A review by iffer
Master Keaton, Vol. 1, Volume 1 by Takashi Nagasaki, Naoki Urasawa

5.0

I love the Master Keaton series, and not only because I seem to reliably enjoy seinen (older teen/adult male) series and empathize with the characters even though I'm not the target demographic at all. The character of Keaton has the skills of James bond and MacGyver, but he has the stereotypical affable, sometimes spacey demeanor of an academic. Keaton is definitely a Gary Sue, and it seems like an archaeology professor/father/former SAS member might be too much, but it works, and it works well. Because Keaton is all of these things, as well as a father, the series bounces through different "types" of stories: historical, spy, slice-of-life family, and others, while containing information about archaeology, current (as of thet time the manga was written) events, and politics, while being fast-paced/entertaining to read because of the action.