| 1 | ''Manga/Area88'' makes it clear that WarIsHell, and air superiority warfare is no exception. |
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| 3 | * The "Bloody Screw" attack used by Wolfpack in the manga. The shock wave created by the jets could cause internal damage to enemy pilots, including deadly nosebleeds. [[spoiler: Greg narrowly avoids bleeding to death through his nose by tearing the hose of his anti-G suit.]] |
| 4 | * In the manga, Mickey is taken captive aboard Farina's land carrier. Farina and his henchmen threaten to cut Mickey's face into a {{Glasgow Grin}} if he does not provide information on Area 88's defenses. Fortunately, Farina does not follow through with his threat, but the thought alone was disturbing. |
| 5 | * In the manga, after a Yamato plane crashes into Tokyo bay, the dead bodies of several passengers are shown floating near the water's surface. |
| 6 | * In the manga, Kanzaki describes his mother's suicide to Ryoko. We learn that Kanzaki was in his mother's car when she drove it over a cliff. After the crash, when he regained consciousness, the first thing he saw was his mother's dead body on the car hood, staring at him. Also a tearjerker, depending on your perspective. |
| 7 | * In the manga and OVA, after Kanzaki delivers a {{scarpia ultimatum}} to Ryoko, Ryoko reluctantly agrees and takes a shower. While she is showering, Kanzaki pretends that he's talking to Shin, musing on how he'll "do things to her you never dreamed of." [[spoiler: Had Taeko and the police failed to show up in time, Ryoko would have been the victim of a brutal rape.]] |
| 8 | * Nguyen was born shortly after his mother was killed by bombs. In manga issues that did not make it stateside, a flashback of Nguyen's birth shows two horrified Vietnamese women taking baby Nguyen from his mother's mangled body. |
| 9 | * In the OVA, when Nguyen shoots an enemy pilot who had ejected from his jet. The pilot's corpse is still attatched to the parachute as the parachute descends, and from a distance, viewers see ''something fall off the corpse.'' |
| 10 | * In the OVA, the aerial combat deaths could be very nightmarish. Boris spitting out blood, Jess' {{boom headshot}}, and the sight of an enemy pilot's oxygen mask swelling with blood were all chilling. |
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