


That last part sounds a bit cheesy, but the story is far from. It gets worse, as the body count rises and pieces of the puzzle come into play, it's a race against time to find out who is commiting the murders of both robots and humans alike. And to be fair, that's all in the first chapter. Both are connected with two large horn shaped. Detective Gesicht, another one of the seven, is tasked to find the murderer of Montblanc, but it goes far beyond destroying a world-renowned robot, as a human who worked for the Robot Law Protection Society is found dead as well. It's essentially a murder mystery, as it starts off with Montblanc, one of the seven most advanced robots (Out of all of them) in the world, found dead, torn to pieces. And don't worry, it's all in the first volume. Since there's no synopsis at the time of the review, I suppose I have to give out a bit of the story, as spoiler free as possible.

It doesn't just slap the characters in for the heck of it, it brings them into the story and makes it feel like they belong there that they aren't simply there to appeal to the Astroboy fans. Tenma (No relation to the surgeon) and a few others. This includes the title character Astroboy, Dr. To start off, it uses an arc that appears in Astroboy and makes it it's own, with plenty of the characters seen there appearing here. And then again, they shouldn't need to be told that he's awesome. Then again, it wouldn't fill the reader's noggin with praise for said works. But alas, sometimes one thinks they need more of a reason than the series being completely awesome or the creator being as equally awesome. Stop reading this and go read/watch -manga/anime being reviewed-".

You know, I really wish that for all the works made by Naoki Urasawa that are reviewed, they would simply say: "Made by Naoki Urasawa.
