Hana no Keiji Vol 1- 18 (Complete)
Just finished this manga series called
Hana no Keiji, which consisted of 18 volumes. Why this wasn't made into an anime was beyond me, but it's the best manga I've read in a while.
It's a historical manga but all the characters are exaggerated, the main character Keiji is kind of like Goku but a lot smarter and more laid-back, he womanizes and parties all the time, but is also very righteous in what he does when it's time to get serious. He has superhuman strength, however it's never explained anywhere in the manga where he got his strength from, which is kinda cool in a way, keeping it mysterious.
The fight scenes in here are hilarious. The way it's done is extremely original. Most of the time you will have a steroid-pumped villain who's the scariest and baddest dude around, the story builds up the villain to incredible proportions, you'd think that he's completely unstoppable. And then when he finally meets Keiji in the climax, he gets knocked out in one punch, or a kick to the nuts, or something really embarrassing. And then villain wakes up after a while, Keiji will give him the "talk" about being good to the people, living righteous, and then they join him.
So it has everything, great dialogue, AMAZING art, cool characters, manly shit. It should have a portion scanlated last time I checked. And if you're wondering, it's done by the same guy who did "Fist of the North Star".