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Volume 5 of 20th Century Boys ramps up the tension as we approach the new millennium (in story, of course). Plus, since they seem to be so popular as of late, an embedded video featuring Naoki Urasawa singing.
First off, our story thus far (reads right-to-left):
Take a guess about the exploding building. It will be relevant later.
This "Book of Prophecy" was a game a group of friends played, with them as the heroes who stop the villains. Unfortunately for them, one of their number (known only as "Friend") is insane, starts a cult, and begins reenacting the events of the Book of Prophecy. He's already gotten as far as the bombing of Haneda airport, and has framed another member of his old friends, the protagonist Kenji Endo, as a terrorist. To top it off, the cult has managed to get members elected to Japan's version of parliament (as "the Friendship Party").
Oh, and what's the signal they were talking about above? Well that's a problem, they can't quite remember what that exploding building was going to be. Until it happens.
There goes the Diet. It probably could have been worse: only 32 members of the Diet were killed and 91 were seriously injured. Oh, and it turns out the Friendship Party were the least damaged by the explosion, since they were having a planning session in a nearby hotel.
That was December 21st. Flash forward to December 31, 1999. Kenji and friends have been trying their best to stop Friend, but they can't seem to find him. Unfortunately, the terror that the Book of Prophecy presaged is about to make it's entrance. Especially unfortunate for these two random guys.
Oh, did I forget to mention that the disease Friend's cult is spreading makes you explode blood? Sorry about that.
All scans taken from Spectrum Nexus and not the Viz translation.
Finally, Naoki Urasawa performs a song from 20th Century Boys. Enjoy!
Oh, in case you were wondering about the title, it's because he's riffing on Bob Dylan and John Lennon.
Volume 5 of 20th Century Boys ramps up the tension as we approach the new millennium (in story, of course). Plus, since they seem to be so popular as of late, an embedded video featuring Naoki Urasawa singing.
First off, our story thus far (reads right-to-left):
Take a guess about the exploding building. It will be relevant later.
This "Book of Prophecy" was a game a group of friends played, with them as the heroes who stop the villains. Unfortunately for them, one of their number (known only as "Friend") is insane, starts a cult, and begins reenacting the events of the Book of Prophecy. He's already gotten as far as the bombing of Haneda airport, and has framed another member of his old friends, the protagonist Kenji Endo, as a terrorist. To top it off, the cult has managed to get members elected to Japan's version of parliament (as "the Friendship Party").
Oh, and what's the signal they were talking about above? Well that's a problem, they can't quite remember what that exploding building was going to be. Until it happens.
There goes the Diet. It probably could have been worse: only 32 members of the Diet were killed and 91 were seriously injured. Oh, and it turns out the Friendship Party were the least damaged by the explosion, since they were having a planning session in a nearby hotel.
That was December 21st. Flash forward to December 31, 1999. Kenji and friends have been trying their best to stop Friend, but they can't seem to find him. Unfortunately, the terror that the Book of Prophecy presaged is about to make it's entrance. Especially unfortunate for these two random guys.
Oh, did I forget to mention that the disease Friend's cult is spreading makes you explode blood? Sorry about that.
All scans taken from Spectrum Nexus and not the Viz translation.
Finally, Naoki Urasawa performs a song from 20th Century Boys. Enjoy!
Oh, in case you were wondering about the title, it's because he's riffing on Bob Dylan and John Lennon.
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Date: 2009-12-07 06:10 pm (UTC)