Der Krieg ist vorbei. Der "Freund" ist tot. Die Menschen müssen nicht mehr fürchten, ausgelöscht zu werden. Endlich kehrt wieder Frieden in Tokio ein ... so scheint es zumindest. Doch das Rätsel bleibt noch ungelöst. Niemand weiß, wer der "Freund" war und woher er kam. Der einzige Hinweis ist tief in den Erinnerungen eines Mannes vergraben: Kenji, unseres Helden. Es ist an der Zeit, Pandoras Büchse zu öffnen. Zeit, herauszufinden, was in ihrem Inneren schlummert.

Finally, the story is going into the climax!! The human race is facing a crisis. Kenji is busting about trying to save the world, And the people who he loves. Also he has to solve the mystery of the "Friend". What the "Friend" really is!? Why he became evil!? The answer is connected with the memory when Kenji was a Twentieth century boy.

A deluxe bind-up edition of Naoki Urasawa’s award-winning epic of doomsday cults, giant robots and a group of friends trying to save the world from destruction! Humanity, having faced extinction at the end of the 20th century, would not have entered the new millennium if it weren't for them. In 1969, during their youth, they created a symbol. In 1997, as the coming disaster slowly starts to unfold, that symbol returns. This is the story of a group of boys who try to save the world. The war is over. The Friend is dead. Finally free from the threat of extinction, peace has come to the people of Tokyo once again. But the mystery surrounding the Friend still remains. Nobody knows who the Friend was or where they came from, and the only clue is hidden deep in the Kenji’s memories. The time has come to open Pandora’s box and see what lies inside.