Detroit Metal City
DMC: Detroit Metal City

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(just for the record, this is a slight alteration of my anime review)

ART SECTION: 7/10
It is hilarious, no matter how crude the characters look or move. If it was a title where graphics play an outmost importance this would be a major minus. Since it is a comedy not based on slapstick movements, it goes well with the territory. To be honest, the thing that matters the most are the spaced out grimaces the characters make. All the rest are unimportant. Looking so gentle to a point of passing like nerds and mama’s boys or freaked out to resemble mass-murderers was enough to make the ... jokes work. So, movements and proportions suffer big time but at the same time they give of a feeling of an anarchistic underground comic. I almost doubt it would be as funny if it were done any better.

STORY SECTION: 5/10
A polite, kind youngster turning into a make-belief Kind of Demons against his will and becoming the exact opposite of what he always wanted to be was more than I could bear without laughing for several minutes. I mean most series have some perky youth with high ideals that struggles to accomplish his dreams (i.e. Naruto, Ash Kecham, Luffy D. Monkey). Here we have someone who fails miserably at it but is quite good at being bad! If that is not funny, I don’t know what is. The story was making fun of this cliché most manga have become quite repetitive of (thus feeling boring for the same reason), so seeing it being ridiculed is hilarious for a veteran reader like myself.

In all, the story is funny but not really developed or solid in any way. It will feel like stand-alone chapters with an almost identical form of storytelling. The gentle protagonist will have some peaceful, cheery plan, something goes wrong, and he turns to his hated alter ego in order to solve the problem in a most embarrassing (yet hilarious) manner that favors him. Everything is very convenient, so I never felt the story was meant to be realistic. It is just a simple scenario that unfolds in separated chapters, with an identical manner. The story does depict the basics of the problems music bands and singers have to face as they struggle for fame and acceptance. It still doesn’t get serious at all, as most things are resolved in a very forced way.

CHARACTER SECTION: 8/10
I am the King of Demons! (Krauzer II)
The cast of the characters is generally very likable. None besides the main character gets much focus or development; but since this is a series that focuses solely on one character, this is not a bad thing. Negishi is very interesting as he hates violence and passes for quite passive when in practice he always uses his hateful persona to get out of his troubles. Something like a suppressed dark side of his, Krauzer II is the persona you will most likely choose. For you see, calm and gentle people are presented in very negative ways (spineless, useless, oblivious) while the scum of society are glorified (mucho, imposing, decisive). Like the rest of the story, everything happens in extreme ways and leads to funny results because of the absolute separation of all the characters in to only two reverse poling categories.

VALUE & ENJOYMENT SECTION: 8/10
F**k! My c**t is so wet, that the rain season will come early this year! (Krauzer II’s manager)
That is one of the reasons I adore manga. Give them the liberty, and nothing is impossible to them. It is true that many manga are about a music band (i.e. Beck), or even implement irony and the unexpected factor as means of telling a joke (i.e. Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei). This series is the only one that mixes all of the above and even takes them to extreme heights.

The repetitive form of the plot does start to become tiresome later on. Still, the total amount of laughing overshadows the amount of time you start to doubt things. It is far more extreme and bold than most comedies out there. The chances of watching it again are high. The chances of forgetting it are zero.

VERDICT: 7/10
Krauzer II, your verdict for killing and raping a thousand people is … NOT GUILTY! Oh, Lord of the Underworld, murder me now!

"Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened."

These were the only words i could think when I came to the final page of the last volume of Detroit Metal City. It's main story revolving around my favorite genre of music (metal) would be enough to keep my interest all the way through, but it's constant humor (dark humor is most predominant) made me want to read this story all the way through.

Story 9/10
Antics involving The band DMC (mostly their singer) and the die-hard fans kept me turning the pages.

Art 7/10
You're basic manga art.

... Characters 10/10
The main characters constant struggle between his dark side and socially accepted side was the main character portrayal in this manga. Not much character development happens.

Enjoyment 10/10
The only reason I enjoyed this so much was because I'm a fan of both metal music and dark humor. If you don't like at least one you're probably not going to have a good time reading this manga.

Overall 9/10

Cointains spoiler
It had potential but the stupidity of the mc ruined everything.

Nothing ever changes in the story; there is no character development and there is no story progress.
The mc is exactly the same from the first episode to the last.

It is funny even though the humor is very repetitive so after a while the only good aspect also vanishes. The first two volume in and you already know what are all the gags that are going to be used.

If you want just some laugh you can give it a try but if you want any story development/progress there is none.
I would suggest ... to watch the ovas. Less time consuming and pretty much the same. I feel like they are even better than the manga in delivering the comedy.
After a while you are also going to feel bad for the other characters that did nothing wrong but are often bullied by the mc because he is weak as hell and can compete only towards someone weaker than him.

I had so much hope for this but all for nothing. A complete delusion.

Art is old but some panels are very well drawn.
Story as i said there is none.
Characters are very bad especially the MC.