Pluto by Naoki Urasawa (SPOILERS)

[Fasty]

Wow thanks for the heads up on this, it's absolutely awesome!!

[LLJade]

Are there any places where I can view the scanlations? The website that is listed won't work for me for some reason.

[Fasty]

http://www.onemanga.com/Pluto/

[LLJade]

Cool, thank you.

[WingedSerpent]

Chapters 56-60 are up on OneManga.

I think the new chapter is coming out next month. (I'll post more when I know more....)

[Fasty]

Fantastic! Thanks for keeping us posted!

[jeffbert]

Thanks, & welcome to the forum, Fasty!

[WingedSerpent]

It looks like Arienai is keeping up with the scans - 61 is up.

According to the scheduling on Big Comic Original, it definitely looks like Pluto will be updated every month. Barring something happening... Urasawa getting too caught up in his new series, etc.
Hopefully that won't happen. *crosses fingers*

As an aside, for those who have read most of the story and are familiar with the original story and its various animated incarnations, what do you think of the following aspects of the story:

Spoilers abound (You've been warned):
*Edit: Thank you, Fafner. I couldn't figure out the right shade before. That makes things better.

1. Urasawa's incorporation of the murders of various humans connected with robot rights;
2. the added Central Asian Conflict back story, especially Atom's part in it;
3. Gesicht's death;
4. Dr. Tenma's way of fixing Atom;
5. the teddy bear and its plans for human destruction.

Sorry, I'm just interested in what other people think.

[fafner]

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[jeffbert]

WingedSerpent, I have been writing reviews on the Astroboy stories for a few years & have posted the 1st season of the B&W TV show: 1963 Astroboy series

As such, I have been following Pluto; however, at this time, I have not yet begun studying it. Hence, my comments are not up to my usual standards.

1. Urasawa's incorporation of the murders of various humans connected with robot rights
   
   A. With regards to this, I can only relate it to the various anti-AI plot elements in the Astroboy corpus. This element 1st occurred early in the manga, & was featured frequently since then.
   
   
2. the added Central Asian Conflict back story, especially Atom's part in it
   
   A. I had not yet given this much thought. Perhaps it relates to the Chronicles' Angel of Viet Nam somehow; not as an element, so much as a statement by the author.
   
   
3. Gesicht's death
   
   A. This took me by surpise, because the story up to that point was told from G's, rather than Atom's perspective; although he was not the story teller.
   
   
4. Dr. Tenma's way of fixing Atom;
   
   A. Sorry, I need to review this
   
   
5. the teddy bear and its plans for human destruction.
   
   A. Th bear itself seems borrowed from the 2003's Bear episode.

In all, I think that Urasawa wanted to include elements from all over the corpus to make his own work resonate with his readers, regardless of how much or which part of the corpus any one of them knew. As far as the story itself goes, I have not read it but in bits and pieces as each is made available; thus, I find it difficult to really see the big picture at this time.