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20th century boys : the perfect edition. Volume 5  Cover Image Book Book

20th century boys : the perfect edition. Volume 5 / Naoki Urasawa ; translation & English adaptation, Akemi Wegnuller ; additional translation, Lillian Diaz-Przbyl.

Urasawa, Naoki, 1960- (author,, illustrator.). Wegmüller, Akemi, (translator.).

Record details

  • ISBN: 1421599651
  • ISBN: 9781421599656
  • Physical Description: 414 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 21 cm
  • Edition: VIZ signature edition.
  • Publisher: San Francisco, CA : VIZ Media, 2019.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Reads from right to left.
"Original Japanese edition published by SHOGAKUKAN."--Title page verso.
Summary, etc.:
In 2014, Tokyo is under the complete control of the mysterious ruler known as the Friend. Kanna has chosen to step forward and confront the Friend in order to carry out the last wishes of her uncle Kenji, who has been missing since Bloody New Year's Eve. As Kanna gathers a group of outcasts and misfits to face the Friend, her high school classmate Koizumi faces true horror in the brainwashing camp known as Friend Land. It is there that she sees something that no one was ever meant to see the true identity of the Friend. Who will survive in this world where it is nearly impossible to distinguish friend from foe?
Target Audience Note:
Rated T+, Older teen.
Language Note:
In English, translated from the Japanese.
Subject: Young men > Comic books, strips, etc.
End of the world > Comic books, strips, etc.
Cults > Comic books, strips, etc.
Epidemics > Comic books, strips, etc.
Heroes > Comic books, strips, etc.
Genre: Thriller comics.
Science fiction comics.
Graphic novels.
Comics (Graphic works)

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at GRPL.

Holds

0 current holds with 1 total copy.

Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Main Graphic Novel Urasawa v.5 (Text) 31307025326002 Graphic Novel Available -

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20th Century Boys: the Perfect Edition, Vol. 5
20th Century Boys: the Perfect Edition, Vol. 5
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20th Century Boys: the Perfect Edition, Vol. 5


A deluxe bind-up edition of Naoki Urasawa's award-winning epic of doomsday cults, giant robots and a group of friends trying to save the world from destruction! Humanity, having faced extinction at the end of the 20th century, would not have entered the new millennium if it weren't for them. In 1969, during their youth, they created a symbol. In 1997, as the coming disaster slowly starts to unfold, that symbol returns. This is the story of a group of boys who try to save the world. In 2014, Tokyo is under the complete control of the mysterious ruler known as the Friend. Kanna has chosen to step forward and confront the Friend in order to carry out the last wishes of her uncle Kenji, who has been missing since Bloody New Year's Eve. As Kanna gathers a group of outcasts and misfits to face the Friend, her high school classmate Koizumi faces true horror in the brainwashing camp known as Friend Land. It is there that she sees something that no one was ever meant to see: the true identity of the Friend. Who will survive in this world where it is nearly impossible to distinguish friend from foe?

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