Duke Togo may have practiced martial arts but you don’t get the feeling that it’s due to his love of the craft. Real people may not fight like in Golgo 13 but it’s definitely closer to contemporary street fights than anything else I usually watch in anime, where both fighters are masterful martial arts. There isn’t any desire to make the violence somewhat aesthetically pleasing as much as impactful. He lives in constant conflict, gunfights in narrow hallways and constant smoke breaks perched on balconies, peering through the perch of some high rise as he is about to pull the trigger of another poor soul. The world Duke Togo lives in is similar in that regard. Rarely in life do we ever find our exact match, either we are outclassed or we outclass. Have any of us seen an MMA fight? It's ugly, and awkward violence where the opponents dominates over the other, whether in size, or range, or pace. Travelling from country to country, taking on contracts on HIS terms, Duke Togo is a killing machine, but unlike many series where they use the fact that they're OP to do some incredibly suspense defying things because the episode needs some beautiful choreographed fights. Golgo 13's Main Character is by far one of the most disciplined masters of his trade I have seen. Trust me.no one would like to have this guy around them, he’s not in the bodyguarding business, and he’s certainly not into semantics and trivial concepts such as friendships and justice.

He’s relatable without ever being even close to likable. He has no qualms indulging that worse part in ourselves, and knowing how normal that makes us when put in comparison to someone who acts out on those impulses we feel not only a sense of relief that we’re not “as bad” but also gives a level of cathartic release for those without an avenue to do so.

Duke Togo however embodies the worst in us, the distilled violence that is enriched with sexiness, efficiency, and a genuine passion for the fascination we have with powerful violence.

Someone cuts you off in traffic and you imagine doing something extremely disturbing.but we reassure ourselves because we know we won't actually do the deed so to speak. Again, he's not the good guy or the bad guy, he's just an extremely perverted fantasy we have from time to time. Duke Togo as a character is relentless in his ideals, no matter how radically brutal the consequences they be.

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