21st Century Boys Chapter 16 Discussion

Katsumata who was that? Was that the kid that was supposed to be dead or something?

Given how convoluted the whole thriller intrigue became, those final chapters presented as an appendix were unnecessarily long and yet quite uneventful. It was still fun to get some more pages with the characters.



4/5



Score for the whole XXIst tome: 6/10

tsudecimo said:
Well this stupid. Having another friend was unnecessary and just dragged everything and extend the story enough for Kenji to be involved, and it was quite the asspull. I felt like it ruined Friend's character a little bit, it literally came out of nowhere.



Oh well. 6.5-7/10. Would have been 8/10 if Kenji and Yukiji had a better scene or more screen time.

That's the established story. You have no right to decide what is needed or not. Then don't read it. It's like you're saying that the whole story is pointless.

Thank god that I read this before judging 20th CB ending, the ending is much clearer, more memorable, and solved the biggest mystery: "who is the 2nd Friend?". I think Naoki could do it better but for 2 volumes, I'm satisfied, thank you Urasawa and goodbye all of 20th CB



7.75/10