PLUTO: Urasawa x Tezuka, Vol. 6

Pluto [プルートウ] #6

by Naoki Urasawa (Creator), Takashi Nagasaki

A new vision based on Astro Boy - "The Greatest Robot On Earth" Pluto… Sahad… Goji… Abullah… Mysterious figures somehow involved with the serial murders of the great robots of the world. Europol's top robot detective Gesicht has been put on the case, and he's mere steps away from discovering the horrifying truth behind the killer and his motives… Little does he realize that he's also steps away from discovering a horrifying truth of his own… Masterfully crafted science fiction and suspense at its best! In an ideal world where man and robots coexist, someone or something has destroyed the powerful Swiss robot Mont Blanc. Elsewhere a key figure in a robot rights group is murdered. The two incidents appear to be unrelated...except for one very conspicuous clue - the bodies of both victims have been fashioned into some sort of bizarre collage complete with makeshift horns placed by the victims' heads. Interpol assigns robot detective Gesicht to this most strange and complex case - and he eventually discovers that he too, as one of the seven great robots of the world, is one of the targets.

Contains Chapters 40 to 47.

Genres: Manga, Comics, Science Fiction, Mystery, Seinen, Graphic Novels, Fiction

200 pages, Paperback

First published July 18, 2008

About the author

Urasawa Naoki (浦沢直樹) is a Japanese mangaka. He is perhaps best known for Monster (which drew praise from Junot Díaz, the 2008 Pulitzer Prize winner) and 20th Century Boys.

Urasawa's work often concentrates on intricate plotting, interweaving narratives, a deep focus on character development and psychological complexity. Urasawa has won the Shogakukan Manga Award, the Japan Media Arts Festival excellence award, the Kodansha Manga Award and the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize. In 2008 Urasawa accepted a guest teaching post at Nagoya Zokei University.

Series list (not including short stories collections):
- Pineapple ARMY (パイナップルARMY) 1985-1988, written by Kazuya Kudo;
- YAWARA! 1986-1993;
- Master Keaton (MASTERキートン) 1988-1994, written by Hokusei Katsushika;
- Happy! 1993-1999
- MONSTER 1994-2001
- 20th Century Boys (20世紀少年) 1999-2006
- 21st Century Boys (21世紀少年) 2007
- PLUTO 2003-2009, based on Tezuka Osamu's Tetsuwan Atom
- BILLY BAT 2008-2016
- Master Keaton Remaster (MASTERキートン Reマスター) 2012-2014
- Mujirushi (夢印-MUJIRUSHI-) 2017-2018, collaboration with Musée du Louvre
- Asadora! (連続漫画小説 あさドラ!) 2018-ongoing

Reviews

[Khari]

この巻は悲しかった。

ゲジヒトの最後のシーンはとても哀れな最後だった。

彼の人生でいろいろな悲劇があった。政府が彼と彼の妻の記憶を決した彼らの息子についての記憶さえ消した。人間ならコレは悪。ロボットなら悪かな？ロボットは人間と同じなら「うん悪」簡単に言える。だけどロボットは人間と同じじゃない。ロボットは自分のプログラミングは反抗すること出来ない。ゲジヒトはユーロポールの物だった。彼の上司の命令を避けられない。ユーロポールのお金で彼が作ったのでユーロポールのために働なきゃいけない。存在さえユーロポールの手に握っている。彼のメンテナンスもその組織を設定する。コレは自由ではない。コレは人間に対しての扱いじゃない。どこがロボット人権？

この組織の行動はすごく理解できる。人間なただの奴隷扱い、だけどロボットに対しては同じく奴隷扱いけどきれいな言葉『ロボット権利」『ロボット家族」とかでその事実を隠す。