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''20th Century Boys'' is a manga series created by Creator/NaokiUrasawa, the mastermind behind ''Manga/{{Monster}}''. The manga was originally serialized from 1999 to 2006 in the {{seinen}} magazine ''Big Comic Spirits''; it was followed by a sequel that serves as the epilogue, ''21st Century Boys'', which ran from January to July in 2007. The plot of the manga spans several decades, from the 1960s to the 21st century, and involves a large cast of characters and several plot twists along the way.

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''20th Century Boys'' is a manga series created by Creator/NaokiUrasawa, the mastermind behind ''Manga/{{Monster}}''.''Manga/Monster1994''. The manga was originally serialized from 1999 to 2006 in the {{seinen}} magazine ''Big Comic Spirits''; it was followed by a sequel that serves as the epilogue, ''21st Century Boys'', which ran from January to July in 2007. The plot of the manga spans several decades, from the 1960s to the 21st century, and involves a large cast of characters and several plot twists along the way.



* CardCarryingVillain: Moroboshi's killer. There's even a scene of him comparing himself to various old anime villains. He looks like [[Manga/{{Monster}} Johann]] and [[spoiler: as a high schooler wanted to have a WorthyOpponent in Kenji, who was "a good guy". It turns out that killing Moroboshi was the only truly villainous thing he did, though, and all the other "evil deeds" he went on to do were just menial tasks Friend ordered him to carry out, leaving him feeling like he'd failed]].

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* CardCarryingVillain: Moroboshi's killer. There's even a scene of him comparing himself to various old anime villains. He looks like [[Manga/{{Monster}} [[Manga/Monster1994 Johann]] and [[spoiler: as [[spoiler:as a high schooler wanted to have a WorthyOpponent in Kenji, who was "a good guy". It turns out that killing Moroboshi was the only truly villainous thing he did, though, and all the other "evil deeds" he went on to do were just menial tasks Friend ordered him to carry out, leaving him feeling like he'd failed]].
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* ChekhovsGunman: All over the place. Most notably, [[spoiler:Katsumata is mentioned as early as Chapter 5 as a student that passed away while Kenji and his friends were in elementary school. Turns out Katsumata is alive and is revealed to be the BigBad in the final chapters of the manga.]]
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** The Global Defense Force, from their uniform to their weapons to their anti-alien mission, are an homage to the [[Series/UltraMan Science Patrol]].

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** The Global Defense Force, from their uniform to their weapons to their anti-alien mission, are an homage to the [[Series/UltraMan [[Series/{{Ultraman}} Science Patrol]].

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