Forest Law
As readers of pt1 know, I’ve always wondered how strong these characters really are. So here:
Our first topic we will cover are things such as cyborgs or androids.
Robotics are common in this world. In this world, tech also seems more advanced, making humans slightly smarter. For example, Bryan Fury was dead, but was turned into a cyborg zombie. Bryan also has extremely strong physical strength, able to shrug off gunshots and deep cuts like they’re nothing. This just says that this world is extremely powerful and dangerous to live in. Now, speaking of cyborgs, many robots are in the Tekken universe, mostly built to battle. For example, the Jack line and Alisa.
We shall now discuss Jack. At first, Jack was just a robotic strongman. Many of us could tell. But, as you can see with the case of Jane, some Jacks had emotions. That tells us that the Tekken world is more advanced than seems. However, when Jane rebuilt Jack after it was destroyed, it was no longer able to have emotions. Which tells us that this world is, although fancy, painfully limited.
Then comes another example of sentient androids. Alisa Bosonovitch. If you remember, Dr. Bosonovitch built Alisa to replace his deceased daughter. However, Alisa became powerful. She could remove limbs and use hyper-powerful chainsaws, and turn her head into a bomb. She could destroy things. That just tells us that Alisa is extremely strong.
In the events of Tekken 6, Alisa grew feelings for Lars Alexandersson. (Speaking of Lars, how can he be “Alexander’s son” when he’s Heihachi’s illegitimate son? He should be “Lars Heihachisson.”) That tells us that, although Alisa is strong, she is sentient.
Now let’s get us back to my favorite character, Bryan. Unlike Alisa or some Jacks, he does not seem to have feelings. He is a chaos machine. The logic of Bryan works like this: Destroy things, manically laugh. Destroy more things, laugh again. Bryan does not care who he kills or destroys. He just fights, fights, fights, fights, fights, fights, fights, fights, fights, fights, fights, fights, fights, fights, fights, fights, fights, fights, fights, fights, fights, fights, fights, fights, fights, fights, fights, and fights some more.
Speaking of robotics with no emotions, Mokujin is a unique example. He does not seem to have feelings. He just guards peace. That gives him one restricted feeling of duty and peace. However, he was given magic powers to transform into any other creature, making whoever created him extensively knowledgeable and powerful. The same goes for Combot, Tetsujin, and Kinjin.
Then, the second topic becomes apparent: The ordinary and mundane.
That saying, this world is not ordinary at all. Even the weakest fighters have some power.
Leo is an example I’ll get to. How or are they, again? 19? 20? Yeah, that’s right. They’re barely of age, and yet they can dodge gunshots and kick and punch with inexplicable force. Leo is quite the superhuman.
Then, there’s Paul. Paul has extreme force and can attack like crazy. He can also harness Ki, in the form of fire. Paul’s friend Law and his son Forest are also similar, as they can use extreme force and punch and kick quickly.
So even everyday people can harness Ki in this world. Quite strong.
In fact, even rough and tumble fighters such as Marduk and Miguel can resist gunshots and punch hard enough to punch through rock. (Hey, when I was four, I created a hole in my house. Does that count?) That just says that this world is crazy powerful.
It never ends in the Tekken-verse.
Pt3 will be coming to finish the saga soon.
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Hi, everyone! I'm here to let you know that Fandom is currently in the middle of celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month.
Throughout the month of May, we are taking the time to celebrate the AAPI community and their significant contributions to American culture—science, sports, activism and entertainment to name a few.
You may have seen me here sharing similar celebration events in the past, but in case this is your first time hearing of this - what we do at Fandom is highlight a number of TV shows, movies, video games, comics, artists, and some of the characters featured in these. There are community roundtables you're welcome to join, and some extra surprises, such as trivia quizzes to participate in.
You can read up on the blog post introducing the event to find out more about the celebration. And if you wish to join, make sure to enter the Fandom Discord server for news and updates on the fun initiatives that are happening!
QUIZ: MARSHALL LAW
The Tekken franchise has multiple Asian American characters, such as Marshall Law, Forest Law, and Michelle Chang.
For the purposes of this celebration, a quiz has been made available for Marshall Law! Feel free to test your knowledge on him:
Note: This section was edited to switch up quizzes, as we originally one for Lee Chaolan, but as community members pointed down below, characters like Marshall are actually more relevant for the scope of this celebration.
AAPI ROUNDTABLE: VIDEO GAMES
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