[ShiShiLeo]

I always find it funny that people can declare that a show is too violent when said violence pales in comparison to violence that happens in the actual real world.

The violence in Black Sun is necessary to depict the atrocity and severity of the historical events it is invoking.

All sorts of action movies depict horrendous violence but people are desensitized to gun violence, off-screen violence, or violence against "others" (think about all the fodder aliens in Avengers, henchmen in John Wick, etc). The end result is the same in all these cases: loss of life.

I think people tend to conflate edgey nihilism with the repudiation of tragedy especially when we seek escapism from entertainment. Black Sun took nothing away from the mainline Kamen Rider series, heck we even got a full fledged big budget Kamen Rider movie within a year of its release. Kamen Rider proves to be a diverse property and it's impossible for all of it to land for everyone. I'm glad they tried something different and I think the show adds a richness to the IP.