Alternative TitlesJapanese: アクメツ
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Type: Manga
Volumes: 18
Chapters: 162
Status: Finished
Published: 2002 to 2006
StatisticsScore: 8.411 (scored by 5139 users)
Ranked: #2222
Popularity: #167
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A prevailing theme in both series is the notion of moral justice: Is it right to kill those who are unhealthy to society? It is a rather conflicting statement as often the answer lies in the subjective. This is profoundly highlighted in both series through the characters, views of the general public, and moral consequences and decisions the protagonists have to face.
Both deal with school students (Yagami Light / Azama Shou), who after gaining a special power, decide to take justice into their own hands to create a better world. Though the personalities and methods of the protagonists are different (Death Note has intense 'battle of the minds' dialogue and Kira who kills all the criminals whilst Akumetsu has gorey action and Akumetsu - a 'terrorist group' publicly killing corrupt beaurocrats) it's enjoyable to compare one after reading the other to see different peoples' approach to the same subject.
Both are about a high school boy with a unlikely, supernatural power they will use to "improve" the country by killing everyone that is evil according to their judgement.
Death Note's kills have their focus on your every day murderer, rapist etc while Akumetsu has it's focus on politicians, CEO's: what's wrong with trias politica, economics, the pharmaceutical industry etc.
Death Note is more of a psychological blockbuster and a thriller focussing on mind-games while Akumetsu is a good action.
Akumetsu is especially cool to read if you are into politics and know a little bit about the economic crisis we have, or have seen Michael Moore's Sicko. It makes you want to go "whoohoo, you go Akumetsu!"
Like Death Note, Akumetsu is a story about a high school student who has the methods to fight evil, and he does so by killing off corrupt politicians and government officials.
Themes such as justice, morals, evil, good.
One kid manages to shake Japan to it's very core.
Death death death!
Smart smart smart!
Both are revolutionary stories against government, one-man-wars. Main purpose to make world a better place, methods used are also similar.
Recommend highly.
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Both series have ideals of changing peoples lives and society together. Both of the main characters also wears a mask.
Both Akumetsu and Code Geass are about a guy trying to change the currect system, maybe code geass is more like a story of revenge unlike akumetsu which is clearly a character who hates the correct system. The only difference is in akumetsu the main char didnt have some special power like code geass,he had something different from that, but its also a clever manga. I recommend ya to read it.
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Akumetsu and Wolf Guy are both created by the same author and artist, so the art is of course similar, with tons of violence and a struggle that turns more and more desperate as the climax approaches, as the lead is forced to handle the situation without the use of his talents
same team created both titles. different plots, but both have gratuitous violence and sexuality. stuff they couldn't get away with in akumetsu they did in wolf guy. both are great imo :3
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Both these serialisations are embedded in detective, mystery, and terrorism.
Guy going against society from behind a mask. Uses violent ways to do so. Both involve their fight with the police. Both a very good read.
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Both main characters are terrorists. Both can be considered vigilantes.
Both are revolutionary stories against coverment, one-man-wars.Main purpose to make everything better for others.Similar main characters and art.
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Both manga are about changing Japan. Read Sanctuary for a hardboiled crime thriller look at Japanese politics populated by the manliest men in manga, with emphasis on yakuza involvement. Read Akumetsu to see Japanese politics blown up and eviscerated by a happy-go-lucky lunatic, with emphasis on unrestrained trashy violence, involving at one point a wheelchair kitted out with knives goring a politician to death.
Same genres; Action, Drama, Police, Seinen, Thriller.
Stories about changing Japan and its politic. Both mangas are actually thrillers, not just trying to be.
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In both, an attempt is made to answer the question: Can violence shape our moral standards?
Change society through violence.
The main characters of both stories follow their own moral guidelines, which clashes with society as well as some of the readers, since they will without a doubt consider a manga contradicting their own moral beliefs to be automatically bad, despite execution.
For the rest of us which have no such qualms about the morals of the characters we follow in the story and who likes our main characters to be different from the typical, brain-dead shonen lead, both of these are great reads.
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Fighting against corrupt and evil people!
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Both manga's protagonists tends to teach a lesson, but in a very different way. While Onizuka will let a person to reflect on his actions, Akumetsu will kill them.
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Superheroes and justice are the two central themes of both mangas. Akumetsu appeals to an older audience with a dark and mature tone, while Ratman appeals to a younger audience with a more comedic and light hearted story. Both explore the philosophy of "what is good?" and "what is evil?" but only Akumetsu establishes a clear answer and distinction between the two, while Ratman does so vaguely through it's cheek humor and fanservice.
Both protagonists are seen as evil "superheroes" by society but there is a fundamental difference between the two. Ratman is feared solely because of his monster-like appearance, while Akumetsu is feared because of his violent approach in killing those he deems "evil". However, both wear the mask of a hero to ultimately help society as they firmly follow their own sense of justice.
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When I first saw Akumetsu, I thought it was a Shounen version of ZETMAN, and I was right. Thus, if you like one: You should check the other one also.
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They both are about people going around to kill evil politicians
Both have lots of action
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They both have the same feeling, of the justice that looks like terrorist.
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Funny twists , gore and violence. Both mangas are about how rotten we humans really are.
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Both stories are about changing society through terrorism
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The character of Akumetsu is somewhat similar to Hiruma Youichi of Eyeshield 21; both are Wicked and tries to bring a Hellish life on someone who opposes them
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The judgment and punishment of sinning is the central theme of both of these titles. In Akumetsu, corrupt politicians are killed off one by one by a group of terrorists. In Judge, characters are pushed to sentence others to death for committing one of the seven deadly sins.
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Both main characters have weird powers that they use for good,yet in a weird good way. Once you read one of those, and read the other you'll get the feeling of "Akumetsu is like Hentai Kamen, but without the hentai parts."
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Both manga's have something special about them, what makes them really funny and interresting to read. In Lost + brain, a boy wants to attain some power that could allow him to change the world to a world that he wanted. One without such pathetic stupid humans how don't take responsibility.
Although there drawing style is not very similar, but there both very cool, great manga's
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both these manga's have a theme showing the dark side of the world and both have gore in them. so if you like one of them you most likely like the other one
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Both Mangas do a great job of exposing ills in the system, where in Akumetsu it's the government and in Medical Dragon it's the Health Organizations.
Although the methodology of the protagonists is very different, the ideals are the same.
Both are great mangas.
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One student, One cause, "JUSTICE", Eliminating the "Evil" that they decide, while in leaving flashy evidence of their work. Committing crime to solve corruption, while keeping their identities a secret with a mask that barely covers their face. Hidden is their ability of a supernatural power.
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Kurosagi and Akumetsu are similar due to the fact that both main characters want to take down those who take advantage of others/"evil".
They both have the same idea in mind, but Akumetsu kills the "evil". Kurosagi goes down the path of putting the "evil's" game against them. They swindle people, they in turn get swindled.
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