History Manga / Akumetsu

Hazama Shou and Nagasawa Shina are two high school students and friends. One day, with the school year almost over, Shina has to sell herself into prostitution due to her family's massive debt. That night, at the hotel where she is made to entertain the high-level members of a semi-governmental corporation, a guy wearing a mask crashes the party, calling himself [[TitleDrop Akumetsu]][[hottip:*:"''[[MeaningfulName Destruction of Evil]]''"]] [[hottip:*:" (Aku) Evil (Metsu)Killer" also works and makes for a wonderful pun.]]. Shina recognized him from the speech pattern... as Shou. After a conversation, bringing his target to admitting his crimes, Shou hacks his skull with an axe he brought and dragged the body outside with him, only to be shot to death by the police waiting outside.

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* BatmanGambit: Not just the gambits. The methods are ''very'' reminiscent of [[Film/TheDarkKnight Batman]]... only with more violence. It precedes the Dark Knight Trilogy and DeathNote though.

* BatmanGambit: Not just the gambits. The methods are ''very'' reminiscent of [[Film/TheDarkKnight Batman]]... only with more violence.

* BatmanGambit: Not just the gambits. The methods are ''very'' reminiscent of [[TheDarkKnight Batman]]... only with more violence.

*** He references ''KamenRider, {{Ultraman}}, MobileSuitGundam, Anime/EighthMan, {{Doraemon}}, SaintSeiya, Manga/BlackJack, Anime/{{Scryed}}, Manga/AstroBoy, Manga/ApocalypseZero, Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration,'' and... ''{{Nextwave}}?''

** [[Series/KamenRider Shocker]][[hottip:*:But not [[KamenRiderSkyrider Neo-Shocker]], [[KamenRiderDecade Dai-Shocker nor Super Shocker]] because FirstInstallmentWins.]] is brought up now and then as a metaphoric representation of evil. Also [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/akumetsu/v12/c102/6.html a few ''SuperSentai'' villain groups]].

*** He references ''KamenRider, {{Ultraman}}, MobileSuitGundam, EightMan, {{Doraemon}}, SaintSeiya, Manga/BlackJack, Anime/{{Scryed}}, Manga/AstroBoy, Manga/ApocalypseZero, Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration,'' and... ''{{Nextwave}}?''

*** [[spoiler:The Perfect One]]'s story of usurping the evil which created him is pretty similar to ''[[Series/KamenRider]]'' as well. Even Shou [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/akumetsu/v13/c112/15.html lampshaded]] after the exposition.

*** He references ''KamenRider, {{Ultraman}}, MobileSuitGundam, EightMan, {{Doraemon}}, SaintSeiya, Manga/BlackJack, [[{{Scryed}} s-CRY-ed]], Manga/AstroBoy, Manga/ApocalypseZero, Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration,'' and... ''{{Nextwave}}?''

*** He references ''KamenRider, {{Ultraman}}, MobileSuitGundam, EightMan, {{Doraemon}}, SaintSeiya, Manga/BlackJack, [[{{Scryed}} s-CRY-ed]], Manga/AstroBoy, ApocalypseZero, [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Star Trek: The Next Generation,]]'' and... ''{{Nextwave}}?''

* CulturalCrossReference: [[StarTrekTheNextGeneration Picard]] [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/akumetsu/v02/c016/17.html has exceptional negotiation]]... Wait, what?![[hottip:*:It's the one in the middle, with a silhouette of the Enterprise behind him, making him look like he's wearing a hat.]]

*** He references ''KamenRider, {{Ultraman}}, MobileSuitGundam, EightMan, {{Doraemon}}, SaintSeiya, Manga/BlackJack, [[{{Scryed}} s-CRY-ed]], Manga/AstroBoy, ApocalypseZero, [[StarTrekTheNextGeneration Star Trek: The Next Generation,]]'' and... ''{{Nextwave}}?''

** Apparently, [[spoiler:Jinguuji's syndicate]] is so secret that even [[KindaichiCaseFiles Kinda'ichi]], DetectiveConan and SherlockHolmes can't find out!

* SociopathicHero: Although it's notable that Akumetsu ''[[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/akumetsu/v07/c060/7.html admits]]'' that his methods are terrorism.

* HeroicSociopath: Although it's notable that Akumetsu ''[[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/akumetsu/v07/c060/7.html admits]]'' that his methods are terrorism.

ThePunisher meets ''VForVendetta'' meets ''AtlasShrugged'' meets {{Manga}}.

* [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections Screw The Rules, I Have Connections!]]: ''Every single one'' of the targets, being filthy-rich megalomaniacs, {{Corrupt Corporate Executive}}s and/or {{Sleazy Politican}}s, in any combination. Of course, their massive egos make it all the more interesting to watch as Akumetsu rapidly crumbles them.

* XanatosRoulette: [[spoiler:EVERYTHING Akumetsu did. Only partially succeeds.]]

* CzntStopTheSignal

-->-- '''Hazama Shou''', and ''boy'', [[WellIntentionedExtremist he]] [[OneManArmy isn't]] [[PayEvilUntoEvil kidding]].

-> ''When all the evil people in this world are dead, will this world truly be peaceful?''

ThePunisher]] meets ''VForVendetta'' meets ''AtlasShrugged'' meets {{Manga}}.

[[AntiHero The Punisher]] meets [[MaskPower V For Vendetta]] meets [[AuthorFilibuster Atlas Shrugged]] meets {{Manga}}.

Comparable to the BoondockSaints. On the other hand, [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/akumetsu/v08/c064/ most definitely not Death Note]].

* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: Averted with Akumetsu, in spite of how violent his methods are. [[spoiler: The teacher who tried to be Akumetsu on the other hand...]]

* BeyondTheImpossible: Every event in the story is one-upping the previous one in some way or another. "Insane" may be an understatement here, but it'll have to do. For now.

** Officer Yamada, if not for his [[InspectorZenigata utter hatred for Akumetsu]], would be a pretty likely candidate.

* InspectorZenigata: Not a comical one, but... Officer Yamada; he's ''miles'' away from even scratching Akumetsu. He's not alone, though, nor is he the first; everyone who tried to catch Akumetsu ended up making fools out of themselves.

* OverlyLongGag: [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/akumetsu/v03/c022/8.html We cannot reprint/show you the lyrics here.]]

** When Akumetsu-ing [[spoiler:the man who approved the drug that his friend needed that was contaminated with Hepatitis C]], Shou dresses up as BlackJack.

* WholeCostumeReference: [[http://www.onemanga.com/Akumetsu/98/05/ The]] BlackJack [[http://www.onemanga.com/Akumetsu/99/08/ references]] come to mind.

*** He references ''KamenRider, {{Ultraman}}, MobileSuitGundam, EightMan, {{Doraemon}}, SaintSeiya, BlackJack, [[{{Scryed}} s-CRY-ed]], Manga/AstroBoy, ApocalypseZero, [[StarTrekTheNextGeneration Star Trek: The Next Generation,]]'' and... ''{{Nextwave}}?''

** It also had a few countable [[spoiler:BittersweetEnding]] moments sprinkled here and there; YourMileageMayVary here though.

* [[spoiler: SendInTheClones]]: Whether this trope fits or not [[YourMileageMayVary may vary for each viewer]], depending on [[spoiler: whether new clones are counted as the same person or not]]. (The intended definition of the trope doesn't seem to fit very well here though.)

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[[caption-width:307: One man, one kill; W ("Double") execution of evil]]

-->- '''Hazama Shou''', and ''boy'', [[WellIntentionedExtremist he]] [[OneManArmy isn't]] [[PayEvilUntoEvil kidding]].

*** He references ''KamenRider, {{Ultraman}}, MobileSuitGundam, EightMan, {{Doraemon}}, SaintSeiya, BlackJack, [[{{Scryed}} s-CRY-ed]], AstroBoy, ApocalypseZero, [[StarTrekTheNextGeneration Star Trek: The Next Generation,]]'' and... ''{{Nextwave}}?''