Akumetsu: Difference between revisions

* [[Ax Crazy]]: Tell me he's not.

* [[Back From the Dead]]: {{spoiler|Despite the arguability, the effect is mostly the same: re-cloned with memories right before death all intact.}}

* [[Batman Gambit]]: Not just the gambits. The methods are ''very'' reminiscent of [[The Dark Knight|Batman]]... only with more violence.

* [[Becoming the Mask]]: Whoever decides to follow Akumetsu's methods better [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/akumetsu/v06/c049/17.html "buck up and do it properly"]... or else the real one's out there to get you. {{spoiler|And by "do it properly", it includes ''dying after the target''.}}

* [[Gambit Roulette]]: {{spoiler|EVERYTHING Akumetsu did. Only partially succeeds.}}

* [[Giving Someone the Pointer Finger]]: Quite often. An overused example can be seen [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/akumetsu/v07/c061/12.html here].

* [[Guns Akimbo]]: By the end of his standoff in {{spoiler|The class 3-B incident}}, Shou is dual-wielding M-16s.

* {{spoiler|[[Heel Face Turn]]}}: {{spoiler|The Perfect One. Before completely inheriting Jinguuji's memories, which would supposedly have made him the same degenerate as him, his filial love for Sachiko, a female researcher in the project who fulfilled the role of his mother, pushed him on a different path.}}

* [[Nice Job Fixing It, Villain]]: {{spoiler|This is not much of a case of beating the opponent, but basically, the Yakuza lackeys had Akumetsu by the throat and they thought that they could get away with the Coup D'etat only to fall victim to the [[Incredibly Obvious Bomb]]. Though the Akumetsu inside did not die immediately, the minute they peppered him with bullets, they should have realized that like every Akumetsu before him, the head explodes. Thus it did not matter whether or not they used weak bullets, the minute the Akumetsu dies, the lab was officially screwed anyway.}}

* [[Not So Different]]: Done to {{spoiler|Officer Yamada.}}

* [[Obfuscating Stupidity]]: Shou is a master at this. {{spoiler|''EVERY'' Shou.}}

* [[One-Man Army]]: Shou, both [[Me's a Crowd|literally]] and figuratively.

* [[Pay Evil Unto Evil]]: Akumetsu's modus operandi.

* [[Product Placement]]: [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/akumetsu/v12/c099/10.html "Huh? Don't ya read manga? Like Weekly Shounen Champion."]

* {{spoiler|[[Redemption Equals Death]]}}: {{spoiler|The Perfect One}}. It was kinda sad, too. The bright side, on the other hand, is that {{spoiler|he uprooted Jinguuji's whole syndicate network before [[Double Knockout|he met his end]].}}

* [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]]: {{spoiler|Most everything was a result of Shou responding to Katsuragi's death. Additionally, his retaliation when his teacher is shot in the 3-B incident}}.

* [[Serial Escalation]]: 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.

* [[Shoot the Hostage]]: {{spoiler|How the Perfect One kills Jinguuji.}}

** [[Kamen Rider (TV)|Shocker]]<ref>But not [[Kamen Rider Skyrider|Neo-Shocker]], [[Kamen Rider Decade|Dai-Shocker nor Super Shocker]] because [[First Installment Wins]].</ref> 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].

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

*** That one is almost a double shout-out. When that same suit is in flight it becomes an almost perfect copy of a ''Griffon'' from [[Patlabor]].

** "[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/akumetsu/v07/c055/18.html I wanna know what happens to] [[Toriko]]!"

** When Akumetsu-ing {{spoiler|the man who approved the drug that his friend needed that was contaminated with Hepatitis C}}, Shou dresses up as [[Black Jack (Manga)|Black Jack]].

** Apparently, {{spoiler|Jinguuji's syndicate}} is so secret that even [[Kindaichi Case Files|Kinda'ichi]], [[Detective Conan (Manga)|Detective Conan]] and [[Sherlock Holmes]] can't find out!