Throughout the week the manga I've read was Akira by Katsuhiro Otomo, who would also direct the anime version in 1988. With the story, it focuses on a futuristic post apocalyptic society after nuclear explosions fired off across every major nation, and country in the world, leading effectively into a new world war. Thus decades later in the future, it focuses on a future biker gang in "Neo - Japan" as they attempt to live out their lives in a society building itself back up again.
This all changed when Shōtarō Kaneda gets in an accident with his friend Tetsuyo, and starts to gain psychic abilities that the government sees as dangerous, comparing it to the Akira, which was known as the cause of Japan's destruction years ago. Tetsuyo begins to have hallucinations ranging from his body decomposing, to inanimate objects coming to life, and haunting him. So the hunt is on, as Tetsuyo, Shōtarō, and the others in their gang are being persued by the government, and must survive a rapidly changing world, much less affect it themselves.
The story of Akira can be hard to follow especially in the manga, however overall it is a story that follows how anyone can change, or destroy the future if they're not careful, and it shows that true power can be held from within us all. It's a story that tells what happens if power gets to our heads, and that if we leave control of our society to those with unparalleled power, it will lead to our societies end.
Without a doubt, Akira has been widely considered one of the greatest anime of all time, and has been a major inspiration to many artists, and their styles. Every modern story has followed behind Katsuhiro Otomo's story, and manga/anime would not be in the place it is today without Akira.
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