[@Prodigal Son]

I can't imagine how, aside from using guns and being violent, the characters are alike. 

One is a bishonen anime flavored art lover that wears eyeliner and eats like a pig.

The other is a distictly ugly noir-esque serial killer whose interest in social or subconscious appeal equates to exactly Jack and shit, with Jack having ditched town thirty-six years ago.

It's like comparing Cowboy Bebop to Death Wish. If I counted magic blasts and mean streaks the same way, Zero and Donny would be the only characters that stand out.