Beginning of the Contradiction

Beginning of the Contradiction ("Mujun no hajimari" 矛盾の始まり) is a chapter of the Astro Boy manga which originally ran in the Sankei newspaper beginning in January 1967.

Triva
This chapter began an informal narrative sequel to the 1963 Astro Boy anime series, following on from the events of the episode, "The Greatest Adventure on Earth".

Collected Volumes
This story has been collected in the following volumes:


 * Astro Boy Chronicles, Volume 1
 * Astro Boy, Volume 6 (Dark Horse)