Urasawa Naoki - Pluto, vol. 01-03 (Chi. trans.)

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(OT: May be (even more) out of touch than usual next week, as will be in Hong Kong and Shanghai, possibly without internet.)

This is Urasawa Naoki's remix of "The Greatest Robot on Earth" arc of Tezuka Osamu's Astro Boy. It's the future, and robots and humans live together, although robots are still constrained by the Three Laws of Robotics, and

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I'm reading the English scanlations. I don't want to give too much away, but later on the war with Persia (?) becomes a more important part of the story, and several characters from that country are introduced.

The war with Persia seems quite clearly to be an allegory to the Iraq war (there are certain details which I'm sure are supposed to be analogous). I think that the portrayal is mostly sympathetic towards the Persians.

I can't remember if the comic has prominently addressed the racial aspects of the conflict specifically. I will pay closer attention from now on.

[oyceter]

*nods* Sigh. I think I missed a ton of nuances, just because I was reading in Chinese and had a hard time concentrating on the political stuff. I barely remember vols. 4 and 5. But at least it is coming out in English soon!