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'''''Violence Jack''''' is a manga by [[Go Nagai]] that was released from 1973 to 1990. It's a sequel to [[Devilman]] and both a sequel ''and'' prequel to [[Devilman Lady]]. The series is particularly infamous for not only including large amounts of sex and gory violence, but also has cameos from several of Go Nagai's other manga as well. In fact, many of the chapters seem to be dedicated to taking classic [[Go Nagai]] series and then [[Deconstruction|Deconstructing]] them by placing them in Violence Jack's brutal setting.
The entire Kanto region of Japan is destroyed in both an earthquake and a volcanic eruption. Any survivors are now forced to fight for their lives, due to biker gangs and warlords having taken over. The worst of them is the Slum King, who practically has all of Kanto under his control.
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Luckily, there's Violence Jack, a mysterious, gigantic man with an equally gigantic knife. Jack travels around Kanto, killing warlords and, eventually, the Slum King himself.
Violence Jack has three [[
The series got a short revival in 2005, a short 2 Volume adventure under the title of ''Shin Violence Jack''.
As for the manga, the only place it's ever been released outside of Japan is Italy and very few arcs have been scanlated into English.
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* [[Absurdly Sharp Blade]]: Jack's signature jackknife.
* [[Action Duo]]: Mondo and Tatsuma in the manga.
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* [[Amnesiac Hero]]: Having no idea who he is (and mostly not caring about it), the titular character named himself after his violent fame—Violence—and iconic knife—Jack--. {{spoiler|Being Akira Fudoh, he has no recollection of the events that ocurred in Devilman}}.
* [[Anyone Can Die]]: And how!
* [[Apocalypse How]]: Class 0 in the manga, class 1 in the [[
* [[Back From the Dead]]: {{spoiler|Violence Jack is Akira Fudoh reincarnated as the Human Avatar of Death}}.
* [[Big Ol' Eyebrows]]: Several characters, primarily Jack.
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* [[Bondage Is Bad]]: Many villains (in the Harlem Bomber OAV) are S&M costume-wearing weirdos who like to tie up and sexually torture innocent young women.
* [[Character Development]]: Jack and his streak of violent rampages in the post-apocalyptic world, initially he made it clear that didn't care who he was fighting or saving, it was all collateral, he felt like saving/killing one here and one there; as the series goes though, Jack becomes quite focused in saving people, mostly children and women, after his newfound resolve the body count of people who seeked his help lowered considerably.
* [[Cluster F-Bomb]]: The English dub of the [[
* [[Crapsack World]]: Even worse than the world of the series it's a sequel to.
* [[Cruel and Unusual Death]]: So, so many.
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* [[I Call It Vera]]: [[Inverted Trope|Inverted]]. See [[Knife Nut]] below.
* [[Infant Immortality]]: Averted '''hard'''. The first arc alone has children getting their heads smashed in and getting burned alive. At one point, Jack decapitates a little girl being used as a human shield.
** Not even the [[
* [[Kill'Em All]]: {{spoiler|Nearly every character introduced dies.}}
* [[Knife Nut]]: Jack, to the point where he ''named himself'' after his jackknife.
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[[Category:Science Fiction Anime and Manga]]
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[[Category:Original Video Animation]]
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