Zetman

TL;DR: It starts off well but gets annoying and pointless after the second half. The first part of the work is good, seeing the two childhoods and origins of the main characters until the point where they meet becomes very interesting, seeing how Kouga's perfect sense of justice clashes with the difficult reality that Jin lived, seeing the disagreement of both until a friendship and partnership begins. Up to this point the work remains good and interesting, but it starts to go downhill from there. After this, the story just gets messy, mainly because of the character named Seiji. The manipulation he does at first is mysteriousand interesting, but it goes on until it becomes irritating and gets worse and worse. This character makes no sense and you won't understand it even at the end. Who he is, what side he's on, why he acts the way he does, no one knows and there's no way to know because it doesn't even make sense. Another bad point in the story is the uninterrupted sequence of plot twists. Almost every character has their dark secret that makes them switch sides, act against expected or he was manipulating everyone all the time. Most of them don't make any sense and the reader doesn't get any clue about their actions, for me it's just a cheap and poorly done way to impress the reader, but when you stop and think, you realize that it's just bad writing. The worst part of all is the ending. I can respect an author's choice not to deliver a happy ending or one that most of the audience expected by the author's own choice, as long as it is well written and makes sense, which is not the case here. The actions that one of the characters takes at the end were very drastic and unforgivable. I could understand it due to the fact that he was being manipulated, but even after the control is lost, the character changes so much that he is not even the same person. There is no feeling of remorse or guilt. It seems that the whole story that happened between them never existed. Their actions from that point on completely change the course of the story to a terrible and bad written ending. What I can praise about the work is the art, it is really well done, it really conveys the emotion of the events of the work, which I would have appreciated a lot if I wasn't frustrated with the story. To conclude, I do not recommend this work, and even though it says that there could be a sequel on the last page, I wouldn't read it because there is no way to fix the poorly written story. Obs: I don't speak english very well, so mostly is Google Translated

tl;dr: A manga with interesting themes, characters, and plot threads that just throws them all away at the end. Zetman is to some degree a manga about super hero origins, but it's more so a manga that explores some of the issues relating to the ethics of super heroes, and hence goes deeper and gets quite a bit darker than most super hero related works. This dark setting works pretty well, and the issues relating to justice and such mostly come through pretty well. The various character relationships were done pretty well too, with Jin and Kagou serving as good foils to one another, and the romantic aspects also being pretty well done for the most part. Theplot was interesting too, in that there did seem to be a lot going on and a lot of players with various motivations and plans. However, all of this is severely hampered by how the ending is a complete nonending that doesn't do anything that an ending is supposed to do. While the ethics and such behind being a hero and justice were explored a good amount throughout the series, in the end it never felt like they actually made any sort of point. The various character relationships too end on a note where they're all completely broken, which is simply sad, not bittersweet, just kind of bitter. The plot never actually comes together. There are a lot of plans and conspiracies and twists where it turns out that the plans, goals, and motivations behind various characters are very different from what they appeared to be, but in the end it never became clear what the actual goals were, and what was actually going on, and ultimately the extremely long finale simply felt like chaos. There isn't a proper ending, rather the ending is essentially a set up for a time skip, being more preoccupied with setting up new plot threads then resolving them. But even in terms of that, it felt quite strange, in that it doesn't stop at the time skip, but has one chapter that shows things after the time skip that doesn't actually resolve anything either but rather just feels kind of awkward in terms of there eventually being a proper continuation. Though considering the time frame, it seems unlikely a continuation ever will be made at this point. I really liked the art style, art, and character designs, though I was fond of the general style more towards the beginning toward the end because it seemed it got a lot more reserved.

I really enjoyed Zetman. I binged it from chapter 1 to current after watching the anime. The anime follows the manga very closely expect for the last arc where it makes some changes to make it end a bit better for an anime season. Manga wise the translations appear to only just be wrapping up that same arc. As far as story goes, I feel its rather unique in the way it handles it really. I haven't read many manga with a similar feel to them. The story revolves a lot around how the main characters develop and perceive situations as the story itself is alittle confusing till you really dive into the later chapters and find out more. If you like seeing how different people handle different situations and develop over time with what happens to them then you will really enjoy this manga. It still has a lot of battle and in depth story setup and its very interesting and fun to read but I feel the real grit of the story is character perception and how that changes. I would say read the manga first then watch the anime. The manga is more in depth in some areas and tends to lay its story a bit sensibly. If you can though watch the anime once you read the current translations. I feel the anime flows better but has a problem of handling some scenes and plot points slightly differently towards the later half. Nothing drastically different but I remember when I was watching the series I felt a little weirded out and lost however later reading the manga it made a lot more sense in the way they presented it.

A perfect blend of Manga and Western style comics about a strange homeless kid with a halo mark on his hand, monsters hidden throughout the city, and the amagi corporation. Zetman is by no means complicated in its themes just think Devilman meets Batman Beyond all covered and wrapped in the allure of a mystery novel with tons of dark themes regarding superheroes, origins, and ideals. The action and imagery is realistic, dark, brutal, and unsettling true to the superhero nature of the manga the fights indeed reflect that with dynamic impacts and transformations The art is highly detailed and gorgeous which is to be expected from Katsura,Masakazu creator of Tiger and Bunny and Zetman his illustrations of his characters always slick and full of expressions while looking badass and emanating a sense of coolness