The Super Inevitable Street Fighter V Story Thread

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So, I said that I would write a short jokey Christmas story as bit of fun so here it is:
How the thot ruined Christmas

Summary

It was the night before Christmas and… All wasn’t really that calm for Cammy as she looked out her apartment window to see the blaring traffic and sharp lights contrasted with the sombre-looking hues of pink and blue striking the sky. Cammy them turned over to the dinner table: Full of food yet no-one had even bothered to show up. They said they would be here Cammy thought to herself as she remembered the promise that Chun-Li and Li-Fen made to come over to have dinner. As she was reminiscing a loud thud from the window brought her back to reality, it was Juri Han!
“Juri?! What are you doing here in MY apartment?” shouted Cammy

“Your apartment?”* remarked Juri *“HA, last time I checked, you pay rent for this house ergo it belongs to the council of your city and so I have the right to go inside and besides, no-one deserves to be alone at this time of year, not even me,” said Juri said sarcastically

Juri then sat herself down rapidly upon the nearest chair and in a condescending tone offered to tell her why Chun-Li didn’t arrive.
“Chun-Li and Li-Fen is at Interpol, their entire area around their house is destroyed and Ibuki has been arrested”.

Cammy couldn’t quite believe it, it all sounded like a joke.
“How?” Cammy asked Juri.
“I’ll tell you” said Juri…

It was the day before Christmas Eve when Chun-Li decided to go to shopping. Ibuki just happened to be in Beijing on the day. They had asked her to babysit her however she had other plans for the night.
“Oh, Li-Fen” Ibuki said in a sing-song tone as she opened the door to his room carrying a bottle of chloroform and and a napkin.

You can guess what happened next to poor Li-Fen.

Next, Ibuki was getting ready for her special date with Takeshi when she heard the doorbell ring. It was Takeshi.

“Hi Takeshi,”
“I’m looking for a girl named Ibuki”
“I AM Ibuki”
“You look nothing like your profile picture” Takeshi exclaimed as he showed a picture of a blonde girl on his phone

“Uh, That’s me before my hormone therapy, I’m transracial you see,” Ibuki unsteadily said.

As Takeshi sat down, Ibuki turned around.
“How do you want it done” Ibuki said as she licked her lips.
“Surprise me” said Takeshi
“I’m going to surprise you with a full split on the dic-” Ibuki would have finished until she heard Li-Fen shout for Chun-Li. Ibuki told Takeshi to wait as she dashed to the stairs.

“What is it, little girl,” snapped Ibuki
"Can you sing me a lullaby?"asked Li-Fen politely

Ibuki groaned and got ready to sing:
Joy to the hoes
She fucked a man
Now she got HIV

“Good Night!” Ibuki shouted leaving behind a traumatized Li-Fen

Takeshi then stared at Ibuki with a dumbfounded expression
“You invited me to a home that isn’t even yours”
“It doesn’t matter Takeshi, now where were we?” Ibuki said as she got ready to have sex with Takeshi until…

“IbUkI”. It was Chun-Li and as she broke open the door Li-Fen ran in crying and told Chun-Li of all that transpired.

“So, what happened next?” inquired Cammy
“Chun-Li used a devastating Kiko-Sho technique and killed Takeshi and Ibiki is stuck at a coma” answered Juri.

A awkward silence filled the room then Juri got out of her chair and was about to jump off the window when she turned to Cammy and said:

“Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year”

And that, members of the story forum, is how the thot Ibuki ruined Christmas for poor Li-Fen and Chun-Li

I’m starting to hate myself for this.

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@Doctrine_Dark Hey buddy did you ever write up a story synopsis regarding Kage? I’m updating the plot guide with his info I remember how well you did the others and I was wondering if I missed it on the thread somewhere.

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Hey bak.

Summary

The story begins with Ryu meditating inside of a dojo as the shadowy figure of Kage hovers behind him laughing. He repeatedly says “Kill them all!” before he’s shown confronting Sagat. Sagat realized that the power did not belong to Ryu, with Kage assuring Sagat that he’s the reason why Ryu isn’t an empty shell. Unconvinced, Sagat makes it clear that he doesn’t fear Kage; believing that he lacks the power to crush his spirit. Kage is sure that Sagat will eventually realize that he’s the one that holds the essence of true strength. With Kage gone, Sagat was now at a point where he had a better understanding of the darkness Ryu was dealing with.

Kage confronts Akuma next. He identifies himself as “the true power” Akuma seeks. The Master of Fist disregards him as a “soulless silhouette”. After gaining the upperhand, Kage states that he’s inside of Akuma and being willingly suppressed so Akuma can continue adhering to the laws of heaven. In the eyes of Kage, strength has no other purpose except destroying others. The fact that he was able to defeat Akuma would add to this reasoning. Akuma’s path from human…to demon…to beyond human…to beyond demon…to heaven is something he wouldn’t expect an empty shadow to understand. The true fist, in Akuma’s eyes, is something that can’t be created through raw power or the Satsui no Hado. He then proceeds to unleash his “Houten Seikengeki” technique to seemingly drive Kage away. Once the dust settles, Akuma questions if this is the path Ryu has decided to take.

Back at the dojo, Ryu senses Kage’s presence and calls him out. Kage noted that he’s defeated all of the warriors Ryu wanted to defeat and asks if he’s finally accepted that he’s the strongest part of him. Ryu refused to accept that Kage was his true self even though he couldn’t deny him. Amused at the words, Kage wonders if Ryu is going to challenge him, believing Ryu has no chance against him. Ryu insists that he’s not going to fight Kage, which angers Kage enough to force a battle.

The defeated Ryu communicates to Kage that he can corrupt or destroy him if he wants, exist if he wants to continue existing, or leave if he wants to leave. Kage can’t understand why Ryu doesn’t fear him. No matter what Kage decided to do, Ryu would continue on his path doing what he chooses. In an instant, Kage is cast away from Ryu’s spirit entirely, relieving the tireless warrior. His battle with the Satsui no Hado had finally reached its end. The story begins with Ryu meditating inside of a dojo as the shadowy figure of Kage hovers behind him laughing. He repeatedly says “Kill them all!” before he’s shown confronting Sagat. Sagat realized that the power did not belong to Ryu, with Kage assuring Sagat that he’s the reason why Ryu isn’t an empty shell. Unconvinced, Sagat makes it clear that he doesn’t fear Kage; believing that he lacks the power to crush his spirit. Kage is sure that Sagat will eventually realize that he’s the one that holds the essence of true strength. With Kage gone, Sagat was now at a point where he had a better understanding of the darkness Ryu was dealing with.

Kage confronts Akuma next. He identifies himself as “the true power” Akuma seeks. The Master of Fist disregards him as a “soulless silhouette”. After gaining the upperhand, Kage states that he’s inside of Akuma and being willingly suppressed so Akuma can continue adhering to the laws of heaven. In the eyes of Kage, strength has no other purpose except destroying others. The fact that he was able to defeat Akuma would add to this reasoning. Akuma’s path from human…to demon…to beyond human…to beyond demon…to heaven is something he wouldn’t expect an empty shadow to understand. The true fist, in Akuma’s eyes, is something that can’t be created through raw power or the Satsui no Hado. He then proceeds to unleash his “Houten Seikengeki” technique to seemingly drive Kage away. Once the dust settles, Akuma questions if this is the path Ryu has decided to take.

Back at the dojo, Ryu senses Kage’s presence and calls him out. Kage noted that he’s defeated all of the warriors Ryu wanted to defeat and asks if he’s finally accepted that he’s the strongest part of him. Ryu refused to accept that Kage was his true self even though he couldn’t deny him. Amused at the words, Kage wonders if Ryu is going to challenge him, believing Ryu has no chance against him. Ryu insists that he’s not going to fight Kage, which angers Kage enough to force a battle.

The defeated Ryu communicates to Kage that he can corrupt or destroy him if he wants, exist if he wants to continue existing, or leave if he wants to leave. Kage can’t understand why Ryu doesn’t fear him. No matter what Kage decided to do, Ryu would continue on his path doing what he chooses. In an instant, Kage is cast away from Ryu’s spirit entirely, relieving the tireless warrior. His battle with the Satsui no Hado had finally reached its end.

The thread was moving a bit fast, so I can see how you missed it.

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Speaking of Kage,

My YT feeds suddenly show Samurai Jack and I can’t believe I never remember to reference this.

I don’t know if I have mentioned Jack reference in previous topic before Kage.

Yet right now Ryu is like Jack with, How Kage behaves and interacts with Bearded Jack eh RYU, I really like the inner struggle concept.

more of Jack interaction with himself.

Other than the mentioned representation of his frustration and anger, it also did represent his guilt, doubt and fear.

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Is it normal to like Kage more after seeing those Samurai Jack clips?

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I feel the same way too lol

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Lol bald monk is Sim

What?

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Fun thing Capcom considered the mechanic arm idea

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Thats one ugly ass Ryu lol althougu chun and cammy look really cute.

At least the art isnt as bad as falgoon lol. Cant believe he got a job at snk at some point wtf lol.

And if there are two artists for 2nd impact I like them both. 3s art isnt too shabby either.

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Somebody in the Lounge thread called Kage an edgelord character. I asked how the hell was the embodiment of somebody’s repressed energy supposed to act.

Apparently the physical manifestation of Ryu’s internal struggle had gone over people’s head.

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I stand corrected: Kage doesn’t speak Classical Japanese as does Gouki. I admit I only saw a screenshot of Kage’s story mode with the occasional obsolete word and jumped to conclusions, but now that I’ve watched the full video I can and must rectify my mistake: Kage speaks a modern and very rude Japanese, with a few archaic words here and there. Gouki remains the only one who speaks in Classical Japanese. It’s interesting that this “shadow” speaks the same language as Ryu, but obviously contaminated by its own conceit.
Speaking of which, there are interesting notes to do about Kage’s V-System’s names.

His V-Skill, 穿波活殺 senha kassatsu, is “life and death piercing wave”. 活殺 Kassatsu is literally “let live or kill”, and is linked to the four characters idiom 活殺自在 kassatsu jizai, “let live or kill at will”; so it’s the power of life and death over someone. Again, the Asura’s arrogance to decide for others.

V-Trigger I, 大逆無道 taigyaku mudō, is another four characters idiom, normally variously translated as “heinous, treacherous, diabolic, atrocious” and all the other very merry and joyous meanings you can think about. :sweat_smile: Its etymology is enlightening: 大逆 taigyaku is usually translated “high treason”; however, its broader meaning indicates an action totally contrary to human ways, such as killing one’s lord or parents. In Buddhism, such an action guarantees a reincarnation in hell (地獄 jigoku, literally “earth prison”, or 奈落 naraku, derived from the Sanskrit नरक naraka).
無動 mudō “no way” is going against 人道 jindō “human ways”. Apparently, a synonym of taigyaku. However, mudō also carries the meaning of an horrible act, or any of the eight unpardonable crimes of ancient Japanese law: overthrowing a government; conspiring to kill the emperor; espionage and taking arms against Japan; killing one’s parents (or the wife murdering her husband or husband’s parents); mass killing; not paying due respect to high temples or the emperor; disrespecting one’s parents (such as suing them… Yeah, you really couldn’t complain about anything with your parents back then…); killing one’s lord.

V-Trigger II, 六道鏖殺 rikudō ōsatsu is “Massacre of the Six Realms”. While 鏖殺 ōsatsu “extermination, massacre, annihilation of every living being” is clear and straight to the point, the Six Realms of Existence are a Buddhist concept. Here, 道 dō means not a “way, method, path”, but an entire realm of existence. As we know, these are
天道 tendō, the God realm (Sanskrit देव deva). Notice the 天 ten, that is what Gouki ultimately desires. Too bad not even the gods can reach enlightenment. There are numerous classes of gods, from those without a form nor interaction with the universe to those who are most similar to human beings, only with superpowers and an extremely long life. Usually, a being is reborn here as a reward for past good actions that have earned them good karma. Every god, however, ultimately dies and is reborn in a different realm, because living a life of happiness and bliss doesn’t encourage to reach enlightenment.
阿修羅道 ashuradō or 修羅道 shuradō, the demigod or titan (Sanskrit असुर asura) realm. The ashuras have superpowers but suffer from envy towards the gods, whom they constantly challenge without success because the gods are much more powerful than them. Gouki is on this path, even if theoretically ashuras don’t dwell in the human realm. Ashuras and devas can see each other because their realms are close.
人間道 ningendō, the human realm (Sanskrit मनुष्यलोक manuṣyaloka). The realm where is easier to attain enlightenment, because humans, though plagued by worldly sufferings, aren’t distracted by pleasures like gods and demigods or by pain and constant suffering as the beings of the lower realms.
畜生道 chikushōdō, the animal realm (Sanskrit तिर्यग्योनि tiryagyoni). Animals dwell in the same physical world as humans, but live in a constant state of fear of being eaten by other animals. Generally, a rebirth as an animal is due to having succumbed to apathy. Humans and animals can see each other, like devas and ashuras. In modern Japanese, chikushō is also a common insult (akin to English SOB), and more often an angry exclamation (like “damn it”, more or less).
餓鬼道 gakidō, the hungry ghosts realm (Sanskrit प्रेत preta). Although they live in the human world, human beings cannot see them, if not very rarely. They live in a state of constant insatiable hunger and thirst (remember Samurai Spirits’ Kusaregedo? Exactly), and cannot reach what they want to eat. On the rare occasion they do, the food burns their throats, causing them intense pain. In modern Japanese, gaki is also a common insult for annoying children, usually translated as “brat”.
奈落 naraku, hell (Sanskrit नरक naraka). There are eighteen different hells, of which nine are cold and nine hot. In each of them you live for a veeery long time suffering to eliminate the evil karma due to theft, murder and so on.

@Shockdingo Thank you! I’ve had some bad moments, but let’s hope this new year could bring something good.

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The fact that it makes sense for him to act like an edgelord doesn’t make him NOT an edgelord.

It’s still an edgelord character because, guess what, the physical embodiment of somebody’s repressed energy is not a character Capcom HAD to make. The entire CONCEPT is edgelordy. Capcom decided to make that concept into a character. Ergo, they made an edgelord character.

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There’s a bunch of posts in this thread explaining why you’re wrong but you still said all that bullshit.

Congrats.

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Well they’re all wrong and you’re their wrong king.

Nothing is more edgelordy than “living evil” and that’s all Kage is. I don’t care what stupid Japanese mythology it’s pulled from, it’s just means that mythology is 1000-year-old tales of edgelording.

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It would be pretty much impossible to make a character MORE edgelord than Kage

FFS, his name MEANS SHADOW

Add “The Hedgehog” after that and he’d truly be the most edgelord thing ever

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Necalli?

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The irony if somebody with an Urien avatar calling anything else the most edgelord thing.

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Edgelord’s are partially defined by being “OH SO SUPER KEWLEST EVER GUY!”

Urien is explicitly a second banana.

That is why I like him. I like the 2nd rung guys typically WAY more than the top dogs.

That said, Urien absolutely has edgelord tendencies with his “CRUSH! KILL! DESTROY!” awesomeness. Why would that bother me? I don’t think I ever said Edgelordness is inherently bad.

Any edgelord qualities in Urien (or any other character) don’t negate the fact that Kage is an edgelord-supreme character.

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But both Kage (to a extent) and Shadow the hedgehog aren’t even edgy.

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I can’t even tell if you’re joking or not.

Shadow is like the go-to example of an edgelord character inserted into a franchise. Sonic was already “edgy” as a mascot in a Bart Simpson sort of way and then Shadow went full Poochie TO THE EXTREEEEEME and is just a full-on edgelord.

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