Raiden, a deepening insight.

Marcos E. Marsal
3 min readSep 16, 2023

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I came into Raiden when I was just about 8. The Millennial thing about it makes him a character that may gain belief and controversy, since the debate about his morality changes of grounds everytime a new Raiden is released.

Drawings, movies, videogames, 3D plates; the legend that articulates bolt light in order to proclaim peace inside unsettling themes may have some repetition or claim with Percy Jackson. Still, the oriental Raiden has a say on its own, since his sense of respect is accomplishing 30 years of electric-based platforms.

Mortal Kombat gathering.
Raiden drawing.

Riaden comes back to me at 14, when playing a Playstation 2 arcade with a friend.

His first appearence in a movie postulates that a Hollywood film is being encountered just when a Moral Kombat tournament is held in a paralel hell.

Neverthess in 2021 the oriental production companies wanted to release their own one,

Having said, the arcade SEGA one still captivates me the most,

Now and forever, I guess, Raidens’ criteria sticks to its plot: a redeemer of light inside a hell scenery or world. And a muse of my latest poetry:

:)

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