Warning: The following article contains spoilers for 20th Century Boys. In 20th Century Boys, Friend does not have supernatural powers in the usual sense. However, the story hints at elements that ...

totalitarian religious cults as sci-fi manga adaptation “20th Century Boys: Chapter 3” concludes ... which depicted masked cult leader Friend’s successful staging of his own assassination ...

The main antagonist in 20th Century Boys is Friend, with Fukubei Hattori first taking up the role before relinquishing it to Katsumata. Widely regarded as one of the greatest manga ever created ...