Red: Livin' on the Edge

Red - the Last of the Wisa Sioux

Red - the Last of the Wisa Sioux

Set in nineteenth-century America, Red is the last living survivor of a Native American tribe that was slaughtered by white men. On a long journey in search of revenge, he travels with Ieroh Ito, a samurai who ran away to America after being defeated in the Seinan civil war, and Ann, a mysterious prostitute.

Strength

  • Knocks down trained samurai Ieroh with a single punch. (source)
  • Flings a massive axe that requires more than four grown men to lift; uses it to cut several fenceposts in half early in the series. (source)
  • Cuts down three men with a single axe swing. (source)
  • Draws pistol from holster and throws it hard enough to split a wooden target. (source)
  • Fires his powerful handgun Hate Song repeatedly, killing an entire platoon of 150 men without stopping; it damages his own arm with repeated use and breaks Terence’s wrist, sending him flying when fired once. (source)
  • Pushes a horse and cart free from a crack they were stuck in. (source)
  • Flips to the top of a train car. (source)
  • Downs three doped soldiers by throwing a corpse at them. (source)
  • Nearly cuts Boon in half with his knife. (source)
  • Reins a pair of running horses without moving. (source)
  • Bests Arthur Goldsmith in arm wrestling. (source)
  • Knocks out Goldsmith with a punch. (source)
  • Yanks a hangman’s noose around his neck, pulling the hangman through a wooden railing. (source)
  • Knocks down a group of Native Americans with one swing. (source)
  • Easily severs a man’s arm. (source)
  • Flings an injured gunman to create a distraction, then stabs his attacker with a bayonet. (source)
  • Cuts several men in half with a single knife swing, then slices them to pieces while spinning. (source)
  • Fires both Hate Song handguns on the move with no ill effects after receiving a second one. (source)
  • Decapitates a man with a single swing. (source)

Durability

  • Ignores being shot in both shoulders and hands while charging forward. (source)
  • Ignores another shot to the shoulder; this occurs frequently throughout the series, even with armor. (source)
  • Takes a bottle to the face and remains relatively unharmed, later takes a table to the face. (source)
  • Survives being shot with five .45 caliber bullets. (source)
  • Grazed by a shot from Angie’s .22. (source)
  • Takes a shot to the stomach from Huang, who knocks him back a considerable distance with the strike. (source)
  • Stabbed by several thrown knives. (source)
  • Survives being hanged by the neck and overpowers the hangman. (source)
  • Repeatedly slammed by Ieroh’s judo throws. (source)
  • Survives several dynamite explosions multiple times in the series, though severely damaged at close range once. (source)
  • Wrapped in Group D’s barbed chains. (source)
  • Blasted by Terence’s cannon, which destroys a wall and column; recovers seconds later. (source)
  • Has a chunk of his ear blown off. (source)
  • Takes several bullets in a showdown with Terence. (source)
  • Blasted at close range by Blue, causing him to lose an ear. (source)
  • Has chunks knocked out of him by Blue’s weapon but gets to his feet and knocks a bullet through Blue’s head using his severed arm. (source)

Hate Song

  • Blows the head off Goldsmith’s horse. (source)
  • Dislocates Angie’s shoulder when she fires it. (source)
  • Splits a small tree in half. (source)
  • Blows apart several gang members. (source)
  • Punches through a pair of soldiers, Terence’s hat, and the wall of the train they were on. (source)

Speed

  • Kills a pair of gunmen before they notice him. (source)
  • Blocks gunfire with the broadside of his axe. (source)
  • Dodges a shot while bathing in a waterfall. (source)
  • Outruns Gatling gun fire. (source)
  • Dodges a buckshot blast. (source)
  • Dodges Terence’s gunfire and shots from his Gatling gun. (source)
  • Advances towards several men without getting hit and tears through large groups of gunmen without being shot. (source)
  • Dives away from gunfire. (source)

Skill

  • Tags a gunman behind him with a thrown knife. (source)
  • Leaps off a horse and nearly cuts a man in half with an axe swing. (source)
  • Tricks and corners his target in a warehouse filled with gunpowder. (source)
  • Dodges a shot from Terence’s rifle and later avoids another at point blank range after regaining consciousness. (source)
  • Avoids a shot from Angie fired from behind him. (source)
  • Kills a soldier from a considerable distance with a bow. (source)
  • Notices a hidden Apache scout. (source)
  • Rides a horse at high speed with no saddle. (source)
  • Sprints atop a moving train car. (source)
  • Avoids a shot from Hate Song. (source)
  • Fans the hammer with the heavy, high-recoil Hate Song. (source)
  • Blocks a thrown knife with his hand and avoids several others during the fight. (source)
  • Uses his cloak as a distraction. (source)
  • Quickly downs several attackers. (source)
  • Shoots a man behind him without looking. (source)
  • Blows off an attacker’s limbs while avoiding being shot. (source)
  • Collects scrap metal to build makeshift armor strong enough to take two bullets to the chest and only be knocked down. (source)
  • Backflips and grabs a door for cover. (source)
  • Ducks a bullet from Terence’s gun arm. (source)
  • Dives to cover and kills his attacker. (source)
  • Blocks a sword strike from Terence. (source)
  • Dodges a strike from Murasaki, who moves from a ship’s sail to deck in a second, kills a group of Blue’s strongest soldiers in a flash, while even the slowest Blue Hunters move at blur speed. (source)
  • Picks off attackers in blinding rain. (source)
  • Stabs an attacker charging from behind. (source)
  • Avoids several shots from Blue at close range. (source)