Is this the "next" Shingeki No Kyojin????!!!

Iron Knight seems to have heavy influences from Attack On Titan manga (or Shingeki no Kyojin). Here some similarities:

1.- There´s a virus that turns humans into "goblins", and there´s death and destruction in the first chapter because of a global pandemic of the goblin virus.

2.- The protagonist´s father is missing, and implied to have a strong importance in the series. Also, he was a cop.

3.- Teppei can turn into a goblin with fire powers, and he fights goblins and people like him who only use their power for killing people.

4.- Teppei swears to revenge and protect mankind.

And now with the review.

Story: 9

The first chapter appears to be your typical Shonen Jump school manga, but a few pages later BAM! Chaos, death and destruction unleashes. And you wonder what´s gonna happen next, and who is the enemy. Comparisons with Attack on Titan are unavoidable, but these are good comparisons, the story itself has originallity, and is intense, fresh, well narrated and you just feel the creeps. This manga is DEFINITELY Shonen Jump next big hit (which can give the Shonen genre a different way of telling stories)

Art: 8

The art is typical from Shonen, but what differenciates it from the other shonen series, is that some scenes are gruesome and really f*cked up. We´ll see intense battles, gross monsters, innocent people (even children) getting gruesome deaths, despair and hope. The manga violence almost pairs up with Attack On Titan violence, though, is a tiny less violent to consider it properly a Seinen manga.

Character: 9

How can I explain in words the awesomeness of Teppei personality? Yeah, he is young, he is your shonen hero, BUT unlike Luffy and Goku, Teppei got brains. He carefully think of his way of acting, always thinks why is the world going to hell, and the causes that provoked it. Yet, he also have strength, and the determination to protect mankind.

Enjoyment: 9

As you felt excitement, fear, despair and hope on Attack on Titan, Gantz, Bleach and other type of action manga, Iron Knight guarantees to give you this, and maybe more. It has a strong plot, strong characters, and profound messages you´ll have to discover as they are implied.

Overall: 9

From the first page, you are sure to stay with Teppei. The adrenaline will run through your veins and spine. Sometimes, when watching a battle or a tragic twist plot on Iron Knight that reminds you of Eren struggles to save mankind, you´ll be thankful Attack On Titan had inspired other great mangas.