The point I am going for is not that these are deathmatches but the gut punch I get from watching characters I have GROWN to care about die. Most mangas do not go this in depth with characters and gives you twists for them. The author makes you care about them and then kills them off. Most manga do not have the fighter's families, friends, cohorts and peers in the stands to watch them die. I knew from the get go it would be death matches, as I stated I was not prepared for the emotional impact they would have.
Going to just repost my response to the other person to you. The point I am going for is not that these are deathmatches but the gut punch I get from watching characters I have GROWN to care about die. Most mangas do not go this in depth with characters and gives you twists for them. The author makes you care about them and then kills them off. Most manga do not have the fighter's families, friends, cohorts and peers in the stands to watch them die. I knew from the get go it would be death matches, as I stated I was not prepared for the emotional impact they would have. Raiden's mother just watched her son get decapitated in a fight for humanities survival. Going from an empathetic standpoint, how can I not feel soul crushingly depressed about it, which is even crazier because I liked them both, Shiva and Raiden. I am saying the author is effective in their approach but it has grown too be to depressing. That is all.

No I can't do this anymore. Don't do this sort of thing man, this is painful to see. This author is good but they have to much of sadistic edge, it's like George R.R.Martin. I am not about seeing characters I grow to love, dying in horrific and heartbreaking ways. As much as I love this manga, can't do it anymore. This chapter broke me; I stand by what I said about the manga earlier, it is excellent and it is amazing but i'm done after that depressing ending for the latest chapter.