>>213049381 (OP) Old school Japanese shits go hard as fuck all the time. First episode of Galaxy Express 999 the child protagonist sees his mother get shot to death by immortal human in machine bodies conducting a human hunt. They mount his mother on the wall. Later in the episode the protag guns them all down. webm unrelated.
>>213050352 "OK, Tetsuro. We are going to stop at this dystopian shithole for a bit before continuing on. Now don't do this specific thing I'm telling you not to do while we are here right now." >tetsuro does the thing he wasn't supposed to do and nearly gets both him and Maetel killed The formula for every episode. I still like it, just thought that was comical when I watched it.
>>213051034 Nips gonna nip. It's the same with sentai or zatoichi movies or anything they do. Like their archery is not about hitting the bullseye but the form of the draw and shot. The form of the repetitive story is the art not any evolving narrative.
>>213049381 (OP) Ryuki kills all of its riders but the show is ultimately still for kids. Slightly older kids, but it's a superhero show aimed at children that is also trying to sell them flashy toys. >>213050897 kino