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* The main antagonist is an AMAB character who [[GenderBender changes gender]] to get more powerful and, breaking some of the worst stereotypes of the era, is easily one of the biggest stand outs of the series; a nigh-[[InvincibleVillain invincible]] VisionaryVillain whose gender change is never ridiculed or vilified, and who honestly appreciates their minions (to the point that their lover is a male underling)[[spoiler:-- in fact, their defeat is only possible after they [[MomentOfWeakness dedicate too much love to somebody else]]]]... This definition could either belong to Harara Hagakure, or Dongfang Bubai from the ''[[Film/{{Swordsman}} Swordsman]]'' series[[note]]The films were definitely popular in Japan, as one of the main antagonists of ''[[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam G Gundam]]'' was also clearly inspired by Dongfang Bubai[[/note]].
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* The armors' life support system is very similar to how stillsuits' are described in ''Literature/{{Dune}}'', another work with ecologist themes set in a faraway future, and the quote about how "people who only want to live on are not more than animals" seems a direct reference to the Bene Gesserit dogma. Also, as in ''Literature/ChildrenOfDune'', the manga stars two siblings of different sex, among which the female is possessed and becomes evil by action of a similarly evil ancestor.
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* The armors' life support system is very similar to how stillsuits' are described in Creator/FrankHerbert's ''Literature/{{Dune}}'', another work with ecologist themes set in a faraway future, and lends a ton of visible inspirations.
** The armors' life support system is very similar to how stillsuits are described. Being living bio-suits composed by multiple entities, they also resemble Leto II's trout suit in ''Literature/ChildrenOfDune''.
** Many of Oboro's philosophical lectures sound straight out of ''Dune'', but the quote about how "people who only want to live on are not more than animals"seems is a direct reference to the Bene Gesserit dogma. Also, as creed. The armors' collective conscience of dead people evokes the Other Memory, the explanations about Zero martial art sound a lot like Prana Bindu, and Harara's kiss is described in ''Literature/ChildrenOfDune'', similar terms to imprinting or neuro-seduction.
** The horribly obese, perverted Hamuko also reminds of Baron Harkonnen in both things.
** As in ''Children of Dune'', the manga stars two siblings of different sex, among which the female is possessed and becomes evil by action of a similarly evil ancestor.
** The armors' life support system is very similar to how stillsuits are described. Being living bio-suits composed by multiple entities, they also resemble Leto II's trout suit in ''Literature/ChildrenOfDune''.
** Many of Oboro's philosophical lectures sound straight out of ''Dune'', but the quote about how "people who only want to live on are not more than animals"
** The horribly obese, perverted Hamuko also reminds of Baron Harkonnen in both things.
** As in ''Children of Dune'', the manga stars two siblings of different sex, among which the female is possessed and becomes evil by action of a similarly evil ancestor.
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* The Fortified Armor Shells are basically human-made, steel-coated ''Manga/{{Guyver}}'' armors. The lead also uses his own to fight mutated humans turned into monsters (Tactical Evils in ''Zero'', Zoanoids in ''Guyver''). Classic tokusatsu elements, especially from the ''Franchise/KamenRider'' franchise and the ''Franchise/UltraSeries'', are also thrown together.
* A lone, ripped fighter with short dark hair, whose name starts by K and who uses a supernatural martial art, travels through a post-apocalyptic world after a nuclear war while fighting nasty brutes. He pursues a former acquitance and user of his same martial art who betrayed him, left him with scars and took a loved one away from him. It's also discovered that said baddie's mind was corrupted by another baddie. Kakugo in ''Apocalypse Zero'' or Kenshiro in ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar''?
** Even Kakugo's seven Steel Balls are placed in direct reference to Kenshiro's seven scars.
* A lone, ripped fighter with short dark hair, whose name starts by K and who uses a supernatural martial art, travels through a post-apocalyptic world after a nuclear war while fighting nasty brutes. He pursues a former acquitance and user of his same martial art who betrayed him, left him with scars and took a loved one away from him. It's also discovered that said baddie's mind was corrupted by another baddie. Kakugo in ''Apocalypse Zero'' or Kenshiro in ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar''?
** Even Kakugo's seven Steel Balls are placed in direct reference to Kenshiro's seven scars.
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* Kakugo's Tactical Evil form is a reference to ''Manga/{{Devilman}}'''s title character, not only visually, but also because, like him, Kakugo manages to take over his demon body and use it to strengthen himself.
* The luminous tentacles, the bugs healing Kakugo and the bugs that absorb radiactivity at the end of the series all evoke ''Manga/NausicaaOfTheValleyOfTheWind''.
* The Fortified Armor Shells are basically human-made, steel-coated ''Manga/{{Guyver}}'' armors. The lead also uses his own to fight mutated humans turned into monsters (Tactical Evils in ''Zero'', Zoanoids in ''Guyver'').
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* Shiro Hagakure is clearly inspired on Yasunori Kato from ''Literature/TeitoMonogatari'', another undead Japanese Imperial Army officer who tried to use his offspring to cause mayhem (and whose offspring eventually turned against him). He's even drawn with Kato's ''seiman'' pentagram-decorated white gloves.
** Similarly, just like Kato was possessed and powered by the grudge of the people killed by the Japanese Empire, [[spoiler:Harara is possessed by the grudge of the victims of Shiro's experiments.]]
** Tsumiko is possessed and turned into a monster, just like Yukari Tatsumiya.
* Kakugo's Tactical Evil form is a reference to ''Manga/{{Devilman}}'''s title character, not only visually, but also because, like him, Kakugo manages to take over his demon body and use it to strengthen himself.
** Similarly, just like Kato was possessed and powered by the grudge of the people killed by the Japanese Empire, [[spoiler:Harara is possessed by the grudge of the victims of Shiro's experiments.]]
** Tsumiko is possessed and turned into a monster, just like Yukari Tatsumiya.
* Kakugo's Tactical Evil form is a reference to ''Manga/{{Devilman}}'''s title character, not only visually, but also because, like him, Kakugo manages to take over his demon body and use it to strengthen himself.
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* The armors' life support system is very similar to how stillsuits' are described in ''Literature/{{Dune}}'', another work with ecologist themes set in a faraway future, and the quote about how "people who only want to live on are not more than animals" seems a direct reference to the Bene Gesserit dogma. Also, as in ''Literature/ChildrenOfDune'', the manga stars two siblings of different sex, among which the female is possessed and becomes evil by action of a similarly evil ancestor.
* Shiro Hagakure, while clearly referencing by name the infamous Japanese scientist Shiro Ishii, is clearly inspired on Yasunori Kato from ''Literature/TeitoMonogatari'', another undead Japanese Imperial Army officer who tried to use his offspring to cause mayhem (and whose offspring eventually turned against him). He's even drawn with Kato's ''seiman'' pentagram-decorated white gloves.
** Similarly, just like Kato was possessed and powered by the grudge of the people killed by the Japanese Empire, [[spoiler:Harara is possessed by the grudge of the victims of Shiro's experiments.]]
** Tsumiko is possessed and turned into a monster, just like Yukari Tatsumiya.
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* Classic tokusatsu elements, especially from the ''Franchise/KamenRider'' franchise and the ''Franchise/UltraSeries'', are also thrown together.
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* A lone, ripped fighter with short dark hair and who carries a sword travels a dark world while fighting nightmarish monsters who used to be humans. He pursues a former acquitance of him who was a bishonen genius and his superior in fighting, who later betrayed him after being corrupted by a dark entity and becoming a human demon, and who also took a loved one away from him. Kakugo in ''Apocalypse Zero'' or Guts in ''Manga/{{Berserk}}''?
** Hamuko, a horrid, sexually deviant female monster, is the first Tactical Evil Kakugo faces in the story, just like Guts faces a sexualized female monster (the unnamed female Apostle) at the first of the manga. They are both killed by piercing through their mouth.
** Eikichi is also similar to Wyald, an old man turned into a lecherous, abrasive monster with a weaponized penis.
** Chidokuro's helmet is obviously based on Femto, and his grafted female breasts probably reference Griffith's androgyny. His sexual abuse of Tsumiko is also a parody of Femto's most infamous deed towards Casca. His appearance is also near-identical to the titular character of ''Film/PhantomOfTheParadise'', which matches him being confronted in an amusement park.
** Hamuko, a horrid, sexually deviant female monster, is the first Tactical Evil Kakugo faces in the story, just like Guts faces a sexualized female monster (the unnamed female Apostle) at the first of the manga. They are both killed by piercing through their mouth.
** Eikichi is also similar to Wyald, an old man turned into a lecherous, abrasive monster with a weaponized penis.
** Chidokuro's helmet is obviously based on Femto, and his grafted female breasts probably reference Griffith's androgyny. His sexual abuse of Tsumiko is also a parody of Femto's most infamous deed towards Casca. His appearance is also near-identical to the titular character of ''Film/PhantomOfTheParadise'', which matches him being confronted in an amusement park.
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* A lone, ripped fighter with short dark hair and who carries a sword travels a dark world while fighting nightmarish monsters who used to be humans. He pursues a former acquitance of him who was a bishonen genius humans, and his superior in fighting, who later betrayed him after being corrupted the very first monster he faces onscreen is a horrid, sexually deviant female, which he kills by a dark entity and becoming a human demon, and who also took a loved one away from him.piercing through her mouth. Kakugo in ''Apocalypse Zero'' or Guts in ''Manga/{{Berserk}}''?
**Hamuko, a horrid, sexually deviant The ShoutOut also works in reverse. Chidokuro's helmet may resemble Femto's, adding to his grafted female monster, is the first Tactical Evil Kakugo faces in the story, just breasts feeling like Guts faces a sexualized female monster (the unnamed female Apostle) at the first jab to Griffith's androgyny, and his sexual abuse of the manga. They are both killed by piercing through their mouth.
**Tsumiko also feels like a parody of Femto's most infamous deed towards Casca. Eikichi is also similar to Wyald, an old man turned into a lecherous, abrasive monster with a weaponized penis.
** Chidokuro's helmet is obviously based on Femto,penis. However, in a subversion, the ''Berserk'' chapters featuring Wyald and the Eclipse came out one year after ''Apocalypse Zero'' had concluded. Those developments only made Guts resemble Kakugo even more, as he now pursues a former acquitance of him who was a bishonen genius and his grafted female breasts probably reference Griffith's androgyny. His sexual abuse of Tsumiko is also a parody of Femto's most infamous deed towards Casca. His appearance is also near-identical to the titular character of ''Film/PhantomOfTheParadise'', which matches superior in fighting, who later betrayed him after being confronted in an amusement park.corrupted by a dark entity and becoming a human demon, and who also took a loved one away from him.
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** Chidokuro's helmet is obviously based on Femto, and his grafted female breasts probably reference Griffith's androgyny. His sexual abuse of Tsumiko is also a parody of Femto's most infamous deed towards Casca.
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** Chidokuro's helmet is obviously based on Femto, and his grafted female breasts probably reference Griffith's androgyny. His sexual abuse of Tsumiko is also a parody of Femto's most infamous deed towards Casca. His appearance is also near-identical to the titular character of ''Film/PhantomOfTheParadise'', which matches him being confronted in an amusement park.
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** Kakugo's Tactical Evil form is a reference to ''Manga/{{Devilman}}'''s title character, not only visually, but also because, like him, Kakugo manages to take over his demon body and use it to strengthen himself.
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* In reverse, Jin Saotome from ''VideoGame/{{Cyberbots}}'' (and, later, ''VideoGame/CapcomVsWhatever'') is an {{Expy}} of Kakugo. They even wear the same scarf.
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* In reverse, Jin Saotome from ''VideoGame/{{Cyberbots}}'' (and, later, ''VideoGame/CapcomVsWhatever'') ''VideoGame/CapcomVs'') is an {{Expy}} of Kakugo. They even wear the same scarf.
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* The Fortified Armor Shells are basically human-made, steel-coated ''Manga/{{Guyver}}'' armors. The lead also uses his own to fight mutated humans turned into monsters (Tactical Evils in ''Zero'', Zoanoids in ''Guyver''). Classic tokusatsu elements, especially from the ''Franchise/KamenRider'' franchise and the ''Franchise/UltraSeries'', are also thrown together.
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** Hamuko, a horrid horrid, sexually deviant female monster, is the first Tactical Evil Kakugo faces in the story, just like Guts faces a sexualized female monster (the unnamed female Apostle) at the first of the manga. They are both killed by piercing through their mouth.
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** Chidokuro's helmet is obviously based on Femto. Femto, and his grafted female breasts probably reference Griffith's androgyny. His IHaveYouNowMyPretty attitude towards sexual abuse of Tsumiko is also a parody of Femto's most infamous deed towards Casca.
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* With his white Japanese Navy uniform, katana, black hair and stoic, non-nonsense personality, Kakugo resembles a bespectacled version of Shutaro Mendou of ''Manga/UruseiYatsura''.
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* The Fortified Armor Shells are basically human made ''Manga/{{Guyver}}'' armors. The lead also uses his own to fight mutated humans turned into monsters (Tactical Fiends in ''Zero'', Zoanoids in ''Guyver''). Classic tokusatsu (''Franchise/KamenRider'' elements (especially from the ''Franchise/KamenRider'' franchise and the ''Franchise/UltraSeries'') is also thrown together.
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* A lone, ripped fighter with short dark hair, whose name starts by K and who uses a supernatural martial art, travels through a post-apocalyptic world after a nuclear war while fighting nasty brutes. He pursues a former acquitance and user of his same martial art who betrayed him, left him with scars and took a loved one away from him. It's also discovered that said baddie's mind was corrupted by another baddie. Kakugo in ''Apocalypse Zero'' or Kenshiro in ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar''?
** Kakugo's seven Steel Balls are placed in direct reference to Kenshiro's seven scars.
* A lone, ripped fighter with short dark hair and who carries a sword travels a dark world while fighting nightmarish monsters who used to be humans. He pursues a former acquitance of him who was a bishonen genius and his superior in fighting, who later betrayed him after being corrupted by a dark entity and becoming a human demon, and who also took a loved one away from him. Kakugo in ''Apocalypse Zero'' or Guts in ''Manga/{{Berserk}}''?
** Hamuko, a horrid female monster, is the first Tactical Evil Kakugo faces in the story, just like Guts faces a female monster (the unnamed female Apostle) at the first of the manga. They are both killed by piercing through their mouth.
** Eikichi is also similar to Wyald, an old man turned into a lecherous, abrasive monster with a weaponized penis.
** Chidokuro's helmet is obviously based on Femto. His IHaveYouNowMyPretty attitude towards Tsumiko is also a parody of Femto's most infamous deed towards Casca.
* Shiro Hagakure is clearly inspired on Yasunori Kato from ''Literature/TeitoMonogatari'', another undead Japanese Imperial Army officer who tried to use his offspring to cause mayhem (and whose offspring eventually turned against him). He's even drawn with Kato's ''seiman'' pentagram-decorated white gloves.
** Similarly, just like Kato was possessed and powered by the grudge of the people killed by the Japanese Empire, [[spoiler:Harara is possessed by the grudge of the victims of Shiro's experiments.]]
** Tsumiko is possessed and turned into a monster, just like Yukari Tatsumiya.
* The Fortified Armor Shells are basically human made ''Manga/{{Guyver}}'' armors. The lead also uses his own to fight mutated humans turned into monsters (Tactical Fiends in ''Zero'', Zoanoids in ''Guyver''). Classic tokusatsu (''Franchise/KamenRider'' and the ''Franchise/UltraSeries'') is also thrown together.
* One of the manga Tactical Evils is a monstrous parody of ''Manga/SazaeSan'', sporting the name of Sazae and featuring several heads based on the family's members.
* In reverse, Jin Saotome from ''VideoGame/{{Cyberbots}}'' (and, later, ''VideoGame/CapcomVsWhatever'') is an {{Expy}} of Kakugo. They even wear the same scarf.
** Kakugo's seven Steel Balls are placed in direct reference to Kenshiro's seven scars.
* A lone, ripped fighter with short dark hair and who carries a sword travels a dark world while fighting nightmarish monsters who used to be humans. He pursues a former acquitance of him who was a bishonen genius and his superior in fighting, who later betrayed him after being corrupted by a dark entity and becoming a human demon, and who also took a loved one away from him. Kakugo in ''Apocalypse Zero'' or Guts in ''Manga/{{Berserk}}''?
** Hamuko, a horrid female monster, is the first Tactical Evil Kakugo faces in the story, just like Guts faces a female monster (the unnamed female Apostle) at the first of the manga. They are both killed by piercing through their mouth.
** Eikichi is also similar to Wyald, an old man turned into a lecherous, abrasive monster with a weaponized penis.
** Chidokuro's helmet is obviously based on Femto. His IHaveYouNowMyPretty attitude towards Tsumiko is also a parody of Femto's most infamous deed towards Casca.
* Shiro Hagakure is clearly inspired on Yasunori Kato from ''Literature/TeitoMonogatari'', another undead Japanese Imperial Army officer who tried to use his offspring to cause mayhem (and whose offspring eventually turned against him). He's even drawn with Kato's ''seiman'' pentagram-decorated white gloves.
** Similarly, just like Kato was possessed and powered by the grudge of the people killed by the Japanese Empire, [[spoiler:Harara is possessed by the grudge of the victims of Shiro's experiments.]]
** Tsumiko is possessed and turned into a monster, just like Yukari Tatsumiya.
* The Fortified Armor Shells are basically human made ''Manga/{{Guyver}}'' armors. The lead also uses his own to fight mutated humans turned into monsters (Tactical Fiends in ''Zero'', Zoanoids in ''Guyver''). Classic tokusatsu (''Franchise/KamenRider'' and the ''Franchise/UltraSeries'') is also thrown together.
* One of the manga Tactical Evils is a monstrous parody of ''Manga/SazaeSan'', sporting the name of Sazae and featuring several heads based on the family's members.
* In reverse, Jin Saotome from ''VideoGame/{{Cyberbots}}'' (and, later, ''VideoGame/CapcomVsWhatever'') is an {{Expy}} of Kakugo. They even wear the same scarf.
