I haven't read those (and I'm afraid I'm not in the mood for dark and violent right now...or usually), but the snippet with the robot wife reminds me of all the Isaac Asimov robot stories that I love. Tangentially, I was chatting with an AP reporter yesterday about religion in comics; I mentioned about the monk in the Monkey King stories, and told her to read your Monkey King book. :)
It's not super dark or super violent, just not suitable for younger readers. You might enjoy it if you like sci-fi. It MUST have gotten a LOT of influences from Isaac Asimov's work (all of which makes it so much more fun to read!). And big thanks for mentioning Monkey King, Teresa! :D
Perhaps it's time for me to give "Pluto" another chance. When it was first published I was very much more interested in reading simple human stories in manga rather than complex stories about robots. However, the world has certainly changed quite a bit since then, and it may be that Urasawa's vision was more prescient than I knew...
I haven't read those (and I'm afraid I'm not in the mood for dark and violent right now...or usually), but the snippet with the robot wife reminds me of all the Isaac Asimov robot stories that I love. Tangentially, I was chatting with an AP reporter yesterday about religion in comics; I mentioned about the monk in the Monkey King stories, and told her to read your Monkey King book. :)
It's not super dark or super violent, just not suitable for younger readers. You might enjoy it if you like sci-fi. It MUST have gotten a LOT of influences from Isaac Asimov's work (all of which makes it so much more fun to read!). And big thanks for mentioning Monkey King, Teresa! :D
Perhaps it's time for me to give "Pluto" another chance. When it was first published I was very much more interested in reading simple human stories in manga rather than complex stories about robots. However, the world has certainly changed quite a bit since then, and it may be that Urasawa's vision was more prescient than I knew...
It's a great series! You'll enjoy it. :-)