Did anyone else feel Super Shredder was a little unnecessary

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Originally Posted by FredWolfLeonardo

It is also worth noting that Splinters first reaction upon seeing Super Shredder was to respond with concern and offer to help him end his mutation, to which Shredder refused and attacked him.

I think the final nail in the coffin was in Requiem when Shredder's evil had taken him so far that he ordered Stockman to inject him with more mutagen that would ultimately destroy all emotional reaction within. That way, he had given up his soul for good and essentially was nothing but a mindless killing machine.

In his final confrontation with Leonardo, the Shredder seemed to hesitate when Leonardo asked him whether his destiny was to be a monster but then immediately started attacking again impulsively. It's as if his soul deep down was trapped and suffering in hell, unable to affect his body and regretful, but it was far too late to change as his body had become what his spirit was throughout the series, the embodiment of evil.

And that is what drove him to take Kavaxas back into hell with him with the final words of "You and I don't belong in this world, Demon!"

I've mentioned this before, but in the Buddist views of the afterlife, you go through many long and unpleasant trials on your journey through the underworld. On this journey, you also face judgment at the hands of four judges before you face the lord of the underworld, Enma Dioh (King Yama for DBZ fans).

When you face King Enma he weighs the reports of the other four judges to determine where you will ultimately be placed and then shows you a full-length mirror that reflects your life back at you, and clearly defines all your crimes and transgressions. So Shredder would be forced to look at his life and realize that he was the author of his own missery.