Title

Pluto

Also known as: プルートウ, Pluto: Urasawa x Tezuka, PLUTO冥王, 플루토

by Naoki Urasawa, Takashi Nagasaki, Makoto Tezuka, Osamu Tezuka

Score from AniList: 85/100finished8 volumes65 chapters

Drama Mecha Mystery Psychological Sci-Fi More like Pluto

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In an ideal world where man and robots coexist, someone or something has destroyed the powerful Swiss robot Mont Blanc. Elsewhere a key figure in a robot rights group is murdered. The two incidents appear to be unrelated...except for one very conspicuous clue - the bodies of both victims have been fashioned into some sort of bizarre collage complete with makeshift horns placed by the victims' heads. Interpol assigns robot detective Gesicht to this most strange and complex case - and he eventually discovers that he too, as one of the seven great robots of the world, is one of the targets. (Source: VIZ Media)

Chapters available: 65
Type: Manga

Hoard Verdict

The StoryHoard editorial verdict

★ 4.5/5

A haunting, intelligent robot mystery that treats its big ideas with real care, anchored by a detective who is as human as he is machine.

Pros

A sophisticated, mature mystery structure
Thoughtful themes about humanity and robot rights
Beautifully detailed, expressive art

Cons

The cast is large and the threads are dense
The pacing can feel slow as the mystery unfolds

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Pluto is a sophisticated detective story set in a world where robots and humans share the same cities. The mystery opens with two unrelated deaths linked by a deliberate and unsettling clue, and it lands with a robot detective whose job turns out to be far more complicated than it sounds. The series is built on careful craft. Each chapter peels back a layer, and the investigation has the patience of a true mystery. Themes of identity, memory and prejudice run through the story without feeling preachy. The art is detailed and expressive, and the robots carry more emotion than many human characters. The honest cons: the cast is large and the threads are dense, so keeping track can be work, and the pacing can feel slow. It asks for attention, and it repays it. If you enjoy mysteries that treat their themes seriously, this is one of the best examples in the medium.