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Even his dark and tragic backstory adds to the idea of audience escapism - just as the audience is using video games for escapism purposes, so is Raiden using the VR to try and escape his own past.The revelation of his severely Dark and Troubled Past plays with this trope apparently even people who don't live ordinary lives like most of the audience want to imagine themselves as heroes. It's no accident that the dog tags around his neck are branded with the player's input from the game's start. He's a virtual reality 'veteran' of every VR Mission based on Snake's adventures (literally a videogame player) and, at first, his personality is a complete cypher. Audience Surrogate: Raiden is overtly a representation of the player in Sons of Liberty.Ends up getting teased as a Snake fanboy, though mostly out of disappointment no one else working at Maverick got to meet him. Gives a brief account of his history with Snake to his friends at Maverick Security, mentioning he was the best combat soldier Raiden had ever seen. Ascended Fanboy: Starting in Metal Gear Solid 2.Since Metal Gear Solid 4, his entire body save for part of his head and spine are robotic as well. Artificial Limbs: Has had artificial blood to improve his physical performance since Metal Gear Solid 2.

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Anti-Hero: Has Ax-Crazy and Sociopathic Hero tendencies, despite being a protagonist in the series who at least wants to do the right thing.

In Metal Gear Rising, he loses an arm in his first battle with Samuel Rodrigues.

An Arm and a Leg: Cuts off his right arm after being pinned down by debris at Shadow Moses, and loses his other arm after saving Snake from being crushed by Outer Haven in Metal Gear Solid 4.

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All of the Other Reindeer: Mentions that after the events of Metal Gear Solid 4, he tried to live a civilian life with his family, but the technology behind his artificial skin was imperfect and unnatural looking, causing him to be shunned from society and gave him a hard time finding a job.

Albinos Are Freaks: He is an albino from Liberia.

Alien Blood: Raiden's artificial blood is white in Metal Gear Solid 4 and the Japanese version of Metal Gear Rising.

Action Dad: After the events of Liquid Ocelot's war Rose returns to visit Raiden and reveals that the son she had with her was his.

Think of an electric turkey cutter shaped like a sword which goes really fast.

Absurdly Sharp Blade: He's usually associated with HF Blades.

Despite all of this, Raiden was hated by many fans due to wanting to play as Solid Snake and feeling ripped off that Raiden was never mentioned in box art, trailers or promotional materials. He then learns that his father figure, who personally molded him into said Enfant Terrible, is the game's main antagonist, Solidus Snake, who he is then forced to kill. Near the game's climax he discovers that he is a former Child Soldier, and has killed a massive amount of people in the past, causing him to deliberately repress his memories of it (though the effect was made worse by his Nanomachines). and pretty much everyone else, and is just generally put through hell for the majority of the game. He is the main operative of the Big Shell Incident, where, under the command of Colonel Campbell and his girlfriend Rosemary and aided by the mysterious Iroquois Pliskin, he is put under constant pressure, betrayed by Snake/Pliskin, Mr. Raiden is the main protagonist and Player Character of Metal Gear Solid 2 after the events of the Tanker Chapter.

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