History Manga / Zetman

An [[AnimatedAdaptation anime adaption]] has aired as part of the {{Spring 2012 Anime}} season.

* PelvisPose: Zetman tends to jut his hips forward this way to show off his streetwise roguish demeanor.

* BitterSweetEnding: [[spoiler:In the aftermath of Kouga being driven insane by factors outside his control, and killing his mom in the process, guilt stricken, he plans to tell the world what he did. Jin kidnaps him before he can and wipes his memories of the event, and then creates fake evidence that he, Jin, killed Kouga's mother. This drives Kouga to start a vendetta against Players who are now common knowledge to the world. Even though in public he claims that Zet, Jin's Player form, is pure evil, in private he seems to have lingering doubts that Jin really did kill his mom, so he plans to capture and interrogate Jin to learn the truth. Meanwhile, Jin continues to hunt down Players on the down low. The series ends with him killing a Player who while dying realized that his feelings for his wife and stepchildren were genuine.]]

''Zetman'' is a manga series created by Masakazu Katsura and was serialized in Young Jump from 2002 to 2014. Though the series was created by the same guy responsible for ''Manga/VideoGirlAI'' and ''Manga/{{Is}}'', Zetman is closer to fellow-Seinen series ''{{Manga/Berserk}}'' in its story and art.

* LordErrorProne: Kouga, until his CrowningMomentOfAwesome.

The series focuses on two teens, Jin Kanazaki and Kouga Amagi, who combat the demonic 'Players', creatures created, and currently hunted, by the Amagi Corporation. Jin was the last experiment conducted by scientist Gorou Kanzaki, who escaped from the Amagi Corporation when he found out that they intended to exterminate their creations. Though Gorou wished nothing more than for Jin to live out a normal life, he is pulled into combat as a teenager, upon realizing his powers as the eponymous Zetman. Kouga is the intended heir of the Amagi Corporation, and has long dreamed of becoming a superhero due to a childhood of cartoons and comic books. He eventually does just that using a variety of nifty gadgets, calling himself Alphas after his favorite childhood hero. The two protagonists are often found in opposition to one another due to their conflicting methods and personalities.

* DarkerAndEdgier: In compatison to the author's orevious works. You wouldn't think his previous mangas were mostly romantic comedies.

* HighSchool

''Zetman'' is a manga series created by Masakazu Katsura, currently serialized in Young Jump, where it also premiered in 2002. Though the series was created by the same guy responsible for ''Manga/VideoGirlAI'' and ''Manga/{{Is}}'', Zetman is closer to fellow-Seinen series ''{{Manga/Berserk}}'' in its story and art.

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''Zetman'' is a manga series created by Masakazu Katsura, currently serialized in Young Jump, where it also premiered in 2002. Though the series was created by the same guy responsible for ''Manga/VideoGirlAI'' and ''Manga/{{Is}}'', Zetman is closer to fellow-Seinen series ''{{Berserk}}'' in its story and art.

* [[spoiler: ClothesMakeTheManiac]]: [[spoiler: The corrupted Alphas suit connected to a clone of Ichiro designed by Hayami warps Kouga's mind, turning him into a delusional KnightTemplar.]]

* [[Spoiler: ClothesMakeTheManiac]]: [[spoiler: The corrupted Alphas suit connected to a clone of Ichiro designed by Hayami warps Kouga's mind, turning him into a delusional KnightTemplar.]]

[[Spoiler:* ClothesMakeTheManiac: The corrupted Alphas suit connected to a clone of Ichiro designed by Hayami warps Kouga's mind, turning him into a delusional KnightTemplar.]]

* ClothesMakeTheSuperman: Kouga's Alphas suit.

* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Mitsugai Amagi; though he's technically the ex-CEO of Amagi Corp., he holds most of the real power.

* CryForTheDevil: Jirou may be an unrepentant MadScientist KnightTemplar, but [[spoiler: what happened to his son and the way in which he died]] are definite [[TearJerker Tear Jerkers]].

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* BadassAbnormal: Even when he's not ZET, Jin is abnormally strong, and was a skilled fighter even as a kid.

* AntiHero: Jin, for the most part.

* FoeYay: Jin made one hell of an impression on Kouga the first time they met, with the latter often imagining entire conversations with the former. This one doesn't work in reverse, as Jin seems largely ambivalent toward him.
** And in case you don't see it, just read the first 9 pages of chapter 112.
** Chapter 148 anyone? [[spoiler: That's the chapter with the huge...uhm, bathtub.]]