Overall, Pluto is not your absolute best pick for sci-fi, mystery, or psychological, but if you're in the mood for a combination of the three, I can firmly recommend Pluto as a short but mostly satisfying read.

All in all, still a good batch of characters. The obvious exceptions to this being Atom and Uran, who are robot children, and actually I'd say they're the least interesting protagonists. The characters are mature, with developed lives that seem worth your time and attention. 2 did not progress the linear plot in any substantial way but he contributed to the drama and the exploration of how robots exist in this world psychologically. They are mostly dynamic and likeable, and they all offer something to some part of the plot. You get to know the protagonists well, and you will probably like most of them if you read it. If you're into drama, this manga also has mature drama elements that coalesce with the psychology, and some organic tearjerker moments. There is some world building that goes into the war plot, but it's such an obvious analogy I don't even know if I could call it that. The world building is focused on the role of robots in society and their relationship with humans, which serves Pluto's purposes well.

It is a fairly well-developed and engaging mystery with interesting (if a bit rushed) twists, and the psychological aspects are fascinating. The plot is pretty robust for a manga of this length. The action in the buildup is mostly just for furthering the plot basically, on its own it's unimportant and will be disappointing for action fans. The climax has a lot of action, but if you're exclusively an action fan, don't read it just for that. Most of Pluto is dedicated to the buildup of the plot and development of the mystery, with a bit of action and mecha scattered in between. From my understanding, he is Astro Boy's protagonist but in Urasawa's style (as you can probably tell, Urasawa is the sole artist on this work).įirst off, the dominant genres in this work are mystery, sci-fi, and psychological. I have never read Astro Boy but Pluto is supposed to be a mature retelling of one of its arcs, with the most obvious connection being Atom.

It is also apparently a spin-off of Tezuka's Astro Boy. Genres are action, mecha, psychological, mystery, sci-fi, and seinen. The main character is Gesicht, an advanced police robot tasked with finding the culprit, despite being one of their targets. Several years after the conclusion of the war, a horned robot named Pluto is hunting down and killing these robots and the people who created them. Seven super-advanced humanoid robots are created to fight in a war between two fictional nations. It takes place in a world where intelligent robots have become a cornerstone of society.

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