Genuine question. How do you think it compares to the other two and in what ways? I'll consider reading it if it's in the same ballpark.
Yeah it's in the same ballpark imo.
This is the basic premise of Jigokuraku
Gabimaru the Empty, a former ninja assassin feared as a heartless husk of a man, spends his days on death row wondering when an executioner skilled enough to so much as harm him will arrive, as he thinks nothing of seeing an end to his meaningless existence... Or so he thought. Then the lady executioner, Asaemon the Beheader, rekindles his hope with an astounding proposition. If he ever wishes to see his beloved wife again, he is, under the auspices of the shogunate, to embark on a perilous voyage to the mysterious mystic island said to house the elixir of immortality. Should he be the one among many rival death-row fiends and scoundrels to find the elixir, he'll earn a full exoneration, and, more importantly, a chance at an ordinary married life with the light of his life--the woman who made the world seem not so ugly. What awaits them is a journey like no other!
It carries the same dark vibe as CSM. The art is gorgeous. The pacing is fast and as crazy as CSM. It has that sense of urgency and uncertainty that CSM and JJK have. It has some pretty good twists. Honestly, it's quite similar to CSM. Which shouldn't be a surprise because the author is a former assistant of Fujimoto and has taken inspiration from Fujimoto. The cast is pretty good, with some very well written characters. It checks off those boxes that you're searching for if you want something similar to CSM. It has a concise power system, it's not dragged out. It's in the same archetype imo.
So yeah to simplify it lol
Fast pace
Gore
Violence
Familiar art style
Dark Aesthetics
Good Cast
Atypical MC
Uncertainty
Deaths
Some quite crazy characters
Quite good art which makes the fights extremely good
How do you think it compares to the other two
This is a tricky question. As you can see I haven't yet voted cuz I am still going over all of them lol.
It's certainly good. And it's only 127 chapters long so you won't regret giving it a shot. It lacks the exposition the other two have for sure, but I think that will soon change with the upcoming anime.
These are the 2 anime trailers
Now the only other people that I know who have read all 3 are
@NikaInParis @TheKnightOfTheSea and
@Lindltaylor so maybe they can lend me a hand here lol.
