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Akumetsu

Alternative Titles

Japanese: アクメツ


Information

Type: Manga
Volumes: 18
Chapters: 162
Status: Finished
Published: Oct 2002 to Apr 6, 2006
Genres: Action Action, Drama Drama, Suspense Suspense
Themes: Detective Detective, Psychological Psychological
Demographic: Shounen Shounen
Authors: Tabata, Yoshiaki (Story), Yugo, Yuuki (Art)

Statistics

Score: 8.151 (scored by 2169521,695 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #4832
2 based on the top manga page. Please note that 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #229
Members: 63,135
Favorites: 1,852

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Synopsis

Due to an economic downturn plaguing Japan, Shiina Nagasawa decides to take up prostitution as a means to support her family after her father goes bankrupt. To this end, she attends a party where the high-profile government members in attendance are all eager to satisfy their carnal desires.

As Shiina degrades herself, an intruder wearing an exotic mask crashes the party, and she recognizes him as her classmate Shou Hazama. Claiming to be "Akumetsu," he interrogates Japan's former finance minister about all the evil deeds the other has committed. He then proceeds to brutally murder the man and drag his body to the lobby. When Akumetsu is shot, he somehow blows his own head off afterward.

Still in disbelief, Shiina manages to go to school the next day. But in a shocking turn of events, Shou Hazama is there to greet her in the classroom. How is he alive, and what does he intend to do next?

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Characters

Murase, Shintarou
Supporting
Nagasawa, Shiina
Supporting
Kuronuma
Supporting
Horikiri, Hideki
Supporting
Yaguchi, Osamu
Supporting

More reviewsReviews

Dec 12, 2009
To me. Akumetsu is everything Death Note should have been (in terms of Death Note's story). I hope I haven't angered anyone by saying that. I consider Akumetsu's story-telling to be wonderful.

The entire philosophy of "What is good? What is evil?" is something that alot of series integrate into their plot.

And so Akumetsu might seem to follow that, it takes a contemporary approach. Featuring science-fiction as opposed to magic.

Story: The details keeps you intrigued. They can be essentially divided into three parts that are all developed as the story progresses.
1. Akumetsu actions and political background of Japan
2. The people trying to understand Akumetsu and/or stop ...
Oct 29, 2014
I started off really liking this manga and as it progressed, it became a little stagnant. It can become a little boring towards the middle as some of the mini-stories can be repetitive. But, I always feel the ending can either make or break something and in this case, it DEFINITELY made the manga.. Those who have not stuck to the end don't deserve to rate the manga. The final chapters leading up to the end were so dramatic and tense. Although the end was rather abrupt, I felt it was satisfactory as a conclusion that left little loose strings and was impactful. That being ...
Nov 13, 2014
Mixed Feelings
Spoiler
THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS

Akumetsu is a story of one man. And a horde of his look-alikes who collectively become known as Akumetsu. They are a terrorist group who kill off evil politicians and people ruining the country of Japan and causing it to accumulate around 7 trillion in national debt. After an Akumetsu kills his target, he dies as well.

The story is pretty simple and is mainly divided into arcs centering around Akumetsu focusing on a certain target and killing that target (pretty much always an old, corrupt, male politician) in a flashy way so that more and more people come to know of them ...

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This should be animated.
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What is Shou saying when he says "ya know"?
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Dec 4, 2021 12:32 AM

It’s time to ditch the text file.
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