Yea that was confusing to me too for a while, but there’s a panel where Akuma catches Ryu’s leg while he’s holding Ken’s foot. So i think he throws both of them at the same time, kinda how Bison did with Guile and Chun Li.
Well, this is certainly better, way better than a lot of comics that I have read. Especially the X-books with the current writers.
Street fighter is such a simple story, which makes it easy for it to be entertainable and more readable. A fun comic.
:lol: That’s exactly what I was wondering. (See my previous post)
I think Time Stop makes some good points. Udon can probably fix some of your issues by making them “Backstory” segments–most notably Cammy’s meeting with Rose, which is the most glaring hole in the entire story arc IMO. And while they’re at it, include a backstory on Rose.
Oh, one think i forgot to say: i think Eliza was nicely written.
Chunners and Sakura were kinda under-written, but overall i think the females were shown in a positive light, unlike most “shonen” stories.
I dont know how that would happen, but i think female gamers would definetly enjoy this aspect of the comic.
Oh, sometimes the fanservice made me feel like someone slapped me with a frozen trout or something. It was just kinda jarring when there’d be this heated battle between Akuma, Ryu, and Ken, filled with all sorts of intense and serious dialogue about revenge and ideals and power, and then the suspense of what will happen to Sakura for daring to get in the way of someone like Akuma, then whoosh! Huge panty shot of Sakura’s ass. I was just like “Mweeeeeeeeeegh!?” as I was reading through that.
It is irritating. After issue 5 I was officially 100% desensitized to anything else that happens. I’d rant but the wording I’d choose would only make enemies…
Except those are gym shorts, and girls there use them over the panties when they dont want people to see her underwear.
Yes, but “gym short shot” sounds a heck of a lot less catchy and a heck of a lot more cumbersome than “panty shot” (like calling Ryu and Ken “ansatsus” instead of “shotos”!)
I forgot about that. HOWEVER:
- It seems pointless when they aren’t much bigger than underwear.
2)There’s still gratuitous upskirt/fanservice shots throughout the series.
We did get to see her firght Chun Li in a back up story.
I suppose… although back-up stories kinda feel more like… well, background than actual arc participation, I think.
Was just about to mention that low forward thing. It was the SF3 low forward too, which was pretty interesting.
I’m a wee bit sad that Ken gets pissed on, but it’s not my story, and its not that big of a deal. Just a fanboy being an ass! :lol:
Also… am I wrong, or is this the end of the Alpha arc? If so, is Rose gonna die somehow? If not, are Charlie and Bison coming back in their Alpha counterparts?
THat’d be confusing.
Also, I really hope the Ryu/Sakura segments arent too cheesy. Just like… Sakura following and watching Ryu, and complimenting him all the time, fighting a bit too. I really hope she wont be a romantic interest cause… that would suck.
But on a whole, issue 6 kicked a lot of ass. Well, street fighter kicks a lot of ass. The story was a bit more concentrated this time, though the panty shots were a bit jarring. It looked like Satsui No Hadou Ryu did akumas little demon flip thing too. I couldnt tell really. Good shit. Thanks Udon.
grow up guys. it’s just a little fanservice. there’s even more fanservice in sf3: 3s with chun-li and elena alone.
“Growing up” would be tightening up the scripting and plot so immaturities like fanservice aren’t needed.
I never even noticed the panty shots until they were mentioned here.
I dont consider gym shorts shots “fan-service”. But thats probably because ive been reading manga and watching anime for long enough to know that theyre… well, just gym shorts, not underwear.
Sure. after reading this thread and going back to the panels, yeah, i can see why most people would see them as fan-service.
Even so, Sakura fights in a school uniform - a very short skirt. Udon would have to jump hoops to avoid showing her shorts. Hell, in the game we see them all the time, so complaining about it is pretty dumb. Go complain to Capcom first if you dont like it.
Personally, i think with all the Honda fanservice they did in issue 02, they’ve paid their Sakura dues up front for a good 12 issues. Once we hit issue 13, then we’ll discuss what they should do to justify the Cammy win poses and throw animations.
Er… I don’t mind fanservice in general. It’s just that fanservice IN THE MIDDLE OF A VERY SERIOUS AND HEATED BATTLE kinda breaks up the flow of things, you know? That’s why I made the “slapped with a frozen trout” comment as opposed to something like “Udon stabbed my heart!!!1” More specifically, it has to do with fanservice out of no where at a serious moment (as opposed to just fanservice out of no where by itself). I mean, when a battle like Chun-Li/Cammy/Dolls vs whoever starts out right off the bat with an ass-shot of Chun-Li (or Cammy or Juli… hmm, seems to be a popular way to start off battles that involve females), you’re kinda expecting fanservice, or at least ready if more comes up during the battle. However, a battle between Ryu and Akuma which has very serious discussions in it and no fanservice whatsoever, including when Sakura shows up initially, then just randomly getting a very big in-your-face fanservice shot at a very serious moment when you’re actually worried about Sakura’s life tends to shatter the mood a bit. It’s like, “Oh no, Sakura! Noooo, Akuma will kill you! Watch out! Shot of Sakura’s ass with skirt flying up in the air! Is she okay? …wait a minute, what the hell was that in the last panel?”
It’s not even about avoiding fanservice shots. Yes, if physics are followed, then fanservice shots will happen unless you go through the wierdest of camera angles. However, in this case, IMHO, the opposite was done and physics were defied for the sake of fanservice as far as I could tell. Sakura was hit to the side to the point where she was flying through the air while standing. I’m not some sorta rocket scientist regarding skirts, but I’m pretty sur skirts don’t fly that high up when you’re hit at a straight line to the side, so the whole thing looked really wierd to me. Which, again, just really broke up the flow of a heated battle.
Thank you! And on the physics, it would travel in the opposite direction of her movement so it wouldn’t fly up.
So…
a) You didnt want Sakura to join the fight
b) You didnt want Akuma to hit any girl with a short skirt
c) You wanted her skirt to be glued to her body (if you look at the shirt, hair and speedlines, youll see she was going up when hit and down when landing - flying throught the air in an arc).
d) You wanted the artist to choose a “non-shorts-showing” angle
e) You dont want any girl in panties/skirts/tight outfits (even if its her official game outfit) to fight any potentially dramatic fight because dramatic fights for some reason cant have anything that someone somewhere may consider fan-service
f) Every time you play with/against Sakura you cant focus because of the “fan-service” (you have seizures when fighting Elena)
I guess Chun-lis outfit (which shows much more than Sakuras gym shorts under a skirt) makes her a no-no for dramatic scenes.
Chun/Charlie fight = fan-service! I saw her crotch, cleavage and ass 17 times more than Sakuras! :mad:
Chun/Bison/Guile = fan-service! I saw ass! :mad:
Any Cammy fight = fan-service! A zillion times! :mad: