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AFTER BEING HUMILIATED BY THE ALIEN SUPERCOP CASHMAN IN HIS YOUTH, DEVIL KID GREW UP TRAUMATIZED. DESPITE THAT, HE SETS OUT TO BECOME A HERO IN HIS OWN RIGHT BUT, ON HIS OWN TERMS. DISILLUSIONED BY CASHMAN'S CAPITALIST "HERO FOR HIRE" APPROACH, DEVIL KID VOWS TO HELP PEOPLE FOR FREE, BELIEVING TRUE HEROES DON'T FIGHT FOR CASH, REWARDS, OR MERIT. BUT... KAKODAIMAN ISN'T YOUR TYPICAL SUPERHERO. HE USES HIS CHILDLIKE, MISCHIEVOUS NATURE TO FUEL HIS ACTS OF "JUSTICE" AND TARGETS THE POLICE FOR THEIR EMOTIONLESS APPROACH TO LAW ENFORCEMENT. YET HE SYMPATHIZES WITH CRIMINALS AND CITIZENS WHO ACT OUT OF EMOTION IN DESPERATE SITUATIONS EVEN IF THEY'RE COMMITTING CRIMES CREATING A SENSE OF MORAL AMBIGUITY. KAKODAIMAN IS INSPIRED NOT ONLY BY AKIRA TORIYAMA'S CASHMAN, BUT ALSO BY HIS WORKS "JIYA" AND "JACO THE GALACTIC PATROLMAN", AS WELL AS THE CHARACTER MERUS FROM DRAGON BALL SUPER. THESE STORIES PORTRAY THE GALACTIC PATROL AS AN ORGANIZATION THAT ENFORCES ORDER THROUGH A DETACHED, "COLD" JUSTICE AN IDEALIZED, UNIVERSAL STANDARD THAT OFTEN CLASHES WITH HUMAN EMOTION AND MORAL NUANCE. IN JIYA AND JACO, HUMANITY IS JUDGED FOR ITS FLAWS AND ITS RIGHT TO EXIST IS QUESTIONED. WHEN BARDOCK, GOKU'S FATHER, WARNS AGAINST THE PATROL QUESTIONING THE MORAL PHILOSOPHY BEHIND DESTROYING AN INNOCENT CHILD EVEN IF HE IS DANGEROUS, CASHMAN, AS A COP WHO CHARGES PEOPLE FOR HELP, BECOMES THE EMBODIMENT OF THIS INSTITUTIONAL DETACHMENT OR "COLD JUSTICE". IN CONTRAST, KAKODAIMAN FOLLOWS DEVIL KID A MISCHIEVOUS FORMER RIVAL WHO BECOMES A ROGUE HERO NOT TO ENFORCE THE LAW, BUT TO CHALLENGE IT. HIS JOURNEY EXPLORES EMOTION, EGO, AND HUMAN IMPERFECTION NOT AS WEAKNESSES TO SUPPRESS, BUT AS ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF A MORE FIERY, COMPASSIONATE, AND GROUNDED FORM OF JUSTICE. WILL THAT JUSTICE BE TAKEN TOO FAR? WHO'S PHILOSOPHY IS RIGHT IN THE END? READ KAKODAIMAN AND DECIDE FOR YOURSELF!

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