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They're much on the same "yanki school gag humor" vibe. Sakuragi and Onizuka are the kings of funny faces. Both are completely stupid and have very little respect for authority. Their role as characters is to constantly challenge the status quo. Both manga also have their moments of seriousness.

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Both manga deal with the supernatural as if it were part of everyday life. There are complex linkages between practitioners of spiritual skills and government and business organizations. The characters, despite being powerful practitioners of magic, have to deal with day-to-day bureaucracies, such as salary, employment, personal relationships, etc. In both, there is a character who is much more powerful than the rest of the cast. And every structure of alliances and conflicts takes place trying to entice or stop this character. In both series, anyone can die, even if is a important supporting character.

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Both are coming of age stories about delinquents that find a greater meaning to life than gangs and violence. While Yuu Yuu is a shonen fantasy where the protagonist finds a new vocation, a network of friends and a new meaning as a spiritual detective, Bakuon Rettou deals with the realistic trajectory of a young man involved with gangs who matures and begins to review whether this is what he wants for his life.

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The series are similar both in terms of plot and artistic choices. Both series take place in post-apocalyptic Japan and both involve doomsday cults and mysterious military and scientific conspiracies. In terms of style, in both the character design is very realistic: the characters have obvious asian traits and look like ordinary people, without that stereotypical anime style. There's a lot os scenery porn in both mangas, with pages and more pages of city ruins and skyscrapers. For both authors, the setting is an essential part of the narrative. Besides that, there are some differences. While in Akira you have that kind of shonen protagonist who is a hopeless optimist full of skill and energy, who always manages to escape the worst situations, in Dragon Head the characters are ordinary youngsters having to face a nihilistic survival horror scenario with fear and terror.