Both of your ideas kick ass, I like the satsu no hadou in Sakura idea and the Guile fighting Vega one, that’d make a great scene in an anime
Now if you go by what Tas says the Dark hadou then it not only increases your strength it also increases your speed
I won’t get all technical like everyone else regarding story elements… but y’all need to chill with that motion blur shit.
Not very pleasant to look at.
thanks …
thanks man … i thought they would look awsome … I’d just love to see some scene where guile shows off that Flag tatoo! And i love that upper cut. Guile would rock so hard if he wasn’t such a short range punch fighter in the games.
Actually it’s about weight.
If it were about strength it would be called strength class.
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sakura needs to do something with her hair.
what you mean by that or is it some kind of joke?
I think I agree with ya on that one! ^^ Although I wondered where Sakura was hiding her gloves though…she did look pretty hot in that dress! ^^
But dang…Vega practically owned Ken this time! And Balrog is hella crazy, doing his Buffalo Rush on those guys that were knocked and blown away by Ryus Hurricane Kick! ^^
no i’m not joking i think it looks pretty raggdy. how dare she go to a wedding with her hair looking like she washed it with lawn mower.
Return of the point meter:
+1 Vegas! Nice touch using real places like the Venice walkway instead of generic made-up ones.
+2 Ryu’s joke. I think I’ve said it before, but nice timing! In fact the timing in general was great; the overall pace was very good.
+1 Julia looks more mature this time. Thank you.
-1 Guile’s kid acts like a spoiled diva. Just look how she controls her parents. LOL. It was cute for one issue but if she keeps doing that it could get annoying.
+1 Finally, Cammy takes a break from showing up too much. A change of pace after a long arc is always a plus
+2 Balrog punching stuff randomly… whatever that thing was… and even his own posse! The guy’s nutty, I like it.
+1 Vega gets a measure of revenge
+1 Cliffhanger! Haven’t seen one of those in a while.
+2 Pro-wrestling! Pro-wrestling terminology! And the one female wrestler from the SFZ3 art collections (though she looks more like Orchid from Killer Instinct at that angle).
-2 Not only does Z lose to Mika, but Mika takes a Rolling German and doesn’t even fall down? And on top of that, Z didn’t know the match was fake but loses to “fake” moves? I’m confused.
Overall: 8, very good score
It’s funny, I was actually going to mention that. She could have at least put a flower in it or something, it looks so plain jane for a wedding. Especially a rich wedding.
co-sign on this one, not to totally remove the blurring but at least tone it down. More than half of the issue was blur-crazy
The best part of the comic is probably the scene with Guile and his wife, for me at least, that’s the best scene in the series yet. :tup: :tup:
The back-story was ridiculous i thought. As somebody already pointed out, if Zangief was being serious and FAB’ed Mika without Mika even fazing, does that mean that she owns Zangief hands down?
Cheapshots was also sorta rushed and filler But then Dan is in the next issue so I guess something is finally going to happen in Cheapshots
whao is that chun-li and mai making out?.. very nice
Alot of people seem annoyed by the fact that Ryu can dodge bullets. People need to get over it. If you are a fan of Street Fighter then you need to understand that these characters can do some outlandish things. 7 out of 10 of them are hurling balls of fire at one another. Ryu ripped open Sagat’s chest at about the age of 16 and Gouki can destroy submarines and split the biggest geographical landmark in Australia. Is it such a stretch to believe that they can dodge bullets? If I have to hear TAS or anyone else say one more time that “If Ryu can do it in the Alpha flick then it’s cannon” I am going to let my little brother Burn Knuckle me in the crotch.
Therefor…
- Ryu can dodge bullets.
- Ryu (and possibly Ken) are able to throw fireballs in the air.
- Ryu can hop around like a freakin monkey in a fight if he has to. If he wasn’t showing Spider-Man level agility against that android freak then Dan owns Gill and Gouki at the same time.
- Ryu can throw massive VS style beams of ki at people when he’s in the mood, capable of disintigrating his opponents Vageta style.(Not that I ever want to begin comparing SF to Dragon Ball.)
In SF we have Chun Li throwing “A Thousand Rending Kicks” showing elements of super speed. Bison defies gravity on a daily basis. Zangief’s skin is like steel. (unless you read the backups where he is portrayed as a complete tool) Gouki can shatter mountains showing he has rediculous super strength. Dahlsim can stretch like Mr. Fantastic. Several characters have the ability to teleport. Nearly every character can project energy, sound waves, ki, or flame in some way. The fighting aspect will always come first, but we have to remember that these characters are doing stuff on a comic book superhero kind of level. If you guys want your fighting characters doing more realistic stuff then go play Tekken or Virtua Fighter or something were people don’t throw huge balls of fire at one another.
As for what’s going to happen next issue I’ll put forth my 2 cents.
Sakura saving Ryu’s ass is quite possibly the most lame thing that could happen. She started learning the Hadou Ken (and martial arts in general) like 2 issues ago. I know Sakura supposedly has a high ki level, but that would be kind of rediculous. Why the hell would Bison want Ryu if the guy is in mortal danger because of a freaking gun?
Ryu could dodge the bullets. If this storyline takes place during the Alpha years then Ryu’s ability should be somewhat close to what it is in the Alpha Anime, in which Ryu can dodge bullets.(CANNON) After reading about Cammy for the past six issues I want to be reminded why Ryu is a force to be reckoned with.
What I would like to see happen is simple and would explain why Sakura and Ryu are apparently seperating.
Ryu goes Satsui no Hadou. We really haven’t seen that much of Evil Ryu and considering it’s one of the most interesting things about the character it needs to be expanded on.
Evil Ryu Demon Warps through the bullets and proceeds to beat the snot and crap out of Balrog and his goons. Somewhere along the line Sakura is going to get in his way and he will nearly attack her. After he has snapped out of it he will tell Sakura he cannot continue her training at this time as he is still struggling with the Killing Intent. Ryu will then go looking for Dahlsim, hoping that the witch doctor can help him learn how to control the Satsui no Hadou.
The last thing that could happen is that Vega or Balrog stops the gunman. Vega at least knows damn well what will happen to him if Bison finds out he got Ryu shot. Bison will Psycho Crusher his homicidal ass back to the Stone Age. Vega attempts to stop the gunman, leaving himself open for Guile (who I really don’t think could take the Spanish Ninja in a fair fight) who Flash Kicks his ass, leading to a hasty retreat. Ryu sends Sakura packin’ because he finally comes to the realization that a criminal organization is hunting him and goes off solo to prepare for his battle with Gouki. Guile looks like a hero in front of his family and Ken is left chomping at the bit for a rematch with Vega at SF2.
After my rant I would like to say that I enjoyed this issue very much. We got to deal with Guile’s family situation, Ryu has shown some aspect of an actual personality, Vega sort of redeemed himself, Sakura showed she’s not a total clutz, and the art was good too.
I do agree that the blur effect is a liitle out of control. I like it when it is used, but I also like to see what is going on. Balrog could have been punching a car, a dumster, or godzilla for all I know.
Well he can’t to the massive Ki beam thing but Ryu could still Kill somebody with his Shinku Hadouken if he want to.
Evil Ryu is 25 times stronger than ryu during the alpha series.
Guile and Charlie actually use their ki to move thier limbs at super sonic speeds
also to be able to see something going at super sonic speeds you would need to have super perspective speed.
Ever hear the phrase “Even monkeys fall out of trees”? It means even someone who’s a consumate master at something can screw up every now and again. Such as how Ken in one fight was distracted by Eliza and beat Vega, but was distracted by her and got owned the second time. Or in this case, be caught badly off-guard. Technically, if Ryu is such a bad-ass, that thug should never have landed that sucker punch. As for the Sakura hadoken save, what better time than that moment? Ryu got the move right the first time HE did it, and if Sakura has an abnormally high ki development for her age…why the hell not? Adrenaline is a helluva drug.
SagatRyu - I already acknowledged the fact that they can do amazing things. And yes they can do these things because they have been trained to use their inner ki in a combative way. I’m not quite sure what your point is there. And why couldn’t Ryu throw a huge ki blast like he does at the end of Alpha? If the situation called for it and considering it’s CANNON that he can do anything that’s done in the anime then I’m not sure why you say he couldn’t do it.
Rhio2k - according to different sources Ryu wasn’t able to do the Hadou Ken the first time he did it. We don’t even know if Ryu did in the comic, although it seemed like it was. Ryu had been training with Gouken long before the old man taught him the fireball. Sakura just started her training like 2 deays ago. She would be lucky to get a spark at this point. Not because of ki levels, but because she simply can’t channel it properly after only a few lessons. And I’m not sure what you’re talking about the distraction thing for. Ken got slashed because Eliza was there and Ryu got sucker punched because he saw his only friend in the world get what looked like a mortal wound. You could sucker punch Dan, Jet Li, or God if he just saw their brother get a hunk a meat sliced off of them.
Sakura has this thing where she can perform any move after she sees it. She’s an insanely fast learner and it’s been well documented. There’s also nothing to say that Ryu doesn’t see the gun and start to react. Just that Sakura is 2 steps ahead of him. I mean, hell, Ryu could be charging up a hadoken when another one comes out of leftfield and takes the guy out.
I still think it will happen, then Sakura will get laid out by Balrog, which causes Ryu to “evil up” and take down Balrog.
Which could also open the door for Ryu leaving Sakura behind and heading to India to see Dhalsim. etc etc etc. (kinda getting off point here.)
That IS his point. Shit’s hit the fan and everyone is off their game but the bad guys. So why is it to far fetched to think that with all that going on, someone could sucker punch Ryu, but never pull a gun?
It’s really driving the point about personal attachments and fighting that Akuma made home too.
Oh you meant Big Ki Fireballs and not Ki beams.
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It sounds like Sakura throwing a Hadoken is the most likely outcome, but I bet that’s not how everything will play out in the next issue.
I’m gonna be different and say that Balrog will use Gigaton Blow on the thug. I don’t know about Vega intervening, because he only wanted Ken, and now he’s gotta face Guile…there’s no way Vega would divert his attention away from him. I’m aware of Vega’s mission, but I think he was too obsessed with Ken to care about Ryu at the moment.
Someone mentioned the guy in the boat as being C. Jack. I think that would’ve been true if he had the sideburns.
Wow, this issue was great!
Guile is finally spending a happy moment with his family
Ryu finally develops a sense of humor
Balrog has a short temper that he even attacks his own men!
Vega is soooooooo cool! He pwned Ken ruthlessly!
I wonder what’ll happen @ the next issue when that punk tries to shoot Ryu…
Zangief getting owned by the Sexy R. Mika! LOL!!!