In the last few years it has been seen that Marvel Studios has been accepting more and more "mature" content. The return of Netflix Marvel players shows such as Daredeville (Charlie Cox) and "Jonon Bortal) had the necessary new spaces for those characters to be fully guided. That, in turn, led more Disney+ shows under the flag of "Marvel Stand Caregal" that brings a TV rating, allowing a greater dose of violence and other "adult" material.

However, it is far from the norm of MCU, so I was a little surprised to engage in the latest series of Marvel's animation, "Wakanda's eyes" and found it as bloody and violent as it is. To be clear, this is still far below the line of something like "Daredeville: Born". The animated series is not at the level with "Castlevania" or "Cyberpunk: Edgerunners" or, at least when it comes to using the format to include a free dude. But although it can be totally reasonable as a wider-wider show, the first two episodes, in particular, still have more pronounced violence than I expected from similar MCC projects.

Part of it may have to do with when these stories happen. Being an anthology series, "Wakanda's eyes" jumps around in the timeline With each episode, and the initial two and both have been going on for more than 3,000 years in the past - the first to focus on Renegad Wakandan that reveals the cities in the Mediterranean, while the second focuses on the Trojan War version. These settings are also borrowed on a more visceral struggle than we usually engage in today's MCU stories, and the show handles it well.

The usual MCU Karate's off-brand style is great for family-friendly blockbusters because it never gets too violent. You can always rest easily you know that those guys were kicked out, in fact. He remembers all those shots in the "A-Team" of the bad guys who crawl out of the destroyed cars, as a way to convince viewers of the show, the main characters never killed anyone.

The thing is, it's harder to pull when you set your stories at a time when knives, spears and swords are weapons of the day. The first two protagonists in the "eyes of Wakanda", Noni (Winnie Harlow) and B'Akai (Larry Heron), both handle a significant body number in their episodes, and the camera is not ashamed of their killings. I'm talking about axes in the skull, paddles through the heart and a lot of overall cuts and screams.

Again, it's nothing vulgar or too extreme, but it gives the show a different feeling than Marvel's usual action, and it's not just for aesthetic effect. The play again emphasizes the time and time that the work of protecting Wakanda must be carried out at all costs. The characters for whom they are rooted in this show kill individuals who love them because it is necessary to keep the homeland safe. And while additional violence is not an inherent mark of quality or even maturity in the content, it is nice to see Marvel ready to move the curtain slightly and allow the action to reflect the intensity of the narrative here.

Unlike Disney's animated series+ "X-Men '97" or "Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man", "Wakanda's Eyes" seems to be in the main continuity of MCC-something that is confirmed near the end of episode 4 through a subtle "Kilmon" "Kilmon". But since the episodes of the show take place in other parts of the world, and long before today's MCU stories are set, the series gets a lot of distance, allowing it to take a different tone and aesthetic space.

It's not just about violence. The whole time period of storytelling in the show is a little different from the rest of MCU, though it is still a technical spin-off "Black Panther" (and the potentially the only one we get, now that The Series "Horb" has been canceled). Yes, it still looks similar to "what if ...? And yes, you still get some of that recognizable dialogue for Marvel. But there is enough that is different here to keep things fresh and interesting. And unlike many series, it knows not to overcome its welcome.

MCU seems more and more in this direction to allow individual spin-off projects to develop their own tones and narrative angles, rather than forcing everything to adhere to a single creative ethos. If Wakanda's eyes is an indication, I would say it works pretty well.

"Wakanda's eyes" now flows to Disney+.