20th Century Boys Vol. 8 (manga)
What really happened on Bloody New Year's Eve? Kenji, Otcho and Maruo
have just driven their dynamite-loaded truck under the robot…where they
see what a poor relation to the giant robot they dreamed up in their
childhoods it actually is: just two legs with caterpillar treads, held
together by an enormous hot air balloon, with cloth hanging down to
disguise the underside!
Meanwhile, at the meeting of the
government's crisis control committee, Manjome Inshu unveils the
Friend's benevolent plan to distribute worldwide a vaccine against the
virus being spread by the robot. At the same time, the Friends will
contribute a monument they were building for their headquarters to serve
as a blockade against the robot. The Friends are saving the day! Or are
they?