Ranked #1355

Code:Breaker (Manga)

Story: There have always been people and there always will be people that will evade laws and slip past justice after committing a crime. For people that have committed serious crimes and escaped unscathed, there is an organization of code breakers to dispose of them. The manga brings up many philosophical ideas of crime and punishment especially of the death penalty and the "can people really change?" debate. Although a very interesting plot at first, I can only give the story an 8 because it is very repetitive and does not present any big plot twists or enough suspenseful moments. I must have heard the saying "an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth" at least once every chapter.

Art: Nothing special. Could see what was going on in the battles and the characters are pretty well drawn. (9)

Character: The development of the characters is very drawn out in the series. It teaches you little by little about each code breaker and their reasons for fighting. The main character of the story doesn't seem to have much of a personality except for a save everyone even if he is evil attitude. However, the main code breaker makes up for this with his mysterious often contradicting ideology that I still can't figure.

Enjoyment: I loved the action scenes. Each code breaker's power makes sense (which is a plus! well... sometimes its a stretch, but almost!) and is just plain badass. When compared to other strictly action shounen mangas, this definitely comes on top. (10)

Overall: You can probably compare this manga to D.Gray Man, Naruto, and Bleach in its ability to bring you into action filled battle mangas. I give this an overall 9. read more

This is the story of a guy who judges criminals by his own set of morale principles through a secret government shadow organization. He kills criminals mercilessly and probably in the most painful manner possible.

Quick facts
- Its not gory
-Its mainstream
-its based around a secret government organization
-there are super powers
-its high action

plotline is about the ethics of killing criminals (how far should law enforcement go in punishing criminals). Basically the story is saying "What would it be like if the victim was put first in every situation?" Is this a world you would want to live in? It also argues the other side as well, theres a second main character who argues that no one should be killed and when she does this, it blows up in her face every time.

If anyone is fed up with all of the manga which has some dumbass kid saying killing is wrong under any circumstance no matter how many lives are at stake, then this manga is for you. I can't tell you how relieved I am reading this after reading something like The Breaker where killing is strictly forbidden by one annoying character.

The story isn't too deep really. They start out with pretty much everything explained fairly well so the story can end at any time. Theres no great mysteries given at the start of the manga which are slowly revealed as the plot moves forward, but its a solid story with evolving characters and evolving powers.

Overall, I gave it a 9 because it is one of the great mainstream mangas. read more