“Guidebook exploring 1960s Japanese culture that inspired 20th Century Boys, co-created by Takekuma, Kenji's contemporary.”
20th Century Detective Boys
20世紀少年探偵団
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Guidebook exploring 1960s Japanese culture that inspired 20th Century Boys, co-created by Takekuma, Kenji's contemporary.
Kenji was born in 1960. At that time, Japan was running toward the future. In the time of the economic growth, Japanese children saw a lot of cultural movement. Some are gone, some remain. "20th century boys" this based on that chaos. Kentaro Takekuma, who was born in the same year as Kenji, is going to reexamine the culture of that period. This is the best guidebook to understand the background of 20th Century Boys.
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A Manga Publication
- Format 14 × 1 ch × vol
- Total read 1h 52m approx
- Published Aug 2008 – ongoing
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M34990 catalog