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I realize there is no really violent super sentai heroe,even though there are some violent super sentais.
I have heard a lot about kamen rider amazon, and i have a question about this one (and other tokusatsu i dont know in general)
Can we really say there are violent heroes,with violent personnality, or is it justa conseuqence about the way action scenes are made(showing blood in a way that makes things violent).
Are there really tokusatsu heroes full of aggresivity that will kill for something else than justice,witha pleasure to shed blood.**A heroe can cut off an head, it can just be a way to defend his life, or just defeat the opponent, that doesnt mean he is violent.
When they have less lethal/bloody means to do it, I think they still count as violent even if they are heroes.
It's the difference between Ultraman Mebius, who cleanly slices through enemies or just blows them up, Versus UltraSeven, who is known to hack limbs off and viciously behead foes.
Super Sentai, from what I've seen, tends to be the least violent of the crowd.
Guyver is another who takes the violence further than he likely should, with gratuitous arm snapping and eye gouging. Really, if the Guyver counts as a toku hero, he gets my vote.
My criteria for violent, brutal hero must meet one specification-they must be sprayed/covered in the blood of their foes at least once. That's typically the point where they've gone beyond the norm.
UltraSeven, Shin, the Guyver and Amazon all meet this. I'm not sure about Gill, and Kuuga counts by technicality. (Sure he was never covered in blood, but he did make one guy burst it everywhere)