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Originally Posted by Locke

Kuuga wasn't just arrogant, it was juvenile. In sickeningly gratuitous fashion the show would rub your face in the body count, making sure to purr words like 'dead children' and 'suicide'. BECAUSE MY GOD ISN'T THIS MATURE AND EDGY (if you're 12 years old, and your favourite author is Kishimoto).

That's absurd. And avoiding death or any kind of actual danger is better?
The dead children and suicide aspects of the porcupine grongi arc you're referring to never felt forced to be mature and edgy. They were there to progress the story. The always optimistic and happy hero was affected by those horrible events and he raged with power when he finally was able to get his hands on the killer. The rage and power gave us a foreshadowing of Ultimate form, presenting the plot point of wether Kuuga's power was good or evil.