nevermind...its ok

since im living in Singapore...asian country...

i would get my hands on volume 18 in no time lol

Sorry guys...just wanna rub it in hahaha

No mortal words exist to express my disturbing and complex mixture of hatred,envy and utter jealousy towards you.

you lucky son of gun :sad

[pakku]

I've only read the first six chapters, but I have an overpowering urge to give it up already.

Does this make me a bad person? I've heard nothing but great things of it... plus, I loved Monster, which this seems a LOT like ( a bit too much?). However, I trust the opinions of the masses of people who love this, so when can I expect to fall in love with it?

[mow]

I know what you mean, the first couple of chapters can cause you to dislike it, as it contains so many time jumps that could be annoying at first. But bare with it, you wil have the story's background fully understood by the 3rd or 4th volume. And I can garuntee you that its better than Monster

[lazy_eye]

just started reading it some time this morning from vol 1-5 and just finished 5 and still downloading vol 6-10. anyonw know where i can find 11-17?

[Drizzt]

www.TheHawks.org

^^
>8

they have the rest of the manga to be bittorrent..

[mow]

WTF!! the hawks still have them up? YES!!!! this means they might conitnue scalating it!!

[Drizzt]

Eh..

Guess.. not since I've just check... and they don't have it up anymore..

Bleh..

^^
>8

well atleast I have it up to volume 17.. I'll just have to delete them as I get them officially.

However, it seem that Mangascreener still have the Text up, so that means.. we can read.. without pictures.. just have to hunt the RAW.. paste the text to the pic for personal enjoyment.

[lazy_eye]

GREAT i just love the replies on where to get the volumes i need...

i knew about the hawks but i didnt get it from there. the files were torrents that i got from a site thats hosting some torents for downloadanime.org. i holded off on reading this for a bit as i was looking for some kind of sumamry of what it was about. then i found one on here and now its licensed.

[Naruto_Heart]

hawks is no longer hosting 20th century boys....

can't find the bit torrent files anymore...

BUT, moe, yet again i count my lucky stars that i will be able to get the comic from the country im living in :P

let your jealousy RAGE ON!!!

[mow]

Buddah himself would envy you you lucky arse! :laugh

[Hattori~Hanzo]

hawks is no longer hosting 20th century boys....

can't find the bit torrent files anymore...

BUT, moe, yet again i count my lucky stars that i will be able to get the comic from the country im living in :P

let your jealousy RAGE ON!!!

Get some guys and form your own fansubbing group. People will worship you... XDDD

[Naruto_Heart]

man...the wait is agonising

damn...will the world end??????????? lol

will there be any more groups subbing it???

I don't want to buy the comic as its in chinese...though im a native chinese speaker ahahhahah

however it isnt so comfortable to try adjusting to those kenji and co's chinese names. :p

[meweiss182]

man i just got done reading this series it was amazing by far the best manag ive read so far although i thought the ending could of been a little better and i thought it could of been taking a little further but it was a really good series because it made you constantly think it wasnt a standard story line and had tons of twists in it i also thought the appearance of "FRIEND" could of been a little better but meh o well any1 else have any takes or comments on the ending? also do they have an anime out for the series?

[meweiss182]

ive read all 100 chapters/volumes on directmanga.com ive read as many as there are on the site and it says there are no more after 100 so i guess ive read the part where kenji's niese and that who went to that "friend" town where they brainwash you meet in the hall way after the big event at the church thats where it left off

[kane_x]

ive read all 100 chapters/volumes on directmanga.com ive read as many as there are on the site and it says there are no more after 100 so i guess ive read the part where kenji's niese and that who went to that "friend" town where they brainwash you meet in the hall way after the big event at the church thats where it left off

You mean to tell me that they have some chapters in directmanga? And here I was, thinking that it would take ages before I could get to know how it goes on. Dude, you're a lifesaver! This definately deserves a rep! :smile-big

[meweiss182]

pek could u tell me where i could find the remaining volumes?

[Naruto_Heart]

Dude thats vol 10, we are waiting for vol 19 now if i remember right. So it isnt the end, its in the middle of teh story

CHAPTER 19?????????????


gosh...are you sure?

Isn't it chapter 18 that we are all waiting for?

or did i miss it?

[Naruto_Heart]

man...you sure scare the hell out of me lolz

i just went to a local comic store today...and the latest is still currently Volume 17...

and i too check out on the website of the local publisher for 20thCB...apparently its not in the estimated release list for the month of March :(

[Code]

Well volume 18 should be out already...

[Limitles Shadow]

Give me 18!!!!

[mow]

Read vol 16-17 last night again and it feels like i could kill for vol 18 >.<!


same here, this really sucks.

[mayumi]

for anyone that is really anxious, i found a raw for volume 18
http://www.point-blank.cc:7000/index.html

i think its the second file, it says vol 18, but since i have 56k i cannot download it to make sure. if its a wrong file. i am really sorry.

[suPMah]

hmm, well i've dried my tear and started to hate viz even more..
at least noone has licensed "pluto" yet..

[Code]

for anyone that is really anxious, i found a raw for volume 18
http://www.point-blank.cc:7000/index.html

i think its the second file, it says vol 18, but since i have 56k i cannot download it to make sure. if its a wrong file. i am really sorry.
Yep that's Volume 18. I already looked at it (I don't know much Japanese and certianly not enough to translate anything).

[Naruto_Heart]

Scanslation!!!

god damn it...

the wait is agonising.

[beansy]

Well for those not in the know, good ol' stephen did summaries of all the chaps in vol 18 in the Mangascreener forums. The content revealed is mind-blowing!

[mow]

WHAT!!! POST THEM HERE!!! and make a spoiler tag to them please, PLEASE!

code, can you upload volume 18 please? use www.yousendit.com

[beansy]

While I doubt I'd get his permission to directly copy them, here's the forum link (http://www.mangascreener.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1650).

[mow]

thats good enough, thanks alot mate

[angieness]

Oh maaaaan! If anyone does a text translation I would happily do a scanlation and since the raw is pretty good quality, it wouldn't be too difficult to do cleanup, just a few things here and there perhaps. I can already start with the cleaning up, just update me with any info on translators

[Naruto_Heart]

please please...any translators will do...pleaseeeeeeeeeeee

[Code]

After reading the summary.

Well "Friend" has no ESP powers? In volume 18, it was shown that the flying thing was a trick with ropes while he was pointing down during that assembly very early on in the series. The also said when Fukubei went on a show it was cancelled because the 'spoon benign was a hoax'. Then in the very last page "Friend" said "I wonder what Fukubei would've done?" according to the summary on mangascreener's forum that beansy posted . So each time he died he stayed dead? The thing in the house he may have been pretending to struggle but actually didn't allowing him to gain support of the guy that would devise the virus for him in the future. Sadikyo also said that he didn't do tricks and "Friend" does tricks".Though of course there's still the falling off the building thing and appearing...Unless there's a bunch of clones of fukubei or gathered look-alikes... but that's just stretching it... and then there's Kanna. But it's a possiblity that he's all tricks as what was believed to be at first.

So i just upload the file and send it to your email moe?

[kane_x]

Aaaarrrgh... This is getting annoying... I've read it up to the end of vol 16 thanks to a friend now, but I gotta find vol. 17 from somewhere else! This is killing me... Does anybody know where I can get it??

[pakku]

I know what you mean, the first couple of chapters can cause you to dislike it, as it contains so many time jumps that could be annoying at first. But bare with it, you wil have the story's background fully understood by the 3rd or 4th volume. And I can garuntee you that its better than Monster

Good sir, I am in your debt. I've read up till... err, I think around chapter 145, and knowing the fact that the manga keeps going strong after... Friend/Fukubei died. Although, it seems unlikely that this is the last "hey look, that guy's Friend... psyche! Not even close, in your face" kind of plot twist, even though it seems to really be rubbing it in my face that he's really Friend and he's really dead.

I really wish I had read it in a couple sittings rather than just a volume once in a while. :/

[mow]

It makes me really happy that 20th CB has made you a fellow addict my good friend :amuse. And I dont wanna spoil anything for you, but IT JUST GETS BETTER. That's all i have to say for now.

[angieness]

We need someone who knows Japanese in this thread X_o Again, I'll make a scanlation if we do get someone to translate

[suPMah]

i could probably help with the scanlationing thingy.. just contact me when you've found a translation..

[Hattori~Hanzo]

Aaaarrrgh... This is getting annoying... I've read it up to the end of vol 16 thanks to a friend now, but I gotta find vol. 17 from somewhere else! This is killing me... Does anybody know where I can get it??

I'll pm you the details. :wink

[pakku]

Alright, all caught up. Excellent manga, but...

1, I dislike all the timejumps.
2, I hate the begining, it was this thread and moe's posts that made me try to continue.
3, I hate the flashback of the same thing coming up 3/4 times / volume.
4, They seem to trying to keep the story alive even thou i think it should of endet "before" the third timejump. This story is too long man ;O

Dont get me wrong, i love the 20th cent boys. But it took me a while to get in to the manga and when i startet enjoying it they jumped in time. 3 times. ;I

I agree. The last couple volumes were nice, but we really need some form of conslusion of something. In particular, I'm interested in Kiriko, but I could go for anything to be concluded. Even now we're kept in the dark on how the little science room thing turned out... I'm all for suspense or mystery and stuff, but Urasawa: you've got some 'splainin' to do. Also... if that guy turns out not to be Kenji for some reason I'm going to shoot myself. He may have left for 10+ volumes but he never stopped being the coolest guy in the manga.

[Code]

Alright, all caught up. Excellent manga, but...



I agree. The last couple volumes were nice, but we really need some form of conslusion of something. In particular, I'm interested in Kiriko, but I could go for anything to be concluded. Even now we're kept in the dark on how the little science room thing turned out... I'm all for suspense or mystery and stuff, but Urasawa: you've got some 'splainin' to do. Also... if that guy turns out not to be Kenji for some reason I'm going to shoot myself. He may have left for 10+ volumes but he never stopped being the coolest guy in the manga.
Some spoilers from volume 18... mainly about the science room thing.
How the science room thing turned out? Well as Sadkiyo said, "Friend" pulls tricks... who knows he was pretending to choke and stuff? It's a possiblity as after reading volume 18 I don't think it's the same friend as before which is nice.. didn't want him surviving getting shot.

[YamiHikari]

Where can we find 18?

I just got hooked on this 2 weeks back and read 1-17 in like 5 days. Each chapter ends with a good cliff hanger, so I never could really stop myself.

[kane_x]

Manga Heaven has released the first chapter from vol 18.

Get it here:

#Manga-Heaven@irc.irchighway.net

[4thokage]

chapter two is released too
this is wonderful just as i finished Monster i can get more of my beloved Urasawa action :D

[mow]

WHAT????!!!

damn I cant install irc >.<

[Naruto_Heart]

yes yes yes...come April and the chinese edition of chapter 18 will be published...can't wait to get my hands on it. been a wait too long.

[angieness]

If any of you can give me a place to upload them, I got chapters 1 and 2 from volume 18 hot from irc for those of you who can't use irc

[mow]

I LOVE YOU ANGIE!!!! :glomp THANK j00!

www.yousendit.com , you can just use your own email and post the link that's given when uploading is done

[angieness]

http://s23.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0FZRKKVG5XVO83KDFCHQESNO5M
here you go! I put chapter 1 and 2 in one zip

[mow]

I cannot thank you enough! *bows*

[angieness]

It's no problem! ^^ Whenever they release chapter 3 I'll put it up

[mow]

yesssssss, it feels so good to get my 20th CB fix at long last

An alien with a weapon that looks like a guitar

heheh that just made my week :P

[YamiHikari]

thank you so much for uploading them. I love this manga! Can't wait for #3.