Hmmm, well I am such a fan of Joker now, and am so pissed at the anime for not showing more of him...damn you animators! *shakes fist threateningly* (but eh, let's face it, what anime has translated everything from the manga it was based on into the screen with 100% fidelity?) it's all the differences in manga and anime's medium...staff (often, the author of the manga has little to none to say about the anime...)
But enough about me comparing apples with oranges(even if the oranges are genetically modified to resemble the apples :P) haha!
Well, what I first noticed it that the manga's drawing slowly evolves (not a complaint, just observing), and although Recca is, like a lot of characters in shonen genres, idiotic and bullheaded, I can forgive how he is.
As for Kurei, I am just thankful that he wasn't exactly all "black"= evil because he was born that way. The anime painted him to be the bad guy just because, and didn't exactly tell us the hows and whys of the Kurei that made Recca & co.'s life a series of bloody battles...
Well, in the end, I felt really sorry for him, with Kurenai and all..(go read why).
All in all, I'd say more or less a typical shonen? One of the archetypes for shonen of more recent times, anyway.
I like it because of the the idea of Madogu (those Hokage weapons), plus also the deeper story as to just why Recca is the bearer of a "special type of flame...
