20th Century Boys Series by Naoki Urasawa, Takashi Nagasaki

4.43 · 394 ratings
  • 20th Century Boys, Volume 1: Friends (20th Century Boys #1)
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    20th Century Boys, Volume 1: Friends (20th Century Boys #1)

    Naoki Urasawa

    · 18 ratings · published 2000

    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 gang of boys who try to save the world.Failed rock musician Kenji's memories of his past come rushing back when one of his childhood friends mysteriously commits suicide... more

  • 20th Century Boys, Volume 2: The Prophet (20th Century Boys #2)
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    20th Century Boys, Volume 2: The Prophet (20th Century Boys #2)

    Naoki Urasawa

    · 16 ratings · published 2000

    The Friend, an enigmatic cult leader who plans to destroy the world, declares, "The cosmos has begun choosing those who are true friends." Meanwhile, horrifying incidents are taking place: the emergence of a mysterious virus, the revelations of a man on the run... Kenji tries to find out who this Friend is, but the answer is still far ahead. The footsteps of doom slowly creep closer and a shadow falls over the city...Yukiji remembers who came up with their group's enigmatic symbol: Otcho... more

  • 20th Century Boys. The Perfect Edition, Vol. 1 (20th Century Boys #1-2)
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    20th Century Boys. The Perfect Edition, Vol. 1 (20th Century Boys #1-2)

    Naoki Urasawa, Takashi Nagasaki

    · 14 ratings · published 2016

    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.

  • 20th Century Boys, Volume 3: Hero with a Guitar (20th Century Boys #3)
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    20th Century Boys, Volume 3: Hero with a Guitar (20th Century Boys #3)

    Naoki Urasawa

    · 14 ratings · published 2000

    It turns out that the Friend's plan to destroy the world was dreamed up long ago by a gang of boys playing "good guys against bad guys"...And now, the only one who can stop this diabolical plot from succeeding is the one who came up with it--Kenji!Kenji races home and picks up the newspaper: sure enough, the mystery microbe has hit London... more

  • 20th Century Boys, Volume 4: Love and Peace (20th Century Boys #4)
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    20th Century Boys, Volume 4: Love and Peace (20th Century Boys #4)

    Naoki Urasawa

    · 14 ratings · published 2001

    Kenji wrote "The Book of Prophecy" in his boyhood. Now this childish fantasy has become the scenario for the Friend's fiendish plot to destroy mankind. Kenji goes underground and waits for a chance to fight back.Meanwhile, the evil organization is closing in on a man called Shogun in the ganglands of Bangkok. The mystery grows deeper, the fear more intense, as we near the final battle at the turn of the century... Is there really any way to save the world from annihilation?

  • 20th Century Boys: The Perfect Edition, Vol. 2 (20th Century Boys #3-4)
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    20th Century Boys: The Perfect Edition, Vol. 2 (20th Century Boys #3-4)

    Naoki Urasawa, Takashi Nagasaki

    · 10 ratings · published 2014

    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... more

  • 20th Century Boys, Volume 5: Reunion (20th Century Boys #5)
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    20th Century Boys, Volume 5: Reunion (20th Century Boys #5)

    Naoki Urasawa

    · 14 ratings · published 1999

    This is the story of a gang of boys who try to save the world!; As boys, Kenji and his friends came up with a bunch of stories about an evil organization bent on world destruction. As adults, someone is now turning their fantasies into reality!The giant robot has already been built and now awaits the Great Awakening... With the Friend's identity still a mystery, the countdown to the apocalypse continues, day by day, minute by minute--for on December 31, 2000, humanity will meet its final hour... more

  • 20th Century Boys, Volume 6: Final Hope (20th Century Boys #6)
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    20th Century Boys, Volume 6: Final Hope (20th Century Boys #6)

    Naoki Urasawa

    · 14 ratings · published 2001

    This is the story of a gang of boys who try to save the world!; As boys, Kenji and his friends came up with a bunch of stories about an evil organization bent on world destruction. As adults, someone is now turning their fantasies into reality!Fourteen years after "Bloody New Year's Eve" brought the world to the brink of extinction, Neo Tokyo in the year 2014 has fully recovered and become a thriving, multiethnic metropolis... more

  • 20th Century Boys: The Perfect Edition, Vol. 3 (20th Century Boys #5-6)
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    20th Century Boys: The Perfect Edition, Vol. 3 (20th Century Boys #5-6)

    Naoki Urasawa, Takashi Nagasaki

    · 10 ratings · published 2014

    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... more

  • 20th Century Boys, Volume 7: The Truth (20th Century Boys #7)
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    20th Century Boys, Volume 7: The Truth (20th Century Boys #7)

    Naoki Urasawa

    · 14 ratings · published 2001

    Out in the middle of Tokyo Bay, a man called Shogun is trying to break out of Umihotaru Prison, a maximum-security island fortress, so he can save the world. Accompanied by a frightened young manga artist, these two men are prepared to risk everything as their daring escape plan grows deadlier by the minute. However, the prison authorities will do whatever it takes to return Shogun and his reluctant companion to custody... more

  • 20th Century Boys, Volume 8: Kenji's Song (20th Century Boys #8)
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    20th Century Boys, Volume 8: Kenji's Song (20th Century Boys #8)

    Naoki Urasawa

    · 14 ratings · published 2002

    What really happened on Bloody New Year's Eve? Kenji, Otcho and Maruo have just driven their dynamite-loaded truck under the robot…where they see what a poor relation to the giant robot they dreamed up in their childhoods it actually is: just two legs with caterpillar treads, held together by an enormous hot air balloon, with cloth hanging down to disguise the underside!Meanwhile, at the meeting of the government's crisis control committee, Manjome Inshu unveils the Friend's benevolent plan to... more

  • 20th Century Boys: The Perfect Edition, Vol. 4 (20th Century Boys #7-8)
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    20th Century Boys: The Perfect Edition, Vol. 4 (20th Century Boys #7-8)

    Naoki Urasawa, Takashi Nagasaki

    · 10 ratings · published 2014

    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... more

  • Naoki Urasawa's 20th Century Boys, Volume 9: Rabbit Nabokov (20th Century Boys #9)
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    Naoki Urasawa's 20th Century Boys, Volume 9: Rabbit Nabokov (20th Century Boys #9)

    Naoki Urasawa

    · 14 ratings · published 2002

    This is the story of a gang of boys who try to save the world! As boys, Kenji and his friends came up with a bunch of stories about an evil organization bent on world destruction. As adults, someone is now turning their fantasies into reality!This is the story of a gang of boys who try to save the world! As boys, Kenji and his friends came up with a bunch of stories about an evil organization bent on world destruction... more

  • Naoki Urasawa's 20th Century Boys, Volume 10: The Faceless Boy (20th Century Boys #10)
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    Naoki Urasawa's 20th Century Boys, Volume 10: The Faceless Boy (20th Century Boys #10)

    Naoki Urasawa

    · 14 ratings · published 2002

    This is the story of a gang of boys who try to save the world! As boys, Kenji and his friends came up with a bunch of stories about an evil organization bent on world destruction. As adults, someone is now turning their fantasies into reality! It appears that Kanna's ambitious gamble has paid off as the leaders of the local Thai and Chinese mafias agree to both call a truce and offer to back her up... more

  • 20th Century Boys: The Perfect Edition, Vol. 5 (20th Century Boys #9-10)
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    20th Century Boys: The Perfect Edition, Vol. 5 (20th Century Boys #9-10)

    Naoki Urasawa, Takashi Nagasaki

    · 8 ratings · published 2015

    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... more

  • Naoki Urasawa's 20th Century Boys, Volume 11 (20th Century Boys #11)
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    Naoki Urasawa's 20th Century Boys, Volume 11 (20th Century Boys #11)

    Naoki Urasawa

    · 14 ratings · published 2002

    Is the Friend really Kanna's father?! Will she still be able to stand up and fight, despite this anguishing news? Meanwhile, Koizumi Kyoko and Sadakiyo have gotten away from the Dream Navigators by the skin of their teeth, but as Yoshitsune once warned, these people will chase you to the ends of the earth… With Kanna in shock over the truth of her paternity, will she have the strength to go and rescue Koizumi? Also, back in the summer of 2002, Mon-chan succeeded in tracking down Sadakiyo and... more

  • Naoki Urasawa's 20th Century Boys, Volume 12 (20th Century Boys #12)
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    Naoki Urasawa's 20th Century Boys, Volume 12 (20th Century Boys #12)

    Naoki Urasawa

    · 14 ratings · published 2003

    Will 2015 bring an end to human history?! An urgent but mysterious message left by her mother Kiriko in 2002 finally reaches Kanna. But where is Kiriko, who developed the germ warfare weapons used on Bloody New Year's Eve, and what is she doing now? Memories of New Years past flood the minds of Kenji's friends and family... more

  • 20th Century Boys: The Perfect Edition, Vol. 6 (20th Century Boys #11-12)
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    20th Century Boys: The Perfect Edition, Vol. 6 (20th Century Boys #11-12)

    Naoki Urasawa, Takashi Nagasaki

    · 8 ratings · published 2015

    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... more

  • Naoki Urasawa's 20th Century Boys, Volume 13 (20th Century Boys #13)
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    Naoki Urasawa's 20th Century Boys, Volume 13 (20th Century Boys #13)

    Naoki Urasawa

    · 14 ratings · published 2003

    The Friend is dead. As the news spreads around the world, the members of the Friends' executive committee are faced with a dilemma: Is it all over, or will the events predicted in the New Book of Prophecy still be carried out? Otcho insists that things are not over at all, and that is exactly what his old nemesis—Number 13—tells the fractious Friends' committee, where quite a few members are prepared to call it quits. Soon thereafter, certain members begin disappearing, one after another... more

  • Naoki Urasawa's 20th Century Boys, Volume 14 (20th Century Boys #14)
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    Naoki Urasawa's 20th Century Boys, Volume 14 (20th Century Boys #14)

    Naoki Urasawa

    · 14 ratings · published 2003

    As the entire planet grieves over the death of their beloved Friend, the remaining members of his inner circle continue to silence any and all dissenters. Dream Navigator Takasu believes that once they locate Kiriko—Kanna's mother and Kenji's older sister—Manjome Inshu will finally be in a position to control the entire world. However, Manjome hasn't been the same since their Friend's passing... more

  • 20th Century Boys: The Perfect Edition, Vol. 7 (20th Century Boys #13-14)
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    20th Century Boys: The Perfect Edition, Vol. 7 (20th Century Boys #13-14)

    Naoki Urasawa, Takashi Nagasaki

    · 8 ratings · published 2015

    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... more

  • Naoki Urasawa's 20th Century Boys, Volume 15 (20th Century Boys #15)
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    Naoki Urasawa's 20th Century Boys, Volume 15 (20th Century Boys #15)

    Naoki Urasawa

    · 14 ratings · published 2003

    Sorting through the volumes of research his dearly departed mentor left behind, a young priest, recently returned to Rome, stumbles across a mysterious (and potentially dangerous) book that prophesizes the end of the world. Uncertain as to the text's true meaning, Brother Luciano's search quickly leads him to a startling revelation: the Friends may have operatives inside the Vatican, and the young priest's life is most likely now in danger... more

  • Naoki Urasawa's 20th Century Boys, Volume 16 (20th Century Boys #16)
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    Naoki Urasawa's 20th Century Boys, Volume 16 (20th Century Boys #16)

    Naoki Urasawa

    · 14 ratings · published 2004

    Contrary to what his actions as an adult have led Kenji and his pals to believe, back when they were children, Fukube really wanted to be their friend. Fukube even went so far as to let them read all the latest manga magazines he diligently purchased in the hope of winning their friendship. Yet despite all this, Fukube still felt like an outsider... more

  • 20th Century Boys: The Perfect Edition, Vol. 8 (20th Century Boys #15-16)
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    20th Century Boys: The Perfect Edition, Vol. 8 (20th Century Boys #15-16)

    Naoki Urasawa, Takashi Nagasaki

    · 8 ratings · published 2015

    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. Evil has come... more

  • Naoki Urasawa's 20th Century Boys, Volume 17 (20th Century Boys #17)
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    Naoki Urasawa's 20th Century Boys, Volume 17 (20th Century Boys #17)

    Naoki Urasawa

    · 12 ratings · published 2004

    This is the story of a group of boys who try to save the world! As boys, Kenji and his friends came up with a bunch of stories about an evil organization bent on world destruction. As adults, someone is now turning their fantasies into reality!Reads R to L (Japanese Style). It is the third year of the Friendship Era. Darkness covers the earth, and the world is under the control of evil. The Friend has become President of the World, and he reigns from within the enclosed walls of Tokyo City... more

  • Naoki Urasawa's 20th Century Boys, Volume 18 (20th Century Boys #18)
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    Naoki Urasawa's 20th Century Boys, Volume 18 (20th Century Boys #18)

    Naoki Urasawa

    · 12 ratings · published 2005

    Reads R to L (Japanese Style). Far, far from Tokyo, a man approaches the checkpoint at the Northern Border... Everyone north of the gate is dead, but here he comes on a motorbike with a guitar strapped to his back. Who is this man who calls himself Joe Yabuki, and why does he break out in song? Is he a Messiah here to save the people, or is he just a deluded nut?

  • 20th Century Boys: The Perfect Edition, Vol. 9 (20th Century Boys #17-18)
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    20th Century Boys: The Perfect Edition, Vol. 9 (20th Century Boys #17-18)

    Naoki Urasawa, Takashi Nagasaki

    · 6 ratings · published 2015

    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... more

  • Naoki Urasawa's 20th Century Boys, Volume 19 (20th Century Boys #19)
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    Naoki Urasawa's 20th Century Boys, Volume 19 (20th Century Boys #19)

    Naoki Urasawa

    · 14 ratings · published 2005

    The man with the guitar heads for Tokyo and arrives at a rough-and-tumble border town with an ominous-looking checkpoint. Only those who have a pass may go through, and those who try to get by without one are summarily shot. Many have tried, and many are buried nearby. Who can change this horrific situation and get through the checkpoint? And who or what could be waiting on the other side?

  • Naoki Urasawa's 20th Century Boys, Volume 20 (20th Century Boys #20)
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    Naoki Urasawa's 20th Century Boys, Volume 20 (20th Century Boys #20)

    Naoki Urasawa

    · 12 ratings · published 2005

    There once was a hero who stood against evil. He sacrificed himself to save the world, and everyone believed he died on Bloody New Year’s Eve. But eighteen years later, when the entire world is under the control of the enigmatic figure known as the Friend, the hero comes back! Kenji is back and is heading for Tokyo, where the Friend is preparing his next horrific plan... more

  • 20th Century Boys: The Perfect Edition, Vol. 10 (20th Century Boys #19-20)
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    20th Century Boys: The Perfect Edition, Vol. 10 (20th Century Boys #19-20)

    Naoki Urasawa, Takashi Nagasaki

    · 6 ratings · published 2015

    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... more

  • Naoki Urasawa's 20th Century Boys, Volume 22 (20th Century Boys #22)
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    Naoki Urasawa's 20th Century Boys, Volume 22 (20th Century Boys #22)

    Naoki Urasawa

    · 12 ratings · published 2006

    The time has come. The Friend reveals all about his conspiracy and declares that he shall destroy the world within seven days. Kanna plans a music festival to evacuate people to the Expo venue, which is the only place the dictator holds sacred and the only place safe from destruction. While the 20th Century Boys race toward the final battle, Kenji is coming back to Tokyo!!

  • 20th Century Boys: The Perfect Edition, Vol. 11 (20th Century Boys #21-22)
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    20th Century Boys: The Perfect Edition, Vol. 11 (20th Century Boys #21-22)

    Naoki Urasawa, Takashi Nagasaki

    · 6 ratings · published 2016

    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... more

  • 20th Century Boys Bundle (20th Century Boys #1-24)
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    20th Century Boys Bundle (20th Century Boys #1-24)

    Naoki Urasawa

    · 8 ratings · published 2007

    Growing older is pretty rough and Kenji is finding out just how hard it can be as life starts wearing down on him. On top of trying to make ends meet running a convenience store, he has to care for the niece that his missing sister left in his care. Memories of youth make it easier, until those memories come back to haunt you.Kenji and his old friends are slowly being drawn into a mysterious conspiracy that could threaten the world... more

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