Summary
Killer Peter brings a fresh take on the assassin story with unique twists and a mix of elements from John Wick and Sakamoto Days. This webtoon features engaging action, humor, and an interesting plot, while remaining distinct from Sakamoto Days. Killer Peter's distinct art style, darker protagonist, and engaging fight scenes make it an entertaining choice for fans of the genre.
For fans of Sakamoto Days, the concept of assassins trying to live quietly in retirement when they're no longer in their prime is a familiar one, but it's been given a new lease of life. Naver Webtoon. Taro Sakamoto is a lovable and interesting character who tries his best not to break the family rules so that he can maintain his normal, happy life. However, with the continuous rise of webtoons, another interesting assassin story is going viral with Killer Peter, which tells the story of an old assassin dying of cancer, with enough unique features as a series to make Sakamoto Days fans feel fresh.
Killer Peter has been on Webtoon since November 1, 2023 and is still free to read. complete with stunning artwork, humorous twists that complement the bombastic action and engaging storyline. Unlike Sakamoto Days, the main character Peter often takes action after an incident in the great first chapter of Killer Peter, a mysterious incident that restores his body to its peak condition.
Now Peter must fight his way through the Glory Club, encountering various gladiators and gathering unexpected allies along the way.
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Comparing Killer Peter and Sakamoto Days is pretty easy, as they are treated similarly in the first chapter, along with inciting incidents in the form of strangers trying to assassinate them in the store. It's also easy to compare the two stories to John Wick, because a predictable thread appears to connect the series, each story is set in motion by a home invasion or shop break-in that unleashes their killer instincts. Each character, Peter and Sakamoto, are capable and cunning, either in Peter's old age or Sakamoto's weight, able to fight off their attackers.
It's also easy to compare these two stories to John Wick, as a predictable feature emerges connecting these series, each story begins with a home or store break-in, which sets off the killer instinct.
Like the infamous pencil story John Wick, Peter and Sakamoto have a knack for surprising improvised weapons, with early examples like spitting out lozenges to block bullets, or using mollusk tentacles as nunchaku. Sakamoto Days even uses impressive gunplay to make a difference. However, differences begin to emerge when Peter immediately embarks on a mission to infiltrate his old organization, the seemingly benevolent Glory Club, similar to John Wick's Continental and Sakamoto Days' Order. With the bounty on Peter's head starting at 7.6 billion won, similar to Sakamoto's situation, it's understandable that the two have overlapping readerships.
Peter the Killer is different enough to feel fresh.
Style, Presentation and Tone have a lasting effect
While Peter's drastic transformation back into a healthy assassin is similar to how Taro Sakamoto can burn countless calories instantly to lose weight in battle, Killer Peter avoids feeling like a copycat of Sakamoto Days. Part of that is due to the Webtoon's unique presentation, including background music for key chapters, a particularly detailed and perfect art style, and a protagonist with a darker mood. Peter is an extremely talented assassin, able to escape deadly bonds with enemies who seem to be able to dance around the boundaries of the laws of nature.
In Killer Peter's most important battles, most of his confrontations reveal compelling backstories about his enemies before Peter defeats them in creative ways, such as by outsmarting them or hopelessly incapacitating them.
Killer Peter has strange abilities like Octoman's bending ability and Sangdo Park's godlike knife fighting talent as well as the looming question of how Peter returns to his healthy, cancer-free body. Sakamoto Days has similar strange or even unnatural abilities, but the delivery is different, with Sakamoto still in his twenties, unwilling to cross the line by killing his enemies, although Sakamoto Days sometimes goes to bloody extremes. whereas in Killer Peter, Peter is willing to cross that line. With Webtoon's Killer Peter being surprisingly entertaining and funny, this is an easy pick-up for readers while they wait. Sakamoto Day cartoon.