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A review by lunchlander
Master Keaton, Vol. 1, Volume 1 by Takashi Nagasaki, Naoki Urasawa
4.0
I don't read a *ton* of manga, but I have read everything translated from Naoki Urasawa, and Master Keaton will definitely keep me on-board as well. Urasawa seems to have co-writers (or maybe he only does the art?) on this one, Hokusei Katsushika and Takashi Nagasaki, but it still has a lot of what I like about Urasawa's projects, notably interesting characters, clever moments and compelling stories.
Master Keaton is a mix of Indiana Jones, Sherlock and MacGyver, a former SAS survival expert who is now a part-time archaeology lecturer and part-time field investigator for Lloyd's of London. This is more episodic than Urasawa's robot war epic Pluto or suspense-horror Monster, but it has some running threads with Keaton's relationship with his daughter, father and ex-wife. The stories take him around the world, investigating insurance claims, which sounds kind of boring except that he gets involved in dangerous digs in China, or a drug-running syndicate, government agents and a lot more on those cases.
Keaton will often spot objects or environmental factors that he later uses to battle his attackers or, in this book's two-part (and maybe best) story, survive a deadly desert trek while keeping some fellow archaeologists alive. There's an element of quirky humor to Keaton, not unlike how Benedict Cumberbatch's Sherlock has trouble relating to the world around him, but there are also lots of great moments of suspense and pathos. Definitely worth a read.
Master Keaton is a mix of Indiana Jones, Sherlock and MacGyver, a former SAS survival expert who is now a part-time archaeology lecturer and part-time field investigator for Lloyd's of London. This is more episodic than Urasawa's robot war epic Pluto or suspense-horror Monster, but it has some running threads with Keaton's relationship with his daughter, father and ex-wife. The stories take him around the world, investigating insurance claims, which sounds kind of boring except that he gets involved in dangerous digs in China, or a drug-running syndicate, government agents and a lot more on those cases.
Keaton will often spot objects or environmental factors that he later uses to battle his attackers or, in this book's two-part (and maybe best) story, survive a deadly desert trek while keeping some fellow archaeologists alive. There's an element of quirky humor to Keaton, not unlike how Benedict Cumberbatch's Sherlock has trouble relating to the world around him, but there are also lots of great moments of suspense and pathos. Definitely worth a read.