The first thing that comes to mind is Code Breaker which like Akumetsu also is about the character's sense of righteousness. The male lead is pretty cold-blooded but gets a morality pet in the female lead which obstructs a lot of his plans.
Spoiler (mouse over to view) The beginning is original but starts lacking around the 80-100s. It has friendship, quirky characters, and at times gets overly cheesy. There's no real "gore" but the male lead burns his victims alive.
I'd still give it a try because the guy is still pretty ruthless regardless of his morality pet.
Black Lagoon Sort of fits. The recurring characters and pretty much everyone surrounding the male lead can get more than a little trigger happy.
Believe it or not Spoiler (mouse over to view) Yu-Gi-Oh qualifies but only in the early manga, but it's more or less like code breaker and not much bloodshed as it is psychological...but the guy gets a kick out of it.
Mirai Nikki
Superior Spoiler (mouse over to view) Female lead was originally this. While she laughs hardly at the bloodshed although there are some sincere times that she goes back to being ruthless. That's more seen in the early parts of the sequel though. ...I think.
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Yu Yu Hakusho It's filled with anti-heros. One of them is an adrenaline junkie, one is the average punk with a heart of gold, one has a pretty dark side, but the last one more or less fits. In the beginning it's implied that he strictly enjoys the thrill because it fills him. He doesn't smile, but I always see a bit of satisfaction on his face. There are also other characters who either have reasons for being blood thirsty or just are just evil. It's a classic and the art isn't praised, but once you get passed that it can be enjoyable. Lots of blood. 
Berserk
Soul Eater
Spoiler (mouse over to view) In Soul Eater, it's when they're taken over by the "madness". But sometimes you have to wonder about some characters....
...I doubt I was of any real help.  But I spent a great deal surfing the web to recall a lot of these...my memory's not good. 
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