In the years since humans and robots first started living together, there has only been one murder of a human by a robot. Eight years after that incident, investigators are called to a crime scene to investigate the death of a prominent robot rights supporter.

The state of the victim, having been murdered in a brutal fashion and left with decorative horns on his head, draws a chilling parallel to the death of the robot hero Montblanc. When accidental footage of the scene reveals that the killer was a robot so advanced that it could pass for a human, the robot investigator Gesicht begins his search for not only the killer, but the truth to his own past and the events of the 39th Central Asian Conflict. In Naoki Urasawa’s Pluto we have a story arc from the classic Astro Boy (or Tetsuwan Atom) series that is taken, refined, and retold. Focusing on Gesicht, a minor character from the original story, rather than Atom, the focus moves from action to plot. The manga deals intensely with the issues of robot rights, human rights, and the ramifications of two divergent forms of life. Questions are raised regarding the place of robots in society, what separates a human from a robot, and most importantly, how close to human a robot can become. The story telling is excellent, and few manga in the genre are as emotionally intensive, the short Norse #2 arc being particularly powerful.

Pluto 01-05 ~32mb http://www.megaupload.com/?d=JH5GM7JY Pluto 06-10 ~28mb
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=H0SG2BZ8 Pluto 11-15 ~28mb
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=OLA9Y0K8 Pluto 16-20 ~25mb
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=B0DTKILC Pluto 21-25 ~24mb
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=Z2APPPD6 Pluto 26-30 ~27mb
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=DXT17T9O Pluto 31-35 ~27mb
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=WES70UF0 Pluto 36-38 ~23mb
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=ONIW3SFK Pluto 39 ~7mb
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