Message to Adolf, Part 1 (Adolf (2 parts) #1) Hardcover | Pages: 648 pages

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Original Title:	アドルフに告ぐ 1-2.5 (Adolf ni Tsugu 1-2.5)
ISBN:	1935654438 (ISBN13: 9781935654438)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	Adolf (2 parts) #1

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It is 1936 in Berlin, Nazi Germany. A Japanese reporter named Sohei Tohge is covering the Berlin Olympic Games for the Japanese press. As he sits in the Japanese press box watching the many track and field events of the day, he receives a call from his younger brother Isao, who has been studying in Germany as an international student. The two make plans to meet as Isao mentions he has something of importance to share with his sibling. While Sohei initially thinks his little brother may have found a young frau, Isao's tone is clearly that of one who is troubled by topics much heavier than romance.

When Sohei arrives at Berlin University, he finds his brother's room has been through some sort of violent ordeal. A mysterious message was left on a note pad and a window was left wide open. And tangled in the branches of a tree directly below Isao's window rested his dead body. Isao was murdered.

Sohei would immediately launch an investigation to the murder, but almost instantly all traces of information regarding his younger brother's study in Germany has vanished. The police were of no help. Isao's room was also cleared and rented out to another person. Even his building manager feined ignorance. It was as if he had never existed.

Investigating the matter, it is later learned that this murder is connected to a document he mailed to Japan with information regarding Adolf Hitler. As events progress, the lives of three Adolfs, each from distinct origins, intertwine and become more and more tangled as Sohei Toge searches for his brother's murderer.

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Title	:	Message to Adolf, Part 1 (Adolf (2 parts) #1)
Author	:	Osamu Tezuka
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 648 pages
Published	:	August 28th 2012 by Vertical (first published 1983)
Categories	:	Sequential Art. Manga. Graphic Novels. Comics. Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction

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"Message to Adolf, Part 1" is not Tezuka's finest work. But Tezuka, with its genius storytelling style, has turned a pretty gossiping story into a catchy, climax or rhythmical story, or touched when needed.

There were times when I thought I was really enjoying this manga, but then there were times when I would put it down and walk away and not return to it for weeks. There are so many, too many, pages to slog through with information that I just didn't find interesting enough. The concept is interesting ... I guess? but 600+ pages for the first volume alone on a conspiracy theory? No thanks.

I start reading it as it was a serious historical fiction and after a few disappointments I realized that the author was just doing manga and I started reading the book as I was reading Dragon Ball and it totally worked. I felt like a teenager, just having fun with adult characters that behave like infants. I ended up even waiting for the oversimplified emotions, actions and motivations to laugh at them.

Tezuka's most profound successes in Message to Adolf are his vivid, fully realized characters that populate WWII era Japan and Germany. The half Japanese/ half German boy who becomes a scion of the Hitler Youth, the Jewish baker's son who protected him from bullies as a child, the Japanese journalist who stumbles into secret documents detailing Hitler's Jewish ancestry; all are examined with honesty and care. Even when characters are drawn specifically as villains, (Hitler included) Tezuka

A fun page-turner with some pretty excellent action sequences. Frequently compared to Mizuki's Hitler for some reason, but a very different book.

For Review See Pt 2. Not a fan but will finish.

Powerful as hell, Tezuka dealt with many of the more heinous acts of WWII while simultaneously creating an engrossing mystery thriller. I cannot wait to read the second part.